Army changes plan on immigrant vessel charters in Canada
Ottawa reports no agreement between the Immigration Department and the Salvation Army over how newcomers may be brought to Canada. The Army will stop chartering vessels, likely reverting to standard booking on regular liners. Also noted are remarks on Aldershot manoeuvres and a Transvaal delegation heading to Guelph Agricultural College.
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Immigration Department
Salvation Army
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Trades and Labor Congress
Department
Army
Aldershot
London
Buchan
Canadian Associated Press
Robertson
M.V.O
Canadian Press Association
Osborne McGregor
Scotland
Gorden Highlanders
48Th
Grant
Liverpool
Transvaal
Agricultural College
Guelph
Radium Powers Overstated by Chemists
London experts in the Times dispute sensational claims of element transmutation via radium. They say changes observed are not proven chemical actions and note radium experiments are costly and often forecast unlikely conversions. Ramsay Rutherford and Lord Kelvin are cited amid ongoing doubts about atomic theory miracles.
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London
Ramsay
Prof
Rutherford
Lord Kelvin
Martyr Robes Inspire Suffragette Street Actions
London reports the latest suffragette fashion the martyr robes white dress with suffragette ribbons worn when welcoming prisoners from Holloway Jail and during planned actions against the government. Two prisoner detachments were released this week greeted by fifty workers dragging a carriage as the Scotch detachment led Highland outfits with bagpipes and plaid drapery.
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London
Holloway
Salvation Army
Poverty in Britain: One in 38 is a pauper in 1908
Government returns show England and Wales had a pauper population of about one in 38 on January 1, 1908. Casual paupers peaked, and able bodied men relieved at public expense rose 22 percent from 1907. Married couples without children received more aid than those with children.
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London
England and
Wales
Reform of the Lords Proposed by Lords Committee
The Express reports a Lords Committee led by Lord Rosebery favors a reform plan to strengthen the Upper House by adding eminent representative commoners elected for each parliament and eligible for re election after dissolution.
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London
the Express
House of Lords
Lord Roseberry
Saskatchewan appoints Rutherford deputy agriculture commissioner
J. W. Rutherford, B.S.A., professor of husbandry at Manitoba Agricultural College and acting principal, has accepted the post of deputy commissioner of agriculture in Saskatchewan. Hon. W. R. Motherwell announced the appointment on his return from Winnipeg.
Predict Coal Famine Ahead in Superior Wisconsin
Rail and coal officials warn of an impending shortage as winter approaches. Documents show far less coal moved forward than needed, with many towns at or below 15 percent of demand for cold weather. The industry warned the situation could mirror or worsen the 1906-07 crisis.
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Superior
Wis
Canadians Accused of Poaching in Alaskan Waters
Captain Bertholf of the revenue cutter Bear reports Canadian fishermen engaged in seal poaching during the Alaskan closed season. He cites the schooner Thomas F. Bayard and 28 seals aboard in July, based on fishermen at Sanborn Harbor, Alaska. Also notes cattle killings and native frightening by Japanese poachers.
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Washington, D. C
Alaskan
United States
Great Britain
Bertholf
Bear
Department of Justice
Thomas F. Bayard
Sanborn Harbor
Alaska
Bayard
Dry Weather Shrinks Cheese Output in Brockville
Brockville residents report continued dry weather reducing dairy milk supply and factory output. Pastures burned, farmers feed corn and hay. Observers expect many factories to close by early October. Water tanks along the G T R from Brockville to Montreal run dry as engines lack supply.
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Ontario
Brockville
Ont
Cheese Board
G.T.R
Montreal
Grand Trunk to Own an Atlantic Fleet Expectation
London reports via the Telegraph that the Grand Trunk Railway is poised to become an Atlantic steamship owner. Rumors link GTR with Dominion and White Star and anticipate either a fleet purchase or an arrangement akin to the GTR Dominion alliance.
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Grand Trunk
London
Telegraph
Grand Trunk-Dominion
White Star
Liverpool
Atlantic
G.T.R
Dominion Line
Scotch Students for Canada Sail From Glasgow
Thirty student missionaries selected by Dr. Carmichael of Winnipeg sailed for Canada from Glasgow after a valedictory service at a Glasgow church. Representatives of the established and united free churches attended the service. Rev. Dr. Robbins, military chaplain formerly of Canada, spoke and helped arrange the voyage and accompanied the party to Greenock.
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London
Carmichael
Winnipeg
Canada
Glasgow
Established
United Free Churches
Dr. Robbins
Greenock
Canadian Teachers Made Honorary Members in London
Canadian teachers arriving in London are promptly granted honorary membership in the Teachers' association with full privileges. Local meetings announce their addresses and many associations invite them to gatherings.
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London
Teachers’ Association
Covenant with David and the eternal throne in Chronicles
The lesson outlines God's unconditional promise to David of an enduring throne and kingdom, linking it to the Messiah. It contrasts David and Nathan's roles, notes the rest God grants, and emphasizes living to fit God's plan, with Jesus Christ to sit on the throne forever.
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American Press Association
David
Noah
Abraham
Solomon
Mary of Bethany
Nathan
God
Isa. Ly
Earth
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Israel
Isa Lli
Jehovah
Regeneration of Eden Linked to Turkey Irrigation Plan
The Ottoman government hires Sir William Willcocks for five years to advise on Mesopotamian irrigation and other regions. The famed irrigation expert, who helped dam the Nile at Assuan, seeks to revive Chaldean irrigation between the Tigris and Euphrates. If successful, Euphrates valley grain could shift global wheat supply.
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London
Turkey
Porte
William Willcocks
Assuan
Mesopotamia
Ottoman Empire
Sir William
Tigris
Euphrates
Eden
Will Lay Steel West of Edmonton
Dr. Martin Murphy government engineer predicts steel laying west of Edmonton on the G T P will start about December 1 and proceed through winter to Pemina River. Ties for the western section are ready and grading nears completion enabling faster construction next year. He notes steel may be laid even before east Edmonton line is finished.
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Edmonton
Alta
G.T.P
Pembina
Martin Murphy
Saskatoon
Murphy
Battle River
Collingwood Schrieber
Mercury as a tuberculosis treatment eyed by Navy official
Medical Inspector C M Hibbert reports a paper by Surgeon B L Wright from the navy hospital at New Fort Lincoln Colorado arguing that mercury used judiciously may be a specific for tuberculosis in all forms. He notes several cases were near death when treatment began and claims their lives were saved.
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Washington
International Congress
C. M. Hibbert
United States Navy
Department
B. L. Wright
Navy Hospital
New Fort Lincoln
Colo
110 Persons Perish As Star of Bengal Drifts Ashore
The cannery ship Star of Bengal, towed toward sea from Wrangel cannery by tugs Hattie Gage and Kayak, broke loose and wrecked at Coronation Island. Of 127 on board, 110 drowned. 15 white men buried on the beach after survivors were brought by Hattie Gage.
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Wrangel
Alaska
Star of Bengal
Coronation Island
Hattie Gage
Farrer
Wrangel Cannery
Favor Church Union Ottawa Synod Endorses Organic Unity
At a session of the general Anglican synod the committee on church union reports that organic unity would raise a higher concept and realization of the Christian ideal and that no opportunity or sacrifice should be spared in pursuing it.
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Ottawa
General Anglican Synod
Committee On Church Union
Whitney on Empire and Empire association proposal
Sir James Whitney writes the Standard in support of the Earl of Meath proposal to form an Empire association. He believes the movement will unite communities through mutual give and take and that elasticity is essential for the project’s success.
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London
Sir James Whitney
Earl of Meath
James
West's Growing Role in Canada's Development
Fred W. Field of the Monetary Times says Western grain crops boost national growth. He notes reduced wild speculation and a conservative business tone in Winnipeg onward. Real estate holds, wholesale traders show strong activity, while retailers buy cautiously, signaling foresight and westward influence.
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West
Canada
Calgary
Alta
Fred. W. Field
The
Monetary Times
Winnipeg
Dominion
Rumors of Revolution in Portugal Cause Alarm
Lisbon reports claim an imminent revolutionary outbreak with monarchist groups arming in convents under clerical support. A monarchist organ cites 17,000 volunteers aimed at attacking Republican newspaper offices, while Republicans threaten a general riot and revolution in response.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Altoring
Cholera Spreads in St Petersburg Amid Water Crisis
Cholera worsens in Russia's capital with 417 cases and 176 deaths in 24 hours. Exposures reveal neglected water and sewer systems emptying into the Neva. A commission is to push immediate water supply reforms with Premier Stolypin backing, government aiding costs. Total hospital patients reach 1,587.
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St. Petersburg
Neva
Stolypin
Many Homesteads Taken in Dominion Lands Act
Ottawa reports under the Dominion lands act from Sept 1 to Sept 16 inclusive the enteries for homesteads 4 589 preemptions 5 336 334 purchased homesteads 586 total quarter sections 10 895 and acres disposed 1 743 200 The preemptions and purchased homesteads total 6 306 quarter sections sold as such provide over 3 000 000 toward building the Hudson Bay railway.
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Ottawa
Hudson Bay
Prince Zu Eulenberg Freed From Custody
Prince Philip zu Eulenberg, previously held on perjury charges linked to the Round Table scandal, is released without bail or surveillance. A court order cites a medical commission's finding that the timing of his health recovery makes continued hearings impossible.
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Berlin
Prince Philip Zu Eulenberg
Round Table
Buffalo herd move from Calgary to Ravelli planned
Howard Douglas, acting for the Canadian government, leaves Calgary to recover the remaining buffalo after Rest of Buffalo Herd. Fences and corrals are unfinished and due by October 1. A 15 to 20 car special train will haul about 250 buffalo to Ravelli, Montana.
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Calgary
Alta
Howard Douglas
National Parks
Ravelli
Mont
Generous American Donates 2000 Pounds to Quebec Battlefields Fund
An anonymous American donor in Ottawa presents His Excellency Earl Grey with a cheque for two thousand pounds sterling to support the Quebec Battlefields Fund. The donor wishes to remain unnamed.
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Ottawa
Ont
Earl Grey
Quebec
Carnegie to establish British Hero Fund in London
Andrew Carnegie plans to create a British version of his hero fund. He will contribute about 1,250,000 dollars to trustees to launch the fund in London, following the success of the American project.
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London
America
Andrew Carnegie
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the Lords
Scotch Students For
O. M. Stearns
Favor Church Union
Whitney
Empire
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