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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1896
Page
2
A garbled 19th century column mixes local quips and odd anecdotes. It notes Oregon defeat, Kentucky victory, a squirrel attack, a coal trust form, and a single ten thousand dollar note in Washington. It mentions voting dangers, a marriage in Aliceton, a streetcar fare vote, and a prank photo scammers in Litchfield.
A chaotic jumble reports mishmashed events from New Orleans and parish areas. It notes a fatal fall from a pile driver near New Orleans, a drowning after a shipboard accident near Mandeville, pardons in murder cases, and various local incidents including a lightning death on a Murphy plantation and a Baton Rouge banquet for Gov. Foster. It also covers political shifts in the National Republican party, a Jackson parish shooting involving a farmer and alleged wife-murderer, a street shooting in New Orleans, a snakebite in Plaquemines parish, and scattered notes on editors, encampments, and labor press moves.
The piece describes a chaotic party convention scene with rumors of possible candidates and shifting loyalties. It highlights figures like Teller, Campbell, and McLean, with mentions of Bryan and Roosevelt era politics and a tense atmosphere as supporters test strength and speculate on who can win. It also notes a Labor federation statement distancing from a forged dispatch urging McLean’s nomination.
In Chicago deliberations of party leaders and silver and gold factions reveal pressure over potential presidential nominees. A Cuban resolution criticizes Spain and calls for US troop intervention to restore order in Cuba. Minister Young dies in New York hospital. details kept private. A Texas cluster reports whirlwinds near Waco with harmless yet dramatic dust and paper fragments in motion. An Arkansas drought loss surpasses a million dollars. An accidental neck injury befalls a boy near Terrell. National Educational convention in Buffalo reports thousands of delegates arriving and meetings underway.
In Sherman Texas a tense scene unfolded as deputy sheriff confronted John Pryor who fled on a horse after abusive language arrest. Across Collin and Lamar counties reports mention a light shower and harvest conditions with drought impacting corn and cotton yields.
Up to an hour last night none of the thirteen escaped prisoners from the Federal jail near Guthrie had been located though posses of deputies are in the Cherokee hills Glass hills and Cowboy flats ready to receive them. Doolin and others were involved with Breck claiming no prior raid plan. Doolin and Dyna mite Dick and Counterfeiter Jones fled taking horses and cutting telephone wires as Walter McLain led the group toward Guthrie west of the city.
About eighteen suffragists have gathered at private houses in Chicago and plan to petition the resolutions committee for five minutes to share their views. It is uncertain whether the committee will act beyond receiving the proposed plank and deciding its adoption or rejection.
New York July 7 stock market opened with higher prices for American stocks following gains in London. Moderate purchases for foreign accounts appeared at the outset, signaling cautious optimism as trading began.
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