Rebellion Days 1884 85 by OGE MASES Little Clerk
The narrator recalls a 1884 85 deputation to Louis Riel in Montana and Riel's shift to rebellion, with warnings to settlers and efforts by Isbister to involve a loyal English speaker. He recounts interactions with Indian camps, a clash over loyalty, and the release of detained Beatty's Indians after pressure on the Indian Agent.
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Lewis Reil
Montana
Gabriel Dumont
Mois Oucilette
M. Dumas
Jas. Isbister
Riel
Ottawa
Prince Albert
Louis Riel
Rie
Batoche
Canada
Donald A. Smith
Stony Creek
Rebi Lion
Premier declines new minister for telephones vacancy
Premier Martin decides not to appoint a new minister to fill the retirement vacancy of Hon. W. E. Knowles. The Prime Minister will assume telephones duties and remain minister of education. Hon. S. J. Latta, already minister of highways, will take on provincial secretary duties in addition to his current office.
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Regina
Martin
W. E Knowles
S. J. Latta
Winnipeg Legislature Debates Province Finance Docket
In Manitoba the group system of government was in operation as all factions met in the legislature to discuss fiscal affairs with a former member presiding. They decided that all financial requirements including university grants, road funds, hospital costs, and charities would be settled at conferences of the full legislative body.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Norns Move to End New Revenues to Fund Government
The report notes the committee of the whole house would be summoned to assist in halting new revenue measures, aiming to sustain government operations and finances.
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Norns
Senator Crosby Dies in Ottawa at 62
Conservative Senator A B Crosby of Halifax died at his Ottawa home after a short illness at age 62. Crosby formerly sat in the House of Commons for Halifax and was named to the Senate in January 1917. His death creates the eighth Senate vacancy.
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Otawa
A. B
Crosby
Halifax
House of Commons
Senate
Germans Accept Allied Occupation With Outward Calm
Berlin reports show public calm over expanded Allied occupation while the Reichstag avoids agitation after Fehrenbach speech. London talks ended with no plenary session, and rumors say President Harding urged delay of U S Germany peace action. Reichsbank notes February currency up two billion marks. Leipzig reports slower purchases despite London developments.
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Ence
Harding
Senate
United States
Germany
Reichsbank
Leipzig
London
Will Bar Undesirables Ottawa
Cabinet considers changes to immigration rules in Canada aimed at admitting only bona fide farm workers and domestic help while maintaining money requirements. Immigrants from the British Isles France and the United States would face no new barriers. Central Europe would be restricted.
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Ottawa
Canada
British Isles
France
United States
Europe
Hopper Plague Tests Questioned by Assiniboia Official
O R Gould of Assinaboia seeks government cost figures of gas tests used against Saskatchewan grasshopper plague last year and whether another outbreak is likely. He also asks for the number of export liquor licenses issued in Saskatchewan in 1919 and 1920 and whether export liquor houses will be closed.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
O. R. Gould
Assinaboia
Nicholai Avskentieff
Russia
Finland
Wrangel
Kolchak
Denikine
Yudenitch
Demand For Curtailment Of Railway Estimates
Ottawa sees bipartisan push to curtail railway estimates and reorganize the Canadian National Railway. Debates focus on eliminating duplications and trimming transcontinental passenger service while keeping freight moves, with some urging immigrant settlement to spur demand.
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Ottawa
Canadian National Railway
J. D. Reid
Canada
West
Canadian Pacific Railway
Great Britain
Europe
Funeral for Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Held Simple
Madrid funeral for Premier Eduardo Dato was simple. His body rode in a two horse hearse to the Chamber of Deputies and then to San Isidro Cemetery. Senator Dato left 2,000,000 pesetas to his widow and three daughters.
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Madrid
Eduardo Dato
Chamber of Deputies
San Isidro
Dato
Relatives to Care for Indigents Bill Tabled in Edmonton
A province bill introduced by Attorney General J. R. Boyle would require financially capable relatives to support indigent family members who would otherwise depend on public charity, the municipality, or the state.
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Edmonton
J. R. Boyle
Canada’s Oldest Citizen Turns 116 in Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill Ontario resident Sarah Maxwell celebrated her 116th birthday as Canada’s oldest citizen. She has outlived her children and lives alone, though she remains frail yet able to move about and sew despite limited vitality.
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Richmond Hill
Ont
Sarah Maxwell
Canada
Bolshevik Brigades Desert from Moscow Over Food Pressure
Advices report three Bolshevik brigades in Moscow deserted and joined revolutionary forces. Deserters cite severe food shortages in the Soviet capital as the motive for leaving.
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Riga
Moscow
Haid
Appointing Enumerators in Census Provinces
In the House of Commons Sir George Foster said census enumerators would be appointed by the census commissioners in each province with approval from Dominion authorities.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
George Foster
Would Raise Marriage Age in Canada
Calgary Alberta reports the Local Council of Women urged a uniform marriage law nationwide. They discussed the subject at recent meetings and advocate raising the legal marriage age from 18 to 21 years.
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Calgary
Alta
Canada
Council of Women
Prussian Cabinet Resigns After Election Loss
Berlin reports the Prussian cabinet tendered its resignation following recent elections. The ministry will continue to function pending formation of a new cabinet.
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Berlin
Austria Sympathizes With Germany in London Breakup
Vienna newspapers express sympathy for Germany after failed London negotiations. German attitude praised. Berlin excerpts run. Nieue Arie Presse calls the Allied action war in the midst of peace. Mittags Zeitung predicts the German people will bear their fate and not aid the enemy.
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Vienna
Germany
London
Berlin
Nieue Arie Presse
Mittags Zeitung
Strike Expands as 10000 New York Dress Workers Unionize
About 10,000 workers in misses and children's dress factories walked out in New York City. The International Union announced the broad strike, claiming the industry in Greater New York was practically shut down.
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New York
International Union
Greater
Berlin approves Dr. Simons handling of London talks
The German Imperial Cabinet unanimously endorses the conduct of Dr. Walter Simons the foreign minister in recent negotiations with the Allies in London.
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Dr. Simons
Berlin
Walter Simons
London
Bolshevik Uprising Strikes Batum and Railways
A Bolshevik uprising has erupted in Batum. Thousands flee as the Bolsheviks capture railways from Kutais to Batum. Allied mission and Georgian government members depart the city amid the crisis.
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Batum
Kutais
Renewed Peace Talks Advance Across Ireland and Russia
Reports from Paris and Dublin describe advancing peace discussions linked to Lloyd George and Carson, with Irish Republican Army restraint expected. In Belfast a string of executions and killings linked to suspected informants shock the region, including two labeled spies and a warning to a youth.
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Dublin -Ti
Lloyd George
Ireland
Sir Edward Carson
South Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Dail Eireann
Sinn
Thurles
Maher
Agnacloy
Francis McPhillips
Allied Forces in Dusseldorf Proclaimed Restrictions
In Dusseldorf the Allied forces will total 5 000 men with 3 000 in barracks and the rest dispersed through the town. A proclamation bars overcharging Allied members and warns citizens of court-martial for disrespect. Public assemblies need special permits and petitions must be filed three days ahead with organizer names and attendance estimates. National colors display is forbidden.
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Dusseldorf
Alternative Course Edmonton Urges Lifting Embargo on Canadian Live Cattle
Duncan Marshall, Alberta minister of agriculture, told the legislature that Britain should remove its embargo on Canadian live cattle. He argued Canada has no pleuro pneumonia or foot and mouth disease history and has shipped over 3,000,000 cattle to Britain since 1895 without disease traces. He proposed an alternative of building battoirs at tidewater to ship meat via a cool north Atlantic route, avoiding longer journeys faced by Argentina.
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Edmonton
Duncan Marshall
Canada
Britain
Marshall
Tidewater
North Atlantic
Equator
Route For Tourists To Yukon
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police report a tourist route will be established next summer. The route runs down the Mackenzie River across the Porcupine Divide to the Yukon River and finally to Dawson to serve visitors to the Mackenzie Valley oil fields and Yukon gold fields.
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Dawson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Fort McPherson
Mackenzie River
Porcupine Divide
Yukon River
Mackenzie Valley
Yukon
Seeks Information On RCMP Structure Post Amalgamation
Ottawa report notes F S Cahill of Pontiac asks a series of questions about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He inquires whether non commissioned officers of the Dominion Police were placed junior to Mounted Police NCOs at amalgamation regardless of service length. He also questions corps upkeep costs and protection of government buildings before and after amalgamation.
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Ottawa
F.S. Cahill
Pontiac
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dominion Police
Mounted Police
Canada’s Navy Arrives at Esquimalt Harbor
Canada’s nucleus of a navy reaches Esquimalt Victoria amid a historic British naval scene not seen since 1905. The arrival signals reestablishment of Esquimalt as an active naval base and marks a major step in Canada’s maritime development.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Fisquimalt
Canada
Esquimakt
Navy breaks long distance wireless record from Cavite to Washington
The United States navy set a new long distance wireless record by sending messages from Cavite in the Philippines to Washington D C. The transmission completed in about three minutes, covering roughly 10 000 miles.
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San Francisco
United States Navy
Cavite
Philippines
Washington, D.C
Jamaica to Aid Mother Country War Debt
Kingston Jamaica The Legislative Council passed a measure providing an appropriation of 350000 dollars annually for 40 years to assist in liquidating the Mother Country's war debt.
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Jamaca
Kingston
Jamaica
Legislative Council
Alberta Curriculum Rejects Military Flavored Training
The Curriculum Revision Commission decided that Alberta public schools will avoid any training with a military flavor, shaping the province's educational approach.
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Calnary
Alberta
Deport 35 Aliens Ordered Deported from Detroit
Immigration officials announce that 35 aliens accused of radical activities are to be deported. They will depart Detroit and head to New York as the action proceeds.
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Detroit
Mid
Atiena
New York
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