Redskin land rights meeting ends with requests to halt white settlement
Indian Commissioner Stewart handles two day hearing in Hazelton B C with tribal representatives. Tribes insist land never fell to conquest or purchase and seek abandonment of reserve system, tighter tribal administration, and prior promises of large land concessions. They request department decision before further sales. Great land sale in Canada discussed with 196 624 acres sold in 856 parcels at average 11 60 per acre. Buyers include O W Kerr Company Alberta Securities Company and F B Tainter. Most land near railroad purchased. prices range seven to 144 dollars per acre.
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Hazelton
B.C
Stewart
Ottawa
Skeena
Bulkley
Canada
Atta
O. W. Kerr Company
Alberta Securities Company
F. B. Tainter
W. F. Arnable
Faber
F. E. Mason Land Company
Bow Island
Grassy Lake
Leffingwell and
Eagen
Warner
Lethbridge
Royalist Resistance Near End in Tehran Amid Persian Cossack Surrender
Advices from Teheran report Royalist resistance nearly ended and Persian Cossacks ready to surrender. Foreigners mostly unharmed aside from one looted British house and minor rifle fire. Russian forces stay near Kasvin. Bushire command post planned. Shiraz consular guard to be expanded for safety of foreigners.
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London
Foreign Office
Teheran
Kasvin
Shiraz
Fars
Bushire
Persian Gulf
Canada’s Revenue Figures for 1908-9 Corrected
Ottawa reports corrected figures for the 1908 09 fiscal year with revenue of 85 093 417 dollars a decline of about eleven million from the prior year. Expenditures total 84 071 245 dollars leaving a balance of 1 022 162 dollars. Capital outlay reached 46 838 286 dollars including 25 000 000 for the National Transcontinental railway and 6 400 000 for the Quebec bridge. Net debt rose by 45 969 399 dollars 31 250 000 of which funded the Transcontinental project and 14 750 000 to other spending.
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Ottawa
Ont
Quebec
Orange Riots in Belfast Stir City Quarter Clash
Belfast reports serious riots after conflicts between Nationalists and Orange men on Monday July 12. Police were drafted to several sections of the quarter after encounters with the mob. Stones and bottles were used, and numerous rioters and officers were injured in club charges.
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Belfast
Forest Famine Warned By Canadian Dean
St John New Brunswick Dr Sinclair dean of MacDonald college warned in an interview that a forest famine could occur within two years and that Canada’s valuable timber lands would become worthless unless steps were taken to halt the ongoing destruction of forests.
Kitchener to Inspect Forces in British Dominions
London report says Canadian and Australian invitations urged Lord Kitchener to inspect and organize defense forces abroad. The Express notes potential dates and locations for his visit as part of imperial defense preparations.
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London
the Express
Lord Kitchener
Moors Lose 200 in Fierce Fight Near Melilla
In Melilla Moroco a clash between Moors and Spanish troops followed an attack on railway workers by about 4000 Moors. Spanish forces repelled the assault and captured the position, with eighteen prisoners taken. Moors suffered 50 killed and 150 wounded as government moves to curb further incursions continue.
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Madrid
Melilla
Moroco
Peance
Submarine C.11 Sunk Near Haisborough Lightship
British submarine C.11 was sunk by the cargo steamer Eddystone about four and a half miles northwest of the Haisborough lightship. Thirteen crew members perished, three were saved. C.16 and C.17 collided while avoiding the freighter. C.17 damaged but no deaths. The Bonaventure cruiser led eight submarines in a southern transit.
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Cromer
Eddystone
Haisborough
Bonaventure
Cre
Miniature Cannon Demonstrated in Pittsburg
Carl Schmelze of Pittsburg built a hand sized cannon at home with crude tools. Mounted on wheels, it stands under two feet tall and fires a projectile through a seven inch steel plate. He claims the gun can fire 100 times in rapid succession without overheating.
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Pittsburg
Carl Schmelze
Schmelze
Lords Reject National Service Bill One Hundred Twenty Three to One Hundred Three
In London the Lords voted 123 to 103 against proceeding with the national service bill proposed by Lord Roberts. The bill would compel male citizens aged 18 to 30 to serve in the territorial army. Unionist leaders advised delaying the measure until a new government could consider reforms to territorial forces.
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London
Eye of Lords
Lord Roberts
House
House of Lords
Haldane
Brood Mare Flair Fetches 80000 at Tattersalls Sale
Newmarket England reports Flair the brood mare sold for 80000 dollars at Tattersalls. The price surpasses the former record of 62500 for a brood mare set by La Fleche, tied to Sir Daniel’s lineage.
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Newmarket
Eng
Flair
Daniel
la Fleche
German Chancellor Seated After Buelow Resigns
Berlin reports Dr. Von Bothmann Holleweg named head of the German government to succeed Prince Max von Buelow, who recently resigned from office and vacated the chancellery.
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Berlin
von Bothmann-Holleweg
Prince Ten Buelow
Paul Preaches to Athenians on the Unknown God
The lesson portrays Paul in Athens declaring the Creator to the idolatrous city while urging repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. It contrasts wisdom with gospel zeal, notes God’s desire for all to be saved, and warns of final judgment for those who reject the message.
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Ty American Pres Association
Paul
Athens
Sias
Timothy
Berea
Jesus
Marshill
Christ
God
Acts
Dan
Christ Jesus
Brimstone
Ten Wives Claim This Man Arrested in San Francisco
John Madson alias Christian C. Johnson and nine other names is under arrest in San Francisco for marrying at least ten women and possibly fourteen more since 1900. Police trace a nine year pursuit from New York uncovering routes across the nation and into Canada Germany with victims mainly widows and children. He allegedly swindled brides of more than 30000 dollars by feigning kindness to their children.
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San Francisco
John Madson
Christian C. Johnson
Atlantc
Pacific Coast
New York
Madson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lolisville
Kelemazoo
Mich
Hot Springs
Ark
Kansas City
Olean
N.Y
Toronto
Canada
Los Angeles
Stockton
Gettysburg
St. John’s Mich
Hamilton
Ont
Germany
Saved by Blood Transfusion at Beth Israel Hospital
Baby Julius Schwartz nearly died after a fall from a third story fire escape. Meyer Berkofsky, a 19 year old boarder, donated blood after his arterial graft saved the infant’s life as color returned and the child woke with a strong cry.
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New York
Julius Schwartz
Beth Israel Hospital
Meyer Berkofsky
Berkofeky
Schwartz
Berkofsky
Magnetic North call to Alaska wealth and settlement
Daniel Guggenheim urged young men to head to Alaska calling it the magnetic north. He claimed Alaska offers fertile lands and vast mineral wealth with surveyed homesteads and staked mining claims, presenting a path for the poor to grow rich.
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New York
Daniel Guggenheim
Mauretania
Alaska
Magnetic North
Made Whisky in Cobalt
Fire cleanup crews in Cobalt uncover a near north Haileybury road site housing an elaborate whiskey still in operation until the blaze. Distilling gear including tubs vats worms boilers and a tall exhaust pipe remain, with spruce boughs scattered as evidence of the raw material.
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Haileybury Road
Canada Promises Full Support at Defence Conference
London report quotes Hon. Mr. Brodeur saying all parts of the empire should contribute to securing imperial defense. He expresses optimism for good results and a carefully considered plan. Canada will not lag in fulfilling its duties.
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London
Brodeur
Canada
Telegraph Companies Agree on Rate Cut for Press Telegrams
Winnipeg reports a meeting of representatives from telegraph administrations discussing reducing press rates for telegrams to nine pence per word. The cut would apply to transmissions via Eastern routes, Teheran to India, Australasia and South Africa, if British Indian and colonial governments consent to their share of the business.
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Winnipeg
Teheran
India
Australasia
South Africa
Electricity to Supersede Steam in Japan Railways
Seattle reports S Kondo chief of Japan s department of communication has arrived returning from Furone and the United States to study electric railways He predicts it will be a short time until all rail roads in Japan are operated by electricity showing the potential shift from steam to electric propulsion
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Seattle
Wash
S. Kondo
Japanese Department of Communication
Furone
United States
Japan
Abuses in Canadian Meat Industry Alarm Rural Areas
Dr. J. G. Rutherford warns municipal slaughter facilities are essential as current meat inspection fails. He cites Dominion findings on widespread abuses and urges abolition of private slaughterhouses in favor of municipal abattoirs. He notes training gaps and limited provincial reach of the act.
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J. G. Rutherford
Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
J. G. Ruthford
Chicago
Canadian Meat Inspection Service
Dr. Rutherford
Toronto
Radium Sells For 576000 A Ounce In Britain Deal
A commercial value of 20 dollars per milligram set on radium under a contract between British Metalliferous Mines, Viscount Iveagh, and Sir Ernest Cassel for seven and a half grammes of pure radium bromide. The ore from the Cornish pitchblende mine will be presented to the Radium Institute under Sir Frederick Treves for cancer treatment, expected to open this year.
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London
Viscount Iveagh
Sir Ernest Cassel
Radium Institute
Sir Frederick Treaves
Petrolia firm arrives to drill deep well in Yorkton
The Jas. Peat and Sons outfit from Petrolia has arrived in Yorkton Sask and begun boring a deep well. The contract was let weeks ago and the plan is to continue boring for gas and oil after water is found.
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Yorkton, Sask
Jas. Peat and Sons
Petrolia
Bubonic Plague Surges in Amoy China
Report from Amoy China notes 174 deaths from bubonic plague and 36 from cholera in the last two weeks, underscoring a severe public health crisis in the port city.
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Amoy
China
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