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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31
Bar Liquor in Christening warship.

Newport News. va.-if the plans OF
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union of Delaware are successful, the
giant 20.OOo-ton battleship Delaware
which will be launched here ON February
8. will be christened with water.
The battleship Kentucky. the only YES
sel Of her class ever ehristened with
water, had hundreds of bottles OF wh's'
key broken against her hull by Ken
tuckians when she went down the ways
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31

Little Margaret and her moihei.
while out walking. approached a par
ticularly filthy and bearded ogas
grinder with his monkey. and Der
mother gave her a penny to besioS On
the unfortunate animal
She hesltated a moment before pre-
scnting her aims. then gravely asked
Shall give Il 10 the monkey Or
20 his Acknowledgements
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31
Law Was Bold.

when poverty knocked at the doo'
I presume love few out OF the ""
dow"
Not this time. Love STAYED a-a
wrote a book entitled How 10 u"
on Nothing a Year"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31

ch'ld's inquiry Natural p,.,
One Of Her S., "'pa y

a theatrical manager
era club said OF the schco, we %, Pay.
can conducts. ''ora Duh.
Miss Duncan hears som. AMI.
remarks as she converse 'o qaalrt
child pupils. One day pre I'm h'r
70 the nrst lesson In a dolbbln p' sv
she delivered to her class = n,, 1aace,
ture ON this hsh. She desc, NV, lec
grace OF the dolphin. and a, n.y. ne
she described its habits ana ', ..1,a't
life. "'' mode q
And, children she said +. ,..,.
dolphin WI have 1000 orsprIn, '''N'
"A little girl gave a STAR
she gasped." wv 0ns'r
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31

Mitcheli's Eye salve was hrs' con
pounded In isfs by DR. Mitchell 4
noted eye specialist Of Missouri. hh
a clean. white. odoriess salve Win Won
derful curative properties. simply Ap
ply TO the eye lids. that's all s'.a
everywhere. Price 20 cents.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31
nraulnn the Linz.

what do you think Of the dancing
that Ia now being shown on The stage
IT is quite enough 10 see d. ~
swered Miss Cayenne. without pehs
30 audacious as TO think about u
Washington Star.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31

The one absolutely permanen. Sc,
vital power In the world Is 'hs ava,
OF love. which wins Victor'es
every eyil We can name -Bepson'
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31

"Your wife has eloped with ""
chauffeur" A..
Il don't care. ] was going "
him. anyway"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31
FACT VERIFIED.

kid-say. mater. 40, change i-
ave dollarsi
Kind 0cntieman-Yes. my boy. here
Il n.
kid-Thanks. boss; Just wanted 70
see H. I'd kinder got 90 thlnkin' dere
wasn't dat much money IN eircglAuoal
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31

When a woman has her ha''
NJ she Is half dressed
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31
For cold. and orIpp-capudIn''

The best remedy for Grip and C 10, sSj
Hicks Capudinc. Relieves ~, w ~,
fevoriHhness cures the niu .tsiy-R
also. It's Llquid-Enects imm'o'''N'
3 and Coo at Drug Stores
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31

This would be a brighter w. wa
the people who cant sing "ou'u'
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31

These TIRED. aching f .. ,S 90 '6STss'
Writs A. 3 Olmsted, IL Roy, n T. i''
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31

Sober second thoughts are
best for q topper.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31
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basns~ n ths Cisy ~ Tuirsia Cnuniy 40 sas
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r<~r ~ Csrsnsn hat cNanot - cured ~ ~ %
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s~ofn n b-fors snd sli-srfiisef b. NJ pru~1s
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HANS c.,srrh cur- . tsiso rtsfuarr ~ -
frcrily ulsun ths biar.d ani mnrusls tai.l1t y ~
gftsln tend fuf testiusuuais rus
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foid ~ an Dr,lxrsts ~.
lsks HAils faaally ru4 tar eufsflaiaa
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31
FRANK FEHRINGER TELLS
OF COL. RANKIN'S MURDER

city Tcun1he following testimony relrnsc the
them in the road near
Oh v$ when meet them was not s"... Of the night r G Ds,
others riders disguise but
not going the store to keep county
over here taking nuy more otiou county men there
after win Watson had arrested lie charged With whipping
squire wyn There about forty the that nsi and all OF US
again night Bosu. Joined riders
the oath
much .I cam remember of the oath It Is
somny presence these witnesses that
become will talk tell to
any person any permitted
you destruction will portion
we had several settings after that and went to all
all Of these eight either the other OF the meetings
we met at the Fit. Smith .awdu., pile in September to 60
Fremont and stopped house get and while there
had fight him OF the hose and after We
brought him by rubbing mP on him sent him home with two Of the
While all Of these raid. were going on saw number
night riders, administered the Of them myself
out at night and Il me. anybody coming toward aud
he Of would call Who er the one
had whistle that used night like this tnatnsl two longs
.nda
NARRArEs STORY OF THE MURDER OF RANKIN
Attorney General Caldwell turned directly the which the
defendants trial, and asked this question:
DO rmewber the night that Capt Rankin kTiei'"
4 remember that night very wen that night Long
Bridge and from there went the Hickman and pysg road until s
Louis canrs and then went under the bluff to I'd rowe
fence and the road and hoi horses and mot other fellows there
I'd POwe' Ia Powell him Wards hotel with for the
purpose o having wax
when the hotel behind the house guarded around
t q, , "a ~, % s I'm, rH ~, ". I'm, S 1,, ,
TAYLOR RANKIN
left there then with Mr. Taylor and Mr. Rankin and them
up stopped
I'd Powell night rider that where
the
johnson and others taking to Mr. Taylor while there
Taylor why
people
pending did drop people
peoples lake them and their homes and everything lie said
time he thought about it he felt like shooting Of them
Mr. titles
heirs that lived in city town Tennessee.
stayed there hour, aud them wanted whip them
they finally
led him Long. slough Dn Slough and when
asked him did he something Lord said
and have anything the Lord had
reply praying
RANKIN.
They tAIov the rope over the tree aud went to walk between Rob
After that there shots fred
Taylor hung.
little root and just as as the first u Of shots fired Col Taylor
ard jumped the slough and they shot
had killed
IN to see could see him floating around on the watt" anywhere but could
where Rankin
looked him lie lying fiat down this indicating his
lying vss running Of
% pistol cartridges.
AppcwhHe a O bcycleb
the shooting the shooting he said
becu he a o bicycle balls n him
II don't know who the around his neck When rope
Of H.
o
named parties Carter and Wilson died while Nahlle)
being parties They
johnson, Bud Morris, Bob Huffman
that don't who it notc enough
feeling slough
o Tayor's
THIS BOYS; LET ME DOWN"
they and
he said Don't do this, boys
Of times
urho came on
Clayton
IL LL
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31

Mrs. winsIow's Soothing ,sle,s %
ror children teethinF, softens Wy saa ~ b0lrs
namnastion, alag palm. cures ShA9 WV
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31

PILES CURED IN IL =, 49,. ,aJ %.
PAZO OINTMENT IL guarnnie,1 y, ,,dins P'lefm
81 ltchina Hind. Hlccdlng uf iHiit.i"N
Ia Ia dax = IN nancy refunded. ~
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-31
DON'T DO THIS. BOYS; LET ME DOWN"

"when they had the Rnkis pulling
he said Don't do this boys let
a times
when left there back and
another
forks the
around under the bluff Brewers Before
everybody hide everything and
killing O'Clock
was his
rodeI did where he of
or o'clock In
heard that Sheriff EsstewoOd hunting started
sburg and the soldiers Of
20 Memo
"Ihe first made statement about
for him and told him wanted tell him
him had made matter Then be
told tell the truth about and that
would do IT, 80 told him about the whole how
Il willingly
" him but had made up nay mind 20 tell lim about IL before
This Of
Judge Jones allowed an extra half hour la
could confer with his clients before taking
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-29
FEIST WON'T HANG
TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT RE- VERSES LOWER COURTS DECI-
 SION.
The Lower Court Found pr. Feist Guilty of Murdering Mrs. Rosa Mangrum and Sentenced Him
 to Hang.

Nashville. Tenn. March 2s.-The su- preme court today reversed the lower courts in the case of pr. J. Herman Feist, charged with the murder of Mrs. Rosa Mangrum. The lower court found FeIst guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced him to be hanged.
 The murder of Mrs. Mangrum is one of the most mysterious in the annals of crime She disappeared from her home in this city on the 18th of De- cember and her body was found float ing in the Ohio river near Cairo, about forty days lat1. pr. Feist was convicted on circumstantial evil dence after one of the most bitterly contested trials ever held in this state Feist was found guilty of murder fin the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. 4 new trial was denied when his attorneys appealed to the sAoreme court which today reversed the hnd- ing of the lower court.
 pr. Feist stood high in his profess sion and had built up a large and ex- tensive practice. He is a native of Alabama. having been reared near Mo- bile. Mrs. Mangrum. his alleged vic- tim. was well connected in this state. She devoted much of her time to char itable work in this city. Mrs. Man grams husband has married again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-29
SPEAK FOR WHISKEY
FORTY LECTURERS ON STUMP IN
 THE WEST.
ssNct Fi&hting Temperance But Pro- hfhlslon,r Says Chafrman Han - Preachers and WeHaei EnsaB-
 ed fn the Work.

Chicago, March 2s.-rhe liquor in- terests of Illinois have adopted . gen utne chautauqua plan to combat the sudden uprising of prohfbition that threatens to make considerable dry. territory on April [. election day,
 Two thousand Illinois cities. towns and villages and townships win vote on the wet and dry" question on that day The only difference be- tween the liquor mems chautauqua scheme and the ordinary kied is that it's forty lecturers are restricted as to their subjects of address to the anti prohibition topic.
 day when W. B. Hull, general manager of Peoria distiIlery opened headquar- ters in Chicago.
 T have now forty lecturers in the field. most of them preachers. both men and women" said Mir. Hull last night. "In the coming week they will make three hundred speeches in all the principals towns of the state We think that if the people get fair idea of what prohibition fanaticism is do- ing to us, they will give the liquor dealers a square deal.
 We are not fighting temperance but prohibition.
 "The demand for stimulating drinks is world old, and say it Is much more profitable for a community to have saloons which pay an enormous reven ue thar that the liquor should be dealt out by stealth"
 MT. Hull, who will keep his anti prohibition quarters open until after election said he was working under the auspices of the Manufacturers' and Dealers Association of Illinois.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-29
BILL
STANDARD URGED FOR DIfrFER-
 EMF GRADES or COTTON.
Also Urged that Secretary of Agrieul- ture Call Nine Expert Clnasi- ners, Enateads of Eleven, to
 Asmaat Hsin.

Washington, March 2s.--When the amricuitura1 biIl was taken up in the House today. MT. Buries0n of Texas spoke in support Of that provision oe the bsn which enables the Secretary of agriculture to eEtahIish standard for the different grades of cotton and to call to his assistance for that pur- pose nine export cotton clasaffiere in- stead of the eleven new designated.
 The need in the eotton-pfcd cduefng States for such. standardization was urged by Mir. Lever of south Carolina. Mir. Crunpacker of Indiana asked # such legislation would not lead 70 the re-establishmsnt by the Government cf a cotton laboratory in every cotton center of the United States, Mr. Low ering of Massachusetts thought not. He said the cotton brokers would ob- tain from the Government stand sam ples by which they would judge and grade all cotton offered to them for purchase.
 Mir. crumpacker and others opposed section of the bill providing for the establishment of Federal laboratories of examination of sample of seed or grain. Objection was based on the declaration tbat this would lead u1ti- mately to Federal inspection of grains in interstate commerce.
 Mir. Pollard contended that Federal inspection of grain was necessary and defended the section.
 The clause of the section providing that the reports made as a result of such laboratorial examinations shall serve as a basis for the fixing of defl- mite grades. such grades to become the official standard for the grading of grains" was stricken out on a point of order after a lively debate.
 The section was then adopted as amended. The House adjourned at 4:20 p. m.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-29
BRYAN ON CURRENCY
cRITFCFsEs MEN WHO VOTED FOR
 ALDRICH BILL.
The Nebraalxnn Addresses Two Large Audiences in West Virginia --sSpeeches Are Along His
 Customary Lines.

Parkersburg, W. Va, March 2S-- William Jennings Bryan tonight ad- dressed two large indoor political gatherings in this city.
 The first address was at the Camden Theatre and the second at the Audi torium Theatre. which was an over flow meeting.
 MT. Bryan arrived at 3 o'clock this afternoon from Wheeling and was greeted by a large crowd, His speeches were of the same tenor of those which he has made during tho past few days with the exception Of his reference to the passage Of the Aldrich bill by the Senate on Friday.
 Tn this connection he stated that the position of the Democratic party in its Chicago platform for more money had been vindicated. as the same men who at that time were afraid the mines would flood the country with silver, on Friday voted for the Aldrich bill and to start the printing presses to grinding out money
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-29
MINE HORROR IN WYOMING Twenty Men Known to
 Be Dead. EXPLOSIONS STOP RESCUE Entries Fall in and Bodies May Not Be Secured. Lives Are snaffed ous When Gas Causes Explosion ia The shaft of . Big Coal
 Company.
 

Butte. Mont, March 2s--A special to The Miner from Hanna. wyo., says:
 This camp was visited by another big mine disaster this afternoon and the lives of twenty men were snuffed out Dy an explosion of gas in Mine No. of the Union Pacific Coal Com pany.
 The known dead are: Superinten- dent Alexander Briggs. mine foreman; Joseph Burton, James Knox, Ali Dodds, Gus Raney a negro. P. A. Boyd. 9 negro, John Evans. Robert Heron. Harry Lyons. John Rimmer, William Pascoe, Robert warburton, Benjamin Perry, Thomas Flint. Cappa Lahtf. Emil Solfvist and John Yaknen.
 All the victims are married and leave families.
 Special trains are coming from Rock Spring, A1my, Sunderland and Kem- merer nearby mining towns. with crews of miners and fire fighters to assist in the work of rescue.
 A fire had been raging below the tenth level since last Saturday and the force of 200 miners had been laid off for the day.
 Superintendent Alexander Briggs and Foreman Joseph Burton. Ali Doods and James Knox. of Mines No. 1. and 3. with crew of sixteen or seventeen gas men and fire fighters went into the workings early this morning to light a confiagration which was rap idly eating its way through the work ings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-29
DIDN'T sHooT LvNDY.
Mr. HefIin Merely struck Negro With
 The Pistol.

Mr. Hefifm Merely struck Negro Wtfh
 The Pistol.
 Washington. D. O., March 2s-- Special )--'Representative Heflin, who last evening had a difficulty with two negroes on street car, appeared this morning in the police court accom- panied by Representative Clayton as his attorney.
 The case against Mir. Hefiin was continued. as reports from the hos pita1 indicated that Lewis Lundy, the negro who was struck over the head with the butt end of the revolver in the congressman's hands. was in no danger.
 The Washington city papers and many others in this section of the country insisted this morning that Lundy had been shot and that the bui- let was in his head. Further 1t was stated that Lundy was In great danger of dying. and that later. If the condI- ton of the patient would stand 1t, the surgeons at the Emergency Hospital would endeayor to locate and extract the bullet
 This afternoon the x-rays were put upon Lundy. and it was stated by Dr, Yates. one of the hospital staff, that there was absolutely no indication that q bullet had penetrated the head of the negro.
 Mir. HeflIn distinctly stated at the station last night and was cor- roborated by Congressman ElIerbe, of South Carolina. that he did not shoot Lundy, insisting that he merely struck him over the head when Lundy as- sumsd Q threatenin6 attitude towards him on returning to the car after he had a1ighfed.
 The police and the surgeons also de- clared that Lunday had only slight wound in the head.
 The records of the police department show that hnndy had spent 8 great deal of his lime n dail for the past six years. He is put down in the criminal records as one of the most desperate negroes In this city.
 Alfred J. Stofer
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-29
MAN AND WOMAN FOUND
 DEAD IN WOMAN'S ROOM

sandusky O., March 2s.--E. J. Glen denning. 45 years old. traveling salesman from Cleveland cloak and suit concern. and Mrs. Kathryn Hughes, 40 years old. were found deaG today in the woman's rooms fin an apartment house.
 A bullet hole behind GlendenninR's right ear showed where the missile penetrated his skull. Mrs. Hlghes, shot through an eye. was dead in char in front of writing desk. in front of which was a mirror. Bewteen the bodies lay a revolver. with two chambers empty. Both bodies were garbed infnight clothing.
 According to the police the evidence indicated that Mrs. Hughes had first killed Glendenning and then commit ted suicide. Powder signs were found upon the woman's forehead, but none about Glendenning.
 Mrs. Hughes was dressmaker, widow, and had lived here three years, coming from Philadelphia. Her husl. band was Phil Hughes, a horseman.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-29
EX-CONVICT'S STORY
A NEGRO TELLS OF THE COLLINS
 MURDER
Says The Negro Man Who Was Con- vleted ,0G Crime And Given Life Sentence, fs an Inc
 nocent Man.

Emporia, Kans, March 2s-In a signed staement given out here today, Louis T. W, Archer. the negro ex- convict. reiterated his recent charge that two other negroes planned the murder of J. s. Collins. the wealthy ing John Collins. the university student. is now serving a life sentence in the Kansas penitentiary.
 Archer who Is 40 years old, now for the first time gives details of the all legged plot and says he had not previ- ously made known his connection with the case because of the threat made by the alleged murderers. Archer says:
 "At the time of the Collins trial in Topeka, in May 1898. I was in the Kansas State penitentiary. Therefore I was not able to give any definite facts in relation to his case or to impart to the public the secret which I presume that each and every living soul will feel very fain to believe.
 T was afraid to communicate with young Collins while was in the peni- tentiary from the mere fact that he had forced the world to believe he was guilty, and I was afraid that if told anything to the Warden. that he would think had gone crazy about the case.
 My colored people told me before went to the penitentiary that after they got Collins in the penitentiary, If I attempted to reveal the scheme, the public would ignore me and put me in the insane asylum. So I kept mum. No one knows how old man Collins left this world except my colored people and myself. My colored people told me before Collins death of the evidence on which they would send the wrong man to prison. and I intend to do my part in having him released on the same evidence"
 By my colored people" Archer means the two negroes who he asserts assisted him to enter the plot to mur- der and rob the elder Collins. Young Collins was convicted on the testimony of two negroes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-29
JUDGE JONES SUSPENDS RATE ACTS; AFFIRMS
 FORMER OPINIONS

The others. however. would not do so. and a special session of the Legisia- ture was called to pass more laws in the eudeavor to keep the railroads from staying in this court.
 Hfstory of Cases.
 Five railroad companies. the Louis vile and Nashville Railroad Company. Central of Georgia Railway Company. the Western Railway of Alabama. the South and North Alabama Railroad Company, and the Nashville. Chatta- nooga and St Louis Railway, continued to contest the rates in the court. The Legislature at the called session de- prived the Commission. the Attorney General and solicitors of all power to enforce the criminal laws regarding rates.t They repealed the former mode of contesting rates. which allowed a suspension of them during the contest. and required it to be done by an ap- peal from the Commission to the State Chancery Court. to which the State Itself was made a defendant. and the proceedings provided for were such that no injunction could be gotten except after considerable delay.
 The Legislature repealed the com modity rate act. and substituted what is known as the Flight Group Act" classifying carriers and fixing rates in each of these acts. It authorized pas sengers who were refused the statu- tory rates to sue for damages and au- fhorized jury to give them whatever damages they deemed just. The laws provided that no decree of any court enjoining the carrier from putting any rate into effect or preventing their en- forcement should be good defense in any court of the State against such suit. It was made a misdemeanor, punishable by heavy fine and impris- onment. if tickets at prescribed rates were not kept on sale. for the carrier to use gates or bars to prevent intend- ing passengers going into the station to take trains. They also provided that the Railroad Commission whenever in it's judgment, conditions made it expe- dient and proper to do so. without spe- cifying in any way what the conditions are which make 1t expedient. should have the right to change the very rates and classifcations made by the Legislature, and substitute others of their own making in their discretion. which should be law, until changed by the Commission.
 It was claimed on behalf of the Cons
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-29
TRAGEDY IN VIRGINIA.

special from Wythevilie. Va, says:
 W. W. Pendleton. atweil known citi- zen. fatally shot James Spoon this af- ternoon. Pendleton went to Spoons house. which is near his own home, called him out and shot him five times. He then went back to his home and notified doctor and officers. sag ing: T have shot James Spoon."
 It has been thought for some time that Pendleton's mind was unbalanced
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-29
MR. HErLlN TALKS.

} Washington. D. C.. March 2S-- .
 ! Representative Thomas Hefiin. of .
 } Alabama. in personal statement
 today regarding last nights l,
 } shooting affray on Pennsylvania [. } Avenue. says.
 } I'm glad to say I have not yet ,
 } reached the point where l will . } see a negro. or a white man. . } either take e drink In the pres l, } ence of a lady without saying {
 } something to him. did only what { D any other gentleman placed in {
 } similar circumstances, would have , } done" } In police court today 1t was . } agreed between Representative { } Henry D. Clayton, of Alabama. { } who appeared for Mfr. Heflin. and { } Assistant United States Attorney { } Ralph Given. that the case should { } not be called until future date. {