Japan Diet defeats censure motion. cabinet to stay
Tokyo reports the lower house rejected a motion to censure the government by 177 to 168. The vote preserves the cabinet and likely clears the way for the budget for the new fiscal year starting April 1. Budget notes show ordinary revenue at 475.7 million yen and extraordinary at 140.3 million, with expenditures rising mainly in ordinary items and a small cut in military outlays.
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Tokio
Diet
Russia
National Debt
Loss of power for Count Okuma in Japan
Washington reports that the Japanese government survived a censure vote, signaling confidence in the current ministry. If the motion had passed, the Diet might have dissolved and called a new election. Count Okuma, long seen as head of the opposition, would drop that stance. The opposition failed to press its foreign policy critique, a factor in U.S. immigration talks dynamics.
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Japan
Progressives
Daido Club
Yucko Wai
Marquis Saonji
Far East
Corea
China
Washington
Diet
Count Okuma
Progressiv
United States
Van Dryck masterpiece found near Bruges in gypsy wagon
Bruges January 23. Van Dryck’s The Erection of the Cross, stolen last month from Notre Dame at Courtrai, was found nearby in a gypsy wagon. The wagon halted at Ardoye when horses bolted and the canvas was discarded. A militiaman who recognized the missing picture will be offered a 34,000 reward.
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Bruges
van Dryck
Hohenau Acquitted in Military Court of Honor
Potsdam reports the emperor's court of honor finished its hearing. Count Johannes Lynar was found guilty on six counts for abusing authority, with insults to subordinates and moral lapses, and sentenced to fifteen months in jail. Count von Hohenau was acquitted. The case ties to the Harden expose and the Harden Moltke trial.
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Potsdam
Military Court of Honor
Emperor William
Count von Hohenau
Guard Corps
Johannes Lynar
Count Lynar
Hohenau
Welcome for warships greets American fleet in South America
Rio de Janeiro reports rising interest as American battleships approach. Buenos Aires prepares banquet for two hundred in the presidential palace to honor the torpedo boat flotilla officers. Envoys, ministers, and officials from Uruguay, Peru, and Brazil engage in welcome plans while patrols organize English speaking guards in Callao. Arethusa, Nero, and Brutus ships depart for Buenos Aires and New York.
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Rio de Janeiro
South America
Buenos Ayres
Betbeder
Bahia Blanca
Evans
Cape Corrientes
Presidential Palace
Montevideo
Uruguay
E. C. O'Brien
Punta Arenas
Strait of Magellan
Lima
Peru
Callao
Irving B. Dudley
Washington
America
Arethusa
Bueno Ayres
Nero
Brutus
New York
Long search ends with arrests in Portage bandit case
In Messina Italy three men Carmelo Cavalli Rosario Degrazio and Giuseppe Felermo were arrested as alleged accomplices in the 1904 Portage Penn paymaster robbery. Francesco Imbes had been arrested earlier. Patrick Campbell paymaster and driver Charles Hays were shot near Portage. Campbell survived and later traced the assailants to Italy where arrests followed.
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Portage
Penn
Campbell
Charles Hays
Carmelo Cavalli
Rosario Degrazio
Giuseppe Felermo
Francesco Imbes
Philadelphia
Sicily
Patrick Campbell
Puritan Coal Company
Puritan
Mays
Italy
Will Attack German Chancellor In Reichstag
Berlin January 23 Socialists vow to strike at the imperial chancellor by moving to cut his salary unless he pledges a universal suffrage bill for all persons over twenty in every federal state. The move follows Prince von Bülow's stance on manhood suffrage for Prussia.
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Berlin
Prince von Billow
Prussia
Reichstag
Mellen Meets Roosevelt. Talks Social Visit at White House
Mr. Mellen of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad met President Roosevelt at the White House. He declined to discuss the interview beyond noting it was entirely social. He mentioned business before the Interstate Commerce Commission but had no knowledge of the Justice Department merger case and said it concerned him not.
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Washington
Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Roosevelt
White House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
José St. Pierre Giordani
Shields
Flynn
New York
Secret Service
Steamer Amsterdams Missing Boat Believed Drifting South
Hook of Holland January 23 No news on the missing boat from the steamer Amsterdam after Tuesday night collision with the Axminster. Believed to have been carried south by currents, it carries twenty eight people with twenty one passengers and is said to be well provisioned.
Finance in Senate. Missouri senator attacks Cortelyou
In Washington on January 23, Senator Stone of Missouri delivered a sharp critique of Secretary Cortelyou’s handling of the nation’s finances in a Senate speech. He cited bank deposits growth across regions, argued for more equitable fund distribution, and claimed current allocations favored cities like Boston and Chicago at the expense of others. The debate touched on banking center imbalances, regional needs, and the impact of Treasury actions during the period.
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Washington
Stone
Missouri
Senate
Cortelyou
Beveridge
Senator Heyburn
Idaho
Heyburn
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Culberson
New England
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Southern States
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Pacific States
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New York
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Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Paul
St. Louis
Kansas City
Mr. Stone
Boston National Banks
National Bank of Commerce of
West
Roosevelt
Burrows
Eastern States
Middle West
Mr. Beveridge
Treasury Department
Senator Teller
Teller
Colorado
Department
Secretary of the Treasury
New York City
Earthquake Ices Community in Reggio di Calabria
A strong quake shook the province on January 23 stirring panic recalling last October's disaster. A later, more severe shock damaged many buildings, left houses uninhabitable, and caused the municipal building at Blanco Nuevo to collapse. No deaths reported as residents camp outdoors amid cold. tents set up by authorities to ease suffering.
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Reggio di Calabria
Blanco Nuevo
Vanadis Yacht Launched for New York Club Patron
Glasgrew January 23 The Vanadis a large turbine yacht for K G Billings of the New York Yacht Club was launched this morning. The vessel measures about 20 feet in length overall with a gross tonnage over 1000. Plans were by a New York yacht design firm and she was built by the builders who constructed King Edward’s new yacht.
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Glasgrew
K. G. Billings
New York Yacht Club
New York
Swedish Minister Lagercrantz Appointed Interim at Copenhagen
Stockholm reports H. I. FF. Lagercrantsz, Swedish Minister to the United States, named minister and interim at Copenhagen on January 23. This marks a notable diplomatic posting with potential shifts in Nordic relations.
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Stockholm
H. I. FF. Lagercrantsz
United States
Copenhagen
Lawmakers Debate Urgent Deficiency Bill and Deficit Risk
Washington report on Representative Tawney proposing an urgent deficiency bill to curb spending as deficit estimates reach about 100 million dollars. He warned revenues may fall short, with military allocations alone at 416 million and tariff debates likely after the election amid political downturn. Interjections over a Arkansas-Oklahoma jest highlighted tense debate.
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Washington
Tawney
Minnesota
Appropriations Committee
House
Treasury
Democratic Party
Tatyney
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Fulton
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Robinson
Arkansan
Tariff Revision Urged by National Board of Trade
The National Board of Trade closed its Washington sessions urging an expeditious tariff revision and a permanent tariff commission. It called for reciprocity treaties with other nations, free duties for art works meant for public museums, and clearer tariff status for insular possessions. It backed forest preservation, irrigation of arid lands, and government ownership expansion. Officers elected include La Lanne, Estes, White, and Tucker.
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National Board of Trade
Congress
United States
Meyer
White Mountains
Appalachian
Frank D. la Lanne
Philadelphia
P. M. Estes
Nashville
Tenn
Clinton White
Boston
William R. Tucker
No Mystery in Magoon's Return to Washington
Washington officials say Governor Magoon's summoned appearance in Washington stems from public works projects in Cuba. The McGivney Roqueby sewer and paving contract in Havana tops the list at over 4 million dollars, with other major claims from Marianano Telephone, contractor Riley in Cienfuegos, and real estate matters in Santiago involving the Catholic Church.
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Washington
Magoon
Cuba
War Department
McGivney and Roqueby
Havana
Michael J. Cady
Marianano Telephone Company
Riley
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Jury Discharged After Long Broome County Term
In Binghamton New York the Broome County grand jury was discharged after a record length tenure. It filed a sealed report on county affairs and on Arthur W T Back former clerk and Republican county chairman eight indictments had been returned. Additional sealed indictments accuse three persons likely county officials or former officials and their identities will be revealed at arraignment tomorrow.
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Binghamton
N. Y
New York State
Broome County
Beig
Coman
Good Roads
Arthur W T. Back
Board of Supervisors
Republican County Committee
Naval hospital ship command debate in 1900s memo dispute
Admiral Brownson and Surgeon General Rixey clash over who should command hospital ships like the Relief. The memo argues medical officers must lead within their corps and that seagoing crews and naval officers ensure efficiency, with neutrality and sanitation authority emphasized for medical staff aboard hospital ships.
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Rixey
Brownson
Surgeon General
Bureau of Navigation
Army Transport Service
Naval
Secretary of the Navy
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