The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-05-25

disbanded.
THE Louisville Dispatch announces
that it will support the Republican State
ticket II one should be nominated.
$3.50
MCKINLEY will keep all present occu.
pants in office il reelected, but Bryan's
appointees will all be new men; and
herein Bryan has the advantage.
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A CHATTANOOGA dispatch states that
Ex-Governor Bob Taylor has just closed
lecture tour Of the west, and for the
year just closed has made over aud
above expense, $4,000.
TIT.
II Senator Morgan can get the Mica
araguan Canal bill reported to the Sen
ate he may be able to force vote which
will show who are the friends and who
the enemies of the measure.
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The three Boer ENJOYS in this country
in the interest of peace accomplished
nothing. Secretary Of State answered
them that the United States had done
all it could-that this country was neu
trial.
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WOMEN have been barred from Meth
odist pulpits, but they may find consola-
ton in the fact that they are hired out
up in Wisconsin to pillow, thus gaining
one Of mans rights where they lose an
other.
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Ii almost looks as though the cam
paign this fall would be equally as
exciting rs that of 1895 From all over
the country the news comes that the
State Conventions of bd6 parties are
all wildly enthusiastic.
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The Court OF Appeals has decided, in
a case from McCracken county, that a
Justice Of the Pence may open an office
and issue processes in district other
than his own. but all courts must DC
held in his own district.
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JUDGE LocHRKN's decision declaring
that Porto Rico is part of the United
States is an appalling blow to the ad-
ministration. They win refuse to act
under it, but the people win take note
of the opinion of the judiciary on the
subject.
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THERE is one church for every SS7
people in the United States. Boston
has one for every 1900 Of her popula-
ton and Minneapolis one for every L.
504. Twenty four million people at
tend church in the United States every
Sunday.
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The Courts having declared Beck
ham Governor, it must follow that all Of
Gov. Taylor's action and exercise of au-
thority since the day Goebel took the
oath Of Office are illegal. No expenses
he caused to be incurred can be paid by
the tax payers.
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MAY 10 was the limit for the an
nouncement of other cong Sssional can
didates in the first district Chas. X.
Wheeler is the only Democratic candi-
date, all Others being now debarred.
The congressional committee will meet
again in Paducah May 20 TO further
complete its work.
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The sixteen electric floats built in
New Orleans at a cost of $4,000 have
been sold to Denver for an exhibition
there an6 they will be sent to Wichita,
Kas., for the next street far. They are
the first electric floats built in the
world, and were used with great sue
cess at the carnival at New Orleans.
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The famine in India is growing
worse. II is now stated that there are
over 90 million people dying from star
vatlon and disease in that country. We
can hardly appreciate the awfulness Of
this statement until we remember that
the entire population OF the United
States is about n million. India is one
of England's colonies.
1870
The sale and transfer of the Franklin
Favorite, one of the best Of the South
ern Kentucky democratic weeklies, is
announced. J. r. Collier, the heavy
weight veteran, has taken $500 and
proposes TO go into Osteopathy while
the Hobby brothers have taken the Fa-
vorite and will continue publication as
strictly democratic paper. Success to
them.
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MAYBE that announcement from Jest
ing Jerry Porter that he will run for
Congress ON the Republican ticket in
the First District is not joke after all.
says the Louisville Times. Jerry is a
drummer, and in these merry days OF
trusts drummers are finding their occu-