Tariff Reform Sought to Boost Prairie BC Trade and Abattoirs
Delegates from Alberta and British Columbia urged immediate tariff reductions to improve inter provincial trade and lower freight rates. They backed public abattoirs under government inspection and called for uniform licensing and bonding of commission merchants handling farm produce across the four western provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Crerar
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Bondra
Licensing Commission
Crerar
British Columbia
Alberta
Grain Commission
Desperate Chinese Stowaways Discovered Aboard Kameric
Twenty five Chinese migrants hidden in a twenty by twenty room beneath the cargo hold of the British steamship Ka mercic after evading Vancouver authorities. They had been confined since July aboard the China bound for Portland to load lumber. A lantern lit search failed as toxic air snuffed the flame. The men were scantily clad and ill from confinement and limited rations of tea rice and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Vancouver
Hong Kong
China
Portland
Ingenious forger tracked from Winnipeg to Calgary
A man known as Crowe and several aliases forged a cheque for 2650 dollars in the name of the law firm Jacobs and Moore on the Bank of Hamilton. A Pinkerton detective traced him across the west, he was arrested in Calgary and brought back for trial in Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Jacobs & Moore
Hamilton
Calgary
Pinkerton
Triel
Winniper
Crowe
United States
Scientist Drowns in Kinbasket Lake During River Tour
Vancouver reports the drowning of Dr Charles Hugh Shaw, a known botanist from the Eastern States, during a Canadian field trip on Kinbasket Lake. He, with two colleagues, crossed toward Golden Iske when a strong wind struck as they returned to camp. The canoe was found bottom at the far end. Shaw swam to Don ald to notify police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Charles Hugh Shaw
Kinbasket Lake
Columbia River
Revelstoke
Golden
Golden Iske
Donald
Shaw
Brockville arsonist Peter Maret sentenced to five years
Peter Maret of Brockville Ontario was found guilty of arson for setting a fire in the Merrill block here and was sentenced to five years in Kingston penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockville
Ont
Peter Maret
Merrill Block
Kingston Penitentiary
Prisoner Knight Dies After Attempted Murder Arrest
James H. Knight of Rosewood Manitoba died by suicide after being arrested in Winnipeg on charges of attempted murder of his wife and attempted suicide with poison. He allegedly attacked his wife with a club and set fire to her room before fleeing to a barn where he consumed poison and disappeared as flames erupted. Hired laborers intervened to save the woman. Knight was found in a field in a sick condition and did not resist arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
James H. Knight
Rosewood
Man
Knight
Cyalton
Thrush
Florence Nightingale Dies at 90 in London Home
Florence Nightingale dies after a long illness at her London residence. The Crimean War nurse and sole female recipient of the Order of Merit passed away after heart failure at age 89 or 90, receiving a birthday message from King George. Her former orderly John Finnegan died of shock shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Frorence Nightingale
Miss Nightingale
King George
John Finnegan
Finnegan
Miss
New Hotel Planned for Winnipeg by Grand Trunk Pacific
President Charles M. Hays of the Grand Trunk Pacific announces a large hotel to rise on the south side of Broadway near Main, Winnipeg. Plans call for The Fort Garry on the old Hudson Bay fort site, preserving historic sentiment. Estimated cost between one and two million dollars, 200 feet square with frontage on Broadway west of the Manitoba club. Property bought from the Hudson’s Bay Company, first transfer in its history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Hays
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Broadway
Main Street
Winnipeg
Hays
Hudson Bay Fort
Fort Garry
Manitoba Club
Hudson's Roay Company
Brandon Contract Awarded For Canadian Northern Hotel
The contract for a seven story Canadian Northern hotel and accompanying passenger station in Brandon is awarded to a local company. The hotel will exceed 100 feet in height with a 140 foot Princess avenue frontage and a brick stone exterior. The station extends 185 feet south from the hotel along Ninth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Canadian Northern
Princess Avenue
Ninth Street
Lumbermen flee blaze on Vancouver Island coast
One hundred loggers at Hastings mills on Valez Island near Vancouver sought refuge on Granite Bay beach as a bush fire swept five miles in ninety minutes. The fire, driven by a west wind, destroyed timber and forced crews to abandon equipment and race to safety.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
Hastings Mills
Valez Island
Granite Bay
Ed Donker
Two New Aviation Records Set Worldwide
English aviator Crahem White broke the world record for takeoff distance, rising from the ground in a twenty foot nine inch span, while James Rardler in Scotland claimed a one mile dash in 47.24 seconds in a Bleriot monoplane, hailed as the world speed record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bick ™ Mol. Fne
C. Crahem White
Lanark
Scotlard
Emes
Simple Mishap Sequel to Streetcar Collision Quashed
Judge Walker quashed the conviction of Motorman McIntosh in the Winnipeg Electric Street Railway incident involving Captain Blanchard and soldiers. He found McIntosh diligent and ruled the May 30 1809 event a simple mishap, with Blanchard failing to show reasonable patience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninetieth Regiment
Walker
Winnipeg
Movorwan Mclawsa
Winnnipeg Eiecturic Street Railway Company
Laly
Blanchara
Winnipeg Electric Railway Company
McIntosn
Broadway
Sia Regient
Aril Hall
Blanchard
McIntosh
Drill Hall
Main Street
Professor Wiggins Dead Storm and Earthquake Predictor
Ottawa reports the death of Professor E. Stone Wiggins a longtime forecaster of storms and earthquakes. He proposed a theory linking planetary attractions to shifts in gravity affecting earthly weight. He was 71 years old and formerly Prince Edward Island education superintendent and a 1878 parliamentary candidate later a finance clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
E. Stone Wiggins
Wiggins
Prince Edward Island
Harvester Breaks World Records in Ohio Trot
At North Randall park the Harvester driven by Ed Geers won two heats in 2.044 and 2.03 setting two fastest heat marks for a stallion. The victory shaved a second off the horse's own record and tied Crescens for stallion trotting record at 1902 Righton Beach while establishing a new 5 year old trotting stallions record in the heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvester
Cleveland
North Randall Park
Ed. Geers
Crescens
Righton Beach
Strathcona Sends 5000 Dollar Relief Gift to Campbellton
Governor Tweedie reports a cablegram from Lord Strathcona pledging 5000 dollars to Campbellton relief via the Bank of Montreal. The message expresses deep sympathy for Campbellton sufferers and includes Strathcona's official signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbellton
Chatham
N.B
Tweedie
Lord Strathcona
Bank of Montreal
Strathcona
Imported Horses for West Pass Through Winnipeg Stockyards
Seven carloads of forty to fifty head of imported horses move west through Winnipeg stockyards. Most are Clydesdales from Scotland with some Belgian Be\u00e9jans from France. The new arrivals belong to prominent western breeders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Scotland
France
Died in a Small Space Montreal Gardener Hangs Self
A gardener named Porter of Fulford Street committed suicide in a cramped clothes closet in Montreal. He hanged himself using a rope attached to a hook. the closet's limited space left his body suspended barely two inches above the floor when he was found by his daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Porter
Fulford Street
Fire devastates Brussels exposition’s white city section
A vast blaze destroyed large parts of the Brussels exposition, chiefly the Belgian and British sections, after a short circuit touched inflammable material in the telegraph building. Wind driven embers caused widespread damage with looting reported as gendarmes detained several thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Eluded Hospital Guards Ends in Tragic Death
Antonio Phetoria a 36 year old man from Pole escaped Royal Jubilee hospital orderlies and vanished. Police tracked footmarks to the lake shore where his body was found standing upright in the water. He had been employed on the C P lit extras gang at Tedford and was brought in earlier with typhoid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Lit
Tedford
Bycpital
Champion Amateur Athlete Takes 1910 All Round Title
F. C. Thompson of Los Angeles won the 1910 American all round amateur title at Marshall Field. He scored 6,991 points, 400 below last year’s mark, with John H. Gillis of Vancouver, B C, a policeman, at 6,909. H Clark of Boston withdrew after five events as about 3,500 spectators watched the meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Vancouver
Chicago
F. C. Thompson
Los Angeles
America
Marshall Field
John H. Gillis
B.C
H. Clark
Boston
Desperate murderers escape from Canadian asylum
Two insane killers, W. A. Moir and Robert F. Taggerty, escaped from an asylum in Hamilton. Moir had killed Sergeant Carruthers years earlier and Taggerty had slain his wife in 1899. Cells showed intact bolts, doors freed, suggesting inside and outside help. Automobiles were heard on the grounds at dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
W. A. Moir
London
Sergeant Carruthers
Wolseley — Barracks
Robert F. Taggerty
Toronto
Moir
Taggert
Lemons Spilled By Lapland Crew Flood Seas With Fruit
The steamer Lapland bound for Antwerp dumped ten thousand cases of overripe lemons into the ocean after the health department condemned them. The fruit had been spilled on the seas by the Lapland’s crew and later rejected by a commission merchant in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lapland
Antwerp
Commission
Health Department
Baden-Powell Inspects Hoy Scout of Canada in Victoria
General Baden-Powell began his inspection of the Hoy Scout of Canada in Victoria, addressing a large gathering of parents at the Victor's theatre. He said the movement fosters discipline and usefulness to the country, not military spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Baden-Powell
Hoy Scout of
Canada
Victor's Theatre
CPR Announces Labor Day Round Trip Fares 1910
For Labor Day September 5 1910 the Canadian Pacific Railway authorizes a fare and one third for round trips. Tickets on sale September 2 to 5 with final return limit September 7. See nearest Canadian Pacific Ticket Agent for full particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
hHimit
Canadian Pacific
MacKenzie Chosen Chief of Canadian General Staff
Major General J C MacKenzie selected as chief of the general staff and first military author to the Canadian government. He is being sent out by the War Office to serve in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
J. C Mackenzie
Canada
War Office
False Entries Led to Bank Closure in Maine
Richard H. Ingersoll, long time treasurer of York County Lavinga bank, admitted to false entries over decades to mask poor western Canada investments. A state examiner’s inquiry and depositor checks followed his sudden illness and the bank’s eventual closure with Ingersoll near death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Bidgeford
Maine
Richard H. Ingersoll
York County Lavinga Bank
Russian fugitive Fedorenko captured in Winnipeg
Sava Fedorenko, a Russian laborer wanted in Russia for triple murder arson and robbery, was arrested in Winnipeg at his boarding house after a long search. He allegedly burned a house killing three people to cover a robbery, and fled via the Argentine before coming to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Sava Fedorenko
Fedorenko
Canada
Argentine Republic
French capital for Canada gains from French investors
French consul A O P Francis says French money is ready for Western Canadian investment similar to English funds. He notes a syndicate has invested about 1.5 million dollars in Alberta Saskatchewan and British Columbia with strong returns. If this year matches past profits, French capital may flood Canada next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
A. O .P. Francis
Western
Canada
Francis
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Trolley Collision Injures Nine Near Niagara Gorge
A head on crash on the Gorge route at Swift Drift injures nine people, one seriously. Both trolley cars stay on rails though are shattered as the narrow ledge with a twenty foot drop into swift rapids is near the collision site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Meteorite Sets Montrose House Ablaze in Wakefield
A five pound near round meteorite struck the blind on Alfred H. Richards house in Montrose, caused a small blaze and alarm in Wakefield. Firemen responded but damage remained minor as the meteorite rolled to the ground nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Mass
Alfred H. Richards
Montrose
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Grand Trunk Pacific
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James Randley
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Daly
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Europe
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Ingersoll
State Bank Examiner
W. B. Lewiston
Nest Day
Niagara Whirlpool
Meteor
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