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Show A Financial Panic In Caracas. There was a financial panic at Caracas Ca-racas Saturday afternoon. A large number of small traders and private depositors went together to the office of the Bank of Venezuela for the purpose pur-pose of exchanging the bank's notes for silver. The bank refused to exchange ex-change more than $2 worth of notes for any one person, and at 4 o'clock closed the doors. The panic continued-Bills continued-Bills issued by the bank are now selling sell-ing for 80 per cent of their fai value. The leading firms of Caracas, notwithstanding notwith-standing the present situation, have not presented notes for redemption,, as they are all interested in supporting support-ing the bank. |