Rio de Janeiro City as Modern Capital of Brazil
The piece praises Rio de Janeiro as a modern, rapidly growing capital with a majestic bay and surrounding mountains. It highlights Avenida Central, the boulevard system, public buildings, utilities, wealth, and expanding parks. It notes Brazil's large land area, rising foreign trade, busy port activity, and favorable health metrics relative to U.S. cities.
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Berlin
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National Library
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Enthusiasm in Brazil for American battleship fleet arrival
A Brazilian Foreign Affairs ministerial cable reports the arrival of Admiral Evans’s sixteen battleships off Cape Frio and the initial courtesy visits in Rio de Janeiro. The fleet’s welcome includes naval entertainments, reader information rooms for American officers, and extensive press coverage praising U.S.-Brazil friendship as the ships anchor in Rio.
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Washington
Sefier Branco
Admiral Evans
Brazil
Cape Fire
Rio de Janeiro
Punta Arenas
Strait of Magellan
Navy of
United States
Evans
Coffee cough fooled by specialist not consumption
A Wisconsin woman feared consumption from a persistent cough. A lung specialist found her lungs clear and said the cough came from coffee irritation. She quit coffee, used Postum, and her health and nerves improved, with digestion, sleep, and well being returning.
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Nothies
Tario
Battle Creek
Wellzille
France Alarmed by Morocco Crisis With Mulai Hafiq
Paris reports a Moroccan upheaval as Mulai Hafiq is proclaimed Sultan in Fez while Mohammed Sidi el Mokhri arrives to negotiate a $30,000,000 loan. General d Armande marches on Rabat with 4000 French troops amid fears of civil war and wider European entanglements.
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Morocco
Mulai Hafiq Sultan
Fez
Mohammed Sidi el Mokhri
el-Aziz
Rabat
d’Armade
France
Mulai Hafiq
Clemenceau
Picquart
M. Caillaux
Ahbd-el- Aziz
Spain
Germany
Algeciras
Bagdani
Walle
Abd-el-Aziz
Tangier
Mequinez
Mulai Hafig
Algeria
Raisuli Joins Hafig in Moroccan Sultanate Move
A Tangier dispatch reports Raisuli the bandit has joined Mulai Hafiq and refuses to surrender Caid Sir Harry MacLean without the new leader's order. Rabat advices say Abd el Aziz’s court fears Mulai Hafiq has become Sultan as Clemenceau and French envoys aimed to keep Morocco policy steady.
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Paris
Berlin
Tangier
Morocco
Wireless message from warship Kleber to Paris proves long distance
A wireless dispatch from the warship Kleber at Casablanca to Paris was received at the Eiffel Tower station. The message traveled about 1900 kilometres, marking the first time such a long distance message was sent under similar conditions.
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Eiffel Tower
Kleber
Casablanca
Fear of Revolt at Tangier Fez depose Abd el Aziz feared there
A Tangier dispatch to Petit Parisien says news from Fez created a sensation among natives and officials fear Abd el Aziz may be proclaimed deposed at Tangier soon.
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Tangier
Petit Parisien
Fez
Abd-el-Aziz
Mrs de Castro Dies at Rome After Childbirth
Mrs. de Castro, wife of the American Consul General at Rome and formerly Miss Grace Aldrich of New York, died today after an operation for childbirth yesterday. The infant, born yesterday, died shortly after. Mrs. de Castro was forty two years old.
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Rome
Venezuelan General Arrested for Forgery
Nice reports General Manuel Carao of Venezuela arrested on forgery charges after a letter insulting President Castro was signed in the name of a Venezuelan official in Paris. The Paris official traced the authorship to Carao and notified police. Carao is well known at local race tracks and owns several race horses.
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Nice
Manuel Carao
Venezuela
Presiden Castro
Paris
Corao
Reparation by King Menelik
A January 12 communication from the Italian minister at Addis Ababa, released by the Foreign Office, reports King Menelik pledging to withdraw Abysinians from Luga, abandon towns, punish those responsible, and pay indemnity after protesting the violation of the status quo and seeking reparation while affirming loyalty to Italy.
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Foreign Office
Kine Menelik
Luga
Menelik
Lugh
Italy
China Checks Boycott Over Chin Kiang Railway Dispute
Shanghai reports the anti British goods movement weakening due to government actions. Two prominent Chinese faces have been arrested with more pending. Trials start tomorrow on charges of endangering public order and supporting agitation. Riots near Ka-Shing, Chin-Kiang, stemmed from local discontent, not foreign hostility.
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Shanghai
Chin-Kiang
Ka-Shing
Tschaikovsky Held as Terrorist leader in Russia
St. Petersburg reports indicate Nicho las Tschaikovsky remains imprisoned by a special order from Premier Stolypin. The Interior Ministry probes his activities since the October manifesto and his ties to Finnish terrorists. The government vows a full inquiry to curb revolutionary propaganda abroad.
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Nicholas Tschaikovsky
Ministry of Justice
Tschaikovsky
Stolypin
Russia
Finland
Nicholaieffsky
Ministry of Agriculture
Dr. Aietoff
Aleto
America
Tschaikovky
London
Times
Daring terrorist captured in St Petersburg chase
An eighteen year old youth named Parshenkoff, leader in terrorist activity, was wounded and captured after a tense canal front pursuit by detectives. He allegedly killed police officer Colonel Kalchak and headed a gang responsible for four police deaths in Okhta on January 11 1907. He previously escaped from Basil Island after killing a police captain and four officers.
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Parshenkoff
Parshenkoeff
Canal Front
Colonel Kalchak
Okhta
Basil Island
Death sentences spread for theft across cities
A court martial in St. Petersburg sentenced five to death and two to the mines for the April robbery of the Alexander Nevsky monastery estate. The Governor General of Kieff confirmed six death sentences for theft, and at Warsaw two thieves were hanged. Odessa Vilna Moscow each confirmed two death sentences, with Riga and Tchernagoff confirming one each.
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Kieff
Warsaw
Odessa
Vilna
Moscow
Riga
Tchernagoff
A German View of American Army in War Readiness
Berlin reports Lt Col Le Juge retired German army author of a pamphlet on U S land forces. He praises officers but finds weak discipline and lack of unit cohesion. He notes no peacetime mobilization, no field armies, and poor supply plans. National guard viewed as largely unfit for service.
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United States
le Juge
Europe
San Francisco's New Archbishop Nomination Uncertain
Rome reports uncertain prove of Father Edward J. Hanna as Coadjutor Archbishop of San Francisco on the eve of the Propaganda Congregation meeting. Opponents have pressed Cardinal Gotti and Cardinal Martinelli with arguments. the pope will ratify if a favorable majority forms, though cardinals' leanings remain unclear.
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Congregation of the Propaganda
San Francisco
Edward J. Hanna
Cardinal Gotti
Propadanga
Cardinal Martinelli
Hanna
Wanne
Ths
Hughes Campaign Aims to Push Hughes Nomination in County Action
James S. Lehmaier, head of the Republican Club committee, urged the County Committee to act on the Mack resolution endorsing Charles E. Hughes. He warned postponement would reflect opposition to Hughes and outlined an active push including hundreds of thousands of letters to Republicans nationwide. Upstate support for Hughes was noted as strong, with many indorsements from outside New York City. Neither Senator Page nor Senator Saxe spoke with Lehmaier.
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Republican Club
Charles E. Hughes
Republican County Committee
Mack
Hughes
County Committee
Committee of Twenty-Five
New York State
Lehmaier
New York
New York City
Page
Saxe
Sir A Vicars's Request Refused In Ireland Row
Dublin January 12 A letter published here refuses on behalf of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland the inquiry demanded by P G Mahony step-brother of Sir Arthur Edward Vicars custodian of the regalia of the Order of St Patrick stolen from Dublin Castle Mahony argues for a full inquiry The Lord Lieutenant declines to widen the commission and Mahony notes that Sir Arthurs Ulster king at arms post was offered to two men who declined it.
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Ireland
P. G. Mahony
Arthur Edward Vicars
Order of St. Patrick
Dublin Castle
Mahony
Mahoney
Arthur
Ulster King-At-Arms
Prince Rospigliosi Appeals Over Annulment Case
Rome reports Prince Joseph Rospigliosi seeks a revision of a prior ruling denying the annulment of Mary Jennings Reid Parkhurst’s first marriage to Colonel F H Parkhurst. The Vatican’s Propaganda decided the first marriage had no flaw, despite initial majority for annulment among cardinals.
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Rome
Prince Joseph Rospigliosi
Mary Jennings Reid
Washington
F. H. Parkhurst
Bangor
Rospigliosi
Parkhurst
Propaganda
Martinelli
Satelli
Cardinal Gotti
Congregation of the Propaganda
Signs of Cuba Strike's End in Havana
Havana reports indicate about three thousand independent cigar factory workers still strike affected, while American Tobacco Co. plants remain unaffected. A committee of independent manufacturers will meet Governor Magoon tomorrow, signaling imminent settlement terms and a likely end to the strike.
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Magoon
Pearl Harbor work bids delayed amid bidder concerns
Honolulu January 12 The award of bids for fortification material at Pearl Harbor is stalled because authorities believe the lowest bidder is a dummy for Japanese contractors. It is probable all bids will be rejected and the War Department will oversee the work.
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Pearl Harbor
War Department
Filipino Delegates Arrive in Honolulu on Way to Washington
Filipino Assembly delegates P. Ocampo and B. Legarda arrived in Honolulu aboard the steamer Mongolia as they proceed to Washington to pursue their mission.
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P. Ocampo
B. Legarda
Mongolia
Washington
Queen receives Griscoms in delicate health
In Rome on January 12 the Queen received for the first time since her illness restrictions Lloyd C. Griscom the American ambassador and Mrs Griscom. The Queen showed special interest in the Griscom baby and entertained them cordially for an extended time.
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Lloyd C. Griscom
Charles R Lanman Honored by Imperial Academy
St. Petersburg report that Professor Charles Rockwell Lanman of Harvard University has been elected a corresponding member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg
Charles Rockwell Lanman
Harvard University
Imperial Academy of Sciences
Mount Royal Leaves Queenstown For Liverpool In Tow
The Canadian Pacific liner Mount Royal, disabled since January 7, sailed from Queenstown bound for Liverpool in tow of the Lake Manitoba amid a strong easterly wind. Passengers had previously reboarded the Montrose, which then departed for St John, New Brunswick.
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Albany Week Begins With Slow Momentum For Legislature
Albany tolls a cautious pace as the Legislature opens with limited committee activity and a flood of local bills still awaiting hearings. Senate and Assembly Military Affairs panels push the Wainwright bill aligning the National Guard with U S Army standards while other measures stall awaiting public hearings and party strategy.
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Wainwright
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House
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Travis
Pennsylvania Democrats Favor Gray for Delegates
Pennsylvania Democratic leaders favor naming national delegates to back Judge George R. Gray of Delaware for the Presidential nomination while Gray remains a factor. If Gray fades, Governor Johnson of Minnesota is the likely alternative per senior party voices.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
George R. Gray
Delaware
Johnson
Minnesota
Keystone Democrats
William A. Harrity
Gray
Acheson Attacks Penrose Over Local Option Campaign
Congressman E F Acheson of the th District declares Senator Penrose backed by liquor interests. He claims Pittsburg liquor funds totaling 50000 financed Penrose's Senate bid and asserts local option is needed. He asserts liquor sales boost crime in mining districts and reduce coal output by at least 25 percent.
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Penrose
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Delaware Republicans select six delegates to national convention
The Delaware Republican slate for the national convention is reported as six delegates: Henry A. du Pont, T. Coleman du Pont from Newcastle. Harry A. Richardson, George W. Marshall from Kent. Hiram R. Burton, Thomas Curry from Sussex. The Dover state convention will not instruct delegates to back a specific candidate, debunking claims of a deal to back Benatar Knox. Senators Richardson and du Pont control state affairs and will not support Alley.
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Tribune
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Henry A. du Pont
T. Coleman du Pont
Newcastle County
Harry A. Richardson
George W. Marshall
Kent County
Hiram R. Burton
Thomas Curry
Sussex County
Dover
J. Frank Allee
Benatar Knox
Pennsylvania
Allee
Richardson
du Pont
Alley
Rocers Peet & Company promotes moderate prices
The firm rejects the idea of being an exclusive high priced clothier and emphasizes that customers with modest means can still find fine fabrics and suits at $18 to $25. It notes a broad selection across its three Broadway stores and Warren, 13th, and Gand streets locations.
Direct Primary Ruling Splits Republicans On Delegates
Washington reports show requests to interpret whether Ohio district delegates and alternates to the national convention can be elected by direct primaries. Three lawyers differ, two oppose while one party keeps study open. In Cleveland, Foraker Taft Roosevelt factions clash over party control as the state central committee’s primaries are disputed.
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Republican National Committee
Ohio
Elmer Lover
Tribune
Cleveland
Foraker
Chicago
Cuyahoga County
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Roosevelt
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Secretary of State
Carmi Thompson
Burton
Will Start Boom for Berry Dinner Bid in 1900
Prominent Democrats plan a February 1 dinner at the Hotel Walton to start a campaign push for William H. Berry Pennsylvania treasurer as a potential second on the Bryan ticket. The Telegraph’s Philadelphia report notes the event aims to rally support and boost Berry’s national profile.
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Jefferson Coolidge Endorses Taft for President
Boston January 12 T Jefferson Coolidge wealthy manufacturer and bank and railroad director issues statement declaring he is a Taft man in every respect and will direct influence toward Secretary Taft's nomination for President.
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Boston
T. Jefferson Coolidge
Taft
Taft to Speak at Yale Alumni Dinner in Essex County
Secretary of War William H. Taft will be the chief speaker at the Yale Alumni Association of Essex County twenty-fifth annual banquet at the Women’s Club house in East Orange New Jersey on January 2. Taft, a member of Yale College class of 1903, is highlighted as the featured speaker.
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N. J
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Yale Alumni Association
Essex County
Women's Club
Taft
Japanese Cabinet United After Rail Road Dispute
Tokyo announces that Isaburo Yamagata did not resign as Minister of Communications. He says cabinet differences over railroad funding were amicably settled. Opposition presses alarm during elections, but investigations show many reports are unfounded and driven by tax and emigration policy criticism.
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Tokio
Isaburo Yamagata
M. Yamagata
Miss Helen Mae loney seeks annulment from Arthur H Osborne
Rome reports that Miss Helen Mae loney has begun suit for the annulment of her marriage to Arthur H Osborne, a move that would challenge a presumed valid union. The Vatican weighs potential grounds including lack of Christian status or non consummation, requiring papal or ecclesiastical action.
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Rome
Helen Maeloney
Arthur H. Osborne
Vatican
Osborne
J Gilman Choteau Dies in St Louis Hotel
J Gilman Choteau seventy one year old St Louis millionaire and pioneer family member died of apoplexy today in his Southern Hotel apartment where he had lived since the hotel’s construction. He was born in the city’s first house.
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Tribune
St. Louis
J. Gilman Choteau
Choteau
Deadly gas explosion at Olivia Hotel in Joplin
A natural gas blast in the basement of the Olivia apartment hotel in Joplin Missouri killed Marvin Reynolds a 20 year old night clerk and seriously injured John E Stevens a mine owner and his wife Mrs Stevens who is expected to die authorities investigate the cause may relate to a 32 percent gas reading and ongoing hospital care for the injured
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