Five Portuguese and Swedish crew killed in El Alba explosion
Five men died when the Southern Pacific freight steamer El Alba exploded in the hold off the Mississippi. All victims were Portuguese except Joel Ericson, a Swedish seaman. The ship, carrying onions from Galveston to New York, was towed to Algiers after being disabled. bodies were buried at sea. The captain logged five deaths as the crew recovered. The El Alba to be repaired in port.
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Southern Pacific
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Diatrass
Minsia
Alpp
New Orleanns
Das Joel Ericson
Antonio Barras
Pal
Manuel Conoza
Antonio Conoza
Hremen
Manuel Ganalis
Ericson
Sweden
Hi Alba
Galveston
New York
Robert Quick
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Old Confederates Parade Through Mobile in Anniversary March
In Mobile on April 28, 16,000 veterans of the Confederacy marched under battle flags in a large parade. Weather was perfect for the event, with crowds cheering as Stars and Stripes and Stars and Bars flew above. General George W Gordon took command after General Clement Evans weakened and unable to review. The parade featured sponsors and maids, etc. Guests planned additional events through the week.
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Mobile
Ala
Confedrecy
Archea
George Harrison
Alabama
Wnd
Jefferson Shields
Clement A. Evans
George W Gordon
Gordon
Historia Blonville Square
Lafayette
Implicated Georgians linked to bank defraud attempt
Memphis April 28 James Btallings alias McCres, who in a recent confession implicated William and Clarence Noles of Georgia, was arrested yesterday in Chicago on panic swindles charges. He was brought to town after being apprehended in St Louis and held in county jail for trying to defraud a local bank of 345.
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Memphis Tenn
James Btallings
McCres
William and
Clarence Noles
Georgia
Chicago
St Louis
An Old Skin Ailment Healed By Cuticura Treatment
A reader recounts a years long skin torment on the right leg from ankle to knee that resisted many remedies until using Cuticura Remedies. After adoption of the regimen the lesion vanished and the writer credits the cure to Cuticura products. Address: 317 Cabot St Philadelphia Pa. Patent pending.
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Glen BP
Causars Bescontora Bude
Catia
Hance
Cabot Bt
Philadelphia
Silva Exhibit Attracts Atlanta Art Association
The Atlanta Art Association plans a private view of Silva paintings Sat Apr 30 from 7 30 to 10 30 pm, with public exhibition May 7 for two weeks. Silva, a Georgian by birth trained in Paris, has recent shows in Boston Washington and Charleston. His work is praised for simplicity, breadth, true drawing, reserve and atmospheric quality.
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Buva'i
Paris
Tha Saion
Georges Pelt
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Sliva Hes
Boston
Washington
Charleston
Pictorea Wera
Monitor of
Silvas
Art Association
Laegus
No Mother's Day for Old Kentucky
Frankfort Kentucky April 28 Governor Wilson writes Milas Anne Jarvis of Philadelphia declining her request to set a Mothers Day apart in Kentucky He states there is no general demand in Kentucky for the Mothers Day observance adopted by several states and that every day should be for mothers not one declared day
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Frankfort
Wilson
Milas Anne Jarvis
Philadelphia
Tech
Kentucky
Big Bull Elephant Strangled to Death at Circus
Danubia, 101, April 28, reports a rampaging circus elephant killed after causing property damage and injuries. Executed this afternoon by elephants pulling chains to prevent further harm. valued at about $15,000.
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Beardes
Murder Tale From a Drunken Rage in Welch
A man in Welch Ya. shot and killed two men and wounded several others after being driven to violence by drink. He later fell under a train, losing balance as chaos erupted late Tuesday night.
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Welch
John Morris
Minér
Aml Inter
Tartu
General Alexander Dies in Savannah After Long Illness
Savannah Georgia April 2 General E Alexander dies at 9 20 AM at his home after a year long illness. He had paralysis last year at Georgstown 3 C and gradually declined. Private funeral in Savannah with body to be sent to Augusta for burial. Alexander a West Point graduate 1857 served in Civil War and later led railroads including Central Railroad of Georgia and was a government director of Union Pacific 1885 to 1887.
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E . Alexander
Georgstown
Augusta
Alexander
West Point
Utah
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco
Appomattox
Longstreets Corps
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University of
South Carolina
Southern
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Union Pacific Railroad
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Fire setting confession links 18 year old Newport girl
Anna Fay an 18 year old Newport resident confessed to police that she started fires at the Ritchie household driving the daily danger. She described violent nervous episodes that compelled her to strike matches in broad daylight and assist in extinguishing resulting blazes.
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Newport
Anna Fay
Parta
George W. Ritchie
Ritchie
Governor Comer Kicked By Horse At Home
In Montgomery Alabama on April 28 Governor B B Comer was kicked by a horse injuring his shin leaving him to remain in bed for about two weeks as doctors advise rest He was kicked at his country home at Comer last week The incident delayed him from routine duties and caused a brief halt in state affairs. Also in Richmond on April 28 stockholders of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway vote to raise capital to 700 400 000 dollars in a special session to fund expansion plans.
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Wontgomery
Ala
B B Comer
Comer
Richmond
Cheasapeakeama Ohio Railway
BUTCHERS BEFORE U S GRAND JURY IN SAVANNAH
Savannah April 28 The federal grand jury continued its probe into the beef trust in Savannah calling witnesses Charles Rocca WoT Fleming and I T Goodrich local butchers Their testimony reportedly concerns an alleged price fixing agreement among packing houses and a blacklist of noncompliant firms Goodrich chief executive of ITT Goodrich Company says the beef trust caused his bankruptcy pressures
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Savannah
Grant
United States Court
Beef Trust
Charles Rocca
Wot Fleming
I T Goodrich
Goodrich
ITT Goodrich Company
Banker Kills Himself in Missouri Bank Leader's Death
Nelson, vice president of a Chicago bank and former Missouri State Bankers Association president, committed suicide today in St Joseph Missouri. Local accounts confirm the incident and suggest no foul play was involved.
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St Joseph Mo
Nelson
ChiHsothe
Missouri State Bankers Association
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