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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
NAY-DAY IN FRANCE.

seven KILLED ard Twelve Wounded In n
Collision Between Miners and Police ut
Fourmies.
One-half OF the workingmen at Four.
mise, France, attended 20 their duties
Friday. The remainder abstained from
work, and were very noisy, marching
about the streets singing, shouting, etc.
A mob of 1900 hooted at a body Of
gend'armes, and the gcnd'armes drew
their sabers and attempted TO dis
perse the crowd, but were received
with shower OF stones and were
compelled 20 retreat A mob attacked
the Maie Friday evening in an attempt
TO rescue imprisoned comrades, and
wounded two soldiers. The troops inn
mediately opened fire and three men
fell dead The mob then fed.
LATER-There was bloody coll
lision between miners and police, In
which seven persons were killed and
twelve wounded,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
GREAT FOREST FIRES
Working Tremendous Destruction
in Now Jersey.
Tho Country Lighted Up for Miles Around.
and One village dss Been
Destroyed.

The ficrcest and most disastrous fro
on record in Atlantic county, n j., for
thirty years was raging Thursday in the
vicinity of Convertown and Port Re-
public, and the heavens were illumi.
mated like MONDAY. Thursday morn.
ing the pines Ia tho neighborhood
OF the places mentioned took Ore
from spark from an engine.
The heavy westerly wind which was
blowing at the time famed the blaze,
and the flames soon spread 10 the large
pines and In short time the whole for.
est south Of Pomona was like q raging
furnace. The air was filled with parks,
and amid the roaring of the rushing
flames could he heard the thunder u
the falling pines AMI oaks.
The path 81 the fire steadily
widened. and the flames spread
la several directions. completely
envcfoping tha--ssadsr snsmps. ,,Ls n
change ~ The Wind the town OF Absecon
was saved from destruction. hut the fire
was guided from its old path into the
midst Of some OF the most valuable
young timber In that section. Gradu'
ally the flames worked their way
toward Conoyertown, and by o'clock
Thursday afternoon had reached the
outskirts Of the town. What few
men there were about in the fields
and in the streets seized branches,
sticks OF shoycls and hurried into
the woods hardly knowing where they
were going or what they were going
for. A panic had ensued among the
women In the town. They rushed
about madly asking each other what
they should do. The FIRE had driven
the men who were fighting IL BACK al.
most 10 their own doors Finding
their efforts 90 get the fire under
control useless, the men turned
their attention 10 their homes The
flames Mt this time were not over
quarter OF mile distant IL did not
take long TO remove half Of their house.
hold goods across the street and down
into the open fields None too soon was
this accomplished, as the fire burst out
OF the woods and ignited the houses,
which were soon reduced b. nshes
strong westerly wind aided In the de.
struction. All the wooded land in tho
direction OF the shore road was burned
over.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
SAVED BY A SHIRT.

which the owner Takes or and Sets Firc
To As q signal to Passenger Train to
stop.
When the east bound night express
on the Big Four was driving along at a
high speed about two miles west of
bloomington, Ill, the engineer discov-
cred man on the track some distance
ahead waving come blazing object He
applied the brakes and reversed, but
before the tain could be stopped il
struck an obstruction in the shape of
an oak log, ten by sixteen inches and
twenty feet long. II smashed both the
fences At q road crossing. and damaged
the engines pilot There were one
hundred passengers on the train. The
man who signaled the train is named
Shines, and he is resident OF Blooming.
ton. The torch with which he signaled
the train WAS his cotton shirt, which he
took from his back and lighted with u
match.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
LET US REFLECT.
Premier Rudini Advises Us to DO SO o
the New Orleans AFFAIR.

Premier Rudini Advises Us to DO SO ON
the New Orleans AFFAIR.
Premier Rudini's last note TO Marquis
Imperiali. charge d. affaires at the Ital-
ian embassy at Washington. accuses
Secretary Blaine OF breach Of diplo-
matte courtesy in publishing private
confidential dispatch from RudinL The
Italian minister then adds: I'VE are
under the sad necessity Of concluding
that what to every other government
would appear to be the accomplish
ment of strict civil duty Is impossible
10 the federal government II is time
TO break of this bootiess controversy.
Public opinion, the sovereign judge, will
know how TO indicate an equitable
solution Of this grave problem. We
have affirmed, and we again affirm our
first right Let the federal government
reflect upon i;s side Il ]: is eSredient to
leave TO the mercy Of each state in the
union, irresponsible to foreign coun-
tries, the efficiency of treaties, pledging
its faith and honor to entire nations.
The present dispatch is addressed to
you exclusively, not tn the federal gov
eminent Your duties henceforward
are solely restricted to dealing with
current business"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
HICKMAN FULTON COUNTY. KENTUCKY, FRIDAY NAY s. 1891
BLOoDSHED IN ROME.
Member of tho Chamber OF Dcputise
Woonded-Terrlble Eject OF the Firms
NJ Troops On the Mob.


4 Member of tho Chamber Of Dcputiss
woondsd-Terrlble Eject Of the Firina
NJ Troops On the Mob.
A meeting Of wotkingmen took place
In Rome, Friday afternoon near the
church OF San Giovanni. There were
Ave members Of the chamber Of depu.
ties present. An anarchist speaker VIC.
iently urged the assembled men TO at
tack the police, when some Of the riot
ers hurled stones at the troops. The
gendarmes at this point fired upon the
rioters and the cavalry Immediately af-
ter charged upon those who had
not been put TO fight by the gcndarmcs'
fire. When matters had Gained
down somewhat, II was found that Sig
nor Barzilai, n member of the cham.
Der of deputies, Signor Ciprianni, a so
cialist leader, and twenty-five others
had been wounded during the riot One
man was killed outright by the gend-
armes' fire In addition a gendarme
was stabbed TO death by the rioters.
Later ON another sharp conflict occur,
red between the soldiers and mob in
Victor Emanuel square. Several per
sons were injured and trooper was
killed. IL Is reported that signor Clip
rianni's wound Ia mortal.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
A RELIGIOUS RIOT
Between the Greeks and jews on Zante
Island, Resuiting In the hiiiing OF Sew


Between the Greeks and jews on zante
Island. Resulting In the kiiiing OF Sew
erai.
A dispatch from Zante. capitol Of the
Ionian island Of that name, brings news
Of n serious religious riot which has
taken place there. Friday was OBJ
served by the Greek Christians as the
Greek Good Friday, and part of the
ceremonies Of the day consisted Of a
procession Of Christians which march
ed through the principal streets.
when they ne.red the Hebrew quarter
the Christians practically besieged that
section. 4 Gordon of soldiers had been
drawn around the Hebrew quarter, and
upon the refusal Of the Christians TO
retire ia peace the soldiers fired on
them, killing aud wounding several
people. The Christians, the dispatch
adds, are now pillaging the houses Of
the Hebrews at Zantc, and threaten to
tUrn the Jewish quarter.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
NOTES FROM THE PRESS.

The decided Blaine color of the
convention of republican clubs at Gin
cinnati suggests a decided green tinge
to the thoughts OF Uncle John sherman.
Chicago Times
IF President Harrison really
wants to learn who is the republican
favorite he should propose three cheera
for James q. Blame at the close of ono
of his rear-platform speeches. But, OF
course, the little man never mentionI
the lingo man. Sioux City Tribune.
The boys who cheered for Sleeve.
land and democracy" while Mr.. Har-
rison was in Texarkana were better
fed than bred. Texas is anxious To be
polite to its presidential guest, and it is
no more courteous to mention Cleveland
and democracy in his presence than it
is TO throw holy water on another emf
nent republican. Louis Republic.
Republicans express with delight
the opinion that the spring elections in
dictate that republicanism is reviving.
Do the republicans realize the condi.
ton of affairs when they clutch at the
returns of a town election to assure
themselves that ''the grand old party of
patriotism, purity" s;.l., al nauscaTn, is
reviving in the north?-Chicago Times.
Secretary Foster, confronted with
the empty treasury, which Reeds reck'
less congress depleted, is scheming hard
TO make both ends meet when 5S,0o0,-
600 ~ per cent. bonds fall due in Sep
TENDER. So far he is basing his plans
upon the idea that the holders OF the
bonds shall keep them AT a lower rate
of interest, 2 per cent. Louisville
Courier j ournal
At every point in his journey
throughout the south President Har-
rison has been received with a warmth
of welcome that ought in some degree
to thaw the ice out OF him. His recep-
ton has been as sincere as II was
gracious and should convince him that
the people of the south are as devoted
to the republic as the people of any
other section of the country. lie should
be now convinced of the uuwistom of
any attempt TO chain down the grow
ing and prosperous south or To check
its development with any such meas
urrs as the force bill There is for the
president in his southern trip an OPP
portunity 10 broaden and elevate him
self 1t is to be hoped that he will use
t.-Kansas City Times.
MIR Blaines friends are much
amused at the manner in which Mr.
Harrison, in his peramb ulatory adj
dresses from the rear platform of his
palace car and ON other occasions,
takes care to claim credit for himself
In connection with the reciprocity
movements of this administration.
They also point out, with many shruga
of their shoulders, the somewhat sig
nificant fact that in all his addresses
the president has not once had the gen
crosby, justice or temerity, according
as one views it, TO mention the name OF
Blaine. The inference which Mr.
Blaine friends draw Is that lttle
Benny is a very narrow, jealous ard
ambition, rcrsou, devoid Of wit enough
TO coar,a. ..S Shortcomings AiearG
! Herald
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
81 ALONE AM MASTER"
Emperor william Deals q Direct BLOW 8
Prince Bismarck.

Emperor william Deals q Direct BLOW at
Prince bismarck.
At banquet at Dusseldorf in his
honor Monday evening Emperor Will
liam made significant speech, in
which, after dilating upon his desire
for hearers for the protection of
the rights of labor, and after
expressing satisfaction at the con-
clusion of the commercial treaty
with Austria, he said: AS 10 the homo
policy which is becoming established, |
shall not deviate hairs breadth from
the course have adopted. alone am
master in this country and nobody
else" His emphatic language in re-
gard to the treaty with Austria, which
Prince Bismarck opposed, and also in
regard TO home affairs, was evidently
directed at Prince bismarck.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
Lighted BY raliov Candles.

The gas bill at the state capitol, Nash
vile, Tenn, has for two months been
higher than Superintendent BittoclS
Thought it should be, and Friday, when
bill for SOB for April was presented,
he ordered the meter taken out of the
building Friday evening the corridors
were lighted 10y tallow candles set in
cuspidors, and Saturday halfdozen lam
terms and a gallon can of coal-oil wcre
pur,.baS,,l
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
A singular Accident

the Gilbert car works, Troy, y V, for
many years Among the machinery
used are several machines ON which a
mum Der Of knives make 200 revolutions
per minute. Thursday one Of these
knives broke of and few with awful
velocity through the air, striking Mr.
Manner in the left breast and sinking to
the depth of over six inches, completely
transfixing the heart. Mr., Manier died
In less than two minutes
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
Not So Rad ReportAd

While the relatives OF Mold Hutch"
the Chicago SPECTATOR, say they are
sure the old man is in Florida and safe,
they uctray Food deal of anxiety
nevertheless, and have sent a detective
10 hunt the head Of the family up one
Of his sons says no Is in Pensacola Tie
also says the old man Is solvent and mas
plenty Of money 20 spare.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
THE v@oTh OF THE COUNTRY.
DO Republican Party.

r..,,,. ri. IIor, IN Rails rs
republics" Party
There no more comic politi-
cal deiiv Oh late than the bugle
blast OK O. Ciarkson summoning
the yout ~ 'pe country to rally round
the ban o. republicanism. Mr..
Clarkson 'nfrument has the sound as
OF trun<s made from protected tin
ware, an certainly more strident
than tune. WIN Foraker Ihurston
and ther 49, blowing In concert, 1t
lends it@n ~ acn an orchestral effect
as that Yr' which village humorists
are w0ns W.peet questionable we'd
dings
But o. vehicle TIN or brass or
other meta' WY should this call for the
courage sso rn'nrsiasm OF young rnen
DC dcertuny OF any responseT
Youth - sve very wise' but u Is
NOT Iio ana calculating. IL
may 70 make 100 httie OF
the q z2 o. 'ne past out ~ Is
seioo1 ~, intoierance wnicn
mas su1xFe causes whicn drew II
,orsn, ..ness OF nina wnacn
- - a2 ssSs''sz - T.. ~
True StILIB3 rSn5ni7. 90 $4f5 III
the courage Ia d1tbus;asm 81 Young
men. but what In sere in II TODAY 10
give scope for the exefsse of either?
Z Certainly not the advocacy of force
bills or the fostering of lesalized rob-
berry In the. form of taxation, Youth
demands a chance to rise by IT., own
efforts; it is impatient Of all privilege
and preemption, and does most ve,e-
mently PROTEST against being hand.
capped by burdens imposed for tn,
benefit Of others. II will fight for al
abstraction, but its imagination viii
hardly be fred by cause whose objec
tive point IL nboodle." Tradition, as-o
citation, transmitted beliefs, count fol
much in forming the opinions alike o
youth and age, but for the ingenious
mind at work on the political problem,
of the day republicanism offers merely
| the dry husks of old controversies anC
the perverted application Of once vita
principles
! There are, doubtless, young men &c
whom Foraker is hero and Reed moi
inadequate exponent of the republican
ism Of sumner and Of Lincoln. But
they are hardly the kind for whom the
horn of GARRISON was footed. The son.
of the founders of republicanisu
whose presence he deplores as leader,
Of the New England democracy renre
sent a tyne of men born since the wa,
who because thew think for tbemselve.
will have no lot or part with the Fora
kers Wanamalers. Clarksons or Ouavs
who fnd n At and profitable 10 be re.
nubl;cans NJ the present dav Democ
racv has for them the potentialitv and
the promise of all that is vital or inspir.
ING In the political activity of the re.
nnb,ic
| AZ, c,,- -, =,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
-Four Negroes Roasted.

At railroad camp on the Chattanoo-
q Southern road, four negro laborers
were burned to death Sunday night.
The laborcrs had been drinking and
gambling in box car until few mo-
ments before the fire was discovered
The negroes were asleep in drunken
stupor. Charges are made that the car
was fired by companions OF the burned
men for the purpose of robbery, as one
Of the occupants had been winning in a
big game of craps.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
Railroad Miners 90 Out.

Friday morning between five and six
thousand railroad miners ~ the Pitts
burgh district went ont on a strike,
Their old scale expired Thursday, and
they went out pending an adjustment
Of wages, their strike having nothing tn
do with the eight-bour question. The
miners convention is now in session
at Pittsburgh
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
Monument 70 Columhus.

Col. I. +. lIildcr, an American capt.
talist residing in Honduras, has pro.
posed to the department of state that d
subscription list be opened AT Chicago
during the Worlds fair 10 raise money
to erect a monument on the spot where
Columbus first stood on the continent
Of America. This was at what is now
known as Point Castillo, near Truxillo,
Honduras
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
Hutch Refuses To 90 Home

A special dispatch from Terre Haute.
Ind, says Mr.. Il, Il. Hutchinson, tho
well-known Chicago speculator, arrived
there late Friday night from Evansville
and refused to 20 further north, al.
though he had a ticket TO Chicago. He
nut up nj "A hotel there
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
Peculiar Acciden. terminate. Fatally.

After two weeks of unparalleled suffer-
ing Rev. George II. Boutwell,. pastor of
the Congregational church on Classon
avenue. brooklyn, died at the Brooklyn
hospital sunday night The accident
which resulted in his death was the in
haling of cork into the bronchial
tube. Several surgical operations and
all that smcdical skill and ingenuity
could devise failed TO remove the OBJ
struction
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
Cleveland IN Default.

In the district court at Omaha Neh,
Ex-President Grover Cleveland was
called in the suit OF the Folsom heirs
Of which Mrs. Cleveland is one, for
the partition of the estate, The bailitf
announced MIR. Cleveland could not be
found aud he was declared in default
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
Proposed strike Declared on.

The proposed general strike Of
the Pennsylvania bituminous min
ers, in the neighborhood of
Huntington Pa, which was an
nounced for Friday, has been indefi
nitely declared of, and the work will
therefore, continue as usual
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
Horses Taking the Grin

The influenza epidemic is now ra.,ine
at East Kent Eng, In addition 10 the
human beings who have been Vie ms
to the disease, the epidemic has attack.
ed the horses in the East Kent uunt
Stables with the result that several
valuable hunters have already died
from its effects
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
Bans rx-pre.idsnt'a steaiings.

The inve, tlgai.on 10y the bank exam
liner Of the Ninth National bani, of New
York shows that the stcalirFs Of ex-
President j. +. lin are si0S, ol1 and IL
Is said that further search viii bring
the amount 10 $500, 900.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
EnRlands Proposal.

The English government has propos-
ed 10 the United States an agreement
10 suspend the killing of seals in the
Behring for a term to be decided upon,
that commission be chosen TO exam
inc the whole subject, and for that
time England will engage TO keep out
poaehers from Canada. IL is thought
Blaine will agree to the proposition CT
something like H.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
Bicycles Not Personal Ef,ects

The treasury department has inform
ed n correspondent that the board Of
general appraisers hold that bicycles
are not entitled TO free entry as per
sonal effects" Bicycles of American
manufacture taken abroad are entitled
% free entry on return,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
Rain Puts Ont Mountain fIres.

The heavy shower which fell Sunday
morning did more than the bands OF
men who have been fighting the fire on
the Blue mountains in Pennsylvania.
could accomplish in the last three days
After devastating over riiteen hundred
acres the flames were eXtinguished by
the rainfall. which lasted two hours
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
COLD NERVE.
A Man who HAS Enoagh Of ~ Ia sapply
the Whole Country aud Have rlehty

n Wan VINO ias Enough OF " 10 NoprT
the Whole Country and Have Ficnty
Lett.
= man ~ tie SsH.o 0f :. e S;s!a e
badly wanted by the authorities al
kcokuk, Ia. lie presented himself al
the Office Of the City hotel. and claimed
a. have purchased the entire business
and had come to take charge lie
demanded the keys 20 the mou.y
drawer, which were turned over 20
him lie ran things Tor three or four
hours, helping himself 60 the liquors
at the bar and-tr"p' NC all the guests
He suddenly disappeared with all the
ready cash. A special from Ham ut,a.
just across the river, says 10 presented
himself at the po-t-uficc there As a
special post-ofiicc Inspector and made
an investigation and said the office was
e., 900 short On the strength ~ his
representation he borrowed a sum and
disappeared
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
Drunken Miners Double Crime.

At the Atlantic mine, Hancock, Mich.
Aug. Nifkila, a miner, shot his wife
through the head during fit OF deliri-
UNI, caused by drink, and then placed
the revolver to his own head and blew
out his brains, Nikkila died in "a few
minutes. The woman may recover.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1891-05-08
H,rr,.on' :, rr,p Eastward.

The citizens Of Monterey, Cal, gave
the presidential part q grand reception
Thursday At salinas he was present.
ed with solid silver card containing
an engraving OF the old custom house
where the first American dag in the
state was raised in 1915. The presi-
dents response was a most happy one.
Mcssrs. Wanamaller aud Noble also
made addresses