Albani Captivates Nelson with Grand Opera Company
Mme Albani and her stellar ensemble thrilled Nelson at the Nelson Opera House in the Queen City of the Kootenays. The program featured Mendelssohn, Verdi, Gounod and Handel with soloists Muriel Foster and Douglas Powell, and violinist Tivadar Nachnez. Encores drew vociferous approval, confirming Albani as a premier singer and Foster as a remarkable voice.
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Albani
Nelson
the Kootenays
Houte
Mendelssohn
Mons
Tivadar Nanchez
Mr. Watkis
Clayton Johns
Douglas Powell
Noel Johnson
Muriel Foster
Bolo
Halevy
F. Brossa
Verdi
Madame Albani
Vienna
Weki
Broasa
Paul Rubens
Hol_ German
Heboy
Tivaday Nachez
Birdie Gay
Mackenzie
Arditi
Walthew
Miss.Foster
Mr. Powell
King
Miss Foster
Powell
Mise Foster
Nelsonites Remember Great Concert as Finest Musical Treat
A local note describes a memorable concert praised as the most delightful musical event ever given in the area. Mentions Monsignor I Brossa and a speaker identified as wer tedlogy ia with unclear context.
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Mons
Brossa
Wardner Back in Mining District Inspecting Granby Smelter
James Wardner, noted mining plunger, visits Granby smelter at Grand Forks to study low grade ore treatment. He plans similar moves on Knob Hill and Old Tronsides on Prince of Wales Island. A bond was taken on Rendell addition to Columbia town site, 320 acres on Kettle River. Survey work on W. W. & E. reaches Curlew with Kettle River line crossing into Canada at Midway and Chesaw surveyors preparing levels. The line is set to re-enter Canada near Camp McKinney, Washington.
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Rossland
James Wardner
Grand Forks
Curlew
Washington
Kettle
Canada
Midway
B. C
Chesaw
Camp McKinney
Canadian bounty plan highlighted by Kootenay deputation
Ottawa reports a Kootenay delegation pressing for a federal bounty on lead ore with a refinery proposed to aid the silver lead industry. The group names several Kaslo Sandon Nelson figures and notes possible high level visits to British Columbia. A donation to Victoria College hospital is reported, and financial markets in Toronto are active with stock seats trading at high prices.
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Ottawa
W. A. Galliher
M.P
Kootenay
George U Alexander
Kaslo
David Heap
Sandon
H. B. Croasdaile
Wilfrid Laurier
Sitton
Tarte
Paterson
British Columbia
Dawson
Minto Tas
Victoria College Hospital
Morris
Pope cites shaming divorce laws in allocution crisis
In Rome the pope denounces a wave of anti religious campaigns across Europe. He cites hostility to religious congregations and education, calls the pontiff position most shameful and disagreeable, and condemns a socialist deputy’s divorce bill as profaning marriage and family. New cardinals Mgr Della Volce and Mgr San Miniatelli named.
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Rome
Europe
Poppe
Rged
Mgr. Della Volce
Mgr. San Miniatelli
Petro
Mohilok
Jusk
Italian envoy bombs Sultan’s palace in Somali coast raids
Rome reports from Aden that the Italian consul general arrived from the Somali coast to disrupt contraband trade. The envoy bombarded the palace of the Moroccan? Sultan of Mizertin, capturing his son and seizing arms and ammunition as the sultan fled inland with a small following.
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Sultan
Rome
Aden
Zanzibar
Mizertin
Will of Fernando Yznaga Probate Records Estate to Consuelo
The will is admitted to probate in New York on April 15. The estate valued at about 3 million dollars is left entirely to Consuelo, the dowager Duchess of Manchester, with no provision for his sisters Lady Notica Sister Kaye and Emily Yznaga or his mother Ellen M. Yznaga. It is noted that Consuelo may share the fortune with her mother and sisters.
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New York
Fernando Yznaga
Yznaga
Consuelo
Duchess of
Manchester
Notica
Kaye
Emily Yznaga
Ellen M. Yznaga
Audacious Sneak Thief Captured in Victoria
Police nabbed a thief linked to a spate of unexplained robberies after a dinner party at A Borde's home where he stabbed the host and son with a jack knife. The suspect, HE Plump, mate of the Queen City, yielded a trove of stolen goods from the vessel and his Victoria West quarters.
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Vistoria
B. C
A. Borde
Borde
Louis
Plump
Queen City
Victoria West
Smallpox Case in Toronto Spreads Fears of Outbreak
A nine year old girl Marion Davidson from Robert Street is removed to the smallpox hospital after a visit to relatives outside the city where a young man recently returned from Cleveland with a skin eruption thought to be chicken pox. The report notes further charges of theft and other crimes linked to the same suspect.
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Toronto
Amallpox Hospital
Marion Davidson
Robert Street
Cleveland
Vancouver petition calls for Coast Kootenay railway
A petition from 1,100 Vancouver ratepayers was forwarded to the provincial government urging construction of the Coast Kootenay railway, dated April 15 in Vancouver British Columbia.
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Vancouver
B. C
City of
Dutch ship and funds slick swindler in Toronto
Ottawa reports the Dominion government will aid Captain Bernier in a north pole expedition by supplying a ship and funds. Bernier plans to sail from a British Columbia port. Montreal notes deny Lord Strathcona funded Col Steele. Toronto police seek George Winston tied to bank deposit fraud. Italian influx to Canada tops 2000 with many relying on consulate support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dominion
Bernier Inubis North Pole
Funde
Bernier
British Columbia
Montreal
Internoscia
Canada
Painters Strike In St Paul Over New Wage Scale
About 200 members of the St Paul union of the Brotherhood of Painters Paper hangers and Decorators walked out today after failure to agree with master painters on a new scale. The dispute is considered solvable in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul’s
the Brotherhood of Painters
Kitchener reports progress in South African campaign
Lord Kitchener reports from Pretoria detailing Colonel Rawlinson's column actions near Klerksdorp with Boer casualties and captures. He notes Pilcher and Plummer operations, and emphasizes a strong British force of 250000 troops including 60800 mounted men, with 40000 remounts secured in the Cape Colony, forecasting renewed campaigning.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Henry Rawlinson
Langer
Klerksdorp
Plummer
Pilcher
Orange River Colony
Wiich
Daily Mail
Kitchener
Capa Colony
Silver bullion theft from steamer Lide at Balback's dock
Newark police report 40 bars of silver bullion valued at 1200 dollars stolen from the steamer Lide dockside at Balback's. Investigators say river thieves aboard a boat likely secured the bars while a watchman dragged boxes into the yards, with no clue yet to the thieves.
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Newark
N. J
Balback
From the Capital Aides and Court Actions Reported
Victoria April 15 The slander case Colonist by Judge Dugas proceeds with final evidence in Abbey Palmer versus the Empress of Japan suit. The Senator ship delay continues as crew prisoners resist joining. Government supporters may review tenders for the Coast Nootenay railway. Laurier Sifton Patterson trip to British Columbia and Dawson planned for this summer.
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Victoria
Auit
Dugas
Abbey Palmer
Moat
Times
Ottawa
Laurier, Tarte, Sifton and
Patterson
British Columbia
Dawson
Rich Mineral Found on Van Anda Island Prompts Camp
Special to the Miner reports A A Jones returned from Van Anda Island forty miles from Vancouver with ore samples of fabulous richness from new deposits on the island. A piece of white quartz was among the samples.
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Vancouver
A. A. Jones
van Anda Tsland
Rich ore strike sights at surface hope and jail break
A Dover Delaware report notes a gold and silver ore pocket on the surface with unknown depth beneath. Nearby J J Palmer property also shows rich surface ore with $60 silver and $10 gold and copper per ton. In Georgetown six inmates escape Sussex county prison by sawing bars and tying ropes. one life-term convict stays. Colombo Ceylon reports the Ophir steamer carries the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to Australia.
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Mr. Jones
J. J. Palmer
Dover
Dell
Georgtown
Del
Sussex County Prison
Colombo
Celyon
Ophir
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
York
Australia
Marquis of Headfort and Miss Rosie Boote wed quietly
The Marquis of Headfort and actress Miss Rosie Boote were married April 11 at 8 am in Saltwood registrar's office near Folkestone with a villager and Miss Daisy Roche as witnesses. They have been staying at the Metropole Hotel Folkestone. A Daily Express dispatch from Tokio notes Russian marines recalled from the MaSan Pho after Japanese representations. Odessa, Kiiv, Elisabetgrad, Erzstino say and Nikolaieff remain under siege with troops occupying public buildings and Cossack patrols amid riot fears.
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London
Marquis of Headfort
Rosie Boote
Saltwood
Folkestone
Daisy Roche
Metropole
Folkstone
Daily Express
Tokio
MaSan Pho
Hays
Odessa
Exrress
Kieft Knurkoff
Eliabethgraf
Ezksterinosay
Nikolaieff
Siena Ns
Seige
Cape assembly member sentenced for seditious speeches
Barkley West reports Pony De I wet, Cape assembly member, was sentenced by the treason court to three years imprisonment and a £1000 fine for seditious speeches.
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Barkley West
Pony de I Wet
Cape Assembly
New Italian Ambassador Named to Washington
The state department reports Baron Fava will be replaced by Marquis Obizzo Malispina di Carbonara as Italy's ambassador to the United States. The marquis, previously Italian minister to the Argentine republic, brings broad diplomacy and previously served in Washington as a legation attaché a decade ago.
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Washington
State Department
Rome
Baron Fava
Italy
Obizzo Malispina di Carbonara
Legation
Railroad Disaster At Point Pleasant West Virginia
A southbound freight train on the Ohio River railroad crashed through a temporary trestle near Point Pleasant. The engine and five cars were destroyed. Engineer John Pennock of Parkersburg was killed. Several trainmen were slightly injured including F. W. Johnson K. H. Frost and Turt Way, all of Parkersburg.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Ohio River Railroad
John Pennock
Parkersburg
F. W. Johnson
K. II
Frost and Turt Way
Lockout of union carpenters halts major work in Minneapolis
Men of Minneapolis report a lockout by the master builders' association effective today idle. About 300 carpenters are out of work as all large contracts are at a standstill though outside work and house repairs remain unaffected.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Union
Master Builders’ Association
Indemnity Talks for China Drag On Amid US Proposal
AP reports unsettled outlook for early indemnity settlement with powers divided over US aim to cap total at 200 million. France insists full expense basis. individual claims may be paid first. Conciliatory talks continue between France and Russia on Manchuria and Korea.
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United States
Washington
London
Pekin
Russia
Manchuria
Korea
Cuban Convention appoints five delegates to interview McKinley
At the Cuban constitutional convention in Havana on April 16 five delegates Senora Diego Tamayo Capote Derriel Portuendo and Liorente were chosen to form a commission to go to Washington and present the convention's views on Cuba United States relations. The group will confer with General Wood on departure dates and interview conditions with President McKinley. Tomorrow the convention will discuss adjourning until the commission's return.
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McKinley
Havana
Senora Diego Tamayo
Capote
Derriel
Portuendo
Liorente
Washington
Cuba
United States
Wood
Union Men Strike At Newark Watchcase Firms
Over 500 employees from Crescent Watch Co. and Courtyoise Wilcox Mfg. Co. walked out in Newark on April 15. The workers, new members of the National Engravers and International Watchmakers union, quit after learning their unions would no longer be recognized by the companies.
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Newark
N. J
Crescent Watch Co
Courtyoise Wilcox Mfg. Co
National Engravers and International Watchmarkers’ Union
Quiet Movements as Court Prepares New Capital
Advices from Sian Fu report the court ready to move to Hsian Yang in Hu Pei province while permanent officials flee Pekin for San Fu ahead of a new capital selection. Dr. Joseph Muir arrives in Copenhagen as secretary of the American legation.
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Shanghai
Sian Fu
Hsian Yang
Hu Pei
Bcards
Pekin
San Fu
Copenhagen
Joseph Muir
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Cuy
Jim Wardner
Greasdalle
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Gom
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A. D. Cameron
Brandon
Clifford Sifton
Henry Langford
Rat Portage
St. Lawrence
Oliver Mowat
Toronto Stock Exchange
Leo XIII
Duchess of Manchester
North Pole
Slick Swindler
Steele
Lord Strathcona
South Africa
Strathcona
Canadian House of Bishops
Bond
Lewis
Ont
George Winston
St. John
N. B
Winston
Bank of Commerce
Imperial Bank
Impérial Bank
Bank of Nova Scotia
Oxford-Cambridge
Yale
Harvard
McGill
Painters
British Haven
Newark Docks
Laurier
van Anda Island
London News
Wable
DAILY
Laige
U.S
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