Nicaragua Captures Puerto Cortez. Ceiba Falls in Campaign
Mobile reports that Puerto Cortez in Honduras is in Nicaraguan hands and Ceiba was seized with little resistance. The Nicaraguan army and navy moved on Ceiba after taking Cortez, and gunboats and small craft guarded American interests. Commander Estrada and Commander Fullam arranged that Puerto Cortez not be bombarded.
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Mobile
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Ceiba
Thacker Steamship Company
New Orleans
Puerto Barrios
Cortez
Nicaragua
Tegucigalpa
Guatemala
W. E. Fullam
United States
Marietta
Colombia
Estrada
Manuel Letta
Manuel Bonilla
Fullam
Barrillas Murder Reveals Guatemala Ex-President Assassination
General Manuel Lizandro Barrillas, ex-president of Guatemala, was killed on a Guadalupe street car in Mexico City. A youth of about seventeen stabbed him twice, severing the jugular and slashing his face. the assailant was captured and identified only as Jose Estrada from Ocoas, Guatemala. Barrillas, aged sixty two, opposed the current Guatemalan government and was considered a likely candidate for next president.
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City
Mexico
Manuel Lizandro Barrillas
Guatemala
Calle Semenerio
Guadalupe
Jose Estrada
Ocoas
Barrilas
Fire and Water Ravage Frisco Tank and Coaling System
In Snyder Oklahoma on April 8 a railroad tank and the nearby coaling system were destroyed by fire and water after the tank broke. Workman Charles Bowman suffered broken legs while FE L Kinney nearly drowned and others were injured. Five loaded coal cars burned. Fire suspected incendiary origin.
Gasoline Explosion Injures Owner in Guthrie
An April 8 gasoline explosion shattered a two story brick building on Harrison avenue in Guthrie injuring Roy Waugh of Springfield Missouri trunk maker and Indian curio shop owner who occupied the structure. About forty people in upstairs rooms escaped with difficulty as the blast rattled the city. Waugh was filling a gasoline tank at the time of the explosion.
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Guthrie
Harrison Avenue
Roy Waugh
Springfield
Waugh
Hamilton Dead After Civil War Rescue of Prisoners
Sandusky Ohio April 8 William Hamilton longtime Island Queen clerk died at age seventy one He was credited as one of five men who during the Civil War prevented the release of 700 Confederate prisoners on Johnsons Island confirming his role in a notable wartime incident.
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Sandusky
William Hamilton
Island Queen
Johnson's Island
Noted Divine Dies in Charleston at 78
Bishop emeritus Rev. John D. Johnson D D LL D, longtime rector of St Philip's, former Fort Sumter engineer in the siege, author of the Defense of Sumter, dies Sunday night at age 78 leaving a wife and several children.
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Charleston
John D. Johnson
D. D
St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church
Fort Sumpter
Puerto Cortez Captured by Nicaraguan Troops
Managua reports Puerto Cortez on Honduras north coast has been occupied by Nicaraguan troops. Details remain unconfirmed but advices from reliable sources indicate the action occurred on the Honduran coast.
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Puerto Cortez
Managua
Nicaragua
Honduras
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