Immigration Emigration Boost and Liquor Penalty Debate
Ottawa reports an order in council doubling immigrant bonuses for Canada bound arrivals in farming rail work or domestic service. The same bonuses as Britain apply to agents abroad with provisions on port of landing and employment guarantees. Senate discusses raising penalties for selling liquor to on duty railroad workers with suggestions for higher fines and possible imprisonment.
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Canada
Belgium
Holland
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Hungary
Finland
Great Britain
Canadian Porte
Portland
Maine
Dominion
Ottawa
McMullen
Mackenzie Bowell
McMallen
Scott
Watson
Sunday Shows Illegal Montreal
Judge Choquet ruled that Sunday moving pictures and penny arcades violate the law. L O Ouimet, operator of several shows, fined $10 and prepared to appeal to the Court of King’s Bench as clergy protests Sunday openings continue.
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Montreal
Bruchesi
Choquet
L. O. On'met
Ouimet
Mr. Ouimet
Court of King’s Bench
Senate Passes Canadian Pacific Bill For Killam Strathcona Line
The senate committee approved the Canadian Pacific bill to authorize a branch line from Killam to Strathcona. A western rail measure received final passage naming the Macleod Cardston Montana, Kamloops Yellowhead Pass, Calgary Fernie, Boundary Kamloops Cariboo, Edmonton Dunvegan British Columbia, and CPR lines. The Killam to Strathcona segment is included in the CPR authorization.
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Ottawa
Senate
Canadian Pacific
Killam
Strathcona
Senate Railway Committee
Macleod, Cardston & Montana
Kamloops & Yellowhead Pass
Calgary & Fernie
The
Boundary
Berlin Co Education Question Raises Budget Debate
The Prussian Diet appropriations committee debated education estimates as Minister Holle said co education remained under consideration and warned that boys would suffer if adopted. The discussion highlighted concerns about the impact on male schooling in Germany.
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Berlin
Germany
Holle
Rumor of Connaught Princess Betrothal to Count of Turin
Rumor claims Princess Patricia of Connaught is betrothed to the Count of Turin. Delay in announcement cited as unsettled question of her conversion to Catholicism. A mixed marriage would be unprecedented in the House of Savoy.
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Rome
Patricia of
Connaught
Turin
House of Savoy
Count Hadik Denies Engagement to Vanderbilt Heiress
Vienna dispatch reports Count Alexander Hadik denial of engagement to Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt through his legal adviser. The news arrives via a Vienna despatch to the agency.
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London
Vienna
Alexander Hadik
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Hindus on Board Monteagle Spark Vancouver Immigration Fight
The 200 Hindus aboard the CPR steamship Monteagle head toward Vancouver as provincial authorities ready to enforce the Natal Act, while Dominion officials insist landing cannot be prevented. A clash looms as a special officer may meet Orient steamers and educate tests could be applied to travelers.
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Vancouver
B.C
C.P.R
Monteagle
Dominion Immigration
Bowser
Orient
Dominion
Ottawa
Anti-Liquor Bill Withdrawn in Alberta Legislature
In Edmonton the C Hebbert bill on intoxicating liquors was withdrawn after section 47 showed funding must come from provincial revenues and require a Lieutenant Governor message. W F Puffer withdrew a motion for equal property rights for married women to allow a broader land titles act measure.
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Edmonton
Alta
C. Hebbert
W. F. Puffer
Lacombe
London criminal Von Weltheim jailed for blackmail plot
At the Old Bailey Carl Ludwig Von Weltheim was sentenced to twenty years penal servitude after conviction for attempting to extort $80,000 from Sally Joel, a wealthy London financier with South African mine interests. Police summary alleged murder in South Africa, stealing, desertion from the German navy, and numerous illegal marriages.
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London
The
Old Bailey
Carl Ludwig von Weltheim
Sally Joel
von Weltheim
South Africa
Germany
Press Association Convention in Toronto March 5 7
The Canadian Press association plans a national convention in Toronto from March 5 to 7 noted as the most important gathering of newspaper men in Canada. Attendees include Herman Ridder publisher of the New York Staats Zeitung and Medill McCormack of the Chicago Tribune with leading editors from Halifax Quebec Montreal Winnipeg Vancouver and beyond. A banquet on March 5 will feature the Governor General as guest of honor.
Moroccan Question Splits France and Spain Across Madrid
Rumors of a Franco Spanish split over Morocco circulate as Spanish papers debate the matter. Imparcial criticizes France for an irregular note seeking reinforcements, saying it defies the Algeciras provisions and fuels European antipathy. The Liberal calls for a new conference of signing powers.
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Madrid
France
Spain
Imparcial
Morocco
Algeciras
Smoking Injurious to Women Paris
Igag biological society reports from two eminent French physicians conclude that tobacco use is injurious to women. The inquiry finds smoking interferes with a woman’s prime role and highlights health risks associated with emekine.
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Paris
Igag Biological Society
Jesus Heals an Impotent Man at the Pool on Sabbath
Rev D M Stearns examines John 5 about Jesus healing a 38 year sufferer at Bethesda. The miracle exposes Jewish blindness to mercy over ritual and points to Jesus as the Lord and fountain of living water beyond the pool. The lesson contrasts human pride with Christ’s humility and the coming resurrection.
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American Press Association
Israel
Jesus
Peter
John
Elijah
Elisha
God
Temple
Egypt
Christ
Shaw warns Republicans after praising administration
Ex Secretary of State Shaw addresses the Republican club in Marshall Mich urging a return to confidence amid widespread economic strains. He contrasts his critique of wealth inequality with Bryan’s anti-Roosevelt stance and defends the Navy while noting coal and powder shortages impacting U S naval readiness.
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United States Navy
Marshall
Mich
Republican Club
Shaw
Bryan
Roosevelt
Mr. Shaw
Pacific Ocean
United States
Europe
Asia
Navy Department
Anglicans and Catholics May Unite, Says Archbishop Ryan
Archbishop Ryan predicts a possible corporate union of Anglicans and Episcopalians with the Roman Catholic Church in the near future. He cites English moves toward reunion with Rome and notes such a movement exists among Episcopalians in the United States.
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Philadelphia
Ryan
England
Rome
Lord Halifax
German Emperor Sails On Warship Deutsch land
The Kaiser plans to spend the week aboard his flagship the Deutsch land, an improved Braunschweig type battleship. The ship, armed with four casemates and heavy armor, displaces 13 000 tons and can reach eighteen knots. He will board at Kiel on February 26 for possible sea maneuvers with harbor ships.
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Berlin
Braunschweig
Kiel
Suffragists Arrested in London Protest at Parliament
Women suffragists led by Mrs. Pankhurst attempted to reach the house of commons but were blocked by police who separated the group and detained the leaders at a side street station.
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London
Mrs. Pankhurst
House of of Commons
Parliament
Idle freight cars loom over Pennsylvania lines
The Pennsylvania Railroad reports 77,000 idle cars across its lines east and west, valued at 77 million dollars. About 61,000 sit on sidings and yards, while 16,000 are in shops awaiting or undergoing repairs.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Oliver Plowman Will Live In South Bend Again
James Oliver a South Bend millionaire plow manufacturer and philanthropist nears recovery after being given up to die four times. Despite nearing 80, his vitality returns and family and friends anticipate his return to the factory.
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South Bend
Ind
James Oliver
Wal
Ottawa moves to disallow British Columbia education act
The Canadian government orders legal action to restrain provincial enforcement of a naval act penalizing Japanese and Chinese immigrants who land after failing an education test. The act is deemed ultra vires and a court should release affected immigrants. Ottawa will disallow the act and Japan is assured Canada will protect treaty rights.
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Ottawa
Department of Justice
British Columbia
Victoria
Japan
China
Canada
Manuel to Take Oath as Lisbon Gears for Cintra Move
Diario de Noticias reports King Manuel will depart for Cintra to endure several months at the royal summer palace fourteen miles from Lisbon. After the assassination, King Carlos and family were moved by water to Lisbon for safety before meeting death in the capital. The chamber of deputies is to reassemble on February 20 to swear allegiance, with dissolution and a Liberal government likely to seek electoral support. Republicans promise candidates across constituencies to replace the monarchy with a republic.
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Manuel
Lisbon
Diario de Noticeas
Cintra
Carlos
Premer Franco
Chamber of Deputies
Rome Prince Borghese experiments with balloons
Rome society reports Prince Borghese of Pekin to Paris fame is ballooning for sport with Lieut. Cianetti as aide. Secret instruments and a special gas inflate the balloon in cold weather. Duke Abruzzi recently met Borghese, hinting at a northern expedition plan.
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Rome
Prince Borghese
Paris
Lieut
Cianetti
Duke Abruzzi
North Pole
Norway Neutrality Garuntee Treaty Published
The treaty guarantees Norway's neutrality and integrity in war with France Great Britain Germany and Russia as signatories. Newspapers express general satisfaction though Dagbladet questions its practical value while a socialist organ criticizes its focus on Sweden.
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Norway
Christiania
France
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Dagbladet
Sweden
Handicaps noted in Sweden US mail trade
Complaints from commercial institutions and business firms about the current package and mail methods between America and Sweden have been published and submitted to the royal post office. The Swedish chamber of commerce in New York reports several instances showing how the system handicaps business and the press calls for changes.
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Stockholm
America
Sweden
Royal Post Office
Swedish Chamber of Commerce
New York
Montreal synod moots bishop visit and raises stipends
At the forty ninth synod in Montreal it was decided to invite a bishop from the mother church of England to visit Canada next year. Bishop Gore of Birmingham will be invited. The synod confirmed last year's stipend increase and plans to raise stipends from 600 700 and 800 to 700 900 dollars as soon as practical.
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Montreal
Forty-Ninth Synod of
England
Canada
Gore
Birmingham
Turks Withdrawn From St Petersburg Front
The dispatch order for 60,000 troops to the Persian frontier has been deferred after war office word that Turkish forces have pulled back from Persian territory near Tabris. Government circles see evidence that the Porte has decided not to push the confrontation with Russia now.
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St. Petersburg
War Office
Tabris
Porte
Russia
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