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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
7
A Lac du Bonnet hydroelectric failure roared through Winnipeg halting streetcar power and paralysing industry. Steam plant workarounds and widespread factory idle days followed as workers faced reduced transport and endless delays.
London notes report Lord Rosebery warning the peers that rejecting the budget would threaten stability, calling the crisis the gravest since 1832. Lord Salisbury counters that the issue is the Lords power to amend or reject finance bills, amid reports of pressure and speculation from the Lords.
Montreal street brawler Radiclive taunted as a hangman fought two men near Windsor station, knocking out teeth and injuring faces. He claimed he gave them what they wanted and prepared to strike again, then walked to his drugstore on Windsor and St Antoine for treatment.
The Zealandia School lands sale in Saskatoon offered eighty eight quarter sections, eighty two sold for a total of $217500 at an average of $1670 per acre. Bidding opened briskly and many parcels went to farmers and speculators, leaving buyers content with the outcome.
The Imperial Bank of Germany holds about 3 million dollars deposited by Abdul Hamid before dethronement. The Frankfurter Zeitung reports the Ottoman ruler seeks recovery via legal action. The bank is willing to surrender the funds if meet the sultan's signature and seal.
The Presbyterian church mission board intends to spend 147000 in home missions this year, up 30000 from last year. Funds will come from state subscriptions with Winnipeg Pres aiming to raise 26000 and the east asked to increase regular givings by 10000.
A German engineer has improved Brennan's gyroscopic mono-rail and mono wheel car concept. A full sized 17 foot vehicle, able to hold a dozen tigers, will test on a track at the Berlinical Gardens to persuade authorities and the public of the scheme's practicality. The German version differs enough from the English original to merit special patents, though core ideas are retained.
Best figures show 527 men were in the mine when the fire started. Of these 217 escaped, 101 were recovered dead and buried, 20 rescued alive after seven days, 10 rescue party members died in the cage, 169 bodies found in the third vein, bringing total deaths to 310.
Hon. Sydney Fisher gave notice of amendments to abolish the fixed $2 license fee and to authorize the governor in council to fix license fees and fines for contraventions under the act.
A sermon notes how Paul urges self denial and cheerful giving as the fruit of Christ’s work. It cites the Macedonians’ example, the call to a willing mind, and the principle that every gift rests on what God first gave us. The text links giving to divine grace and sustained faith in God’s provision.
A devotional note urges that giving be voluntary and joyful rather than burdensome. It contrasts the tithe as duty with an offering beyond, insisting on cheerful, unconstrained giving and praise to the Lord.
The North British Locomotive Company of Glasgow nears completion on a turbine electric locomotive. Steam drives a turbine at 3000 rpm with a dynamo feeding four driving axles and exhaust steam condensed back to the boiler. Engine control is from the driving footplate. Costs and construction scale remain unsettled after years of development.
The Chicago Board of Trade rejected the anti corner amendment 409 to 359. Non resident members and farming interests helped preserve the existing corner system while James A. Patten opposed the measure. Armour interests supported it, arguing the change would limit deal volume and enable easy settlements for bears in squeezes.
The Wright company backed by financiers, reportedly controlling a potential billion dollars, formed to oversee all aviation in the United States and Canada. Notable names include Russell A. Alger, August Belmont, Edward J. Berwyn, Robert J. Collier, Howard Gould, Morton F. Plant, Allan Ryan, Theodore P. Shonts, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. Capital is $1,000,000 with no stock for sale.
London reports twenty new British destroyers awarded contracts will be the fastest of their class. Expect speeds over thirty knots, possibly thirty three, in seas where torpedo boats struggle. Construction is planned for twenty months to bolster Britain’s swift torpedo destroyer fleet.
Moving pictures of microbes have become possible thanks to Jean Comandon, a young French scientist. By pairing an ultra microscopic instrument with a kinetograph, he films the habits and movements of organisms too small for ordinary microscopes. The invention promises immense value for bacteriology research.
Dr. E Stevenson of Vancouver B C an elderly physician known for his eccentricity died leaving an estate of 156000 dollars to create a trust for destitute women. beneficiaries must not be connected directly or indirectly with any church or religious organization.
George J. Desbarats, Quebec native and Montreal Polytechnic graduate with honors, is appointed Deputy Minister of the Department of Marine and Fisheries. His career spans canal projects, railway inspection in British Columbia, hydrographic work on the St Lawrence, and leadership at Sorel shipyard.
In England and Wales, November 9 brings the selection of chief citizens for twelve months. Mayors are usually long-serving councillors or aldermen chosen by colleagues, with the election a formal social ceremony. The transfer of robes follows, amid toasts and well wishes for the new officeholder.
A deadly political conspiracy in Vienna involved poisoned pills sent by mail to high military and civic leaders, including Baron Mader who died. The pills, shaped like a cure advertisement, poisoned victims who opposed Serbia, signaling a dangerous Servian-inspired plot amid rising Balkan tensions.
Nikola Tesla of Shoreham Long Island announces near perfection of a new wireless telegraphy method that uses the earth itself as the transmitting medium rather than atmospheric waves, promising global reach within a fraction of a second.
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