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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27
BUFFALO EXPOSITION.
Most Famous sheep In the Country
VIII he Gathered There for
Period OF Two Weeks.

Buffalo. Sept. %. BEGINNING Mon
day morning The most famous sheer
iH all the country viii he gathered
together at the Pan-American expo
Sition for a period of two weeks
livery wool-growing state in the Unit
ID States will be represented. Yer.
mont, having the record of producing
The merino sheep in america. will
perhaps be most prominent in the
list. The total number 10 oe exhib-
ited VIII be close - 800. - flocks.
- OF which VIII be the mcrino. An
CORA goats viii be included in this
exhibition. superintendent Converse.
Gnder whose diIcction the various
cattle and stock shows have been
given. promises that the sheep show
viii establish a precedent in the way
of numbers ai:l quality which viii be
hard TO equal. Judging viii take
place Oh Wednesday and Thursday
next.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27
AGUINALDo's BODY GUARD.
Naj. AIhambra. Two Captains. TIVE
Lientenunts and 20 Wen Have
surrendered.

Manila. Sept. 22.-Aepinaldo's body
giaId. Maj. Alhamhra. two captains,
two lieutenants and p men. with %
rifles. surrendered about 40 miles
north of Baler. Island of Luzon, 70
Capt George \. Detchmendy. of the
22d United States infantry. Saturday,
took the oath of allegiance and were
released.
Since Aguinaldo left Gen. Mac
Arthur's house for his present place
OF confinement ne has never left the
premises, although he is at liberty 10
10 80 if accompanied by an officer.
The reason assigned is that he fears
assassination at the hands of the
partisans of the late Gen. Luna.
Gen. Chaflee has refused the re-
quest for the release of the prison
trs in the Island of Guam. lie con
~iders that their release would not
3e safe until the surrender or cap
ture of Malvar and Lukban.
Capt. Detchmendy reports that he
has recovered portion of the body
OF Denzell George Arthur Nepville
the Inflated apprentice of the United
States gunboat Yorktown. who was
one of Lieut.. Gilmore'S party when
that officer was captured by the
Filipinos in April 1850. The remains
Kill he forwarded to Manila for ship
mcnt home.
Gen. Frederick Funston. who has
been in tire hospital suffering from
appendicitis for abop: week. has
Undergone a successful operation.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27
HERR JOHANN MOST.
wei known Anarchist aEd
saloon Keeper Frecke Placed
Under Arrest

New York. sept. 23-The police Of
NeWton. borough of Greens. sunday
ashi arrested Johann Most. The an
-iehist' as disorderly person. They
suspected that he was going to con
suet an anarchist meeting in a sa-
non IN Corona, l.. l.
hey also arrested Christina Freclc.
sho Is said to run the saloon. on the
eharge of violating the liquor tax
una Keeping disorderly house.
Later developments show that Herr
MOST was "a altered in while harangu-
ing crowd OF 500 people. There was
q scramble for the door when the po-
zee appeared. but the officers sue
@eded IN capturing Most. as well a.
~'elai men whom they claim To be
prominent in getting mp The meetinG.
New York, Sept. 24.-,Iohn Most:
anarchist. who was arrested while
addressing some 500 reds i'm "A halt at
corona. l.. l., Sunday night. was ar
rlgned in Flushing police court Mon
uay charged with melting to riot.
lie was held in $1,000 bail for a fur
th6r hearing
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27
CATTLE DYING.
Poisonous Vaccine Points Were Iscsi
Tor the Prevention OF Anthrax
Near Chicago.

Chicago, Sept. Dairynen near
harrington, so miles northwest of Chi
cago. are in a panic over the fatal re-
suits of using poisonous vaccine points
for the prevention of anthrax. Cat
tie are dying by the hundreds and
fears that the poison in the vaccine
is contagious and that the disease is
likely TO spread over the entire north
ern end of the state If some radical
action shall not be quickly taken. As
a precaution. all the carcasses are
gathered into heaps and burned.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27
UNDER SUSPICION.
Man Who Asked For the Address
of RooscveIt's sister.

Washington. Sept. 21.--The police
are looking FOR man who approach
cd several pedestrians and as,.ed the
address OF Presidents l,ooseyefS sis
ter. the wife of Commander Co.vles. o.
the navy Several officers wcIc de-
tailed To guard the COwles residence.
The man is described as n 40
years cid. speaks with foreign ac-
cent. has light moUstache, wears
dark clothes and carries n box abort
eight inches long and three and half
wide
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27
Accidentally shot Ills Sister.

Marshfield, Wis. Sept. While
handling loaded shotgun Sunday
the 9-year-old son OF John Adler
accidentally discharged the weapon,
the load squarely hitting his 11-year-
old sister. who was standing near
The shot entered the chiId's head and
heck, terribly mangling the face and
practically tearing che head from the
shoulders
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27
killed one and wounded Another.

Pontiac. ILL.,, Sept 23.-J c. Richter,
who lives near the village of Cornell,
shot aud killed James Thompson and
fatally wounded samuel England
sunday following a quarrel which en-
sued when lie objected 10 the men
hunting nuts on his farm.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27

Memphis. Tenn. Sept. Pit is an
nounced that the Southern railway
will remove its machine shops from
this city TO Sheffield Ala, within the
next 30 days. The move has been
contemplated for some time. but
superintendent Hutchins announced
Monday afternoon that the decision
was FASTENED because of allerc lack
OF police protection during the re-
cent machinists' strike.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27
Vacancy In the Canadian Cabinet

Ottawa, Ont. Sept. s3.-The cabinet
passed an order in council appointing
Sir Louis Davies. minister of marine
and fisheries, TO be a Judge of the SUI
preme court of Canada This leaves
u vacancy in the cabinet which, it is
stated semi-officially, will not be filed
for some time.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27
rejected Lovers Deed

Del Rio. Tex. Sept. 23.-Michael
Woods shot and killed Miss Fososte
because she refused TO marry him,
then stabbed himself "A times, in
i.icting wounds which have since
proved fatal
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27
EIc,ator ana Dock Burned.

Port Huron. Mich. Sept. 24-Fire
Monday destroyed the Grand Trunk
elevator and the dock. located across
the st. Clair river. at Point Edward.
Ont. \ strong wind famed the blaze
and for time the firemen had hard
fight TO confine the blaze to the ele-
vator and dock. The loss is esti-
mated al $4,000.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27
! :. ::
re - SAKSIIST SYMPATHIZER.
P,>0xerbo,rd
nor.
lever
a floral b Va. Sept 2t.-ihe cap
1o..Sa, as yst-ot small OYSTER soop whicl

s..yH Va. sept. Ill he cap
4vst-ot small oyster sloop which
arrived here said that shortly after
President Mckinley was shot a role
appeared at Bivalve. Md. and secured
place rs hand on n sloop. The Pole
VAS fairly we'll dressed and educated.
The day after the president died 4
passenger ON a passing steamer threw
4 newspaper aboard the slOop con
tanning an account OF the death. The
Pole secured it. and while the crew
were waiting tor him 10 read them
The story he exclaimed:
food, and Teddy will be the next
in a short time
The crew set upon him and severely
injured him. rendering him unon-
sciouS. The captain and mate in
ttrvened, but later. when the MASTER
bad gone aft. the crew picked the
Unconscious form up and threw it
DycrbOard
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27

The authorities of Marion, Ind,
have man under arrest whom they
think was an accomplish of Cxolgos.:.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
SIXTY SEVEN METDEATH
Report Shows That Number Were
Drowned in Islander Wreck.
ios PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD

Many Returning From the KIondike
Threw Away Gold To Save Their
Iives-Heroic Captain Foote Stayed
On Board Until the Last.
Fort Townsend. Wash, Aug. Cot
Is now known that 81 lives were lost
as the result OF the APPALLING disaster
TO the steamer Islander which struck
floating iceberg of Douglass. Island
at a. m. on August Is. The ship
went to the bottom in 20 minutes. car
rylng men, women and children TO
watery graves 1t will be some time
before the names Of the greater part
OF the victims can be obtained.
One man, who had Just come from
the klondike, whose name could not
be learned. is reported to have taken
his portmanteau to the care OF the
purser, Mr.. Bishop, and with the grip
containing dust amounting to sac. 900
In value, grasped firmly in his hand.
jumped from the sinking steamer to
a boat close by, and failing to reach
the boat, he went down with his
treasure.
The death of Captain Foote was very
pathetic. He remained on the bridge
until the steamer was laundering.
When the vessel commenced to sink
and 1t was seen that no expedient
could avail, the captain. it is said.
jumped into the life raft which was
already taxed. Realizing that his
weight would work havoc there, he ex-
claimed: Il see there are too many
here, so goodbye, boys and swan
away. He was shortly afterward seen
to sink
j. I. Snyder. of juneau, who attend
ed the inquest over the survivors
at that pls%e, says the ties imony tend.
ed TO free Captain Foote from any
negligence. "A stowaway," he says,
was discovered in the forward water
tight compartment. When the vessel
struck the water rushed in on him
and he set up a big howl, and, being
immediatolv under the sailors quar-
tiers. one oi tENm thought. essly rushed
down ans saened the compartment,
which ai'3"Gl Ike sea to come rolling
into the .. carrying the body of the
stowaw e." he sailor with it. This
was don aout the captains knowl-
edge, a. -. J-ink excused him for
thinRinS be vessel would float for
several DO IS. which 1t would have
done had - water-tight compartment
not been opened. and he could have
beached her in a small bay about three
miles away. II was established that
II the pilot had carried out his inten.
ton he could have gotten her on the
beach without the loss of any lives
except the stowaway"
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
HOME FROM MANILA, U. S.
General Macarthur and Staff Arrive
On Transport Sheridan.

General Macarthur and STAFF Arrive
On Transport Sheridan.
San Francisco, Aug. 19.-The trans
port Sheridan arrived yesterday from
Manila, bringing General MacArthur
and stan. the officers and 500 enlisted
men OF the Fourteenth Infantry, Com
pany of the Battalion Of Engineers.
262 discharged soldiers. 80 prisoners.
SO discharged civilian employees. FIVE
marines and IL stowaways. The pr!s-
oners are nearly all short-term men.
most Of them soldiers OF the Four
teenth. Lieutenant Colonel Quinton is
In command of the Fourteenth. A pas
senger on the Sheridan was Captain
s. w. Newton, of the Thirty-fourth
volunteers, who took prominent part
in the capture of Aguinaldo.
In an interview General Macarthur
said: "Wsr has wrecked the Philip
pines and laid waste whole districts.
The people In many districts have
relapsed into barbarism. The best
conditions. prevail IN northern Luzon.
You may say that the whole territory
Is pacited but not tranquilized. but
II will not be many months before law
and order are observed everywhere.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
THE THIRST FOR BLOOD.

THE noticeable increase in the num-
Der of lynchings is the direct result of
the agitation against the colored people.
The report which came from Smith
vile, Tenn, tells of the first lynching
in the history of De Kalb County, Ten.
.nessee.
1t seems that CHARLES DAVIS, wheth.
.er white or colored, "deponent saith
not" was charged with having assault,
ed Miss KATE HUEs Sunday evening
July 2Sth, 1901.
He was arrested, and as the first wit
mess began to testify, the friends anG
relatives of the girl made for the pris
oner. There was scene of the wildes
DAVIS, the white man made an effort
hump from the second story window
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
DYNAMITE KILLS SIX.
Fire IN Round House Reached ExpIo-
sive, With Dire Results.

Little Falls, N. Y, Aug. aO.-The
Mohawk & Melone ro1nd house at
Herkimer was discovered to be on fire
at 1879 last night. Waterman Gilbert
and an engine tender named John
Deck, assisted by residents OF the vi
cinity and members of the bridge
building gang. attempted to extinguish
the flames. While they were battling
with the fire large quantity Of dyna-
mite stored in the building exploded
with terrific force. killing Gilbert and
Deck and four others.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
SIEGE GUN EXPLODED.

Private Killed and Several Fatally
Hurt At Target Practice.
junction City, Kan, Aug. 20.-While
az target practice about 9 O'Clock yes
terday on Fort Riley reservation. half
mile north of this city. a seven-inch
IO7-pound shell exploded as 1t was be-
Ing placed in the breech OF section
gun of Siege Battery c, Seventh Ar
tillery. commanded by Captain Van
Duren- Private Watson was killed.
three others were fatally injured and
five severely hurt
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
PiNKERToN's CLEVER CAPTURE
Alleged German Embezzler Of $685..
600 CAUGHT In Milwaukee,.


Chicago. Aug. 17.-Shadowed by the
police of Paris, bounded by che detec-
tives OF Scotland Yard, looked for by
the sleuths of New York, Philadelphia
and Cincinnati. Gerhardt Terlinden, Of
Duisburg. Germany, accused OF forgery
and embezzlement by the German gov
eminent, was captured In Milwaukee
by Chicago Pinkertons and brought to
this city for safe keeping. The pris-
oner Is wanted by the German authori-
ties for having forged and hypothe-
Gated 900. 900 marks worth Of charters
and securities the property OF the
Garhardt Terlinden Company OF Duis-
burg, OF which he was manager. The
business was a land improvement and
investment enterprise, and it is said
that great number Of poor persons
were financially ruined by the defalca-
tons OF the manager.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
OVER TWENTY WRECK VICTIMS.
Padueah Steamer, Struck BY squaII,
Sinks Instantly

Paducah. KY. Aug. 21-Seventeen,
and perhaps p. lives were lost in the
wreck of the steamer City OF Golconda
at Cottonwood Bar. four miles above
Paducah. Monday night. 1t seems that
the most culpable caSeiessness was
the cause OF the catastrophe. A. A.
Peek. the pilot. claims the engineer
left his post. and he could not manage
the boat with the engines helpless.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
TEXAS HAS A NEGRO BURNING.
Murderer of Six Months Bride Meet.
Summary Fate.

Dallas. Tex, Aug. PA dispatch
received here from Whitesboro, Tex,
says the negro Alfred Wilder, charged
with the murder OF Mrs. Caldwell. ,he
wife of Grayson county farmer ard
a bride of but six months. at her HON
on Saturday last, was captured by 2
mob and burned at Nelson's Ranch
two and one-half miles cast OF Red
Ranch. last night. The negro was
taken to tree and swung In the air.
Wood and fodder were piled beneath
his body and hot fire made Then /.
was suggested that the man ought not
die too quickly, and he was let down
to the ground. while a party went to
Dexter. about two miles distant, to
procure coal oil. This was thrown on
the flames and the work completed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Wednesday, August -.

Dexter CASTOR, New Orleans chief
Of police. died last night
A dispatch from Moscow says Count
Tolstoy Is going to the Crimea soon.
Ex-President Cleveland Is at Bug
Yards Bay on one of his old-time gun
ming trips.
The Grand Rapids Fire Insurance
company has been purchased by che
Hartford Fire Insurance company.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24

We must fearlessly condemn the vi
Cious, disreputable elements amongst
us even though we become unpopular in
so doing, and we must commend the
thrifty, honest elements, who are doing
so much to increase their material
wealth and win the esteem and respect
.ofall classes.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24

CoLoRED men, the conduct of some of
our people makes US ashamed, but let us
not despair. The white folks have the
same kind of material with which to
contend on their side
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24

pie of the country; but continued effort
faith in God and the determination TO
die like brave men rather than to go
down TO death as towards will certainly
better the condition of those who re-
main behind and awaken the conscience
of the nation to full realization of tn e
terrible conditions which now obtain.
Lynch-law must gol
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24

CoLoRED people, who have noself-re-
spect tend TO injure the race more than
anything else and we should labor to
the end that we shall become the best
behaved class of people ON the face of
the globe.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24

THE Constitutional Convention is in
session again. The cutting down of
salaries and the decrease of offices,
which white men are holding, have for
the time being over-shadowed the Ne
gro question.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24

LET US not forget that we still have
white friends who W ish us well, and they
know that we are doing all in our pow
-er to improve our conditions.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24

MISREPRESENTATION is the first law of
mature, and should be exercised in deal
ing with unreasoning blood-thirsty in
-dividuals, be they white or colored.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24

THERE are times when exposure is
the only remedy for the dangerous, cor
ruptive influences in some of our
churches.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24

WHITE mobs and colored mobs should
be put on the same level and made to
feel the strong corrective power of the
aw.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
SATURDAY, AUGUST "a 1901

WE are advancing despite the gloomy
outlook and disappointing conditions.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24

Entered In the Post Office at Richmond, Va.
sas second class matter.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
CnrIsslan Worksrs Asssmbiy. Monsr.a,

CArIsSian workers Assembly, Monsreas
n O., July 2lste August 4eh, 1901.
For the above occasion the Sou hern
Railway will sell tlcke,s FROM all ats
lions or ITS lioes in Virgjuis to Black
Mountain, N. Q. railroad station for
Monsreat, N. G. aud return al fare one
ana one-third for the round trip, cell.
iog dates July 1Ssh to 22nd inclusive
from all stations in N ,rsh De oiins at
one fare for the reuad trip, selling
dates from North Carolins points Jeiy
20th to 23rt inclusive, with return iiu.
| is Aug. Ssh.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
TERMS IN ADVANCE.
ADVERTISING RATES.

~PoSTAGE STAMPS OF A HIGHER DE
NOMINATION THAN TWO CENTS NOT
RECEIVED ON SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-08-24
JOHN MITCHELL, JR., EDITol

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-15

shelter within the churches were cruelty
massacred. Smoking heaps of ashes and
blackened ruins marked the trail of the
enraged Indians.
The whites and mestZos rallied and
there ensued what is known in Yucatan as
the war of the races. which threatened to
exterminate the entire white population.
The Yucatan government in despair ap-
pealed to Mexico for help. and upon the
surrender of her independence to become a
state of that republic federal troops We're
sent to defend her against the ravages of
the Indians. At first the Mayas We're driven
slowly back and the central government
was content to establish garrisOns at the
ruined cities along the border. The Mayas
established their government somewhere
within the UNEMPLOYED wildS to the south
hoid became known as Chan Santa Cruz.
the stronghold which up to the present
they have preserved inviolate.
Ten Thousand Now.
BY the Mayas themselves the present
population of the city is estimated at 10000.
These Mayas travel in Honduras, Guate-
mala. and even in Mexico, where, passing
as friendly Indians, they are safe from
mOlestation. One Maya, who does not be-
long to the independents" and is there
fore shut out from residence in the secret
city. told the writer that he had been to
Chan Santa Cruz several times to dispose
of merchandise, chiefly cotton goods pur-
chased in British Honduras He said that
the people were governed by head men.
about dozen in all; that to enter their
country it was necessary to send word to
the head men, asking permission and stat
ing the object of the visit, and if the per-
mission was granted an escort would be
sent to accompany the visitor, but under
no circumstances would the stranger be
allowed to enter from the northern from
tier guarded by the Mex1cans. He further
stated that he had always been scrupu-
lousy dealt with on his visits to the Maya
stronghold, receiving for his goods vanilla,
cocoa and money, and at the end of GER
tain period. after having disposed of his
stock. they again furnished him with an
escort to the frontier. The independents
We're not illiberai as was generally sup
posed, but stranger wishing to remain