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Royal Mail Steamers
Record Passage
The Turbine T.S.S. Victorian has made the fastest passage on record between Liverpool and Montreal, 6 days, 15 hours, 3 minutes
First class passage starts at $67.50, second class at $40.00, third at $23.75.
After eight years work, the Queen Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace is nearing completion, and it will not be long ere Londoners and visitors to the metropolis are able to view one of the finest monuments in the world. Altogether it will cost $1,250,000 and 350 tons of marble will have been used in the construction of figures and statuettes which go to make up this memorial to "The Great White Queen."
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Oct. 9 The King has conferred a knighthood on Lieut.-General Robert Stevenson Smyth Paden-Powell, who was prominent in the South African War, and who also recently founded the organization of Boy Scouts to promote good citizenship in the rising generation.
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Oct. 16 Dr. Henri St. George, City Bacteriologist, has completed his report in regard to the condition of the city's water, showing it to be unfit for drinking.
What is killing this town? -
Dear Sir, - Allow me space for a few remarks on "Sleepy Hollow," as you designate Collingwood. Question - What is killing this town? To my mind it is politics; pure and simple. Into every item of business, life of the town, private and public has the canker of politics extended, eating out the heart and sole.
From London:
Two suffragettes were sentenced to a month in prison for their attack on Mr. Lloyd-George at Newcastle.
James M. Barrie, the Scottish writer, was granted a divorce from his wife in London on Wednesday. {Barrie wrote the play Peter Pan}
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October 2
His Majesty King Edward VII has been pleased, according to a circular issued by the Colonial Office, to authorize the issue of a medal, to be known as "The King's Police Medal," to be awarded to members of authorized police organizations and fire brigades throughout the Empire who have performed acts of exceptional courage and skill or have exhibited conspicuous devotion to duty.
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Oct. 2 Orville Wright set an altitude record flying at 1600 feet. This exceeded Hubert Lathan's previous record of 508 feet.
Oct. 4 The Cunard liner "Lusitania" crossed the Atlantic in four days, 15 hours, 52 minutes.
Oct. 9 Ty Cobb steals home in World Series game.
Oct 13 Francisco Ferrer, Spanish Revolutionary, executed
Oct. 16 Carl Laemmle, director of the Independent Motion Pictures Company of America (IMP) confirmed that he had stolen Florence Lawrence, the "Biograph Girl," from his competitor.
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Oct. 26 General Oliver Otis Howard (b. 1830) former Union Civil War commander, co-founder of Howard University and Indian Commissinor died in Burlington, Vermont. His books included "My Life and Experiences among our Hostile Indians" (1907).
Oct 26 Hirobumi Ito (b. 1841) Japan's resident general in Seoul, was gunned down in Harbin in Russian-controlled Manchuria by Korean assassin Chang Ahn Gun.
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