Home Rule Bill Passes Commons in Division Vote
The British House of Commons approved the home rule bill 351 to 274 and sent it to the House of Lords. After Whit Sunday holiday, the Lords will resume debate. The measure creates an Irish senate of 40 members and 164 representatives in the commons, with limits on devolved powers including peace, war, navy, army, foreign relations, and religion provisions.
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Severe Wisconsin storm causes heavy damage in Superior
A sudden and severe storm hit Superior Wisconsin on May 25 causing about three quarters of a million dollars in damage. Coal dock bridges and church steeples collapsed, buildings were unroofed, and windows blown in across the city. Andrew Erickson, a electric operator on the docks, was swept away with a bridge and is feared fatally injured.
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Wreck on the CPR near Fort William in early morning
An attempted train wreck and robbery halted a west bound CPR express eighteen miles west of Fort William Ontario shortly after midnight. Both passenger and freight trains derailed but no serious injuries reported. Officials say strangers entered the express car but no money packages were found. rails on both lines were unbolted.
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Thirteen New Cardinals Created by Pope Pius
Rome May 25. At a secret consistory Pope Pius elevates thirteen men to cardinals. Cardinal Begin becomes the second Canadian named to the cardinalate in the college.
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Vatican
Pius
Cardinal Begin
Suffragette Meeting Hailed with Prolonged King George Jeers
In London on May 25 jubilant crowds at a Women’s Social and Political Union gathering chanted shoot the king as George VI or the monarch’s name drew boos and hisses. The militant group faced hostile contempt during the afternoon proceedings.
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London
Women’s Social and Political Union
King George
Railroad to the Oil Fields Calgary Oil Fields May 26
The Western Dominion news notes a railroad expansion toward the oil fields near Calgary with plans and potential impacts described. Officials estimate new routes could boost freight, fuel industry growth, and regional development.
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Calgary
Alto
Western Dominion
Railroad to Build Valley Line to Oil Fields
A railway project announced today plans a line down the valley to oil fields. Financed by a joint syndicate of New York and London capitalists, construction will start immediately.
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London
Family drownings near North Bay on Victoria Day
A collie led camp workers to a lakeside beach where they found the bodies of Mrs. Arthur Mansbridge and her two children. The family had been drowned when their boat capsized returning from Victoria Day celebrations, while the husband survived.
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Canadian Steamers Encounter Bergs
The Royal Edward of the Canadian Northern Steamship company collided with an iceberg 110 miles east of Cape Race while sailing from Montreal to Avonmouth. The Cunard liner Andania, due at Plymouth from Montreal and Quebec, arrived after delays from extensive ice. After Cape Race an icefield forced the engines to stop for about sixteen hours, reducing the day’s run to 168 miles.
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Canadian Northern Steamship Company
Cape Race
Montreal
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Cunard
Andania
Plymouth
Quebec
Newfoundland
Oil merger seals controlling stake in Union Oil California
Earl Grey announces British Union Oil Company has gained a fifteen million dollar controlling interest in Union Oil Company of California. Also in brief, Massachusetts legislature kills a cats licensing bill by 22 to 74, and other items from the telegrams include the Japanese-US arbitration treaty, Harriet Tice death, a woman captain for a Danish steamship, militia liquor edict in Canada, and a duel involving Count Tisza in Hungary.
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Friends of Pussy
Optimistic on Hudson Bay Railway Progress
Donald Henderson, a leading figure in local railroad circles, reports about 3,000 men at work on the Hudson Bay railway construction. He says the season's supplies and plans position the line to advance beyond expectations before the freeze up, with Henderson in charge of summer mail between The Pas and the line's end.
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Donald Henderson
Hudson Bay
Mr Henderson
Pas
Annual Sports Day at Tisdale June 18
The Tisdale annual sports day on June 18 features a prize program with 850 in baseball and football tournaments, field events, and an evening dance at Homer's hall with live orchestra. Opening football saw Melfort defeat Beatty four goals to nil. a local league includes Melfort Beatty Fort a la Corne and Tisdale with scheduled games through July 27.
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Beatty Tisdale
Body of Murdered Man Found in a Straw Stack
A man’s body was found in a straw stack at Bagley on May 10 by an 18 year old who spotted vultures. An inquest found death by unknown persons and that the body had been placed there last fall. The straw stack had been burned but did not destroy the remains. The deceased is unidentified and the case drew local interest.
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Bagley
Tisdale Recorder
Judge Rules Theft In Mining Case In Police Court
Magistrate Murray finds William L. Strer guilty of theft in a May 23 police court ruling. Strer, a local prospector, faced charges tied to stealing two Beaver Lake mineral claims from a syndicate led by Dr. W S Holmes. He is remanded for sentence next Wednesday with bail set at 100 and two $50 sureties.
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William L. Strer
Beaver Lake
W. S. Holmes
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A. M. Mathieson
George Schubert
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Prince Albert Herald
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