The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-04-27

ohNAlOh NELLANtlONs NANtpuuiCduj
Of Maryland, has declared that il Nc
Kinley is nominated he will not support
him.
SECRETARY Lone has announced his
willingness 10 become a Vice Presiden-
tial candidate on the ticket with Nc.
Kinley.
MISSOURI populists denounce Bryan's
plan to license trusts as scheme TO en-
able political parties TO levy blackmail
on capitalists
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IS number and variety OF exhibits at
the Paris Exposition the United States
stands alone and unrivaled except
by France herself.
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CHICAGO is making extensive arrange
ments to welcome Admiral Dewey upon
his visit to that city on the anniversary
of the battle of Manila bay.
The official returns from the election
held in Louisiana, last week, show vast
Democratic gains. There Will be not
one Republican in the Legislature.
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NOBODY can feel coldly toward Ad-
miral Dewey who recalls the splendid
picture he presented on the bridge of
the Olympia at daybreak Of May LIST,
1898.
The Evans men bolted the Tennessee
Republican Convention at Nashville,
Last week, and nominated a separate
State ticket and delegates to the Ma
tiOnal Convention.
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THE contract for the reconstruction Of
the recently burned Kansas City Con
vention hall before June II has been
signed with the Gillette Herzog Manu- |
featuring company of Minneapolis
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THE building of the Nicaraguan canal |
seems a foregone conclusion. Our gov
eminent has secured a strip of land ten
miles wide between Costa RIGA and |
Nicaragua for the building of the canal.
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ST. LOUIS is preparing to spread her
self for the Worlds Fair Of 1908. Those
who attended the little show at Chicago
will open their eyes in wonder when
they take peep at the real thing in St.
Louis.
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r. S. THOMPSON, Chairman of the
National Executive Committee of the
union Reform party, says that an at
tempt will be made at Cincinnati, May
9th. to fuse with the Middle-of.the-
Readers.
IT is worth noticing that the repre-
sentatiyes Of the German Press of ten
states have met at Chicago and decided
to'oppose the Republicans this fall be-
cause of their subservlence TO trusts and |
monopolies.
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GENERAL MILES has made charges /
that the Ordnance Bureau Of the army /
through prejudice. is rejecting American
inventions, notably the high explosive
"thorite," thus driving the discoveries 10
foreign Governments.
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s. b. HARRELL, State Senator from the |
Ninth District, who created such a SEN
sation in the recent Legislature, viii |
resign his seat in the Senate and go to |
Sherman, Texas, where he will practice |
his profession. He says he is done with |
politics for good.
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THE Ballard Yeomau, Judge Jas. ID. |
Whites home paper, denies the report
that Judge White viii not be a candi-
date for reelection to the Appellate
bench in 1902 With Judge White in
the race, all figures ON the contest will
have TO be changed.
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The War Department has issued
warning against men without means
going to Cuba in the expectation of
mAhng living. Hundreds are strand
ed there, as there Is literally nothing
for them to do. The Cubans, rs is their
right, are being given whatever Of en-
ployment there Is going.
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ADMIRAL DEWEY has denounced the
sensational story that he said all Demo
Gratis were traitors in time Of war and
fools in time of peace. The old man Is
rapidly learning the cost of entertain
ing presidential aspirations, but he han
dies the enemy now as of yoTe ana I
every shot hits the mark.
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THE Supreme Court of tie United
States has decided that the shippers I
must pay the war tax ON express pack
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