Mining camp policy defended as camps move to business basis
T G Blackstock vice president of War Eagle and Centre mining companies defends management and outlines future policy. He urges a camp of homes for stability, criticizes high local prices, discusses legislation, capital competition, and plans to keep operations running with improved staff and conditions.
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Blackstock
Gooderham
British Columbia
Canada
United States
Looting and foreign control in Pekin during siege
Dispatches report Pekin under foreign influence with French and Russian flags over parts of the city and lootings by occupying forces. Allied troops clash with mobs as operations expand, while high officials flee toward Tai Yuan Fu and Sian Fu. Transports head to Taku with German and Russian vessels arriving.
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London
Pekin
Forbidden
Prince Tuan
Tai Yuen Fu
Shan Si
Sian Fu
Shanghai
Taku
Pekio
Tien Tsin
Woman Loses Diamonds in Sleeping Car Robbery
Mrs. McBride wife of a prominent Cleveland manufacturer reports a diamond theft on a sleeping car of the Cleveland Terminal and Valley railroad. Five thousand dollars worth of diamonds were left in a lavatory bag during travel.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Cleveland Terminal and Valley Railroad
McBride
Returned to the Front
London dispatch reports Private H. Andrews of the 5th Regiment Victoria, injured at Paardeberg in February and invalided to England, has recovered and returned to Pretoria.
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Toronto
London
H. Andrews
5Th Regiment
Victoria
Paardeberg
England
Pretoria
France open to tighter anti anarchist measures report
Vienna reports the French government expressing willingness to exchange views with the powers on stricter actions against anarchists, stating current repression methods are inadequate.
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Vienna
Duel with razors ends in serious injuries in Minnesota
In St Paul Minnesota Dan e Gray and Maurice Hutchinson two colored men dueled with razors for over half an hour over a woman. Both were seriously cut Gray is reported to be near death. A large crowd witnessed the fight.
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St. Paul, Minn
Dane Gray
Maurice Hutchinson
Gray
Intense Heat Locks Ontario and Quebec Across Regions
Montreal reports intensely warm weather with temperatures from 80 to the upper 80s in the shade. Ontario and Quebec endure widespread heat as the day progresses.
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Montreal
Ontario
Quebec
British troop movements and Boer actions reported near Machadodorp
London dispatches note Lord Roberts fixed headquarters at Wonderfontein with bulk of enemy forces nearby. Buller reports a Boers trap on August 3 as the Liverpool regiment suffered heavy losses after advancing into a hollow. Pole-Carew takes Belfast without opposition as French cavalry moves toward Machadodorp. Delary forces demand surrender at Bank station. Dewet crosses toward the Orange River colony.
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London
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Wonderfontein
Machadodorp
Buller
Liverpool Regiment
Yioers
Liverpools
Plomer
Pole-Carew
Belfast
French
Krugersdorp
Delary
Bank Station
Lord Albermarle
Dewet
Orange River
Kenneth Bellairs Seized on Insanity Charge in Spokane
Kenneth Farrington Bellairs formerly of Rossland was arrested on insanity charges by Health Officer W W Potter. He is jailed pending examination after writing suicide threats and letters to President McKinley the British ministry and friends in London. He protested the arrest at Main avenues and Division street.
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Kenneth Farrington Bellairs
Rossland
W. W. Potter
Hawley
Bellairs
Main Avenue
Division Street
McKinley
London
Liberal Candidates Nominated in Peel and North Ontario
Peel county liberals select Joseph Weatherstone as their general election candidate. North Ontario liberals pick Duncan Graham as their candidate for the upcoming race.
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Brampton
Ont
Peel County Liberals
Joseph Weatherstone
North Ontario Liberals
Duncan Graham
Sir Charles Tupper Arrives in Halifax With Knee Injury
Sir Charles and Lady Tupper reached Halifax on Saturday. He still uses a crutch after a knee sprain suffered at Amherst on Friday night. Doctors say the injury is not serious.
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Halifax
N. S
Sir Charles
Lady Tupper
Charles
Amherst
West Huron Liberals nominate R Holmes for general election
Aug. 25 in Durgannon the West Huron Liberal party nominates incumbent R Holmes who succeeded late Cameron as lieutenant governor of N Way, seeking election to the next general race.
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Durgannon
West Huron
R. Holmes
Cameron
N. Way
Reception for returning Canadian invalids at Volunteers Quebec
Aug 25 volunteers in Quebec host a reception for the Canadian invalids who arrived by Lake Ontario last evening. The event honors the veterans and marks a formal welcome home.
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Quebec
Ontario
Will Oppose Him in Three Rivers Race
Three Rivers Aug. 25. Sir Adolph Carron, M P for Three Rivers and St Maurice, faces opposition from within his party as local Conservatives hint at backing a rival candidate despite his declaration to run again.
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Three Rivers
Sir Adolph Carron
St. Maurice
Sir Adolph
Coal strike paralyzes Cardiff factories and coal supply
London reports a Welsh rail strike affecting Cardiff mining output. The Taff Vale Railway carries coal for fifty thousand miners. factories shut, ships idle for lack of coal. Two thousand railway workers demand a raise while union funds back the action as wage talks add to global unrest of shortages and potential large US imports.
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London
South Africa
England
Taff Vale
Cardiff
Union of Railway Men of
United Kingdom
The
Thames
Queenswood
Arm- Star
Norfolk
Virginia
Bantry Bay
America
Fitzsimmons Beats Sharkey in Short Championship Bout
Referee Charley White praises the rapid match as the best mill seen. Fitzsimmons lands a decisive left hook to KO Sharkey, expressing surprise at the quick finish and hinting at a title rematch. Sharkey endures a rain of blows with stoic resolve.
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New York
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
Charley White
Fitz
Roblin
Abandoned Nagasaki Base Hospital To Move Wounded
The large base hospital protected by the government at Nagasaki, Japan, has been abandoned. Wounded from China will be brought directly to San Francisco and treated at the general hospital at the Presidio.
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San Francisco
Nagasaki
Japan
China
Presidio
Barclay Webster Nominated in Kings County Race
Conservatives in Kings county nominate Barclay Webster former M. P. to oppose Dr. Borden in forthcoming elections in Kentville Nova Scotia on August 27.
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Kentville
N. S
Kings County
Barclay Webster
Dr. Borden
Clerical compliment stuns actress Mary Anderson in Worcestershire
Mary Anderson admits she is older but says a bazaar in Broadway Worcestershire left her startled by a rector calling her a mother to his religious community. She quipped that he might have said sister, noting she was overwhelmed by the clerical praise.
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Mary Anderson
Antonio Navarre
Broadway
Worcestershire
War in Prospect as France Prepares for War
New York dispatch reports that Paris is preparing for war, a claim echoed by the Pall Mall Gazette and English papers. The piece notes no real cause for conflict beyond mutual enmity and cites French submarine gun experiments as a triggering factor.
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New York
Pall Mall Gazette
England
France
Philadelphia Club Wins Race Heat in Paris
The Vesper club of Philadelphia won a trial heat by 15 lengths against the Nautical club of France in an eight oared race over one mile 158 yards. Time was 5 minutes 15 2-5 seconds. The final heat is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Paris
Vesper Club of
Philadelphia
Nautical Club of
France
Vesper
Canadian Soldier Arnold Dies of Wounds in Standerton
Ottawa reports Sir Alfred Milner cables Capetown announcing Private Arnold of the Strathcona Horse died from wounds received at Standerton on August 11. The same corps lists Private Norris as killed on July 5, missing at Greylingstadt earlier.
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Ottawa
Sir Alfred Milner
Capetown
Arnold
Strathcona Horse
Cookstown
Train jumps track at Bluebank injuring engineer
West bound P. E. I. railway train derailed near Bluebank on Saturday evening. Engineer Pound sustained severe injuries and scalding while passengers were shaken as the engine and cars were badly wrecked.
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Charlottetown
Bluebank
Pound
Scalding Incident in St Thomas Leaves Engineer Seriously Hurt
Glen Tyler a Michigan Central railway engineer is in a precarious condition after Mrs Halbert, who claims he intruded, dumped a pail of boiling water on him in an out house. She has been arrested as the case grows.
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St. Thomas, Ont
Glen Tyler
Michigan Central Railway
Infuriated mob surrounds Wright house over malpractice case
Gilman Illinois August 27 Michael Ryan with constable Milstead to serve a writ for malpractice on Mrs. Dr S N Wright was shot by an unknown inmate of the Woman's Lying-in hospital He was killed and a 16 year old patient died and was secretly buried The town is in a fever of excitement and a mob has gathered with threats to burn the Wright residence but inmates have not yet been arrested
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Gilman
Michael Ryan
John Milstead
S. N. Wright
Death at the stake in Tangiers murder case fuels US ship arrival
A U S warship arrives in Tangiers amid a murder case from June involving Marcus Essagin, a naturalized American and Brunswick & Co. manager. Essagin, during a street dispute after a rider collision, fired at a Moroccan, sparking a mob attack that left him fatally wounded and his body burned according to some accounts.
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Tangiers
United States
Marcus Essagin
Brunswick & Co
Essagin
Tangier
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