Empire unity and self government urged at dinner
The Duke of Connaught and Sir Wilfrid Laurier spoke at a Royal Dominion Institute dinner urging imperial unity through self government in the dominions. Laurier said Canada would remain a nation within the empire. Lord Roberts discussed shared defense and equal partnership across colonies and dominions.
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London
Duke of Connaught
Royal Jonial Institute
Canada
Newfoundland
United States
Great Britain
Wilfrid Laurier
George
Wilfrid
Duke
Lord Roberts
Fisher
Australia
Dominions
Canadas
Hudson Bay Road Tender Plans for 120 Miles From The Pas
The government will call for tenders next month for the first 120 miles of the Hudson Bay Railway from The Pas along the route fixed for half the distance. The second half’s terminal is to be Port Nelson or Fort Churchill, with Port Nelson favored. Work is to start next year from the eastern terminus and be pushed toward completion by 1914, under railway department supervision.
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Pas
Ottawa
Hudson Bay Railway
Bay
Port Nelson
Fort Churchill
Railway Department
Kaiser to Free English Officers as Signal of Favor
In London a rumor from military circles claims the Kaiser intends to release Captain Trench and Lieut Branden, two English officers imprisoned in Germany for espionage. They were held on fortifications at Barkham and each sentenced to four years in December.
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London
Trench
Lieut
Branden
Barkham
Taft Faces Grange Over Canada Reciprocity
President Taft met with the National Grange in Washington and defended the proposed reciprocity with Canada. He argued ending the artificial wall would benefit farmers, merchants, and labor, saying the country would sell more agricultural products to Canada once the treaty takes effect.
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National Grange
United States
Washington
Canada
Taft
King George Hosts Delegates at Buckingham Palace Luncheon
London reports King George entertained delegates of the imperial conference at Buckingham Palace with a sixty-cover luncheon. The event was informal with no speeches.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
Four Victims Claimed by Red River Drownings in Victoria Day
Winnipeg mourns four dead after two double drownings during Victoria Day celebrations. Heber Jones sacrificed himself to save Margaret MacLeod when their canoe capsized near Kildonan Park. In Elm Park, George E. Hunt and his cousin Jessie Hunt perished after a canoe overturned, with rescuers attempting to reach shore amid rough waters.
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Winnipeg
Red River
Kildonan Park
Heber Jones
David Jones
Kildonan
J. P. Jones
Margaret MacLeod
Goldenstream
Elm Park
George E. Hunt
Jessie Hunt
A. J. Hunt
George E
Maud Steele
Canoe Club
George Hunt
Miss Hunt
Miss Steel
Secession in Minnesota Christian Science Churches Form New Body
Two Minnesota congregations split from the mother church to form the Christian Science Reformed Church. The Fourth Church of Minneapolis and the Second Church of Duluth led by Abbott Edes Smith, former Minnesota publication committee chair, trigger the new denomination amid a rift with the mother church board.
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Christian Science
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
Christian Science Reformed Church
Duluth
Abbott Edes Smith
Minnesota Committee On Publication
Low Prices Across Markets Reflected in 1910 1911 April Table
The article notes a recession in consumer commodity markets across the United States over the past year. It cites protests against high living costs and introduces a Pioneer Press table from S Paul Minnesota comparing prices of various commodities in April 1910 and April 1911.
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United States
Republic
Washington
Pioneer Press
S. Paul
Minnesota
Tragic Newark Division wreck claims Dodson family
An interurban car on the Newark division of the Ohio Electric Railway struck the Dodson buggy killing D. W. Dodson aged 30 his wife also 30 and their two daughters ages 7 and 4 in Hebron Ohio.
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Newar
Ohio
D. W. Dodson
Hebron
Newark
Ohio Electric Railway
Dodson
Tragedy at Bridge as Unidentified Man Jumps
An unknown man shouted Good-bye and leaped from the Saskatchewan river bridge in Edmonton. He disappeared into the foaming waters and a search by witnesses proved fruitless as he was swept downstream and out of sight.
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Edmonton
Alta
Saskatchewan River
Grand Trunk Pacific plans Selkirk Hotel in Manitoba
The plan approved by Grand Trunk Pacific calls for a one million dollar hotel on Broadway near the Manitoba Club and the new Union Station. It will be named The Selkirk, aiming for Chateau Laurier style, designed by Ross & MacFarlane of Montreal, with work starting soon. A second GTP hotel is slated for Edmonton, plus a new Calgary station site.
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Grand Trunk Pacific Management
Manitoba
Ottawa
Broadway
Manitoba Club
Union Station
Selkirk
Winnipeg
West
Messrs. Ross & MacFarlane
Montreal
Edmonton Club
McDougall Avenue
Edmonton
Calgary
Taft Denies Pardons for Morse and Walsh
President Taft refused to grant clemency to Charles Morse of New York and John Walsh of Chicago. He did not shorten their sentences or consider clemency at this time. Walsh began a five year term in January 1916 and is parole eligible next September. Morse started a fifteen year term in January 1910 and would be eligible for release in 1915.
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Washington D. C
Taft
Charles W. Morse
New York
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Morse
Walsh
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Lord Robertson
Hudson Bay Road
Kaiser
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Argentina
Hungary
Columbia
Denmark
Japan
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Venezuela
Bolivia
RED
Patrick Cudahy
Review
Grand Trunk Pacific
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