Strikers Yield as Japanese Fishery Gains Military Backing
Vancouver July 26 Japanese fishermen returned to Fraser River waters under militia protection after a strike, with 3000 Japanese aboard 1500 boats at Steveston. Militia warned white and Indian strikers to avoid attacks as 600 union members clashed with the new force.
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Vancouver
Fraser River
Steveston
Fraser
Fishermen's Union
Worsnop
Toanaura
South Africa
Trustees Name Victoria Man as Kaslo Principal
Kaslo July 26 commission action reports the school trustees offering R W Suter of Victoria the principal position. Suter is an honor graduate of McGill College. The note also references a suggested mining commission.
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Kaslo
R. W. Suter
Victoria
McGill College
Chinese Residents Pledge Loyalty in Victoria Meeting
In Victoria British Columbia Chinese merchants residents and workers declared loyalty to Queen Victoria and pledged support for the empire. They expressed sympathy for China and prepared a petition to the Emperor requesting suppression of rebels and restoration of order, offering aid to that end.
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Victoria
Chinese Benevolent Society
British Columbia
Queen Victoria
China
Pekin
Empire of China
Labor and strike debate in Victoria House
In the House at Victoria on July 26 Ralph Smith urged compulsory arbitration to avoid troop interference in the Fra ser River strike. Eberts and McBride defended the government action, noting peace and orderly settlement. W W St Melnnes proposed a eight hour workday labor bill covering mines and government work, with an educational test to bar Orientals from many jobs.
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Smith and McInnes
Victoria
Fraser River
Ralph Smith
Eberts
Mines McBride
W. W. St Melnnes
Nanaimo
East Kootenay
Vancouver Island
Vancouver MLA Seeks Stronger China Restrictive Act
Tatlow of Vancouver will move a condemnation of the Dominion Chinese Restrictive Act, arguing its present form is insufficiently stringent. The discussion centers on domestic servants and a penalty clause attached to the bill.
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Tatlow of
Vancouver
Ten a Month Emigrant Limit Set by Japan
Ottawa reports the Imperial Government has informed Canada that Japanese agents must limit passports for emigration to Canada to ten per month and to the United States to five. The move follows pressure from Canadian authorities via Britain to curb Japanese influx into British Columbia.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Foreign Office
Japan
United States
British Columbia
Armistice Declared in Panama Amid City Panic
After days of fighting between government troops and insurgents in Panama, an armistice was declared to bury the dead and treat the wounded. Generals Temistocl Diaz and Joaquin Arosemena Among rebels killed. on the government side officers Barona Aolquin Linares and Pacheco dead. British ambulance aid aided relief as consuls sought to avert bombardment. General Campo Serrano arrived in Colon with 1000 troops.
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New York
Herald
Panama
Campo Severrano
Colon
Barranquila
Leander
Sisters of Charity
Temistocl Diaz
Joaquin Arosemena
Barona
Aolquin
Rolando Linares
Pedro Pacheco
Canadians in London Refute Homelessness Claim
A Globe cable from London prints letters by Lord Strathcona and 26 Canadian invalids arguing against the Daily Telegraph's Associated Press report that Canadians in London were wandering homeless and penniless. They say only a few have spent their War Office allowance and none are left homeless, with sufficient care provided.
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Lord Strathcona
London
Toronto
Globe This
London Daily Telegraph
Associated Press
Ontario Society backs Maple Leaf on red ensign change
The Ontario Historical Society reports that most school inspectors in Ontario favor replacing the Dominion Arms with the Maple Leaf on the red ensign. They argue the Maple Leaf is a recognized symbol of Canadian nationality and would be more quickly identified at sea and abroad.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario Historical Society
Ontario
Dominion of Canada
Secretary of State Hay travels for talks on Chinese situation
Secretary John Hay left Cleveland for Canton to confer with President McKinley on China. He will depart Canton this evening for Washington. Secretary May said the State department expects no further word from Minister Conger since June 12, and China is at peace with...
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Cleveland
Ohio
John Hay
Canton
McKinley
Washington
May
State Department
Conger
China
Uncertainty Persists Over Pekin Crisis Claims
Officials report ongoing ambiguity surrounding the Pekin situation with no official statements from the minister in Pekin reducing the danger. The public remains unsettled as to possible outcomes or resolutions.
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Pekin
Race Riots Erupt in New Orleans Killing and Shooting
In New Orleans last night a mob of thousands hunted for Robert Charles after a fatal shooting of Police Captain Day and Patrolman Lamb. Three blacks were killed, twelve wounded, including three white by stray bullets, with chaos spreading across the city and police powerless to curb the violence.
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New Orleans
Robert Charles
Day
Lamb
Lee Circle
Charles Avenue
Parish
Pierce
Charles
Edward McCarthy
New York
McCarthy
Thilo
Famine Threat Grows From Newfoundland Coal Shortage
In Sydney Nova Scotia on July 26, a Newfoundland coal mine faces possible closure due to Dominion Coal Company unable to meet demand. Shipping ships off coast due to lack of cargoes, captains return home, vessels laid up, crews dismissed, about 400 men unemployed.
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Sydney
C. B
Island of
Newfoundland
Dominion Coal Company
Hunter Engages Boers in South Bethlehem Hills
London telegram reports General Archibald Hunter in hills south of Bethlehem as his forces are engaged by the Boers. British line forced to retire with about 50 casualties. Hunter reportedly maneuvered around behind the Federals while Generals Hector MacDonald and Bruce Hamilton held the front.
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London
Lord Roberts
War Office
Archibald Hunter
Bethlehem
Hunter
Hector MacDonald
Bruce Hamilton
No definite news on Chinese situation reported
Washington reports the State Department had nothing of interest on China. London notes conflicting telegrams from the Far East. Premier concerns focus on a supreme Allied leader and possible urgent action. Li Hung Chang seeks safety at the Shanghai arsenal as tensions rise. Canadian missionaries suffer en route to Shanghai and Canton fears reinforcements. The deceased was a cousin of Hon. Clifford Sifton.
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Washington
State Department
London
Far East
Pekin
Europe
Tsin
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Shan Si
Ho Nana
Canton
Hong Kong
Great Britain
Hall Mines Smelter to Resume Ore Purchases
The Hall Mines smelter will start up soon and will buy ore as it is received. Captain Gif ford is named mine superintendent, R R Hedley will manage the smelter, and J J Campbell serves as commercial manager, with no general company manager appointed.
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Hall Mines
Gifford
R. R. Hedley
J. J. Campbell
Japanese division to land at Taku by July 31
A Yokohama despatch reports the Japanese division will land at Taku by July 31 and reach Tianjin by August 3. The New South Wales Legislature seeks to send a military contingent to support Imperial forces. Admiral Remey in Washington confirms Meade’s invalidation to Mare Island Hospital and Waller’s command of the First Regiment.
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Shanghai
Yokohama
Taku
Tien Tsin
New South Wales
Washington
D. C
Navy Department
Remey
Che Foo
Bureau of Navigation
Meade
Mare Island Hospital
Waller
Body exhumed in Lucan death mystery case
The body of Joseph Sifton was exhumed in Lucan Ontario after a mysterious death. Wounds on the head were inspected and the stomach removed for Toronto analysis. No inquest has yet been ordered and the widow, Gerald Sifton, 18, is mentioned.
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Lucan, Ont
Joseph Sifton
Toronto
Gerald Sifton
Railway officials visit Nelson for depot changes and rail plan
G P R officials Supt Marpole Chief Engineer Cambie Master Mechanic Hobbs and Supt Telegraph Wilson of the Pacific division visit the Nelson site for the new depot freight sheds and round house. Decisions include rail laying on the lake front roadbed to connect with Spokane Falls and Northern and a Balfour line tension steel shipment. Marpole party will stay to tomorrow morning Wilson leaves for Rossland this afternoon.
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R. Marpole
N. J. Cambie
R. E. Hobbs
J. Wilson
Pacific
Nelson
Lake Front
Spokane Falls & Northern
Balfour
Marpole
Wilson
Rossland
Mining Certificates of Work On Crystal and Nearby Claims
Mining records list certificates of work on Crystal to Hugh Brown and Golden Sunset to William Cumming and Lakeview to J H Graham and Rams Horn to A Gilfillian and Great Eastern to Joseph Ferrule. Locations include Madoc on Erie Mountain by Geo W Hill and Pretoria on Erie Mountain by W J Wilson.
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Crystal
Hugh Brown
Ymir View
William Cumming
Lakeview
J. H. Graham
A. Gilfillian
Great Eastern
Joseph Ferrule
Madoc
Erie Mountain
Geo. W. Hill
Pretoria
W. J. Wilson
Mining official heads Yukon trip and other notes
Telegraphic briefs report G N Ryley of the Interior Department leaving for Dawson City to manage Yukon affairs. A section man, Joseph Roy, died after being struck by a passenger train near Plantagenet Ontario. Other items note Ottawa population 68 550 per the 1900 directory, mass fish deaths near Lake St Clair and Detroit River, pioneer Toronto printer Thomas Hill’s death, cattle exporter John Coughlin’s death, and the Allan Linser expected in Quebec with Colonel Haig aboard.
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Ottawa
G. N. Ryley
Department of the Interior
Dawson City
Yukon
Plantagenet, Ont
Joseph Roy
Toronto
Ont
Detroit
Mich
Lake St. Clair
Detroit River
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McCann
Q. C
George Martin
Whealler & Martin
Victoria Ghinese
Get
Clifford Sifton
Mining Transactions
Telegraphig Briefs
Thomas Hill
The
Typographical Union
John
Coughlin
Montreal
Allan Linser
O'Grady Haig
Quebec
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