Crisis in Japan threatens cabinet as resignations mount
Tokyo reports Vice Minister of Communications M Nakashoko resigns and will be replaced by M Muzuka. The cabinet faces pressure as Finance and Communications ministers quit. Opposition seeks a country appeal amid a looming Diet opening July 22 and a contested budget.
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Tokio
M. Nakashoko
M. Muzuka
Saionji
Finance
Saionj
Marquis Katsura
Baron Gombei Yamamoto
America
Canada
Japan
Yoshiro Sakatani
Viscount Shibusawa
Catholic nuns at hospital flee as Paris police disperse crowd
In Paris on January 15 a Catholic demonstration formed around the Municipal Hospital where the Augstinian nuns served as nurses. Police intervened after men tried to unhitch horses to drag the sisters. Nuns were driven to Notre Dame de Bonsecours for a cardinal led service.
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Paris
Denys Cochin
the Republic
Richard
Stoessel Conviction Feared in Port Arthur Surrender
In St Petersburg on January 15 a court martial verdict for Lieutenant General Stoessel on the Port Arthur surrender is expected early next week. Attorney Syrdanoff cast doubt on acquittal for the main charge but sought exoneration on evacuation of minor positions. He stressed the general’s struggle against strained motives and recalled the horror of combat and a Poospitel siege clinic visit.
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St. Petersburg
Jaf
Stoessel
Port Arthur
Syrdanoff
Garrisen
Fort No. 3
Poospitel
Stoesse
Rely
Troops Enter Rabat Amid Moroccan Sultan Crisis
Reports from Rabat state General Bagdani's army occupied the city and European homes are guarded as Mulal Hafiq is proclaimed Sultan and calls for a holy war. Tangier fears deposition of Abd-el-Aziz amid Fez turmoil, while Paris notes a German fleet threat to Moroccan affairs. French troops in Casablanca arrest three instigators from the July 31 riots for court martial.
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Rabat
Morocco
Bagdani
Abd-el-Aziz
Mulal Hafiq
Fez
Tangier
Abd-el-Kebir
Paris
Mediterranean
Casablanca
Voyage of French airship Ville de Paris sails to Verdun
The military dirigible Ville de Paris departed Paris at 3 4 this morning and reached Verdun by 7 this evening. Crowds cheered the airship on arrival after a minor machinery mishap caused a short stop at Valmy.
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Ville de Paris
Verdun
Paris
French finances strong reveal Caillaux interview
Paris reports an interview with Finance Minister Caillaux highlighting France s assets against liabilities and predicting nationalizing railroads within forty years while noting the delayed funding of a $20 000 000 old age pension scheme.
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Paris
M. Caillaux
Prussian Loan Subscriptions Reach 45 Million
Berlin reports subscriptions to the new Prussian loan totaled 45 250 000 dollars. Officials say a 62 000 000 dollar loan aims to cover a 10 500 000 dollar deficit with extra taxes for the remainder. The State Bank calls the loan a success while debates over interest rates and land expropriation provoke contention.
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Berlin
Imperial Bank
Reichstag
Count von Kranitz
von Biilow
Herr Nieberding
Mammoth Baku Gusher Opens at Bibi-Egbat Field
Oil firms in St Petersburg report a giant gusher near Baku in the Bibi Egbat field flowing 120000 barrels daily. The well was found in an already exploited area and shares rose three points on the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Caucasus
Bibi-Egbat
Baku
Vatican organ predicts war between Japan and United States
The Corriere d Italia, a Vatican organ, argues in a Rome dispatch that war between Japan and the United States would be fatal and inevitable. It says the present moment is the most favorable for Japan.
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Rome
Corriere d'Italia
Vatican
Japan
Porto Rican Legislature Opens With Broad Governor Message
San Juan January 16 The Puerto Rican Legislature opened today with Governor Post urging expansion of schools land registration ward extensions higher judge salaries and municipal property tax payments. The message was broad in scope and well received.
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San Juan
P. R
Governor Post
Cunard Cuts Rise to Ten Shillings in Second and Third Class
London and Liverpool report continued rate cuts amid the Atlantic steamship fare war. Cunard reduces second and third class prices by ten shillings, narrowing the gap with White Star. Controlling figures and a postponed managers conference hint at a possible broader settlement. steerage passenger counts show ongoing demand.
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London
Cunard Steamship Company
Lusitania
Mauretania
White Star Company
Cunard Company
Atlantic Steamship Companies
Herr Ballin
Hamburg-American Line
Liverpool
Cunard
International Mercantile Marine Company
White Star
American Lines
Saich
Europe
Cunard Line
White Star Line
Umbria
Etruria
Oceanic
Redmond O Brien Split Persists At Irish League Meet
Dublin reports show a Cork contingent loyal to O Brien being expelled from the National Directory meeting of the United Irish League. John E Redmond is re elected president as the group backs the parliamentary faction and Home Rule campaign. A new resolution supports Lord Curzon as Irish representative peer and calls for ending grazing ranches.
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Dublin
Redmond
O’brien
National Directory
United Irish League
Cork
League
John E. Redmond
William O’brien
Lord Curzon
Croats Stone New Governor in Anti Hungary Demonstration
In Agram Croatians greet Baron Rauch, new Ban of Croatia Slavingia, with stones and eggs. Thousands gather at the railroad station and the palace as police attempt to restore order amid protests against the Magyar government over language rights and Ausgleich concerns.
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Agram
Croatia
Baron Rauch
Croatia-Slavonia
Hungary
Bavaria Prince Regent vows end to death warrants
Munich reports the Prince Regent of Bavaria intends not to sign further death warrants after pardoning two murderers recently sentenced to death. The move signals a halt to executions and a shift in the royal approach to capital punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Jen
Bavaria
Generous to China Senate approves debt remission after Boxer uprising
The Senate passed Lodge's joint resolution to reduce China's U S debt from 24 million to about 11.7 million. The measure aims to cover indemnities from the Boxer uprising while noting U S payments total about 2 million and Chinese claims paid. The act follows the President's recommendation and Senate unanimous consent.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
China
United States
Lodge
Committee On Foreign Relations
New York City
State Department
Chentung Liang-Cheng
Congress
Russian extradition hearing for Pouren opens before Shields
The Russian government pressed for Jan Janoff Pouren’s extradition at a hearing before Commissioner Shields after his arrest last week. One witness, Carl Hoffmeister, testified he faced danger from testifying and denied knowledge of any Black Hundred group. The case adjourned two weeks. bail was denied.
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Shields
Jan Janoff Pouren
Carl Hoffmeister
No. 433
East 68Th Street
Pouren
Isaac A. Hourwich
Elias Rosenthal
Simon Pollock
Mr. Byrne
United States
John P. Murray
Coudert Brothers
Russia
Hoffmeister
Edison Company
Black Hundred
New York
Amend Revision Bill Draws House Debate
Washington January 15 the House moved toward amending the Penal Code bill. Rep Gustav Kustermann urged replacing lawyers with farmers and manufacturers for clearer laws. Debate focused on bribes gifts and indorsements in public office, with amendments proposed and laid aside for tomorrow.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House of Representatives
Gustav Kustermann
Wisconsin
House
Leake
New Jersey
Ollie James
Kentucky
Harriman and
Rockefeller
Roosevelt
Congress
Perkins
New York
United States
Moon
Cockran
Parsons
DeArmond
Missouri
Cochran
Crumpacker
Indiana
Randell
Texas
Public Service Corporation
Hardwick
Georgia
Williams
Kuban River Floods Two Villages in Ice Jam Crisis
An ice jam on the Kuban River near Ekaterinodar floods two villages and submerges a large land area. Authorities fear serious loss of life and have deployed artillery to break the jam with cannon fire.
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Ekaterinodar
Kuban
Cerro de Pasco Mining Firms Sign Drainage Tunnel Pact
Lima reports the Cerro de Pasco Mining Company and the Cerro de Pasco Tunnel Company have formalized an agreement fixing payment to the tunnel company for constructing a drainage tunnel. Courts previously ruled the mining firm must pay a percentage of ore value, with the state gaining under the pact.
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Lima
Cerro de Pasco Mining Company
Cerro de Pasco Tunnel Company
Peru
Going to California by the Electric Limited and Fast Mail
Travel notes announce the electric lighted Los Angeles Limited and Overland Limited with connections via Chicago Northwestern Union Pacific Salt Lake Route and China and Japan Fast Mail, offering the most complete transcontinental service yet known. R M Johnson, C and N W Ry general agent, New York.
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California
Los Angeles
Chicago & North Western
Salt Lake
Overland Limited
Union Pacific & North Western
R. M. Johnson
Broadway
New York
Proof Against Negroes Spurs Brownsville Guns Claim
The Senate Military Affairs Committee questioned General Crozier and Union Metallic Cartridge officials. Testimony showed bullets used by the 5th Infantry contained antimony and that only black troops could have had them, reinforcing alleged black guilt amid Brownsville gunfire reports.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
General Crozier
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Sth Infantry
Brownsville
Senator Foraker
Ohio Primaries Delay Expected Senate Report on Negroes
The committee plan is stalled as witnesses are heard and members anticipate a long delay. The report, likely to accuse the colored population, hinges on the Ohio primary on February 11 with Mr Foraker absent in Ohio to campaign.
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Ohio
Washington
Messrs. Foraker
Bulkeley
Scott
Mr. Foraker
New Post Office Bill Advances For New York Site
Public Buildings and Grounds reports favorably on a 3.5 million dollar bill to build a New York Post Office on the Pennsylvania site between 23rd and 31st streets and Eighth and Ninth avenues. Support comes from Sen. Depew and Reps. Olcott Parsons Bennet Bartholdi, with plans by the Treasury for a modern facility commensurate with the city’s postal business.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Public Buildings and
New York Post Office
Pennsylvania
Eighth
Ninth Avenues
Depew
Senate
Messrs. Olcott
Parsons
Bennet
House
Treasury Department
Messrs
Parsons, Bennet and
Olcott
Bartholdi
New York
Lodge Proposes Rule on Senatorial Communications
Senator Lodge reports a Rules Committee resolution to bar communications from department heads unless authorized by law or by Senate resolutions requiring transmission through the President. The committee also sends back Interior and War communications for committee reference and notes related bills.
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Washington
Committee On Rules
Senator Lodge
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of War
Lodge
Payn’s Errand at White House Sparks Political Talk
Lou Payn former New York Insurance Superintendent drew attention with two White House visits. Though claiming to be out of politics he indicated he came to pay respects and later said he came to get something and was successful. He helped a friend engineer obtain a Panama Canal position.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
White House
Lou Payn
New York
Payn
Panama Canal
Smith and Whyte Named New Maryland Senators
Maryland General Assembly elected John Walter Smith to a six year United States Senate term beginning March 4 1900 and William Pinckney Whyte to fill the late Gorman's unexpired term. Felix Agnus and John C Motter were named for shorter terms by the Republican minority. Arthur P Gorman becomes party leader in the Legislature under Smith with Murray Vandiver directing the Democratic organization. Vandiver also re elected State Treasurer.
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Tribune
Annapolis
General Assembly of
Maryland
John Walter Smith
United States
William Pinckney Whyte
Gorman
Felix Agnus
Baltimore American
John C. Motter
Frederick
John
VORIES LIBRARY SALE REALIZES $9000 AT AUCTION ROOMS
The three day sale at Anderson Auction Rooms ended yesterday yielding $9000. Yesterday's single day brought about $1500 with the top price not exceeding a few dollars. Highlights included a Charterhouse Thackeray edition with Cruikshank plates and 30 Japanese vellum plates, a Napoleon life first edition, a Dr Syntax epic in fifteen cantos, and Pepys’s Diary in ten volumes transcribed from shorthand.
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Anderson Auction
Charterhouse
Thackeray
Buckram
Cruikshank
Napoleon
Pepys
Myners Bright
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Vatican Organ
William P. Whyte
John W. Smith
Redmond-O’brien
Ruler
Cerro DE Pasco
Elijah
Manna
Postum Cereal Co
Battle
John Jameson
A Taylor & Co
Agta
EB Way
Vories
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