Fleet Is Welcomed Home From Record Voyage
The article lists Rear Admirals and captains in four divisions and names a long itinerary for the fleet. It records departures from Hampton Roads on December 16, 1907 and arrivals at ports across the world ending back at Hampton Roads February 22, 1909. It notes total distance 42 227 miles and travel time of one year two months and six days with fifteen foreign countries visited.
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America
Charles 8. Sperry
Connecticutt
Hugo Osterhaus
Cansas
Charles E. Vreeland
Minnesota
John Hubbard
Vermont
Frank F. Fletcher
Richard Wainwright
Georgia
George W. Kline
Nebraska
Reginald F. Nicholson
New Jersey
William H. H. Sutherland
Rhode Island
Joseph B. Murdock
Manila
Yokohama
Amoy
Colombo
Port Said
Naples
Villefranche
Malta
Marseilles
Gibralta
Hampton Roads
Admiral Sperry
President
Secretary of the Navy
Admiral Arnold
Washington
Old Point
Equator
Gibraltar
Atlantic Fleet Returns Home From Globe-Circumnavigation
Old Point Comfort Va Special reports the grand homecoming of sixteen battleships after a 14 month voyage covering 42 227 miles. President Roosevelt and Secretary Newberry welcomed Admiral Sperry and the fleet aboard the Mayflower as it reviewed the ships near Fort Monroe. The voyage boosted U S prestige and naval morale.
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Old Point Comfort
Special
America
Hampton Roads
Roosevelt
Newberry
Thimble Shoal Light
Fort Monroe
Virginia Capes
Old Fort Monroe
Admiral Sperry
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Thimbls Shoal
Cape Charles
Capes
Connecticut
Warrants Issued Over World Newspaper Indictments
The United States grand jury issued warrants late Wednesday for Joseph Pulitzer Caleb M VanHamm and Robert H Lyman editors of The New York World and The Press Publishing Company. Indictments allege stories against Roosevelt Taft Root Morgan Taft Cromwell and others were used to blackmail and injure government interests. The Indianapolis News vows to resist extradition to the District of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Beach
Jospeh Pulitzer
Caleb M. VanHamm
Robert H. Lyman
New York World
Ceale
United States
Panams
United States Grand Jury
Clerk of Criminal Court
the Press Publishing Company, of
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
William J. Taft
Elihu Root
J. Piermont Morgan
Charles P. Taft
Douglas Robinson
William Nelson Cromwell
Indianapolis
District of Columbia
Earthquakes Hit Porto Rico As Weather Fires Rumor
A Porto Rico dispatch reports heavy earthquake shocks across the island at 3 o clock Wednesday morning. No damage is listed and vibrations lasted about 20 seconds from east to west. The weather remains stormy with unsettled conditions noted.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
Oscillano
Well-known Confederate Nurse Emily Mason Dies at 94
Washington obituary notes Special-Miss Emily Virginia Mason of a Virginia family died Wednesday night at age 94. A Civil War nurse for Confederate soldiers and later a nurse for Union troops at Libby Prison, she organized hospital camps by request of President Davis and wrote the first life of Gen. Robert E. Lee. She later led a Paris school.
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Washington
Emily Virginia Mason
Virginia
Libby
Mason
Davis
Robert E. Lee
Paris
Negro Appointed Judge in District of Columbia
Robert H. Terrell, a Harvard graduate, has been appointed judge of the new municipal court for the District of Columbia. He is the only African American holding a high judicial post in the country.
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Carmack
Nashville
Tenn
Cooper-Sharp
Sena
District of Columbia
Washington
Robert H. Terrell
Harvard College
Senate and House clash over bills and salaries in Congress
Controversy erupts between Senators La Follette and Penrose over rushed bills. House action settles pay for the Secretary of State, allowing a cut from 12000 to 8000 dollars. The day includes passage of army pension and various supply bills, and debates on fortifications and canals.
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Senate
la Follette
Penrose
L‘ll
Knox
House
Fitzgerald
United States
Messrs
Hubbard
Hepburn
Iowa
Congress
House of Representatives
Diplomatic and Consular
Amilitary Academy
Keifer
Ohio
Ohio Canal
Hitchcock
Nebraska
57Th House
Allison
Postal Savings Bank
Carter
Montana
Senator McLaurin
Washington
Aldrich
Rainey
Illinois
Panama Canal
Burton
William Nelson Cromwell
Cromwell
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Mr. Lovering
Massachusetts
Cochran
New York
Negro Shoots White Boy in Memphis Killing
James Holman Taylor aged 16 nephew of Police Chief Davis was shot and killed near his father's home in South Memphis late Wednesday by Eddie Prode a Black man. A crowd of hundreds formed after the killing and began a search for Prode intending quick punishment.
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Memphis
Tenn
James Holman Taylor
Davis
Eddie Prode
Prode
Modern Amusements to Improve Recreation for All
The Philadelphia Press notes a steady advance in American entertainment from grim pasts to modern forms. It cites baseball parks, vaudeville, moving pictures, and four symphony series as signs of cleaner, more varied leisure.
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Chestnut Street
Hotel Clarendon Fire Destroys Florida Resort
Fire at the Hotel Clarendon near Sey destroyed the resort hotel and ten cottages. About 250 guests slept through the blaze without injury as they gathered belongings and escaped.
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Clarendon
Sey
Florida
R. L. Patton
Big Horn
Mount Airy
N. C
Henry McCrea
Greenlief
Missouri
Pacific
Aurélius Christian
Mary Dobbs
Botetourt Court
Ular Court
James G. Gres S. A
Edenton
J. L. Fox
Stephen Watson
Lina Sykes
Elizabet N.C
Mia
Elida Burkhead
Lancaster
John R. B. Carraway
National Bank of
H. Clay Pierce
P' Waters-Pierce Oil Comsourt
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China
Japan
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F. S. Royster Guano Company
Latimer
South Carolina
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Alabama
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