Nelson considers British Electric Traction street railway
The Nelson City Council debated British Electric Traction Company of London applying for a 35 year franchise to build and operate an electric street railway. The plan includes two miles of track this year, city work shared on grading and ditching, tax exemptions for the company, and rapid action with a special meeting to follow.
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Nelson
Macdonald and Johnson
City of
Drummond
British Electric Traction Company, Limited
London
England
Duncan
Captain Duncan
IW. Peters
Baker Street
Ma O'ty
Ald
Hillyer
W. A. Macdonald
Mmuetric Traction Co
Gerstein
Mar Macdonald
Ald. Hillyer
Ald. Thomson
British Eleetre
Lrnction Sampany
Messrs. Duncan and Peters
British Electric Traction Company
British Forces Increase Amid Transvaal Tensions
In the House of Commons John Dillon raises concern over a rapid rise in British military strength, while Chamberlain explains the increase follows Transvaal preparations on the Cape Colony border. The debate prompts criticism of colonial policy and cautious government action.
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London
House of Commons
John Dillon
County
Mayo
Bolfour
Transvaal
Chamberlain
Dillon
Cape Colony
Henry Labonehere
Northampton
Back from the Old Country Mr Robertson Discusses Enterprise Sale
London and GBC Goldfields general manager Roderick Robertson returned from London to update on the possible sale of the enterprise. He said no contract exists and no money changed hands, negotiations remain pending, and he avoided commenting on eight hour laws impacting financial circles in London. He noted English capital’s mixed results in British Columbia and that Klondike inquiries were more common.
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Roderick Robertson
London
GBC
Goldfields Company
Robertson
British Columbia
Klondike
Construction to Begin on Kootenay Lake Road Project
Pacific division superintendent Mr Marpole says construction will start at the head of Kootenay Lake toward Arrowhead. He arrives with chief engineer Mr Cambie to survey sites and finalize contracts. Nelson will see outlays and labor as camps form this summer. Windermere notes report townsite surveys, new barber shop, ore finds, and mine activity across Toby and Windermere districts.
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P. BR
Kootenay Lake
Arrowhead
It. Marpol
Pacific Division
The
P. R
Marpole
TL. J. Cambie
Og, P. RR
Pacific
Lardo
Nelgon
GC. P. R
Nelson
Windermere
Real estate boom returns as rumors of good fortune emerge
Quiet market lifts with brisk demand for residential lots and rapid transfers. Building boom continues with a favorable outlook. Jacob Dover returns to Nelson with his bride after a two month trip visiting eastern markets and receiving congratulations from friends.
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Real
Jacob Dover
Nelson
Uniform description for South Kootenay Rifles issued
Nelson receives official outline of officers dress for South Kootenay Rifles with notes on field and undress wear. The document details headgear variations a tall black felt hat and field cap, and a scarlet piping theme on rifle green serge with square front collar.
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Holt
Tynehes
South Kootenay Rifles
Nelson
Hewitt Bostock
M. P
Thea
Independent Rifle Companies
British Columbia
Milita, R. & O
Excopt Lcny
Corbin Abandons Kettle River Railway Bid for Now
Corbin announces he will not press the Kettle River Valley Railway proposal this year. He cites focus on a $850,000 boot sugar factory at Waverly and adviser Bodwell’s Ottawa duties. Hewitt Bostock and others advised withdrawal, as construction would have begun soon if granted. Fife and Hayward form a manufacturing partnership in May with Nelson as a base in the Kootenays.
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Berlin
Coghlans
United States
Ische Zeitung
Coghlan II
Coghlan
Spain
Tage Blatt
Dewey
von Diederich
Admiral Dewey
Lokal Anzeiger
Coghlands
Herlin-Courier
Germany
Corbin
Spokesman-Review
Tam
Sam
Waverly
Kettle Valley
Bodwell
Ottawa
Rogaland
Creenwood
Spokane Balls & Northerp
J. .T Fife
Capt. Hayward
Manrufacturers Gents
Fife & Hayward
Nelson
Kootenays
Lynching of Elijah Stickland in Palmetto Ga Body found on persimmon tree
The lynching mob hanged Elijah Stickland, a negro preacher linked by Sam Hose to the Crawford murder. Soldiers cut off his ears and a finger, a blood stained note on his chest warned blacks, and Major W. W. Thomas pleaded to save him before mob violence prevailed.
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Palmetto
Elijah Stickland
Cranford
Sam Hose
New York Journal
Stickland
Crawford
Strickland
W. W. Thomas
Cowet County
Fairhon
Major
Alfred Crawford
Lise Stickland
Hose
Major Thomas
Albert Sewell
Windy Day Tests Anglers Yet Some Bags Persist
A windy Sunday discouraged many anglers though bait fishers fared better. At Slocan Junction and Ward's Crossing baskets totaled about 16 pounds from two flies. A four pound six ounce trout, two foot long, was landed after an hourlong fight at Five Mile Point with several other fish in the basket.
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Slocan Junction
Ward's Crossing
Nelson
Messrs
Lee
Aruit
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Foreign Affairs
Q Chamberlain
GMA Press
Coghean
C. P. RE
Wast Kootenay
State Department
Washington
Hay
Uoghlan
New York
Raleigh
Astor
Waldorf-Astor Hotel
Kootenay
Kettle River
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