Walker Theatre Winnipeg Opens with Sterling Summer Show
Manager Walker secures the John C. Fisher Company for a summer season at the new Walker Theatre Winnipeg. The fireproof, climate controlled venue seats 2030, with luxurious fittings and broad aisles. Fisher Company, 65 performers, arrived by four baggage cars and will stage Florodora and other musical comedies from June 22 to July end.
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Walker
John C. Fisher Opera Co
Canada
Winnipeg
Pollard
Lilliputian Opera Company
Daniel McMillan Kent
Manitoba
Roblin
Ashdown
Dominion
America
Walker Theatre
Marquis
Mercury
J C. Fisher Company
New York
Fisher Company
Rush to Lac Laronge Seeks Gold and Copper Claims
In Prince Albert a rush to the Lac Laronge fields continues with eight outfits leaving recently. Fisher Bros. from Winnipeg among the departures. Road to Montreal Lake extending 75 miles north. J Moster of Cobalt says field samples show rich gold silver and copper indications.
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Lac Laronge
Prince Albert
Fisher Bros
Winnipeg
Montreal Lake
J. Moster
Cobalt
Husband’s Drink Sparks Tense Exchange in Quiet Row
A Detroit Free Press note quotes a husband and wife in a domestic dispute where the husband’s drinking prompted the wife to insist affection is unnecessary. The brief exchange highlights tension, with no injuries reported.
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Detroit Free Press
Opium Smokers Two Per Cent Hong Kong Report
Cecil Clementi reports to the legislative council that two per cent of China’s population smokes opium. He notes drug preparation has a 50 per cent role in consumption and argues closing opium dens may worsen the vice rather than stop it. He says anti opium writing fuels debate without solid justification.
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Hong Kong
Cecil Clementi
Legislative Council
China
A Ton Hat Parade in London Aims to Revive Silk Hat
A London effort to revive the silk hat is under way with a July 4 parade during the Anglo French Exhibition. Silk hat makers formed a committee as business declines, planning a procession where participants wear the best hat styles to showcase their appeal.
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London
West End
Three Rivers Fire Causes Over Two Million In Losses
Total liabilities exceed one million dollars owed by insurance companies to property owners in Three Rivers after a widespread blaze. The official figures show total property loss at two million dollars.
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Three Rivers
Que
Reserve Trade for Canadian Vessels
Ottawa imposes Pacific coast coasting limits to exclude American vessels from the Canadian coasting trade. American boats may touch only one Canadian port per voyage and cannot clear between Canadian ports. Canada enacts customs rules barring bonded American carriage to Canadian ports after August 1 unless performed by Canadian or British registered ships.
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Ottawa
Canada
Pacific
Seattle
Nome
Vancouver
Victoria
Skagway
Atlantic
Empress Liners Bound for Vancouver from Yokohama
For the first time in eighteen years two Empress vessels sail toward Vancouver in succession from Yokohama. The Empress of China departs with 100 saloon and 650 Chinese steerage passengers while the Empress of India follows with 50 saloon and 345 Chinese steerage travelers.
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Vancouver
B. C
Yokohama
King Edward Honors Canadians on Official Birthday
King Edward celebrated his official birthday on June 25 by honoring Canadians. The list includes Sir Charles Fitzpatrick as Privy Councillor, Chief Justice W. J. Falconbridge knighted, and Henri Taschereau of Quebec honored. W F King becomes Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. Imperial service order nominees include G N Babbitt, John Fraser, and A G D Taylor.
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King Edward
London
Edward
Dominion
Charles Fitzpatrick
Canada
Permanent Court of Arbitration
the Hague
W. J. Falconbridge
Ontario
Henri Thomas Taschereau
Quebec
W. F. King
Order of St. Michael and St. George
Imperial Service Order
G. N. Babbitt
New Brunswick
John Fraser
A. G. D. Taylor
Ottawa
Antony Patrick McDonnell
Ireland
George Whiteley
Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton
Robert William Perks
May Deaths and Work Time Loss in Ottawa
The department of Isbor reports May losses of time due to trades disputes totaling about 127 425 working days, compared with 5 400 in April and 9 498 in May 1907. Industrial accidents touched 234 workers that month, leaving 122 dead and 302 with serious injuries.
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Ottawa
Department of Isbor
Canada’s Drink Bill Ottawa Report on Per Capita Consumption
Canada’s per capita consumption fell for spirits and tobacco in the past year while beer and wine rose. Spirits averaged 0.829 gallon per person vs 0.947 previously. beer 5.812 gallons per person up from 5.585. wine 0.096 up from 0.092. tobacco averaged 2.898 pounds per person, down from 2.953.
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Ottawa
Canada
Vast Steel Trust to Be Formed In London
The Iron and Steel Trades Journal asserts an international steel trust will form soon with American German and Russian syndicates joining British interests. The London headquarters will steer the venture with capitalization around £150,000,000.
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Vast
London
Iron and Steel Trades Journal
Milan Telagrange fl ies 26 miles in five minutes
Aviator Milan Telagrange tests a newly fitted motor after a previous crash and completes a 42 kilometre flight in five minutes with a gusty wind, marking his first easy run under these conditions. Ory Farman plans to challenge Dela Creange for the Paris Aero Club prize of 4000 dollars for a one hour flight.
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Milan
Telagrange
Ory Farman
Delacrenge
Paris Aero Club
Canada Offers to Pay Britain Cattle Disease Costs
London reports rumors that Canada would undertake to pay Britain’s costs to suppress cattle disease and provide full compensation if traced to Canadian stock. A three month quarantine could lead to fattening cattle, making a modus vivendi unlikely, with Isle of Wight and Isle of Man proposed as quarantine stations.
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London
Britain
Canada
Isle of Wight
Isle of Man
Vancouver financiers secure option on East Kootenay timber tract
Vancouver capitalists have secured an option on 198000 acres in East Kootenay, part of the Nelson and Fort Sheppard railway land grant. The tract is estimated to hold about eight billion feet of timber and the deal, negotiated by John McEwen, involves $750000.
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Vancouver
B. C
Chicago
East Kootenay
Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway
Great Northern
John McEwen
Canadian Wheat Is Popular in South Africa Ottawa
Canadian flour, notably a superfine brand from western wheat, is rapidly replacing Australian flour in South Africa. In 1997 Canada shipped 38,720,000 pounds valued at £178,948, up 12,500,000 pounds from earlier years, while imports from the United States fell sharply.
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Ottawa
J. A. Chesley
South Africa
Canada
United States
Church Leaders Press Stand Against Monopolies at Pan-Anglican Meet
At the Pan-Anglican conference in London Bishop of Yukon cites Indian donations to the bank and calls monopolies harmful to public and church interests. Judge Hannington argues trusts exploit the poor and raise prices on coal beer and milk, condemned by several Canadian speakers.
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Church
London
Yukon
Hannington
Wico
When Does Count of Japs Begin Vancouver Debate
The question in Vancouver asks when Canadian Japanese immigration counts began. Some argue start from December 3, 1907 when the understanding was reached, others from June 23 marking six months after ratification. If counting started in December, the limit has been reached and exceeded as more arrivals continue.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canada
Japan
Lemieux
Claude MacDonald
Seizure of Canadian Club Whiskey in Detroit Warehouse
Deputy U S Marshal Cass P Taylor seized 5405 cases of Canadian Club whiskey owned by Hiram Walker & Sons Limited Walkerville Ont stored in a Detroit warehouse valued at 60000 dollars under the attorney general. The action years long clash with the federal food and drugs act aim to bar Canadian whiskey from the U S market for misbranding.
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Detroit
Mich
U. S. Marshall Cass P. Taylor
Hiram Walker & Sons, Limited
Walkerville
Ont
United States
United States Agricultural Department
Edmonton Weather Office centralizes Alberta stations
B C Webber assistant director of the Dominion Meteorological Service visits Edmonton to test instruments. Edmonton station becomes Alberta's central office with all provincial stations reporting to it. Harrison Young appointed chief meteorological officer for the province to provide weather information.
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Edmonton
B. C. Webber
Dominion Meteorological Service
Alberta
Harrison 8. Young
Marconi System for Pope to be Installed at St Peter’s
Rome reports the Pope will receive a Marconi wireless apparatus for his jubilee to be mounted on St Peter’s cupola. The ceremony would require a global Marconi network, likely coordinated by Catholic bodies abroad with Jesuit houses outfitting stations.
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Rome
St. Peter’s
CPR to Install Private Lighting at Regina Station
The CPR will install its own lighting plant at Regina station and yards. The electrical plant has arrived and initial work will replace old lamps in the round house with electric lights. This fall the station will be detached from the city system and linked to CPR’s private system.
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Regina
Sask
C.P.R
Russian Edict Expels Twenty Two Hundred Women Students
The minister of public education Von Kauffman acting for the czar has issued a decree expelling twenty two hundred women students from Russian universities.
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St. Petersburg
von Kauffman
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