The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-01
ALL OVER THE WORLD
OF GENERAL IN
TEREST TO ALL.
Co,prehensivs Epitome OF Nervous
a,d Sensational SortInGs Condehse"
from, all tho Leading Dai!ies tor the
Fast Week.

The engagement is announced OF
Viz. EIorrrvo. daughter Of George
n Pullman, to the Prince OF l~cn-
,urr- Hjrstcin, the eldest son OF Prince
'harlcs of lsenbury-Birstein and the
Ar.hGurhcss Marie Louise OF Austria,
and a cousin OF the Emperor OF AUS
,ria Her father consented to the en-
raccmcnt only on condition 'haI her
children shah possess the full rights
If succession to the title, dignity ana
hereditary privileges OF the mouse ol
iscnburg- Bir5.cjn.
Notwithstanding partial dcnlai :
made bv the Southern Pacific compa-
NY. it is continuing an nnrcicntln- /
ncrseru,ion Of COO men in West Hah-
land. CAL. who recently Wcnr on IL
,.rike Several OF the American kall- +
wav Union members relate expert
cnccs which 90 to show that the rail-
road not only remains unchanged III
its attitude toward the strikers. Du'
tina, it is successful IN It's battle
against them.
\ purse of SIS. OH) has been offered
bv Kansas. Indian territory and Texas
citizens for the Corbett-JacksOn hght
to take place at Wagner, J. T., where
there is no law to prevent such a con-
test. r. X. Fox has telegraphed
Corbett and Jackson's acceptance OF
the offer. providing the money was
deposited in New York. The money
il is said, will be forwarded at once.
A terrible hurricane recently swept
over the sea of Azofl, Russia. The
force of the wind wind raised heavy
waves which destroyed many OF the
seacoast villages. not leaving house
standing, and drowning large num-
Der of people. In addition several
steamers were lost during the hurrl-
cane and their entire crews drowned
Near Kalamazoo, Mich, having mis-
taken his wife at the bedroom window
for burglar during shower before
daylight one morning recently. young
Frank PrOteOus, who was aroused IN
bed. shot her through the heart with
his revolver. Before she sank to the
floor dead she exclaimed, "Frank. you
have shot me- The husband is cra1ed
with grief at his mistake.
Robbers attacked the residence OF
wealthy jewish farmer named blbro'
vic, in the village Of Boschewin, Aus
tria one night recently and murdered
the whole family, which numbered
= eight persons besides Herr Bibrovlc
. The robbers. after plunderlng th'
house, set fire to it and it was burnet
!, to the ground. There is no clew t
the perpetrators.
4 Recently the police OF Cuidad Juar
n rcz. Mex. while raiding a rendezvou
8 of thieves, found a we'll appointe'
o counterfeiting outfit and the thieve
t. were at work making Mexican peso
II of lead when discovered. One of tn
e countcrfeiter, escaped to the Amer
"a lean side of the border and has nc
IS yet been unprecedented.
r Little Theresa Hart, aged year:
is was left alone in the kitchen of he
le home, at 1880 Waterloo street, Philt
m delphia, recently, while her mothe
ID went into another room. She Wake
u over to the stove and grasped a COTE
!e pot filled with boiling coffee and ups'
s. the fluid over her. She was bad
re burned.
At San Francisco, Cal, few da.
ago August Breickcnfelt, one of II
%. handwriting experts in the Mara W
4 case committed suicide by shootil
ri himself through the head. His viii
ba who had been ailing for some tin
~ past, died. and he concluded that
" could not live without her.
e. In connection with the coal stri
er at Glasgow. Scotland, serious rioti1
ed has occurred and several pits ha
to been wrecked by disorderly mol
ns Donaldson, the leader of the striki
S. miners, and five others who ha
tes been prominent during the stri
ng have been arrested.
sly Governor Altgeld Of Illinois, bel
u appealed to, went to Pullman, made
, ICE personal investigation of the desti
w. ton there, and failing to get the Pl
~ man company to do anything for
'er unfortunate women and children,
=" issued an appeal for charity to
people of Illinois.
Va News has been received from La
an. view, Ore, that a mob Of mask
the men surrounded the county Jail (
,ne night recently and forced the jailel
no. surrender a prisoner named w.
|er Thompson. The mob hanged Thor
ck- son on the court house steps.
his a Russian steamboat, with h
tee dred passengers on board, sank
for the river Sheksna during rec
les. storm. The captain and five OF
d persons are missing and are suppo
to be drowned.
Elk. President Harrison said at
A.. recent clambake of the New Jel
Sn0 Leather Manufacturers that if