Canadian Police Cuts Loom After Province Split
Ottawa moves toward trimming Royal Northwest Mounted Police as Alberta and Saskatchewan take over criminal matters. Reductions likely start this year at about 25 percent per year with a large cut anticipated next year. Some officers to join the Dominion Cavalry as barracks sites shift to new provinces.
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Ottawa
Northwest
Alberta
Baskatche Wan
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Territories
Yukon
Amoothly
Amoothly and As Easily As Pownible
Dominion
Polarasion
Double Drowning in Soo River Collision
A 11 ton Shamrock, owned by J J Rossin of Mamaine's Point Lake Superior, collided with the American freighter Richardson in the Upper river near Sault Ste Marie. The impact sank the tag, drowned its captain and engineer Charles Roussain and Joh Roussain, son of the crew. Sailor Quear Carlson, at the wheel, survived by clinging to a box until rescue by the passing steamer CM Tower.
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Sault Ste. Marie
J. J. Rossin
Mamaine’s Point
Lake Superior
Richardson
Charles Roussain
Joh Roussain
Quear Carlson
CM. Tower
Globe-Trotter Perlere Found Dead Near Dest Island
The globe trotter H Perlere, who landed here two months ago, was found dead near Dest Island after reportedly attempting suicide. Vancouver arrival notes he was on a wager to circumnavigate the world with no money earned. Earlier, he warned of fatigue and had two prior suicide attempts, one of which narrowly failed. Authorities suspect self-inflicted death after a fall from Fals creek. Neighbors describe him as quiet and industrious, with suspected insanity cited.
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Regina
Lient Durrant
Feith
Ito
Thusian Hotel
Lieut
Durrand
H Perlere
Dest Island
Lamperiere
Vancouver
Globe
Ealiue
Wenituibaie
Avenue
Elobe
R. Geroline
Falscreek
Cowan
Sigzos
No Branch Lines to the Islands in Fort William dispute
A Fort William dispute centers on water frontage claimed by the Canadian Pacific railway on islands 1 and 2 along the Kaministiquia River. The company reportedly withdrew applications for the waterfront after railway commission proceedings, while insisting its charter rights allow branch lines and a new water frontage claim to the minister of railways. HM Howell KC represents the party challenging the branch line plan.
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Fort William
Canadian Pacifi Railway
Prizes Offered for Native Wild Plums by Buchanaursery Co
The native black plum Prunus nigra is discussed as a compact grower allied to Prunus reaia with many named varieties arising from wild stock. Manitoba trials show limited ripening before freeze, so future selections may come from native plums. The Buchanau rsery Co of St. Charles Manitoba offers a $5 prize for the best sample of native wild plum. entrants send about a pint of chims with name and address.
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Manitoba
Buchanaursery Co
St. Charles
Man
Landseekers Excursions Offer One Fare Round Trip
The Canadian Northern Railway offers weekly excursions from Winnipises east and south of Gladue to stations west along the Prince Albert branch and the line to Humboldt Warspa North Battleford and intermediates. Valid for up to thirty days with stopovers west of and at Dungphin. Maps and folders available from SR Agents.
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Landseekers
Canadian Northern Railwa Company
Winnipes
Est
Glad
Sphin
Prince Albert Cranch
Therain
Kameack
Humbolt
Wartap
North
Battleford
Dungphin
Sutherland backs Canadian cattle entry at Kincre Highland debate
London cable reports Liberal candidate John Sutherland spoke at Kincre and argued for removing cattle restrictions on Canadian imports. Audience member warned it would hurt small crofters as William Henderson of Coupar Angus relayed a Montreal MP's view opposing exclusion. Sutherland claimed greatest good for the greatest number and cheaper beef as effects of admission.
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London
John Sutherland
Elgin Burghs
Kincre
Baillie Smith
Sutherland
William Henderson
Coupar Angus
Robert Bickerdike
Montreal
Bickerdike
Royal Canada
France Seeks Redress as Moroccos Question Looms
France awaits Fez final word amid French demand for redress over the Algiers Bourlan arrest. Germany’s stance is uncertain while Madrid Paris prepare for possible military and naval actions. Tangier’s Perdicaris case influence pushes toward interior military moves.
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Morocco
Germany
Bourlan
Morcco
Fez
Tangier
Lon Perdicaris
Bel
Bloodshed In Caucasus Sparks Massive Casualties At Baku
Reports from Caucasia indicate up to fifty killed in Fighting at Baku with many wounded, mostly Tartars. Private dispatches warn corpses in streets and fires destroying buildings as clashes intensify amid ongoing street fighting and tense conditions across the region. Prince Nisholadze is reported wounded.
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Eae
Baku
Caucasia
Haku
Caucasus
Shisha
Baki
Baka
Nisholadze
London Sets Terms of Public Alliance Treaty
The London term A treaty noting public alliance was signed on August 12 and prepared for promulgation after formalities and printing. Powers in London voiced cautious approval though not fully certain of terms. Britain may evacuate some areas in the far east while ensuring existing conditions remain, with India as a chief interest.
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London
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Far East
India
Peaceful Atlantic rate harmony between lines stated
A London cable quotes F W Flanagan, general passenger agent of the C P R, saying a North Atlantic rate war is unlikely. He asserts mutual respect among companies, no rate cuts, and harmonious relations across 11,000 miles of rail and shipping, viewing shipping as a secondary concern. The tone emphasizes stable relations among British Atlantic lines.
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Atlantic
London
North Atlantic
F. W. Flanagan
Ews
Free Thinkers In Session At Paris Congress
Delegations from Europe the United States and South America gather in Paris as Free Thinkers open their congress. The president reports that Far East pacification demonstrates the moral influence of the American republic and the body adopts a resolution endorsing church separation.
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Free Thinkers
Paris
Congress of Free Thinkers
Europe
United States
South America
Far East
Ongress
Plotting at Athens Uncovers Armenian Revolt Plot
Police unearth a depot of arms explosives and infernal machines in the Yaujis of the Armenian church. Authorities believe a widespread plot by the Armenian revolt to compel international intervention.
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Athens
Gresa
Vonary
Tork
Convention Plans for Christian Endeavor Meeting in Brandon
A draft programme outlines the October Christian Endeavor convention in Brandon. Van Ogden Vogt of Boston will lead key sessions, with events from registration at 2:20 PM to a public meeting at 7:45 PM and a social evening. Delegates will hear addresses, reports, and School of Methods sessions, while committees, junior banners, and missionary discussions are scheduled across October 17 and 18.
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van Ogden Vogt
Boston
Wnt Buiting
World's Union of C. E
Brandon Societies
Onreday
Ta Missionary Conference
Brandon Chorus
Spm
Brandon
Branton
Palatial Mansion Shelters at Joint Raid Fort Erie
Niagara Falls Ontario reports a raid on William Hunt’s mansion as part of a lottery sweepstakes investigation. Police, led by Chief Constable Matus, seized paraphernalia and cash from semimonthly drawings, with fines ranging up to 1000 dollars for Hunt and associates. Several others charged or discharged, and seized items to be held by the crown.
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Niagara Falls
Toronto
Fort Eels
Matus
William Hunt
Board of Trade
Fort Erie
Hunt House
Hunt
Cruikshank
Joseph Morris
Charles E. Harris
John Wright
Henry Heinze
William White
Lightheart
Harris
Threich
Iit
Witness in Regina railway wreck case before Canada Supreme Court
A Canadian report notes engineer Emmerson involved as a key witness in Nicholas Andreas’s fatal railway crash at Kibert Street crossing near Indian Head Saskatchewan in June. His testimony supported by the widow’s suit against CPR, now appealed after a higher court overturned lower judgment. Victor Baker, noted fruit and commission merchant, was found dead in Victoria, British Columbia.
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Regina
Saskal
Emmerson
Indian Head
Nicholas Andreas
Kibert ‘Street
Iwg
Andreas
Rough
CPR
Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of the
M. Baker
Fruit and Commission
Victoria
B.C
Canadians to render for harbor works at Valparaiso
News in brief reports Canadians will render for 12,200,000 harbor works at Valparaiso while the North Wind damaged at Duluth docks and sank. Americans? Next year will mark Frontenac’s landing 200 years ago. Various notes: patents canceled in Toronto, Japan’s 120 miles of electric railways, wages raised for G R employees, new Canadian appointments, Russian battleships under construction, a trial for Hans Peter Hansen, grand new armory, Guelph town anniversary, Italy to Canada delegate, Count Mazza visiting Italy, Yukon patrol progress, and frontier pack trains.
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Ohil
Duluth
Frontenac
Canadian Bond
Canadian Prairie Lande Ca
Toronto
Japan
Colum’ + Retiing Co
Vancouver
Agar Co
Far Islands
Brotherhood of
B W. Morrison
Ot ‘Awa
Ume
St. Peterssburg
Pervoevanni
Pavel 1
Ivan Zia
Ole Brobeck
Tenement Collapse Kills Two. Dozens Hurt In NYC Incident
A building on Mott Street collapses trapping residents and workers. Authorities say two men were killed. Foreman Thomas McGovern faces charges of criminal negligence. Ages given include 16 and 48 for victims. nearly twenty people injured with broken limbs reported.
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Rewns
Thomas McGovern
Tt Building Department
Colin
Mgrloso
Joseph Farina
Invention of Indians Adopts Four Con Constitution
The convention at the Five Civilized Tribes adopts a new constitution for Sequoyah in Indian Territory. The ramble christening the new state was adopted without a dissenting vote, and the bill of rights mirrors earlier state constitutions. A committee found Indiana Territory taxable property at 418,000 dollars.
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Musnogee
I. T. Ass
Five Civilized Tribes
Stat Sequoyah
Indiana
Boynton Links Traders to Sapphira In Daring Rhetoric
The speaker condemns the board of trade as like Sapphira, accusing them of deliberate crime. He outlines three gambler types, deeming the open defier of prohibition the lowest, and claims the board defends its actions by arguing puts and calls aid business.
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Boynton
Saphira
Board of Tr
Anania Sapphira
Board of Trade
Ananias
Schemes to Kidnap the Empress Dowager Revealed
A Yokohama print excerpts an underground story from a foreign attaché in Tokio about a plot to seize Pekin and abduct the Empress Dowager. The plan entailed a sudden assault on the palace by a small squad, with aims to kill the empress if the project advanced. British guards were warned. the plot failed.
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Tokio
Tremont
Ching
Japan
Yokohama
Tlentain
Jameson
Transvaal
Pekin
Acer
Tegan Guards
Sian Guards
Fere
Maniac terrorizes district. shot by posse near Avon
Lorain Ohio recounts a maniac terrorizing the district for days. Sheriff Salisbury and a posse surrounded him at a farm near Avon Township. Pitts, 22, was heavily armed and opened fire as the building burned. he killed himself after a siege. He had targeted a Toledo limited wreck and fired at women and children.
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Lorain
Olin
Salisbury
Avon Township
Peter Pitts, Jr
Maniac
Dis Ict
Pitts
Tow
Toledo Limited
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Cr Ds
Beautiful Brooklyn Girl Brutally Mutilated in Home Attack
Miss Mary Faxilla a tall Brooklyn girl was attacked in her home by a jealous woman wielding a razor. Long gashes mars her face and she is left with permanent injuries. A related suspect suggested motive but the case remains unresolved. Miss Faxilla vows to seek personal retribution without police involvement.
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New York
Mary Faxilla
Brooklyn
Dell
Miss Fagilla
Peary Message Reaches Brooklyn Secretary On Polar Quest
The New York secretary Herbert J. Mildg of the Elit club received a message from North Greenland claiming Commander Ro bert E. Peary would depart August 16 with Eskimo companions and dogs from Cape Sabine to dash toward the Pole. The dispatch notes Cape York escape, Native and dog teams, and Roosevelts plans to repair gear at Blah before the final push.
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New York
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Herbert J. Mildg. Hah
Brooklyn
Elit Club
North Greenland
Thetommander Peary
He Roosevelt
Isha
Cape Sabine
Wal Dash
Two Workmen Die In Fifty Foot Scaffold Fall
A fifty foot scaffold collapsed while carpenters Sonne Lemers and Martin Mulcare worked on an addition roof. Lemers instantly died, Mulcare survived with a broken leg and serious injuries. Both men were married with families.
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Polls
Sonn Lemers
Martin Mulcare
The
Tor
Terners
Mureare
Ternern
Mulcare
Woman Parboiled in Hot Spring Tragedy
In Mont Miss Fannie ears old of Washington died after stepping into a boiling spring in a park. Her body was parboiled to the waist and she died after a period of intense agony.
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Fannie Ears Old
Washington
I Park
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