Death of a Famous Inventor Westinghouse
George Westinghouse, founder of the air brake and pioneer of alternating current in America, died in New York at age 68. He was born October 6 1846 in Central Bridge New York and built a global engineering empire with 25 000 employees and a capitalization over 100 million pounds. He married Marguerite Erskine Walker in 1867 and is survived by their son George Westinghouse Jr.
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George Westinghouse
New York
Westinghouse
Central Bridge
Schoharie County
George and
Emeline Vedder Westinghouse
Germany
Massachusetts
Vermont
Enectady
Schenectady
George
New York National Guard
Sixteenth
New York Cavalry
Navy
Muscota
Potomac Fleet
Union College
Young Westinghouse
Troy
Mont Cenis
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
America
United States
England
France
Marguerite Erskine Walker
Brooklyn
George Westinghouse, Jr
Paris Police Move to Reform Public Resort Decorum
Paris police chief Celestin Hennion ordered music halls and concert cafes to stop topless or inadequately dressed performances. Proprieties were summoned to the prefecture to receive the new moral reform, a measure not applied to certain stage acts on grounds of aesthetic value.
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Aris Police
Beci
Paris
Celestin Hennion
May Replicate Marriages Warns Women of British Nationality
The state department issues a public notice via the Canada Gazette and despatches to provincial governments warning that marriages between British women professing Christianity and Muslim Hindu or other polygamous nationals may be repudiated if the husband returns home. It notes British marriage validity hinges on the husband's location and Muslim personal law may void protections.
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State Department
Canada Gazette
British Columbia
Lenis
Colonial Office
Canada
India
Spitsbergen Conference to Decide Arctic Island Status
Delegates from England France Holland Germany Denmark Sweden Russia and Norway meet in Christiania on June 17 to decide the status of Spitz bergen. They will consider neutrality under international control with a commission administering taxes and a renewable eight year convention.
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England
France
Holland
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Russia
Norway
Spitzbergen
Arctic
Christiania
Germians
Fels Widow to Continue Philanthropic Work and Estates Plan
The widow of Joseph Fels inherits his vast estate to continue his charitable and sociological projects. Executors named include Mrs. Fels, Maurice and Jamal Fels, and Walter Coates of Middlesbrough England. Coates says the widow will maintain and expand the husband wife partnership in humanity’s betterment, including farm labor colonies and model villages. Fels donated over 250 000 dollars yearly to single tax causes, with 25 000 dollars annually to the Jos Fels fund in America and similar sums abroad.
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Walter Coates
Middlesbrough
Yorkshire
England
Joseph Fels
Fels
Coates
Pershore
Worcestershire
Great Britain
Denver
Canada
White Wolf Brings Fierce Riots Across Central China
Outrages by brigands led by the outlaw White Wolf threaten central China as bands raid towns near Liang Yang Fu and Tian Tze. They massacre residents resisting entry into markets, burn large portions of towns, and leave civilians financially ruined. Local troops under a former brigand general fail to stop the sack, highlighting inadequate government measures and a potential rise in brigandage.
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China
White Wolf
Liang Yang Fu
Hu Pen
Tian Tze
Henan
Debate on Speech Origin From Piltdown Skull Claim
Professor Arthur Keith argues in Dublin that the Piltdown Eoanthropos skull dates to the Pliocene and, with Elliott Smith's brain analysis suggesting speech, implies humans spoke a million years ago. If confirmed, this places early humans forming and conveying ideas via speech in the Plocene era.
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Dublin Royal Society
Arthur Keith
Piltdown
Keith
Elliott Smith
Collection of Sir John A. Macdonald Papers Presented to Archives
Sir Joseph Pope presents a vast collection of nearly 100 000 papers and letters on Canada’s political history. The documents cover Macdonald’s life from boyhood to death and illuminate events from 1867 to 1892. Restrictions remain for living individuals. soon bound and available for public inspection.
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Canada
Archives of Canada
Joseph Pope
Sir John A. Macdonald
Sir John
German War Prophet Foresees Peace in Western Europe
Philip Scheidermann, first vice president of the German Reichstag and Social Democratic leader, told the Post-Dispatch in St. Louis that there will be no future war in Western Europe. He argued workers in Germany France and Britain oppose war as Socialists and will not fight under rulers. He noted armament costs burden workers and praised free education and press for arming the public with facts to deter militarism. He suggested socialism may not seize wealth but could reduce militarism and benefit mankind.
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Philip Scheidermann
Reichstag
Social- Democratic Party of
Germany
St. Louis
Europe
France
Great Britain
Canada a country of young people census bulletin XVII
The pamphlet shows ages 20 44 per 1000 in Canada 385 with British Columbia 633 Alberta 458 Saskatchewan 451 Manitoba 417 and Prince Edward Island 811. It notes 812 per 1 000 known age under 45 confirming a young population driven by large annual immigration.
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Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
Lobster fishing nets shift to circle-hook snag device
Lobsters are now captured using a snag consisting of a circle of hooks suspended beneath a baited lure, representing a new method in the trapping process.
Growth of the Peace River Country Seen Rapidly Expanding
H. Haskins reports enormous development in the Peace River area within three to four years as settlers move in by the hundreds via Lesser Slave Lake and Pine Pass. He notes rich soil, crops, and markets, a growing town scene with banks and mills, and multiple railway projects driving expected fortunes for newcomers.
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H. Haskins
Peace River
Victoria
B.C
Peace Coupee
Peace River Country
Edson
Lesser Slave Lake
Pine Pass
Fort George
Edmonton
Haskins
Tromley
Dawson Creek
Dunvegan
Peace District
Grande Prairie
Saskatoon Lake
Bank of Commerce
Peace River Crossing
Big Smoky River
Canadian Northern
McLeod River
Grand Prairie
Pouce Coupee
Swan Lake
Pacific Great Eastern
Theodore's Troubles In Brazil Rapids Threaten Roosevelt Party
Cable from Santarem Brazil reports Roosevelt expedition suffered complete equipment loss in swift river rapids. Anthony Fiala, a party member, confirms all gear was lost and asks for wife to be informed of safety. Santarem lies at Para's Tapajos river confluence with the Amazon.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Brazil
Anthony Fiala
Santarem
Amazon
Para
Tapajos
British Pictures Aim to Boost Canada Patriotism and Film Ties
British correspondents in Canada urge more patriotic films as American subjects flood the market. An army film showing Tommy Atkins may tour Canada and Australia under War Office auspices, privately funded. London producers plan Dominion specials from Quebec plains and the Rockies, seeking Canadian agencies and renewed rights to exhibit locally.
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Canada
Daily Mail
Dominion
Tommy Atkins
Is Dominion
Australia
British War Office
London
New York
Plains of Abraham
Quebec
Famous Winters in Paris Across the Cold Century
In Paris and Europe long harsh winters inspired writings on famous cold periods. From 1408 when ink froze in Parisian registrars’ bottles to 1776 at Versailles guards freezing to death, famines and frozen bread, melted cellars turning wine to ice, and birds perishing in tree trunks are recounted as stark examples of historic cold spells.
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Paris
Europe
Petit Journal
Parliament of
France
Henry IV
Buffon
Mme. de Maintenon
Versailles
Saskatchewan Monograph Published in Paris to Inform French Public
A new volume titled La Saskatchewan Essai de Monographie Provinciale Canadienne, published in Paris by Louis Gilbert, compiles extensive Saskatchewan data with maps and photos. It covers agriculture, northern timber wealth, business and social life, with Saskatoon views and input from provincial statistician T Cromie.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
M. Gilbert
T. Cromie
Doctors protest Workmen's Compensation gaps at parliament
A deputation of prominent doctors met Provincial Treasurer Lucas at the parliamentary buildings to denounce the act. They argue the current wording leaves medical men without liability protection when they provide first aid to injured workers, risking liability to patients and government alike.
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Lucas
Eskimo Lecture by Father Morice at Saskatoon
Father Morice, noted anthropologist at the University of Saskatchewan, delivered a second lecture on the Eskimos at Ganvocation Hall. He described their territory from Mt. Elias to Greenland, language, dress, igloos, and social roles, noting their playful yet theft-prone behavior and advanced seafaring tools.
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Father Morice
University of Saskatchewan
Father Morie
America
Mt. Elias
Greenland
Esquimaux
New York
Esquiman
Sol
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Scheidermann
Western
Peace River Area
Mr. Haskins
Prairies
Little Smoky River
Theodore
British Pictures
West
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Cepestary Firth
Caetenge
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