Nelson Enacts Strict Quarantine Against East Kootenay
In Nelson local authorities announce total quarantine against all eastern points with smallpox risk. Certificates of health and vaccination are required for passengers from East Rooter pay as officials tighten controls. Officials warn that care of any cases will be provincial outside the city while precautions aim to prevent further spread.
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Nelson
East Kootenay
Atake
Kootenay River
East Rooter
Spokane
Boundary Line
The Plague at Moyie
Moyie B C reports a mild smallpox case in Dennis Shea a miner who arrived from Spokane. Dr Green and Dr King confirmed smallpox and ordered quarantine at the St Eugens mine bunkhouse with guards and vaccination notices for about 70 workers.
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Armstrong
St. Eugens
Drummond
Deportation order follows labor commission findings at Rossland
E P Bremner of Vancouver and Edward Williams, Dominion labor commissioners, spent a week here and ordered sixteen workers for Messrs Winter, Parson and Boomer deported over an alien labor contract. The action signals future enforcement, with penalties and quotas noted as output climbs to record weekly totals and yearly shipments near 400,000 tons as mines like War Eagle and Le Roi expand.
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Rossland
E. P. Bremner
Vancouver
Edward Williams
Dominion Labor Commissioners
Messie, Winterg
Parson
Boomer
Red Mountain Railway
Sara Ereudpatytes
Dominion Analoc
Rossland Great Western
le Roi
Northport
le Roi No
Rolaviata
Centre State
Vadie
Evening Star
Spitve
Giant
Portland
Greenwood's Convention Calls Redivision of Kootenay Yale
The Greenwood convention met at ten. Resolutions urged Parliament to create three counties from Yale and Kootenay along the railway line and southern portions be separate. Other measures sought to protect mining laws, fund a provincial literary bureau, and improve treatment facilities for consumptives. The session adjourned at noon and resumes tonight.
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Greenwood
Eassembled
Gallo
British Columbia
Andy
Canada
South Kootenay
Rossland Jhebates
Kootenay
Yale
Saar
Paneer
Adi
Nimés
Provence
Recruits From Western Canada Join Train To Ottawa
The Manitoba and Western recruits for Baden-Powell's South African police left by special train this afternoon. About 246 recruits boarded at Calgary Prince Albert MacLeod Pincher Creek Lethbridge Regina Mossemim and Portage la Prairie with 139 enisted in Winnipeg, bringing the total to 385.
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Baden-Powell
Ottawa
Neat
Calgary
Prince Albert
MacLeod
Pincher Creel
Lethbridge
Regina
Mossemin
Portage la Prairie
Winnipeg
Hill Buys the Mines in Dominion Charter Plot
Vancouver reports James J. Hill of the Great Northern railways and J P Morgan with other American Smelter Trust members have acquired a proprietary interest in the Srow's Nest coal mines. The deal closed this week and is larger than expected, with Dominion government charter likely to enable Great Northern transport to the boundary line, controlling shipments to American smelters.
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Vancouver
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
J. D. Rockefeller
American Smelter Trust
Srow's Nest
Dominion
Boundary Line
Great Northern
Smallpox Raging in Ontario to Shamrocks Visit Winnipeg
Ontario reports a fresh smallpox case in Barrie and eighty total cases across the province with spread to Sault Ste Marie and other towns. Meantime Winnipeg-bound Shamrocks may tour, contingent on remaining team members' decisions. Major Crozier’s body to arrive in Belleville. St John honors aged 111. Welland Canal work pursued. a fatal work injury in St Catharines. a dog wound death in Ottawa. Y M C A marriage linked to Shanghai posting and royal attention in Britain.
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Toronto
Provincial Board of Health
Barras
Renfrew County
Sault Ste. Marie
Batchewan
Goulois Bay
Michipicoten
Ait Manzey
Wahnopetae
Indian River
Sadbur
Chelmsford
St. Obie
Copper Mine
Copper Cliff
Preble Torpedo Boat Destroyer Launch in San Francisco
At Union Troy Works the destroyer Preble was successfully launched this afternoon. It is one of 16 torpedo boat destroyers ordered by the government two years ago and the second built in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Union Troy Works
Preble
Convention Closes Assembled Delegates Visit Local Plants
Greenwood March 9 Today closed the convention of the Associated Boards of Prado of Southern British Columbia Business sessions were held morning and evening delegates visited the Standard Pyritic and British Columbia Copper Co smelting plants The next annual meeting will be held at Kaslo Tomorrow delegates will visit Phoenix before returning home
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Greenwood
B. C
Prado
Brit- Rolumbia
Standard’ Pyritic
British Columbia Copper Co
Kaslo
Phoenix
Off for the War in Winnipeg as Recruits Pass Through
Western recruits march toward service, led by Baden-Powell’s policen pass through Winnipeg. Busy scenes at the U P B depot mark the departure time as marchers head to the theater of war.
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Baden-Powell
Winnipeg
U. P. RB
Regulations for the Spread of Smallpox in Nelson
Mayor Rank Fletcher and Medical Health Officer Labau proclaim immediate rules to curb smallpox entering Nelson B C. Passengers from east of the Kootenay River must show health certificates from their origin and vaccination status. Vehicles and baggage may be quarantined and disinfected if exposure is suspected. No Indians may land in Nelson.
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Nelson
B. C
Ooe
Kootenay River
Rank Fletcher
City of
Labau
Marquis of Hedfort Ordered to South Africa Risking Gaiety Weddling
London March 2 Lieutenant the Marquis of Hedfort of the First Life Guards faces a choice to resign or accept a South Africa posting as his bid to wed Misa Rosa Booth of the Gaiety chorus stirs gossip and presses the issue amid military moves.
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King Edward
Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weimar
First Life Guards
Prince of
Marquis
Miss Booth
Lord Roberts
Transvaal
London
Marquis of Hedfort
First
Life Guards
Misa Rosa Booth
Marchioness of
Kitchener’s Mission Deepens Boer War Prospects
London dispatch surveys the South African war’s tense phase as rumors swirl of General Botha’s possible surrender and Boer units fragment. It notes Kitchener’s cautious strategy, the potential shift toward civil government under martial law, and critics warning armistices are unlikely. The piece flags a troubling trend of press unreliability and lingering Boer resilience.
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London
South Africa
Botha
Kitchener
Dewet
British War Office
Pall Mall
War Office
Associated Press
Sir Alfred Milnor
Pretoria
Vic
House of Commons
Pekin
Subsidy Plea for Canadian Refinery Aims to Equalize Lead Trade
J Drewry of Rossland, representing the Goderham Blackstock syndicate, urged a government subsidy to establish a Canadian silver lead refinery. He argues an 85 percent subsidy would offset foreign advantages, enabling a home plant to compete globally. The plan hinges on local mining activity at St Eugene Moyie and Lake Shore, with ore shipments to Germany.
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Canada
J. , Drewry
Rossland
British Columbia
Goderham-Blackstock Syndicate
House of Commons
Nelson
Blackstock
Drewry
St. Eugene
Moyie
Lake Shore
Germany
Antwerp
Sunset
Whitewater
Restored to Favor Captain Lambton Named Royal Yacht Commander
London reports Capt Hedworth Lambton former commander of the Powerful and noted for Ladysmith siege is unofficially announced to command the royal yacht. A war hero who angered many elites with anti-government speeches in the last election era, he appears to have left politics.
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Hedworth Lambton
Royal Yacht
London
Powerful
Ladysmith
Newcastle
Capt. Lambton
Iites
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Shea
Colonel Denison
British Empire League
Sandford Fleming
Australia
Associated Boards of Trade
Hill
Riis
Manitoba
Ontario
Board of Trade
W.W. Unsworth
Emerson
DB. Wright
puSsturiinglo
Belleville
Major Crozier
Guthrie
St. John, N. B
Jnn, Ross
St. Martin, N. B
St. Catharines
Welland Canal
James Crawford
Bel Telephone Co
Helen Devlin
Brantford
Ignatius Cockshutt
Howard Barrie
Miss McDonald
Senator McDonald
Barrie
Shanghai
Kitchener’s
J. G. Drewry
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