The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-08-18
At HOME AND ABROAD.
Interesting Items Carefully Selected from
the Leading Daiiiss.


hotf in the presence o. the llnperla'
family. the queen of Greece, Prince
Christian Of Denmark, the princess OF
Wales and numerous other members
of the royal family and distinguished
persons.
1t is officially reported from l'e'
Tsin that the efforts Of Russia ana
Great Britain to bring about scttIc'
ment of disputes between emma
and Japan have failed. China IS Will
ing to pay an indemnity, but shc re-
fuses TO surrender her sovereignty
over Corca The Chinese govern
ment has closed Amping and Iakao
light houses on the island Of Formosa,
Thomas j. Haggerty. chief exam
iner of the United States appraiser
office, was recently found unconscious
in q room at the st. James hotel. st.
Louis. He was writhing in cOnvul-
sions. 4 doctor was summoned I'M
mediatcly. but the sufferer died IN
ten minutes, He was in the govern
ment service thirteen years.
At Denver few evenings since
rain fcll in such torrents as to over
flow the greater part Of the city.
Bridges and street crossings were
swept away. and many cellars were
filed. No estimate of the damage.
Cable and street ears were stopped
for a short time.
An Italian anarchist named Panetti
has been arrested at Marseilles,
France. The prisoner. who recently
arrived from America. had in his pos
session valise full of dynamite.
Panetti was going to Italy in order
to commit outrages.
Peter Williams and his wife left
their children locked in their house
at Linwood. Ark, while they at
tended church one day recently. and
upon their return found the house a
heap Of ashes with the charred re-
mains of their children therein,
Elmer Sattley, cashier of the de-
funct Kansas City, Mo-, saving de-
post bank, which failed last June,
has been found guilty of receiving de-
posts when he knew the bank was
insolvent and sentenced to four years
in the penitentiary.
A papal encyclical letter addressed
to the Brazilian bishops has been pub
lished. The pope urges that bishops
educate and enhghten the people with
all the means at their command.
Ignorance is the cause of the evils OF
the day.
G. H. Underwood, the American
consul at Leith. the seaport of Eding-
burgh, Scotland, died there recently
of blood poisoning. Mr.. Underwood's
death was not unexpected, as he had
been suffering for sometime past.
Earthquakes were felt recently at
Aci Reale and at Zafarano, Italy.
At the latter place six peasants were
killed and several injured. Shocks
were also felt at Catania and else.
where near Mount Aetna
The Democrats Of Georgia have
made the following nominations: For
governor, w. II. Atkinson; secretary
of state, A. d. Chandler, comptroller,
Gen. ID. A. Wright; treasurer, r. U.
Hardeman.
Mexico will bring out its first issue
of pictorial postage stamps in Sep
TENDER The various denominations
will represent the growth of Mexico's
mail service from the mule to the
railway.
The bridge at Stratford, near Della.
ware. o., gave way with q self-pro.
polling thresher recently. Engineer
George Smith and Edmond Skeei
were killed. Both leave families.
The senate and house conferees on
the river and harbor bill have agreed
to allow $4,000 for the improvement
OF the Delaware river between Phila.
delphia, Pa, and Trenton, N. j.
Resolutions condemning the policy
and principles OF the A. Z. A and in
dorsing the Wilson tariff bill were
adopted by the Democratic conven-
ton at indianapolis, Ind.
Yalobusha county, Mississippi, is
a prohibition county, but the "blind
tiger lies in wait and prohibition
does not seem to prohibit. y
OF the 98S deaths in New York in
one week recently, the unprecedented
number of tifty-one were due directly
to the extreme heat.
Tbirty-one persons have been killed
in Chicago by railroads since the
strike, owing to the employment OF
incompetent men.
Russell D. Hoyt. a chief among
counterfeiters, has been arrested At
New York by United States secre,
service officials.
At Lodi, S. c., recently. the house
OF George johnson was burned and
two Of his sons lost their lives in the
fire.
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