Canadian Bankers Association Meeting Reports Prosperity and Disciplinary Talk
The Canadian Bankers Association held its annual meeting in Montreal with President Clouston praising the favorable business climate. Disciplinary measures were proposed for banks violating the 8 percent deposit rate rule, and the matter was sent to the executive committee. Clouston was re-elected president while census work in Labrador revealed a 9 560 population including 1 300 Indians. Arthur Pierce was named general superintendent of all CP R steamships with headquarters in Montreal.
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Montreal
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Clouston
Farwell
Fysher
Bank of Montreal
Chas. Gary
Labrador
Bia
Cook
Arthur Pierce
Oats Scarce and Northern Securities Capital Rise
The London cable reports Lord Strathcona will represent British interests in the Northern Securities company formed in Trenton New Jersey with capital of 80000 pounds as it reorganizes the Northern Pacific railway. A oats shortage hits markets with prices reaching fifty cents a bushel. La Banque Nationale in Quebec plans to raise capital by 800000 dollars.
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Toronto
Evening Telegram
London
Lord Strathcona
Northern Securities Company
Trenton
N. J
Northern Pacific Railway
Quebec
la Banque Nationale
Dawson's Population and Klondike Railway Plan
Norman Mc Lean, promoter of the Dawson to Mines railway, says construction would start next spring for a 12 mile line with forks costing 600000 dollars. Yukon census chief Major H J Woodside reports roughly 20000 residents in Yukon and 10000 in Dawson.
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Vancouver
Norman McLean
Dawson
H. J Woodside
Yukon
Ottawa
Yukon Territory
Fighting Tuberculosis Measures Adopted in Victoria
The provincial board of health in Victoria adopts regulations to curb tuberculosis spread. Doctors, parents, guardians, and teachers must report cases and all patients must have certificates from inspectors. Spitting in public places is prohibited.
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Victoria
Provincial Board of Health
Chinamen to Meet in Victoria Conclave Week
Chinese fathers of the province will convene in Victoria during the week of the present month. Most meetings will be of a social character and the event is described as a triennial gathering.
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Victoria
Topeka
Vancouver
City of Pueblo
San Francisco
Resignation of Rev Munroe discussed by Emmanuel Church
A church meeting of Emmanuel Congregational discussed Rev Munroe’s resignation. Members urged him to stay citing strong past service while Munroe cited lack of congregation support as the reason to leave. A second meeting was set in two weeks to decide the matter.
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Uuster
Emmanuel Congregational Church
Munroe
H. Cameron
Church
Nelson
Board of Management
Mr. Munroe
Ewart
Cameron
Ewart Rose
Registrar reports births deaths and marriages 1900 totals
The registrar at 8 Y. Wootten reports for 1900 there were 1,774 births 1,494 deaths and 1,004 marriages registered compared with 1,755 births 1,415 deaths and 872 marriages in 1899.
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Y. Wootten
Rosebery proposes a government of business men in Britain
Lord Rosebery told an Edinburgh audience that reform of the Lords should come from a national impulse not an individual effort. He floated a one year experiment in government run by businessmen like Carnegie and Lipton, and urged parties to set aside differences to pass great measures.
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London
Lord Rosebery
Edinburgh
House of Lords
Carnegie
Thomas Lipton
New German Tariff Moves to Passes by Bundstrath
Berlin reports the Reichstag printed tariff bill as passed by theBundesrat. The agricultural schedules are unchanged in essence with notable shifts. Hops rise from 40 to 60 marks and then to 90 marks per metric hundredweight. Raw cotton fabrics 80 grammes per square metre or more face 50 to 60 marks. Grease taxed 6 to 10 marks per metric hundredweight. Rice for starch manufacture drops from 6 to 4 marks.
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Berlin
Navy
Reichanszeiger
Bundsrath
Boers Kill Kaffirs Reported by Times in South Africa War
The Times reports that as early as last May Boers murdered whole kraals of kaffirs to hide movements of their commandoes. British authorities at the time allegedly prohibited mention of these outrages.
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London
South Africa
the Times
Queen Wilhelmina Ill With Prolonged Recovery Ahead
London reports Queen Wilhelmina remains gravely ill with three doctors attending. Her mother has been summoned and the queen will be confined to a couch for six weeks, according to a Brussels dispatch cited by the Standard.
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London
Wilhelmina
Brussels
Mapleton dies in London at 84 after Brights disease
Col J H Mapleson father of impresario Col Henry Mapleson died in London on November 14 from blood poisoning superimposed on Brights disease.
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London
Col
J.H. Mapleson
Henry Mapleson
Operatic
Impressario
Bright
No Plague Declared Cleared in Liverpool
London reports medical authorities say Liverpool is free from the plague and all suspected cases have recovered.
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Liverpool
London
London gale wrecks leave many dead and missing
London reports a prolonged gale causing extensive damage along British coasts with about fifty ships wrecked. At least 1500 believed drowned across many vessels and the Yarmouth lifeboat disaster leaves 441 fatherless children.
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London
Althogether
Yarmouth Life Boat
Slump Hits Le Roi Mines in London Market
Le Roi and related stocks in Rossland face sharp declines after months of weakness. Le Roi £5 shares, once quoted at £8 5s, fell to £53g in London amid suspected manipulation with Henry Bratnober’s arrival. Despite favorable reports on Le Roi’s condition no reason is given for the drop.
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Rossland
le Roi
London
Rossland Great Western
Kootenay Mings
Henry Bratnober
Wilks Visited Denver Amid Rossland Strike Speculation
James Wilks attended the bi annual meeting of the Western Federation in Denver Colorado amid local Rossland conjecture that the executive may lift the strike and discipline Wilks. The Evening World notes the gathering is biannual and was delayed a month due to local events. It adds the only likely outcome is a more liberal financial plan for the Rossland Miners union to intensify the strike.
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Rossland
James Wilks
Denver
Col
Western Federation
Wilks
Rossland Miners Union
Rathbun faces murder charge after hotel poisoning claim
Newell Rathbun identified by an officer and a Little Rock acquaintance as involved in the poisoning case tied to Chas Goodman. He appeared before Mayor Rader on a murder count, pleaded not guilty, and was held without bail as the circuit court prepares a special term and grand jury.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Circuit Court
Rathbun
Coal Mine Disaster Claims Five Bodies and More Feared
Bluefield West Virginia November 14 rescue operations at the Pocahontas Barley and Baby mines report five bodies recovered with many unaccounted for and about 254 rescued though burned. A fire followed an explosion as crews fought to reach trapped miners and officials fear further deaths as firefighters plan to reenter the burning mines.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Pocahontas
Tagg River
Dalterrdy Plan Sparks Dynamite Find Near Havelock Bridge
A farmer's boy found 24 sticks of dynamite with fuse and an explosion cap near the Burlington bridge at Havelock Nebraska. Detectives search for culprits amid fears of train wrecking and robbery. Lincoln reports Burlington trains now run with armed guards after dynamite discovery near Lincoln and Ashland.
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Omaha
Burlington Road
Havelock
Neb
Lincoln
Burlington Railway
Ashland
Justified the Killing. Banks Found Not Guilty in Self Defense
In Balleaston New York on November 14 the jury acquitted Joseph C Banks of killing Herbert Tackaberry in Saratoga on August 16. Banks a Seneca Falls resident and circus manager claimed self defense after Tackaberry had been discharged. The verdict followed a four and a half hour deliberation.
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Balleaston
N. Y
Jos. C. Banks
Banks
Seneca Falls
Saratoga
Herbert Tackaberry
Ottawa
Ont
Lost cruiser White Abbey believed sunk in Belfast Lough
Wreckage sighted in Belfast Lough leads to belief that the cruiser White Abbey is lost with nine crew members presumed drowned.
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Belfast
Belfast Lough
Train narrowly escapes wreck on Minnesota bridge
In Redwing Minnesota on November 14 a Chicago and Great Western Passenger train narrowly avoided disaster when the bridge on the Redwing and Zeombretta line collapsed behind the cars as the train passed. The structure gave way in the rear while the front section remained supported beneath the train until it had cleared the span, then the bridge gave way.
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Redwing, Minn
Chicago & Great Western
Redwing
Zeombrettan
Goodhue
Awaiting the Fight Jeffries Ruhlin Championship
Crowds pack Mechanics Pavilion in San Francisco as the Jeffries Ruhlin title bout nears. Clergymen fail to sway authorities. a local boxing show is allowed under city ordinance while a state ban on prize fighting remains in effect.
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San Francisco
Mechanics
Clegymen
Phelan
Jeffries
Roblin
Turkish government probes report two American girls seek kidnapping
Paris reports the Turkish government is alarmed by word that two American girls Delauney and Stetson aim to be abducted by brigands in Turkey mirroring Ellen M Stone’s case. The Turkish legation ordered officials to locate the girls passing through Paris, following a Philadelphia dispatch noting Kate Boyle and Flora Preston's similar voyage to Macedonia.
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Paris
Delauney
Stetson
Turkey
Mies Ellen M.stone
Philadelphia
Kate Boyle
Flora Preston
Macedonia
WANTS BULGARIA TO ACT IN MISS STONE CASE
Constantinople November 14. United States secretary Spencer Eddy pressed Bulgarian agent Gueschoff to telegraph the government to end the standoff over the Miss Stone ransom, urging a speedy settlement in the interest of resolution.
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Constantinople
Dickinson
Miss Stone
Spencer Eddy
United States Legation
M. Gueschoff
Leonids seen over Cambridge. expected shower fades
Harvard Observatory reports the Leonids began to fall around 11:30 p m and by 1 30 a m 60 to 70 meteors were counted. The shower, though about as numerous as usual, did not meet expectations. Some photographic exposures were made.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Observatory
Blizzard Blocks Train Traffic Across Utica Area
A blizzard rages through this section and northern New York on November 14 with snow drifts from one to six feet. Train service is blocked in the Adirondacks and surrounding areas due to heavy snow.
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Utica
New York
Adironacks
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Dawson's
Emmanuel Church
Rosebery
Kaifirs
Mapleson
Britain
Police
Bulgaria
Leonides
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