Weekly Wheat Market Report Highlights Tight Receipts
The wheat market held prices firm amid small car receipts at Winnipeg and Minneapolis, with 4804 cars this week versus 6880 last year. Prices showed little change, with modest advances in Manhattan and Winnipeg for certain contracts. World supplies and rising demand from Europe, Japan, and China keep markets buoyed despite abundant overall stocks.
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Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Inneapolis
Valentine
Standard Oil Co
New York Arcago
Duluth
North Western
U.S
United States
Canada
American
Europe
Russia
Danube
America
Liverpool Corn Trade News
Japan
China
Manitoba
Fort William
Port Jur
Pri
St Arthur
Port Ary
Fort William and
Porthur
Extremist Actors Executed and Courts Amid War Time Turmoil
Fragmentary report cites Hangings of extremist actors Ledz and Fiterror tied to martial law. It notes deaths in related incidents and streetcar, education, and press workers joining factory strikes against drumhead trials. Bendzin reports five individuals tried by drumhead in armed resistance cases.
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Ledz
Russian Poland
Newspaper
Ste
Comartial
Bendzin
Five Socialisere
Piaruada
Ary
New Style of Bullet Aims for Army Adoption
The new D eject bullet tested by target experts at Sea Girt New Jersey will be adopted by the army. It has a straight tapering point, weighs about 150 grains, and offers equal velocity to 2000 yards with improved energy and flatter trajectory, requiring only small changes to current rifles and manufacturing.
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Washington, D. C
Det
Seve
Ne Natig
Sea Girt
N. J
Army
Proposals Presented at Ottawa Conference on Quebec Resolutions
Provincial representatives met Sir Wilfrid Laurier Fielding Aylesworth and Lemieux at the Ottawa conference where the financial terms in the Quebec resolutions were presented to Dominion ministers. A saving clause allows provinces not ready to subscribe to still press their special claims for consideration.
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Ottawa
Wilfrid Laurer
Messrs
Fielding
Aylesworth
Lemieux
Quebec
Sultan Shot Reveals Harem Jealousy Tale
Constantinople dispatch claims the sultan was shot in the abdomen by a Kurdish woman jealous of his new Circassian favorite. The bullet was removed by a German surgeon, and the sultan reportedly endured the operation without chloroform.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
Constantinople
Turkey
Battleships of Powerful Type Challenging Dreadnought
London report in the Daily Telegraph claims three armored cruisers under construction, the Inflexible Indomitable and Invincible, are in reality battleships with broadside equal to the Dreadnought and speeds far beyond any prior warships. They are described as the most remarkable ships ever built, with offensive power greater than two existing battleships and extraordinary speed.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Clyde
Invincible
Elswick
Admiralty
Many Mexicans Drowned in Southern Floods
Floods in southern Jalisco and Colima cause heavy property damage and numerous deaths. The Manzanillo extension of the Central railroad reports 123 fatalities from drowning. Landslides bury terrain. a steel bridge below the Pan is wrecked. a 26 ton steam shovel is swept away. Water rose six feet in one area. many homes washed out near Pan and Zapollic. Santiago river toll reaches twenty five. fifteen drowned when boats capsized while natives crossed.
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Mexico City
Jalisco
Colima
Manzanillo
Central Railroad
Pan
Zapollic
Santiago
Rill
Parables on the Mount of Olives Commentary by Rev Stearns
This 1896 commentary on Matthew 25 discusses the parables of the ten virgins and the talents, stressing salvation by grace and rewards by desert. It links the illustrations to the Israel question and to the judgment of nations, noting true believers vs Judas-like pretenders.
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Israel
Joel iii
Zech
Col. iii
Rev. iii
Gospel stewardship and the parable of talents and pounds
The sermon explains the parable of talents and pounds, urging faithful use of God given gifts as the Master’s goods. It stresses accountability before God, that rewards match works and faithfulness, and that mere profession without true faith leads to judgment. The lesson calls believers to wise service and proclamation of the gospel.
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Ray Bowers
God
Strike Pending at Taber Mines Over Eight Hour Day
A potential strike looms in all Taber mines as unionists demand an eight hour day and removal of the blacklist. Discharged workers are reportedly not to be rehired. A large union meeting was held, while mine owners say they will meet to discuss a concession.
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Lethbridge
Taber
Hill to Build Pacific Port at St James on Gray's Bay
James J Hill plans a town at St James sixteen miles above the Columbia river mouth with a north bank road from Pasco to Van Gray's bay and an ocean port hub for his lines. The townsite will be jointly managed by Northern Pacific and Great Northern. The project aims to make St James a major Pacific coast port and transfer ocean business from Portland and Astoria while Oregon seeks a navigable channel through the river bar.
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Hill Roads
Hill
St. James
Portland
Astoria
Oregon
Congress
Columbia River
Wheat shipment plan eases Soo Line car shortage
Regina reports that Commissioner Motherwell pressed railway officials in Winnipeg over grain movement delays and price shrinkage. William Why of the C P R pledged to load Soo Line cars with Saskatchewan wheat for Duluth or Minneapolis via Fort William, aiming to relieve congestion and reassure growers.
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Regina
W. R. Motherwell
Winnipeg
William Why
C.P.R
Duluth
Minneapolis
North Portal
Fort William
Hudson's Bay navigation push gains cross‑prate backing
Prince Albert board of trade mobilizes Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta boards to press provincial and federal governments to open Hudson's Bay route. Mariners say Bay navigable midsummer to December or January, with July ice danger. campaign targets western MPs to win recognition and action.
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Prince Albert, Sask
Prince Albert
Board of Trade
Manitob
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Hudson’s Bay Co
Hudson’s Bay
Fort Churchill
Europe
Newfoundland Boat Confiscated After Immigration Smuggling
The schooner Frolic, sailing from Placentia Newfoundland with contraband Chinese immigrants, was boarded in Providence River and confiscated by U S authorities. Two Portuguese crew members were arrested, along with two men suspected of aiding the smuggling and seventeen Chinese passengers seen aboard.
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Providence
R.I
United States Customs and Immigration
Placentia
Newfoundland
United States
Tammany Split Over Governor Race Underlines City Ties
John B. McDonald, longtime Tammany member and New York subway builder, sent a letter to Timothy L. Woodruff, Republican chair, donating $1,000 to back Charles T. Hughes for governor, signaling cross-party support amid intra-party splits.
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Tammany Hall
New York
John B. McDonald
General Committee
Tammany
Timothy L. Woodruff
State Republican Committee
Egg Wise
Republic
Charles T. Hughes
Lord Dundonald on Defence of Empire
In a letter to Canada the weekly illustrated paper on Canada and imperial defence quotes Lord Dundonald urging that if the empire is worth defending its troops must be ready with arms ammunition and trained leadership. He asks how many Canadian soldiers could be fielded at war outbreak under optimal condition.
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London
Albert Carman
Canada
Illustrated
Imperial Defence
Lord Dundonald
Empire
Peace River Gold Drive Sparks Northward Trains
Prospectors flood into the Peace River district as gold fever grows. Pacific coast forty-niners head north after outfitting locally. The Standard Oil Company has sent several men to survey oil and coal deposits this year.
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Ed Nonton
Peace River
Pacific Coast
Standard Otl Company
U S Cruiser Detroit to be moved for Great Lakes training
Commander Strath Hendric of the Detroit naval reserves announces that the United States Cruiser Detroit will be moved from the Atlantic coast to the Great Lakes for training Michigan naval brigade. The ship at Boston Navy Yard is large and will be cut in two for passage through the Welland Canal and towed to Detroit for reassembly.
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Windsor
Ont
Strathearn Hendric
Detroit
Michigan Naval Reserves
United States
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Michigan Naval Brigade
Navy Yard
Bost'n
Welland Canal
Navy Department
Washington
Boston
New Treaty With Northern Indians In Saskatchewan
Prince Albert Saskatchewan Indian Commissioner McKenna returned from a month long canoe trip to sign treaties with three bands at Canoe Lake English River country and Clear Lake. About 250 land scrips issued. Indians showed willingness to meet treaty terms and requested school support for fifty children at Isle a la Crosse.
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Prince Albert
McKenna
Saskatchewan
Canoe Lake
English River
Clear Lake
Pascal
Isle A la Crosse
Palliser tunnel under construction near Revelstoke
The Palliser tunnel on the Canadian Pacific line west of Palliser is under construction to remove a 23 degree curve between Calgary and Golden. Begun last October, it should finish by next month with up to 100 men on site. About 10 000 barrels of cement and costs near 150 000 dollars are involved.
Forestry Convention Talk Shifts to Washington
Premier Tweedie and Dr. Pugsley proceed to Washington after the Ontario conference to obtain data for a planned forestry convention in New Brunswick. The event was moved from August to December to finish the provincial session first.
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Ottawa
Tweedie
Pugsley
Washington
New Brunswick
Infant suffocation in beds prompts coroner's plea
In London the coroner at an infant death inquest said 2,000 infants suffocated annually in beds with parents. He noted 600 such cases in Germany per year and urged action, citing Germany's law against co sleeping with under one year olds.
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London
Eng
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