Blockade Raised Rouses Caracas and People’s Joy
Advices from La Guayra and Caracas report the blockade being officially raised after British cruiser Tribune left for London. The populace expresses wild delight as government troops move to crush the rebellion. Steamers turn toward consignments of coffee and other goods awaiting transport to the United States.
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Venezuela
Atate
Tribune
Bune
Grint
Caracas
Venere Jans
le Isda
Agithosiiys
Guyra
Vendsuolan
Coro
Higurote
Sundey
Millemstad
Curacao
Venezuela Faces Blockade End Near After Protocol Signings
Venezuela and the allied powers reach a three protocol agreement in Washington at the British embassy ending the blockade. Herbert Bowen signs for Venezuela while Sir Michael for Britain and diplomats for Italy and Germany finalize terms for early withdrawal of vessels and advance payments totaling 6,500 pounds to Britain, Germany, and Italy.
Great Loss of Stock Hits Sheep Men in Utah
Snow and persistent zero weather in northern Utah over the past week have severely damaged stock and sheep herds. Local traders report thousands in losses as temperatures stayed at or near zero, with continued cold threatening feed and survival for many flocks.
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Atte
Alt Lake
Utah
Lear
Mysterious Rail Crash Reported in Virginia
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a train wreck near Ravensworth Virginia with a fireman named Walter Wigley killed and an engineer missing or injured. Arrest and bail references appear unclear in the fragmentary report.
First National Bank of Asbury Park Sealed by Comptroller
The First National Bank of Asbury Park New Jersey was closed Friday by order of the Comptroller of the Currency. Bank examiner Scofield was named receiver due to losses exhausting surplus and impairing capital. The nearby Monmouth Trust and Safe Deposits Company also closed to avert a run, with plans to reopen soon as conditions permit.
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First National
Asbury Park
Washington
First National Bank
N. J
Scofield
Monmouth Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Looks Like a Clash Between Powers and Turkey
Constantinople reports fourteen battalions of redifs from the Third army corps based at Salonica are ordered to join the colors. The British gunboat Barrier has captured three pirate ships in the Red Sea with all crews. A London dispatch notes the sultan intends to resist reforms narrowing his authority in Macedonia and Turkey faces likely war with Bulgaria.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Redifs
Third Army Corps
Salonicer
Red Sea
London
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Fabulous Gold Strike Near Douglas Arizona Sparks Excitement
Report from Douglas says a fabulous gold strike was found in the Toros Mountains about forty miles from the Nacohari railroad terminus. Over twenty expeditions have departed Douglas since Monday to pursue the rich find. Ore samples brought in show assays from two to three thousand ounces of gold. The largely opened district invites location.
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Arizona
Tucson
Ariz
Douglas
Toros Mountains
Nacohariailroad
Bolivia Accepts Brazilian Demands Amid Protest
Bolivia responds to Brazil's ultimatum with conditional acceptance and protest. Acre revolutionaries expected to surrender arms to Brazilian troops. Cambridge dispatch reports indictments for the murder of Agnes Diephee in Somerville, naming Geo L C Perry as suspect in a string of Boston area killings.
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Bolivia
Brazil
la’ Paz
Olivia
Miss DiePhee
Cambridge
Mass
Agnes AlePhee
Sonerville
Geo. L.C. Perry
Megra
Protocols Near Signing to End Washington Blockade
A Washington special reports that protocols for lifting the blockade, long upheld by Wyland, Germany, and Italy at Venezuela, are nearly final. Minister Bowen and allied representatives are negotiating with English, Italian, and German officials. first payments include 5,500 pounds to each hired government and 1,700,000 bolivars to Germany in five installments, with the first due March 16. A reference to preferential treatment is to be reviewed by The Trague, with a safeguard to avoid binding precedents.
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Washinton Apecial Saya
Herbert Ww. Bowen
Venezuela
Washington
Allier
Allicn
Hague
Proga
Mr. Bowen
Sir Michael
Great Britain
Signor Mayor Des Planches
Italy
Baron von Sternberg
Germany
London
Berlin
Rome
Wyland
Veneszuela
Minster Bowen
Allel
Bowen
Train Robbery Hits Burlington Express Near Butte
A double headed Burlington eastbound express was held up eight miles east of Butte by five mounted men after midnight. They uncoupled engines and cars and dynamited the express cars, with no injuries reported. Loot estimates vary from about $500 to several thousand dollars, and several mail pouches were rifled. The Northern Pacific offers a $5000 reward for arrests and conviction.
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Butte
Mont
Burlington Express
Northern Pacific
Here
Northern Pacific Company
Turf investment frenzy grips St. Louis crowds
A grand jury probes turf investment schemes as crowds swarm company offices. An unnamed employee claims the E. J. Arnold Company has about 300,000 investors, 30,000 in St. Louis and the rest nationwide, with average weekly receipts of roughly $125,000.
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Grand Jury
E. J. Arnold
St. Louis
Uncle Sam Is Victor. Federal case settles $600000 dispute
A Boston special reports Judge Colt in federal court ruled the entire $600,000 fund between the federal government and the Emergency Loan and Trust Company trustee should go to the United States. This decision ends the long controversy involving the Union Pacific Railroad once overseen by the trustee.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Boston
Colt
Emergency Loan and Trust Company
United States
American Loan and Trust Company of
Germany agrees to pay Venezuela in installments
A Washington dispatch reports Germany has yielded to Baron von Sternberg’s demand and will pay Venezuela 340000 dollars in five monthly installments. The first payment is due two weeks after signing the protocol, with Berlin hoping to finalize the protocol within 24 hours.
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Washington
Baron von Sternerg
Venezuela
Widow Awarded 3250 in Drunken-Death Suit
A Fort Dodge request awarded Gudmond Meltveldt’s widow $3250 after alleging his death resulted from a fall from a wagon while he was intoxicated and liquor was sold to him. The suit named J Groat and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co as defendants. Eight men injured in a separate gas explosion at No 11 colliery near Wilkes-Barre. The Washington Senate panel rejected Dr W D Crum’s nomination as Charleston collector by a 6 to 8 vote. An earthquake felt in several southern towns including Cairo Marion Louisville Evansville Terre Haute and Owensboro.
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Meltvedt
J. Groat
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Gudmond Meltveldt
Great
Wilkesbarre
Lehigh and Wilkenbarre Coal Company
Plymouth
Murder Case Shocks Webster City Family Tragedy
Coroner's jury in Webster City heard evidence in a case claiming 62 year old Daniel Mugstad was beaten to death by his 15 year old son Dankie with an iron towel rod after a drunken quarrel. Prosecution says jury was biased against the boy despite the coroner's verdict exonerating him.
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Webster City
Daniel Mlugstad
Zeawury
Beloves
Dankie Mlugstad
Dowell
Dankie
Mugstad
Flogstid
Sud
Daniel Flugstad
Plugstad
Mall
J. R. King
Flugstad
Infant Fatally Burned After Being Dropped on Stove
A five month old infant of Kane Township trustee John Haile in Council Bluffs was fatally burned when left in care of an older child. The six year old sister picked up the baby to quiet it, carried it around the kitchen and dropped it onto a red hot stove, dying before a neighbor alerted the household.
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Council Bluffs
John Haile
Board of Trustees
Kane Township
Love’s Sweet Sake Thirteen Year Old Seeks Sewer Refuge
A Cedar Rapids dispatch reports Delsizah Zeterick, thirteen, ran away from home after his parents blocked his romance with an older schoolmate. He moved into a city sewer shanty, set up a stove and bed, and was found by police with numerous love letters from his 18-year-old beloved.
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Sewe
Cedar Rapids
Juliet
Delsizah Zeterick
Lone Highwayman Robs Mechanicsville Depot
A lone robber entered the Chicago and Northwestern Railway depot in Mechanicsville at 2 am Wednesday, pointed a revolver at the night operator, and demanded the drawer keys. He stole several hundred dollars, then ordered a telegram to the train dispatcher with compliments and promised to return.
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Mechanicsville
Loota Moncey
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Body of Henry Kill Found In Miserable Shack
The body of Henry Kill, 40, a well known character, was found dead Tuesday morning in a shack. a bullet hole through the heart tells the grim tale. Once an expert mechanic, his life was ruined by drink and he lived alone with no furnishings. The report notes a pattern of decline and social isolation.
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Clinton
Henry Kill
Fell from the Cab on the Ui nots Central
A fireman on the Illinois Central unit fell from the cab as the train slowed for steam loss. The engineer spotted the missing fireman, halted the train, and retraced the track to find him buried in a snow drift. He was shaken but uninjured.
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Nots Central
Tinols Central
Assault Charge Against Granville Man J H Bussamusa
J H Bussamusa was arrested in Granville on a serious assault with intent to commit murder charge. He waived examination and was bound over to the grand jury after the Granville incident where he struck Blouver with a cow bucket, leaving the victim in a bad way. Bussamus is noted as a former saloonkeeper of Granville.
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J. H. Bussamusa
Granville
Grange City
J. Bussamus
Granvill
Riever
Bussamus
Blouver
Des Moines
Marion County
Frank Beard
Sullivan
Hamilton
Seventh Day Adventists Plan Big State Industrial School
The Seventh Day Adventists of Town will establish a state industrial school at Stuart for education and training. The city agrees to donate 40 acres and an option on another tract, with several hundred students expected and the denomination supporting the institution in this state.
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Seventh Day Adventists
Stuart
Despondent Davenport Man Slashes Wrist in Salve Box
George Wail a 36 year old cigarmaker surrendered to Sheriff McArthur on Sunday morning in Davenport after a prolonged drink. He severed an artery at his wrist with a sawed lid of a salve box, nearly bleeding to death. Found at noon in a despondent state, he is reported to recover. Despondency was cited as the cause.
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Davenport
George Wail
McArthur
Boy Killed by Accidental Gun Discharge While Rabbit Hunting
Davenport special reports 11 year old Emil Hoffmeister, son of Adolph Hoffmeister, shot and killed while rabbit hunting. He descended a creek bank and drew the shotgun muzzle first. the hammer caught on a snag, discharging the weapon and blowing Hoffmeister's hand nearly off.
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Emil
Adolph Hoffmeister
On Creek
Hoffmeister
Train Hits Wagon In Eagle Grove Killing Horses
A Chicago Great Western passenger train southbound struck a grocery wagon at Fifth Street in Eagle Grove. Both horses were killed. Wagon drivers were Otis Thorn and Tommy Berg. Thorn escaped with minor injuries while Berg died shortly after.
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Chicago
Great Wester
Fifth Street
Otis Thorn
Tommy Berg
Thorn
Young Berg
Wall Lake draining project ends ancient water feature
A Clarion dispatch reports Wall Lake near Waterloo will soon disappear as arrangements route a canal to drain the lake and nearby land, while a separate entry notes misfortune of 17 year old Harry Burk who died after mistaking a jug of sulphuric acid for buttermilk. Other items include a widow uncovering $500 in gold in an old bureau, an indictment for Frank Beard on three counts in a Hamilton robbery, John Connors sentenced for two store burglaries, and a Fort Dodge report of silk thieves taking goods from Furlong Melloy’s store after a rear window break in.
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Anya
Waterloo
Harry Burk
Here
Fort Dodge
Furlong & Melloy
Bondsy
Auction of White House furniture draws low bids
An auction of discarded White House furnishings drew little competition, selling a large sideboard and glass items for tiny sums. Other items like a billiard table once owned by President Garfield attracted bidders, while gas fixtures and mirrors went cheaply as contractors bought many pieces for resale.
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Honda
Garfield
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