Drowned Man Found Near Skeena River Bank on July 2
Ben Houlson and A Johnson found a male body near the Skeena River on Friday July 2. The deceased, of foreign birth with unknown nationality, wore grey overalls black shirt and a grey striped tie. A i n t hem, including a Vancouver dated agreement and a half ticket, were found in the pockets. Dr. Wilson the coroner said the body appeared in water 8 or 9 days. No identification or further details available as press time.
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Ben Houlson
A. Johnson
Skeena_ river
Vancouver
T. Duffy
H. Allan
Alex Calder
Rupert City
Fatal Accident at Aberdeen Quarry Collapse
A Swede working for T. Honne & Co near Aberdeen was buried by a sudden rock collapse while drilling between two boulders for blasting. He died at the scene and his body was taken to Prince Rupert.
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T. Honne & Co
Aberdeen
Prince Rupert
Fatal Colliery Accident at Wellington Extension
A worker named KE Armstrong was killed at the Extension mines of the Wellington Colliery Company in Nanaimo. His brother John and another man D Campbell were injured. This marks the third fatality in the mine in a few days, following a serious injury to a young man named Hichelbrand earlier in the week.
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Wellington Colliery Company
Nanaimo
KE. Armstrong
John
D. Campbell
Hichelbrand
Died Martha Johnson 80 Aged Indian Elder In Hssington District
Martha Johnson aged 80, the oldest Indian in Hssington district, died Friday July 2. She was a longtime Methodist and a valued member, always among her people offering cheer and help. The Rev. B G Freeman led her burial Sunday afternoon.
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Martha
Hssington
Methodist Church
B. GC. Freeman
Police Court Docket: Multiple Alcohol and Disorder Charges
Judge Bailey presided over a rough docket listing Joseph Douglas an Indian charged with liqueur possession with fines or three months. Johnson faced a liqueur supply count with 50 dollars plus costs or two to three months. Jack Haggart charged with drinking and disorderly conduct with five dollars plus costs or thirty days. Jos Sextion charged with drunk and incabable with two dollars fifty cents and costs or eighty days. F Risk faced assault with two dollars fifty cents and costs or thirty days.
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Joseph Douglas
Local Notes and Visitors in Essington Canada
J Flanagan represents Paul ine Co in town last week. Many guests stay at Queen's Hotel and Es sington figures appear with new quarters and business activity. A fine salmon catch of eighty five pounds is reported as the season's record. The Camosun and Princess May arrivals bring passengers and cargo to northern points. New church work progresses toward a July opening with Rev Laycock and Rt Rev DuVernet listed among visitors.
English investor eyes North Pacific fisheries growth
Mr. Alex Lyon of London recently visited Prince Rupert and Queen Charlotte Island to assess North Pacific fisheries for Hull and Grimsby interests. He reported strong profit potential, forecast Prince Rupert as a future center, and noted a building boom at the new townsite. He will return home soon, with likely English capital flowing into the industry.
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Alex. Lyon
London
England
Prince Rupert
Queen Charlotte Island
Hull
North Pacific
Vancouver
Lyon
Mothers Compliments Major Bone Mix Up At Butcher Shop
A boy brings a message from his mother to the family butcher about bones in meat. The butcher jokes that if he kills a betock without bones he will present a joint. The boy repeats the message asking for a desired bone in future sirloin and shoulder meat as a curiosity.
Feak and Wise United in Wedlock in Indian Community
On Monday evening at 7 30 Mary Feak and Samuel Wise were married by Rev B Freeman and Rev C Perry. The bride, a young Indian woman, and the groom, 55, shared a ceremony followed by a reception for about two hundred Indians and a long dance into the early morning.
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Mary Feak
Samuel Wise
B. Freeman
Methodist Church
C. Perry
Port Simpson
Samuel
Cows Sent North for Rupert Dairy Project
Three high grade dairy cows from A. C. Wells stock at Chilliwack were loaded for reshipment to Prince Rupert. The animals, shipped on the Beaver and then the Princess Beatrice, aim to establish a local dairy and end the region's reliance on canned cream.
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New Westminster
A. C. Wells
Chilliwack
Prince Rupert
Beatrice
Megiddo Mission Seeks Seattle Presence
Secretary D. Dowland of the Megiddo Home Missionary Society tours Seattle with Rev L T Nichols leading a nonsectarian band. They preach millenium nearing, predicting Daniel’s time of trouble and Christ’s peace, with pamphlets spread nationwide and plans to establish a Seattle mission.
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D. 8. Dowsland
Megiddo
Daniel
Christ
Jerusalem
Palestine
Dowelihd
Seattle
Cameron returns from conference on Rupert City project progress
Mr. Cameron reports progress on local Walks with completion likely within a month. The large concrete dock work will advance steadily while steel orders are being placed. Concrete work start is not imminent.
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S. Cameron
Rupert City
Cameron
Cdrscrete
Conserate
Canners Fix Fraser Salmon Prices and Run Outlook
The British Columbia Canners' association set sockeye prices for July at twelve and a half cents and ten cents for August, matching 1905 levels. Red spring salmon over 15 pounds count as two sockeyes, with initial runs not expected until mid July to late July and heavy runs anticipated in August.
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Fraser River
British Columbia Canners’ Association
Caledonia Hotel Opens In Port Essington
A new Caledonia hotel opened last week beside the Queen's Hotel owned by Mrs. Kirby. The modern building includes a forty foot bar grill room lava tories and a first class barber shop with one hundred rooms total downstairs annex and ground floor facilities to serve day and night public trade in northern British Columbia Port Essington.
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The
Caledonia
Queen’s Hotel
Kirby
British Columbia
Port Essington
Rev Cherry Hosts Service at Indian School
Rev. Cherry of Prince Rupert conducted a Tuesday evening service at the Indian School with the theme Praying always.
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Cherry
Prince Rupert
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Martha Johnson
Police Court
Bailey
Johnson
Jack Haggart
Jos
Logalettes
J. Flanagan
Pauline & Co
Victoria
O. A. Ragstad
Jackson Building
Mrs. Smith
Child
Queen’s
Robert Johnson
Rivers Inlet
Miss Brushbrook
Mr. Brushbrook
A. E. Ludwig
Essington
Mr. Armstrong
Mr. Dempster
B. A. Cannery
Robert Burns
G. A. McIntyre
J. W. Peek & Co
Barber
R. C. Co. Ltd
the & R. C. Co
China House
Georgetown
Eva
Helen Bruce
Princess May
George Wyatt
Harvey Edwards
Kitsalas
Distributor
Church of England
C. F. Lallemand
Loyalist
E. P. Laycock
Naas River
E. Loreng
R. O. Jennings
H. Blake of
DuVernet
Earl Huggard
Copper River
A. Godfrey
J. K. Ashman
Vancouver Coal Company
Copper River District
Anglican Church
Balmoral
Grimsby
Feak
Rupert
Vancouver Island
W. H. Barker
British Columbia Packers’ Association
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