Canada doubles immigrant bonuses to lure farmers and domestics
An order in council doubles the home bonus for immigrants destined for farming railway construction and female domestic service to Canada. Agents paid one pound per adult and ten shillings per child under 14, with bonuses payable only at Canadian ports except Portland Maine in winter. A February 1 circular warns recruiters to target only approved workers and ensure employment prospects in Canada.
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Ottawa
Canada
Belgium
Holland
Sweden
Denmark
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Hungary
Finland
Great Britain
Portland
Maine
Alea
Dominion
Sunday Shows Iliegal Montreal
Judge Choquet finds Sunday moving picture shows and penny arcades illegal under the law. Ouimet fined ten dollars. appeal likely to Court of King's Bench as clergy oppose Sunday openings.
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Iliegal Montreal
Bruchesi
Choquet
L. O. Oumet
Ouimet
Court of King’s Bench
Canadian Pacific Bill Advances in Senate Committees
The senate committee passed the Canadian Pacific bill authorizing a Killam to Strathcona branch. It also gave final passage to western railway legislation for several lines including Macleod Cardston Montana. Kamloops Yellow Pass. Calgary Fernie. Boundary Kamloops Cariboo. Edmonton Dunvegan British Columbia. and CPR lines. The Killam to Strathcona line is reiterated.
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Ottawa
Senate Committee
Canadian Pacific
Killam
Strathcona
Senate Railway Committee
Macleod, Cardston & Montana Railway Company
Kamloops
Co education in German high schools debated
The Prussian Diet appropriations committee heard that Minister of Public Instruction Dr. Holle said the issue of co education remains under consideration. He warned that co education might harm the education of boys if adopted.
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Berlin
Germany
Holle
Rumor of Connaught Princess Betrothal to Turin Count
The rumor of Princess Patricia of Connaught and the Count of Turin’s engagement appears well founded. The hold up in announcement stems from whether the princess will convert to Catholicism, a matter not yet settled. 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 Mrs Vanderbilt
Vienna despatch reports Count Alexander Hadik rejecting a rumored engagement to Mre. Cornelius Vanderbilt. The denial came through his legal adviser.
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London
Vienna
Alexander Hadik
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Immigration clash over Natal Act affects Vancouver ship
tension rises as provincial authorities prepare to enforce the Natal Act while federal officials claim the law is nugatory. Attorney Gene Bowser says a special officer will meet Orient steamers and education tests will be applied on arrival. The dispute centers on who can land Hindu migrants on Canadian soil and who can deport them.
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Vancouver
B.C
C.P.R
Monte
Minion
Gene Bowser
Rer
Natal
Orient
Dominion
Ottawa
Anti Liquor Bill Withdrawn in Alberta Legislature
In Edmonton the C Hebbert liquor sale bill was withdrawn after it emerged that section 47 requires provincial revenue funding and assent from the Lieutenant-Governor under the British North America Act. W F Puffer’s Lacombe seat proposal for equal property rights for married women was withdrawn to avoid hindering land titles reform.
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Edmonton
Alta
C. Hebbert
W. F. Puffer
Lacombe
Von Weltheim Sentenced Twenty Years At Old Bailey
At the Old Bailey Carl Ludwig Von Weltheim was convicted of blackmailing London financier Joel, seeking to obtain 80 000. A police summary accused him of murder in South Africa, theft and blackmail, desertion from the German navy, and numerous illegal marriages.
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London
Old Bailey
Carl Ludwig von Weltheim
Ly Joel
von Veltheim
South Africa
Germany
Press Association Convention in Toronto Promises Historic Meeting
The Press Association Convention of Canada will convene in Toronto from March 5 to 7, drawing national editors and publishers. Attendees include Herman Ridder of the New York Staats-Zeitung and Medill McCormick of the Chicago Tribune, with a banquet on March 5 honoring the Governor General.
Moroccan Question Splits Madrid France Spain
Rumors of a Franco Spanish rift over Morocco circulate in Madrid. Spanish papers debate the issue with Imparcial saying France acted irregularly by seeking reinforcements, while The Liberal pushes for another conference of signatory powers to ease tensions.
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Madrid
France
Spain
Imparcial
Morocco
Algeciras
Smoking Injurious to Women Says French Doctors
The Biological Society reports two eminent French physicians found smoking harmful to women. They conclude tobacco use interferes with a woman's prime duty as mother and caregiver.
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Paris
Biological Society
Presentec
Mercy over sacrifice in Jesus healing at the Pool of Bethesda
The lesson contrasts Jewish emphasis on ritual with Jesus mercy as healer. It recounts the 38 year infirm man at the pool, Jesus instruction Rise take up thy bed and walk, and the ensuing conflict with Jews over Sabbath law. It notes divine authority given to the Son and their failure to recognize him in their pride.
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American Pres. Association
Jesus
Peter
John
Elijah
Elisha
God
Cne
Temple
Egypt
He Is Lord and Christ The Fountain of Living Water
A devotional passage discusses Christ as Lord and King, noting He seeks not His own will and remains patient with the obstinate. It references resurrection, the coming hour, and the living water imagery, asserting God will reveal His sovereignty and authority to all creation.
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Christ
Shaw warns Republicans on confidence and navy flaws
Ex Secretary Shaw addresses the Republican club in Marshall Mich. praising administration policies while warning that confidence must be restored as freight cars and locomotives sit idle and free soup kitchens emerge. He criticizes Bryan, extols a strong navy, and notes Europe’s powder production outpacing the United States.
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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 to Unite in Philadelphia
Archbishop Ryan predicts a possible corporate union of Anglicans and Episcopalians with the Roman Catholic Church. He cites English moves toward reunion with Rome and notes that the US Episcopalians show movement toward Rome. He expects many Episcopalians may join Catholicism.
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Philadelphia
Ryan
England
Rome
Lord Halifax
German Emperor to Sail Berlin on Big Warship
The Kaiser will spend the week aboard the battleship Deutschland fitted as his flagship. The ship builds on Braunschweig design with four casemates and heavy armor. She tops eighteen knots at 13000 tons. He will board at Kiel on February 26 and may conduct sea maneuvers with harbor ships.
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Berlin
Braunschweig
Kiel
Suffragists Arrested Attempting Parliament March
Women suffragists led by Mrs Pankhurst tried to march on the House of Commons but police interrupted. a dozen were arrested and taken to the police station after the column was broken up near the Parliament precincts.
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London
Mrs. Pankhurst
House of of Commons
Idle Cars Idle in Pennsylvania Rail Lines
The Pennsylvania Railroad reports 77,000 idle cars on its eastern and western lines, an investment of 77 million dollars. About 61,000 cars sit on sidings and yards, while 16,000 are in shops under repair or awaiting it.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Oliver Plowman James Oliver Regains Health in South Bend
Oliver James, South Bend's renowned plow manufacturer and philanthropist, nearing eighty, shows renewed vitality and plans to return to the factory, prompting relief among his family and friends. He has been reported four times to be near death, yet remains active and hopeful.
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Oliver
South Bend
Ind
James Oliver
Disallowance of Natal Act Blocks BC Immigrant Penalties
The Canadian government orders British Columbia to halt enforcement of penalties on Japanese and Chinese immigrants under an education test. The federal action seeks habeas corpus relief or other measures to restrain provincial authorities as the act is deemed ultra vires. Ottawa will disallow the law, with cables to Japan assuring treaty rights remain protected.
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British Columbia
Ottawa
Department of Justice
Victoria
Japan
China
Canada
King Manuel to Take Oath in Cintra
Diario de Notic ias reports King Manuel will depart for Cintra to spend several months at the royal summer palace. The chamber of deputies is called to meet February 20 for Manuel to take an oath and a new Liberal government may seek public support as republicans pledge candidates to replace the monarchy.
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Manuel
Lisbon
Diario de Noticeas
Cintra
Sitnate
Carlos
Premer Franco
Chamber of Deputies
el Manuel
Experiments With Balloons in Rome by Borghese
Prince Borghese who won the Pekin to Paris race explores ballooning in Rome with Lieut Cianetti. The ascensions are for sport though secret instruments are used. Cold weather and new gas inflate the balloons. Duke Abruzzi met Borghese amid hints of a north pole expedition plan.
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Rome
Prince Borghese
Paris
Lieut
Cianetti
Duke Abruzzi
North Pole
Norway and Sweden Face Neutrality Pact Debate
Norway's neutrality guarantee treaty with France Great Britain Germany and Russia is published. Newspapers express general satisfaction though Dagbladet calls it largely platonic and of little value in danger. A socialist organ attacks the pact as aimed at Sweden citing the neutral zone as proof. Other papers say Sweden should not feel hurt.
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Norway
Christiania
France
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Dagbladet
Sweden
Swedish American mail system hindering trade concerns
Complaints from commercial institutions and firms accuse the current package and mail methods between America and Sweden of handicapping business. The Swedish chamber of commerce in New York reports several cases and the press argues for alternative arrangements to improve the system.
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Stockholm
America
Sweden
Royal Post Office
Swedish Chamber of Commerce
New York
Montreal Synod Plans Bishop Visit To Canada
At the forty ninth synod of Montreal the church 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 approved raise in stipends from six hundred seven hundred and eight hundred to seven hundred nine hundred dollars as soon as practical.
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Canada
Montreal
Forty-Ninth Synod of
Wau
England
Gore
Birmingham
Turks Withdraw From St Petersburg War Move Delayed
The despatch order for 60 000 troops to the Persian frontier is deferred after war office reports Turkish forces have withdrawn from Persian territory near Tabriz. Government circles believe the Porte has decided not to press the issue with Russia at present.
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St. Petersburg
War Office
Tabriz
Porte
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