Battle Near La Victoria In Venezuela Flares Up Again
Fierce fighting resumed near La Victoria as government forces under President Castro clash with revolutionaries. The president’s artillery shrank from 15 guns to four as 6,000 loyalists faced 7,000 rebels. Wounded flood La Victoria with provisions scarce amid hunger for foreign residents in Tucacas. Meanwhile foreign ships head to Tucacas amid blockades, protests, and diplomatic moves by the United States and European powers.
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Castro Making Last Stand at Victoria Battle
Washington reports a cable from United States Minister Bowen at Caracan saying the Battle Victoria continues. Observers believe Castro is making his last stand and that the revolution's fate will be decided by this engagement.
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Old Case Settled in Columbus Rail Damages Trial
The Columbus and Rome Railroad case involving Mrs. J. O. Christian ends with a $20,000 verdict. Her husband was killed in 1883 by a railroad agent at Chipley, a wrongful death claim tied to freight business, with prior Supreme Court actions and prior judgments. The railroad, long part of Central of Georgia, reportedly has no treasury funds.
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Train Crew Arrested In Mexican Jail For Fatal Incident
In Agua Prieta across the line from Douglass Arizona two Mexicans were struck by a train. One died and the other was severely injured. The engine crew Ed Patterson Fred McDonough Geo McCorse and F H Kidd were seized by Mexican authorities and held in jail. Superintendent Morgan reportedly urged railroad men not to cross the line to free the Americans.
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Inmates Escaped After House Shot At in Waycross
More than a hundred bullets were fired into a Tenderloin area house in Waycross Georgia with occupants taking refuge behind furniture and trunks as assailants concealed in a nearby thicket fled.
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