Association forms permanent board of trade in Nelson
The Associated Boards of Trade of Eastern British Columbia adopts a constitution and elects J. Roderick Robertson as president and H. W. C. Jackson as secretary at a Nelson meeting. They push railcharters, mining laws, road funding, a normal school for the interior, fire insurance reform, and a forestry department, with plans for maps, fish protection, voyage to Glasgow, and boundary realignments.
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Associated Boards of Trade
British Columbia
Nelson
J. Roderick Robertson
H. W. C. Jackson
Yale
Kootenay
London
Kamloops
Boundary District
Cariboo
Bonnington Falls
Forestry Department
Victoria
Glasgow
Supreme Court
Crows Nest
Crow's Nest
Sand Creek
Columbia
Golden
Mills Declares Eight Hour Law Constitutional
The Dominion minister of justice Hon David Mills declares British Columbia eight hour mine law constitutional in response to a petition from mine owners seeking dis allowance. He notes several U S court decisions do not apply to Canada and supports provincial authority over local or private matters. The piece also mentions Yukon telegraph expansion and early news delays for remote regions. Seattle boycotts its telephone company with a thousand phones ordered out and an opposing company forming.
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Dominion
David Mills
British Columbia
Mills
United States
Canada
Yukon
Great River
Alaska
Cleveland
Shadow of Death and Illness Dominate London Scene
London reports the death of the duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and confirms the Empress Frederick’s grave illness. Queen Victoria contemplates her guest's English home dream while Vanderbilt visits Europe for a racing stable venture. The Walsingham theft case delays two American visitors with bonds set as police pursue thieves.
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London
Duke of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Berlin
Frederick
Friedrichshof
Hamburg
England
Queen Victoria
Richmond
W. K. Vanderbilt
Europe
Aix
W. W. Farr
Miss Coleman
Philadelphia
Walsingham
United States
Prince of Wales rebukes Willie Wally Astor amid Milne honor
The Spokesman-Review notes renewed mining interest in British Columbia with reinvigorated operations across Rossland. It argues that public pessimism must yield to see these signs, citing the Prince of Wales's disapproval of Astor and ongoing esteem for Sir A. B. Milne.
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Prince of Wales
Willie Wally Astor
Sir A. B. Milne
Astor
Spokesman-Review
British Columbia
Rossland
Boers Suffer Setbacks in South African Campaigns
Dispatches from August 4 report 3,348 Boer soldiers surrender to General Hunter and 3,046 horses and three guns secured. Hamilton advances toward Rustenburg while Boer forces clash in the Magalesburg range. A derailed train near Kroonstad injures and kills, and U S Consul Stowe’s train is burned. A Dewet death report circulates but unconfirmed. In Seattle, 52 workers strike after 48 were dismissed for union activity, prompting a new competing company. Women’s activism is noted as swaying decisions.
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Fouriesberg
Hunter
Ian Hamilton
Caledon
Prinsloo
London
Lord Roberts
War Office
Rustenburg
Magalesburg
Col. Rhodes
G. A. Willams
Kroonstad
Lord Algernon Lennox
General Knox
Bloemfontein
United States
Stowe
Honingspruit
Pretoria
Christian Dewet
Power of Women Demonstrates Influence Across Nations
A Victoria session of the national council of women hailed a 24 hour victory for a weekly store half holiday illustrating female influence. The piece argues women can improve workers' lives, urging wage justice while noting wage suppression driven by poverty and need, with calls for action.
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National Council of Women
Victoria
Roberts
United States Congress
Kentucky
Col. Breckinridge
United States
A Man Without a Country Astor to Leave England
William W. Astor plans to quit England for the continent for at least a year. His Pall Mall Gazette magazine is on the market at a price well below his outlay. If he departs permanently he would be a naturalized British subject without a country despite his millions.
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New York
William W. Astor
England
London
World
Cliveden
Astor
The
Thames
Continent
Pall Mall Gazette
Vancouver Island Assembly Debates Liquor Law and Rail Line Plans
Victoria August 6 The week opens with committee stage discussions on bills including the liquor license measure and Western Telephone Co private bills. The Rock Bay to Salmon River rail line faces a heated review as the Natal anti Chinese clause is rejected by a casting vote. Mr Martin proposes amending the mines act to drop examinations and allow open assays in the province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Western Telephone Co
Rock Bay
Salmon River
Pooley
Canada
Martin
Bureau of Mines
King Humbert's Funeral Set for August Ninth
Rome announces the funeral date for King Humbert as Thursday August ninth. In Milan a sabre duel between Captains Tani and Racciali over Lieut Bresci’s resignation after Humbert's murder was reported. Racciali wounded in the head during the sixth assault.
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Rome
Humbert
Milan
Tani
Racciali
Bresci
Bacciali
Battles in China and relief for Pekin in press reports
Cablegrams from Chefoo and Tien Tsin detail engagements at Peit Sang with heavy allied casualties, Russian and Japanese losses, and Chinese retreat. Reports note American and Japanese treasure, consuls fleeing Yangtze area, and preparations for a Pekin advance amid military disruption and rail line closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien Tsin
Pekin
TINION ELECTION AT HAND
Executive of Reform Association fixes October 16 as election date. Sir Richard Cartwright presiding at Toronto meeting sets Dominion elections for October 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinion
Reform Association
Richard Cartwright
Dominion
Yukon liquor shipment despite permit ban
The Dominion government refused liquor permits for Yukon shipments yet 10,000 gallons were sent last April. A relative of acting interior minister James Sutherland reportedly shipped the quantity and it traveled from Bennett in June. Did he have a permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Yukon
James Sutherland
Interior
Bennett
War to the death in China as all sides vow no quarter
A Yokohama interview with Lieut. Von Krohn reports that allied forces in China face a brutal war where wounded may be bayoneted and prisoners killed. He claims Chinese troops and Boxers mask as civilians to attack foreigners, signaling extermination rather than battle, with foreigners forced to kill armed Chinese in return.
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China
Lieut
von Krohn
Seymour
Tien Tsin
Pekin
Yokohama
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Ghina
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Navy Department
Peit Sang
Taussig
Chefoo
S ‘Remey, A
Herald
United States Infantry
Shan Tai Kwang
Chung Chow
Chang Yen
Yang Wing
Li Hung Chang
Tien T’sin
Grant
Yang Tee Valley
Paris
Chang King
Sheng
Shanghai
Journal and Advertiser
Tsungli Yamen
Li Ping Hang
Hsu Ching Cheng
Russia
Yuan Chang
Prince Ching
Tung
San Francisco
Logan
Manila
Anti Foreign Party
Toronto
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