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rovia, rum .ng for almost the entire dis
tance parallel to the course, giving L
fine view of the race
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The "era Of the hegira," used in nearly
all Mohammedan countries, commentaries
tho flight or hegra Of Mohammcd from
Mecca, July IL, 622.
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Times gradual touch has moldered into
beauty many tower which, when it
frowned with all its battlements was only
terrible.
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HOTEL H0LLEHBECA snntss sss Los Angelo. Ans
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uorr, snnsni7 SANTA MONICA. q. RHEEp
NUItl hWIRDll heart, proprietor.
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UnTtI DnDTlGNn 4i4 SOUTH SPRING -
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Directory og

rn7r, on7ru j. II HOLMES. MANAo1A
HULL uhGfh Pasadena.
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UnTrl DDIiYQvnaT SANTA ANA. CA1
GnltL bhylSHIjh American. European pAana,
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UhTrI uoIvpn0A ERSIDE, CAL
GUlEL nULlhUUU Cochrane. proprietoe.
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HOTEL HETROpOLE 1S ISLAND sASf~ '
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rur rnur,I MAIN AND NINTH ST.. 1SyUw
ltit nUIlllI side e. J. Davis, Prop.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Chicago, H., July 7.-Congressman
SulZer of New York has prepared res
olution which he will present to the
committee Gu platform and upon which
he has been promised a hearing by such
n eInbers of that committee as have
been selected
1--WE extend our sympathy to the peo-
pie OF Cuba in the heroic struggle
against the corrupt and cruel political
system which has oppressed and i'm
poverished them, and We look forward
with confidence to the day when the
new republic shall take it's place among
the nations of the earth. The Spanish
government is no longer capable Of
maintaining its authority in the island
Of Cuba. or Of fulfilling its treaty obi
cations and the destruction CT Ameri-
can property in the island, the repeated
Imprisonment of American citizens
without due process of law; the annihi-
lation of American commerce; the fire.
quent alarms on our coast and the con-
slant menace to our peace, impose
upon the government of the United
States the duty OF restoring order in
Cuba. We therefore favor the prompt
interpoSitiOn of our troops"
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
An Exciting Chase.

sherman. Tex, July 7.--Quite an en-
citing scene took place in East Lamar
street about noon yesterday. John Pry-
or. who had been arrested for using
abusive language toward several people,
walked out OF the sheriff's office and
succeeded in mounting horse and was
preparing to leave when Deputy Sheriff
Shrewsbury called on him to halt. He
did not do so, but spurred the horse so
quickly that the officer barely escaped
being ridden down. Pryor then left
town, riding out Lamar street at full
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
MR.. BLAND Is LEADING
TIE MAN FROM MISSOURI HAS
TIE LARGEST FOLLOWING.
BOrs is also Strong. hut Neither j. Abe
to Demonstrate y hat He Can Do other
Names are McntioncG-rc uc: > il IN
Background.

Chicago, H.. July Ca he cyo Of
the DlmCC'atic national convention,
which c0nvenes in the coliseum Oh the
lake front at noon to-day. is al in
confusion. Cn,y one thing ICONS up
like a search!ight in the fog tina; hangs
over the situation ard OD:cuGe3 ,he VS.
ion OF the wises. and most t&r-ECC .ng
OF the leaders. That is the convention
will be fer silver AZ 1C to |. As for
candidates, the convention is III crop
ing in the dark The din Of The Bland
and Boies boomers is deafening and so
infectious at times that it almo&, car
ries the public off It's feet.
Band is unQueslonably in the lead
so far as actual votes are concerned,
his strength 2.pproXimlting 250, lib-
eral estimate, with Boies moving a,Oc3
at his heels with about 200, but neither
is able TO demonstrate as yet how he
can win. In this chaotic condition Of
affairs, gossip and speculation casts
about for dark horses. VIM. J. Bryan,
the boy orator Of the Pate; NicePres-
idCnt Adlai E. Stevenson: John r. Nc
Lean, the Ohio Journalist: the blue
grass orator, Senator Joe Blackburn.
of Kentucky, and Senator White, Of
California, an share the distinction Of
being canvassed. Even Senator Hin,
of New York, is talked of. and his ia
NOUS Elmira speech of 1898 is recalled
as an evidence that he is a bimetal]ist
and would make a strong compromise
candidate. The name of eX-Gov. James
E. CampbcI, of Ohio, is also heard.
The PelnOver boom from Oregon was
formally launched yesterday. and eX-
Congressman Joe Sibley. of Pennsyl-
vania, announced his candidacy. At
work in the baCkgl ound is the sena-
toral movement for Teller with the
fee oliver Republicans and their al
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
Group of WhirlWinds.

Waco, Tex, July THE wind blew
from every point of the compass yester-
day, and caused hundreds of miniature
tornadoes, wonderful to behold, but en-
tirely harmless. Columns OF dust and
trash poured and rushed about in all
directions, sometimes coming in contact
and blending two into one. Scraps CT
paper and other light articles were car
ried out of sight. The little cyclones
appeared to have met for dance. Mr.,
Mccormick, formerly government en-.
gineer, took a snap shot at the group
of whirlwinds with kodak, and got a
good picture He says it was sight
rarely seen, and worthy OF being re-
corded. @
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
Minister Young Dead.

New York, July Gen. Pierce VI.
B. Young, United States minister to
Guatemala and Honduras, died yes
terday in the Presbyterian hospital.
With him died his byother-in-l DR..
Jones, of Georgia.
The hospital authorities were rather
reticent as to the nature of Gen.
Youns's illness. Trey defined it as a
medical case.
When Gen. Young arrived here, near
ly two weeks ago, he placed himself
under the care of DR.. Janewsky, who
soon advised him to enter the Presby.
terrain hospital as a private patient.
Gen. Young desired the greatest retire
nent and instructed the superintend-
ent Of the hospital 10 say in answer to
a.. inquiries that he was there for re.t
and quiet.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
DOOliu Jail Escape.

Guthrie, Ok, tuly Up to late
hour last night none Of the escaped
prisoners from the Federal jail have
been located, Though posses CT deputies
are already in (he Old Cherokee TRAM
gle, in the Gloss hills in the rough
PAYNE county district, and at Cowboy
fats ready to receive them should they
show up at any OF the old outlaw haumts
Of the thirteen men who escaped. Six
were held for minor offenses which
would indicate that the break was made
on the spur OF the moment,
William Brock, the prisoner who went
with the other thirteen for half a mile,
saws that nobody knew of an intended
raid unless it might have been Dooin
and one or two others. He says that at
the end of the first half mile Doolin fell
over from exhaustion and that there
the crowd scattered. Doolin and Dyna-
mite Dick a1d Counterfeiter Jones, from
Pc.tswatomie county, taking to the
road and stealing the horses and buggy
Of w. A. Rooms and Miss Minnie War
ner. who were out riding and turning
east toward Payne county, soon after
cutting the telephone wires.
Walter McLaicl, who next to Dooiin,
was a ring leader, went into west
Guthrie.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
4 Strange Accident.

Terrell, Tex. Jnly Last Saturday
q curious accident happened to a son
Of Garrett Andrews, who lives near here
on Kings creek. A horse tied to a stake
was approached by the boy and it be-
gan 10 jerk and pull on the rope. Just
as the boy reached to unite the rope at
the stake the latter was pulled ont NJ
the ground and struck him with great
force just back of the neck, driving q
s!ive: several inches long into the flesh
nflicting painful wound
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
OUTLOOK IN COLLlN,
-,,rr,pSTPAlNFOR OVER SEVEN
WEEKS FELL SATURDAY.
!, Was Merely Light Sh""er--No 0"''
urou,n Has Occurred for Nine Years !"
This Iicinitv-Corn crop VIII Do 'e''
shorl-tn Exciting Chase.

Mckinney, Tex. July 7,-Until last
S3nrd9v, on? natal holiday, not trace
of r3io has fallen in Mckinney or WIN
n a circle of five miles since the LIN
Of MAY, lust seven weeks and i've DAYS
40, and only a slight shower to-day
h3reIv enough TO settle the dust anu
cool the atmosphere. Net since 1885,
nine wears ago. has any such severn
weeks drouth occurred. The corn crop
is Gu. short 60 per cent at least, ana
whore left tOo thick in the drill as
much as Il per cent. There will be ouC
small. if any, surplus OF corn ABOVE
our home wants. The oat crop was cut
short By the rust, owing to a drouln III
ADrn and the output was too short 10
allow the farmer any remuneration
above cost OF production at the present
ruling price of 10 cents per bushel' Inc
cotton crop, owing to drouth IN lhe
same moath-planting time in Nofth
Teyas-p preventing an early stand CT at
least one-ffth of the crop, ana by
dyouth, web worm and Mexican boil
weevil in other sections of the State,
and even after conceding an average
increase in acreage, the cotton yield
Will not be much, if any, in excess OF
last year.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Money Is accommodating in tas banks
OF London at great rate, and the poor
owners of the vast deposits do not
know what to do with them. They
are offered great many opportunities
TO invest, but most OF them do not ap-
pear to be filled with promise of future
results. The capitalists seem to be
wary, on account of the unsettled coz
dition of the business prospects in
most of the countries of the world.
The money awaiting investment is
said to aggregate many hundreds of
millions of dollars in value.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Beware of strangers. Two well
dressed ones recently opened a photo
graph studio in Litchfield. H., and
began advertising that they would
take fine photos for 81 dozen. There
was a grand rush of those who wanted
good thing cheap. From far and near
came men. women and children. each
wanting from one to five dollars
worth. When the grand rush was
over land the good looking artists"
bad hung up all the merchants IL
town. they silently stole away with
out finishing single picture. The
regular home photographers of Itch.
field can now be easily recognized by
the broad smile they are wearing.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

DR.. Talfourd celebrates his liver BY
giving two hundred and fifty dollars tc
London temperance hospital in token
of the fact that he has drank nothing
in fifty-six years. Both pain and tri-
mmph are suggested in this generosity;
but the truth probably is that the dear
old fellow is so constituted that any
thing stronger than the effervescent but
soulless poS would give him both agony
and humiliation.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
Woman Suffrage.

Chicago, H., July "A number OF
women suffragists, some eighteen in
ALL have appeared and are living at
private houses. They intend to ask
the committee on resolutions five min
utes to express their views. Ii is
doubtful if the committee WI do tais,
the furthest they will so in the matter
either being to receive the proposed
mink and decide on its adoption or
rejection.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
A Child Enjoys

soothing effect Of Syrup Of Figs. when
In need of laxative, and if the father
or mother be costive or bilious. The mos!
gratifying results follow its use: so that
it is the best family remedy known and
every family should have a bottle. :.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

lies, the Pcpu,iHt leaders, s5Iaining ev-
cry nerve to impress On The conven-
ton the ACCESSIBILITY of nominating the
Colorado man.
With all these silver forces strug-
Cling against each other, with the god
men solid and compact, ready to Obey
orders, it is a shrerwd political prophet
who can point the way out.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

The Milwaukee Street Railroad conf
pany was struck a body blow last week
when the common council passed a
f0ur-cent fare ordinance. The senti-
ment of the people is said to have been
fairly expressed by the vote of their
aldermen which stood SO to 8. The
(old employees Of the road still live.
'Corporaiions occasionally find out that
the people are running this country.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
National ropulist Convcntlou St Louis
July 2?d. 1926,

On account of the above mentioned
attraction the Iron MourtAta Route
will sell tickets from a. points on the
line to st. Louis for one fare for the
round trip. Tickets w-l be on ssle
July 10Th, 2Oth and list. With final
limit for return July 9th, 1896.
Write or call on Representatives. Of The
Company for full information. J. c.
Lewis, Travelling Passenge. Agent,
Austin, Texas.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Two Theosophists were first married
five thousand years ago. They trans
migrated few times during the inter-
rening period, and occasionally mar
ried again; and the other day they
were reunited, the ceremony being per-
formed by the temporarily disembodied
spirit of William @. Judge, which wore
a dress sheet for the occasion. And yet
Rider Haggard thinks he writes fiction
and tells the truth solely by accident.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
Educational Convention.

Bahalo, N. y, July Fully 1000
delegates to the National Educational
convention arrived since Monday
night. The council held an inteaesttnr
meeting Yesterday. The meetings Of
the general session commence to-day.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

We are informed that there is only
one en-thousand-dollar greenback,
and that is in the treasury vault in
Washington. We have often wondered
where it was located, haven't YOU
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

4 wet handkerchief or a cabbage
left inside of a mans hat in these
sweltering days may be pardoned, but
the housewife draws the line when he
comes home with brick in it.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

that this is not written TO prejudice
Mr.. McLean's candidacy or to further
that of any other gentleman, but in
the interest OF our cause, the members
and devotees of which | have right to
insist that. as their executive, | shall
in no way influence the choice.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

How are the mighty fallen. EXRev
erend Starkweather of West Superior,
Wis, is reported to be interested in q
proposed concert saloon.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Affection, Wis, the town without a
woman" has captured one. Postmas
ter f. II. Metcalf went over to Farm
ington last week and married Miss
Laura Matthews.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

An order has becr -,,"n1 by the
Rock Island railroad that hereafter an
emergency surgical supply OoX must.
be carried on each Q: IS passenger
trains.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

The AtchisOn Globe says that some
men can remember the last visitation
of the seyenteen-year loCusts, bnt no
women.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

An attack on the squirrel by an
agricultural paper is SO abusive that
it may fairly be called matter OF great
squirrelity.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Voting is not crime, but it is liable
TO bring on us all the pains, penalties,
exasperating annoyances and incon-
yeniences of jury duty.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

The African queen who put to death
80 OF her husbands will some day find
herself permanently widowed through
q masculine deficit.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Why is Artist Thomas Dawley Of
the United States confined in Moro
castle? Has he been kodaking some
of the military executions?
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
" " ~ y

Irrigated Farms in the Milk River VAL
ley. q
Room for many farmers on ditchesf
constructed in the Milk River
Valley of Montana and plenty Of
chances for colonies 10 locate on free
land and establish bitches of THAR ownass
bitches can be made at little expense
other than labor with plows and scrap
ers, and there is no stony ground, JUST
pure soil. Groves along the river audi
coal in the adjoining pasture bench
lands. Finest opening for Irrigation
farmers in the Northwest. All thes
stale crops produced. Markets in the
mines and good shipping facilities eastJ
and west. Via Great Northern RAJ. way
Write to Thomas O'EIanlou, Chinook,a1
Mont, for further information.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
New York Stock Market.

New York, July Higher prices tcr
American stocks in London and mod
crate purchases for foreign account. at
the outset exerted a strengthening IN
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Tongue is defeated in Oregon, but
Chinn is victorious in Kentucky; so
neither party's ahead.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

The Easy Boss is improperly so
called. There isn't another man any
where who is so uneasy.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Another anthracite coal trust has
been formed. This comes pretty close
TO fulfilling all the conditions of
burning shame.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Chicago, H., July mir, Samuel
Gompers, president Of the American
Federation Of Labor, has issued the
following:
TO the Public: Yesterday mornings
papers publish a dispatch purport;ng
to have been sent by ne july from
indianapolis and sent to Beriah VIII
kins, indorsiAg the candidacy Of Mr..
John r. Mclean for the nomination
for the presidency. ! beg to say that
tle dispatch is clumsy forgery, fab
Mcated to deceive and is vicious at
tempt to use my name and position in
the labor mOVemenr for purpose for
eign TO the methods of The American
Federation of Labor. left lndianap-
Oils July 8. and spent the 4th and 5th
among the iron miners of Northern
Michigan, delivering addresses to
them. My stopping over in this city
is incidental, and | am on my way re-
turning TO Indianapolis. | should say
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

FITS stopped free and permaaently rnrsd. 10
~ after first days VS. OF DR.. Klines Great Nerve
kestorcr. Free So 'r'al bottle'and t'eat - Mary.
el0uscurCS. DIR. KLINE 93l Arch ST. PIN L!epEa, n
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Friendship often hangs npoa very
very slender thread.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Just before the Fourth every year
We read about a powder trust.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

An Italian recently sold his wife for
five hundred dollars, and yet they Sa!
that business is depressed.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

The sweet girl graduate-well, you
know all about her by this time.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

He who can control his tongue lie
serves honor, praise and friends.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Alton. H., has an onion club, and
they say it is & strong one.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

shall recommend Pisos Cure TO- fonSpmp
ton far and wide-Mrs Mulllgan, PIumslesd,
Kent, England. Nov S, 1895,
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Do not fret over what You ant help
DO better next time.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Many other things besides gold gilt
tcrs. Deception is found everywhere.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Some men who feel that they are
born to lead never sem to be able to
aet hold 81 the right end of the string.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

t Is a smart man o. woman that
M VS. who among strangers > trust.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

People will call EN- cyclmes IN Spi'e
Of the prophets.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

The loss resulting from drouth in
Arkansas is said to be at least 81, 000,-
000
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09
II the Baby Is Cuttiux 'Weeth,

Be sure and use that old and weiltried remedy MI
WNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children reethirg.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-07-09

Chicken hearted men have their tim
to crow.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13

YOKOHAMA. &ov. =. isas.--Japan con
.ssas q population 80 4z.mo.g@. or 70 pe
4nn~n exact. the Official reports 3usS Issued
saew tss total num Der % people 70 De -
2snse An Increase % f.00g.5s 70 the .2sL
dsesde. These figures Do not incl0ts = or
rgsasa. which belongs 20 Japan a. rsaA-t
~ ne war wfh Ehina. Or ms nunnoef
= 81. 20 are nsalss. -. s-sss8 females, en-
.sstahg. H.aEance OF the sexes sB-cn seems
40 prevail ln al parts q the empire &C
esra.nE 10 the census returns - last year
sne people are grouped Ia i,ssas1s u.s.
holds. an average % % individuals - ne
s.snaiiy. srhe number OF marriages chfAhs
tae year covered ~ these Fss'ofts vas
q - or sa to every 5.sS inhabitants :.
gba Number q divorces was llstfs OF -
- svery GO inhabitants. Ia isss TIE mar
Tgagea NJ aabsred sSa 90 and the divorces
fag f7s no number o. births Tor AssA = s
s.E eFR Here again the male sex sl4sht+
sF asssrsea is superiority. IN ne proper
s41n 81 fea IS boys 10 le8 girls. But dsata
claimed It's victims With about the same
ratio. ror gg2 SIS males d.ed during the year
uaA az a4s females. lls.l65 Infants were
tsff.-born. a. increase or nearly - per cent
snes fss7. when the number Of ch!idren
dead a. birth vas recorded a. 68.ss5. This
snefnaae Is est Of all proportion 70 tAe
other vital sfal.st.eE.
IA ogIle.al gazette just ISSUED gives ne
population - tae leading cities as fo4-