Early Opening of Navigation Seen for Fort William Port
Marine authorities predict an earlier navigation opening this year at Fort William Ontario as St Marys River thaws ahead of Lake Superior. Expect coal traffic to surge with more coal afloat and ships shifting between ports to meet Northwest demand as the season begins.
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Fort William
St Mary's River
Lake Superior
All Marine
ronch + paige
Lewel
Lake Santclog
Tee
Sault
Whitefish
St. Mary's Tiver
The
Steel Corporation
Northwest
Canadian Pacific
Farewell to Halifax Imperial Garrison On Lake Champlain
The Lake Champlain sailed from Halifax with the last of the English troops, 150 officers and men, marking over a century of British garrison presence. Major Cartwright, Canadian born, led the departing force amid bands and a large crowd of officers, ladies, and friends. The ship carried passengers of all classes as cheering crowds and the bands played Auld Lang Syne and The Maple Leaf Forever.
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Halifax
CPR
Sterm
Lake Champlain
Major Cartwright
Royal Canadian Regiment
Seed Grain Special to Boost Crop Yields Across Northern Plains
The Northern Pacific Railway launches a seed grain special train across Minnesota and the Dakotas to educate farmers on seed handling and disease control. Experts on board will conduct demonstrations and tests, sharing the latest scientific methods to improve grain yields and profits, with stops at key farming centers.
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Fargo
N.D
Northern Pacific Railway
Minnesota
Dakotas
Annual report shows railway system loss and mile totals
The Department of Railways and Canals reports total railway expenditure for the year ending June 30 at 16 404 772 with capital 6 125 481 revenue 5 906 154 and income 1 373 136. Gross government rail earnings reach 7 050 892 while working costs total 8 906 154 producing a net loss of 1 845 262. Five railways did not file required statistics. Total rail miles 20 601 an increase of 996 and electric railway miles 793.
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Department of Railways and Canals
Refused Adjournment Clouded Victoria Legislative Session
The British Columbia government presses to close the parliamentary session before the Karen Island land scandal report is delivered. Rumor says Lieutenant Governor Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere refused an adjournment until the report is received. Sir Henri had dismissed the prior administration over a similar issue.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Karen Island
Henri Joly de Lotbiniere
Henri
Germany Accepts Russian Morocco Proposal
A dispatch from Algeciras reports Germany agrees to the Russian idea that policing Morocco will be run jointly by France and Spain as the basis for an international accord.
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St. Petersburg
Algeciras
Germany
Morocco
France
Spain
No Hope for Cheaper Postage
The postmaster general told parliament that while cheaper postage for magazines and periodicals to British colonies is being studied, he cannot promise a general rate reduction.
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London
Esquimalt Garrison to Shift to Canadian Control
It is understood the Esquimalt garrison will be taken over by Canadian authorities about May 1. The Dominion currently pays all costs, and imperial authorities were notified that Canada is ready to assume full control.
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Ottawa
Esquimalt
Dominion
Canada
Liberty guarantees proclaimed in Russian imperial reform
A manifesto issued after councils at Tearskoe Selo grants major liberties. The national assembly and council of the empire share legislative approval, with two houses to invite laws not opposing basic laws. An annual session is set, ministers face interpellation, and sessions will be public.
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St. Petersburg
Tearskoe-Selo
Council of the Empire
Uder
Luerty
National Assembly
Semestore
Academy of Science
Storm Toll Reaches Fifty In Trondhjem Fishing Tragedy
In Trondhjem Norway eleven boats had massed from the storm and others are still at sea. The death toll is estimated at fifty with crews missing or lost at sea.
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Trondhjem
Norway
Fishermen in Gulf of Finland Block Pushed Ashore in Ice
In Cronstadt a small fishing block drifted to shore with about one percent of the population onboard. The ice-breaker Yermak reportedly rescued the fishermen. Helsingfors announced fears that around 800 fishermen and their families were adrift on the ice and facing peril.
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Cronstadt
Russia
Gulf of Finland
Yermak
Helsingfors
Tornado toll in Meridian rises to 24 dead and 44 injured
The revised list shows 24 deaths and 44 injured from the Meridian tornado, with several not expected to survive. No new deaths have been reported since the night after the storm. Property loss is semi-officially put at 1.25 million dollars, with 500 thousand dollars in residence destruction. Only five victims carried tornado insurance totaling 67 thousand dollars.
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Meridian
Miss
Capital for West Halifax forms land syndicate in Saskatchewan
A Charlottetown syndicate has been formed to buy 10 000 acres of land in Saskatchewan's wheat belt. A W Stern was elected president with directors Barrett Henderson J J Mcleod T B Riley J G Charman F L Hazzard and J K Ross. An option on 10 000 acres from a 50 009 allotment was secured. Henderson will consult with W Edwards on land needed for purchase.
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Halifax
N.S
Charlottetown
Wheat
Saskatchewan
A. W. Stern
Barrett Henderson
J. J. McLeod
T. B. Riley
J. G. Charman
F. L. Hazzard
J. K. Ross
Barret Henderson
W. Edwards
Armored French Automobiles Arrive for Russian Army
A number of armored cars built in France for Russia have reached St. Petersburg. They are believed to be intended for use against street riots in cities and for restraining agrarian troubles in the countryside.
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St. Petersburg
France
Walter Wellman Sets Sail for Polar Balloon Expedition
Walter Wellman sails from Havre aboard La Lorraine for a polar balloon voyage. The arctic dirigible will be completed in May and tested at Spitzbergen before aiming for the North Pole.
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Paris
Walter Wellman
Havre
la Loraine
Spitzbergen
Pole
Colored Candy Act Moves Through B C Legislature
Victoria BC government act prohibiting manufacture or sale of chemically colored candies harming children has passed. The bill to restrict sale of patent medicines with poisons will likely not pass before the legislature adjourns amid strong pharmacist lobbying.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Prominent Iowa Family Moves to Canada
The Fields family once a leading Cedar Falls presence with a bank and church here has taken a large land tract near Re wina in Canada and is relocating. They previously funded the church and faced severe financial reverses.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Fields
Rewina
Canada
To Work on Northern Wagon Trail Campaign
Superintendent Constan tine of the Northwest Mounted Police will leave Edmonton this month for Fort St John to inaugurate the coming season s work northward on the Wagon trail to Estlin lake s southern end. The party includes two officers and thirty men with sixty horses. Winter supplies arrived by sleighs and next summer supplies will go in by the Stikeen river enabling a southward meeting with Fort St John forces.
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Ottawa
Constantine
Northwest Mounted Police
Edmonton
Fort St. John
Estlin Lake
Stikeen
Great Northern Plans Montana to Canada Rail Line
Great Northern signals surveys to build a westward line from Havre Montana toward Burnham and the Canadian border. The project would run about seventy miles north west to Medicine Hat Alberta then another 280 miles to Edmonton. The route negotiates a parallel path with Canadian Northern to reach Lake Superior.
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Havre
Mont
Great Northern
Iit
Burnha
Cypress Hills
Medicine Hat
Alta
Edmonton
Canadian Northern
Montana
Lake Superior
The Sunday School Golden Test Commentary Review
A compact recap of weekly lessons from Luke and Matthew covering The shepherds and angels, the wise men, boy Jesus, baptism, temptation, fishermen called, miracles in Capernaum, forgiveness, the Beatitudes, and taming the tongue. It ties each lesson to golden texts and emphasizes living humbly, obediently, and righteously.
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Jesus
Heing
Christ
Matt
Israel
Jacob
David
Ilim
Nazareth
Gethsemane
Calvary
God
Lessex Vila
Capernaum
Jesus of Nazareth
Mark li
Jesus Christ
Debate in Lords on Colonial Naval Defense Policy
In the Lords debate Lord Brassey favors local colonial naval forces as a future boon to imperial defense. The Post notes the plan to let colonies build and crew ships as a quick way to teach imperial strategy. Mr Buxton warns that postage cuts to Canada threaten revenue and may require special arrangements to avoid setting a precedent.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Brassey
Canada
Australia
Admiralty
Lord Hrasgey
House of Commons
Buxton
Provincial and Municipal Telephones Debate in Quebec
Quebec branch of the Union of Canadian Municipalities' executive discussed provincial long distance line construction and local system control. It approved municipal regulation and provincial control and urged parliament not to increase Bell Telephone Co capital without accord.
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Montreal
Quebec
Union of Canadian Municipalities
Pariament
Bell Telephone Co
Memorandum on Army Estimates Shows Modest Cut
London reports a memorandum attached to the army estimates places current year expenditure at 146,630,000. This reflects a reduction of only 85,000 from the previous year. The government again adopts the figures prepared by its predecessors for both army and navy.
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London
Devastation Report Confirmed in French Oceania
Paris reports confirm French Oceania was struck by a cyclone and tidal wave on February 7 and 8. Tahiti suffered heavily as relief ships from Tuamotu have not returned and the colony’s governor requests aid after a site was lost.
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Paris
Clemental
Oceania
Tahiti
Tuamatu Island
Brandon Mill Sold to Robert Barr and RK Sword
Brandon woollen mills including site and machinery were sold by Mr BooN to Robert Barr and RK Sword of this city. Purchase was for speculative purposes and the mills will not operate until resold. Price paid was 13000 dollars. The mills employed thirteen workers when active.
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Brandon
Boon
Frases
Robert Barr
Sword
Open letter denounces rival priest as traitor and calls for probe
In St Petersburg Father Capon brands Father Gregori Petroff a traitor and tool of the social democrats. He proposes a plan for a complete investigation of his organization by representatives of various parties.
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St. Petersburg
Father Capon
Canadians imitate parliamentary perks in Canada
London reports Field, Nationalist for Dublin, will urge the British government to note that Canadian MPs receive free postage and books, and an act grants free railway passes nationwide. The article notes a movement to imitate these Canadian parliamentary customs.
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London
Field
Dublin
Canada
Dominion
Canadian Flour for Japan Athenian Sends Relief Cargo
The CPR steamer Athenian departed Victoria carrying 24,000 49 pound bags of Canadian flour for northern Japan relief. The government spent 25000 on the shipment with half loaded aboard the Athenian and the rest to be sent on the Empress of India.
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Victoria
B.C
Japan
Victoria Lumber Co Switches to White Labor at Mills
After ten years of employing Chinese workers, the Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Co. at the Big Chemainus Mills announces it will hire only white laborers. The move is claimed to be economically driven with no union pressure or sentiment involved.
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Victoria
Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Co
Chemainus Mills
Tariff pacts with great powers take effect
Austria-Hungary enacts tariff treaties with Germany Italy Russia and Belgium becoming effective while authorities plan to push Russianization of Hungary to vex Magyars and Wells faces a 1201 year sentence for Monte Carlo fraud.
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Austria-Hungary
Germany
Italy
Russia
Belgium
Wells
Monte Carlo
Wheat Market Downturn Persists Amid World Prices Align
The past week sees erratic wheat price moves with a downward trend as U S and world markets adjust. US prices drift toward world levels depressing markets while Canada guides spring sowing, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta preparing for an early seed time. visible supplies grow, shipments rise in Argentina and Australia, and May July futures trade on Winnipeg option markets.
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United States
Winnipeg
Chicago
Woaster
Othe
Europe
U.S
Bradstreet
Argentina
Australia
American North-West
Dakotas
Minnesota
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Fort William Bond Port Arther
Fort William
American deportee arrives in city after voyage on Wilken Line
The first American deported to this country arrives aboard the Consuelo from Hull on the Wilken Line. Allen, 22, of Brooklyn, traveled on foot through Britain after reading about England. He had little money and work on the Caloradde tied to Hull voyage. detained in an almshouse before the Consuelo sailed under a January 19 1919 immigration law.
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New York
Wilken
Ox Hotel
Cheet
Davel
J. Alten
Prooktvn
Wuech
England
Berit Ilex
Allen
Iron Line
Caloradde
Hull
Wilson
Hall
Japanese pledge two years conscription to boost war effort
A dispatch from Tokio reports the government will adopt a two years conscription. It says the move will raise the war establishment by 32 percent while adding only about 3,000,000 wea 68500, 000 in outlay.
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London
the Times
Tokio
Princess Ena Conversion Ceremony at Miramar Palace
In San Sebastian on March 7 the Princess Ena of Wattenberg converted to Catholicism before her marriage to the King of Spain. Princess Beatrice and Princess Henry of Battenberg, mother and daughter, wept as artillery salutes marked the ceremony. The royal party dined together after, and the town observed a holiday with processions and marching bands.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Ena of
Wattenberg
Palace of
Miramar
Beatrice
Henry of Battenberg
Ena
Woman from Philadelphia seeks protection over Roosevelt assassination threat
A Philadelphia woman identifying as Mrs W B Lewaller told New Orleans police she was coerced into an oath against President Roosevelt by socialist companions. Detained for examination after describing a danger to her life and pursuit by a group that allegedly followed her from Philadelphia to Houston and then New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Roosevelt
W.B. Lewaller
Philadelphia
Central Police
Houston
Texas
Foraker Tells Niagara Falls Waters Bill Details
In the Senate today Mr Foraker presented a foreign relations committee report on a bill authorizing a commission to cooperate with a British body to study Niagara River basin waters at Niagara Falls and press for prompt action. Senator Teller opposed, arguing the duty lies mainly with New York state. The bill was placed on the calendar.
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Washington
Senate
Foraker
Committee On Foreign Relations
Niagara River
Niagara Falls
Teller
New York
Callendar
Prince Arthur of Connaught Western Tour Dates Released
Ottawa reports Prince Arthur of Connaught and party will sail aboard the Empress of Japan arriving March 28 from Yokohama. The Western tour runs to April 12, with Banff shooting in early April and stops at Fort William Port Arthur and Ottawa before visiting Toronto Niagara Halifax St John Quebec and Montreal.
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Ottawa
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Victoria
Yokohama
Toronto
Niagara
Halifax
St. John
Quebec
Montreal
Lord Redesdale
Edward Seymour
Kelley- Kenny
Arthur Davidson
Miles Lampson
England
Prince
Captain Wyndham
House of Commons backs 1500 dollar salary for MPs
In the Commons, William Hesketh Lever motioning for MPs to receive 1500 dollars a year was passed by 235. Campbell Bannerman supported the principle but said the government lacks time or funds to implement it now. The rise of labor MPs makes the issue heavier, with plans to raise official election costs funded by the public purse for a future session.
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London
House of Commons
Wm. Hesketh Lever
Wirrall
Cheshire
Campbell- Bannerman
Lever
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