28 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 28, 1912
Page
1
Seifert and Buckley are the only two of forty alleged dynamiters adjudged not guilty. Sentences were handed down Monday in the labor-related trial.
Indianapolis report states 38 labor union officials were found guilty of complicity in the McNamara dynamite conspiracy including the Los Angeles Times bombing. Frank M. Ryan led a list of convicted officials. two defendants were found not guilty. Sentencing set for Monday in Marion County Court.
Sitig reported on good authority that Professor Panelli the Italian commercial attache at Alexandria and companions have been murdered while travelling in Abyssinia. The trial described conspiracies by dynamiters led by McNamara and connections to the Los Angeles Times dynamiters. Convictions included John T. Butler branded the Perjurer amid a courtroom scene with wives appealing for their husbands. Punishments ranged up to thirty-nine and a half years with possible sentences at Leavenworth.
Ottawa reports 1900s year end figures showing Canadian Trade reaching a record one billion dollars in value. January sales totaled 63.08 million, February up by one million, March up 23 million, with October receipts at 101.28 million. November figures anticipate a further three million rise, bringing the grand total to 81.72 million for November and signaling a full year total near one billion.
A well dressed stranger entered the Westfield New York post office and demanded 10 000 from assistant postmaster James Douglas claiming government owed him He produced a bottle of nitroglycerin threatening danger Lennox and constables seized him and halted the attempt The bottle contained enough explosive to destroy the building
St Paul Minn Dec 28 The engagement of Miss Rachel Hill daughter of Mr and Mrs James Jerome Hill 240 Summit Avenue to Dr E G Boeckmann was announced yesterday The wedding will unite two of St Pauls oldest prominent families Miss Hill will be the first of J J Hills daughters to marry a St Paul man Dr Boeckmann is a son of Dr and Mrs Edward Boeckman 496 Marshall Avenue He is a prominent young physician who completed his medical studies abroad
Belleville Ontario reports Sir Mackenzie Bowell marked his 98th birthday after attending a Masonic dinner. He was presented with congratulations from friends and local officials at a gathering following the event.
Angelo Sagulian a 25 year old Italian was fatally injured in a line shaft incident at Fort William Ontario this morning. He had been employed in the freight sheds for three years and was single. He was cut from the shaft and hold to remove him from the machinery.
Fire was discovered in slope No 2 at Springhill Collieries in Halifax on December 27. The section was sealed to prevent spread and, while output will be reduced for a time, no serious consequences are anticipated.
New York February 28 The governors of the stock exchange have abandoned a defensive statement and plan reforms to correct evils. Sub committees will handle listing admissions and other reforms following criticism from hearings led by Samuel Untermeyer. Some governors argue against a defense, preferring to wait for the Pujo committee report before acting.
Prince George son of the king after four years in naval colleges at Osbourne and Dartmouth will sail January 15 on the armored cruiser Cumberland with fellow cadets for a long West Indian cruise. The voyage aims at instruction with possible stops in Canada to show cadets world beyond Britain.
London reports relief as Narung, run from Liverpool to Sydney with 248 passengers, arrived at the Isle of Wight under her own steam after Boxing Day distress calls. Baltic and other vessels faced delays. floods damaged towns including Portsmouth where a wedding party rode boats to a church. Communications to France were disrupted as the storm abated.
The Halifax post office says the entire St John’s dispatch to Canada was destroyed by fire in transit to Port Aux Basques. The mail, sent Saturday at six p.m., contained substantial Christmas matter from Newfoundland for Canada.
P J Naismith of the Crl department of natural resources says seventeen ready made farms east of Coaldale are nearing completion with buildings erected and several hundred acres broken. He expects the scheme to attract a pleasing colony to the Lethbridge district. A mixed farm demonstration four miles east is under construction and will be managed by the company to showcase mixed farming.
Chief Justice Sir Charles Townsend issued an order granting a reprieve yesterday for the Graves brothers who are under murder sentence while their appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada is considered.
Balkan allies and Turkish envoys met at St James Palace to review Ottoman counter proposals. After 90 minutes of talks the delegations adjourned until Monday morning as Turkish plenipotentiaries conferred in Constantinople.
Lew Vanalstine, a Taylor county farmer, was arrested by city marshal Horton on a murder charge tied to the Moore family of six and two Miss Stillengers during the June 9 killings. A hearing is set for tomorrow amid questions of motive and alibi.
Boston December 28 Harold Batchelor a real estate broker at Edmonton and Annie J Amsden a Tacoma bookkeeper fell in love after Batchelor's business visits. The couple, both Massachusetts natives, plan a simple New Year’s Eve wedding at Granby Mass as Miss Amsden arrives with news the groom is on the way.
Columbus Ohio December report states State Senators Isaac E Huffman of Butler County and La Forrest Andrews of Lawrence County were sentenced to three years and nine months in the penitentiary after being convicted of accepting bribes tied to legislation favored by corporate interests. Both men had recently been denied new trials.
Washington reports that English will replace Spanish as the official language of courts across the Philippines starting January 1. The language has gained acceptance in many circles and is spoken by about three million Filipinos. Nearly one million study English in schools and 450 thousand attend schools where English is used in industrial and agricultural training.
Janeourver December 27 Robert Hyslop a private policeman at the BC Sugar Refinery was today committed for trial on a charge of murder The victim John McDonald a negro was kicked in the stomach at the refinery premises recently Medical evidence shows death resulted from the kick
Mrs. Sarah Hall Caine mother of the novelist died at her daughter Lily Hall Caine's home in London. Born a Quaker in 1828 she left the Society of Friends after marriage and wore no jewelry except her wedding ring. Henry Hall Caine is ill at St. Moritz and the funeral is set for Liverpool on Monday.
In Peking the terms of a six power loan were approved by the National Assembly but with a quorum missing the measure will be reconsidered at a later session to gain full assembly approval.
Ottawa reports a possible settlement of Grand Trunk Railway conflicts after indictments in New York. Boston financiers push for New England extensions while seeking to drop the Mellen alliance and restore lines into Boston and Providence. Vice President Wainwright of G T L R was in the capital today.
Barrington Dec 27 Two men Seth Nickerson and Edward Nickerson were reported missing from Flat Island after sixteen hours. They were rescued by the steamer Seabird of Halifax and landed safely.
The article asserts advertising is true business and stresses values over fees. Readers are urged to ensure proper advertising reach and quality. It notes a readership of about 2000 and mentions books opening for continuation.
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