Japan Increasing Naval Strength and War Capacity
An English engineer in New York states Japan has two military arsenals with about 50 000 workers, four ship yards with battleships under construction, and government and private facilities ready for rapid wartime production. He notes no foreigners are allowed to work or train in these facilities and cites Kure navy yards as the largest in Japan with up to 90 000 workers in the region.
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New York
Tokio
London
Japan
Empire
Kure
Von Buelow Sets Aims In Dissolving Reichstag
Berlin Chancellor Von Buelow released a manifesto explaining the government’s motives for dissolving the Reichstag. He seeks independence from the clerical party and to strengthen Liberal allies to counter socialism and clericalism with Conservatives. The pledge centers on defending national honor and prosperity against social democrats and other groups.
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Berlin
von Buelow
Reichstag
General von Liebert
Empire League
Snowbound Lumber Regions Face Massive Losses
Prince Albert reports record snow depths hindering timber work across the northwest. Nine to ten feet of snow blocks ground cutting and log movement, with trees buried and winds driving snow back into holes. Impacts reach Carrot River, Dauphin, Edmonton, and Shell Creek areas, threatening hundreds of thousands in losses for the lumber industry.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Carrot River
Dauphin
Man
Edmonton
Shell Creek
Coal Arch Fire Extinguished Saving Vast Coal Reserve
Edmonton reports the Coal Arch near Menassin has been extinguished after a lengthy blaze. Timber cruiser J A L McDougall arrived with the news. A large workforce fought the flames and saved a twenty two foot thick coal seam extending for some distance, preserving valuable coal for the company and country.
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Edmonton
Alta
Menassin
J. A. L. McDougall
Marpole Stays in Vancouver Role, Says No Winnipeg Move
Vancouver official Marpole declares he will not be appointed superintendent of transportation in Winnipeg or to any other office there. He may be relieved of operating detail work in the west, but this will likely be the only change affecting him.
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Marpole
B. C
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Canada Lands Prime Space at Franco British Exhibition Site
London reports the first sod has been cut marking the Franco British exhibition project. Canada secured a well placed and spacious site for the display, signaling strong national involvement and a prominent location for the event.
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London
Canada
Mexican market shifts as Germans gain ground on British
A letter from A W Donley, Canadian trade agent in Mexico, to the department of trade and commerce notes British manufacturers losing hold while Germans gain. He cites two key points, British goods failing to suit local needs and Germans willing to produce what the market desires. The United States retains bulk of trade due to proximity, but Canada could expand if not apathetic.
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Mexico
Canada
Ottawa
A. W. Donley
Department of Trade and Commerce
Republic
Rockefeller’s New Year Gift to University of Chicago
John D Rockefeller presented the University of Chicago with 3 million dollars in gilt edged securities as a New Year gift. The total Rockefeller donations to the school reach 21.4169 million dollars. Of the gift 2.7 million goes to the permanent endowment and 0.3 million funds the year's deficit raises instructor salaries and funds campus improvements.
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Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Rockefeller
Cobalt Properties in Litigation in Ontario Waters
The Ontario legislature passed a measure to disallow mining properties in Cobalt and sent it to the Dominion government. A major legal battle is anticipated as Cobalt Lake Mining company prepares to take over the submerged property and Florence Mining company sues the new firm. The matter is likely to reach the Privy Council.
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Cobalt
Toronto
Ontario
Dominion
Cerrada
Cobalt Lake Mining Company
Cobalt Lake
Florence Mining Company
Privy Council
Parole Officer Archibald Tours West Then Speaks in Winnipeg
Major Archibald Dominion parole officer begins an extended inspection tour of western Canada. In Winnipeg he will address the Canadian Club on January 9 about The Modern Treatment of the Criminal Classes in Custody of Penitentiaries of Canada. On return he will speak at the Empire Club in Toronto and to Queens University students at Kingston on Criminological Questions of the Dominion.
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Ottawa
Anti American Meeting Rumor In Canton Washington
The state department and the Chinese legation deny any official notices about an anti American mass meeting in Canton. Officials say the gathering was likely organized by hotheads without government sanction as the boycott movement in China is said to be dead. Negotiations on a treaty regarding Chinese emigration progress languidly.
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Canton
Washington, D. C
State Department
Legation
China
Rajah of Goa Dead in Celebes Ravine
The Rajah of Goa in Celebes and his party fled after a Dutch punitive force found his stronghold on Christmas Day. They toppled a precipice into a ravine and all were killed.
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The
Hague
Goa
Celebes
Dutch East Indies
Gunboat Sandoval Reaches New York Dock for Lake Ontario Use
The U S gunboat Sandoval arrives in New York after sailing from Norfolk under Lt. E N Walbridge. Manned by members of Rochester New York militia’s second division, the vessel, a Spanish American War capture, will be repaired in New York before heading to Lake Ontario in the spring.
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New York
U. S
Sandoval
Lake Ontario
Norfolk
E. N. Walbridge
Rochester
N.Y
Guantanamo
Children Pickpockets in Toronto Department Store
Three girls under twelve were arrested for pickpocketing in a Toronto department store led by eight year old Ethel Titus. She reportedly taught others and was linked to Josie Carr, who previously stole and murdered an infant. Carr allegedly took about fifty purses.
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Toronto
Ont
Ethel Titus
Josie Carr
France to build four superior submarine cruisers
The admiralty orders four submarine cruisers of 800 tons with fifteen knots on the surface and ten knots submerged. They will have a radius of action of 2,500 miles and be superior to any existing vessels of the same class.
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Paris
Admiralty
Man Created in God's Image and Dominion on Earth
Rev D M Steverine guides a Bible lesson on Genesis chapters 1 and 2, highlighting man created in God's image to rule the earth, the Trinity's role in creation, and the resting of believers in Christ. The commentary links blessing with fruitfulness and urges living as God’s workmanship through divine rest and obedience.
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God
Jesus
Christ
Adam
Eve
Abundant Finishes Through Faith and Divine Work
The text links seven and five to perfection and abundance citing a fret section where God is named thirty five times. It suggests via divine working in believers that they become five times seven, or abundantly finished, awaiting Eve and the church to be built and the kingdom to be given with Christ.
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Christs
Charity Gifts Reach Thirty Million in England 1906
England totals charity donations in 1906 reach thirty million dollars doubling the two-decade average. Major gifts stem from four estate heirs, with Alfred Bell leading as chief philanthropist behind the Cape to Cairo railway scheme. Other large benefactors include Geo Herring and the widow of Sam Lewis supporting hospitals and temperance causes.
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London
England
Alfred Bell
Cecil Rhodes
Cape To Cano
Geo. Herring
Sam Lewis
Japs Target Prolonged Peace In Russia Talks
Paris Dr Motono Japan's minister to Russia said reports on Russo-Japanese negotiations over fisheries navigation and issues were unwarranted. He foresaw a successful commercial treaty and denied demands to open the entire Amur river. He urged opening the Sungari river as a open door principle linked to Portsmouth.
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Japs Hone
Paris
Motono
Russia
Japan
Amur
Sungari
Manchuria
Portsmouth
Forecasts New Land Law in Dominion Plan
D W Bole told Old Timers banquet the Dominion government will likely introduce legislation to let settlers homestead on the odd numbers of 5 000 000 acres of habitable land still unoccupied and grant preemption to those who already homesteaded. He cited western land figures: 170 000 000 acres habitable 40 000 000 already homesteaded 52 000 000 granted to Hudson’s Bay Company and for schools 75 000 000 still available.
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Regina
Sask
D. W. Bole
Domminion
Bole
Hudsons Bay Company
Compulsory Voting Proposed in Election Act Change
Hon A B Aylesworth informs MPs the campaign for suppression of electoral bribery will push a measure to increase penalties for electoral corruption and make voting compulsory. The justice minister believes it will not end the evil but may yield some benefits.
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Toronto
A. B. Aylesworth
Newfoundland fisheries dispute strains colonial relations
The Scotsman reviews the 1906 colonial administration and calls Newfoundland fisheries a troublesome colony. It likens the quarrel to a San Francisco school board and Japan dispute, noting international friction that obstinacy may render hard to ease.
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London
The
Scotsman
Newfoundland
San Francisco
Japan
Lumber Markets Grow Across Buffalo and Tonawanda
Official reports show Buffalo and Tonawanda as the world’s largest lumber markets. Chicago remains a rival with 364,299,000 feet received, while Tonawanda’s receipts exceed 443,000,000 feet for the just closed season.
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Larce Lumber
Buffalo
N. Y
Tonowanda
Chicago
Attacked Funeral Procession in Lodz Sparks Fatal Skirmishes
In Lodz Russia Poland socialist and nationalist factions clash with ongoing skirmishes. Night fighting leaves six killed or wounded. A funeral procession escorting four nationalists to the cemetery is attacked by socialists. one mourner is killed and two wounded as the cortege is dispersed.
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Lodz
Russian
Poland
Wheat Market Prospects Rise Despite Weekly Decline
Thompson, Sons & Co. report a fluctuating wheat market with a weekly loss in American and Winnipeg prices yet forecast potential price increases on shifting world supplies.Russian crop reductions, drought risks in India, and larger 1906 exports affect outlook. Manitoba trade shows initial declines as winter snow limits delivery demand. Fort William and Port Arthur prices: November 71 1/2¢, December 69 1/2¢, January 65 1/2¢, futures up to 76¢ in May and July.
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Winnipeg
United States
India
U.S
Europe
America
Manitoba
Fort William
Port Arthur
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Rajah
the Sunday School
D. M. Steverine
the Market Report
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