Indians Demand Restitution and Ban White Settlement
Indian Commissioner Stewart of Ottawa presided over a two day meeting in Hazelton British Columbia with local tribesmen to air claims that vast territories rightfully belong to them. They assert lands were never taken by conquest or purchase and warn that granting their demands would dismantle reserve system and tribal laws.
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Hazelton
B.C
Stewart
Ottawa
Cain
Skeena
Bulkley
Department
Canada’s Revenue Figures For 1908 09 Corrected
Ottawa reports corrected 1908 09 revenue at 85 093 417 dollars about 11 million less than prior year. Consolidated fund expenditure 84 071 245 leaving 1 022 162. Capital expenditure 46 834 236 includes 25 million on the National Transcontinental and 6 400 000 on the Quebec line. Net debt rise 45 969 399 with 31 250 000 for Transcontinental and 14 750 000 for other items.
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Ottawa
Ont
Quebec
Orange Riots in Belfast In City Quarter
The national quarter of Belfast saw serious riots following clashes between Nationalists and Orange men on Monday July 12. A large police force was drafted with four stationed in the quarter. Encounters occurred as the mob attacked guards with stones and bottles. police charged with clubs, injuring rioters and officers.
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Belfast
Dts
Orangemen
Forest Famine Warned By Canadian Dean
St John New Brunswick Dr Sinclair dean of MacDonald college warned in an interview that within two years Canada could face a forest famine. He said valuable timber lands would be worthless unless steps are taken to retard the ongoing destruction of forest lands.
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Canada
St.John, N.B
Sinclair
MacDonald College
Kitchener to Inspect Overseas Forces
London reports the Express says Lord of Sane is asked to remain, with Kurt Buckner possibly appointed inspector in chief of overseas forces of the Crown.
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Kitchener
London
the Express
Lord of Sane
Mainsle
Shca Shal
Kurt Buclner
Crown
Greatest sale of school lands in Canada unfolds in Alberta
Lethbridge Alberta reports the largest land sale ever seen in Canada and likely the world as 136 024 acres of school lands across 86 parcels sold for 1554291 79 dollars averaging seven dollars per acre. Buyers included W Kerr Company Alberta Securities and F B Tainter and W F Annable.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Canada
W. Kerr Company
Alberta Securities Company
F. B. Tainter
W. PF. Annable
Weth
Faber
F. E. Mason Landoe
Bow Island
Grassy Lake
Leffingwell
Eagen
Warner
Ingram
Potts
Norris
Moors Lose 200 in Fierce Fight near Melilla
In Melilla Moroco a clash followed a Moors attack on Spanish railway workers by about four thousand fighters. Spanish forces repelled the assault taking eighteen prisoners while Moors suffered about fifty killed and one hundred fifty wounded. Government vows energetic steps to curb violence and deter French intervention. The Melilla governor reports possible renewed attack and Spanish reinforcements are sent.
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Madrid
Melilla
Moroco
France
Submarine C.11 Sunk Off Cromer Killing Ten
The British submarine C.11 was sunk four and a half miles northwest of the Haisborough lightship after collision with the cargo steamer Eddyston. Thirteen crew members perished and three were saved. C.16 and C.17 collided while maneuvering. C.17 was damaged but no fatalities occurred. The Bonaventure cruiser, with eight submarines, responded nearby.
Miniature Cannon Demonstration by Pittsburg Inventor
Carl Schmelze of Pittsburg built a hand sized cannon with crude tools that can fire a projectile through a seven inch steel plate. The two foot high gun uses a breech arrangement and rifled barrel design to withstand explosive force. He demonstrated by making a clean hole in the plate and claims the gun can fire 100 times in a row without failing.
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Pittsburg
Carl Schmelzé
Schmelze
Lords Refuse National Service Bill Vote
The Lords defeated the national service bill 123 to 103 after Lord Roberts proposed compulsory territorial army service for men ages 18 to 30. Unionist leaders advised waiting for a new government before pursuing such a plan linked to War Secretary Haldane’s territorial reorganization.
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London
Omet of Lords
Lord Roberts
House
House of Lords
Haldane
Mare Brings Eighty Thousand Dollars At Newmarket
Newmarket Eng gelding? mare sale sets new price as $80,000 paid for a brood mare. The previous high for mares was $62,500 for La Fleche, highlighting a surge in the market.
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Newmarket
Eng
Arie
Danie
la Fleche
New German Chancellor Named After Von Buelow Resignation
Berlin reports that Dr. Von Bothmann Hollo, long serving vice chancellor, has been formally announced as successor to Herr von Buelow after his recent resignation. The appointment signals a new leadership era in the German empire.
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Berlin
von Bothmann-Hollowee
Cheliveuor
von Buelow
Paul Preaches to Athens on Unknown God
A Sunday School lesson summarizes Paul in Athens provoked by idolatry. He proclaims Jesus as Creator and Judge urging repentance for salvation, notes God’s desire that all nations seek Him, and warns of judgment for those who reject Him. The piece cautions against worldly wisdom eclipsing true faith.
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American Frep Association
Paul
Athens
Sias
Timoths
Berea
Jesus
Marshill
Christ
God
Christ Jesus
Ten Wives Claim This Man in Cross-Country Swindle
John Madson alias Christian C Johneon is under arrest in San Francisco charged with marrying at least ten women and possibly fourteen more since a nine year spree begun in 1909 by the New York police. He is accused of swindling brides across the United States and Canada, netting more than 30000 dollars while using kindness to their children to win confiding widows with children. The case spans Cincinnati Louisville Kalamazoo Hot Springs Kansas City Olean Toronto Los Angeles Stockton Gettysburg St Johns Hamilton and Germany.
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San Francisco
John Madson
Christian C. Johneon
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
New York
Madson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lolisville
Kelemazoo
Mich
Hot Springs
Ark
Kansas City
Olean
N.Y
Toronto
Canada
Los Angeles
Stockton
Stockton, San Francisc; Gettysburg, Ohio; St. John’s Mich
Hamilton
Ont
Germany
Hia
Baby Julius Schwartz Saved By Blood Transfusion
The life of Baby Julius Schwartz was saved by a blood transfusion at Beth Israel hospital. Meyer Berkofsky, a boarder in the Schwartz home, offered his life blood after the child fell from a third story window and was almost without pulse. Berkofsky’s artery was connected to the infant’s arm and circulation returned. the baby opened its eyes and cried, proving the life-saving transfusion successful.
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New York
Julius Schwartz
Beth Israel Hospital
Meyer Berkofsky
Berkofe
Schwartz
Berkofsky
Magnetic North Alaska Boom Drew Guggenheim Advice
Daniel Guggenheim urged young men to seek wealth in Alaska's development. He described Alaska as fertile with vast mineral wealth and open to homesteaders on surveyed lands and new mining claims. He called it the richest undeveloped country for metals he has seen.
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New York
Daniel Guggenheim
Mauretania
Alaska
Guggenheims
Magnetic North
Made Whisky in Cobalt
Fire ruins reveal an elaborate whiskey still near Haileybury road with tubs vats worms boilers and a tall pipe for fumes. Spruce boughs scattered around suggest spruce was the main ingredient in what is described as a notorious brand of liquor.
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Haileybury Road
Defence Conference discussed by Hon Mr Brodeur
London interview quotes Hon Mr Brodeur on the defence conference aiming for a clear plan. He says the empire will share the burden to secure its safety and that Canada will not be behind in contributing to the work.
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Defence Conference
London
Brodeur
Canada
Companies Reduce Rates in Telegraphic Service
Representatives of telegraph administrations agreed to cut press rates to nine pence per word for telegrams transiting Eastern cables to India Australasia and South Africa if the British Indian and colonial governments accept their share of the business.
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Winnipeg
Teheran
India
Australasia
South Africa
Electricity to Supersede Steam in Japan Railways
Kondo, head of the electrical department of the Japanese department of communication, arrives in Seattle from a tour of Europe and the United States to study electric railways. He predicts it will not be long before all railroads in Japan are operated by electricity.
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Seattle
Kondo
Electrical Department
Japanese Department of Communication
Europe
United States
Hbe
Japan
Elec
Abuses in Canadian Meat Trade Urge Municipal Abattoirs
Dr J G Rutherford Canadian Veterinary Director General warns vast diseased meat flows to the public unsafely. He calls for abolition of private slaughterhouses and creation of municipal abattoirs with trained inspectors. The Dominion Act restricts action to inter provincial or export meat.
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J. G. Rutherford
Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
Chicago
Canadian Meat Inspection Service
Dr. Rutherford
Toronto
Radium Order Sets World Price at 570 000 An Ounce
London reports a contract between British Metalliferous Mines Viscount Iveagh and Sir Ernest Cassel for seven and a half grams of radium bromide at 20 dollars per milligramme. The radium will be delivered to the Radium Institute under Sir Frederick Treaves, aimed at cancer treatment and expected to open to patients by year end.
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London
Vincount Iveagh
Sir Ernest Cassel
Viscount Iveagh
Radium Institute
Frederick Treaves
Oil prospecting underway near Yorkton by Petrolia firm
Jas. Peat and Sons of Petrolia arrived in Yorkton Sask and began boring a deep well after a contract was let weeks earlier. The team plans to continue drilling for gas and oil once water is found.
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Yorkton, Sask
Jas. Peat and Sons
Petrolia
Plague and Cholera Rattle Amoy China
In Amoy China officials report 174 bubonic plague cases and 36 deaths from cholera over the last two weeks amid ongoing public health concerns and preventive measures by local authorities.
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Amoy
China
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