Situation in China grows more serious amid rebel advances
Reports from Pekin and Hankow describe escalating warfare with large numbers of casualties among foreign nationals and rebels. Han Yang falls to Imperial forces, Nankin captured, and Yuan Shih Kai consolidates power as foreign relief and loans loom uncertain.
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Washington, D.C
China
State Department Oea
Pekin
Sian Fu
Theavy Department
Nankin
Shensi
Shansi
Lian Fu
Calhoun
Beckman
Watne
Chicago
State Department
Manila
Tien Tsin
War Department
Han River
Wu Chang
Hu Pen
Li Yuen Heng
Han Yane
Yuan Shih Kai
Fane Kwo Chane
Hankow
National Assembly
Capiital
Pukow
Shan Si
John Jordan
Shanghai
E City
Han Yang
Li Yuan Hone
Chane Corain
Changes in Admiralty Appoint New Sea Lords
Important changes in the admiralty appoint Admiral Sir Francis Cheries Hridgman as first Sea Lord and Vice Admiral Prince Louis of Battenburg as second Sea Lord. Captain W A Pakenham becomes Fourth Sea Lord and Rear Admiral Charles John Briges remains Third Sea Lord. The move follows Churchill's transfer to the admiralty and aims to set naval policy for the next two years.
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London
Admiralty
Francis Cheries Hridgman
Home Fleet
Arthur Knyvet Wilson
Prince Louis
Battenburg
George Leclerce Gorton
W. A. ©. Pakenham
Collingwood
Charlies Edward Madde
Charles John Briges
Wilson
Egerton
Winston Spencer Churchill
House of Commons
Church
Sikhs Regiment Idea Delivers Mixed Signals in Ottawa
Hindu delegates from British Columbia press for equal rights before Sikhs from India are urged to join a Canadian fighting force. They note many countrymen have served in the British army and urge fair treatment prior to mobilization.
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Ottawa
India
Britth Columbia
Canada
Robert Rogers
Manitoba Boundary Question Seen as Open Issue
Ottawa notes Manitoba boundary between Ontario and Manitoba remains unresolved over Keewatin division. A formal conference between Premier Roblin and the Dominion Government is deemed unlikely since the Manitoba government’s principle has been accepted by the Borden Government.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Ontario
Roblin
Borden
G T P Stations Built In Winnipeg Region
Grand Trunk Pacific reports 156 new stations this year with 98 already established 27 under construction and the remainder to be finished in the spring as the railway expands its branch lines.
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Winnipeg
Grand Trunk Pacific
Ottawa notice on higher food and drug standards
Claude MacDonnell of South Toronto gives notice of a resolution urging the government to promptly raise the standard of foods beverages and drugs and enforce honesty among manufacturers sellers and dealers. It calls for an immediate amendment of the Foods and Adulteration Act.
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Ottawa
Claude MacDonnell
Toronto
Historic Flag Presented to Royal Grenadiers Sergeants Mess
A Union Jack that flew in Ladysmith during the siege was presented to the sergeants mess of the Royal Grenadiers at 77 Queen Street West. The flag, first to be lowered before Ladysmith’s relief, was hoisted at the mess to greet the Duke of Connaught. The banner bears silent witness to its battles.
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Toronto
Royal Grenadiers
Ladysmith
Queen Street West
Duke of Connaught
Cable rate cuts urged to unite Empire news supply
The Empire Press Union calls for a 50 percent cut in imperial and Atlantic cable rates, citing India South Africa Australia and the Straits Settlements. It argues a state owned Atlantic cable could be profitable, ensuring direct uncensored news across the Empire and fostering closer unity.
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London
Atlantic
Empire Press Union
India
South Africa
Australia
Straits Settlements
Montreal
Rats Destroy Field of Wheat at Morris Manitoba
Rats ruined a stockpiled wheat field in Morris Manitoba after farmers could not thresh. A nest existed in every stook and sheaves were gnawed to pieces. Prof Brodrick of Winnipeg identified the Norwegian brown rat, noting potential losses could reach two million dollars if the pattern repeats.
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Morris
Brodrick
Winnipg
Dangers of the R N W M P Ottawa
The Evening Journal notes reforms to reduce hardships for the Northwest Mounted Police. It cites Captain Fitzgerald s death as highlighting the need for change and mentions a possible commission to study needed reforms for better conditions.
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Ottawa
The
Evening Journal
Northwest Mounted Police
Fitzgerald
Chinese official Shan named vice president of China cabinet agriculture
C S Shan, a Chinese government official and former director of Mukden agricultural station, is listed as vice-president of agriculture in the new Chinese cabinet. He visited Canada to study farming methods and spent time at the Mounted Police barracks in Lethbridge to learn policing practices for potential adoption in China.
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Lethbridge
Alta
C. S. Shan
Board of Agriculture
Mukden
Manchuria
Canada
Mounted Police
China
Dominion suit on wreck removal halted after undertakings
Removal of wrecks in international waters from Ottawa suit will not proceed. The action involved the Cleveland barge Jol. Hotte sunk in the Detroit river. Owners pledged to remove the obstruction themselves without litigation.
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Ottawa
Jol. Hotte
Detroit River
Export Cattle Critique Hits Western Dealers
E H Maunsell of Macleod savages Dr Rutherford’s Dominion livestock report as untimely and two years out of date. He argues the focus on cattle shipped for export ignores home-market needs and could harm Canada’s cattle industry despite some cattle being sold before being fully fed.
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Calgary
Alta
Rutherford
Dominion Livestock Commissioner
E. H. Maunsell
Macleod
Maunsell
Times
Dominion
Canada
Booming Immigration Arrives in Vancouver Canada
Arthur Hawkes, Dominion special immigration commissioner, arrives in Vancouver to study federal and provincial methods for boosting immigration. He plans talks with Premier McBride to learn incentives offered for vacant lands and emphasize stronger cooperation with old-country communities as a path to permanent Canadian immigration growth.
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Arthur Hawkes
Vancouver
B. C
Dominion
Canada
McBride
Great Divide steel laid links Canada’s transport artery
Premier McBride and G T P General Manager Chamberlin exchange telegrams after steel spans the Great Divide between Alberta and British Columbia. McBride’s reply praises the continent spanning line boosting Canada’s carrying trade and northern development while tightening ties with sister provinces.
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Victoria
B.C
McBride
Chamberlin
G.T.P
Alberta
British Columbia
Winnipeg
New York
Canada
Dominion
Cars for Shippers Consider Car Order Records
Ottawa railway board to study mandating at station car order books and personal or remote orders for cars. Aimed at addressing shipper complaints about car shortages while examining methods to track orders and allocations and improve shipment efficiency.
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Ottawa
Railway Commission
Famine in Russia Extends to Orenburg and Turgai
Reports from St Petersburg describe a famine in 1891 repeating in Orenburg and the Turgai region. Survivors crowd towns seeking aid while many beg for last rites. Orenburg crops run about five percent below average and the bishop of Tobolsk asks the government for relief for peasants.
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St. Petersburg
Orenburg
Russia
Tohelyabinnsk
License for drinkers proposed by John Galbraith
John Galbraith, a Liberal executive candidate in West York, urges licensing drinkers as a remedy to the liquor evil. He believes requiring a license for each drinker would reduce and possibly end drinking.
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Toronto
John Galbraith
Liberal
Godfrey
M.P.P
West York
Old Age Pension Inquiry Resolution Outlined
Mr. Burnham M P of West Peterborough gives notice of a resolution urging a select committee of the House to inquire into the Old Age Pension system for Canada with aim to establish a new system. The move signals parliamentary focus on pension reform and governance.
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Ottawa
Burnham
West Peterborough
House
Canada
Post Office Dept Ottawa Reports Big Revenue Increase
The annual Post Office Department report shows expenditure up by 738000 plus, with a surplus near 1.19 million. Growth in services includes 437 post offices 84 postal note offices 169 money order offices and 18 saving bank offices. Rail mileage rose by 67 and total land and water mileage by 3.322 million. Letters and postcards up 42.557 million, over ten percent.
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Ottawa
Post Office Department
Nehemiah Faces External Plots and Internal Threats
A religious study on Nehemiah chapter six recalls attempts to lure him away from rebuilding, including tainted letters, false prophets, and bribed allies. It notes his steadfast refusal to abandon the work, trust in God, and resolve against fear while warning against modern false teachings and hypocritical leaders.
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Nehemiah
Ono
John xv
Tim
God
Sanballat
Jerusalem
Babylon
Lies
Eden
Adam
Jeremiah
Tobiah
Noadiah
God Iverse
Bee
Judah
Mine Rescue Station Edmonton Crews to Start by 1912
A new mine rescue station is planned for Edmonton with crews in the Nest Pass district and the project to have 1,000 workers managed by January 1, 1912. The plan outlines Sr in operation by that date to bolster safety and response capabilities.
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Edmonton
Nest Pass
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Post Office Dept. Report
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