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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
3
Montreal reports demand for about fifty thousand more workers this season to build 1000 miles of new railway. Contractors urge suspension of the Alien Labor act to avoid delays, noting the G T P will need 15 000 men for summer operations. Government considering easing restrictions to meet the emergency.
Mr Foster moves in the House that public appointments be based on character capacity and adaptability, that supplies be bought by quality and price, that public works follow a defined system, and that utilities franchises be administered to contribute fairly to public revenue.
Lexington, Kentucky reported the marriage of Rosacoe Catchings Jr of Washington DC to Cynthia Campbell of Jackson, Kentucky in Winchester. The groom is the son of millionaire Rosacoe Catchings. the bride, a former St. George hotel pantry girl from a poor Jackson family. The wedding featured a gift from the Catchings elder amounting to London valuables and ten thousand dollars in cash.
In Ottawa the parliament proposes increased representation for Alberta and Saskatchewan under the 1906 autonomy bills. Alberta would gain seven seats and Saskatchewan ten, with new boundaries to be considered by a special committee. Guthrie seeks a commission to study Canada’s technical education needs and report funding and methods.
The new cruiser Warrior underwent official trials along the south coast and proved highly satisfactory. Built at Pembroke Dock with a cost of 5.3 million dollars, she displaces 14 350 tons and reached 26 knots. Her crew totals 630. Five other Warrior class vessels are in the stocks.
The Chamberlain Chapter of the Daughters of the Empire received a letter from Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain noting his health progress is continuous and entirely satisfactory and expressing hope to resume public work soon. He sympathizes with the chapter's wish for a reduction in postal pay between Great Britain and Canada.
Toronto reports Senator Cox resigns after seventeen years as president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. B E Walker is elected president and will join the board. E R Wood and S A Lash become vice presidents. Cox retains a directorate seat as retirement due to advancing years.
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal states no fast Atlantic steamship service to Canada likely soon. He backs Drummond on keeping cattle embargos, noting opposition from Irish cattle interests and preferring Halifax not be an Atlantic port. The embargo appears aimed at Canada more than other nations.
In Paris the journalist William Stead says he is touring the world for peace and reports Britain’s premier Campbell-Bannerman would back two proposals at the Hague. One urges each nation to fund peace propaganda and the other seeks to extend mediation provisions to deter hostilities for a fortnight to allow intervention by friendly powers.
London reports the death of the Shah a ruler famed in Western Europe for visits to Paris in 1905 where he and his retinue drew crowds with lavish charity. His demise occurs amid European moves to shape Persia's fate as a buffer between India and Russia and amid German Persian influence. Britain and Russia prepare a joint policy while Germany expands its gulf interests.
The United States steel trust will start a large plant in Canada within a month, covering 1000 acres along the river. It aims to create a model city with factories and residential zones, reminiscent of Chicago neighborhoods, housing 20000 people, with a temperance town layout, avenues, parks, boulevards, regulated housing, and an elaborate fire protection system.
The Mail reports an official plan to cut British naval strength after the February maneuvers. The Channel Fleet drops from 17 to 14 battleships and loses three small cruisers. The Atlantic Fleet falls from eight to six battleships with three small cruisers. The Mediterranean Fleet declines from eight to six battleships with four small cruisers. The first and second armored cruiser squadrons reduce from 33 to 26 battleships and from 16 armoured cruisers to 12.
The lesson surveys the devil as serpent and challenger to God's word, contrasting Adam and Eve's fall with Christ's wilderness victory. It traces the first prophecy of a redeemer, the atonement symbolized by animal sacrifice, and humanity’s exile from Eden toward restored life in a new creation.
London reports suggest ongoing dispute between the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough with no reconciliation or signed separation deed. Legal representatives are in talks over custody and financial arrangements, with a forthcoming court step expected. The duchess and her family plan a yachting trip to the Mediterranean afterward.
Regine, Sask movement starts in Minneapolis to pressure Canadian Pacific for annual Sept 1 to Feb 1 wheat trains. A. L. Porter arrives from Haney Sask to meet CP officials as farmers from North and South Dakota and beyond may push Great Northern and Northern Pacific to run special trains direct to Minneapolis.
The will of the late Baroness Burdette Coutts leaves all her property to her husband who is sole executor. The duchess of St Albans estate allowed income but not capital to the baroness, which now passes to Francis Coutts. A marriage settlement with the duchess successors led to surrender of income from the trust and transfer of real property to William Lahman Ashmead Bartlett Burdette Coutts.
Paris reports the education minister says bishops mansions rectories and seminaries seized under the church and state separation law will be converted to educational and museum uses. In Quend Amiens bishop Mer Dizien orders withdrawal of the parish priest and suspension of public worship as punishment for Catholics seeking a cultural association under the same law.
The Tribune notes a plan to create an all-British mail route to the far east. A packet station at Blacksod Bay Meyo near the British Isles and Canada would speed mail delivery. With 25 knot steamers, Halifax could be reached in four days, needing about £1,250,000.
A return to parliament shows sixty shipwrecks on the Pacific coast from 1900 to 1906 with fourteen total losses. The data highlights the perilous coastal conditions and risks faced by vessels during that period.
The report notes fluctuating wheat prices with advances and delays in delivery. It cites improved demand, railway transport bottlenecks, and weather factors across regions affecting supply and futures for 1908, with prices quoted for January, May, and July options.
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