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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1897
Page
3
The account details 60 prisoners marched to execution for desertion, aided by clergy of multiple faiths. After final exhortations and blindfolds, a firing squad carried out the sentences, five men dying on the spot and others succumbing later, underscoring the harsh enforcement of military law and the spectacle of punishment.
Ex convict P. J. Elliott, recently released after serving 18 years for the killing of William Osborne, will be managing editor of a new weekly in Columbus named The Weekly Vindicator. The Irish Publishing Company will publish it with funds from Irishmen of the state.
Secretary Herbert will make Washington his home after leaving the navy post. He plans to open a law office in the capital and practice before the supreme court and court of claims. He may partner with his son-in-law Benjamin Micou, chief clerk of the navy department and former Alabama judgeship candidate.
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports on the ampliphone a two ounce device said to magnify bodily sounds enabling physicians to hear respiratory and circulatory activity. It claims to aid diagnosis of bronchitis pleurisy emphysema and other conditions and suggests synergy with X rays could reveal more human physiology.
A Moorestown New Jersey bank clerk forgot to start the time lock after closing the safe. The next morning the safe would not open until Cincinnati makers sent a technician who used a timed clock and a timber lever to jar the door. The delay halted business for four days causing official anxiety.
London Truth reports the queen contemplates a Garter chapter at Windsor Castle on June 26 or 28 with a banquet in St George’s Hall for knights of the order. It recalls 1855 when Louis Napoleon was invested and the Duke of Buckingham was not summoned but attended, prompting royal displeasure at dinner.
A Georgia village store displays a sign listing ax handles ink pens and cheese. The odd combination suggests a broad inventory or a playful window display intended to attract passersby.
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