Shipwreck of the Alpha reports Canadian loss and salvage
Vancouver notes the Alpha wrecked on a reef near Union Bay with 9 dead and 26 survivors after a gale. The vessel carried 750 tons of salt salmon and 50 tons of coal valued at 95 000. crew included the owner Hamilton Yorke and engineers. One officer swam to a lighthouse with a line to save others.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Czar
Union Bay
Vancouver Island
Alpha
Cape Nowe
Treasury
Washington
Eniineers
Samuel Sarbor
I. N. Yorke
Victoria
Matterson
Dunn
Murray
H. JL. White
Crosby and Sullivan
Yokohama
Japan
Union
Baynes Sound
Yellow Island
Nome
Treasury Department
United States Revenue
Canadian regiments praised by general amid praise for service
Reports from Toronto and other cities detail varied events. A Canadian regiment earns high praise from a general for its good work. Readers are informed of pine log cuts in Rainy River district, police misconduct allegations in Halifax and various Ontario notices.
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Toronto
Rainy River District
Generous Strathcona Installed as Aberdeen Rector
London December 18 Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal Canadian High Commissioner was installed as Lord Rector of Aberdeen University. He received a cordial student welcome and spoke on empire unity. He cited Canada growth and federations of Australia and South Africa and offered 25 000 pounds toward the debt if 50 000 more is raised within a year.
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London
Lord Strathcona
Mount Royal
Aberdeen University
Dominion of Canada
Federation of Australia
Federation
South Africa
Quadra Returns After Stormy Coastal Voyage
Government steamer Quadra arrived with Returning Officer McGregor after a stormy coast trip. North of Albert Bay the Maxwell vote stood 55 for Maxwell, while Skidegate remained unevacuated as landing and polling were impossible due to rough seas.
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Vancouver
Quadra
Oficer McGregor
Albert Bay
G. R. Maxwell
Atelin
Skidegate
Supreme Court Denies Star Writ Against Associated Press
In Jefferson City Missouri on December 18 Justice Sherwood issued an opinion denying The St. Louis Star the writ of mandamus against the Associated Press to compel access to the views service.
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Jefferson City, Mo
Sherwood
Supreme Court Today
St. Louis Star
Associated Press
Narrow Escape from Capture at Nooitgedacht
Details from Johannesburg report General Clement’s detachment narrowly escaped Boer capture at Nooitgedacht. Boer assaults were repelled by artillery after bold charges. Colonel Legge killed five Boers before being fatally shot. British forces suffered heavy Boer losses. London notes blame on Boll er for Tugela disasters and cites volunteer regiments readiness. Lord Roberts to march in London January 3 with 46 000 troops from Aldershot.
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Johannesburg
Nooitgedacht
Clement
Legge
London
St. James Gazette
Boller
Tugela
South Africa
Magalieberg
Aldershot
Lord Roberts
Pekin Dispatch Warns Allies on Limited Negotiations
A Pall Mall Gazette despatch from December 17 says no improvement from powers accord, with arsenals at Hankow and Shanghai left open and arms still reaching Chinese forces. Tung Fuh Siang consolidates control, terrorizes the Empress, and could rally his army. Wider Allied military operations urged.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Hankow
Shanghai
Tung Fuh Siang
Tacoma Woman Recalls Wreck of City of Topeka
Mrs. A. J. Clark of Tacoma describes the wreck of the City of Topeka in Lynn Canal. She recounts a dark, hurricane wind with eight to ten foot waves, a reef collision, two shocks, a panic among passengers, and survivors reaching shore as cold snow covered the area.
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Tacoma
Topeka
Lynn Canal
A. J. Clark
Thither
Island encampment women shelter leaks during rain
Survivors described an Indian village or encampment where a tent for the women leaked as weather worsened. They stayed on the island until Tuesday noon, had food, and at 11 o'clock Tuesday the steamer Alert passed, transporting some to Juneau and sending another steamer back for the rest. They feared the Topeka would break at low tide.
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Alert
Juneau
Terrible Mistake Seven-Year-Old Belgium Murder Mystery
A London despatch reports a woman named Soumayre accusing her husband of a series of crimes seven years after three Belgium workmen were tried for murder. The inquiry seeks to verify her claim as officials investigate the alleged case.
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Montreal
Winnipeg
New York
Herald
London
Ostend
Daily Mail
Belgium
Mautmond
Soumayre
Loss of Gneisenau After Malaya Port Storm
An official Malaya dispatch reports 84 survivors from 450 aboard the German training frigate Gneisenau which foundered at Malaya harbor during a violent storm. Rumor says the commander committed suicide. Count Von Buelow's nephew Berndt was saved with head injuries. one sailor went mad. engineers and petty officers drowned. salvage hopes include guns, a treasure chest, and part of the hull.
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Herlin
Malaya
Gneisenau
Count von Buelow
Berndt
Strikers End at Natalie Colliery After Agreement
The Natalie Colliery strike in Shamokin Pennsylvania ends as 1,800 workers return to work. The Shamokin Coal Co grants a ten percent wage increase, reinstates several discharged men, and gives non-union workers two days to settle differences with the union or face discharge.
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Shamokin, Pa
Natalie Colliery
Shamokin Coal Co
Exposition Finances Show Two Million Franc Deficit
Paris official report of Exposition finances records a loss of two million francs. Expenditure totals 116,500,000 francs while receipts reach 114,500,000 francs. The deficit is smaller than in prior Expositions.
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Paris
France
Wealthy Nelson investors buy Greenwood tramways and electric lights
A Greenwood despatch reports that wealth Nelson investors bought all interests in the Greenwood and Phoenix tramways and Greenwood Electric Light companies. George H. Collins sold a quarter of Greenwood tramway stock and 16 250 shares of the electric light company. The tramway aims to connect Greenwood with Phoenix and haul ore to local smelters, with spring construction planned and Anthony J. McMillan bound for England to secure bonds.
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Greenwood
Nelson
Greenwood and
Phoenix Tramways
Greenwood Electric Light Companies
George H. Collins
Phoenix Tramway
Electric Light Company
Phoenix
Anthony J. McMillan
Rossland
England
Wellington
Boundary Falls
Petition Filed Against City Election Returns in Victoria Times
Morning petition filed with the registrar by Gordon Hunter and H Mackenzie Cleland for the petitioners contests the returns of Prior and Earle for the city. Signatories include Andrew Mairfall Thomas Dunn and Marcus Phipps. Petition alleges personal bribery and corruption via agents. Deposit of 82 000 accompanies petition. Proceedings may not be reached before the Commons meets.
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Gordon Hunter
H. Mackenzie Cleland
Messrs, Prior
Earle
Victorian Times
Andrew Mairfall
Thomas Dunn
Marcus Phipps
Rail link to coast eyed in British Columbia charter move
Provincial charter filings point to a Vancouver to Boundary rail plan run via New Westminster Fraser River Hope and Princeton with MacKenzie Mann & Co backing. Vancouver Victoria & Eastern line aims to connect with Great Northern and Grand Trunk systems, forming an independent coast to Atlantic route through B C and Columbia River.
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Clifford Sifton
Vancouver
Kootenay
Boundary
Victoria
Eastern Railroa
Mackenzie,Mann & Co
British Columbia
Legislative Assembly of
Province of
New Westminster
Fraser River
Hope
Coquehabra
Tulameen River
Princeton
Keremees
Osoyoos Lake
Kettle River
Said
Midway
Grand Forks
Robertson & Robertson, Solicitors
Great Northern
Fraser
Spokane Falls & Northern
Marcus Or
Bossburg
Cascade City
B. C
Seattle ‘Times
D. ©. MacDonnell
Victoria, Vancouver & Eastern
Victoria, Vancouver & Eastern Trailway
Great Northern Railway
Grand Trunk Railway
Pacific Coast
Boundary Country
Columbia River
Pacific
Atlantic
Montreal
Messrs. MacKenzie & Mann
Multimilionaire
Toronto
Coast-Kootenay
Victoria, Vancouver & Kootenay
Victoria Fe
Louis Lukes
MacKenzie & Mann
Lola Island
Canadian Pacific Railway
Steveston
Vancouver line plans spark railway charter dispute
A Vancouver dispatch outlines the Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway with two charters from Ottawa and Victoria. The line would run to Vancouver and a Columbia River site near Robson with Victoria rail linkages. Original subsidies and transfers between governments triggered disputes as McLean brothers and Dr Milne sold to Mackenzie and Mann, with construction promises unmet.
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Vancouver
Spokesman-Review
Vancouver, Victoria & Eastern Railway
President Hill
Great Northern
Dominion
Ottawa
Victoria
Columbia River
Robson
Turber
McLean Brothers
Dr. Milne
MacKeneie & Mann
Mdiionaire
Mill denies plan to unite rail lines across continent
St Paul dispatch says President J J Mill denies resigning from Great Northern to form a transcontinental traffic system. He confirms invest ment in the Erie road with friends and calls the continental combine idea nonsensical and impractical.
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St. Paul, Minn
J. J. Mill
Great Northern
Jill
Erie Road
Baltimore & Ohio
Road
Les
French Consul Paul Antoine Dies After Suicide Attempt
Paul Antoine, the French Consul in San Francisco, died last night at the French hospital after attempting suicide last Friday to hide a clandestine marriage and threatened exposure by his wife.
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San Francisco
Paul Antoine
Ministers to finalize Chinese note text in Pekin meeting
A Pekin dispatch reports that Chinese ministers will meet tomorrow to finalize the text of the note. The agreement aims to conclude the Chinese note draft in Pekin.
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Nome
Pekin
Salisbury on the War The Empire’s Glory Demands Effort
Lord Salisbury addressed the National Union of Conservative Associations saying the war’s outcome determines England’s prestige and empire’s perpetuity. He urged unwavering effort and sacrifice, noting anxiety about current events and the need to press ahead despite unclear developments.
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London
National Union of Conservative Associations
Lord Salisbury
England
War Office Reform Committee Named in London
The War Office forms a reform committee led by Clinton Ek Dawkins to study decentralization and faster operations. Members include Sir Charles Glynne, Sir George Clark, and George Stegman Gibbs with meetings set for January. Critics say the move delays urgent reform.
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London
William St. John Broderick
Clinton Ek. Dawkins
J. 8. Morgan & Co
Charles Glynne
Narl Welby
Marquis
The
Daily News
Daily Chronicle
Great Mile Record Set by Michael at Madison Square Garden
Jimmy Michael, famed pace follower, broke the indoor mile world record during a ten mile trial at Madison Square Garden yesterday while preparing for a fifteen mile race with Harry Elkes next Saturday night. Spectators reported the final mile in 1:39.
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New York
Jimmy Michael
Madison Square Garden
Harry Elkes
WAGES OF SIN. Man reported in Illinois Central hold up found dead
In New Orleans a man described as a gang member in the Chicago Limited robbery was found dead near the hold up site. Police say wounds from a running fight proved fatal. The incident occurred in the suburbs after the Tuesday night crime.
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New Orleans
Chicago Limited
Illinois Central Railway
Big Heist At Kennedy's Bank In Hope Indiana
Kennedy's Bank in Hope Indiana was burglarized early today by three men who blew the vault with nitro glycerine, taking about $15000. They escaped as a posse of citizens began searching the surrounding countryside.
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Hope, Ind
Kennedy's
First Body Recovered From Gneisenau Wreck Beach
The body of Captain Krestheman commander of the wrecked German training ship Gneisenau washed ashore at Malaga and was buried this afternoon in the British cemetery. It is the first body recovered on the beach.
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Malaga
Krestheman
Smallpox Rampant in Eastern Utah Regions Report
The smallpox situation in Eastern Utah grows alarming with nearly a hundred cases at Scafield and numerous cases in Winterquarters Clear Creek and Sun nyside in Carbon County.
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Price
Utah
Scafield
Winterquarters
Clear Creek
Sunnyside
Carbon Coupe Ly
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Mr. Tarte
Toronto Street Railway and Electric Lighting Co
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Disant
Ont
Stuart Bird
Alfred Milner
Liverpool
Pierce, Watts & Co
Maritime Provinces
Lessard
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Militia Department
Hutton
Sanderson
Welch
Halifax, N
Halifax
Smith Curtis
Wm. Levack
Levack
Michipecoton
Algoma District
Imperial Cotton Company
Williams
Catherine Higgins
Elizabeth Street
Clarke Wallace
Fulford
Senate
Wallace
Strathcona
A. P
Clements
Gol. Legge
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Cape Town
Orange River
Cape Colony
Aliwal
Cape Rifles
Brabant
Strikers
Greenwood Dispatch
McKenzie & Mann
Will Fi
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J. Hill Tas
Erie Railroad
Salisbury
WAR Office Reform
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