Chili Eats Crow The Matt a Letter Withdrawn
The Chilian government withdraws its Ultimatum to the United States and agrees to arbitration or Supreme Court decision on the Baltimore incident. Chile proposes submitting the Valparaiso Baltimore sailors attack to a neutral nation and publishes extensive correspondence with the Navy Department. The exchange includes Senor Matta's note and critiques of U.S. actions, with calls for transparency and Imperial caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bantista
Chili
United States
Senor Matta
Egan
Baltimore
Valparaiso
Supreme Court of the United States
Fires and Failures Hit Cities in Wide Range of Losses
A series of fires caused major damage across multiple cities. In Dnewest, Ersine college burned with $25,000 loss. in Kansas City Sparks Bros mule market and a £2,000 stallion burned, losses $35,000 to $40,000. Pine Bluffs suffered $150,900 in burned business blocks. Chicago saw a five story factory gutted for $65,000. New York saw 39 horses destroyed at George Darby’s livery with $35,000 loss. A Rock Island train was ditched near city limits, train and mail losses totaling $40,000. Dwight saw a burglary at United States Express with £3,000 stolen. Nine people were hurt in Chicago incident.
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Dnewest
D.C
Ersine College
Kansas City
Sparks Bros
New York
George Darby
Broadway
Chicago
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Ity
President's message on Chile dispute and U S sailors
President Harrison submits the Chile issue to Congress detailing the Baltimore sailors assault at Valparaiso, diplomatic tensions, and the Egan mission. He defends Minister Egan, notes police surveillance of the Santiago legation, and calls for a formal apology and adequate reparation while warning of broken relations if Chilean demands are not met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Navy Department
Chili
McCann
Casavola
Montevideo
Apparaiso
Baltimore
Vallejo
Cal
Remy
Schley
Evans
Valparaiso
Secretary of the Navy
United States
Washington
Egan
Gopu
The
Tracy
Harrison
Chile
Yias
San Francisco
Quintero
Turee
Senate
House of Representatives
U. S
Criminal Court
Balmaceda
Executive Department
Chiian Waters
Mare Island Navy Yard
Santiago
Mr. Egan
Jourtney
Schlay
el Valparasso
Regul Ution
Peru
Yorktown
Callao
Legation
Evan
United States Navy
Valpariso
Riggin
Wharton
Matta
Mr. Montt
Vthult
Patrick Shields
Shields
Jonger
Benjamin Harrison
Executive Mansion
Jan. 25
Chilean Backdown Authenticated In U S Note
Washington January 28 The Chilean crisis appears resolved as Representative Blount reports the Egan dispatch fully meets the U S demands. Blaine confirms the note shows regret over the Baltimore incident and disavows hostility to the United States while pledging to submit the issue to the Supreme Court and maintain friendship with the United States and its flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chili
United States
Representative Blount
Georgia
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Mr. Blount
Baltimore
Egan
Americas
Blaine
Supreme Court
Chile, a Narrow South American Nation
The Republic of Chile is a South American country with a population near 2,000,000. It lies along the Pacific Ocean with the Andes to the east, extending from Peru in the north to near Cayoru in the south. The land width ranges 40 to 200 miles, while the length reaches about 2690 miles.
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Republic of Chile
Gazetterills Us
South America
Pacific Ocean
Chile
Fina
South Americ
Peru
Cay ‘Ora
Bolivia
Argentina
Chile: geography and harbors noted with Valparaiso ruin
A historic survey outlines Chile with 293,970 square miles and 2,526,989 population in 1885. It highlights Talcahuano and Valparaiso harbors, Valparaiso’s semi circular bay and fortification, a 1866 Spanish bombardment costing over 10 million, and Chile’s seismic activity with many earthquakes each year.
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America
Chile
Talcahuano
Chilean
Valparaiso
Nonez
Pennsylvania Notes Chronicle of Death and Destruction
A Philadelphia mother mourns her suffocated infant after a folding bed accident. Fires devastate two Wash ing county dwellings while multiple fatalities occur across the state, including deaths near Enterprise, Connellsville, East Nottingham, and Altoona. Incidents involve a bank failure, a bridge collision, a horse killed, and numerous accidental deaths.
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Tiverside
Enterprise
John W. Morrison
Treasury
Hoyer
Robert F. P. Pollock
Marehiard
Connettsville
John Lafferty
East Nottingham
Hoskins & Mef
Lintock
Altoona
A.C. Mercer & Co
Multiple Fatal Accidents and Crimes Reported Across Towns
A late news summary reports a railway wreck near Alberquerque New Mexico killing five men including Engineer Taylor and Fireman Will Heaggin. A burglar drowns after his ice crossing fails near Sharon Hill Delaware County and a pursuit ends in Newton Mississippi with a killer killed and a posse member wounded. Other items note severe Idaho snow causing cattle drives, a Nevada Missouri mob hanging Hepler, a stabbing in Petersburg Virginia, a train incident near Harrison Michigan, a trotting stock sale in New York, a fatal sleigh accident in Newark New York, a Minnesota building association inquiry, an overpriced horse sale in Philadelphia, and the Miss Mitchell murder case in Memphis Tennessee. Additional notes include the Colorado Springs printers home dedication and a Kendallville Indiana farmhouse fire killing two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenyon
Merriam
Minnesota
American Building and Loan Association
Minneapolis
The
American
Massachusetts
New York
Chicago Times
J. Malcolm Forbes
Arlon
Ward
Childs-Drexel Printers
Colorado Springs
Col
Senate Read President Chilean Message Adopts Foreign Affairs Referral
The President's Chilean question message was read in the Senate and referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee. The Senate adjourned at 1:35 p.m. out of respect for Judge Bradley. In the House Speaker Crisp received congratulations as discussions on Chilean matters continued and measures on cotton prices and agricultural distress were debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Senate
George
Mississippi
United States
Culberson
Texas
Committee On Judiciary
John R. FP. Tatoall
Breckinridge
Kentucky
House
Chile
Patrick Euan
Republic of Chili
Congress
Rules Committee
House & Bil
South St. Paul
Mina
Batch
Missouri
Committee On Agriculture
Martin
Indiana
Tate
Secretary of War
Secretary of Navy
Chili
United States Navy
Bainisceda
Otis
Kansas
Watson
Geogia
Farmers’ Alliance
Tunston
Lodge
Massachusetts
Or Neas Algiers
Society of American Florists
Hale
Committee On Naval Affairs
San Francisco
Honolulu
Pacific
Mgr. Morgan
State Department
China
Hiatt
Hoar
Foreign Committee
Sherman
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Mrr. Morgan
Roof Collapse Kills and Injures Dozens in Russian Church
A church roof at Slobodsky in St. Petersburg collapsed during service, trapping worshippers as they sought exits. Fire started by warming flames spread amid the wreck but rescuers extinguished it. The death and injury toll is estimated at 65 to 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Slobodsky
Grip Gains Strength The Irs Onward March Threatens
London reports influenza ravaging ships with hospital wards in corridors. Nyack New Jersey sees a 92 year old man and his 92 year old wife die from grip while Sir James Spaight dies in Limerick. Copenhagen and Vienna record weekly case totals and hospital figures. In New York City deaths reach 117 for the week as grip declines from prior week.
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London
Alington
Dreadanight
Darnford
Hecla
Nyack
N.Y
David Doremus
Closter
N.J
Charles Tupper
Canada
Bridgeville
Amelia
Margaret Jones
New York City
Yorktown Reaches Callao Peru Refugees Funded
Commander Evans reports Yorktown arrived at Callao Peru on January 25. Refugees have been funded and the ship will be ready for sea once evaluated. If kept here long, crew liberty may be granted. voyage delayed two days by fog.
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Callao
Peru
Yorktown
Eyass
Hero's Sacrifice Prevented Wreck and Saved Lives
Dayton report says Cole, a brakeman on the C H I road, lost both feet after freezing while flagging an express near Connersville Indiana. He stood in ice and snow for ninety minutes to avert a collision, saving many lives despite his injuries. In New York a blast at 224 East Eighty fifth Street killed Jama Dooly forty and James Vox forty one and injured three others.
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Dayton
Ohio
Cole
Connersville
Ind
New York
East Highty-fifth Asreet
Jama Dooly
James Vox
Arenberg
Brussels
Buriet
Count Egmont
Rome
Hianchane Mining Company
Belivia
Caghiér
Panama
Lima
Fire at Columbus destroys Opera House block
Fire at Columbus Ohio yesterday razed the Metropolitan Opera house block, the city’s finest and crowded with firms. Despite people trapped in upper stories, all escaped. several narrow saves occurred including a man rescuing his sisters. Losses include newspapers, drug stores, shoe shops, insurance offices, and the Opera House building.
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Columbus. G
Metropolitan Opera House
Columbus Hepress
Geman
Zwerner
Gazette Printing Company
Columbus Brick and Terra Cotta Company
Lutchenbach & Elberg
H. E. Godman
Baker’s Photograph Art Gallery
Halliday & Hiseins
Isaac Eberly
Steinhauser
Staley & Morton
Dickson & Talbot
Opera House
Sichart & Lilley
S. Dm
Bundershimer
Clothiers
Sloan's Saloon
Cotton Block
Governor Abraham J Seay of Oklahoma Named New Governor
The newly appointed Governor Abraham J. Seay was born in 1832 in Virginia. He moved to Missouri, became a lawyer, served in the Union Army, and rose to county attorney and circuit judge before serving as Associate Justice of Oklahoma's Supreme Court and then governor under President Harrison.
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Abraham J. Seay
Oklahoma
Amherst County
Virginia
Osage County
Missouri
Sresieville Mo
Tring
Fort Sumter
Confederacy
Union
Sriy
Thirty-second Infantry
Missouri Volunteers
Attourney
Congress
Richard Bland
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Harrison
Capital and Labor Doingsin 1907 Strike Fallout
Federation Board chair Ed Miter in Yoakum Texas declares the Pan Antonio and Aransas Pass strike ended and freight and passenger traffic unblocked. A second glass plant for chimneys valued at 40000 dollars will rise in Clearville Pa. Inspectors Conkling and Osborne report contract labor law violations by Pennsylvania mine owners near Scranton. Foreigner labor chiefly imported found at fault. Gatzsqua furnaces idle since July 18. four furnaces now running. Benwood and Betlatre steel works resume after brief stoppages. Eagle Glass Works Lazearville WV back in operation. Joseph Bel Stove Co may move from Wheeling to Martins Ferry to build a large works. San Antonio and Aransas Pass railroad strike ends after 22 days as head group fails to legitimize action. new men to be retained and old workers rehired by seniority.
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Ed. Miter
Federation Board
Yoakum
Texas
Pan Antonio
Arkansas
Lairsville
Conkling and
Osborne
Secretary of the Treasury
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Gatzsaqua
Benwood
Eagte Glass Works
Lazearville
Wva
Joseph Bel Stove Company
Wheeling
Marting Ferry
United States
San Arturio and
Aransas Pass
News Notes From a Bygone Era
A miscellany of brief items reports diphtheria in Szavia, beet sugar growth in Nebraska, and over 300,000 orange trees planted in Mexico. It notes Venezuela coal at $23 a ton, Spanish post office telegraph merger, and a German Reichstag appropriation for the Chicago World’s Fair. Also mentioned are railroads in Mexico, missionary contributions in Great Britain, and census data on Argentina. Colonen Pickert Nelson, the “tallest man on earth,” dies in Baltimore of typhoid.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Guatemala
Reichstag
Mexico
Spain
California
Warransburg
Great Britain
Ireland
Grea Britain
Major Matthews
Boston
Mass
Prusis
Coantes H. Alpries
Chicago
United States
William H.taft
Belgium
British Honduras
Prorgesson
Argentina
Chile
South
Multiple disasters and events reported from Europe and beyond
Reports recount a mother Hastings in Notting ham killing two children then dying, a cliff collapse in Dreppe Francia destroying homes and killing two women and a man, and a range of other incidents. Fires, earthquakes, crimes, theater panics, emigration woes, prison escapes, famine analysis, and influenza outbreaks are noted with various dates and locations across Europe and beyond.
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Hastings
Nottingham
England
Dreppe
Franca
Agriculture tests tobacco curing with new bacteria method
Washington notes report a Department of Agriculture experiment claiming common tobacco leaves can gain aroma like Havana leaf by changing bacteria during curing. Treasury says pension payments for the month total 5,674,000 dollars. President nominates William C Haskell for U S Marshal Northern District of Ohio. Puck quips a boarding house beauty and a tongue in cheek line on Kentucky on the national flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Treasury Department
Market prices and rural goods from Pittsbergh markets
A compact listing of farm goods and commodities with price ranges including butter cheese eggs live poultry game rabbits turkeys pheasants quail ducks potatoes seed oats corn flour rye and other staples. The column reflects regional farm market values and product varieties for New York Ohio and nearby areas with typical price quotes.
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Pittsbergh
Ohio
New York
Fancy Springs
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Indiana Progress
Pine Bluffs
Ark
Asor
Chicago Crutch & Machine Company
Illinois Broom Company
Smith & Layne's Piano Company
Dwight
Congress and
President Harrison
New Orleans
Webster
Calderon
Balderon
Cant. Schley
Poties
Chilys
the Republic OF Chile
World Atlantic
Joan Mica
Wilkesbarre
Montandon
Bellefonte
Slippery Rock
David Shaffer
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Sallada
Jacob Ballada
Dasvson Deposit Bank
Uniontown
E. J. Dom
W. T. Dom
Robert F. Pollock
North Mahoning Township
Indiana County
Beaver Valley
West Bridgewater
William Hazen
Joseph Gorman
Tittsburg & Western Railroad
Beavet
Germin
Kina
Taylor
Will Heaggin
Moore
Moran
Waverly
Alberquerque, N. M
Sharon Hill
Darby Creek
Newton
Miss
Clark County
Alabama
Oliver Condall
Weldon Norman
Isom
Idaho
Hepler
Mich
Thos
Terry
Duby McXee
Arion
J. S. Ferguson
Palo Alto
DeWolf
Fisher
Newark
Wayne County
New York Central
Fairville
N. Y
George Myers
Kendallville
Marion
Fanny W'se
Irs
Columbus
Roanoke
Deila Nicholson
Franklin County
Pinkhard
Frank Brown
Abraham Jefferson Seay
Betlatre
Szavia
Venezuela
Europe
Rusia
Spurgeon
Tinomen
Avonvict
Bishen
Posen
Lerraany
Donnet
Thes
Priton
Russia
Brompcon Oratory
Vienna
Wm. C. Haskell
U.S
Puck
Cincinnati
State
Penn
Livestock Report
East Liberty
Pitt
Burs Stock Yarde, ‘Tle
Sa. Yambs
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