America's Record Breaking Fleet Heads For Far Ports
A listing traces the fleet of Rear Admiral Sperry and divisions led by Admirals Wainwright Schroeder Potter as it sails from Hampton Roads on December 16, 1907, visiting Rio de Janeiro Punta Arenas Valparaiso Calico Magdalena Bay San Francisco Honolulu Auckland Sydney Melbourne Manila Amoy Colombo Port Said Naptes Villefranche Malta Marseilles Gibraltar and more. Total distance 42,227 miles in one year two months and six days with fifteen foreign countries visited.
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America
Charles 8. Sperry
Connecticutt
Hugo Osterhaue
Cansas
Charles B. 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
Seaton Schroeder
Louisiana
Kossuth Niles
Virginia
Alexander Sharp
Ohto
Thomas B. Howard
Missouri
Robert M. Doste
William P. Potter
Wisconsin
Frank E. Beatty
Illinois
John M. Bowyer
Kearsarge
Hamilton Hutchins
Kentucky
Walter C. Cowles
Hampton Roads
Rio de Janeiro
Punta Arenas
Arnsel Valpariso
Calico
Magdalena Bay
San Francisco
Honolulu
Auckland
Sydney
Melburne
Manila
Yama
Amoy
Colombo
Port Said
Villefranche
Malta
Marseilles
Gibralta
Artive Hampton Roud
Fiftean
Kansas
Qhickly
President
Admiral Sperry
Muncor
Kr Walx
Connecticut
Secretary of the Navy
Rowle
Admiral Arnold
Mainlower
Washington
Old Point
Equator
Gibraltar
Navy fleet returns home after circumnavigation voyage
The American battleship fleet returns to Hampton Roads after a 42,297 mile cruise, cheered by President Roosevelt and Secretary Newberry. Admiral Sperry reports completion as the Mayflower and the ships pass Cape Charles and Fort Monroe, with 21 gun salutes and a festive homecoming.
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Point Comfort
Pune
Saof
Col- America
Hampton
Monabo
Dent Roosevelt
Navy Newberry
Fort Monroe
Virginia Capes
Lower
Chesapeake
Thimble Shoal
Cape Charles
Connecticut
Mayflower
EET Proves Inspiration of Respect and Pride
Fragmentary text discusses a visit to China during indemnity remittance and the impact on signatories after a visit to Japan. It mentions United States agents and a broader view by nations on military importance, but fragmented and unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eet
China
Ed Giuten
United States
Snaik Ts
Mikawo
Foot
Japan
United
Senators Flee Tennessee to Hamstring Election Laws
Nashville silent as 13 State Senate members flee the chamber to thwart the governor's control of election machinery. Absentees, judged in contempt, depart for 22 days of session, blocking veto override and delaying appointment of a new state treasurer and comptroller. The move risks forcing a special session and restraining election law changes.
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Nashville
Tenn
State
Senate
Patterson
Atarus
Strong Defence of Press Pardons Louisville Herald Publisher
Governor Augustus E. Willson grants a pardon to the Louisville Herald Publishing Company over an indictment in Calloway and Trigg Circuits for criminal libel against Judge Thomas P. Cook and Commonwealth's attorney Denny P. Smith. The governor cites unpunished crime by officials and argues press criticism is essential to civil order and public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Louisville
Frankfort
South
Augustus EF. Willson
Herald Publishing Company
Louisville Herald
Calloway
Trigg
Thomas P. Cook
Commonwealth
Denny P. Smith
Willson
Bill to Help Prohibition Sails Through House in Tennesee
Washington special reports Representative Brownlow of Tennessee introduced a bill to enable states to enforce prohibition by surrendering full control of the liquor traffic. The measure seeks to empower states to enforce laws on the sale and manufacture of intoxicating alcohol nationwide.
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Washington
Special
Tennessee
Brownlow
Ohio Wins Steaming Trophy On World Voyage Return
The battleship Ohio sailed Sunday for New York after returning to Fort Monroe Virginia. The third squadron met the Ohio at sea and then sailed Monday for Guantanamo, likely heading for a West Indian cruise. The Ohio leaves as proud winner of the steaming trophy for economy in coal and water throughout the voyage.
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Ohio
Fort Monroe
New York
Guantanamo
Hampton Hood
Uniform Child Labor Conference Aims South
Governor Banders of Louisiana calls for a Southern State child labor conference in New Orleans on March 2. The plan draws favorable responses from Mississippi and North Carolina as states weigh the belt conference initiative.
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Baton Rouge
Banders
Louisiana
New Orleans
Sint
Wee
Minsieni
Noi Carolina
Taft speaks on learned professions and government duties
President-elect William H Taft addressed Pennsylvanias University of Pennsylvania Washington birthday exercises urging citizens to focus on the public weal and politics. He praised ministers physicians and lawyers while critiquing sensationalist press and calling for restraint and public scrutiny. Meanwhile Mondovi Wis reports farmer James Hanson murdered his four children then killed himself after a spate of farmyard slaughter and arson.
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Philadelphia
William H. Taft
United States
University of Pennsylvania
Washington
Taft
Roosevelt
Jurge Taft
Tropics
Panama Canal
Mondovi
Wis
Sperial
Jinas B. Hanson
New Strun
Hanson
Seven Die After Train Collision in Pennsylvania
A passenger train No. 40 bound for Norfolk collided with an engine near Delmar Pennsylvania on Monday morning. Seven were killed and several others injured including mail clerks Sophia Ashurpoles and others from Delaware Maryland Philadelphia and Tennessee.
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Penna
Delmar
Del
Sperial
Norfolk
Tennsylvania
J. Ed. McCready
Wilmington
Oliver Perry
Philadelphia
W. B. Cochran
Ww. Wood
R. Davis
Marydel
FL. Wilhelm
Sophia Ashurpoles
Menphis, Tenn
Engineer Bealéed to Death in Rail Crash Near Allenta
In the freight week at Harchins, a Southern Railway express train from Washington to Allenta derailed 69 miles south of here. Fireman Joe Clay, a Negro, was injured so severely that he will die, and a passenger or crew couch and baggage car turned over. Police reported the wreck as a fatal rail accident with injuries from the crash.
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Hireenville
D. C
Cwr
Southern Railway
Washington
Allenta
Harchins
Here
Joe Clay
Doings of Congress and the Indian appropriation bill advances
The Senate spent most of Saturday on the Indian appropriation bill, approving over 0.5 million in amendments, while two more annual supply bills passed in the House. Discussions on the postal savings bank lingered as Carter’s effort for a voting day failed, and Rainey’s remarks triggered sharp exchanges with Burton. The chamber dealt with multiple appropriations, investigations, and the fate of the sundry civil and forestry measures, concluding with adjournment and conference actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House of Representatives
Senaty
Postal Savings Bank
Carter
Montana
McLaurin
Washington
Aldrich
Senae
Rainey
Tinois
Burton
Ohio
Tilinoig
William Nelson Cromwell
Mr. Cromwell
Charles P. Taft
Taft
Lotering
Masachusetts
Cookran
New York
House
Clarke
Florida
Committee On the Judiciary
Bacon
Rainer
Obaldia
Panamra
McCumber
North Dakota
Congress
Civier
Honere
Hephara
Forestry Service
Harbor Hill
St. Mary's River
Michigan
Latimer
South Carolina
Renrestutetion Powers
Maine
Wiley
Alabama
Meyer
Louisiana
Brick
Indiana
Granger
Rihode
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Brownaville
Tex
Texas
Wax
Train Robbers Retreat Near Mount Airy
Three masked men tried a bold hold up of Express Messenger Tom Trub bard on a train between Sanford and Mount Airy Monday night near Mount Airy. The robbers entered the car as the train stood at the Ararat tank taking on water but were repulsed when the messenger drew his pistol.
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Winston-Salem, Special
Express
Tom Trubbard
Sanford
Mount Airy
Ararat
Hubani
Papers For Seminole Men in Columbia
Sheriff W H Coleman left for Nashville to serve warrants on Jol Y Guilington accused of obtaining money under false pretenses. Warrants issued for Gare Kngton McT Denne and LS Yoong for conspiracy. John Vo Garrington named president of the Seminole Securities Company. A Senate resolution, introduced by Mr Tillman, seeks to bar President measures and reports from mails if deemed obscene literature. referred to post offices and post roads committee.
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Columbia
B.C Speein
W. H. Coleman
Nashville
Tennessce
Jol Y. Guilington
Clargs
John
Gare Kngton
McT
Denne
LS. Yoong
Young
Jena
John Vo Garrington
Trecident
Semiinnle Securities Company
Senate
Congress
Tillman
Committee On Post Offices
Fragmented Dialect Exchange Reveals Local Chatter
A rough dialect snippet shows two speakers, Poats and Jokmaing, discussing labor and a forthcoming job. The lines hint at plans for next week and a curious improvised phrase about an “Indye” but lack clear context or complete meaning.
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Teet
Whcle
Sam
Brownsville
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