Five Perish On Trial In Northern Mounted Police Tragedy
Regina Sask reports an R N W M P patrol from Dawson City to Fort McPherson found the bodies of Constables Kinney and Taylor thirty five miles from Fort McPherson and, twenty five miles farther, the bodies of Sister Fitzgerald and ex Constable re gut. Inspector Fitzgerald, a Nova Scotian, and six or seven years in the Far North, had led the patrol. Corporal Denniston’s dog train effort covered nearly 1000 miles in 42 days. The commissioner believes the party likely turned back before reaching Fort McPherson and death overtook them. The tragedy casts gloom over headquarters.
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Fort McPherson
Regina
Sask
R.N.W.M.P
Dawson City
Dennistoun
Kinney
Taylor
Sister Fitzgerald
Perry
Seret. Selig
Herschel Island
Mounted Police Force
Fitzgerald
Dawson
Corporal Denniston
Inspector Fitzgerald
Moodie
Yukon
Senator Ross
Peace River District
Rebels Repulse Federals Battle Fought at Agua Prieta
Report from Agua Prieta says 1600 federals under Lieut-Col Diaz clashed with 1000 rebels led by Balisario Garcia. The battle lasted from early morning to sundown with rebels claiming 200 federal casualties and 20 rebel losses. Douglas, Arizona, suffered non combatant injuries as bullets rained on the town.
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Agua Prieta
Mexico
Douglas
Col. Diaz
Balisario Garcia
United States
De Mar Sets New Boston Marathon Record
Clarence F. De Mar of North Dorchester wins the Boston Athletic Association marathon in 2 hours 21 minutes 39.35 seconds breaking Tom Longboat’s four year old record. F. J. Madden of South Boston narrowly misses the mark, Ed Fabore of Montreal places third, and Robert J. Fowler of Cambridge finishes fourth.
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Boston
Mass
Clarence F. de Mar
North Dochester
Boston Athletic Association
Tom Longboat
F. J. Madden
South Boston
Ed. Fabore
Montreal
Robert J. Fowler
Cambridge
Pope Pius X Indisposed Yet Performs Mass
Rome reports Pope Pius X is somewhat indisposed with a physician advising rest but he continues daily duties. He celebrated mass and held a few private audiences despite the warning.
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Pope Pius
Rome
Pius X
Anti Mormon Crusade Sparks Disorder in Birkenhead
In Birkenhead England an organized anti Mormon demonstration led to disorder as besieging crowds attacked a Mormon meeting house and damaged windows. Police struggled to restore order and a campaign urged missionaries to leave town within days.
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Birkenhead
England
Restor
W. H. Monson
Winston Spencer Churchill
Home Office
Monson
London
United Kingdom
Europe
Winifred Graham
Ezra
Miss Graham
Utah
James Cowell Wellden
Manchester
Calcutta
India
Jealous Lover Shoots 14-Year-Old Bertha Jordan in Brainerd
In Brainerd Minnesota on the way to a St Mathias dance Bertha Jordan aged 14 was shot and killed by her jealous lover Charles Kunde aged 21. In the buggy were Bertha her brother and Jordan when Kunde threatened to shoot after a quarrel near David Wickham farm. The brother was thrown from the buggy as Kunde fired three shots. Bertha died in the temple and Kunde killed himself nearby. Jordan later found his daughter at midnight. Kunde and Bertha had dated two years and she had ended the attentions.
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Brainerd
Minn
St. Mathias
Bertha Jordan
Sars Jordan
Charles Kunde
Jordan
Kunde
David Wickham
Otto
Ead
Kande
Soderberg Released in Alberta Murder Case
In Stettler Alberta Magistrate Mitchell ruled there was insufficient evidence to commit Alexander Soderberg for trial in the murder of William Lennox on March 23. Crown counsel J A Grant and A W Russell argued. defense by T M Tweedie and W C Robertson. Soderberg thanked supporters after the decision.
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Sederberg
Power Should Be Limited. Pall Mall Gazette on Quebec church
The Pall Mall Gazette argues that Roman Catholic power in Quebec leads to abuses amid alleged pretensions. It cites a Montreal judge nullifying a Catholic marriage celebrated by a Protestant minister as a stark example of church influence behind legal matters.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Quebec
Montreal
New Depot Sites Announced for Calgary and Edmonton Hotels
The G P T office reports securing a site in Calgary for a new station and another on McDouall Avenue for a hotel near the Edmonton Club, with Edmonton depot development to follow.
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Montreal
Calgary
McDourall Sve
Edmonton
Edmonton Club
Imperial Conference debated foreign policy role and empire defence
In London the Commons heard W E Guinness press for adding international matters to imperial conference agenda and for an imperial minister in each dominion. Hon. W Ormsby-Gore urged a world empire defence footing. Harcourt pledged secret, comprehensive consultation with dominions, including premiers at imperial defence talks, and promised full information on foreign policy.
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Lewis Harcourt
London
W. E. Guinness
Foreign Office
W. Ormsby-Gore
Australia
Imperial Navy
Crawshay-Williams
McKinnon Wood
Alfred Lyttelton
Dominions
Harcourt
Committee On Imperial Defence
Probba
Guinness
Inland Lines Bay Lake Frontage at Fort William
Rumor swirls that Inland Lake lines bought 3000 feet of Kaministiquia river water frontage between Muirhead and Black's elevator, enabling warehouses, sheds and docks for Montreal shipments to Fort William and onward by transcontinental railways, affecting freight-rate disputes westward.
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Fort William
Ont
Inland Lake Lines
Build Paper Mills Edmonton on Saskatchewan River
Engineers representing a private firm filed claims on the Saskatchewan river about forty miles north of here where a twenty foot drop in the river suggests a power site. Rumor says the venture plans to power paper mills using nearby timber and to build a radial line from the city to Wabaniuk through fertile farmland. The plan was shown to city commissioners this afternoon.
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Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Here
Wabaniuk
Power of Lords in Balance in Parliament Bill Debate
In London the House of Commons opens the major committee stage of a bill to curb Lords powers. The second clause sets a limit on Lords vetoes for non money bills, allowing a bill passed thrice by the Commons and rejected by the Lords in three sessions to become law with royal assent. The money bill clause, already passed 143 to 7, does not challenge Lords veto power.
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London
House of Commons
House of Lords
House of Ecommons
Winnipeg aims to become best illuminated city in world
Winnipeg officials, led by Controller Cockburn, outline plans to use surplus power from Point du Bois to overhaul street lighting. A new lighting scheme, funded by the city’s own power plant, would brighten streets and boost the city’s nightly appearance, with extensive pole expansion and a more elaborate lighting system.
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Winnipeg
Cockburn
Point du Bois
Two Families Claim Father Is Ahearn Inquest Reveals Split
In Chicago an inquest over Michael Ahearn of Creston Iowa uncovered two men both claiming to be his sons. Each identified the body and disputed the other’s family story, detailing long separations and multiple children in Illinois and Iowa. Ahearn died at a downtown hotel aged 80, leaving several thousand dollars and uncertain heirs.
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Chicago
Michael Ahearn
Creston
Iowa
Ahern
Wm. Ahern
Mathew Ahern
Ireland
America
Galesburg
Illinois
Proverb Echoes Through Morning Routines
A pithy maxim on delaying tasks to the next day, urging focus on present plans and practical effort. The saying underscores self discipline and morning resolve as key to progress.
Market Review of Grain Livestock Dairy and more
Prices across dairy eggs poultry and meats at home and abroad are listed. Butter eggs potatoes live poultry dressed meats sausages hides fish flour oats and coarse feed are priced with grade and location notes for Winnipeg markets and track hay values.
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Lake Winnipeg
Royal Household
Winnipeg
Timothy
Minneapolis
Liverpool
Eure
Australian man claims English earldom and Dudley estates
William Ward of Northcote Australia declares descent from Thomas Ward and asserts a right to the Ward family titles and Jamaica linked estates held by the governor-general of Australia Earl Dudley. Ward, born 1866 in England, seeks a syndicate to press the claim. Earl Dudley directs him to his solicitors.
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Me'bourne
Great Britain
Australia
Earl Dudley
William Ward
Northcote
Thomas
Baron Ward
Jamaica
England
Winnipeg Board of Trade calls for excluding colored immigrants
The Winnipeg board of trade resolved to bar all negroes and colored immigrants from entering Canada. The meeting harshly criticized colored people and adopted a strong, definite resolution led by H. M. Belcher and seconded by Captain G. Carruthers.
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Winnipeg
Board of Trade of
Canada
H. M. Belcher
G. Carruthers
Millions of Whitefish Hatch at Selkirk Hatchery
The Selkirk government incubator reports a large hatch of whitefish as the annual effort to propagate whitefish on Lake Winnipeg nears completion. Young fish are kept in tanks briefly before release into the river and eventual return to the lake. The operations this year are described as very successful.
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Selkirk
Lake Winnipeg
Selkirk Hatchery
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