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Evening journal., 1898-01-03
omoIaI Recount 10 noston.

BOSTON, Jan. S.-The official recount
of ballots cast at the recent city elec-
tion shows the official mayoralty vote
to be: Quincy Dem), S9,904; Curtis
Rep). 35.S92; Riley bryan Dem.), 1888.
Quincy's plurality, Alp.
Evening journal., 1898-01-03

s25. Good, satisfactory piano, suit
beginner VIII allow same amount in
exchange should you at any time want
a new one. Call and see it. Dearborn's,
$40 and 500 Market street
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Back Broken In Football Match.

MARYSVILLE, Cal, Jan. 3.-In the
football match between Marysville and
Wheatland clubs Clyde Maxwell Of
Wheatland had his backbone broken,
and recovery is impossible. he being to-
tally paralyzed
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stean, Power.

The steam power Of the world may be
reckoned as equivalent to the strength
Of 1000, 1000 900 Of men. which is more
than twice the number OF worlmen ex-
isting.
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peath of q skIpper.

LIMA, via Galveston, Jan. S.-Cap-
tain A. j. Hatch Of the schooner Louis,
which recently arrived from San Fran
cisco with a cargo of lumber, is dead at
Callao.
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SCOTCH Regiment For Egypt.

LONDON, Jan. "A dispatch from
Malta says that battalion of the Sea-
forth Highlanders has been ordered to
Egypt
Evening journal., 1898-01-03
wILMINGroNIANs 10 CONTEST.

At the Tuxedo Club, in Chester. on
Tuesday evening Jack Kelley, Of this
city, will meet Young Smyrna, Of
Evening journal., 1898-01-03

A Merchant or Professional Mar
can have is we'll printed Note
Head, Envelope or Gard. We
are doing only the best kind OF
printing. Give US call
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-05-13
pRyrAIN's NAVAL SUPREMACY.

Britain as u sea power atands
supreme. II Ia her policy to keep
her naval force more than equal
to that OF any other two naval
forces combined. She not only
possesses therefore, the most
powerful feet in the world, hut
abe can increase this feet by the
addition Of new shipe quicker than
any other nation can. II takes
England hut u year to lay down.
build, arm and comp n 5000 ton
baitleship. France can construct
q similar vessel In three years,
aud so can We. Italy would re.
quire about 4 years, aud Spain a
atm longer time. In the South
American republics such fighting
elements cannot be produced st
all, there being no shipbuilding
facilities. This 10 also the caae
with japan. But japan is spend
ing money now, . great deal Of Il
In having her navy built In Eng.
land. In Q few years she will be
In possession Of q very formidable
fleet, which will be equal IN every
way Of the navies Of some of the
nrst powers Of Europe and the an
perior Of any squadron In Orien.
tai water.-Hen,lerson Cleaner.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-05-13
MURDER IN HICKMAN COUNTY.

Clinton Democrat. 9th inst: W.
have Just learned Of the killing Of
ono negro by another negro 10 the
neighbOrhOod Of Bselertou, Mon.
day evening or night, but our In.
formsnt was not prepared to fur.
nish names and particulars. Both
negroes were called Bill, and one
OF them worked for Mr.. Phelps
and the other worked for Felix
GOssum.
IL seems that the two negroes
we're smitten with the same duskv
dsmsel, and on Sunday night the
Phelps negro asked to walk home
With her from church only to And
rival.
II 10 said that the disappointed
swain then aud there declared
that be would kill the Gossum ue.
gro on Monday night. Whether
he said II or not, he did Il, and did
II thoroughly. He walked over To
The cabin home of the negro girls
father Monday night aud found
The other Bill there. and without
more ado the Phelps Bill pulled
bis gun snd fred a ball straight
% the heart OF the Gossum Bill.
who fell down dead. The murder
,r then escaped.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-05-13
FRANCES ATTITUDE,

Cssimir Perier, OK President Of
France, talks in conyentionally
sentimental terms about the ira
diiional friendship that exists be
tween his country and the United
States. At the came time 1t Ia
observable that the masses OF
Frenchmen every where are open.
" expressing sympathy for Spain.
Paris 10 On even greater center OF
active and outspoken Spanish
sympathy than Vienna. The en-.
trance Of the French liner into
Havana Harbor. loadad With Span
ish officers and provisions for
BIanco's army, was . plain and
unmistakable display OF French
III feeling toward the United
States.
There 10 no use now 10 search
Cor The esasss Of this I'll feeling.
fclentIy ven esfabIished 10 canse
Washington to view with suspI
cion every movement made by
France during the continuance OF
this war. II 10 not slt0get her I'm.
probable that persistent efforts
will DO made TO find for the Paris
government an excuse for inter.
fering before We have settled with
Spain.
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AGAINST ANNEXATION.

| We have been making fun oil
the SranIards as u lot Of opera
bounFe feather-hesds, but let us
gnard against opera boufYs feath.
erheadedness ourselves. There is
no more reason now why We
should annex Hawaii, the Philip.
pines, Porto Rico or Cuba than
there was two weeks ago when we
disavOwed ans such intention and
declared war for the express pur.
pose Of merely liberating Cuba.
Let Ne seize any of these islands,
for the time being, that We may
deem necessary In carrying ont
the war. but let ne not in q mo.
ment Of excitement caused by the
smell Of gunpOwder rush to the
aban donment Of our national pol.
icy against territoria aggression
and foreign entanglements.-Cour.
ier-Journai.
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OFFICIAL CORRUPTION.

There seems to be at least one
Spaniard In official position who
has the intelligence to perceive
what aiis Spain and the courage
to speak out.
Senior Mella, a Republican, quot.
ed Scripture that sptly describes
one Of the causes OF Spanish in.
competency In this war. "As for
ms people," said Senior MelIa, In
the words OF Issiah, "chIldren are
their OppressOrs and women rule
over them. U, my people, they
which lead thee cause thee to err
and destroy the way OF thy paths ~
The ease with which our puns
have destroyed every Spanish
fortifcati0n attacked bespeaks the
crimes which Spanish officials have
eD:perpetrating for years under
the guise OF preparing the nation
for defense. Obviously, the for.
tificatiODs which Commodore Dew.
ey destroyed In the Philippines
we're weaker than Spain supposed.
Cuban forts are not what official
reports represent them.
During the past few decades
OF money have been an.
by the Madrid govern.
ment to reconstruct and modern.
re the coast defenses OF Spajn
md her colonies, with the aboye
results.
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THE SPIRIT or ACQUISITION.


There can no little doubt that
with the revelation Of our power
on the sea aud the promise which
4, gives Of n great increase Of pa
val strength commensurate with
our Importance rs nation, there
Ia growino a spirit Of conquest. or,
at least. Of acquisition, that will
enlarge the boundaries OF our In.
Huence and activity as . nation of
the frat rank. This IL n natural
development OF ideas, and whom
We come to Nh analysis Of the sub
ject We will find that II Ia = devel.
opment which must event ualiy
force itself upon the conscious.
ness Of those who now moet siren.
nously oppose the policy Of na.
tional extension of territory aud
responsibility In foreign sffsirs.
History aud philosophy seem to
unite agsinst the theory Of u grow.
ing country which contents itseli
within itself snd does not find il.
self forced to reach out In iis In.
fuence and power. 1t 10 not our
purpose here to 60 into q discns.
sion Of the question, but what We
hare written was suggested by the
following from the Chattanooga
Times;
We hope II 10 true that our gov.
ernmeDt has no mind to reiurn
anything to Spain thar We capture.
The Philippines, Cuba, Porto Rico
nothing that Spain has ruled aus
ruined. will be allowed to reve't
to that incapable domination. TIE
Philippines We need for our Osn
use, or ct least We must have sch
al interest In them as will iHsure
ne n atrOng base there, for naval
and army protection Of our already
great and fsst growing trade In
the Orient. We also need Porto
Rico a. q coaling station aud rem.
dezvous. The island is toe ANAL
to divide. We should take aud
keep 1t all, leaving the working
ont Of system of government for
IL to time and experience. The
war promises to force on our coun.
try q radical change, In respect Of
the requirement of distant domin.
ion over islands aud ports. We
are learning that half the value Of
an adequate navy 10 gone, when
the nation that owns the navy has
no ports bnt those ut home, where
the ships can be chartered In time
Of war. We are ascerisining that
II We are to grow, ~ u factor in
The world's trade. We must have
Dur own ports and ships of war
1t or near the main commercial
centres. Cuba. Of course, goes to
he Cubans with . string to Il.
IL they cannot maintain order std
progress there, we must.
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MURDER NEAR KENTON.

Last Thursday morning Thoma,
(Dick) Wallace, a painter. who bal
been doing work throughout Dyer
and Gibson counties, was found
dead on the railroad. three miles
south Of Ksnton. He had several
Rashes on his head and neck
seemingly made by some sharp
instrument. Wallace was Ia Ken
ton on Wednesday, under the In.
duence Of whisky, but left on the
south bound train for Rutherford
late In the afternoon. Abocs 10
o'clock that night he started TO
walk back to Kenton. II 10 the
general belief that he was murder.
ed and robbed, as be was known
to have had aLOut seventy dollars
on his person the evening before
he vac killed. aud when found be-
had only el73. 1t 10 not known
where his people live, 90 he had
only been In this section q short
time. He was buried at Ruther.
ord.-Obion Chronicle.
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The War Situation.

There has been 10 battle or ae'
,ious fghi,ug. the pas, week, since
Dewcy's great victory at Manila
The punlic mind has been wrought
TO the highest anxiety because oil
the expectation that Admiral
Sampson's fleet would fibd aud
engage the Spanish fleet some
where in the ocean around about
Porto Rico. hut surh expectation
has not been realized. The latest
rcports are to the effect that the
Spanish feet has returned to
Spain, hut. il IL very evident that
our government does not know
where this form dable Spanish
fleet is. Indeed, the most sue.
cessful part of the whole Spanish
war management, so far, is, that
they have successfully kept our
folks from knowing where their
war vessels can he found. II Ia
confidently believed that IL our
navy can ever meet this much
boasted Spanish feet that they
can aud will sink and destroy IL,
| precisely a. the gallant Dewey did
lat Manila, Aud n 10 believed tina
the Spaniards know this, ana TO-
that reason are avoiding . eight
These conditions will prosract the
war indefinitely, because the u
s. can not be complete masters OF
the situation so long a. Q Spanish
navy ia on the high seas to prey
upon our commerce.
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The ColOnizing Plan.

II has begun to he very general
~ announced. aud, under the i'm
pu,se Of great victories IN war like
that Of Admiral Dewey nj Manila,
IL Ia evidently growing in popular
favor, what 10 now described rs
the plan OF colonization. That is
to say, that the United States
hereafter IL to anneA territory and
countries that may be acquired In
war 90 colonies Of the United
States. II 10 argued that, "a In
:.e present war with Spain, there
10 no other way for the United
States to secure indemnity for the
expenses and sacrifice our Gov.
eminent and people have made,
except to seize aud hold the Phil.
ippine Islands. Now these Islsnds
are from 5000 10 1000 miles dis.
tancs from the United Ssates, and
tWNo v00Se &NNo &W9 v0vNW0t v00N yOWS
their population 10 thoroughly IN
harmonious with the spirit Of ouI
free Institutions, makes It Q doubt.
full question IL their acquisition
would be of sny real, permanent
benefit to us towards securing the
peace, happiness and prosperity
Of our homo people. A country
acquired by force most likely
would have to be held aud gov.
erned bv force.
Besides, would not triumphs Of
the character. once established %
q precedent, build up Ia the United
States Q conquering spirit, the
spirit that might 10 right, leading
from the conquest of one State to
another. and sooner or later make
our now harmonious and homo.
genious country half free and half
subjugsted, thus under mining and
Destroying our free Institutions.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-05-13
A ONE HORSE FARMER.

| A Washington county farmer
thus describes q Zone Horse
Farmer to the Springfield Pro.
gFess:
The one horse farmer has Q life.
long ambition to gain q reputation
Tor wearing a dirty shirt. flo will
alarm the neighborhood by get.
Ting up two hours before DAY, and
then cit around and not 20 to
work un'il after sun up; he will
Iide around q week looking for y
" hog; he will complain ~ hard
l'mes aud tear his pants climbing
q fence where q gate ought to be-;
ne will pay % for q bride, aud
then let the calf chew II to pieces
before Sunday; no will get all his
oe'ghbors to help get his Gov ont
OF the bog, and then lot her die
for want OF attention; stock will
CT Ia and destroy his crop 1t q
place 10 his fences that he put OF
nxlng Tor six months; he viii hurt
ess Osck lifting something TO show
bow strong be 10; he will talk all
DAY Sunday on what no knows
'shPut farming and then ride eli
oyer the neighborhood Monday.
hunting seed potatoes; he will 90
10 his shirt sleeves to show how
much cold he can stand, aud then
come In at night and occupy two.
hirds Of the fireplace ill bed
lime; no will 60 TO town on Satur.
lay and will come back with col
,ents worth Of coffee, a paper Of
pins and q dollars worth OF to.
$4,000; be 10 economical, econ omy
Q his forte; he will save ~ cents
Worth OF axle grease and ruin oil
10 wagon.
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The Republican Gubernst orial
convention Of Tennessee, meets
In Nashville, August 7th.

1
The Republican Gubernstoria
convention Of Tennessee, meets
In Nashville, August 7th.
MISS HELEN GoULD's patriot
ism shows itself 10 q check TO,
100000, which she sent to the
president with the statement that
she can easily furnish another q,
any time and 10 ready to do 90.
TIE death Of Henry +. Stanton
will touch with sorrow the hearts
Of thousands Of people In Ken.
tucky who. knew him 40 Q brave.
noble and true gentleman. He
was q gallant soldier. q brilliant
poet, and one Of the kIndest. heart.
ed men that ever welded q pen.
The 9th ann usl Southern Stu.
dent Conference Of College Young
Mems Christian Associations will
be held on the grounds of Bling.
BAN School at Asheville, N. G..
June 1926. 1893. This confereuce
has had ita four prev ious sessions
at the University of Tennessee m
Knoxville, but has been removed
to AsheviIIe because of the at.
fractions OF climate and scenery
Afforded BY that resort. The pur.
Poses OF the Conference are 10
deepen the spiritual life Of college
men and train them for lea dership
In the college Young Mems Chris.
tian Association of the South,
Similar conferences are held dur.
Ing the Summer at North field,
Mass, Lake Geneva, Wis, and Ct
Pacific Grove, Cal.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-05-13
About War Matters You May
Not Know.

War vessels at seq have means
for expeditions communication
aud protection which are not gen
orally known. They have war sig
nails by means Of Hsgs, by which
commanders on the different yes.
sells can talk to each other, give
orders aud answers. etc.
They have balloons, which are
cent mp aud which communicate
to the feet below By means OF
signal flags. They have carrier
pIgeons trained from the flag ship
which will carry messages from
an advanced chip back to the flag.
ship az far 40 200 miles at q speed
Of 40 to so miles an hour. They
have swift running tues aud yachts
In front and on all sides TO warn
the feet Of the approach Of the
enemy. They hare great search.
lights, which fssh constantly and
regularly ut night, which illuminate
the ses for miles around. and each
vessel IL provided with torpedo
tenders.
Also the torpedo boats are dash.
ing to and fro. burning lights, fir.
TSsmSt rusnmE mUsT1mv pxtfU4
boats always going in the contra.
~ direction to the torpedo boats.
This constant vigil lie kept up all
night. In the day time the swift
running yachts and cruisers are
out on scout to guard the feet
rom surprise.
Bombsrdments are allowed by
International law, but should new.
sr he resOrted to except after due
md timely notice for the rem 10 val
u women, children, and non com.
oatants. Civilized public opinion
Q against bombardment Of towns
md cities.
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THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

The Philippines are now the
centre of interest-the more 90
since the great naval battle at Ma.
Mia, which occurred on Sunday
morning, Mas LIST. Few people,
perhaps, know very much sbou,
them, many not even taking In the
fact that they are on the other
side of the earth. An exchange
says of them and their inhabitants:
They lie of the sou h.eastern
coast Of China and south Of For.
moss. The Philippine archsp elapo
inc'udes nearly 800 islands. OF
which, however, only Is are Of
considerable s,xe. The largest of
these, LuzOn, has an area Of 40.
900 square miles, which IL nearly
as large as that OF Virginia. Ma.
Mia. the capital. has q population
of 100000 and q large amount Of
wealth. lie trade 10 sugar, tobac
co sud hemp il very large. The
second Island Of the gr0np In size
10 Mundane, with an area OF 81.
600 square miles. The total area
OF the Philippines 10 ab0nt $50, 900
square miles, or more than three
times the area Of Cuba. The 10.
tel population 10 fully 5000, 900.
and is badly mixed. There is ss
great Q variety OF religion 90 Of
blood. There are Mohamme dams. |
Buddhists, Shintoists and o few
Christians.
Though Spain has possessed
these islands a long time, compsr.
stively few Spsnlards live there
The natives hate the Spanisrds
heartily, and In some Of the islands
The life OF Q Spanisrd 10 not ssfe.
Insurrecti0ns have been even
more frequent 10 the Philippines
han In Cuba. In fact, there has
Tor q century past hardly been n
lime when there was not q revolt
y some Of the islands. General
Weyler was Governor Of the Phil.
ppines just before he was sent 10
Cuba, and 1t was his treatment of
he natives which gave him the
lame of "butcher.v h
A great majority OF the people
o the Philippines long to be rid (
u the Spanish yoke, and their |
Iteration 10 only q question of q | i
hort time. IT
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REVENUE FOR THE WAR.

The Ways ani Means Commit.
mitter have practically completed
the framing OF their emergency
revenue measure. The bill pro.
vides for an cstimated additional
revenue of 100000, 900, derived
~ follows
From beer. t35, OOO, 900; from 10.
bacco, s25,OOO. 900; from inteIna.
tiopaI revenue taxation on checks,
stock transactions. proprietary
medicines, kilograms, etc. s40,.
OOO 600.
These are the principsl features
Of the bill:
The tax on tobacco in packages
and plugs ia increased o cents
over the present rate. An extra
dollar per thousand Ia added to
cignrs, aud the same increase Ia
made on cigarettes. Retail deal.
rrs In tobacco pay a llcense com.
mencing at $3.50 per annum. and
runNing up to -.
Beer pays an additional dollar
per barrel.
Transfers Of stock pay 2 cents
on n par value Of each 600.
Certificates If stock o cents on
pat value of 800.
Cheeks, . cents each, irrespect.
i'q Of amount.
Promiesory notes and deeds q
gsyHied scsle. according to amount
htoivSd. The scale 10 the same
'as that of 1866. The minimum Ia
8 cents.
Receipts for money paid are ex.
empt from tax.
Mineral waters In bottlea, one
pint or under, l cent; more than q
pint, 2 cents. Wines In bottles,
one pint or under. 9 cent?; over .
pint, 3 cents.
Proprietary medicines OF the
vslue Of 2J cents, 1 cent. and
cent additional for every % cents.
Express packages, l cent for
every charge Of 2J cents. Pack
agra delivered within q radius Of
three miles are exempt from the
tax. This provision is inserted 90
as'to enable the siores to deliver
goods without expense to them.
aelves or customers.
Kilograms l cent on every mes.
sage costing % cents, and On ad.
ditional cent for every additional
% cents. kilograms to newsps.
pers intended for publication are
Contrary 10 general expectation,
lea and coffee are not taxed. The
object Of the committee was to
'aise revenue ~ quickly ~ poe
'ible, and they feared . tax on tea
md coffee would not produce any
eveDue for ak months. A sug.
,estion was made to tax stocks
IN hand, but q question was rails.
ID as to the constituiionahty Of
hat method Of taxation, u being
u the nature OF . post fscto leg.
Station.
Railroad tickets are not taxed.
Supurisns ~ AnA.-~ W..
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From Ballard Woman. |

There 10 an old negro woman In
this city who claims TO have direct
communication with the Lord
She says that God has told hes
that there was q pot OF money
containing 900 900 hidden neat
here somewhere, and that when
she succeeded In finding four pure
men she will a; once be re waried
by being told the exact location
OF the money. According to her
statement two OF the four men
have been found for about three
years, but the other two are not
visible. She is quite familiar y lib
the contents OF the bible and can
instantly tell sou the correct book
chapter aud lumber of verse Of
most any Information deeired. but
she refuses to reveal the names
Of the two spotless men.
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CHIvALROUS DEWEY,

Admiral Dewey 10 . CheyelieI
Bsysrd Of sailors. To refrain from
frinR upon Q powerful shore bat
terry because the Gro wded CITY oil
Manila was 10 exact range was "a
generous an act - ever hOnOred
q warrior In the heat of battle.
The whole story Of the engage.
mont shows that the American
commander, while q very thuu der.
bolt OF war, was 40 cool and csl.
culafing as II he were naneuyer.
ing his feet OF Bar harbOr.
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A Pine lawyer.

Some Of the Newspapers sem
to think that Hon. John X. Hen.
drick 10 running for Congress.
He is instead making money pmc.
ticinR law. Mr. Hendrick 10 Q p,or
politician. hut q darn Hne lawyer.
Murray Ledger.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-05-13

IT should not be forgotten that any.
one troubled with rheumatism can get
prompt relief from pain by applying
Chamberlain Pain Balm. The ouick
relief it affords is worth many times its
cost. % cents. Then If its use is con.
tinued for short time it is almos. Ger.
tain to affect cure. For sale by T. T.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-05-13

THOSE Of our readers who have used
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will not
b. surprised tn learn that the sale of
this most excellent medicine has been
extended around the world and that IL
Is fast becoming n universal favorite in
the treatment Of coughs. colds. Group
and whooping cough. Tho % and 50
cent sizes for sale by 7. 4. Swsync.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-05-13

Modern warfare 10 full of sur.
prisea, but the most astonishing
feature is the ease with which the
patton that 10 prepared annihilaies
fore'asie of this In tho vars OF
Germany with Austria IN 1865, and
France In 1870, but il was shown
more plainly when Japan knock.
oil out the giant OF the Orient IN
Que round aud Greece Was wiped
out by Turkey last year. The
Spanish. A ericsn campaign prom.
ises to advance the record for
completeness Of destruction on
one side and immunity on the 9th.
er The science of war has been
40 studied In times Of peace that
the element OF chance appears 10
have been almost entirely elimi.
mated. The individual counts Al
nothing; the nation 10 everything.