The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-06-08

ed to become a candidate for Governor,
but he win take the stump for the nom.
inee.
$500
Or the 18th inst. the Miss. river Com.
will meet In New York. II will not have
much to do, as the appropriation for riy-
er work is practically nothing.
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ADMIRAL DEWEY is out of the race
for the presidential nomination, but
suggestion 70 make him q candidate for
the vice presidential nomination APP
pears TO be gaining advocates.
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A BILL Is TO be introduced in the Ar
kansas Legislature whereby the sheriff
Of q county in which lynching occurs
will lose his Office and the family OF the
person lynched may recover q, 900 from
the county.
IT now comes Porto Rico's time TO
come forward with a scandal. IL is n
great set OF men we have IN charge OF
our affairs whence scarce a month pass
a. that we fail TO learn of some great
stealCs fraud.
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TIE four original Bryan States in the
Democratic National Convention of 1895
which cast their votes for Bryan on the
first and each of the succeeding ballots,
were Georgia, Nebraska, North Caro-
lima and Louisiana
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The Republican National Convention
will soon be pulled of, but as yet no
one can foretell the winner of the sec
ond place in the Vice Presidential hand
leap. Mckinley, with Jockey Hanna
up, ia a sure thing for first.
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TIE gold Democrats of Indiana met
IN Indianapolis last week and agreed
that while they are against Bryan, they
cannot support Mckinley, and that the
course of their organization in the com.
ing campaign was not yet settled.
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Col A. X. MCCLURE, editor OF the !
Philadelphia Times and a long time /
friend Of the South. says in a letter TO
the Chattanooga Industrial Convention;
1.-The South Is to-day ON the threshold
of an era of prosperity that never was
known in all the sunniest days Of the
past The advance will now be sur
prisingly rapid, with increasing momen-
tum from year to year"
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IN closing his address before the as
semhled veterans in Union Hall, Louis
vile, last week, Gen. John b. Gordon
gave utterance to this prayer, which, IL
answered, will restore Kentucky TO her
original position in the heretofore I'M
broken columns Of the solid South
Heaven bless, protect and guide Ken
lucky. May harmony and christian fell
lowship rule in all her councils and
peace and plenty abide forever in all
her homes. "-Obion Democrat.
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TEE boldness Of the Boxers" a secret
anti-foreign-devil society of the Chi
nese, in their outrages against both
alien and native Christians in the EN-
pire, is becoming alarming There is
little doubt that the Dowager Empress
In encouraging them, and they are oper
ating in the neighborhood Of Pekin. II |
Il a pleasure to note the promptness of
our government in notifying the Chi.
nese government that our people and |
their property in China must be protect |
ed against these fanatics.
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A MODERN hero has hard time. Now. |
while many newspapers Of England and
America is saying that "the real hero Of
the British army in South Africa is Col.
Baden Powell, who for more than seven
months held Mafeking against an over
whelming force Of Beers and only two
days before his relief sailed forth with
his half-stafved little band and gave the
beseigers a severe thrashing," some
others are criticising him for shutting
himself and the citizens up in Matching
when nothing was TO be gained by its
occupancy, Indeed, every hero's rose
these days has pretty good-sized thorn
protruding from its fragrant petals.
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The Senate has refused TO take up
consideration of the Nicaraguan Canal
bill which went through the House by
such large majority and action on the
bill is thus postponed to next winter.
The Philadelphia Times intimates that
its passage by the House was for cam
paign purposes only. That paper says
that ito enable members to put them
selves on record in favor OF an inter
oceanic waterway, it was not Of the
least consequence whether the route
adopted was the best or the worst,
whether the time was opportune and
the diplomic situation favorable, or
whether anybody had any certain