City Council Spars Over Sunday Sport and School Grant
Council defers Sunday ball discussion while debating a $5000 school grant. Deputation from the School Board appeals for accommodation funding, outlining needed blocks and heating costs. The body considers block 49, debentures, tenders for water works lead, city vault, and wharf access amid adjournment.
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Hugh Nixon
Applethwaite
Kootepay Street
Jno
Tuynch
Dr. Arthur
F. W. Swannell
Nelson
Swanuel
Irving
Tr. Athur
Victoria
Selons
Swannell
Water Works Department
H. J. Evans
Lawrence Hardware
H. Byers & Co
Boyd, Burns & Co
H. E
Sayward Company
City Wharf
Finance Committee
Boilermakers Win Better Terms in Victoria
Boilermakers in Victoria secure a new schedule offering 3.50 per day for nine to eight hours work. The agreement applies to work from the other side with reductions in hours and no wage increase. Employers concede except for double pay for overtime. Also notes Methodist church youth social moved to tomorrow due to a concert and ice cream event.
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Victoria
Star Yard
United States
Ter Gant
Methodist Church
Not Likely to Beat 94 Liberal M P Seated Flood Impacts Nelson
Nelson faces rising flood waters with 16 feet above low water and daily gains. Reports from the Nelson Miner recount 1894 and 1897 high waters, detailing submerged wards, flooded depots, wrecked bridges, and widespread property loss along the lakefront and rail lines.
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Nelson
Robson
Kootenay Bridge
Mr. Goepél
Slocan Bridge
J. Macdonald
R. E. Lemon
Buchanan
John Doray
Kaslo
Balfour
Spokane
Waneta
Little Dalles
Revelstoke
Hocking case prompts calls for appeal from Nevada man
W R Hocking, serving time in Westminster jail for bigamy, seeks release after a fall in Nevada. Judge J D Davis of Austin Nevada says Hocking is innocent and appeals to Canada’s justice minister via a U S consul. Hocking alleged divorce claims and letters from Judge Davis accompany his account.
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Canada
Hocking
Davis
Vancouver
B C
W. R. Hocking
Westminster
Nelson
J. D. Davis
District Court
Austin
Nevada
Minister of Justice
British Columbia
Utah
Imperial pensions board meets in drill hall
Victoria Happenings reports the Imperial pensions inquiry heard one applicant. Four of H M S Condor crew who were ashore at Panama due to illness have rejoined the ship. another may arrive from the south. Lieutenant Winthrop, ill, came north after the Condor. Joseph Salt, 24, was found dead, likely from an apoplectic attack. Captain John Irving presented lacrosse players with a $50 note. Captain Clarence Cox, noted navigator, died aged 38.
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Victoria
B. C
Imperial Board
Robertson
Vancouver
Hart
H. M. S. Condor
Panama
Esquimalt
Walla Walla
Winthrop
Condor
Joseph Salt
John Irving
Victoria Lacrosse Boys
Clarence Cox
Columbia Lake Murder Shocks Columbia Valley
The Hon Frances Lascelles killed a Chinaman at his Columbia Lake ranch near Canal Flat after a dispute during heavy drinking. Neighbors Fred Kimpton and John Lambert reported the crime as authorities moved to the scene. Lascelles, described as eccentric, fled toward the mountain trail with a shotgun. This marks the district’s second murder in a year. The town also reviews a film showing at the opera house with Bonnington Falls to be captured for world-wide distribution.
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Peterborough
B. C
Frances Lascelles
Killie
Columbia Lake
Canal Flat
Lascelles
Fred Kimpton
Kimpton
John Lambert
Jack
Thunder Hill
Vancouver Seeks Assay Edge Amid Klondike Gold Flow
Vancouver reports a drift of Klondike gold toward British Columbia with the board of trade raising funds to assay and sell gold locally. The plan aims to save fees by routing precious metal through Vancouver, avoiding Seattle mint costs, while floods threaten Fraser River levels and commerce braces for a busy shipping and real estate season.
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Vancouver
B.C
Spicer
Board of Trade
Klondike
Seattle
Klondikers
Express
Dominion
Victoria
Maxwell
Mint
Klonidke
Fraser
St. Michaels
Winnipeg
Oronto
Montreal
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Boilermakers
Liberal
M. P
Alex
Gibson
York, N. B
Prac
Hender
Toronto
Coadys
Steen
Council
Duke of Cornwall
Albert Bridge
St. Lawrence
Lopguenil
Wankleek Hill
Ont
N. McLeod
Sir John von Hogenhouck Tulleken
Francis Lillian Dignam
Dignam
Queen Wilhelmina’s Guards
Holland
India
Sir John
Ottawa
Alexander Henderson
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Herridge
Messrs
Fielding
Blair and
Davies
England
Senator Mills
Boston
Imperial Pension Board
Opera House
Bonnington Falls
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