The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-09-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK,

Vile n g. has been closed because
OF lack of funds The orders 10 close
followed reetng OF The board OF
trustees In NcN York city.
baroness Georre Reuter- and James
Gordon bennett. proprietor OF the New
York Herald we're married At Paris.
The baroness was formerly Miss
Maud Potter daughter OF IoAs Potter
Of Philadelphia.
President po.ncare Of France has
cahlcd To President Wilson a reply 10
the protest from Emperor William.
which charged that The allies had
been using dum.dum bullets
IN bird aud Mrs BIRD Of Mason,
Mob. were KILLED and their son aud
daughter injured 90 Yeddo. Ind when
,he automobile in which they we're
riding rolled into a ra,ine
Late REPORTS Indicate that l2G South
African soldiers lost heir lives In a
wreck of troop train loaded with
coo soldiers ON their way 20 Cape
Town to aan FOR Europe which was
derailcd
According to Consjautinople d.
patch. bubonic plague is raging among
the Turkish soldiers At SMYRNA ana
other stations
~ Bird and Mrs nird Of Mason,
Mich we're KILLED and their ION and
daughter injured at YeIddo. lud..
when the automobile in which they
we're riding RULED into ra'ino
Sam Kuhchuhl IL years old. IL To
Jail AZ RussellYillc. Ark. on The charge
n Tiabbng Mat Gillispie, lf 10 death
Nith a pocket knife
John Brscoe and jeff u Clark. en-
slneer and fireman. respectively Of a
Missouri Pacific frelght train. were
killed when the train VAS derallcd by
. vashoui near Dover Mo
-Four persons Werr KILLED AZ Bridge
town. y. J.. When a. rain composed ~
empty Pennsll,anif railroad psasen'
Eer coaches struck a trolley car on
The outskirts Of The town
Gov Walsh Of Massachusetts, vss
thrown from a horse az the rark rid
Ink school and suffered a fracture Of
his right arm near ihe elbow
Just before the war there we're
more suicides ln ho German army
among enlisted mon than 80 that %
any other country in the world. va
oept Austria Hungary
Grief over tho loss 81 hls mother,
who was killed in a cyclone Al Gold
en-. Ark. a few years ago. caused LIN
ney Henson. rs year, old. TO shoot
himself 10 death
The expectation Of rice flour. which
IA being used IN Holland as substi.
tuie for wheat flour. was forbidden BY
royal decree
Ruth Gray Field Youngest daugh.
ter Of the late poet. Eugene Field. was
married In Chicago 10 Elmer Davis
Foster OF Tomahawk. Wis
The siockholderf of The Farmers q
Mercheais' bank and Of the CONNER
cial bank ~ Nandalla. m. have voted
to merge under the name Of the Farm.
ers' 4 Merchants hank
Peter Kontspoulas. II years old.
lost his life Ia a Commute battle with
a shark IN Lake ponchartrRlu In view
OF crowd that had been watching his
fancy swimming feats
Two passengers on a Grand Trunk
passenger train. inbound from To
ronto. we're shot by two masked rob
bers who boarded the train soon after
II had entered Detroit
Two sons Of VI. c Reynolds. and
. years old. were killed and their "a
ther injured when an Iron Mountain
freight crashed into their wagon At
Russellville
Charles Ryan. rs years old and a
student In the Chickashs. OK. high
school. was drowned while saving the
lives Of three sirl companions with
whom he was wadinE In the washIla
river
An Exchange dispatch from Pekin
says thai the German consular repre-.
sentatives from PekiR are proceeding
10 America
New biennial working contracts
agreed on AT n recent conference be
tween Representatives Of the United
Mine Workers Of America and the
lnterEtate Coal Opera.
tors association for Missouri and
Kansas we're ratified at convention
Of the miners