Winnipeg’s darkened streets show power plant failure
A Lac du Bonnet hydro plant blast flooded Winnipeg’s power house, halting the city’s electric railway and paralyzing industrial life. With the turbine flooded, about 170 factories lost steady power, forcing a shift to steam and gasoline options as officials raced to restore service.
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Street
Lac du Bonnet
Winnipeg
Lac Au Bonnet
Ami
Winnipeg Electric Railway Company
Industrial Bureau
Ed Electricalway Company
Andine
Assiniboine Ave
Latham and Paulham Break Records at Paris Aerodrome
At Chatons aerodrome near Paris, Latham and Paulham pushed height records for heavier-than-air craft. Paulham’s Farman-machine reached 369 metres and then 410 metres in brief flights despite a 30 mph wind, while Latham's monoplane climbed and descended with varying altitude, reaching about 1,350 feet. Officials recorded these heights, noting Wright’s earlier 1,609‑foot mark still stands.
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Paris
Chatons
Firet Latham
Paulham
Lazare-Weiller
Farman
Latham
Arul
Jourre
Lethem
Sen
Orville Wright
Berlin
Rosebery Warns Lords Amid Budget Debate
London reports that during a House of Lords budget debate Lord Rosebery warned peers the crisis rivals the 1832 challenge and warned against rejecting the Lloyd George budget. Lord Salisbury pressed that the issue is about Lords power to amend or reject finance measures.
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Lord Rosebery
London
House of Lords
Lord Salisbury
House of Commons
Lords
William J. Stead
Westminster
Aeolus
Lordry
Lloyd-George
Lord Lansdowne
James
Hereford
Balfour
Burleigh
Hangman Radclive Fights in Montreal Street Brawl
Radclive, taunted as a hangman in Montreal near Windsor station, slugged two men, knocking out teeth and injuring faces. He defended his actions saying the men provoked the fight and he gave them what they wanted. He then walked to Quipp's drug store on Windsor and St Antoine to dress a cut finger.
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Montreal
Radcline
Windsor
Dillon
Radclive
Radeclive
Windsor Street
Quipp
St. Antoine Street
Zealandia School Lands Sale Sets Record In Saskatoon
The Zealandia school lands sale offered eighty eight quarter sections and sold eighty two, realizing 217500 dollars at an average of 16.70 dollars per acre. Bids started briskly with the top price at 28 dollars per acre. Parcels near Zealandia drew both speculators and farmers who competed keenly, and buyers appeared satisfied with the conduct of the sale.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Zealandia
Ex-Sultan's Fortune Hoarded in Berlin Bank Deal
The Imperial Bank of Germany holds about 3 million dollars deposited by a sultan who died abroad. The Frankfurter Imperial Bank will not surrender the funds without the former sultan's signature authenticated by a special seal used when the deposit was made.
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Berlin
Imperial Bank of Germany
German engineer adapts Brennan gyroscopic mono-rail idea
In Berlin a German engineer and improvist quickly developed a full sized car on a gyroscopic mono rail track inspired by Brennan’s English concept. The design demonstrates notable changes from the original, prompting special patents in both German and English offices while preserving the core concept.
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Germany
Berlin
Brennan
Impro
Berehenorme
Ton Fame
Eee
Mine disaster in Cherry Illinois claims 310 lives
Report on the Cherry Illinois mine fire lists 527 men underground, 217 escaped, 101 identified and buried, 20 rescued alive after seven days, 10 men died in a rescue effort, and 169 bodies still in the third vein. The death toll totals 310.
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St. Paul
Cherry
Amendment to Manitoba Grain Act Noted in Ottawa
Hon. Sydney Fisher announces a proposed amendment to the Manitoba Grain Act in Ottawa. The notice outlines legislative steps and aims to refine grain regulation and administration under federal supervision.
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Manitoba
Ottawa
Sydney Fisher
The Grace of Giving and Self Denial in Paul’s Letters
The lesson on The Grace of Giving draws from Second Corinthians and First Corinthians to show giving as an act of self surrender. It frames giving as rooted in God’s grace, citing Macedonian generosity and Christ’s poverty, and urges cheerful, planned offerings as a response to divine generosity.
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Goa
Paul
Christ
Jesus Christ
Cornelius
Corinthians
David
Turbine electric locomotive under completion in Glasgow
The North British Locomotive Company near completion of a turbine electric locomotive. Steam drives a 3000 rpm turbine linked to a variable voltage dynamo powering the four driving axles. Exhaust steam is condensed and returned to the boiler, with control from the footplate. The project aims to run on standard rails without special electric equipment.
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Glasgow
North British Locomotive Company
Anti Corner Law Defeated by Chicago Board of Trade
The anti corner amendment to B of T rules was defeated 409 to 359. Nonresident members helped secure the vote for the old corner system. Mill owners, elevators, and farm interests opposed. James A. Patten and Armour interests played key roles on opposite sides. The measure would curb large deals and force easy settlements for bears in squeezes.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
James A. Patten
Armour
Seid
Wright Flying Machine Trust Formed In United States
The Wright company forms a dominant flying machine trust backed by major financiers. Named participants include Russell A. Alger Edward J. Berwyn Robert J. Collier and Cornelius Vanderbilt among others. Capital is set at 1 million dollars and no stock is for sale.
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New York
Canada
Wright Company
Flying Machine -Trust
Russell A. Alger
Detroit
August Belmont
Edward J. Berwyn
Robert J. Collier
Oward Gould
Morton F. Plant
Allan Ryan
Thames
Theodore P. Shonts
Interborough
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New British Destroyers Fastest Torpedo Craft
London reports twenty new British destroyers contracted recently will exceed thirty knots, with an optimistic target of thirty-three. Built in twenty months, they aim to give the Royal Navy supremacy in swift torpedo destroyers, able to outpace smaller torpedo boats in heavy seas.
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London
Moving Pictures of Microbes in Paris
Paris reports a French scientist Jean Comandon has created ultra microscopic films showing habits and movements of organisms too small to see with ordinary microscopes. The kinematograph based setup could revolutionize bacteriology if proven practicable.
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Paris
Jean Comandon
M. Comandon
Left Trust Fund for destitute women by Vancouver physician
Dr. E Stevenson, an aged physician once described as eccentric, died recently leaving an estate of 150000 dollars to form a trust fund for destitute women. Beneficiaries must not be connected directly or indirectly with any church or religious organization.
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Vancouver
B.C
E. Stevenson
Desbarats Named Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries
George J. Desbarats, a Montreal native and 1879 Montreal Polytechnic graduate with honors, is appointed Deputy Minister of the Department of Marine and Fisheries. His long government career includes canal construction, hydrographic surveys, and lead roles in Sorel shipyard rebuilding, showcasing merit over patronage.
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George J. Desbarats
Montreal
George J. Desbarais
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Lerel
Desbarats
Quebec
George E. Desbarats
Queen's
Lieut
Sol. Gourdeau
Cassels
Marine Department
Mr. Desbarats
Mayors In the Making and the Step into Office
The article explains the November 9 mayoral transition in English and Welsh towns. It notes the mayoralty as a respected role often filled by a longtime councillor or alderman and describes the formal yet social transfer of robes, speeches, toasts, and celebrations that follow the council's appointment.
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England
Wales
Murder Plot Deepens in Vienna Poison Capsule Case
A bloodless political assassination attempt unfolds as Baron Mader dies after ingesting a deadly poison mailed to him. Authorities say Servians were behind the scheme, targeting high military and civic officials with pill samples advertised as a cure. The crisis is described as one of the era’s most threatening political plots.
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Vienna
Baron Mader
Balkan
Tesla claims new wireless system passes messages around earth
Nikola Tesla of Shoreham New York announces a new wireless telegraphy and telephony system. It uses the earth's own conductivity as the transmitting medium rather than air waves and he hopes to achieve global communication in a fraction of a second.
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New York
Nikola Tesla
Shoreham
S.1
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