Omineca Herald
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-12-01
issued: 1908-12-19
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note: P.-,-. -.:.���: I,-.*- 1 Vol. I. HAZELTON, B. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1908. No. 24. NEWS BY 1ELEKAFH Los Angeles, December 17���The Pap- ke Kelly fight was declared a draw at the end of the twenty-fifth round, that being the scheduled length of the go. At the close both men were fighting fast and honors were about even. New York, December 18��� Tom Longboat, the Canadian Indian, defeated Dorando Pietri, the Italian, in the Marathon race at Madison Square Garden. Dorando collapsed during the twenty-sixth mile, when he was leading by a yard and the goal was in sight. This leaves Longboat the master cf all Marathon runners, as Hayes, the American who won in London last summer, was recently beaten in New York by Dorando. San Francisco, December 17���The body of the late chief of police Biggey was found floating in the bay, Wilhelmstadt, December 18���The Dutch fleet.now blockading Venezuelan ports, has seized a Venezuelan coast guard ship and the gunboat Mays. President Castro of Venezuela is now in Germany. San Francisco, December 17���Made desperate because his fiancee, Mrs. Campbell, of Seattle, threatened to leave him, Fred V. Vansicklen bf Victoria, shot her in the back. The woman not disabled by the bullet, knocked him down with a chair, beat him wife her lists, and held him until the police arrived. Mrs. Campbell will recover. St. Pierre, December 17���Fe'ven members of the crew of sj French warship started for shore in a launch when a snow storm came up unexpectedly. The launch has not been seen since. Montreal, December 17--Fire caused a loss of $50,000 to Henry Birks and Sons. Wm. Notman ahd Sbn.<t also lost heavily, about $20,000. Winnipeg, December 16���T. Foley, the contractor, has finished the work of grading the Grand Trunk Pacific 120 miles west of Edmonton, as far as Pembina river. Vienna, December 17���Thirteen are dead and as many entombed as a result bf nrr explosion in a coal mint*. Ogden, Utah, December 18���It is believed that $2-100, which was …
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Hazelton (B.C.)
spatial: Hazelton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0211703
language: English
lat: 55.2558330
long: -127.675556
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Hazelton, B.C. : DeVoin and Coyle
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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