The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-09-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD.

mans dDIOdu 10 ESPO4l 70 the consular
offices in order to ascertain whether
they are available for military service
The European war is rapidly max
ing men old IN many cases the hair
OF soldiers at the front turns gray
within 10 days.
Surgeons found $1,000 in bills ban
daged TO the leg OF Thomas Ducbo-
geruk. "A furrier OF New York. who Was
burned in fire.
Wedding jokesters in Chicago hand.
cuffed William Cummings. a bride
groom. and his best man. James "a.
hill. and left them wandering about
the streets for two hours.
Coroner Fred Luehring of MfIwau.
kee and two of his deputies are VIC
lently in after eating some ~mnsb
rooms" in a local restaurant.
a German seaplane flew over Dover
and dropped three bombs.
Louis d. Brandeis of the limited
States supreme court pledged Sc 600
10 the Zionist movement on condition
that Boston Jews raise the remaining
$4,000 OF $4,000 pledged.
John Wadsworth Holmes. 50 a
prominent resident OF New York ie
dead He was a cousin of the late
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
PRESIDENT Wilson has accepted an
invitation to speak in Indianapolis
Oct II. at the celebration of Highway
day.
A meeting Of the American Insti.
tute of Mining Engineers will be held
early in October at ST. Louis.
capt Boelke. Germany's most ia,
nous aviator. brought down two more
entente aeroplanes. making his record
Is machines disposed OF during the
war
Missing somewhere in France"
was the word received from the Brit.
ish war office by j. NJ. Reeves of
Springfield. Mo. of his son, Robert
Reeves. % years old.
In a tank" fight on the Somme
front Canadian casualties were 400
killed, 1000 wounded and 300 missing.
This brings Canadian casualties tc
about 10000.
Admiral Mayo reported that a -
inch gun on the battleship Michigan
had exploded during firing tests.
Farmers in Oklahoma are having
diffi-~F getting cotton pickers,
though they are Offering SO and 81
a day.
The request of 300 members Of the
Second New York infantry 10 remain
on border duty after they had been
ordered home has been granted.
William j. Bryan started on his sec
ond tour of Wyoming in support OF
President Wilson and the Democratic
ticket. with a program calling for q |
of speeches.
p. A Ball and Andrew s. Dowd. on |
trial at Little Rock, Ark. on charges |
Of making false reports to the comp
troller of currency while officers OF !
the American National bank, pleaded |
guilty and were sentenced.
j. F. Crimson. a pioneer cattle OWL
er. was killed on his ranch near
Plains, Ok. when he was caught I'm a |
stampede of cattle and trampled 20 /
death.
Only two of the gold mines along
the mother lode OF the Amador (CaI1 |
company are in operation, as a result
Of the strike order affecting 1900
men.
The central Illinois conference Of
he Methodist Episcopal church met
n Peoria. Bishop Thomas Nicholson
If Chicago presided.
Small towns are "churched to
ieath." John c. Adams. a publisher OF
Peotone. Ill, told convention of sub.
Urban publishers.
Press dispatches report food riots
It Chemnitz. Saxony. in which 40 CT
Tilians were killed.
The action for divorce filed in Reno.
Sev.. some time ago by Harrison G.
)yar against Zellah Dyar is up in the
district court. A mixed Jury has
barge Of the hearings.
IL will be necessary 10 place two
OF the Atlantic fleet in re-
erve in order 10 provide a crew for
he new superdreadnaught Arizona.
Officers casualty lists for the last
Ortnight contain the names of COS
british officers killed. 1896 wounded
nd SO missing. a total of 2.092
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