Hudsons Bay Co awards Vancouver warehouse contract
The Hudsons Bay Co has let a contract for a wholesale warehouse in Vancouver a 10070 foot three story stone foundation brick superstructure. Architect is Geo Browne. A new substitute leather called lexus fibra from flax is proposed. A Pawtucket hailstone tale ends with a toad inside. In Victoria a verdict of manslaughter is returned in the Rathdown case. World Fair commissioner Calhoun reports extensive grain sample warnings. A Spokane bartender Theodore Bezant is jailed after attempting to coax his wife to jump from a bridge railing. A convict Bennet of the Dalton gang is found digging to escape Kingston jail. Daniel Jones of Frederick County is whipped 39 lashes for wife beating. Slocan Telephone Company plans lines New Denver Silverton Carpenter Creek and other areas with power to extend to Sandon and Slocan lake.