Venezuelan Crisis Deepens as Castro Faces Revolution
Reports from Willemstad indicate Venezuela's internal crisis worsens with Castro's forces repulsed near Caracas and rebels advancing toward the capital. Telecommunication and railway lines are being cut as panic spreads. allied powers enforce a blockade while awaiting arbitration. Former Spanish premier Sagasti dies in Madrid amid regional tension.
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Caracas
la Guayra
Valencia
Puerto Cabello
Bank of Venezuela
Castro
Berlin
Great Britain
Germany
Porto Cabello
Foreign Office
Navy Department
Washington
Venezuela
Bowen
Castron
Fire Devours Wapella Stores and Bank
Fire broke out at midnight in C Mendell's store in Wapella N W T destroying the store and contents and damaging adjacent buildings including R A Pease Co bank J S Ludze butcher shop W J Winning clothing establishment J Pritchard drug store and Jubilee hall Mundell's hotel suffered severe damage with total losses around 15000 dollars
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Wapella
C. Mendell
R. A. Pease & Co
J. S. Ludze
W. J. Winning
J. Pritchard
Jubilee Hall
Mundell
January Sale Offers Greatest Reductions On Goods
During January the store promises the greatest reductions on its already low prices with values below anything ever offered here. It proclaims a great change of business sale.
Bob La Follette Repeats Inauguration In Wisconsin Capitol
Madison January 7 Gov R M La Follette was sworn in for his second term as Wisconsin governor at noon in the assembly chamber. About 1 200 inside and 80 more outside attended the ceremony. Chief Justice Cassady gave the oath. He was introduced by R M Bashford and welcomed by ex Gov George W Peck. An informal reception followed in the executive office with Peck presiding.
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Madison
Wis
R. M la Follette
Wisconsin
Assembly
Cassady
R. M. Bashford
George W. Peck
Milwaukee
Flict
la Follette
Peck
Funeral Fire and Runaway Devastate Marshfield Funeral
Marshfield Wisconsin January 7 during funeral services for G A Lyplen an old soldier a defective furnace set fire to the floor under the casket crowd moved toward the doors and the coffin was carried over the seats. On return from the graveyard the Rev Mr McKinney officiating pastor was struck by a runaway team and seriously injured in the incident.
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Marshfield
Wis
Methodist Episcopal Church
G. A. Lyplent
McKinney
Dairymen to Meet at Aberdeen February Gathering
Sioux Falls SD Jan 7 Arrangements are rapidly being completed for the annual meeting of the South Dakota Dairy and Buttermakers association to be held in Aberdeen February 10 and 11. North Dakota buttermakers are expected to attend to participate. Iowa Dairy Commissioner Wright will speak as a prominent figure from surrounding states. A cash fund will be divided pro rata for the butter exhibit. The meeting program will be released soon.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota Dairy and Buttermakers’ Association
Aberdeen
North Dakota
Wright
Iowa
Coal crisis dominates Senate session and failed House staff bill
Washington dispatch reports Senate reconvening with scarce attendance as lawmakers debate coal relief measures. Lodge seeks a ninety day duty suspension on coal while Culberson pushes for removing anthracite duty. House fails to pass general staff bill due to lack of quorum amid party opposition and rushed rules. External pressure grows over alleged rail and coal conspiracies with calls for prosecutions.
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Washington
Senate
Lodge
New England
House of Representatives
Finance Committee
Culberson
Platt
Connecticut
West
Pendera
Roosevelt
Jones
Arkansas
W. R. Hearst
Nelson
Minnesota
Illinois Coal Men Seek Federal Probe Into Coal Shortage
After a yesterday conference eight members of the Illinois Manufacturers association executive committee resolved to call on federal authorities to investigate the causes of the coal famine. The resolution cites evidence supporting the charges and aims to uncover alleged manipulation.
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Chicago
Jan
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Loaded for Big Game in Trial of Beal and Williams
In San Francisco a sensational incident marked the trial of Truxton Beal and Thomas Williams. Williams, identified with the California Jockey Club, produced a revolver and a large dagger when questioned about weapons. He claimed they were to protect himself against dishonest horsemen he had caused to be barred from the turf. The court took possession of the weapons amid testimony.
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Jockey Club
Ing Toole
San Francisco, Jr
Truxton Beal
Thomas Williams
Marrett
Williams
Preatfornia Jockey Club
Marriott
La Follette Names Officials
Madison Wisconsin January 7 Governor La Follette made several appointments Jerre C Murphy private secretary C R Boardman adjutant general Joshua Judgina quartermaster general Gen George F Bryant superintendent of public property all from Madison and Marinette Oshkosh and Madison named in the reshuffle
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la Follette
Madison
Wis
Jerre C. Murphy
C. R. Boardman
Oshkosh
Joshua Judgina Marinette
George F. Bryant
Fire destroys house of A A Drigger at Madeira
Madeira Minnesota January 7 fire destroyed the house of A A Drigger. By heroic work most of the house hold goods were saved.
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Madeira
Madeira, Minn
A. A. Drigger
Gold vein kills miner after long stake hunt
A miner, Thompson, died of a brain rupture from joy after discovering an immense gold vein near Roubaix on 8 January. The find drew immense public interest, but his partners and residents remain uncertain about the mine’s value. Thompson had long pursued gold, but no partner has publicly disclosed where they live.
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Roubaix
Thompson
Panic Narrowly Averter at Cannes Train Panic
Delayed passengers crowd the Beaty at Cannes as Northern Pacific and Great Northern trains from the east disperse toward Seattle. Thousands seek boats, customs cap limits to 300 aboard the steamer Flyer, causing a near panic and jam. East mail stacked on docks. Prairie Pierce County logs blown to break blockages. coal miners report flooding and bridge losses.
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Cannes
Tacoma
Northern Pacific
Great NJ
Portland
Seattle
Seatily
Prairie
Pierce County
Fake Doctor in Penn Arrested for Past Licensure Fraud
A man alias Dr Clark pleaded guilty in municipal court yesterday to posing as a licensed physician and was sentenced to one year in the house of correction. His wife Mrs SpeL, learning only then of his deceit, has lived in the city since the arrest and often visited him at the county jail with her young son from a former marriage. Separate brief notes report the US Supreme Court upholding countervailing duties on Russian sugar under the Dingley Act and two Mikado mine workers striking for higher pay in Bessemer Mich.
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Re. Clark
Dr. Clark
Filip Forabeck
State Board of Medical Examin
House of Correction
Spe
Spencer
United States
Washington
Justice Brown
United States Supreme Court
Brown
New York
Prominent Edysville Man Frosts to Death in Iowa
Ottumwa Iowa January 7 A A Stfert a leading Edysville businessman was found dead in the rear of his home reportedly frozen after illness Hurley Wisconsin January 7 Three miners were killed at the Windsor mine yesterday morning when they fell to the bottom of the shaft while climbing ind
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Ottumwa
Iowa
A. A. St Fert
Eddysville
Hurley, Wis
Windsor
Ind
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