Route From Rockies Aims At Columbia River Waterway
Nelson and Revelstoke boards of trade and BC chambers of commerce with a delegation from Oregon and Washington urged Sir Wilfrid Laurier to back a new international waterway. They propose navigable Columbia River from source to ocean with 7 miles of riverway in Canada and 150 miles shared, including dredging and three or four locks. Survey to determine cost and feasibility will be requested. The plan seeks to influence freight rates and boost Canada US trade relations.
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International
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Nelson
Columbia River
B.C
International Waterway of Commerce
Nelson and Revelstoke Boards of Trade
Associated
British Columbia Chambers of Commerce
Oregon
Washington States
United States
Meastor Chamberlain
Rockies
New York
Kootenay
Okanagan
Portland
Wilfrid
Geo. P. Graham
Wm. Templeman
Canada
Sir Wilfrid
Bishop Denounces Masons in Joliette Address
Montreal report says Bishop Archambault condemns Freemasonry as a threat to Catholic faith and social order. He states no good Catholic can join any Masonic rite and warns that Masons are excommunicated. He vows to denounce locals proven to be Masons and urge Catholics to vote against them.
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Montreal
Archambault
Jo Iette
Mer
Episcopal Bank
Tere
Joliette
Falls From Dizzy Height On Park Row Face Death
A man plummeted twenty six stories from a Park Row building in New York as crowds watched in horror. His body struck the six story adjacent building and became entangled in elevator machinery. Surgeons said he died instantly though witnesses saw no act preceding the fall and it was unclear if it was an accident or suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Park Row
Queen's Own RiflesWin Favor From Canadian London Reports
Critics praise the Queen's Own mites for solid performance alongside regulars in an eight mile march. Corital relations improved between units as officers receive mess tickets and face athletic contests.
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London
Tee
Queen's Own Rifles
Indian Outlaw Known as Almighty Voice Is Shot by Police
Joseph Black Hand an Indian pursued for weeks by mounted police lies in Victoria hospital Saskatoon with a severe left arm wound. He had previously escaped custody and was retaken after an exchange with officers at Duck Lake. He boasted he would never be taken alive and was known as Almighty Voice.
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Joseph Black Hand
Prince Albert
Sask
Victoria Hospital
Duck Lake
Black Hand
Lord Northcliffe Inspects Canadian Pulp Mills
Lord Northcliffe the London publisher travels with a party on the steam yacht Zenaida from New York via Montreal to inspect the Newfoundland Development Company pulp plant supplying Harmsworth publications. Earl Grey may join on return from Hudson Bay explorations.
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Lord Northcliffe
Harmsworth
Quebec
London
Newfoundland
Royal Yacht Squadron
New York
Montreal
Newfoundlan Development Company
Earl Grey
Northcliffe Party
Hudson Bay
Remarkable Escape From 150 Foot Mine Shaft Fall
Michael Bunrich a timberman at the Red Jacket shaft Calumet Michigan fell 150 feet from a repair cage into the shaft and caught a rope saving himself from a mile drop. His hands were burned by the wire rope but he was otherwise unhurt. He was dangling from the cable when rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet. Mich
Calumet and Heels
Michael B. Bunrich
Sunrich
Japan withdraws treaties with Great Britain and others
Vancouver reports Japan has given Great Britain one year’s notice terminating the ten year old commercial treaty that involved Canada. The notice signals Japan’s intent to negotiate a new arrangement aligned with a higher protective tariff due to take effect August 1911. Notices withdrawing treaties have also been served with other nations.
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Vancouver
B. C
Japan
Canada
American Prelates Named as Cardinals For November Consistory
Rome reports Pope Pius X will elevate three American church leaders to cardinal at the November consistory. The honorees are Archbishop John M. Farley of New York Archbishop Wm H O Connell of Boston and Archbishop Thomas F Kennedy of Philadelphia. This marks the first consistory in three years.
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U. S
Rome
Vatican
Pope Pius X
John M. Farley
New York
Wm. H. O'Connell
Boston
Mer. Thomas F. Kennedy
Philadelphia
Lady Marjorie Erskine Found Dead on Scottish Moors
The body of a woman identified as Lady Marjorie Erskine, daughter of the Earl of Buchan, was found on the Scottish moors with a large sum of money. Authorities believe she lost her way and died of exposure, with no evidence of foul play.
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Marjorie Erskine
Earl of Buchan
Methodist Conference Ends in Victoria with Key Debates
The Victoria gathering closes after thirty sessions with focus on church union and emancipation, opposition to employing Indians for exhibitions, and a push for stricter liquor controls. A vote rejected admitting women to church courts, and a Western associate editor was appointed for the Christian Guardian.
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Methodist Church
Victoria
B.C
Methodist General Conference
O'Cock
Woman's Missionary Society
Justice MacLaren
Temperance and Moral Reform Department
H. H. Miller
M.P
Canada
Department of Indian Affairs
Edward
George V
Christian Guardian
Homestead Entries Jump in First Half of 1910
Ottawa reports homestead entries in the west rose by 11 852 in the six months ending July 31 1910 totaling 33 416. July alone saw 4 260 entries with Canadians Americans and Britons among filers, and patents issued in July 1910 covering 248 223 acres versus 186 013 acres a year earlier.
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Ottawa
West
Canada
United States
British Isles
North Dakota
Minnesota
Double Tragedy in Toronto
Gustave Merkt shot his wife and then killed himself after entering the Toronto home. The wife lay fatally wounded in the kitchen doorway while her mother lay dead in the doorway and the father rested with a revolver in his hand in the parlor. A daughter returning home found the scene. Merkt, an inmate for months, allegedly carried out the murders before taking his own life.
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Gustave Merkt
Toronto
Merkt
Leg Nearly Cut Off near Elgin
Harold Henderson eleven year old son of Henry Henderson south of town was injured while running a binder. A team pulled the machine forward while he cleared weeds, cutting through bone and sinew. He was recaptured and sustained another deep cut above the same leg. He was brought to town for treatment with a precarious condition but hope to save the limb.
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Elgin
Harold
Henry Henderson
Russians to settle western Canada in agricultural scheme
Vancouver reports Russian immigration plans to settle Canada prairies on vacant lands with a pledge to farm rather than crowd cities. Promoter Perelstraus, ex-official of Russia, cites experience importing 2,500 Russians to Hawaii and seeks Canadian government and railroad support while noting non Doukhobor, agrarian settlers. He argues Russians are wheat growers suited for northern lands and will stay on the land, not flood urban labor markets.
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Vancouver
Pramie
Canada
Ewell
Pertietrous
Honolulu
Vis
Mexico
Perelstraus
Freer
Territory of
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Volga
Diaz
Perelstrous
Port Arthur
Delny
Viadivestock
Curtiss Sets Over-Water Flight Record to Cedar Point
Glenn Curtiss, from Hammondsport New York, flew a distance over Lake Erie from Euclid Beach to Cedar Point Ohio in about one hour and eighteen minutes. The eight cylinder biplane reached 200 feet and drew crowds of 40 000 along the Cleveland lakefront and 10 000 at Cedar Point as the aviator landed to cheers at Bresker s hotel beach. Curtiss telephoned his wife after arrival.
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Glenn Curtiss
Cleveland
Ohio
Hammondsport
N.Y
Lake Erie
Euclid Beach
Cedar Point
Curtiss
Hudson River
Albany
New York
Cleveland Harbor
Breskers Hotel
Aviator
Honor for Canadian woman Dr Helen MacMurchy
Toronto physician Dr Helen MacMurchy receives appointment to the Permanent International committee of the congress of hygiene at Paris amid opposition from European medical men. Sir Leader Brunton of London backed her, calling her one of the foremost school hygienists.
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Helen MacMurchy
Toronto
London
Paris
Leader Brunton
MacMurchy
MeeMrudy
Crippen Breaks Down in London Trial
Crippen, jointly charged with Ethel Le Neve in the murder of his wife, suffered a nervous collapse and was moved to the hospital ward of Brixton jail. Solicitor Newton says Crippen has given an explanation of the farewell message found with the prisoner's effects, which may alter the case when it is laid before the court.
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Cripren
London
HH. Crippen
Ethel Clere le Neve
Brixton
Newton
New
Winnipeg Leads as Wheat Receipts Exceed Chicago Markets
Secretary C N Bell of the Winnipeg Board of Trade releases figures showing Winnipeg as the top wheat receiving center in North America, far ahead of Chicago and Minneapolis. The report notes Winnipeg’s three and a half times higher wheat receipts than Chicago, with oats ranking second to Chicago. Figures cite Dominion records and exclude southern Manitoba shipments to Duluth, local deliveries, and grain nested at Calgary.
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C. N. Bell
Board of Trade
Winnipeg
America
Chicago
Minneapolis
Grain Exchange
United States
Winnipeg Board of Trace
Manitoba
Duluth
Great Northern Railway Company
Calvary
Forest Fire Aftermath Claims Seventy-Three Lives
Official reports tally seventy three forest firefighters dead with five missing and two crews not fully reported. Conditions improve across fire districts though severe fires persist on the coast. Widespread destruction leaves hundreds destitute and reliant on charity for clothing and food.
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Washington
Greeley
Trout Creek
W. M. Bennet
Missoula
Conscription Campaign Gathers Support in Britain
London reports conscription or large tax to force service for all males 16 to 45 as a live political issue. Opposition presses push compulsory service arguing Territorial forces fail to defend Britain. Liberals likely to oppose while the movement seeks broad public backing.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
Lord Roberts
House of Lords
Robertson to Advise Newfoundland on Agricultural Resources
Prof J W Robertson, chairman of the royal commission on technical education, travels to Newfoundland to advise on farming potential and a homegrown food campaign. He notes Newfoundland imports about 3 million in food yearly and questions the feasibility of large scale sheep farming without investigating local conditions.
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J. W. Robertson
Toronto
Chaiman
Royal Commission On Technical Education
Newfoundland
Sir Edward Mortis
Dr. Robertson
Sheen
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Earl
Harold Henderson
Binder
Lake
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