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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
FERRER IS EXECUTED
FACED FIRING SQUAD WITHOUT
SHOW OF FEAR
Fell Dead at First volley-wss Con-
victed of Inciting Recent Bar
celona Rebellion.

Observation-Disclosures Ferrcr, who was
convicted of promoting the recent Bar
celona rebellion, was shot "Wednesday
morning in Mont Juich prison in exccu'
ton of the death sentence imposed upon
him
Prof. Ferrer, Spanish educator and
convicted revolutionist, faced the firing
squad without flinching and fell dead at
the first volley.
Except for a momeutary expression Of
emotion Immediately preceding his death,
he retained his composure TO the last.
His attorney, VI. Galceran, who defended
him so Loyalty as to bring about his own
arrest for improperly ADDRESSING the
court, secured PERMISSION for brief talk
with him just before the execution.
To his attorney Ferrer spoke feelingly
of the work for which he had sacrificed
his life and Of the future Of his daugh-
ter, whose brave attempt to save his
life touched the father more deeply, ap-
parently, than any other incident of his
trial and conviction.
On Ferrer's arrest his family was left
dependent upon this daughter, who at
once secured employment in a biscuit
factory.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
n. Bit

ExPolioe Commissions pIs,,,,
New York said Of graft al rw,
dinner;
The CRATER isn't 20 easily ar,
he isn't quite so naive as an I'D I'M
they used to tell about ln Asts,s,
This old fellow vas suspected
tampering with the church eo.lerta
A couple Of clumsy traps TIA, y,
pet for him failed 10 work nuu
day a young deacon walked pas,
house leading a new horse
That's a fne horse dsacon Z
old fellow shouted. DID you buy \
at the fair
Yes. said the deacon Thea
the other came nearer. be- added.
- bought him With my p.caa
out Of the collection plate
The old man looked horr.aed
Good gracious De- said I've
en- taken enough myself 10 buy a
or a pair OF trousers, but deaola
takin' enough 20 buy a horse a.at
commitiln' a positive SIM
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
State HAPPENINGS
News Of General Interest in a
Summarized Form,
BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
reward Of $3.50 offered for Arrest OF
Two Negroes for Alleged Murder Of
L. p. Yandell, Cousin Of Enid Van
dell, Noted Sculptures.

Lexington, Ky.-Leon Yandell. who
was shot by Dave Mcqueen and Jim
Terry. negroes, in NJ. NJ. Schultz's con.
struction camp. died In ST. Joseph's
hospital Yandell was "a years old
and was a native OF Topeka. Kan, lie
was a nephew Of the late Drs. David
and l.. p. Yandell and cousin to Miss
Enid Yandell. the noted sculptress, OF
Louisville. Yandell had made his
home at Knoxville. Tenn. where he
was employed by oliver Bros. the con
tractors. Yandell made an ante-mor-
TEN statement. in which he said that
Mcqueen had fred the fatal shot.
Both negroes are % years old and
have yellow skin. Mcqueen is 5 feet
inches and weighs about 100 pounds.
lie had on brownish gray trousers, 4
black coat AID black soft hat. Terry
is feet IL inches and wore overalls.
dark coat and black hat Terry has
blue eyes. Both negroes are from
North Carolina. A reward OF $3.50 has
been offered for their arrest
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
vANDERBlLTS CONTROL AGAIN
The Vanderbilt Line Ceases To Be
Misnomer

New York.-~The Vanderbilt lines
ceased to be misnomer in the railroad
world today when William X Wander
bilt, ST., again took up the reins at the
grand central station general Office and
re-established the family control.
Two important developments of the
day go to prove this almost beyond
question. The first and technically the
most important was the election, as a
successor to the late +. H. Hartman n,
as a director, of Marvin Hughitt, presi-
dent of the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad Mr.. Hughitt has for years
been Vanderbilt partisan, and fire.
quently an opponent of the late rail-
road car, whose place he takes.
From a sentimental viewpoint, a mat
ter of far greater importance was the
departure of W. X. Vanderbilt for a
five days inspection tour of the West
ern roads of the New York Contra. lines,
or the Vanderbilt system.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
FORBES CLAIMS LAHM CUP
Longest Balloon Flight-Covered q
Distance of 731 Ia Miles.

Richmond, Va.-Winning the Lahm
cup for the longest fight made In a
balloon under the auspices of the Aero
Club of America and breaking all speed
records for long distance flights, A. Hob
land Forbes OF New York and former
Mayor Max Fleischmann of Cincinnati,
landed Wednesday afternoon at 12;45 in
Chesterfield county, twenty miles south
of Richmond, Va. The trip was made
In the balloon New York, in which Mr..
Forbes won the duration contest in the
indianapolis contest.
Starting from the gas works in st.
Louis at $3.50 Tuesday afternoon, the
distance of 731 II miles was made In
nineteen hours and fifteen minutes, at
an average rate of IS miles an hour
The balloon passed Lynchburg at 1890
o'clock this morning. Soon after noon
an apparently large body Of water was
seen ahead and large town came into
view below.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
Irus Repres,ntstIy, Of R,s,

DR. Bethmaun Hollveg may ca
Ibis distinction. that be- is The Z
German chancellor 10 wear bas
Bismarck FASTENED 20 shave bis
when he entered upon diplomacy
showed bis rivals and enemies
massive Jaw aud oloarcut chin
be shaved 10 the end vI,h an M
val enforced by neuralgia 10 iheea
sos. As a soldier. too. Capru saiH
all but bis mustache. and 90
Hohenlohc and Bulog Boz 4
mann. Hollweg is gaunL rugged
suite. pan-Germanic
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
LIABILITY ACT GETS BLOW
Can Sue for Damages Only at Head
quarters of Railroad Company.

Washington.-0fficials charged with
the execution Of the federal railroad
laws are greatly interested, not to say
disturbed, by the recent opinion of
Judge Maxey of the United States cir
cult court in a Texas case, that the
railroad employers liability act of 1908
carries with it the provision that de
PENDANT railroad must be sued at the
home office.
The opinion was not written, but a
telegraphic abstract of ii has reached
Washington and confirms the earlier
skeletonized report, which caused the
officials of the interstate commerce com
mission to prick up their ears.
Judge Maxey held that where diverse
citizenship THAT is, residence of plaintiff
in one state and defendant in snother)
was allowed TO give jurisdiction, juris-
dicition could be maintained in the dis
trict of residence of either plaintiff or
defendanti bat where jurisdiction was
sought to be maintained where the pc.
tition alleged case arising under the
laws Of the United States and also di.
verse citizenship, suit must be instituted
I'm the district of residence of the de-
PENDANT only unless privilege should be
waived
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
AGED BACHELOR
Successfully Reslsts Efforts To Regu
late His Habits.

Lexington. Ky.-Joseph Piper. a 10
year-old bachelor. who owns 173 acres
OF land valued at $4,000. and has a
good bank account but alleged misery
habits. was arraigned in the circuit
court before Judge Parker in an effort
to have committee appointed to man
age his estate and see that he keeps
himself and his house clean. Piper
testified that there was nothing wrong
with his mind. that he believed he had
a right to live as he chose. without
asking permission from any one so
long as his morals were good and he
paid his bills. The jury disagreed, and
Piper went back TO his farm.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
RACING At LAroNlA.
Fall Meeting Of Lstonla Jockey ciut
Premises 90 Eclipse Former
Sessions.

Latonia. Ky.-The fan meeting Of
the Latonia Jockey club. which began
October n. TO continue for a period
Of "a days. promises 10 eclipse former
sessions. Judging by the advance IN.
terest displayed and the many strang.
ers here for the meeting from various
sections OF the country. With an
abundance OF good horses to draw
from the sport should be highly In.
teresting and draw a big patronage
Last fall considerable unfounded re.
port was circulated that troops would
be sent to the track 10 necessary TO
stop she racing. because OF the Latonia
Jockey clubs failure TO comply With
the Kentucky racing commissions
edlct that the track should not operate
any other form than the mutuel and
auctlon.pool system of betting. These
reports kept many horsemen from
shipping here. likewise did n keep
away many bookmakers Conditions
are different az present. and every as
surance IS held out that the meeting
will be run on as advertised. and prob.
ably then some For should good
weather prevail there Is every reason
10 suppose that the big lapse OF time
intervening between the announced
closing date OF Latonia and the open
ing Of Florida and Juarez will be util.
ized for an extension OF the racing
period here
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
ATLANTA HIT BY HAIL.
Cyclone Storm RavAged the city-other
Towns ID Jeopardy.

Towns ia Jeopardy.
Atlanta Atlanta was harFicd by a
wind and hail storm at nightfail Thurs.
day which caused an estimated damage
Of 100000 90 property, aud indicted Ia.
jurics more ~ lees serious on many Pco-
pie.
For twenty minutes the wind blew
with cyclonic force and hail stones Of
enormou. size fell. The principal dam
age was done by hail. which fell in guam.
Titles sufficient TO entirely cover the
streets. Many Of the stones were Rs
large a. billiard balls, aud they went
through plate glass windows like cannon
balls. Nearly every window In the shop
ping district was shattered and there l.
not a residence In the city with whole
windows.
At least thirty persons we're knocked
down and injured BY the hail The horses
in the streets were stampcded, and In
two eases frightened animals dashed into
stores. One maddcned horse rushed into
the Alcarar thsater, causing panic.
Reports Indicate that the storm was
general in North Georgia, and that At.
lanta was only on the edge Of the dis
turbance.
Marietta, a town Of 5000 inhabitants,
twenty miles north Of Atlanta, Is report
ed wrecked. Telephone and telegraph
wires are down and il will be late before
reports a. 60 Marietta can b. confirmed.
The trolley line between Marietta aud
Atlanta j. out Of commission, and there
are six ears crowded with passengers
marooned somewhere between the two
places.
Not town IN North Georgia can be
reached by either telephone OF telegraph,
and IL Is feared destruction has been
widespread.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
MUNICIPALITY NOT RESPONSIBLE
For Failure Of stationhouse Keeper to
Preserve order In Jail.

Frankfort, Ky.-The Kentucky court
OF appeals. in affirming the judgment
Of the Shelby circuit court. holds that
a municipal corporation can not be
held in damages through the failure OF
its statlonhouse keeper to preserve or
der among the inmates and prevent
their injuring one another. The dc
cision was announced in the case Of
Morgan against the city OF Shelbyville.
The appellant. locked up over night.
quarreled with two other inmates ~
the cell he was occupying and they
gave him a severe beating. He sued
the city and the lower court sustained
a demurrer to the petition.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
CONDITION Of State Rank,.

Frankfort. Ky.-Secretary OF State
Ben l.. Bruner has called upon the
state banks to make a report OF the
condition OF their institutions at the
close Of business. October 2. 1909. All
questions in some way or other must
be answered that are asked by the sec.
rotary Of state. and the report must be
in the secretary Of states office not
later than October IA. The report
must be accompanied by sworn state
ment OF its condition by the cashier.
president or vice president OF each
bank.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
FOOD QUESTION
Settled with Perfect saiitias'i'a
pyspsp,is.

It's no, an easy matter to satsI
the members Of the family At
time as every housewife knows
And when the husband has a,'l
STA and can't eat the simplest o ~.
food without causing trouble 'l'
question becomes doubly ann0'hSI
An Illinois woman writes
my husbands health was p0O
had no appetite for anything
get for him. II seemed.
ne was hardly able to v0IA
taking medicine conilnuall
soon as he would feel better su'
20 work again only to give ~
few weeks. lie suffered severely
stomach trouble ...Aesai
Tired OF everything ] nav
10 get for him to eat one ,,.' uas
an advertisement about Grap ls,'.
got some and tried It ior O'''
I'VE an thought 1t was pi',p
although we had no id'A .' \,
rssuIarIy. But when my husDan1 ..
nome at night he asked l''
Nuts. -, Aay a
had 10 get il right along Ds''. .s,,
we would get to the ta l.',, w sss 4
Have you any Grape-Nu',s ;, Suy
ular thing. So began
the dozen pkgs -, ,sgan ID
my husbands heal'n l.'DstInss
prove right along LIS s0, ,,onsthl
amended when I'd make ehI
thought ,, he S., would ,sa same sam Old que
. IIa eye you any Grape-Na IN. !, ID.
no" HE got so well that ip M |.
TWO years he has hardly ". ' 'till
from his work. and We S'I Dook.
Iir'lO Read the .',, ''' m
Road TO Wellyille' III
a reason" -. ,,nsri 4
r,.r read ths sbe,s 10 dn,@
oar appears from ia "a full Of
-. sssuiae, true s"'
Interest.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
CYCLONE, THEN FLAMES.
Denmark Wiped on Msp-Fathsr AM
Child Killed Many Injured.

jackson. Tenn Denmark was visited
by a cyclunc Thursday afternoon. the
most destructive in the history Of chi.
county.
An the houses In the town were blown
down and we're ON ere AZ last report
and the ruins are no doubt consumed by
the flames ere now.
The storm Is horrible IN it, details,
and the story Of loss Of lie aud suffer
ing beggars description.
The loss OF homes and property Is
heavy, making the second visitation Of
the same ktnd within lev months
The storm came up about o'clock in
the afternoon, aud attracted consderable
attention on account OF the severity with
which u descended IN tho beginning
Al harncs was IN hiS house with MS
wife and baby, and becoming alarmed,
vent under the hou.e WITH the baby IN
his arms They had been there only a
few minutes When teffihe crash came
tearing the house from It's foundation
aud raEing y TO the ground. barne, AMI
his babe are supposed to have been In
stantly killed, and hs vile had both legs
broken by the fall.
Jeh Read and Alex Meriwether were
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21

Lexington. William W. Evans,
the widely known and popular trottlne
horseman. who has long been regarded
as the premier yearling handler OF the
world, died at his residence on South
Broadway. Evans had been suffering
with an aneurism for five or six years
and something over year ago the
trouble became so pronounced that he
was compelled to put his horses int
other hands and give up work en-.
tirely.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21

That poverty Is a friend TO oohsl
ton Is demonstrated by some ~
German statistics. which shos "a
10000 welltodo persons 20 ANA
die OF consumption; Of the same .
Der only moderately vell'odo. "
the same number Of really poor
and Of paupers, ~ Aceordias
John Burns. the famous English 4
leader, 90 per cent Of the con, y |
tlyes in London receive chaTiia0s
lief In their homes
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
LIST OF THE DEAD.
Injured Persons Found In widely Scat
tered Localities.

Nashville, Tenn.-Only meager reports
have been received from the storm which
swept over Middle and West Tennessee
Thursday afternoon, the wires being
down in number OF places.
Only three persons are 30 far reported
TO have been killed-Al barnes and
child, at Denmark, in Madison county,
and Tom Helm, at Mulberry, Lincoln
county. Barnes wife was injured, but
not fatally.
AT Buford Station, Giles county, there
was considerable damage. The l.. a n.
station and freight house was destroyed.
Several other buildings were damaged. j.
&. Parsons and Malburt Barker were In
jured, but not fatally.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
LoulsvlLLe's MAYOR IS SUED.
Action Is Brought TO Prevent Him
Pressing His Candidacy.

Louisville. Ky.-George ID. Todd. in
dependent republican candidate for
mayor. brought suit against Mayor
James +. Grinstead and County Clerk
Mark Gabhart. asking that the former
be enioined from pressing his candi.
dacy and that the latter be restrained
from placing Mr.. Grinsteads name on
the ballot Mr. Todd. in his petition,
states that only he is legally qualified
TO become mayor. but takes issue on
Mayor Grinstead's eligibility. saying
that he believes the election OF 1907
was for a fixed term. and quotes the
constitutional inhibition against may.
ors OF frstclass cities succeeding
themselves In office. He says that un.
less legally prevented Mr. Gabhart. rs
county clerk, will place Grinstead's
name on the ballot. which will take
many votes away from him chr
Todd. who. he says. is the only man
who had announced that he was quail
flied to occupy the mayors chair.
These events are but incidents In the
warmest municipal campaign In many
years. both parties being split and
each having two tickets in the field.
The negro enters largely into the cam
paign and the democrats. particularly
those on the ticket headed by william
o. Head, a prominent tobacco ware
house man. have made this the para
mount issue. and asking for "a white
mans government" The Citizens
ticket" a detection principally from
the Head ticket, is headed by owen
Tyler, a wealthy business man.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
STANTON is WRECKED.
Many Houses in Little Town Unroofed
and Damaged.

stanton, Tenn stanton was visited
by the worst wind storm for several
years Thursday evening at s o'clock.
J. W. Bufalo's residence was blown
from the foundation and considerably
damaged. AT least twenty houses are
partially unroofed, shade trees are twist
ed aud blown down,
The storm came up very suddenly from
the northwest and only lasted = few SEQ
onds.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21

Lexington. Ky.-Native Belle, a 3
year-old bay flly by Moke. out OF Vel
low Belle. by General Wellington. won
the Kentucky Futurlty for 2-year-ol
trotters. in the second heat steppln
the mile in 2:07A, SCATTERING all previ.
Gus records for trotters OF her age.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
GIBSON GETS STORM.
High Wind. Heavy Rain and Hail Visit
Place.

Gibson, Tenn.--A terrible wind, rain
and hail storm struck Gibson Thursday
afternoon about o'clock aud lasted
about thirty minutes.
The wind blew at terrific rate, blow
ing down awnings, trees, etc.
The rain fell in torrents and the hail
could have been raked up by the bushel,
some Of the stones being as large as par.
fridge eggs.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
TWENTY-FIVE NIGHT RIDERS
On a Mysterious Mission In Harrison
and Robertson Counties.

On a Mysterious Mission In Harrison
and Robertson Counties.
Cynthiana. Ky.-Twenty-hye night
riders on a mysterious mission through
Harrison and Robertson counties. or
dered the citizens Of the little town Of
Clayville. Harrison county. to extin-
guish all their lights. They halted At
the edge OF the town and commune
Gated the order. which was promptly
obeyed. Through the darkened city
the riders then passed about midnight.
and those daring enough to peep at
the band saw that they carried white
horse-blankets. Where they went is
q mystery. but they returned through
Clayyille early in the morning. and
disappeared in the direction OF this
city.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21

Huntsville, Ala.--1he grand stand at
the Tennessee Valley fair grounds, where
the fair is in progress, near Huntsville,
Ala, was demolished by the storm and
half the stables on the grounds were
wrecked No persons are reported in
jured.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21

New York.-Maj. Gen. Alfred +.
Bates, former paymaster general Of the
army, died here Wednesday. Gen. Bates
was stricken with apoplexy Sunday and
removed 10 a private hospital.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
The Commonwealth

Somerset. Ky.-Burnside, this coun.
ty. was almost wiped out by fre
which caused o loss Of 100000. The
local postofilce was destroyed.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21

Bohon. Ky.-A Farmers Institut,
will be held here on October 20 and ~
J. A. Mcclure, of Hickman, ono OF the
best and most extensive farmers ~
the state, will direct the Institute. and
j. u. Walker. Of Hopkinsville. will Ice
ture
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
EASY

Mrs. iienpeck-Dld you ever 1s,r
anything worse than a man :.
who smokes In the house,
Mr. Henpock-les. Asmoklps =,
Ask me another,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-10-21
News From Up the Line.

by reason Of the vast extent Of the dis
turbances the business Of gathering news
was made extremely difficult. The As
sociated Press was hard put TO II TO get
news into OF out Of Memphis. Matter
usually sent direct from this city to
Nashville, Louisville and Atlanta had to
60 FIRST 10 Little Rock, thence TO st.
Louis and Chicago, then 10 Washington
and Atlanta.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-03
Tn1Es-REPUBLICAN, AGARsHALLTOwN, 8,

United States secretary OF agriculture,
one whose views would be received by
farmers with much interest Secretary
Wilson has not a. get given his prom
ise khat he can be present. but the in
wtation has been extended. and the
supervisors and Superintendent Koontz,
Of the county farm, will use every eff
font to secure him as the speaker.
Experiment Work in Oats.
The principal feature of THE picnic
will be the demonstration of the coun-
ty experiment farm work in oats. All
of the experiment work has been in
oats this year, and eight different va
rieties have been under cultivation The
same varieties have been treated in
different ways, drilled early, late and
medium, disked before seeded and
seeded before dislsed, sowed broadcast,
and drilled. The varieties with which
the experiments have been made in.
clude two early, the Kherson and Early
Champion, and six late-,Late Banner,
Swedish Select. Green Russian, Silver
Mine. Regenerated Swedish Select, and
Edgeworth
The oats will all be threshed and
samples will be on exhibition. The
manner of cultivating will be explain
ed thoroughly, and the results shown
as obtained from the different varieties.
Aside from the educational features
OF the picnic there will be the usual
amusements, including ball games
Band and other kinds of music will
be furnished, together with other feat
ures OF a program.