Montreal Police Court Hears Wild Blackmail Claim
A Montreal man named Brosseau testified at a police court hearing on April 29 about a bizarre plot involving a wealthy grocer, a wife impersonator, and a staged kidnapping. He described being lured to a Westmount residence where an armed man and the woman’s supposed husband coerced him into signing promissory notes totaling around eighteen thousand dollars. The case against Barber and his wife, who were arrested, remains unsettled as the hearing adjourned with limited details available.
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Sar le
Montreal
Teiptise Thomeau
Toossen
Mysterion
Theatter
Ton
Contest Blom
Brosseau
Mtew
Mies
Molson's Bank
Barber
Westmount
Ali Barber
Winnipes
Tragic Mine Slide Blots Out East Wrath Town
A massive landslide at Wrath Alta near Laestide devastates the east end of the town. Seven people die including Alex Leitch and his wife and their seven month old baby. A newborn babe is found alive naked and crying. The slide destroys houses and facilities at the Canadian American Coal and Coke Co. cause theories range from eruption to rock heat and gas buildup.
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Tipple
Prank Station
Sith Rock of
SH Niece
CPM
A Leitch
Sam Innis
Innis
Coal and Coke Co
Alex. Leitch
Peculiar Drug Law After July First Affects Renewal
Dispatch from Grand T D reports a strange situation as the Shiels bill takes effect July 1 leaving druggists without licenses for a month. Renewals cannot be filed before July, and a day’s public notice is required before county court hearings. A $850 reward for druggist violations signals a near liquor drought for thirty days. Simla reports plague mortality at thirty thousand in Hudée and nine British provinces with 31 native states. Canada hotel betting raid leads to Winnipeg gambling crackdown.
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Grand T D
Cisc Md
Simla
India
Hudée
Explosion near Fernie maims two Greek workers
A Fernie dispatch reports a massive blast at Ko twenty two miles west of Fernie. Twenty Greeks under foreman Galligher were blasting a track when a powder blast killed one worker instantly and severely mutilated another, with debris spread across the camp.
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Fernie
Boc
Avery
Here
F. Id Galligher
Russia demands limits on Lian river navigation in Manchuria
Dispatch from London Times notes Russia seeks to restrict Lian river navigation to Russian and Chinese authorities, while China rejects Hessian demands. The report states Manchuria remains under strong Russian control, with potential travel changes in Moukden province contingent on passport issues and ongoing military presence.
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London Times
Manchuria
Russia
Lian River
Huseia
Manchar
China
Tusa
Mansouria
Alem Jamation
Kustia
Moukden
Settlement plans for OER colony in Mexico completed
Arrangements for the settlement of the OER colony in Mexico have been completed. Eighty three thousand acres of ranch land have been secured in the state. Mt Chitushua Gea WD. Layman will ring on its families now in New York. He expects to settle 1,000 more in Mexico on another tract. Immigration to Canada Northwest wig total 20,000 people. The Capital Lacrosse club of Ott heme he fair was formally dedicated by President Roosevelt, on April 30.
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Mexico
New York
Ald
Canadian Northwest
Capital Lacrosse Club
Ott Hemehe Fair
Rooeeveit
Montreal Strikes Endure Riot At Harbor Front
A Montreal dispatch dated April 28 reports an 8,000 strong strike sparked disorder at the harbor with mobs overrunning guards and forcing gangways. Police and Victoria Rifles deployed while a striker was shot by a stevedore, and several arrests followed. The Lake Champlain arrived with English dock laborers aboard.
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Montreal
Arterio
Mitia
Cochrane
Herbst
Quinn
Josey Tavoie
Fred
Salacia
Syvers
Alexandrian
Canadian Pacific
John Donaldson
G. Billedear
Lake Champlain
Far Fase in Trouble and World News From Pekin
Dispatches from Pekin cite the Russian minister claiming Manchuria may join Russia if statesmen in St Petersburg approve. London replies that government attention is on the Russia China dispatches and no firm decision yet. British warships Amphitrite and torpedo boats arrive, to be escorted to Hong Kong, as Britain plans to bolster Asiatic force. In Chicago a deadly accident at a cottage causes seven injuries after a collapse. Faith Bunge, a Woodstock laundry employee, was injured when hair was pulled into a pulley, scalp torn, and she is expected to recover.
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Tokio
Japan
Jiit
Pekin
Petersburg
Manchurian
London
Earl Spencer
House of Lords
Tansdowne
Russia
Manchuria
Eke
U Honcidtu
Aumphion
Sparrow Hawk
Virago
Nere
Victoria
Hong Kong
Great Britain
Orient
Great
Faith Bunge
Woodstock
Ynt
Immigration from Manchuria to Regina Signals Prairie Migration
A Regina report notes the arrival of all Russian families from Manchuria, illustrating a broad eastern prairie movement. They traveled via Japan to Vancouver and northward, with a two month journey to new homes. Ottawa committee passes act to incorporate an all-Canadian railway to the Yukon.
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Regina
Manchuria
Estern Prairies
Japen
Vancouver
Yukon
Ottawa
Canadian butter and export issues from England visit
Montreal exporter A. Hoagson returned from England where he studied butter and cheese export practices. He notes quality, packing, and factory versus farm systems affect price and market acceptance, urging improved Canadian standards to compete with New Zealand and Argentine producers. Discussion also touches on irrigation, forests, and arid land use as national concerns shaping agriculture and forest preservation for water supply.
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H. A. Hoagson
Montreal
England
Fatian Cheewe
Canada
Avery and Hutter
New Zealand
Usitad
Inds
Ness
Tates
European crop yields and Wheat market update in Canada and Japan
The report predicts a weaker European crop this year and firmer wheat prices for farmers as export demand holds. It notes Fort William Port Arthur stocks and Winnipeg price quotes, with Canadian grain totals, and mentions Japan using about 500 of 1200 locomotives imported from the United States.
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Danube
Fortial
Port Arthur
Montay
Mintore
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Willa Aranur
Willian
Canada
William
Western
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Fort William
Discovery of smallpox use revealed at Harvard meeting
An announcement on Ay T'08 by Professor Connerman of Harvard Medical School disclosed the use of smallpox as a disease mechanism, based on investigations with Dr. McGrath and Dr. Brinekhot and the Boston Board of Health during the recent epidemic in the city. The report notes smallpox as caused by minute forms of bacteria.
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Pathology
Harvard
Medical Schoool
Ton Society of Medical
Connerman
George Burces McGrath
Walter Brinekhot
Boston Board of Health
Longshoremen strike tests union power and labor tension
A Montreal dispatch reports that Longshoremen backed by the Teamsters and Related unions have won concessions as they refuse to handle merchandise from laborers. Militia units are deployed to mobilize volunteers not yet in duty, with many guarding labor union members. Arrests are noted for those resisting.
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Montreal
Joxers
Unrest and Deployments Amid Salonica Turmoil
Advices from Constantinople report a state of siege planned for Salonica after the Otgo ank explosion and attacks on Turkish post office and war buildings. Extraordinary military precautions are ordered as fears grow of retaliatory massacres of Macedonians and Bulgarians by Mussulmans. An Italian naval division is ordered to sail for Salonica.
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Salonica
Pire Ds
Macedonian Committee
Mussulmans
Steamship line to open Dead Sea route from Jerusalem
Fousul Winter reports plans for a Palestine steamship service linking Jerusalem and Moab with a new freight and passenger vessel. The first steamboat Hamburg is nearly 1000 feet long, a second named Prodromos is on its way, and the line aims to shorten travel for commerce and tourism through a monastery administration.
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Dead Sea
Jerusalem
Kerah
Moab
Hamburg
Palestine
Prodromos
Germ
Robbery of We press Co. courier loot in Mexico train theft
A courier for the We press Co. allegedly stole 426 Lilac last Thursday after a safe containing a large sum was brought from the Mexican Central train to the office. He reportedly took the money home and distributed it among friends. about 9 persons were arrested and nearly 811,000 recovered.
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Mavin City
Wepress Co
Mexican” Central
Guadajuato
Madras Regiments Replaced by New Lancer Unit
London reports Indian government to replace Madras Sepoy regiments with new lancer unit raised under Major General GJ Younghus at Guides Cavalry. Second Madras Lancers to be mustered out. new ah lancer regiment to replace it amid campaigns in Afghanistan Soudan Burmah and South Africa noted. British telegraph office tests a Wheatstone typewriter delivering messages at over 1650 words per minute between Glasgow and London. experiments deemed successful.
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London
Suse
India
Madras Lancers
Ah Lancer
Brefet
GJ. Younghus
Guides Cavalry
Afghanistan
Soudan
Burmnah
Ehitral
South Africa
British Post Office Telegraphic Department
Glasgow
Dr Emily Howard Jennings Stowe Dies in Toronto Residence
Dr Emily Howard Jennings Stowe, Canada's first female physician, died April 30 at her daughter Dr Augusta Stowedullen’s Toronto home after a three day illness. The Academy of Music in New York plans to seat 4,700 attendees for an upcoming event.
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Canada
Augusta Stowedullen
Toronto
Academy of Music
New York
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