Rio welcomes visiting American naval squadron on cordial Brazil tour
In Rio de Janeiro on January 14 officials hosted the American fleet with a visit to Admiral Alencar and a dinner by Ambassador Dudley. President Penna and other officials extended warm greetings as the officers toured Petropolis, Mount Corcovado, and a celebratory breakfast. The gathering included Brazilian ministers, deputies, and military leaders amid lamps, music, and mutual toasts. Reports noted two sailors injured in a street accident, and planned entertainments for the sailors alongside future escort plans from Argentina and Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
Admiral Alencar
Republic
Penna
Irving B. Dudley
Brazil
Petropolis
Dudley
Mr. Dudley
Admiral Thomas
Dr. Penna
Baron de Rio Branco
Evans
Pacific
United States
United States of Brazil
Pudley
Roosevelt
Pernambuco
Silvestre
Marine
Alencar
Thomas
Emory
Marine Band
Maurity
James Gordon Bennett's Yacht Lysistrata Sets Sail
The Lysistrata, owned by James Gordon Bennett, departs with a crowd gathered on the pier to witness the voyage. Spectators and sailors observe the launch as the vessel leaves the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lysistrata
Sailors in a Brawl at Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro January 14 A clash involving American sailors and local Brazilian and Portuguese boatmen at the landing pier last night proved not serious after investigation. Rear Admiral Evans said it was a local drunken row quickly halted by police. Shore liberty was resumed with 4,000 men ashore, four petty officers slightly injured in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
Evans
Navy Department
Washington
Jewels Open to Ransom in London Mystery
London sources say missing regalia is held intact for a large ransom and immunity from punishment. A public inquiry is urged to solve the disappearance, promising amazing and romantic features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
the Tribune
Stays Silent on Missing Regalia in Dublin Castle
The Vice-Regal Commission renews efforts to compel Sir Arthur Edward Vicars Ulster king at arms to testify about the missing Order of St Patrick regalia. Vicars declines, citing concerns over remarks about his care as custodian and potential public hearing. His solicitors warn the process could invite misconstruction and renewed pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Dublin Castle
Order of St. Patrick
Arthur Edward Vicars
Ulster
Arthur
Sir Arthur
King-At-Arms
Belgian Premier hints Congo annexation hinges on concessions
Brussels January 14 The Belgian Chamber reopened with Premier H Schollaert signaling concessions by King Leopold before Congo annexation. He notes Congo Independent State richer in minerals and rubber than thought. Parties united could resolve issues, approval likely if King yields, otherwise annexation remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgian Chamber of Deputies
H. Schollaert
Leopold
Congo
French Advance Unopposed in Moroccan Region
Wireless dispatch from Tangier reports French troops occupied Kasabah ber Rehid between Mazagan and Rabat with no opposition. Ouled Harris tribe submits, signaling calm in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tangier
Kasabah Ber Rehid
Mazagan
Rabat
Viscount Aoki Arrives in Honolulu With Honors
Viscount Aoki the retiring Japanese Ambassador to the United States and Hawaii Governor Frear arrived in Honolulu from San Francisco aboard the Manchuria. They were received with military honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Viscount Aoki
United States
Frear
Hawaii
San Francisco
Manchuria
Swansea steel trade hit by American German competition
The South Wales steel bar trade is seriously damaged as Midland dealers are underbid by American imports. Ten thousand tons of steel bars were booked for shipment from the United States, with the first consignment due to arrive next week, according to Swansea Metal Exchange officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swansea
Wales
South Wales
America
Metal Exchange of
United States
De Castellanes In Court On Assault Charge
In Paris on January 14 Count Boni de Castellane and his brother Jean faced the Correctional Court over an assault charge by Prince Helie de Sazan. Boni admitted provoking and spat in his cousin’s face. Jean denied striking the prince. Hearing postponed to February 4 due to Boni’s absent attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Count Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Jean
Prince Hélie de Sazan
Count Boni
Prince Hélie
French Parliament Reopens After Opening Session
The opening session of the French Parliament was held this afternoon with the usual formalities.
New Year in Russia With Empress Absent From Reception
In St Petersburg on January 14 American Ambassador John W. Riddle and embassy staff attended the New Year reception at Tsarskoe-Selo. The Empress did not participate due to illness, represented by the Empress Dowager. New embassy members were presented to Emperor Nicholas, while naval attaché Lieutenant Commander F. L. Chapin was absent awaiting post. Officials received honors from the Emperor and a decree named 100 appointive members to the Council of the Empire amid broad reviews of 1907 by local newspapers emphasizing a calmer, more stable political climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
John W. Riddle
Tsarskoe-Selo
Mr. Riddle
Irwin B. Laughlin
Joseph C. Grew
Charles B. Curtis
S. L. H. Slocum
Montgomery Schuyler, Jr
F. L. Chapin
Nicholas
Stolypin
M. d’Iswolsky
Vladimir
Empire
Baron Uexhull
Order of the White Eagle
M. Schaffhausen
Order of St. Anne
Council of the Empire
Count Witte
Russia
Novoe Vremya
Bourse Gazette
Red
M. Kauffman
Voyage of the Lysistrata Sets Sail From Cannes
The American yacht Lysistrata under owner James Gordon Bennett departs Cannes with a party including the Duke and Duchess of Camastra for a four month voyage to Java via Ceylon. The ship carries US navy wireless gear, six 15 horsepower cars, and an Alderney cow for milk aboard Colombo stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannes
James Gordon Bennett
Duke and Duchess of
United States Navy
Ceylon
Lysistrata
Colombo
India
Java
Bennett
Mulai Hafiq’s Moroccan Mission Arrives in Paris
A Moroccan mission led by Mulai Hafig arrives in Paris including his private secretary and Pollet a former French naval officer. Pollet says the holy war targets Abd el Aziz and Morocco’s governing board not foreigners and Mulai Hafig will honor treaties including the Algeciras act and recognize existing loans. He claims 6000 regular troops and 10000 tribesmen accompany him with additional forces near Mogador Mazagan and Casablanca. Jaurés the Socialist leader raised the Moroccan question in the Chamber today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mulai Hafig
Morocco
Pollet
M. Pollet
Abd-el-Aziz
Mulai Hafiq
Algeciras
M. Ilet
Mogador
Mazagan
Casablanca
M. Jaurés
Chamber of Deputies
Rail guards Repel Train Robbery Near Tashkent
A band of twenty brigands attacked a train carrying a large shipment of gold near Tashkent on January 14. They detached the engine and pushed it back into the cars, but railway guards held their ground under heavy fire, killing two attackers while another guard died. The remaining brigands fled with the bodies to avoid identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tashkent
Paris Hotel Opens on Champs Elysees Under Familiar Management
A new hotel opened last October in Paris atop the Champs Elysees Viace de Etoile, sharing management with the Savoy and West-End in Carlsbad and the Imperial in Nice. It offers healthy surroundings, fine views, and an exceptional restaurant, becoming a popular meeting spot for the American Colony in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy
Germanies Finances and U S Trust Pressure in Reichstag
In Berlin Count von Kanitz accuses President Roosevelt of provoking world financial trouble and criticizes U S trust interference. He cites November gold outflow, Germany U S trade gaps, and 30 million marks in San Francisco disaster insurance as strain. He proposes silver coinage and bimetallism as remedies amid looming industrial distress. Dr Bethmann Hollweg notes healthy German finances and plans to boost silver coinage alongside currency law changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Reichstag
Imperial Bank
Count von Kanitz
Roosevelt
United States
America
Europe
Germany
Treasury Department
San Francisco
Bank of France
France
Theobald Bethmann-Hollweg
Interior
London
Vienna
Paris
Bethmann-Hollweg
Two skaters die after ice break at Bois de Boulogne
Paris January 14 A dramatic ice break at the lake in the Bois de Boulogne sent about thirty people into the freezing water. Firemen with searchlights dragged the lake and recovered two fatalities, while many were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Bois
Paris
Bois de Boulogne
The Future of Aeroplanes in Flight Travel
Paris January 14 Henry Farman the French aeronaut who yesterday won the Deutsch Arch deacon prize spoke on aerial navigation He favored a hybrid design combining Bleriot theory with the cubic cellular system used by Santos Dumont He sees planes as sports machines now but expects rapid development including an aeroplane omnibus between Paris and London in five hours He predicts journeys of seven to ten miles at low cost within a year and a half compared with automobile costs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Henry Farman
Deutsch-Archdeacon
Santos-Dumont
London
M. Farman
Tokio Cabinet Split After Near Resignation
Tokyo reports the entire Cabinet narrowly avoided resignation as the Premier Marquis Saionji offered to resign, with Sakatani and Yamagata resignations accepted. Matsuma takes Finance, Kehara moves to Communications, and a budget reshuffle aims to reduce army navy funds possibly offset by a loan. Washington notes no immediate effect on emigration talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Marquis Saionji
Yoshiro Sakatani
Finance
Isaburo Yamagata
Masahisis Matsuma
Justice
M. Keihara
Interior
M. Yamagata
Sakatani
M. Sakatani
M. Mats
Venezuelan court names receiver in Coro La Vela line
A Caracas court ruled the Coro La Vela Railroad and Improvement Company bankrupt and appointed a receiver. It rejected the Trusteeship of Farmers Loan and Trust Company of New York. The government owns part of the first mortgage bonds and seeks a lien against a sanctioned award from the Mixed Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Port of Spain
Coro-La Vela Railroad and Improvement Company
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
New York
State Department
Mixed Commission
Dominion Steel Company Upheld in Coal Dispute
Halifax January 14 The Nova Scotia Supreme Court full bench sustained Dominion Iron and Steel against Dominion Coal over coal quality. Dominion Coal’s appeal was dismissed with costs. The case, involving about 1500000 dollars, now goes to the Privy Council for final adjudication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Nova Scotia Supreme Court
Dominion Iron and Steel Company
Dominion Coal Company
Steel Company
Coal Company
Privy Council
British Empire
Fifty Asiatics Arrested in Johannesburg Raid
Fifty prominent Asiatics were arrested in Johannesburg this morning. Among the prisoners are the chairmen of both the British Indian and the Chinese associations and several officers and committeemen of these organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Appeal of the Gou lds Rejected in Monte Carlo
Vers St Leger Goold and his wife Marie Violet lose their appeal for revision. Goold was sentenced to life imprisonment and Mrs Goold to death by guillotine for the murder of Emma Levin in Monte Carlo last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Carlo
Vers St. Leger Goold
Marie Violet
Japan's Proposals to China Reach Negotiation Principle
Peking January 14 reports say Japan handed Sir Robert Hart, head of Chinese Customs, proposals on Manchuria mail service. The documents outline a guiding principle for future talks, not a draft agreement to resolve the dispute as China had expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Japan
Robert Hart
Manchuria
China
City Disinfection Ordered After Suspected Yellow Fever Case
Havana officials led by Dr. Carlos Finlay and US Marine Hospital inspector Dr. Delgado order disinfection of all houses and stores in the Santiago de Cuba district after a suspected yellow fever case. Merchants protest, claiming potential $1,000,000 in damages, but Governor Magoon supports the health mandate to prevent any risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Carlos Finlay
Department of Health and Sanitation
Delgrado
United States
Santiago de Cuba
Magoon
Finlay
Cunard Retains Rates in Face of White Star Cut
London reports Cunard—still silent after White Star reduces rates—may seek a compromise with slight differentials for Lusitania and Mauretania. White Star's circular today excludes Canadian rate, aiming to deter cuts by direct Canadian lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cunard Steamship Company
White Star
Lusitania
Mauretania
Three Steamship Lines Cut Rates to Liverpool and Scandinavia
Montreal dispatch reports Allan Dominion and Canadian Pacific lines cutting eastward second cabin and steerage fares to Liverpool and Scandinavian ports after White Star and Cunard reductions. Reductions range from 2% to 30 percent, second cabin to Liverpool from 20 to 16 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
White Star
Cunard
Allan, Dominion
Canadian Pacific
Liverpool
Scandinavian
Canada Atlantic Suit Decision Forfeits $250000 Deposit
Toronto January 4 The High Court of Ontario holds Mr Sprague assignee of W Seward Webb and Arthur L Meyer of New York won a judgment for the return of a $250000 deposit made in 1902 during talks to sell the Canada Atlantic Railroad to Vanderbilt interests The court declares the deposit forfeited by default to J R Booth then owner of the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
High Court of Ontario
Mr. Sprague
W. Seward Webb
Arthur L. Meyer
New York
Canada Atlantic Railroad
Vanderbilt
J. R. Booth
Cardinal Gotti explains Hanna not chosen for San Francisco post
Rome reports Cardinal Gotti told the Pope yesterday that the Rochester priest Edward J. Hanna was not selected as coadjutor bishop due to current anti modernist pressures. He said Hanna deserved the post but must publicly prove innocence regarding charges tied to the American Catholic Encyclopedia and The New York Review, with explanations to be published in America and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Cardinal Gotti
Congregation of the Propaganda
Edward J. Hanna
Rochester
San Francisco
Hanna
France
Germany
Cardinal Gott
American Catholic Encyclopedia
New York Review
America
Georgian Prince Dahayany Condemned By Court Martial
A Bo khara court martial in Central Asia sentenced five men to death for attacking the Ameer s palace and the Chief Minister s residence and seizing Lao 000. The notable convert was Prince Dahayany a Georgian noble who organized the plot and received the death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Bokhara
Central Asia
Ameer
Dahayany
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rio
Ambassador Dudley
Argentine Republic
Patagonia
Chili
Beason
Wellville
Landing Pier
Trish
Arthur Vicars
DE Castellanes
Mr. Bennett
Influence OF America
California
Los Angeles
Portland
J#ll
Union Pacific
North- Western
R. M. Johnson
Broadway
PT Tl
O’brien
Marquis Ito
Marquis
Apostle of Peace
Coro-La Vela Line
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co
Dominion Steel Company
Dominion Coal
THE
Goolds
Knightsbridge
Fashionable
Santiago
Canada
Atlantic
Father Hanna
NEW York Telephone CO
Dey Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!