British and German Fleet Seizes Venezuelan Warships
A London dispatch reports the combined British and German fleet seized four Venezuelan warships at La Guaira harbor. An ultimatum is expected Wednesday, with a peaceful blockade in place at Caracas as the big American fleet under Admiral Dewey stands ready. Minister Bowen presses for release of detained British and German subjects, with Caracas declaring hostile acts by Germany and Britain.
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London
Caracas
Venezuela
la Guaira
Admiralty
Bolivar
Port
Spain
Trinidad
Foreign Office
Associated Press
New Washington
State Department
Venezuala
Dewey
Bowen
Castro
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Beet workers sail for Lincoln on Pere Marquette train
A Milwaukee dispatch reports the first passenger train to cross Lake Michigan on Pere Marquette car ferries will arrive tomorrow from Ludington with ten coaches of expert sugar beet growers and four baggage cars. They travel from Flint to Lincoln and were formerly employed in Nebraska sugar beet farms. they will be transported to Nebraska at season end. They will arrive in Lincoln Friday.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Dispatch
Lake Michigan
Pere Marquette
Ludington
Flint
Mich
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Michigan
Explosion of thawed dynamite rocks Kansas City block
A thawing stick of dynamite blew off on Wyandotte Street near Thirty First Street in Kansas City Missouri. The blast shattered hundreds of windows across four blocks and knocked a woman down stairs. No other injuries were reported though residents were terrified. Thirty workers escaped serious harm.
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Wyandotte Street
Thirtyfist Street
Kansas City
Brakeman Herman Fagern Dies After Vehicle Collision
A brakeman named Herman Fagern was struck by a car near Lynch Nebraska and suffered a broken neck collarbone. He was about thirty years old and had no immediate family, with siblings living near Niobrara.
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Herman’ Fagern
No &M. V
Lynch
Norfolk
Sebout
Brothe ‘Ives
Niobrara
Charity act on streetcar warms a cold child
A prominent Omaha society woman Mrs. Harry Cartan removed her silken petticoat on a Walnut Hill streetcar to wrap a barefoot two year old in the garment. She handed the skirt to the father and returned to her seat, refusing repayment.
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Omaha
Harry Cartan
Burt Street
Sadie. Nash
Grant
Cartan
Walnut Hill
Missouri River Channel Shift Cuts Off Nebraska City Water
A sudden shift of the Missouri River main channel to the Iowa side leaves Nebraska City without water. Pipes to the new main channel may take days or weeks to extend, forcing every factory relying on steam or electricity to shut down in the interim.
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Missouri
Missouri River
Iowa
Nebraska City
Tannery Burns at Ridge Way Pa in $375,000 Loss
Fire at Ridge Way tannery in Pa destroyed the building and stock of leather and hides. Damage estimates total about 375000 with 75000 on the building and 250000 to 300000 on the leather inventory. Insurance coverage is reportedly adequate.
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Eagle Valley
Ridgeway
Fire destroys Tromner Extract and Christy Knife plants
A blaze swept the Tromner Extract and Christy Knife companies in Fremont, causing total losses of 200000 dollars to the plants. Adjoining buildings including Tschumy Bros furniture factory were damaged. Logs valued at 200000 dollars were listed among the affected property.
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Tromner
Christy. Knife Company
Fremont, C
Tschumy Bros
Farm sale near Elmwood and Buckley arrest in Illinois
Charles Rivett sells 150 acre farm near Elmwood Nebraska for 11300 to neighbor R Deles Dernier and plans to move to Oregon for fruit raising. John Lovett and Arthur Aldridge arrested at Buckley Illinois by US Marshals for alleged July 11 post office robbery with bail set at 2000 each.
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Charles Rivett
Elmwood
Neb
R. Deles- Dernier
Paul Alexandrovitch
William
Brandenpurt
Pistolkoff
Grand Duke
Saunders County
Venezuela Crisis Deepens as Consuls Seized in Puerto Cabello
Dispatches report Venezuela fortifying Puerto Cabello and seizing British and German consuls and their property while a British steamer failed to escape. At La Guaira, 2000 troops arrive with 18 guns to reinforce Fort La Vigia, and volunteers from La Guaira arm to resist foreign forces.
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London
Willemstad
Curacao
Puerto Cabello
R. Kolster
P. Tiedo
L. D. Ellsworth
Devonport
A la Guaira
Ferrerraz
Castro
Caracas
la Guaira
Cuaracuti
Fort la Vigia
Head-On Collision Near Birkbeck Injures Several
In heavy fog a passenger train and a freight train on the Illinois Central met in a head end collision near Birkbeck Til. John Roberts the passenger train conductor and Thomas Burke baggage man were painfully injured. Henry Padden Chicago engineer of the freight and Robert Oxley Clinton engineer of the passenger were crushed and may die. None of the forty passengers were hurt aside from bruises.
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Llinois
Central
Birkbeck
Til
John Roberts
Thomas Burke
Henry
Padden
Chicago
Robert Oxley
Clinton
Passen
Ger
Women Lead Coal Riots At Boston Metropolitan Yard
Boston dispatch reports hundreds of North End residents besieged the Metropolitan Coal company yard on Causeway Street. As gates opened, a scramble broke out for coal with men and women pulling and fighting while patrolmen tried to stop bag theft and keep the wagon's load inside the gates.
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Boston
Dispatch
Safe at Blair Wrecked Poor Results
A Blair dispatch reports a major safe blowing at the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha freight depot. The intruders entered via a storage room door, escaping after a loud blast around 3 am. Only new books and pencils remained. cash was untouched aside from $10 remitted earlier. The mechanism used involved nitroglycerine with soap as a cup shaped seal.
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Blair
Net
Dispatch
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad
Carl Lindstrom
Will Do Its Own Cooking In Horse Dinner Feud
Berlin dispatch reports the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals refused an invitation to a horse meat banquet hosted by the Fleischer Zeitung. The newspaper plans a dinner itself with 409 guests and presses society leaders to attend. A hotel keeper is tasked to prepare a menu featuring horse bouillon brisket of horse and horse fillet a la Nelson with wines.
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Berlin
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Fleischer Zeitung
German Butchers
Butchers’ League
International Axe and Tool Company Formed in Reading Dispatch
A Reading, Pennsylvania dispatch reports the consolidation of axe and tool interests into the International Axe and Tool Company. The new venture will include nearly all principal concerns, with a capital of 42 million dollars, signaling a major industry merger.
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Axe
Reading
International Axe and Tool Company
Ogden Postmaster Guilty in Fed Court Embezzlement
Charles Meighan postal head in Ogden Utah was found guilty by a federal jury of embezzling funds. The jury recommended mercy in sentencing.
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Ogden
Charles Meighan
Utah
Swiss presidency and royal betrothal headline list
The text notes Vice President Deuchon elected president of the Swiss confederation and announces the betrothal of the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar to Princess Caroline of Reuss. It mentions General Miles to arrive in Berlin January 16 via the Siberian railroad and a Marseilles referendum where 3600 dock laborers vote for a strike. Milward, once solicitor to the Duke of Marlborough, is sentenced to six years for misappropriation of funds.
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Grand Duke
Saxe-Weimar
Caroline of Reus
Miles
Berlin
Siberian
Marseilles
Robert Harding
Milward
Duke of Marlborough
Midland Counties
Crisis in Venezuela Forces Arbitration Debate Abroad
London dispatch reports growing support for arbitration under US guarantees to settle the Venezuela crisis. President Castro’s request for arbitration is welcomed by some as a step back from force, while Britain and Germany appear unlikely to accept. Venezuelan officials in Europe advocate US intervention to deter Anglo German action, as La Guaira intensifies defenses and foreign warships position near Fort La Vigia.
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la Guaira
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Bolivar
Castro
Associated Press
Samuel B. Morse
Gental
Paris
United States
Venezuela
England
Germany
Indianapolis
Ind
Mr. Morse
Europe
London
Britain
Great Britain
Genoa
A la Guaira
la Vigia
Carlos
Cumana
Barcelona
Restaurador
Vinet
Retribution
Caracas
Herr von Pilgrim-Battazzi
Fort la Vigia
California Has No Bubonic Plague Say Doctor
Dr A H Glennon accredited representative of the United States reports to Surgeon General Wyman that California has never had bubonic plague. He will declare after thorough investigation that the bacillus thought to cause plague is that of chicken cholera a harmless disease.
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San Francisco
A. H. Glennon
United States
General Wyman
Marine Hospital
Washington
California
Glennon
Mrs James Abernathy Wakes After Six Days Sleep
A St Louis man named James Abernathy who had slept for six days awakened Friday night. His wife reports she was nearly awake for hours but could not talk clearly. The spells of sleep are growing shorter as she recognizes friends and relatives more readily.
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James Abernathy
St. Louis
Wreck Near Minneapolis Causes Fatalities and Injuries
A midnight collision on the Northern Pacific line near Findley seven miles from Minneapolis leaves one known dead and several injured. Northern Pacific officials deny prior police reports that six men were killed as wrecking trains head to the scene.
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Minneapolis
Ian
Northern Pacific
Findley
Minn
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Beet Workers
Carboady
Puerto Cabeilo
Venezual
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Deuchon
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Ister Bowen
McKinley
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Cleveland,.o
McKinley Memorial Association
Canton
Ritchie
Memorial Association
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