Plot of Plot to Attack Evans Fleet Disputed
Washington reports admit awareness of rumors of an attempt to damage Admiral Evans ships at Rio de Janeiro harbor. Paris dispatches say Brazilian authorities warned, but many here doubt the plot, calling it a scare. Names given but unverified. explosive shipments and submarine mine plans cited, with skepticism about authenticity.
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Washington
Evans
Rio de Janeiro
Paris
State Department
Rio
Navy Department
Department
Strait of Magellan
John Fedder
Brazil
Esclave Island
Arrests in Brazil Eye Plot Against American Fleet
Rio de Janeiro police report arrests of a foreign led group suspected of planning damage to the American fleet in harbor. The band reportedly includes five Italians one Canadian and two Germans with John Fedder named as a German member. Three Italians were seized in Rio with others believed held in Sav Paulie. A Spaniard Rochero once aided the plot but has been confined in Montevideo after going insane a year ago.
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Rio de Janeiro
John Fedder
Sav Paulie
Rochero
Montevideo
Destroyers to Visit Buenos Aires From Rio de Janeiro
Admiral Evans dispatches from Rio de Janeiro indicating the torpedo flotilla will proceed to Buenos Aires. The ships may stay one day to replenish coal before joining the battleship fleet.
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Washington
Evans
Navy Department
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
Hadalien
Sandy Point
Thanks From Baron Rio Branco Note to State Dept
Washington received a note from the Brazilian Ambassador conveying thanks. The exchange reflects cordial diplomatic contacts amid ongoing discussions between Brazil and the United States on pending issues.
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Washington
State Department
Brazilian Secretary of State thanks U S for friendship
The Brazilian Secretary of State transmits thanks to the American Ambassador and Mr Root for friendly words. He notes sym ph ity from American sailors, recalling expressions the U S showed toward Brazil in 1905 and at Norfolk and Washington. He asks the ambassador to convey regards to Mr Root and his family. Rio Branco.
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Root
Dudley
Secretary Root
United States of America
Roosevelt
Norfolk
Washington
Mr. Root
RIO Branco
Dinner in Rio as Brazilian and American leaders toast friendship
In Rio de Janeiro a gala dinner at Monroe Palace hosted by Baron de Rio Branco honored the American fleet. About a thousand guests, including Brazilian officials and army officers, attended as ships lit the harbor. Irving B. Dudley praised naval diplomacy and US-Brazil friendship, citing Admiral Evans and ongoing amity between the republics.
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Rio de Janeiro
Baron de Rio Branco
Monroe Palace
Brazil
United States
Irving B. Dudley
Castaways Rescued From Disappointment Island Wreck
Victoria B C January 2 the steamer Mionera brought news of Dundonald wreck castaways eight months adrift near Disappointment Island. Fifteen survivors reached Auckland Island in a makeshift boat, after building huts from sods and using ship canvas for shelter. A later rescue by the steamer Hineoma followed once signals were seen and a scientific party passed.
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Victoria
B. C
Mionera
Australia
Barkentine Dundonald
Disappointment Island
New Zealand
Auckland Island
Hineoma
Auckland
Lord Curzon Elected to Irish Representative Peers
Lord Curzon of Kedleston former Viceroy of India won a solid majority in the Irish representative peers election to fill the vacancy left by the death of Lord Kilmane last November in Dublin.
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Ireland
Dublin
Lord Curzon of
Finland Sinks Greek Steamer Epirus in Dense Fog
The Red Star liner Finland from New York to Antwerp rammed and sank the Greek steamer Epirus in fog off Terneuzen yesterday. All Epirus crew and passengers were rescued. The Finland sustained no damage and reached Antwerp this afternoon.
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Flushing
Netherlands
Red Star
Finland
New York
Antwerp
Terneuzen
Epirus
Opposition in Japan House Unites Against Government Budget
Sixty lower-house members issue a manifesto at the Daido Club opposing the government financial policy. Marquis Katsura leads the Daido Club, uniting with the Progressives' 93 members. the Uko faction of 35 may join, signaling a possible government defeat on the budget.
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Tokio
Daido Club
Marquis Katsura
Uko
Fewer Japanese Arrive
Washington reports a decline in Japanese immigration to the United States for December 19 as officials credit spring restrictions with reducing laborer influx. Despite some eight or nine month increases, authorities deem the trend checked and note Japan’s tax on immigration societies may curb arrivals.
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Washington
America
Immigration Bureau
Department of Commerce and Labor
Japan
Mexico
Canada
Austria-Hungary
Italy
United States
Mr Denison's Retirement From Japanese Foreign Office
Boston reports from a semi official source that Henry W Denison longtime legal adviser to the Japanese Foreign Office in Tokyo will soon resign. Friends say he plans to return to the United States rather than be dismissed and note Japan retires such advisers as it trains its own system. Denison is the last to leave and would have preferred to quit before the Portsmouth conference.
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Boston
Henry W. Denison
Tokio
Mr. Denison
Denison
Portsmouth
Japan
St. Marc Recaptured by Government Forces
Government troops recaptured St. Marc after a brief resistance and moved on Gonaives, which remained encircled. Officials claim the revolution is now largely over and that they hold the upper hand.
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Port-au-Prince
Haut
St. Marc
Gonaives
Employment for Ex-Presidents Proposed at International Honors
Washington notes a bill by Senator McCreary of Kentucky to appoint former presidents as ex officio representatives for peace conferences. The measure sets a five member commission, each member earning 10 000 dollars annually plus expenses, to handle international peace questions. The same bill was introduced in the House by Representative Bartholdt of Missouri.
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Washington
United States
McCreary
Kentucky
Representative Bartholdt
Missouri
Basis for Steamship Agreement Emerges in Cologne
The Cologne Gazette reports a conference of Continental steamship lines chose to keep passenger steersage rates steady amid a rate war with British lines. Continental companies foresee inevitable reductions unless British lines reach a mutual agreement. A basis for accord among Cunard White Star and German firms appears, paving the way for a wider London conference.
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Cologne
Cunard
White Star
London
Kaiser to decorate radicals on coronation anniversary
Berlin notes list Radicals slated for decoration, signaling government plan to reinforce the coalition formed by Chancellor von Bülow in 1906. Honorees include Reichstag Vice-President Kaempf, Münsterberg kin of Hugo Münsterberg, Gyssling of Königsberg, and Eickoff Wiemer, active in defense of the Reichstag alliance.
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Berlin
von Bullow
Herr Kaempf
Reichstag
Herr Muensterberg
Hugo Muensterberg
Harvard University
Herr Gyssling
Croatian Bank Considers U.S. Branches for Croat Immigrants
Vienna reports the Croatian Savings Bank of Agram plans branches in New York Chicago and Allegheny to serve Croatian immigrants. It notes Croatians in the United States sent home over 16 million dollars in 1907.
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Vienna
Agram
New York
Chicago
Allegheny
United States
Cravath Denies Plan For Reorganization Of City Streets
Paul D Cravath said last night that he has not proposed or drafted any plan for reorganizing the surface lines in Manhattan and The Bronx or for any portion of the city streetcar systems.
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Manhatten
Bronx
Paul D. Cravath
Canadians to Blame A Report on Orientals
Ottawa reports that W L MacKenzie King found the influx of Japanese labor to Canada was mainly caused by Canadian interests rather than Japanese policy shifts. He cites contracts with the Canadian Pacific Railway Nippon Company and James Dunsmuir for Japanese miners, plus inquiries into immigration data from 1901 to 1907.
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Ottawa
W. L. MacKenzie King
Canada
British Columbia
King
Nippon Sully Company
Canadian Pacific Railway
Tokio
Japan
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Orient
Hindoos
Nippon Company
James Dunsmuir
Wellington- Collier Company
Grand Trunk Pacific
Immigration Bill Sparks House Debate In Philadelphia Station
The House debated a Moore bill to appropriate 250000 for a new immigrant station in Philadelphia. Hepburn warned of an immigration glut and opposed more stations, while Cochran Murphy and Byrd urged welcome for immigrants. The measure passed 79 to 28 amid sharp exchanges and procedural quips.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
House
J. Hampton Moore
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Representative Hepburn
Iowa
New York
Galveston
Southern Point
Pacific Coast
Moore
Connell
Boston
Hepburn
O'Connell
Cochran
Murphy
Wisconsin
Hartholdt
Missouri
Goulden
Sabath
Ilinois
Bennet
Byrd
Mississippi
South
Gaines
Tennessee
Prince
Illinois
Committee On Banking and Currency
Longworth
Ohio
Banking and Currency Committee
Kustermann
United States
Pension agent nomination rejected in Senate session
The Senate in executive session rejected Charles Fairbanks for pension agent at Concord New Hampshire. Rejection stemmed from lack of NH senator endorsement. Gallinger and Currier backed Musgrove while Burnham and Sulloway backed Murray. President appointed Fairbanks despite opposition. Gallinger reportedly would not oppose Murray. Rejection echoed recent Ohio postmaster rejections lacking senator backing.
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Washington
Senate
Charles Fairbanks
Concord
N. H
Fairbanks
New Hampshire
Gailinger
Currier
Captain Musgrove
Burnham
Sulloway
Major Murray
National
Ohio
Foraker
Plague's Grip Eases as San Francisco Faces New Spring Threat
Special Tribune report from San Francisco describes early signs of decline in bubonic plague cases after Dr. Rupert Blue’s Public Health Service campaign. It notes 134 cases and 72 deaths, extensive rat-control, and strict preventive measures including disinfection, burial rules, and necropsy protocols to curb further spread.
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the Tribune
San Francisco
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Rupert Blue
Mission District
Dr. Blue
Stansfield
Wherry
M. Danysz
Pacific Coast
Rucker
Merchants’ Association
Chamber of Commerce of
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Wyman
Washington
Tribune
Blue
Cortelyou Reports Custom House Sale to National City Bank
Secretary Cortelyou sent a letter to Speaker Cannon detailing the government sale of the old New York Custom House to National City Bank. Final payment was made November 7, 1907, deed delivered then, and government vacated November 2 with removal completed by November 6. new Custom House opened November 4. The communication appears to close the matter.
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Washington
Jan
Cortelyou
Cannon
Fitzgerald
New York
Custom House
New York City
National City Bank
Two Appropriations Voted for Coal Bill and Canal Digging
Washington Jan 20 sub committee on deficiencies of the House Appropriations Committee agreed to two large appropriations. It recommended immediate payment of 1 million dollars to cover the coal bill for Admiral Evans's fleet voyage to the Pacific and 12 million dollars to sustain canal digging through the end of the current fiscal year as outlined by Colonel Goethals and the Isthmian Canal Commission.
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Washington
House Committee On
Admiral Evans
Pacific
Taft
Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Evans Are Evans Are EADS Malt Beverage Aid
An advertisement extols a malt drink named EADS as suitable for revitalizing those physically run down or with weak nervous systems, claiming it serves as both food and drink and provides real help.
Conservative Democrats Conference Sparks Bryan Contention
Major McClellan and Charles F Murphy said they were not invited to a Waldorf Astoria gathering of conservative Democrats. Murphy refused commitment to Bryan until the proper time. Dr Gould noted the meeting is a discussion with no formal candidate plan and most invitees oppose Bryan. Woodrow Wilson declined attendance due to Bermuda travel. Ex Justice O Brien said the aim is a united platform, not hostility to Bryan.
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Charles F. Murphy
Waldorf-Astoria
Tribune
Murphy
Bryan
Tammany Organization
Uast
E R. L. Gould
Chamberlain
Baltimore
Dr. Gould
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Bermuda
Morgan J. O’brien
Mr. Bryan
Bryan comments on secret anti Bryan meeting and delegates
William Jennings Bryan in good health at the Auditorium Hotel reacts to a New York report of an anti Bryan meeting to block his nomination. He cites Judge Harmon and announces that delegates should be instructed by voters from primary through the national convention and stay aligned with voter will on candidates and platform.
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Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Auditorium Hotel
New York
Bryan
Denver
Judson Harmon
Mr. Bryan
Judge Harmon
Birmingham
Ala
Bryan to get Illinois delegates with neutral stance
Chicago dispatch reports Bryan will keep out of Illinois faction fights, securing 54 Illinois delegates to the Denver convention to vote for his nomination on every ballot. He may also name the Illinois member of the resolutions committee, a concession tied to Roger Sullivan’s support after past hostility.
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Chicago
Bryan R&d
Denver
Illinois
Committee of Resolutions
Roger Sullivan
Bryan
Sullivan
Water for Ellis Island Requires New Water Facilities
A Ellis Island water crisis warning notes 14000 to 15000 people rely on a single main and a disaster could cause water famine. The administration estimates 19000 needed to secure water supply. the letter to Congress was sent to the Immigration Committee.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Ellis Island
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Congress
House
Committee On Immigration
Carlisle School to Name Temporary Carlisle Leader
Carlisle Pennsylvania January 20 Supervisor Charles E Dixon of the federal Indian service will assume charge February 1 as temporary superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School succeeding Major William Mercer who recently resigned It is not yet decided by Commissioner Leupp whether to appoint a permanent army officer in charge at Carlisle
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Carlisle
Penn
Charles E. Dixon
Federal Indian Service
Carlisle Indian School
William Mercer
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