Fort Carlton Saga of Lac Du Brochet Trade and clan ties
In July 1875 the Sve York boats reach Lac Du Brochet as Chippewagan traders settle accounts with fur company crews. Pierre Deschambeault guides a lively exchange while humor and cunning offset strict rules on private trade. Madame Belanger and Pierre’s insider tricks color a trek through river portages toward Cumberland House and The Pas.
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Sve York
Lac da Brochet
Brochet
Pierre Deschambeault
Jack Stewart
Deschambeault
Saskatchewan
Madame Belanger
Marion
Canada
Madame, Deschambeault
Lac du Brochet
Cumberland House
Pierre
Restrictions on Orientals Increased
The bill to amend the Chinese Immigration Act passed the House of Commons without debate. It tightens entry rules for Chinese to Canada by abolishing certificates of identification and requiring individuals to prove bona fides to the Controller of Immigration.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Canada
Controller of Immigration
C N Station Dynamited at Cushing Montreal
Dynamiting of the Canadian National Railway station at Cushing five miles north of Carillon caused extensive damage. Believed to be an act of spite over moving station facilities. No one was on the premises and no arrests have been made.
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Montreal
Cushing
Canadian National Railway
Carillon
Conroy Plans Northward Visit To Edmonton Indians
H A Conroy of the Department of Indian Affairs travels from Edmonton toward Fort Providence to pay treaty money and visit Mackenzie River Indians. He notes this treaty year marks the first payment to these communities, adding significance to the expedition.
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Edmonton
Fort Providence
H. A. Conroy
Department of Indian Affairs
Mackenzie River
Government aid promised for Vancouver dredging project
The Federal Government will assist the dredging of the first narrows at Vancouver to ease harbor access for deep sea vessels. A telegram from Hon. F. B. McCurdy, minister of public works in Ottawa, was read at a Vancouver Shipping Bureau luncheon pledging aid.
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Vancouver
B.C
First Narrows
F. B. McCurdy
Ottawa
Vancouver Shipping Bureau
Disturbance in Egypt Disrupts Cairo Links and Riots
Central News dispatch from Cairo reports telephone wires cut between Cairo and Alexandria cutting news flow. Despatch notes unrest with desultory firing in Alexandria. Riots claim fifty dead, including 12 Europeans, and nearly 200 wounded. Looters blamed for disturbances.
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London
Cairo
Alexandria
Egypt
Walters Investment Co Buys B C Mines
Revelstoke B C The Walters Investment Company of Spokane Washington has purchased the Waverley Tangier Silver Lead Mines at the headwaters of Downie Creek. About $20,000 has been paid and $10,000 more spent on development including eight miles of wagon road from Albert Canyon to the mine.
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Revelstoke
B.C
Waverley- Tangier
Downie Creek
Walters Investment Company
Spokane
Washington
Walters
Albert Canyon
Moscow Near Starvation Threat Stifles Riga Report
A Riga dispatch says Moscow faces near starvation as peasants withhold corn for seed. A Bolshevik decree to restore trade fails to end the food shortage. Government commissions to buy corn return empty handed and hopes for supplies from the Caucasus fade.
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Riga
Mscow
Caucasia
Reduced Fare Proposal For Veterans At Ontario Convention
At the Ontario command G W V A annual convention Brantford Ontario a resolution urged the Dominion Government to grant a cent a mile fare for unemployed veterans and their families traveling to employment with children under seven years free. The plan should continue until the current economic stage is surpassed.
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Brantford
British Rule Praised by Indian Official in Chicago
Rustom Rustomjee, ex editor of the Oriental Review, told Commerce Association in Chicago that British administration has blessed the masses of India. He said he is not a servile apologist and stayed with the constitutional opposition until radicals captured the party.
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Chicago
India
Rustom Rustomjee
Oriental Review
Bombay
Commerce Association
Coal Freight Rate Cut to Prairie Provinces
The Railway Commission grants a ten percent reduction in coal freight rates from Alberta mines to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta provinces. Both mine operators and dealers supported a twenty percent cut, and the board notes coal rose less than other goods last fall. The order takes effect June 1 and ends August 31.
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Winnipeg
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Railway Commission
Ottawa Dispatch
Winnipeg Evening Free Press
Attempt To Wreck CNR Express Fails
An unsuccessful attempt to wreck a Canadian National Railway express train on the St. Jerome and Montfort subdivision was reported to CN R management. The act occurred on Victoria Day at Morin Heights with rail pieces placed between guard rail and main line at two sites. W A Kingsland stated the attempt was deliberate and left open any link to the dynamiting of Cushing station nearby.
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Montreal
Canadian National Railway
St. Jerome and
Montfort
Morin Heights
W. A. Kingsland
C.N.R
Cushing
Record Journey Winds Peace River Arrival
Peace River Alta reports the first party to reach Peace River by the water route from Prince George B C this season has arrived. They cut through ice on Summit Lake and completed the journey in seven canoeing days covering 101 miles in a single day. The party included C J Vernon Mackenzie editor of MacLeans Magazine H Weston Taylor of Philadelphia and W V Chambers of Bermuda gathering magazine material.
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Peace River
Alta
Prince George
B.C
Summit Lake
Dpeace River
C. J. Vernon Mackenzie
MacLean's Magazine
H. Weston Taylor
Philadelphia
W. V. Chambers
Bermuda
Starving Soldier Found in Forest Near Woodbridge
A discharged British soldier with 56 in his pocket and worn clothes was found in a forest near Woodbridge Ontario. He had amnesia and appeared famished, believed to have been wandering the bush for about a week. He was brought to Toronto and placed in a military hospital as a bed patient under the name John McQuade, age 29.
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Toronto
Woodbridge
Ont
D.S.C.R
John McQuade
U S Meat Imports Rise With Lamb Share From New Zealand
The Department of Agriculture announced that the United States imported 160 million pounds of meat in the last year. About two thirds of these imports were New Zealand lambs, reflecting a strong lamb influx into domestic markets.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
New Zealand
Turks Must Release British Prisoners
British naval officials send a warship to Adalia to compel the Turks to free eleven prisoners taken from the British steamer Palatina.
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Constantinople
Adalia
Briand Trusts German Promises After Chamber Vote
Paris Premier Briand speaks after the Chamber of Deputies backs the government policy on German reparations by 419 to 171. He argued three days of debate, reaffirming faith that Germany will meet its obligations and that France pursues moderation and justice.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
France
Selma Man Dies After Self-Imposed Fast
Selma Iowa an obituary notes Oliver son of a wealthy farmer died on the sixtieth day of a voluntary fast. A conscientious objector he refused a uniform, was sent to a federal penitentiary, then returned home, lived as a recluse and resumed fasting declaring he would not eat until the Lord blesses him.
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Selma
Iowa
Watter Oliver
Oliver
Federal
Lady Tilley Dies in St. John After Noble Service
Toronto reports the death of Lady Tilley widow of Sir S. L. Tilley a former Premier of New Brunswick and later Canada’s Finance Minister and Lieutenant Governor. The notice notes her passing in St. John New Brunswick and recalls her husband’s distinguished offices.
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Toronto
St. John, N.B
Lady Tilley
S. L. Tilley
New Brunswick
Canada
Next Governor General Prospects Named in Cable Report
Montreal to London cable reports the Evening News states the Duke of Northumberland may consent to succeed the Duke of Devonshire as Governor General of Canada.
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Montreal
London
Star
Duke of Northumberland
Duke of Devonshire
Canada
German Sergeant Will Serve Ten Months For Ill-Treating British
Doorn Holland residents reacted as ex Emperor attempted to auction woodland on his estate to boost income. The Doorn municipality bought the tract at auction to preserve it, while the Dutch government barred felling. In Leipsic Sergt Heyna received ten months for ill treating British POWs at Harne camp, first German soldier tried on criminal charges from the war. The prosecutor sought two years. Defense said Germans faced hostile prisoners. Heyne claimed he believed in justice and sought acquittal. Attention now on Carl Neumann, commander of U-boat 67, tied to the 1917 Dover Castle sinking. government to produce him for trial.
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Doorn
Hollandt
Leipsic
Heyna
Harne
Westphalia
High
Heyne
Sergt Heyne
Sergt. Heyne
Carl Neumann
Dover Castle
Africa
Nanogenarian Takes Flight In Airship Victoria Visit
Ezra M. Meeker, a famed Oregon trail pioneer now 91, arrived in Victoria from Seattle aboard a United States aerial mail flying boat. He followed a review of transit, noting travel in every westbound vehicle from prairie schooners to modern flying boats.
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Victoria
B.C
Ezra M. Meeker
Oregon Trail
Seattle
United States
Mr. Meeker
Swiss Post Tax Fails Geneva Debacle
Swiss post tax doubling of fostal rates aimed at boosting revenue faltered. Official statistics show receipts for the first quarter fell by 7 million francs compared with the same period last year when rates were normal.
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Geneva
Switzerland
French Demobilizes Married Men in 1919 Class
Paris reports the government, on a favorable army staff recommendation, ordered demobilization of married men and supporters of families from the class of 1919. The remaining forces are deemed adequate for contingencies likely to arise.
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Paris
Rhineland
Removal of Colonel Name From Empire Order Prompts Debate
London reports that the removal of a colonel’s name from the Order of the British Empire has spurred press commentary noting only five deletions have occurred from about 25 000 appointments.
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London
Order of the
Patrol Boat Captures Japanese Schooner Near Canada
The Canadian fisheries patrol vessel Malaspina engaged a Japanese schooner sealing in Canadian waters off Prince Rupert. The ship overhauled the cutter, arrested the crew, seized 150 skins, and destroyed the schooner. Major J A Motherwell, federal inspector of fisheries, was aboard when Vancouver departed for the North.
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Prince Rupert
Canadian
Vancouver
North
J. A. Motherwell
Riel's Brother Joseph Riel Ill At Home In St Vital
Winnipeg report says Joseph Riel younger brother of Louis Riel is gravely ill at his St Vital residence. He is 64 years old and is remembered for his role during Manitoba’s turbulent years around 1869 to 1870.
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Winnipeg
Joseph Riel
Louis Riel
Manitoba
St. Vital
Dublin Customs House Fire Blamed on Sinn Fein Rioters
The Dublin Customs House was destroyed in a fierce attack by Sinn Fein forces. Crown auxiliaries, an armored car, and fire crews fought rebels, with several casualties among both sides. Many staff, including women, fled with hands raised as fires raged and explosives pierced the building.
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Dublin
Dublin Customs House
Ireland
Dublin Castle
Sinn Fein
London
Customs House
Crown
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O-Ge-Mas-Es
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China
Fort Garry
Bross
Cumberland
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Peli
Lac Brochet
Great North Country
Belanger
Pas
Alex. Matheson
Grand Rapids
Saskatchewan River
Churchil
Matheson
Fort William
C.N
Narrows
American Company
B. C. Mines
Moscow
Ontario
G.W.V.A
C. N. R. Express
U.S
W. N. UL Ihe
Riel
Dublin Custom House
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