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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1895
Page
10
The Progress entry notes B D Hicks Firm and Prop in Shreveport as a business listing. It references the name and location without additional context or details.
A garbled column mixes social critique with scattered anecdotes about American society, crime, and distant events. It references politics in Brazil and Armenia, debates on roads and urban progress, a fatal Albany hotel blaze, a teen accused of murder, and a long parade of unrelated notes, hinting at cultural tensions and global conflicts.
In the House, February 16 was set for honoring late Senator Vance of North Carolina. A Texas bill to appoint a cadet from each district to a new academy faced strong opposition and passed 161 to 67. The conference on the urgent deficiency bill was adopted. Other items covered include a Gettysburg military park funding of 100,000, a Todian appropriation bill, and various resolutions on timber permits and pension applications. The Senate discussed Hawaiian affairs and the Nicaraguan canal bill without action.
Austela and Tali Wasarsetos report that Austria’s Hengelmuller, visiting the state department, hints at swift retaliation if the bounty sugar tax is not repealed. He conveyed a friendly note but signaled potential severe measures unless action is taken soon. Senators and backers of the repeal bill are being urged to push the effort.
Washington Jan 1 The senate passed the army appropriation bill at 23 000 000 and moves Gen Schofield to lieutenant general a position formerly held by Sherman and Sheridan. Debate on the Nicaragua canal continued with Mr Morgan seeking a vote deadline and Mr Caffery proposing a new treaty with Nicaragua and Costa Rica under U S control.
In Washington yesterday an 1%-A meeting of the houses appropriations committee, attended by Secretary Carliale at Chairman Sayers's request, discussed a plan to circulate more silver certificates of small denomination instead of treasury notes. The committee removed a provision to print toast notes replacing treasury notes from the sundry civil appropriation bill. In New York on January 21, Senator Cockrell reported the urgent deficiency bill's Senate amendments largely agreed, except for two items: reducing income tax special agents from ten to three and Hill's amendment on taxpayer questioning.
A government bill passed the house on June 22 providing for the quick construction of a post office building in Chicago and appropriating 4.1 million dollars for the project. The measure aims to expedite facilities and services for the city.
Jan 22 news item states two resolution efforts introduced in the House regarding Hawaii. One by Mr. Bredtnidge of Kentucky favors annexation, the other by Mr. Storer of Tennessee seeks information on export policies related to the matter.
The column blends personal lore and public notices, detailing Charles HL Hinkley’s wealth and health struggles, a romance ending in Oregon, a pardon tale, a Florida farmer’s barn discovery, female London graduates, global patent pill use, a new letter box alarm, and a grand hearth fire at Roby Castle.
A pew carpet for the Waterloo chamber at Windsor Castle, claimed as the largest ever made, was woven in India by prisoners in penal servitude. They hope for remission of sentence for their diligence, though the trial and completion details are unclear due to damaged text.
Disjointed reports detail custody battles and a kidnapping accusation, a man shot during a robbery, a drummer eloping with companions, and multiple local officials resigning or being named. Also listed are assaults, counterfeit money arrests, fires, and various civil and criminal incidents across parishes and cities, with a tone of late 19th century crime and civic updates.
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