Alberta Legislature Adjourns as Mi tral Visits Constituency
Hon C R Mitchell, Alberta attorney general, praised the Christmastime adjournment for consulting the public on municipal bills and a new single tax system. He outlined reform aims including town and rural municipalities powers, expanded franchise, gas utilities, and streamlined taxation, with plans for roads and railway advocacy for Medicine Hat.
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Mitchell
Edmonton
C. R. Mitral
Gennce
Alberta
Eten
Republican government gains strong hold in China amid Manchu support
Shanghai China January 6 reports say the Republican government tightens control of China and promises generous terms to the Manchus including free grants for the Forbidden City and summer palace in Pekin. Manchu provinces receive aid while abuses are punished by the revolutionaries.
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Shanghai
China
Lepdersa
Sun Fat Sen
Forbidden City
Summer Place
Pekin
Missionaries Safe After Chengtu Rebellion Evacuation
A cablegram reports that every Protestant left Chengtu in early December and reached Luchow safely on December 24. They are escorted down the Yangtze River by a British gunboat, easing anxiety for the mission party. About 490 in the group are headed for the east, including Anglican and Methodist missions.
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Toronto
Chingi
Ber
Luchow
Ast
Amechodist
Jail Fire In Victoria Sparks Prisoner Escape
A blaze swept Victoria Provincial Jail in British Columbia yesterday causing an estimated loss of 50,000 dollars. All inmates were removed safely but the fire worsens overcrowding and raises urgent housing concerns for prisoners.
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Vancouver
B.C
Victoria
British Spy Schultz Faces Harsh Penalty in German Case
An English spy, Schultz, is condemned as a long term offender for treason by bribing German engineers to reveal crucial empire secrets. Two German officers, though traveling and observing, acted under orders, while Schultz acted as a hired spy, prompting calls for stricter anti espionage laws.
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Wes
G Schultz
Gera
Brandon
Schultz
Mooreover
Germany
England
French and Dutch capital seen as West development force
Toronto dispatch reports N W Gilam of Calgary argues that French and Dutch capital will heavily invest in Alberta and support Westward development. He says money from Holland and France could total about an equal amount to 2.5 million dollars, easing wheat concerns despite localized crop trouble and heavy rains last autumn boosting moisture for the season.
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Toronto
Alberta
N. W. Gilam
Calgary
Wolland
France
Weeklong news forecast highlights party conventions and elections
Washington reports a busy week with the Democratic national committee set to meet and Jackson Day banquet in Washington. Republicans plan first meetings in Chicago. Senate resumes Lorimer case with his defense. Wickersham may push trust cases. Supreme Court decisions anticipated. several state elections and constitutional conventions also loom.
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Washington, D. C
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Raleigh
Harry S. New
Indiana
Chicago
Senate
Lorimer
Wickersham
Panama
Trust
International Harvester Company
United Shoe Machinery Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Kansas
E. H. Madison
Georgia
Joseph
Brown
Columbus
Ohio
Jersey
Virginia
South Carolina
Dominion Parliament
Europe
Ger
Alorocco
London financiers plan 50 million trust for Rhodesian mining
Negotiations are under way between leading London financiers and a powerful American group to form a trust company with capital of 50 million. The venture would handle African mineral and financial enterprises, notably the Rhodesian mining interests, per a story in the African World and Cape Cairo Express.
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London
Cape Cairo
Great Waterways May Be Built by Provincial Government
Winnipeg reports two conferences between Premier Sifton of Alberta and General Manager Chamberlain of the Grand Trunk Pacific yielding cordial ties. A future railway policy announcement may include bond guarantees for the Molson Grand Prairie road and two other Alberta branches. Rumors say the Great Waterways Railway from Edmonton to Fort McMurray could be government built or government-backed.
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Winnipeg
Sifton
Berta
Chamberlain
Grand Trunk Pacific
Molson Grand Prairie
Great Waterways Railway
Edmonton
Fort MeMurray
Cross
Sifton Fold
Noted manager and crocks pinched
London police report the arrest of Alexander Estenay a noted manager, anarchist and suspected coiner who held a West End post and earned fifty dollars a gig. He operated a coiner outfit in a Hampstead shop in evenings and is linked to an anarchist club. authorities say England tolerates such rhetoric without action.
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London
West End
Alexander Estenay
Maginger
Estenay
Llrge
Hampstead
England
Winnipeg grain shipment statistics for 1911
Winnipeg grain shipment figures compare with U S points for calendar year 1911. Wheat totals show Winnipeg at 101,526,250 bushels versus Minneapolis 16,617,650 and Chicago 42,629,750. Oats show Winnipeg at 26,128,800 bushels and Minneapolis at 17,400,530.
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Winnipeg
United States
Bell
Winnipeg Grains Exchange
Els
Minneapolis
Chicago
Bargain Lot for Sale on Ottawa Street by H C Pettet Co
Lot 20 block 82 Ottawa Street offered for sale at 790 dollars by H C Pettet and Company. Ideal for building a home with a low upfront price and local real estate listing tone. Property details indicate single lot eligibility and bargain pricing for curious buyers.
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Ottawa St
H. C. Pettet & Co
Twenty Hurt as G W Ry Coaches Roll 30 Feet Down Bank
Redwing Minn Jan 6 Twenty persons were injured when three Great Western Passenger coaches left the track 10 miles from Redwing due to a broken rail blamed on severe weather. The rolling cars slid down a thirty foot bank into snow with many passengers exposed before relief arrived.
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G.W. Ry
Redwing, Minn
Minteapolis
Rochester
Redwing
Welch
Minn
Gleichen Man Found Frozen to Death in Alberta
Wm. R. Carleton, 36, of Praemor Ontario, was brought in from Gleichen, Alberta this morning after being found frozen to death there. Also reported is a fire at the cupola of the frame elevator of the Eastern Canada Flour Mills in Goderich Ontario with extensive water damage to grain below.
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Gleichen Man
W .A. P. Dispatch
Calgary
Wmn. R. Carleton
Gleichen
Praemerore
Ont
Goderich
Estern Canada Flour Mills
Reverend confession in Boston poison murder case
The Rev. C. T. Richeson, former pastor of Emanuel Baptist Church in Cambridge, confessed in writing to poisoning his former sweetheart Avis Linnell. The confession, signed by Richeson, was read aloud by his counsel at 1 PM as public record.
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C. T. Hickman
Immanuel Baptist Church
Boston
Mass
C. T. Richeson
Cambridge
Avis Linnell
Richeson
Taft Rally Draws South Dakota Taft Men
In Huron on January 6 a Taft gathering drew nearly 40 representatives from across the state. United States Senator Gagible and Congressman Charles Perker spoke on unity for a Taft delegation to the Republican National Convention. Secretary Wilson praised Taft as a giant leader and urged diversified farming and a mining department.
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W. Alp
Huron
Taft
BE. L. Abel
Lnrean
McClasky
United States
Gagible
Charles Perker
K. Mairtin
South Dakota
Wilson
Wilton
Tate
Jeneth
Union
Department of Mines and Mining
Taft Organization
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Bnt
Medicine Hat
Sun Yat Sen
Foreign Missionary Department
W. A. P. Dispatch
Cerman AS
Eas
Berlin
Senglat
H le
Calgarian
Dispatch
BIG Trust CO
W. A. P. Cabied
Peg
Fort McMurray
G.T.P
Lifton
Coiner
Clifford Lane Bruce
Opera House
Great Western
William K. Carleton
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