Crossing the Plains to Fort Carlton 1875 at Lac du Brochet
In July 1875 a brigade arrived from Lac de Brochet. Chippewagan Indians traded with Pierre Deschambeault at Braciet post. The narrator details trading routines, village life, and a prank about private trade goods, then notes Madame Belanger and Madame De Deschambeault. Pierre’s China goods sparked laughter and credit, and the expedition departed for Lac du Brochet and Pelican Narrows before winter at The Pas.
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York
Lac de Brochet
Jack Stewart
Deschambeault
Secon
Saskatchewan
Jim
Madame Belanger
Marion
Canada
Madame de Deschambeault
Lac du Brochet
Cumberland House
Pierze
North Country
China
Fort Garry
Pierre
Cumberland
Factor Belanger
Pelic
Narrows
Lac Brochet
Great
Belanger
Pas
Alex. Matheson
Grand Rapids
Saskatchewan River
Brochet
Churchill
Matheson
Fort William
Canada Tightens Immigration Rules for Chinese Merchants
The Chinese Immigration Act amendment received a fiscal reading in the House of Commons with no debate. It tightens entry by abolishing identification certificates for Chinese merchants and requires proof of bona fides to satisfy the Immigration Controller.
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Otawa
House of Commons
Canada
C N Station Dynamited North of Carillon
Dynamo blast damages C N station at Cushing about five miles north of Carillon. Believed act of spite, 10. Se of the station facilities damaged. Six persons were on the premises at the time. No arrests have yet been made.
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Montreal
Cushing
Canadian National Railway
Carillon
Indian Affairs official plans northern treaty visit
H A Conroy of the Department of Indian Affairs travels via Edmonton toward Fort Providence to arrange treaty money payments and visits with Mackenzie River Indians. He says treaty payments will occur this year, noting past nonpayment adds interest to the expedition.
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Edmonton
Fort Providence
H. A. Conroy
Department of Indian Affairs
Mackenzie River
Government to dredge Vancouver Narrows for deeper harbor
The federal government will assist dredging the first narrows at Vancouver B C to make the passage into the harbour safe for deep sea ships. A telegram from Hon F B McCurdy minister of public works at Ottawa was read at a Vancouver Shipping Bureau luncheon promising laid in the work.
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Vancouver
B.C
First Narrows
F. B. McCurdy
Ottawa
Vancouver Shipping Bureau
Disturbance in Egypt report of riots and casualties
Cairo dispatch reports wires cut between Cairo and Alexandria and no news from Alexandria. Despatch notes desultory firing in Alexandria and riots with fifty killed including twelve Europeans and nearly two hundred wounded. Looters and skulkers blamed for disturbances.
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London
Cairo
Alexandria
Egypt
Walters Investment Company Buys Waverley Tangier Mines
Revelstoke B C The Waverley Tangier Silver Lead Mines at the head waters of Downie Creek have been purchased by Walters Investment Company of Spokane Washington. Twenty thousand dollars has been paid and Walters interests have spent another ten thousand for development including eight miles of wagon road from Albert Canyon to the property.
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Revelstoke
B.C
Waverley- Tangier
Downie Creek
Walters Investment Company
Spokane
Washington
Walters
Albert Canyon
Coal Freight Rate Cut From Alberta Mines to Prairies
The Railway Commission grants a ten percent cut in coal freight rates from Alberta mines to the three prairie provinces. Operators and dealers sought twenty percent, but the board restricted relief noting coal’s smaller share in recent rate increases. The order runs from June 1 to August 31.
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Winnipeg
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Railway Commission
Ottawa Dispatch
Winnipeg Evening Free Press
Record Journey Reaches Peace River In Seven Canoeing Days
The first party to reach Peace River by the water route from Prince George B C has arrived. They cut through ice on Summit Lake and completed 101 miles in a single day. The party includes C J Vernon MacKenzie editor of MacLean's Magazine Hy Weston Taylor of Philadelphia and W V Chambers of Bermuda gathering magazine material.
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Peace River
Asia
Prince George
B.C
Summit Lake
C. J. Vernon MacKenzie
MacLean’s Magazine
Hy Weston Taylor
Philadelphia
W. V. Chambers
Bermuda
Starving Soldier Found in Forest Near Woodbridge
A discharged British soldier with 56 in his pocket, clothes filthy, was found in a forest near Woodbridge Ontario. Memory gone, famished, he ate ravenously after food. Believed in bush about a week. Brought to Toronto handed to D S C R and placed in military hospital as a bod patient. Name John McQuade, 29.
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Toronto
Tle Forest
Woodbridge
Ont
D.S.C.R
John McQuade
U.S. Meat Imports Reach 160 Million Pounds Last Year
The Department of Agriculture announced that the United States imported 160 million pounds of meat in the previous year. About two thirds of these imports were New Zealand lambs, highlighting the country’s role in supplying meat to U.S. markets.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
New Zealand
Starvation Fears Grow as Riga Moscow Food Shortage Deepens
Reports from Riga and Moscow indicate near starvation as peasants withhold corn for seed and refuse to sell. Bolshevik decrees restoring trade fail to ease shortages as commissions return empty handed and Caspian flour supplies disappear.
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Riga
Moscow
Reduced Fare Proposal For Veterans From Ontario Convention
At the Ontario command G.W.V.A. convention a resolution urged the Dominion Government to grant a cent a mile fare for unemployed veterans and their families traveling to work. Children under seven would ride free. The proposal would continue until the current economic stage passes.
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Brantford
Indian opinions on British rule voiced in Chicago
Rustom Rustomjee, former editor of the Oriental Review in Bombay, told Commerce Association members that British administration has blessed the masses in India. He denied being a servile apologist and said he belonged to the constitutional opposition until radicals took over.
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Chicago
India
Rustom Rustomjee
Oriental Review
Bombay
Commerce Association
Attempt to wreck C N R Express fails
An unsucces sful attempt to wreck a Canadian National Railway express on the Montreal line between St. Jerome and Montfort subdivisions occurred on Victoria Day at Morin Heights. Rail pieces were placed to block the track at two spots. CN R general manager Kingsland calls the act deliberate and notes possible link to a prior Cushing station bombing in the same section.
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Montreal
Canadian National Railway
St. Jerome and
Montfort
Morin Heights
W W. A. Kingsland
C.N.R
Briand Confident Germany Will Meet Reparations Obligations
Paris deputies back government policy on German reparations by 419 to 171 after a three day debate. Premier Briand defended the Silesian and other foreign questions and reiterated belief that the German government would fulfill its obligations. He praised Brattee's moderation and justice.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
Brattee
Fasting Farmer's Son Dies After Self-Imposed Hunger
In Selma Iowa Western Oliver, son of a wealthy farmer, dies on the sixtieth day of a fasting ordeal. He was a conscientious objector who was imprisoned after refusing a uniform. Upon returning home he became reclusive and began another fast declaring he would not eat until blessed by the Lord.
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Selma
Lowa
Western
Oliver
Federal
Lady Tilley Dies in New Brunswick
Toronto reports the death at St. John of Lady Tilley widow of Sir S. J. Tilley, former Premier of New Brunswick, Canada’s finance minister, and lieutenant governor.
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Toronto
St. John, N.B
Tiley
5S. J. Tilley
New Brunswick
Canada
Turks Must Release British Prisoners
British naval officials send a warship to Adalia to compel the Turks to free eleven prisoners removed from the British steamer Palatina.
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Constantinople
Adalia
Governor General Vacancy Rumor Tied to Northumberland
A London cable reports the Evening News suggests the Duke of Northumberland may accept the post of Governor-General of Canada succeeding the Duke of Devonshire. The Star notes no final decision yet.
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Montreat
London
Star
Duke of Northumberland
Duke of Devonshire
Canada
German Sergeant Will Serve Ten Months For Ill Treated Prisoners
Doorn Holland reports Sergt Heyne found guilty of ill treating British POWs at Harne Westphalia. He received ten months in prison after a high court verdict. Prosecutors sought two years, noting 28 incidents beyond acceptable conduct. Defendants blame hostile jailers and unruly British prisoners. The case draws British interest ahead of trials for Carl Neumann, commander of U boat 67.
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Leipsic
Sergt
Heyne
Harne
Westphalia
Sergt Heyne
Sergi. Heyne
Cour
Carl Neumann
Dover Castle
Africa
Meeker Pioneers Aerial Mail Flight To Victoria
Ezr a M. Meeker famed Oregon Trail pioneer visits Victoria from Seattle aboard a US aerial mail flying boat. In his first year a transit review shows he has traveled in every westward vehicle from prairie schooner to modern flying boat.
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Victoria
B.C
Ezra M. Meeker
Oregon Trail
Seattle
United States
Mr. Meeker
Swiss Post Tax Doubling Rates Proves Financial Failure
Swiss official statistics show postal rate doubling failed to raise revenue. Receipts in the first quarter fell by 7 million francs from the same period last year when rates were normal.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Government Orders Demobilization Of Married Men In 1919 Class
Paris reports the army staff favors demobilization of married men and supporters of families from the 1919 class. The government says remaining troops are adequate for all likely contingencies in the Rhineland and elsewhere.
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Paris
Rhineland
Removal of Colonel's Name from New Empire Order
London reports the removal of a colonel's name from the Order of the British Empire prompts press comment that only five deletions occurred from about 25 000 appointments. The move is noted amid wider discussions on honors and recognition.
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London
Patrol Boat Captures Japanese Schooner off Prince Rupert
Vancouver report says the Canadian fisheries patrol boat Malaspina overhauled a Japanese schooner sealing in Canadian waters. The crew was arrested, 150 skins seized, and the schooner destroyed after a confrontation at sea. Major J A Motherwell, federal inspector of fisheries, accompanied the Malaspina as she departed Vancouver.
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Prince Rupert
Vancouver
North
J. A. Motherwell
Riel’s Brother Joseph Rie Found in St Vital
Joseph Rie younger brother of Louis Riel, noted for a key role in Manitoba events 1869 76, is now 64 and living at his home in St. Vital near Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
Joseph Rie
Louis Riel
Manitoba
St. Vital
Dublin Customs House Fire Turmoil Ends in Wide Destruction
Fire at the Dublin Customs House left the building in ruins and destroyed government records. Crown forces clashed with Sinn Fein rebels in a siege that involved armored cars, explosives, and gunfire, with multiple casualties among both sides and rebels surrendering or fleeing as the blaze spread.
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Dublin
Ireland
Deis
Ark of
Sinn Fein
London
Irish Office
Customs House
Dublin Customs House
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Lady Tilley
Doord
Holland
Canadian
Dublin Custom House
Crown
Crown Fortes
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