New 99th Infantry Regiment Forms Under Brandon HQ
The new regiment with headquarters at Brandon is nearing completion with about 250 officers and men. Its officers include senior major D. C. Rankin and junior major Snider Portege, adjuvant John Clark, captain J M McIntosh, lieutenants Fred Scott and Charles Fraser, medical officer D R Templeton, quartermaster William Creelman, and paymaster G F Sykes. The unit will have six companies based in Brandon Portage la Prairie Sarnia and Carberry. Uniform specifics await finalization.
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Brandon
99Th Infantry Regiment
D. C
A. D. Rankin
Snider
Portege
John Clark
James Kirkcaldy
J. M. McIntosh
Duncan McDougall
Fred Scott
Demand Equal Rates in Western Telegraph Case
The Western Associated Press challenges CPR and GNR telegraph rates at Winnipeg before the Railway Commission. CPR argues higher Western rates justify service cost and charter powers. WAP cites $86,808 yearly excess charges and CPR losses of about $44,000 annually in serving Western papers from Winnipeg.
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Western Associated Press
P.R
Winnipeg
C.P.R
G.N.W
Railway Commission
D'Arcy Scott
McLean
J. A.M. Atkins
A. B. Hudson
W.A.P
Canada
W.4.p
Commission
Wintewepaper
England
Coman
Western Associated Services
Ite
Ity
Seercente
Associated Press
W. J. Camp
Naval Build Planned for Pacific and Atlantic Coasts
The government adopts a naval programme to build three Bristol class cruisers and four River class destroyers at about five and three quarter million and one and a half million respectively with maintenance costing around two million annually. Two cruisers will serve the Pacific coast and one cruiser with the four destroyers on the Atlantic coast. The fleet nucleus will include 1 408 officers and men with victualling payroll near 100 000 dollars. The military plan extends cooperation with the imperial general staff for officer exchange and common training of Canadian troops.
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Imperial
Toll of Upper Lakes Storm Leaves Major Loss
Five ships sunk and two badly damaged as a three day storm on the upper lakes causes over 400000 dollars in losses. Only one man drowns while one crew member, Stephen Deu ser, survives by clinging to a spar. Damaged vessels include Ottawa Pahlow barge Hinton barge Commerce H. Hoyt and others with total damages around 7000 and potential further costs exceeding 10000.
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Detroit
Stephen Deuser
Louis Pahlow
Ottawa
Pahlow
Hinton
Commerce
H. Hoyt
Drydocks Will Be Erected at Levis
Arrangements completed for a salvage dry dock in Levis with Canadian Pacific Railway, Allan, Harland & Wolff, Sir Charles McLain for John Burn & Co, Davie of Levis, McArthur Perks & Co of Canada. A proposal to the Canadian government for a similar dock at St John has been made. Constructors will place the Levis dock near Partridge Island, not at the Canadian Pacific wharf.
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Levis
Wird
Pacifi Railway
Allans
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Charles McLain
John Burn & Co
Sheffield
Davie
McArthur, Perks & Co
Canada
Thieves Take Mail Parcels From Hartney Train
Thieves stole two registered parcels at Leary's crossing on Nov. 1. One contained three thousand dollars and the other five thousand dollars. The loss occurred when a mail clerk briefly left the car to transfer mail to the Winnipeg and Hartney trains meeting at Leary's.
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Roseisle
Hartney
Leary’s Crossing
Winnipeg
Leary’s
Five Dunsmuir sisters seek action against Lieut Gov Dunamuir
Victoria BC reports the five sisters of Lieut Gov James Dunamuir plan two lawsuits to be heard against him in the Supreme Court. They allege accounting failures as his mother's agent and seek an immediate accounting with five per cent interest on profits claimed as falsely appropriated since 1889, plus an injunction on handling shores inherited from a deceased brother.
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Victoria
B.C
James Dunamuir
Supreme Court
Joan Dansmuir
Dansmuir
R. Dunsmuir & Sona
Alexander
Deadly Cherry mine disaster dwarfs rescue efforts in Illinois
The Cherry Illinois mine tragedy claims over five hundred lives after a fire traps miners. Twelve rescuers perish and authorities fear the death toll may rise beyond 500 as gas injections and sealing efforts continue. Witnesses describe heart wrenching scenes at the shaft mouth and families left grieving. The St Paul Coal Company mine faces extensive destruction with hopes of recovery fading days after the blast.
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Spring Valley
Cherry
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
James Haney
Wortown
St. Paul Coal Company
St. Paul
Canada Maintains Tenth Rank in World Maritime Registry
The 1908 report shows Canada with 7 602 vessels, up 74, and total tonnage 702 324, up 3 636. Steamers total 3 084 with gross tonnage 483 031. vessel value at 21 069 720 dollars. 304 new Canadian vessels built, 278 sea-going ships lost in Canadian waters, 2 foreign ships lost. Inland wrecks include 276 Canadian and seven foreign vessels. losses total 340 910 dollars. Thirty eight lives were lost and ships destroyed valued at 1 222 976 dollars.
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Canada
Ottawa
Department of Marine
Dominion
Cana
Vancouver Gambling Den Raided by Chinatown Raid
Vancouver police shut down an Oriental Monte Carlo run by a Japanese woman called Queen of the gamblers. Twenty five arrested in and fined twenty five dollars each. Detectives recovered cash including $104 in silver from the gambling hall.
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Vancouver
B.C
Chinatown
October Trade Shows Rise in Canada Totals
Ottawa reports October trade at 62.4 million dollars, up 5.19 million from last October. Imports 31.47 million, up 3.81 million. exports 27.25 million, up about one million. Seven month totals show 366.41 million trade, imports 202.79 million, exports 147.74 million, with customs revenue 33.80 million, up 6.79 million.
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Ottawa
Canada
Laster
Lake Navigation Buckles Under Insurance Deadline
Lake boats face a noon December 5 deadline to secure protection from insurers. Months of storm delays and the Soo lock hold ups have pushed owners to maximize trips before coverage ends. Some vessels tied to grain contracts may run one more trip after insurance expires. Demand remains high as boats rush to complete voyages across the lakes.
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Lake Navigation
Port Arthur
Ont
Soo
Fraser Canyon wreck claims Kamloops engineer and injures crew
A snow slide near Fraser Canyon west of here toppled a Canadian Pacific freight engine and four cars 300 feet into the Fraser River. Engineer Gough of Kamloops was killed. Fireman MacKay escaped with a broken arm and Brakeman Foster of Kamloops suffered a severe shakeup. Several others were injured as a blinding snowstorm raged and the eastbound passenger train narrowly missed the slide.
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Fraser Canyon
North Bend
B.C
Gough
Kamloops
Canadian Pacific
Here
Fraser
MacKay
Foster
Attempted assassination of Lord and Lady Minto in Ahmedabad
A bomb exploded in the street as the viceroy of India Lord Minto and Lady Minto passed by. A man nearby had his hand blown off and another bomb lay on the ground. The attack caused widespread anxiety among British officials.
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Minto
Ahmedabad
India
Decoration for Kitchener Receives Grand Cordon of Rising Sun
Field Marshal Lord Kitchener has been awarded the Grand Cordon of the Rising Sun by the Emperor. The Inspector-General of British Mediterranean forces was entertained on a grand scale during his stay, and he witnessed the war ride of the army. Kitchener’s armed trip on November 19.
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Kitchener
Tokio
Lord Kitchener
Iar
Lords Move to Reject Budget and Trigger Election
Lord Lansdowne declared a formal intention to move against the budget bill in the Lords arguing it must await the country’s judgment. Unionist peers oppose the budget over land taxes and death duties, signaling a general election in January and a bitter, high-stakes political fight as the government faces the crisis of a failed Finance Bill.
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Edward
Lanc Aewne
House of Lords
Lords
House of Commons
Angelo
Pees
Ohce
Great Britain
Brandon City Moves to Commission Government
The Brandon council passed a motion to petition the Manitoba legislature in the upcoming session. They seek authorization to submit to electors a bylaw dispensing with the current mayor and council and replacing it with a salaried elective commission of four ratepayers elected annually.
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Commission For
Brandon
Man
Telephone Trust Extends Its Field in New York
The telephone has taken leadership in wire communication from telegraph firms. The Bell system announced control of Western Union Telegraph Company, prompting Wall Street speculation that the Postal Telegraph system may soon join. A new giant wire trust could form, reducing public choice in service and rates and erasing local rivalries.
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Telephone Trust
New York
United States
Telegraph
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell Trust
Western Union Telegraph Company
Wall Street
Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
Telephone Company
Powerful 14 inch naval gun arrives at Washington Navy Yard
The largest and most powerful gun built for the U S navy arrives at the Washington Navy Yard. It is a 14 inch rifle, 53 feet long, discharges a 1400 pound shell. Its range is 14 miles and at that distance it would pierce 8 inch belt armor or battleship armor. Each discharge costs about 500 dollars.
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Washington
United States Navy
Washington Navy Yard
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C.P.R. W.A.P
Saskatoon
Sitoller Saag
J Atkins
Upper Lakes
Will Sue
Illinois
Fichting
Consolidated Fund
Quebec
Lord Lansdowne
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