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Show A Financial Panic in Caracas. There was a financial panic at Caracas Ca-racas Saturday afternoon. A largo number of small traders and private depositors wont together to tho office of tho Bank of Venezuela fcr tho pur-poso pur-poso of exchanging tho bank's notes for Bllvor. Tho bank refused to ox-chango ox-chango moro than $2 worth of notes .for any ono person, and at 4 o'clock closed tho doors. Tho panic continued. Bills Issued by tho bank aro now soiling soil-ing for 80 por cent of their fato valuo. Tho leading firms of Caracas, notwithstanding notwith-standing tho present situation, havo not presented notes for redemption, ns they aro all Interested In supporting support-ing tho bank. |