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Title: With Speaker Cannon through the tropics : a descriptive story of a voyage to the West Indies, Venezuela and Panama: containing views of the Speaker upon our colonial possessions
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Moore, J. Hampton (Joseph Hampton), 1864-1950
Subjects: Cannon, Joseph Gurney, 1836-1926
Publisher: Philadelphia, The Book print
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Yard, which comprehends the frowning oldprison on the spot of land across the harbor, and numeroussmall boats, with men in uniform, flitted in and out. The President is making a fine new navy yard, saidone of our escort on the wharf. But hes got a lot of political prisoners in that olddungeon, said another. What do they say in Caracas; is Castro living or dead?queried a third. By this time the United States Consul, Mr. Johnson, anegro, from New York, accompanied by an assistant, cameforward and presented himself to the Speaker. AnotherNew Yorker, Mr. Broad, was amongst the callers. Broadwas completing the Government work at the navy yard,and had just set up a dry dock which was built in the UnitedStates. It had been a holiday in Puerto Cabello, and theplaces of business were closed, so we turned our eyes to themajestic outlines of the steamship Blueclier—our home.She was ablaze with lights from stem to stern, and herproportions dwarfed into insignificance the vessels that laynearby.
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the; i^amily wash, Jamaica. CHAPTER VIII. JAMAICA. Fun on the Ship—Mr. Cannon Reminesces—The Development ofthe West—Peter Cartwrights Sermon—Lincohis Sore Trial—Lovejoys Speech in the Illinois Convention—Americas GreatHome Market—Approach to Jamaica—Wrecks and Rocks—TheSinking- of Port Royal—Kingston and the Earthqnake—Storiesof the Great Disaster—The Queens Monument Twisted—A Dis-mantled Cluh—Citizens Still Bewildered—The Incident ofSwellcnham—A Foolish Letter—Women Carrying the Hod—yVrrival of Secretary Mctcalf—Governor Dines With Americans—Trouhle Raising Revenue—Canada Complains of the Tariff-United States Left Out—Work of Restoration Slow. Lie sailed —away — from New York Bay, Across — the o-cean l)lue,Lie did — the whole — West Indies up And captured Vcne/u —He had —the Spcak-er and the House — The Sen-ator had, too,And every other MannWho was ever worth a , So McKinley,—Llercstoyou ! The qtiict Illinoisan was dozino

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