Nelson Ballot Fight Prompts City Electors to Choose Mayor
The Nelson election sets a city vote for Mayor and six Aldermen with polling hours from 8 am to 4 pm at two ward locations. Indications favored Neelands and the Citizens' Ticket, while Houston supporters remained confident. local turmoil centers on Mayor Houston and the Nelson Planing Mill controversy tied to loans, ownership, and alleged benefits.
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Nelson
George Hamilton Neelands
Citizens
Bank of British Columbia
Josephine Street
Neelands
Citizens’ Aldermania
Gray's Mill
Industrica
Coast
T. W. Gray
Gray
T. M. Ward
Sad series of deaths in Metropolis family
A Metropolis report notes Dr H Y Mangum dies of pneumonia on December 26, followed by his daughter Lucy the next day, wife three days later, and son Samuel a week after. The grandmother Mrs Wouley is reported dead, all from the same illness, marking the family tragedy. The Zeitung excerpt discusses French comments on Emperor William and a shift in Anglo German alliance dynamics.
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Metropolis
H. Y. Mangum
Lucy
Samuel
Wouley
Belin
The
National Zeitung
William
Marquis Denoailles
Germany
France
Great Britain
Letter disputes signature linking editor to Pye O Near
In a Nelson Daily Miner exchange, C Dell Smith denies writing the letter signed Pye O Near and asks for a public correction. The Miner backs Smith's claim, noting he left the paper months ago. The column accuses local editor John Houston of biased coverage amid a reelection bid.
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Nelson Daily Miner
Pye O'Near
The
Economist
Tribune
Nelson
Pye O’near
C. Dell Smith Nelson
Domville's Two Actions in Colonial Suit
Col Domville brings two suits against former associates in St John. He sues Klondike Yukon and Stewart Pioneers Co for 5000 damages over slander alleged to have caused his dismissal. He also sues for wrongful dismissal. Writ served on company representative C J Milligan. Domville alleges 8000 spent on the company and 6000 yearly fair.
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St. John
N. B
W. H. Trewartha James
London
Klondike-Yukon and Stewart Pioneers Co
Col. Domville
M. P
Tuck
Mr. Domville
James
L. A. Curry, Q
Domville
C. J Milligan
Preston to take post in immigration department
Ottawa reports W. T. B. Preston former Provincial Librarian in Toronto is appointed to the immigration department. He will meet Doukhobors at Halifax and work on immigration in Britain while spending part of each year in Canada. James Smart and Mr. White will accompany him, with transportation plans arranged in Montreal with the Canadian Pacific.
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Ottawa
W. T. B. Preston
Toronto
Immigration Department
Doukohobors
Halifax
Preston
Britain
Canada
James Smart
White
Perley
Mr. White
Montreal
Campaign convergence at Hume hotel meeting gathers Neelands backers
The Nelson municipal campaign closes with two mass meetings. Neelands supporters attend a Hall of Baker Street and Hume hotel gathering as Macdonald and Hall attack Mayor Houston over water works and lumber deals. Houston appeals for votes amid political tension.
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Houston
Dodgers
Hume Hotel
H. G. Neelands
Mr. Neelands
Baker Street
Neelands
G. A. B. Hall
R. M. Macdonald
G. Frank Beer
W. A.galliher
W. A. Macdonald
Gray’s Mill
Macdonald
O Derman
Canada
Nelewon
Gray's Mill
Beer
Nelson
W. A. Galliher
Neerlands
Session Deliberations on Taxes and Immigration Policy in Victoria
Victoria session reports a unanimous motion urging higher per capita taxes on Chinese entrants to Canada with most funds to British Columbia. Premier Sevnlin notes Ottawa’s action on Japan’s labor regulation protest and possible repeal of anti-Japanese and Chinese acts. The address in reply to the Speech from the Throne is adjourned for a week. elections bill passage cited as a reason to proceed.
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Victoria
McInnes
Messrs. Prentice and
Deane
Supreme Court
Prentice
Stoddart
Dean
Martin
House of Commons
Fast Lilloet
Chamberlain
Newfoundland
Helmoken
Dominion
Canada
British Columbia
Ottawa
Premeir Sevnlin
Japan
When the Ameer Dies
London dispatches report the Ameer of Afghanistan nearing death, with succession likely to spark a throne contest. Prince Habibullah, elder son by a non royal wife, opposes Queen supported infant Prince Mahomed Omar. Partisans of both claimants are evenly split.
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London
Cabul
Ameer
Afghanistan
Calcutta
Habbullah
Mahomed Omar
Scared to death in Lambertville NJ
Henry Moore of Lambertville New Jersey is dying of fright after a horse team backed into a railway crossing as a train approached. Doctors say nothing physical is wrong and Moore is not insane but is weakening from the horror of the incident and the fear it caused.
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New York
Lambertville
N. J
Henry Moore
Russian expulsion countered by Danish unions in North Sleswick
Berlin reports unexpected upset as Danes expelled from North Sleswick include many dairy maids. German lovers followed across the frontier and married the girls, sending most back to Stenwick in Gere inn subjects.
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Berlin
North
Sleswick
Stenwick
Mark Your Ballots For Mayor Neelands This May
Voters are urged to mark ballots for mayoral candidate Neelands in the upcoming election this May. The notice emphasizes participation and local civic engagement.
Salmon Regulation Clash Moves Victoria Board of Trade Action
The Victoria Board of Trade passes a resolution denouncing proposed Dominion salmon fishing rules as unworkable and harmful to British Columbia, urging a remedy. The meeting discusses US vessel access and Canada’s Pacific trade, with plans to investigate possible government action. Local orders from Yukon authorities restrict border entry, requiring funds and provisions, unless escaping hardship.
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Victoria Board of Trade
Victoria
Jun IL
Steele
Mounted Police
Ling Yako
Dawson
Yukon Territory
Tagish
White Horse Rapids
Council of the Board of Trade
Dominion
British Columbia
Waid
United States
Northwest
Atlan
Skagway
Canada
Robberies Reported in Chicago Stock Yards District
Hold up men raided the stock yards area last night. Nellie Price a stenographer for Armour and Co was robbed by two men as she left work one choked her and muffled her with a hand over her mouth while the other took her purse containing about 25. George Broderick a stock man from Miloy Iowa lost his watch and $1 after a highwayman attacked him. Andrew Colson resisted a lone robber receiving a vicious dirk thrust and was left wounded but his money and watch were taken. Three additional police reports followed today.
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Chicago
Janu
Stock Yards
Nellie Price
Armour and Go
George Broderick
Miloy
Iowa
Andrew Colson
Harvard to inherit nearly one million from Warren estate
The will of the late Henry OG Warren of Cambridge provides Harvard University with property valued at nearly a million dollars. The real estate near Harvard College will likely be used for college purposes.
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Bouton
Mass
Henry Og, Warren
Cambridge
Harvard University
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Nelson Miver
Miyer
Lord High
Cascada Reed
W. T. Preston
Pinto
Tisdale
Vancouver
Hall
Government House
Treasury
Heue Ton — Eemaie
Aldermen
East Ward Beer Hillyer
Malone
Thomson x
Ward
Wilson x
West Ward
Fletcher x
Kirkpatrick A
Madden m
Eee MacDonald
Eeee M
Killop x
I Eos Whalley
M'Donald
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