AWFUL FALL AT WINNIPEG IN TEMPERANCE CASES
Hamilton Sept 23 Special. County Council in dispute with city over courthouse registry and justice administration costs appoints John Dickenson as arbitrator. Possible mayoral candidacy shift noted. Royal Templars discuss Mills Mackay controversy and Prohibition stance. Incendiary suspect Robert Lester arrested after intent to burn Home and Abroad magazines. detectives surveil, arrest him at Stuart Street station en route to Toronto.
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Hamilton
John Dickenson
Ald. Reid
George B. Tuckett
Colquhoun
Brown
Royal Templars of Temperance
David Mills
Mackay
Mills
Liberal Party
Robert Lester
Lester
St. Nicholas Hotel
King William Street
George B. Smyth
Express
Doyle
Bleakley
Stuart Street
Toronto
Manitoba Tragedy: Two Men Die in Elevator Fall
Winnipeg report details the deaths of Norman Chittick, 23, from Walkerton Ontario, and Fred Armstrong after a scaffold gave way at a Manitoba site. Chittick died instantly. Armstrong clung to a ledge eight feet below. Murrey Laidlaw of Midland Ontario, hurt in a powder explosion, dies at General hospital. A coincidence links Laidlaw and Chittick travelling from Ontario. Fort Saskatchewan reports a 10 year old girl kidnapped.
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Winnipeg
Norman Chittick
Walkerton
Ont
Fred. Armstrong
Armstrong
Chittick
Murrey Laidlaw
Midland
General Hospital
Laidlaw
Ontario
Edmonton
Fort Saskatchewan
Monument at Crysler's Farm to be unveiled Sept 25
In Cornwall on Sept 23 crowds show interest in unveiling a monument at the Crysler's Farm battlefield marking the 1813 British and Canadian victory over Americans led by Col. Morrison. The structure will be unveiled Sept 25 by John Haggart, minister of railways and canals. Separately, Stratford police pursued Miss Anna C. Gorman for forging a subscription list for the Dominion Y W C A. She admitted to prior acts and was remanded as she awaited a hearing. She planned to target London next and was described as about 25, attractive and well mannered, but too ill to arraign today.
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Cornwall
United Counties
Crysler’s
Morrison
John Haggart
Temperance Dodge
Stratford
Ont
Anna C. Gorman
Dominion Y. W. C. A
Toronto
W. J. Ferguson
London
Northern Pacific Railway
Portage Plains
Chrysler Farm
Haggart
Montague
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
United States
Brussels
Hamilton
2 McKnight
Dunnville
Mr. Rising
John
Mrs. Rising
A Bride and a Fortune in San Jose
San Jose China merchant Hip Sing Lee offers a half share of his large merchandise business and $5,000 cash to any reputable young American who marries his daughter Mel Lee. His fortune is estimated at 50 000 to 100 000 dollars. He runs a general store with a side lottery and has branches in Watsonville Santa Cruz and Salina.
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San Jose
Cal
Hip Sing Lee
Mel Lee
Watsonville
Santa Cruz
Salina
Leith man jailed for arson in Owen Sound case
Leslie Dixon aged 74 from Leith faced trial in the County Judge's Criminal Court for arson after his stable fire spread to Mrs Gilchrist's house killing it. Judge Creasor sentenced him to seven years in Kingston penitentiary, despite defense emphasizing age and past good conduct. The report notes Dixon's religious tendencies and sobriety except when he drank.
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Owen Sound
Leslie Dixon
Leith
Detention of Rose Sauve in Demers murder case
In Montreal new details emerged as Crown prosecutor Archambault sought Miss Rose Alma Sauve’s detention as a witness. The judge ordered her held in a separate room away from other witnesses. The Demers murder trial entered its thirteenth day with many attendees and persistent rumors about a confession.
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Montreal
Court of Queen's Bench
J. L. Archambault
Q.C
Wurtee
Rose Alma Sauve
Demers
Miss Sauve
Christian Endeavour
Montreal Christian Endeavour Union
Pearson
Lighthall
Court of Appeal
D. McNicoll
Canadian Pacific Railway
Pacific Coast
Ontario
Shortis
Valleyfield
Canon Fulton
St. Vincent de Paul
H.M.S. Canada
Quebec
Shadrach Billings loses four fingers at Garrow’s mill
In St Thomas Ontario Mr Shadrach Billings suffered an accident at Garrow's Planing mill when his left hand was caught in a shaper. Four fingers had to be amputated. Also noted, Pat the diver Fitzpatrick, once tied to murder life insurance attempts, has died at 35 from consumption linked to dissipation. In Victoria B C the sealer E B Marvin was seized by US authorities after a catch of 1300 skins, with one skin bearing a bullet hole, prompting a prize crew transfer to the Pheasant.
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St. Thomas
Ont
Shadrach Billings
Garrow
Patrick Delina Fitzpatrick
Pat
Welter and
Hendershott
Hooper
Unalaska
Louise Olsen
Olsen
Big Four whiskey train wreck near Leroy kills two
In Peoria on September 23 a Big Four train near Leroy suffered a catastrophic explosion after a fire started in a car containing spirits. Conductor Joe Murphy and brakeman John Muldoon were badly burned and not expected to survive as the wreck tore the car apart. Separately in Washington on September 15 Senor de Lome delivered a draft for 1,449,000 dollars drawn on a London agent to acting Secretary Adee.
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Peoria
Ill
Leroy
Joe Murphy
John Muldoon
Mora
Washington
Senor de Lome
Mr. Adee
London
Canada and World News Roundup of The Week
A wide array of items from Canadian and international fronts is noted. Topics include Sir John Schultz likely to join the Alaska Boundary Commission, Justice Fournier's reported resignation, the Canadian Electrical Association convention in London, the disappearance of James White in Toronto, and various regional political and economic updates across Canada and the United States.
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John Schultz
Alaska Boundary Commission
Wine Drinker Maxims and a Roaring Stock Comic Tale
A miscellany of wine proverbs and humorous sayings includes Roosevelt and old aphorisms about wine and life. The piece shifts to a comical dialogue where Mrs. Rising questions her husband John about stock company etiquette, uniforms, and the strange idea of stock voting, ending with worries about daily life.
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Ogdfellors
King St
Millbrook
Poleke
Jos. Thorndye
N.G. G. Duncan
O. F. Millbrook Lodge
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Millorok
Robert Ruddy
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C.M
DR. Niddrik
Millbrook, Onr
Ronto
Victoria
Yal College Surgeons
Edinburch
Memter College Physicians and Surgeons
Annie Street
L. Lapp
B.A
Phillips
Pontypool
College of Physicians and Surgeons
H. A. Ward
Port Hopf
Arrister
Walton Street
A. A. Smith
Millbrook, Ontario
S. W. Clark
L.D.S. Millbrook
Bethany
Jas. Seager
M.D .C.M
Freville
Ueen's Universty
Kingston
College of Musidians and Surgeons
Jas. D. Devall
W.S. Millbrook
Western Bank
H. C. Leslie
Bethany, Ontario
T. H. Hassard
V.S
Ontario Veterinary College
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Veterinary Act
Dominion Hotel
W. J. Green
Hunter ST. Peterborough
Marlicenses
Chisholm & Chisholm
Port Hope
Ranney & Innes
Peterborg
RIE Engineers
J. H. Gardin
Perrytown
County OF Durham
LIN «Co
W. Thexton
the Canada Life Assurance CO
America
R.J. Doak
J.L. Irwin
Geo. A
E. W. Cox
Eastern
Standard” Life Assurance Co
Standard Life Assurance Company
Edinburgh
Canada
W. M. Ramsey
W. S. Given
J. J. Hanratty
Peterboro
Old Post Office
Oes
J- Steel
Adam Hall
Dxon Steel
BILLI
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Creysler’s
Kossuth
Louis Kossuth
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ST. Thomas Tidings
Justice Fournier
Supreme Court
Canadian Electrical Association
James White
Woodstock
N.B
H. A. Smith
Y. M.C.A
Picton
N.S
John Morris
Richard White
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Gazette
Europe
Carnegie Company
Rochester
N. C
Florida
Manatee
Gulf of Mexico
William Ross
Atlanta
Behring Sea
Beatrice
Henry M. Stanley
Pacific
Cariere, Lane & Co
Prof. Saunders
Experimental Farm
Thomas Young
Grand Trunk
Desjardins Canal
Ada Ramey
Welland
Buffalo
John Lowe
H. H. Smith
Harrison
Louis V.ludwig
Mackenzie Bowell
St. Andrew's Rapids
Hall Caine
Caine
Martin Nagel
Rainham Centre Post-Office
Kingston Road
Woodbine
A. H. Wilson
Galt
T. B. McCarthy
Charles Rivers Wilson
Grand Trunk Railway Company
Board of Trade
Joseph Price
Western Freight
Western Fair Grounds
Kingsteimlatale
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Savetees
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Malcolm McBain
Merchar
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Brook
Harry Nattrass
Gio
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Theodore Roosevelt
Emily
Sproule
India
Charlotte SI
Pederboro
Meredith
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George Street
Gillett
Undertakers
Millbrook Livery
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