World fleet returns home after historic global cruise
The American battleship fleet left Gibraltar at 11 this morning and heads for Hampton Roads. The sixteen vessels began their voyage December 16, 1907 and will arrive February 22. The cruise drew wide notice from foreign powers as the ships visited South America, Australia, Japan, China, Egypt and the Mediterranean, with warm welcomes at every port. Admiral Evans and then Admiral Sperry commanded the fleet, with Rear Admiral Arnold’s squadron joining en route to escort the vessels to the U S capital. President Roosevelt and other officials were to greet the fleet upon arrival.
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Hampton Roads
Washington
South America
Australia
Japan
China
Ceylon
Egypt
Mediterranean
Admiral Evans
San Francisco
Thomas
Sperry
Arnold
Atlantic
Maine
Mississippi
New Hampshire
Idaho
Chester
Birmingham
Salem
Admiral Sperry
Admiral Arnold
Roosevelt
Vast Improvements Planned by Southern Pacific Railway
The Southern Pacific Railway will spend $25,000,000 to build a base at Bowman near Auburn for Sierra Nevada improvements. The project creates two lines from Roseville to Truckee and lowers the grade by 1000 feet. It includes a six mile tunnel to be completed over four years.
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Ern Pacific Railway Company
Bowman
Auburn
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Roseville
Truckee
Prisoner crushed to death under freight train
Charles Thompson, held prisoner, became entangled in a switchfrog as a freight train backed. The train slowly moved, crushing his left foot and he died before he could escape.
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Chicago
Charles Thompson
Dozen Deaths Reported From Severe Storm Across Deep South
Atlanta reports a Friday storm that swept Mississippi Alabama and Georgia with tornado like force causing over a dozen deaths and many serious injuries across multiple communities.
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Atlanta
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Captain Qualtrough Found Guilty by Court Martial
Gibraltar February 6 Captain Edward Qualtrough of the battleship Georgia was found guilty of intoxication on duty and conduct prejudicial to the navy. He is suspended six months with a loss of ten numbers in rank. Rear Admiral Sperry approved the finding. the secretary of the navy must act on the loss of numbers. He is detached and ordered home as a Georgia passenger. Lieutenant Commander Klein remains in command for the homeward voyage.
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Gibraltar
Edward Qualtrough
Georgia
Sperry
Secretary of the Navy
Qualtrough
Klein
Eight to Be Executed in Louisiana Hang Day
Baton Rouge reports that on Friday March 5 a large group of condemned men will be executed by hanging in Louisiana. The event would set a record for the state, with the number possibly the most in years unless a last minute stay is granted.
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Pelican State
Louisiana
Alabama pistol length law struck down by state court
In Montgomery on February 6 the Alabama Supreme Court declared the pistol length statute unconstitutional. The ruling reverses a prior decision and applies to both officers and civilians. The verdict, nullifying a law in the Lon Taylor case, found him guilty of carrying an unlawful weapon.
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Montgomery
Alabama
State Supreme Court
Lon Taylor
Booker Washington Essay Sparks Louisiana Protests
In New Orleans on February 6, the book list for Louisiana schools includes a directive to write an essay on Booker Washington drawing vigorous protests from Confederate groups. General Lewis Guion, head of the United Confederate Veterans historical committee, conducts quadrennial checks for objections to southern figures in school texts and noted the Booker Washington reference.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Booker Washington
Lewis Guion
Historical Committee of the United Confederate Veterans
South
Katy Railway Sued Over Repeated Schedule Delays
Austin reports the state attorney general sues the Missouri Kansas and Texas railway for penalties up to 130000 for 26 cited signals of trains running behind schedule in Hillsboro. The Texas Railroad Commission plans to consider party rates for groups of 14 or more on one ticket. Governor Campbell denies upcoming North Texas speeches. Federal judge Maxey allows Pablo Yordi embezzlement case to proceed in Mexican custody. appeal to the U S Supreme Court noted.
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Austin
Attorney General's Department
Twenty-sixth District Court
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Law and Commission
Hillsboro
Railroad Commission
Houston
Galveston
Campbell
Texas
Maxey
United States
el Paso
Pablo Yordi
Federal Supreme Court
Politicians Arrive by Special Train for Houston Visit
A Pullman train brought 300 guests from Austin to Houston on Saturday, including state senators, representatives, and officials. A reception was held in the morning with tours by launch to the San Jacinto battlefield, where Mayor Rice Judge Kittrell and Attorney General Davidson spoke. An evening reception occurred at the Rice hotel on the former state capitol site.
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Austin
Ship Canal
San Jacinto Battle Field
Rice
Kittrell
Davidson
Rice Hotel
Pleads Guilty to Rebating in 1906 Case
Wilbur Smith former Iron Mountain traffic manager and Waters-Pierce Oil executive pleaded guilty in Little Rock to granting a rebate to T. H. Bunch in 1906 on one of 59 federal counts. He was fined 2500 dollars plus costs.
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Little Rock
Wilbur Smith
Iron Mountain Railroad
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
St. Louis
T. H. Bunch
Engineer Arrives to Build Texas Reservoir
Hiram Phillips, a St. Louis hydraulic engineer, is in Denison to construct a waterworks reservoir. When finished the dam will impound 1,342,000,000 gallons with a daily inflow of 2,000,000 gallons, creating the largest fresh water supply basin in Texas.
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Denison
Hiram Phillips
St. Louis
Texas
Tragic Child Burned to Death in Statesboro
Statesboro Ga Feb 6 Mrs Lean der tied her child in a chair before a fire. While she was away another child set fire to the child's clothing and it burned to death before the mother returned.
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Statesboro
Leander
Giffen anti alien land bill passed by assembly in Carson
The Nevada assembly approved the Giffen bill banning ownership of land or land mortgages by aliens, including Japanese residents, in the state. The measure targets foreign ownership and aligns with anti alien land laws under consideration in Carson on February 6.
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Carson
Nev
Assembly
Chinese official Chen Pi dismissed amid corruption charges
Pekin reports Chen Pi president of the board of communications and three under secretaries removed in disgrace. He faced impeachment for corruption as the second high official ousted since the death of the emperor and dowager empress last November.
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Pekin
Chen Pi
Board of Communications
The
Boar
China
Boasberg Found Guilty Under Locke Anti Racing Law
Mark Boas berg was found guilty of violating the Locke anti racing law at Suburban race track on January 22. Judge Prentice Edrington sentenced him to a $350 fine and seven months in Jefferson Parish prison.
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New Orleans
Mark Boasberg
Locke
Prentice Edrington
Jefferson Parish
Yellow Fever and Smallpox Spread Prompt Quarantine
Two additional yellow fever cases are reported in Merida Yucatan, bringing total to three. Quarantine is imposed on boats arriving at Mexican ports from Quintana Roo where smallpox is raging, and a similar order applies to Guatemala where the disease is prevalent.
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City of Mexico
Merida
Yucatan
Quintana Roo
Mex
Guatemala
Land sale targets immigrants from quake district of Italy
Beaumont on February 6 reports Henry Carter sold 20 000 acres to G C Munroe of Texarkana for 300 000. The tract will be subdivided and sold to Italian earthquake district immigrants. Rice and tobacco are to be cultivated.
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Beaumont
Henry Carter
G. C. Munroe
Texarkana
Italy
Severe Take Away Horses From Suburban Meet
In New Orleans on February 6 owners of horses brought for the Suburban meet decide to move several stables to Tampa rather than await court outcomes. The Burton Burchett Sergino and Pendergrast stables are being transferred.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Burton, Burchett, Sergino
Pendergrast
Tampa
Elder Civil War veteran L M Hennessey dies at home
Burnet Texas February 6 Old civil war veteran L M Hennessey eighty years old prominent citizen collapsed and died at his eight mile Burnet area home while rising from breakfast.
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Burnet
Tex
L. M. Hennessey
Mose Watson Shot to Death in Cozy Corner Saloon
Mose Watson newly arrived from Amarillo to open a saloon was shot and killed at the Cozy Corner in El Paso. J W Childress, owner of the saloon, was arrested in connection with the shooting.
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el Paso
Mose Watson
Amarillo
J. W. Childress
Revered minister collapses and dies after funeral
In Reading Pennsylvania on February 6 Rev J P Stein collapsed shortly after leading a funeral procession and died. The incident occurred moments after the service as he returned from the church. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful and authorities began an inquiry into the sudden death.
Allision Remembered Deceased Leader In Senate
The Senate spent a day of mourning for Iowa Senator William Boyd Allison who died August 4 1908. Addresses carried unusual warmth reflecting his long service and character with Iowa's Dolliver delivering the principal eulogy.
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William Boyd Allison
Iowa
Senate
Allison
Dolliver
Lake Arthur Jennings and Northern Railway Chartered
A new railroad company the Lake Arthur Jennings and Northern Railway is chartered with 500000 capital. Headquarters in Jennings and terminus at Lake Arthur ten miles south, with a northward route toward the Colorado Southern. President is W B Conover of Lake Arthur.
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Jennings
Lake Arthur
Jennings and Northern Railway Company
Colorado Southern
W. B. Conover
Oklahoma Men Indicted to Face Court Pleas
Judge Campbell set February 13 in the United States district court for Governor Haskell and six other prominent Oklahoma men charged with alleged fraud in Muskogee town lot cases to appear and plead.
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Muskogee
Campbell
United States District Court
Haskell
Oklahoma
Child's Hand Amputated in Oklahoma Machinery Accident
Beaver Oklahoma February 6 A child of John Clark living southeast of Elmwood suffered a severe hand crush injury from machinery requiring amputation.
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Beaver
Okla
John Clark
Elmwood
Governor Haskell Seeks Delay in Conspiracy Case Hearing
Muskogee February 6 Governor Haskell protested to U S Attorney Gregg against the February 18 hearing on the conspiracy in townsite frauds case. He requested more time and the case was reset for March 1 at Vinita.
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Muskogee
Guthrie
Haskell
United States
Gregg
Vinita
Floods intensify as Rhine valley hurricane hits Frankfort areas
Reports of loss of life pour in from the flooded Rhine valley regions. Lower Frankfort-on-the-Main is submerged with the Danube high and several villages cut off from outside communication.
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Berlin
Rhine Valley
Frankfort-on the-Main
Danube
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Declares Initial Quarterly Dividend
Directors of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railway company in New York announced an initial quarterly dividend of 1 percent on the company's stock on February 6.
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New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railway Company
Serious Shooting In Austin Leads To Arrest
Following a lung shot at a location in Austin, Frank Ross was wounded when T. P. Stuckert was arrested in connection with the shooting.
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Austin
Frank Ross
T. P Stuckert
The Poor Woman Life Quotation
A fragment from Life quotes a man describing a fall from a ladder caused by a woman at its base. The remark underscores a sharp, darkly humorous view in a brief epigram.
Ordinance Seeks Bonds for City Water Light Plant
The city of Bryan proposes a bond issue of 75000 dollars to fund a City Water Light and Sewerage Plant and 18000 dollars to refund existing bonds. The election is set for the first Tuesday in March 1909 at the City Hall Secretary’s office. Interest will be four percent, semi annual. J. T. Maloney, Mayor. J. B. Hines, Secretary.
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City of
Bryan
J. T. Maloney
J. B. Hines
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Dr. Price
Howell
Newton
Julian Kokenge
Rock of Gibraltar
Southern Pacific Railway
Baton Rouge
Katy Railway
R. V. Davidson
Reading
J. P. Stein
City National Bank
G. S. Parker
E. H. Astin
A. W. Wilkerson
E. W. Crenshaw
Asst
J.k.parker ,J.n.cole
J.W. English
New Railroad Company
Legal Publication
Pablo Terroce
C. E. Bullock & Co
Fulton
FEF
J. Jenkins
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