Manitoba and World Events in Brief
The Manitoba Legislature opened last Thursday. A gas strike occurred at Forest Ontario. Senator John Macdonald of Toronto is dead. Victoria bonds sold at premium. Taylor Johnson seduction case damages awarded. Polygyny bill introduced in senate. Ontario Legislature opened by Lieutenant Governor. Halifax banks add to test accounts. Winnipeg merchant John Thompson robbed in Chicago. PEI government majority in provincial elections. Great Northwestern Telegraph suit against Montreal Telegraph dismissed. Davin lectures in Hamilton. Coal arrives at Deloraine from Manitoba mines. Imperial Federation League elects Dalton McCarthy president. Norquay elected in Kilkerran. Van Horne pursues false telegraph report. Danbury, Conn. fire cost 300000. US Senate passes direct tax bill. Grand Duke Nicholas ill. Brazil recognizes US. Russian loan contract signed. Chicago raises fair fund. Melville Gladstone wed Maud Bendel. Spurgeon recovering. Two New York banks close. White Sea canal under construction. Emin Pasha reports progress. Nellie Bly born in Ontario. West Virginia election disputes. Ranchman Thomas Eliot frozen to death. Mrs. Alice Copinger dies. Boston tenement fire kills nine. British Museum lit by electricity. Rhine floods and Düsseldorf bridge damaged. Sister Rosa Gertrude to leper colony. Cosmopolitan Miss Island in NY. Parnell libel suit settled. Tracey house fire deaths. Dilke on world powers split. NY Assembly favors ferry bill. Philadelphia Co-operative Society fails. Kensington workers’ eight stores liquidated.
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Manitoba
Forest
Ont
John “Macdonald
Prince
Toronto
Victoria
B.C
Taylor-Johnson
Johnston
Senate
Halifax
John Thompson
Winnipeg
Chicago
Prince Edward Island
Great Northwestern Telegraph Co
Montreal Telegraph Co
Nicholas Fiood Davin
Regina
Hamilton
Emin Pasha
Nellie Bly
New York
Frontenac County
Ontario
Congress
West Virginia
Thomas Eliot
Big Fork
Montana
Alice Copinger
Blare
Boston
British Museum
Calgary firm assigns for creditors to book-keeper
C. C. King and Company of Calgary have assigned for the benefit of their creditors to James Fleming their book-keeper. The principal creditors include the Bank of Montreal and Toronto wholesale houses.
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C. C. King & Co
Calgary
James Fleming
Bank of Montreal
Toronto
Public meeting set for school trustees election
From Our Own Correspondent The public meeting for the election of school trustees is called for Thursday 13th. The Literary Society concert was postponed due to various causes and E T Galt, delayed by travel, returned to Montreal from Winnipeg. The Galt road has had heavy snow causing intermittent road blocks. Bailey kept routes open with persistent effort.
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Literary Society
E. T. Galt
Winnipeg
Montreal
Galt
Baily
Edmonton Bulletin notes relay from Chipewyan trip and winter conditions
C Fraser, a trader, arrived from Chipewyan via Lac la Biche after an eighteen day journey. He reports healthy natives, abundant wildlife including caribou and moose, and improving trade at Chipewyan despite influenza. Night school opens with fourteen attending, affected by illness.
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C. Fraser
Chipewyan
Lacla Biche
Lake Athabasca
Cariboo
Fond du Lack
Fraser
Vermillion
Long Lake Railway Bridges Contract Awarded
The contract for framing the bridges for the Regina and Long Lake Railway has been awarded. The Royal City planing units will begin work within days and, once completed, the structures will be assembled for inspection, then taken apart and shipped.
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New Westminster
Regina and
Long Lake
Royal City
Parliament News Mix of Loyalty and Tactics
Ottawa reports a lively session with Opposition members voting loyalty to the Crown while flirting with free trade aims. Notes on rising subsidies, a Consolidated Fund of 36.035 million, and various divorce petitions frame a dry week of parliamentary business and strategy.
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Ottawa
England
Canada
North York
Mullock
Toronto
John Macdonald
St. John
N. B
Mr. Ellis
Edward Blake
Sesson
Wilson
Reform
East Elgin
Blake
Ellis
Cartwright
The School Concert A Notable Local Tribute to Pupils
The recent school concert impressed many with well executed pieces across dialogue song and recitation. Miss Smith led trainees with strong performances from Annie Bassett Eva Walton and Lillie Phinnis among others. A piano violin duet by Sissons and Osborne and a Highland Schottische dance drew applause. $37.50 proceeds funded a clock for Mr Sharp and school improvements including football and swings. The Chicago report notes withdrawal of Union Pacific and Challenger Northwestern from the Interstate Commerce Railway Association signaling broader industry shifts.
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Miss Smith
Annie Bassett
Jack Frost
Eva Walton
Bessie Cochran
Hortance Calder
Nettie Hay
Tom Hargrave
Bent Niblock
Adam Rutherford
Benson
Ben Noblock
Johnnie
Alice Morrey
Walter G. Lyon
Lillie Phinnis
Miss. Phinnis
Roger
Thvace Roger
Stella
Clara MacRae
John Hargrave
H. Ireland
H. Tweed
B. Bassett
W. Bull
H. Bassett
C. Colter
W. Davis
Hattie O’dell
Tilly Gobbett
Flora Gerald
James Herald
Sharp
Braves
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A. Olver, Mi. D
C. P.R
Melfoine Hat
C.P R. Depot
James P. Mitchell
Medicine Hat
New York Life and Commercial Union Fire Insurance Companies
Gc. C. McCaul
N. W.T
M. R. Cuzner
Walton's Drug Store
W. Adams
J. A Dark
Main Street
Times Office
Province of
Man
O. E. Collins
Treas
John Porter
W. T. Finley
Tinshop
Fearetroughing
Fred Smith
P.O
Covusixs, Jr
King St
West
Medicine Hat Lodge No
Ansa
T. Yerex
Mrs. Austen
University OF Oxford
N.W
Misses M
Mitchell
Church Directory
Church OF England
J. Barnabas
W. G. Lyon
Namok
Presbyterian
Methodist Church
Teeter
Evans Bros
Clinton
CG. McCuric & Co
Lam
John Clare
Dave Calder
Jane Adams
Mrs. Armstrong
Ladies of
Albion House
Mrs. Small
Albion Hose
Medicine Walt
News OF the
Tracey
Deloraine
Manitoba Coal Co
Imperial Federation League of Canada
Dalton McCarthy
Norquay
Kildonan
van Horne
Williams
Montreal Herald
Portage
Danbury
Gladstone
Melville
Maud Bendel
Mr. Spurgeon
The
National
Lennox Hill
White Sea
Lake Onega
Rhine
Dusseldorf
Rosa Gertrude
Molokari
Miss Island
Parnell
Times
U. S. Secretary of the Navy
Charles Dilke
New York State Assembly Railroad Committee
Rome
Watertown
Ogdensburg
St. Lawrence
Jefferson Counties
St. Lawrence River
Philadelphia Co-operative Society, Limited
Kensington
Dunmore Jonction
Edmonton
Long Lake Railway
Dominion Parliament
McCarthy
Bill—Notas
Llush Keefer
Vancouver
Miss Tisdale
Frank Simpson
Thorold Ont
David Clapp
Harriston
Miss Patterson
Fred Pringle
Tarriston
Billy Walker
Miss Herall
Alfred Walker
Dundas
Emily
Christina Glover
Burlington
Christophere Columbus Glover
Hattie Glover
Northwest
Cook
East
Simcoe
Imperial Federation League
Empire
Lighthouse and Coast Service
Mounted Police
Gov't of
Northwest Territories
Union Pacific
Chievo
Northwestern
Interstate Commerce Railway Association
Mmen
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