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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 03, 1907
Page
7
Thompson, Sons & Co report dull holiday trading in wheat with a brief late rally. World stocks fell 53,517,000 bus for the week while shipments abroad dropped, and Russian and Argentine shipments hint at higher prices ahead. Manitoba markets stayed dull but steady as futures edged up on a holiday backdrop.
A Paris resident establishes a babies club in a roomy building with a garden and a club house where games of all kinds are provided.
The panel reports surrender to the Japanese fleet on May 2 1996 and sentences Vice-Admiral Liche Admiral Apraxine Rear Admiral Gregorieff and Lieut Smirnoff to death. The court will petition the emperor to commute their sentences to ten years in a fortress. Four other officers receive short terms.
London editorial notes Sir Henry Mortimer Purand the British ambassador will be offered a peerage after his Washington departure. A Canadian representative may be appointed to aid James Bryce on pending matters, with Bryce planning to visit Aberdeen mid January and sail to the United States in February.
The Globe reports the government is asked to sell 40 000 000 worth of the Gillies limit part known as the mineralized portion near the cobalt silver area. It is very rich in silver ores and timber still stands on three square miles while 1 400 men work to clear it. An American syndicate representatives presented the proposition to government members.
Dadabhai Naoroji urged India’s right to self rule as British subjects. He cited Boer self-government and proposed a large patriotic fund to educate Indians and support the campaign in England. Over 10 000 delegates applauded as the address opened the Indian National Congress.
A letter signed by J. Pierpont Morgan Dr Lyman Abbott and other prominent New Yorkers urges Secretary Root to press the United States government to address alleged flagrant inhumanity in the Congo Free State. The writers ask moral support to correct abuses said to afflict Congo natives.
Parker O Wheeler of Calgary will speak to the Canadian club of Ottawa on January 2 about The Rocky Mountains. He is son in law of John Macoun of the Geological Survey and president of the Alpine Club of Canada. He will show many fine Rockies views to illustrate his lecture.
Sir John Madden chief justice of Victoria Australia with Lady Madden and the Misses Madden will visit Niagara Falls on a sight-seeing tour of Canada. They will travel by Toronto to North Bay then sail home January 4 after a two days stay in Winnipeg.
Count Peter Way addresses the Hungarian Geographical Society on Hungarian settlement in Canada. He says agricultural settlers retain Hungarian character in the first generation, but their children become more English and see themselves as Canadian citizens.
Col Jarvis and Seeey Pit Fitzgerald wed in Ottawa with the couple leaving for a honeymoon in New Zealand aboard a coastal trip.
A Sunday school reflection on Genesis 1 and Revelation, framing God’s creation and its restoration as a path to knowing God. The piece links Jesus’ use of Scripture, the Spirit’s work, and the transformation from void to life, urging full surrender to God to become new creatures.
Interstate commerce commissioner Lane reports widespread car and coal shortages across North Dakota Minnesota Wyoming and Idaho. Farmers and elevator operators claim freights halted for weeks causing massive losses while a Cheyenne Wyoming letter notes a stalled car since November 17 and a car killed on November 26.
Secretary Taft reports Gov. Magoon says unsettled conditions exist in parts of Cuba. In Santa Clara province lawless bands pillage, leading Gen. Bell to reinforce American troops. Bell and Gen. Wint tour the island to assess military needs as tensions rise.
An earthquake devastates Arica in Tacna province, Chile, destroying half the town and causing alarm across the region. Iquique remains undamaged while Tacna, bordering Peru, endures ongoing tremors and a steep population decline from past disasters.
Augusta Gard mann of 2960 Farrell street, declared dead after carbolic acid ingestion, awakened on an undertaker's slab as he prepared to embalm. She scolded the undertaker, then dressed and walked home while police arrived to investigate the remarkable incident.
Ottawa reports 130 trade disputes in Canada during the year ending June 30, involving about 518 firms and 18,513 workers. The total time loss amounted to roughly 343,800 working days. There were 71 fatal industrial accidents across 147 separate contracts.
Edmund Stokie secretary of Britain’s central emigration board meets Ottawa leaders Sir Wilfrid Laurier and R. W. Scott to discuss a £250000 fund. The program will aid desiring emigrants with passage and settlement costs not as a gift but a loan. Ontario to host most new arrivals, targeting farm laborers artisans and domestic servants.
Prince Fushimi leaves Yokohama on February 7 for an official visit to England and will travel home via Canada stopping in Montreal Ottawa Toronto Winnipeg and other major cities. He declines U.S. visit and will be hosted by the Dominion government. He is a first cousin of the emperor and led the first division at the Yalu during the war.
London reports Aylmer Maude says Peter Veregin’s Russia visit could boost his leverage with Canada by inviting a return on independence terms. Maude argues such promises would bluff, as Doukhobors in Canada are prosperous and unlikely to emigrate. His stance may bolster Veregin’s prestige and influence with his followers.
Rome reports that France denies replying to the Vatican protest over the expulsion of Monsignor Montagnini from Paris. French Foreign Minister Pichon reportedly told diplomats that Montagnini had no diplomatic standing and that key papers were removed, blocking contact with French bishops.
The Paris senate voted 183 to 3 against the right opposition and referred the supplementary church and state separation bill to the committee on the separation of church and state. The vote is viewed as a test toward broad passage of the measure.
Paris officials reiterate a categorical denial of any reply to the Vatican's protest over the expulsion of Mgr Montagnini.
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