Steveston Murder Case Sparks Vancouver Island Crime Probe
Three Japanese men are arrested for murder in Steveston after a loan dispute escalated into a fatal beating. The victim died from stomach injuries, prompting police and regional coverage. Also reported: gold finds on Van couver Island, enumeration notes for Cassiar districts, shipwreck updates, and changes to ship schedules.
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Vancouver
B Q
Steveston
D. R. Wilkie
Imperial Bank
Government Agent Absent With Public Funds
Victoria Aug. 28. F G Fauquier Revelstoke Government Agent is reported to have absconded with government monies totaling between 2000 and 3000 dollars. An examination of his books is under way. Fauquier is known to many Nelson residents. Police were alerted to arrest him if located.
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Victoria
F. G. Fauquier
Revelstoke
Fauquier
Nelson
Vancouver Visit Reveals B C Electric Expansion Plans
Horne Payne, English director of the B C Electric Railway, in Vancouver reports plans for growth without large further spending. They may double capacity, expand power, and note 210000 pounds spent since 1806. Payne tours Manitoba Northwest wheat fields, cites a 60000000 bushel yield, and discusses Stave Lake power with experts favoring steam. He has left mining holdings in Lardenu country.
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Vancouver
B. C
Horne-Payne
B.C. Electric Railway Company
Victoria
Buntzen
Mr. Payne
Manitoba
Northwest
Wm. McKenzie
Ali Kokum
Payne
Stave Lake Power
Stave Lake
Lardenu
Miners Named As Future City Of Grand Forks Columbia
Grand Forks and Columbia vote to amalgamate as Miner named for the united city. Amalgamation carries strongly in both towns with 170 total margin. Name selection favors Miner with 81 votes. Amalga and Empire trailing. Celebration includes parade and band as leaders praise harmony and progress in Kettle River valley.
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Grand Forks
B. C
Columbia
United Cities
Miner
H. C. Miner
Granby Consolidated Milling & Smelting Co
Amalga
Empire
Kettle River Valley
Tracy W. Holland
Montreal
D. Rand
Vancouver
Spokane
Col. W. C. Hayward
Rand
City of Trenton explodes port boiler on voyage to Trenton
Aboard the steamship City of Trenton from Philadelphia to Trenton, a port boiler exploded near Torresdale causing fire and a wreck. Seven killed, over twenty injured, many missing. The vessel grounded near Harrison Mansion, with passengers and crew thrown into water and a piano aid in rescue. Captain Worrel and crew acted heroically as injured were rushed to hospital.
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Philadelphia
City of
Trenton
Wilmington Steamboat Co
N. J
W. Worrel
Curry
J. W. Vanderver
Edward Murphy
J. D. Chew
Clayton Reiber
Torresdale
Harrison Mansion
Delaware
Mate Vanderver
Dowager Empress Frederick’s Will Reveals 11 Million Mark Fortune
In Hamburg on August 28 a ceremony opened the will of the late Dowager Empress Frederick. The estate totals eleven million marks with one million to each of her eleven children. The youngest, Princess Margaret of Hesse, receives Frederickshoft Castle, funded by 33 million marks from Countess Gallier. Most private papers were destroyed. remaining files went to the Frederickshof library. The will excludes any share from Queen Victoria’s estate.
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Hamburg
Frederick
Margaret of Hesse
Frederick Charles of Hesse
Frederickshoft
Gallier
Victoria
Sampson III Reported Ill at Burke Haven
Rear Admiral Sampson is again ill at Burke Haven, with a despatch noting he is gaining strength yet sees no visitors and has not held consultations on the Sehley court of Inquiry.
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Manchester
N. H
Sampson
Union
Burke Haven
Sehley Court of Inquiry
British attempt to return edict to Chinese amid stalled talks
In Pekin on August 28 it was reported that the British Minister’s plan to return the imperial edict to the Chinese peace commissioners as unsatisfactory failed. Diplomats including Mr Rockhill argued enforcement and legality issues. Ministers, weary of confinement, visit Tung Chang as negotiations drag on and decrees loom.
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Pekin
Rockhill
Great Britain
Deutschland Sets New Atlantic Passage Record From Cherbourg
The Deutschland arrived off Sandy Hook at 12.20 am, shortening the maiden Atlantic run to five days, 11 hours and five minutes after leaving Hamburg on August 22. The ship previously held the five day, 12 hour, 20 minute mark set on September 1, 1900 from Cherbourg to New York.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Hamburg
Southampton
Cherbourg
Morton Daughter to wed Count de Perigord
London Aug 28 announces the engagement of Helen Morton daughter of former New York Governor Levi P. Morton to Count Boson de Perigord son of the Duc de Talleyrand.
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London
Helen
Levi P. Morton
New York
Boson de Perigord
Duc de Talleyrand
Le Roi Opens New Worksite in Rossland
Rossland August 28. Contractor Geiser places ten men at Le Roi with promise of more workers. Many locals seek word on continued employment as Geiser solicits more applicants. Bidding on tomorrow London meeting shows no anticipated management change. Meanwhile Stave Lake power plan gains backing from Eastern financiers and Snoqualmie Falls project ties Seattle Tacoma to a $7 million Seattle stake.
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Rossland
B. C
Geiser Bays
le Roi
Geiser
London
Vancouver
Snoqualmie Falls
Seattle
Tacoma
Stave Lake Power
Stave Lake Power Co
Snoqualmie
Stave Lake
New Westminster
Stave Lake Company
WON'T REACH A MILLION Salmon season outlook for Fraser River
VancouverAug.. Despite no fixed cap on sockeye runs this year the Fraser River fishery nears end with cannery output slipping to about 200 cases daily. Total pack seen around 830000 cases and likely under 900000. No humpbacks will be canned this season as stocks shift to storage for English markets. Salmon fleet numbers nine vessels averaging 60000 cases each limit total to about half a million, with remaining stock kept for later disposal after market rebounds.
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Vancouver
Fraser
The
Canners’ Association
B.C
Oget Sound
Canadian Minister Rejects U S Terminal Scheme
Montreal Aug 24 Mr Tarte Canadian Minister of Public Works refused an American syndicate led by Captain Wolvin Detroit to build terminals and warehouses at Port Colborne and to add steel lake vessels and terminals at Montreal The minister’s refusal ends the plan Nanaimo Aug 24 The steamer Jaan with Premise Dynamur’s party sails from Skagway and will land at Victoria tomorrow.
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Victoria
Bennett
Baden-Powell
Duke of Connaught
Vancouver
Vereening
Taylor
Calgary
Sproule
Bert Steele
Begg
Revestoke
McIntyre
Revelstoke
Curtis
Gravely
Nelson
Herchmer
Rossland
Dewet
Canucks
Koers
Montreal
Tarte
Captain Wolvin
Detroit
Canada
Port Colbore
Nanaimo
B. C
Jaan
Premise Dynamuir
Skagway
No Union Men Need Apply in Steel Strike
Pittsburg Pa Aug 28 The Stee Corporation expanded its workforce at the Star plant planning two shifts to run day and night though union foes challenge the claim. The American Tin Plate Co advertises for non union workers with high pay and a vow to operate without union control while preparatory start ups at Monogahela and Demmler loom. President Shaffer says the union threat won’t force concessions, a new arbitration scheme is proposed by Simon Burns with prominent backers to settle terms, but steel leaders insist the strike is progressing and will end only when workers return to mills.
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Pittsburg
Stee Corporation
Star
Freemont
American Tin Plate Co
Monogahela
Demmler
Tin Plate Company
Shaffer
Simon Burns
Window Glass Workers’ Association
Burns
Archbishop Ireland
Bishop Potter
Seth Low
M. A. Hanna
Broken shaft reported for Empire near Coos Bay
Vistoria Aug 25. Steamer Aztere, which passed up today, reports speaking the steamer Empire off Coos Bay with a broken shaft. She sent a boat ashore to seek help and did not require assistance from the Aztere, but asked to be reported.
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Vistoria
Empire
Coos Bay
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Aku Arm
Wm. J. Pracelen
Hunker Creek
Humboldt
Neb
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Honolulu
Havila
Santa Rosalia
Battle Abbey
MIBDR
Germany
Sampson III
Ocean Record
Vower
Steel Corporation
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