The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-03-02
NEWS Or THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
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Nations Find Something TO
Edlfy and instruct

All passengers aboard the Mer
chants 4 Miners liner Cretan. dam
aged in collision with a schooner
IA miles from Cape Hatteras. we're
safely transferred to the steamer
Dorothy.
Protests against the use Of soldiers
and aliens In the engine and train
service on the government railroad at
Panama were presented TO President
Wilson by union labor leaders.
The state department protested 10
Great Britain against the removal Of
IS passengers from the American
steamer China OF the China Mail
Steamship line by British cruiser
Under ruling handed down In the
admiralty court at Halifax. the case
OF the prize steamer Hooking Is trans
ferred to England for trial.
Jasper Perry. q convict In the Illl
nois state penitentiary. was convict
ed OF the murder OF James Howard. a
fellow.oonvict. on Dec. 20 last. ant
was sentenced TO be hanged.
Col Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt
are in British Guinea. They will go
to Trinidad. where they will take
steamer direct to New York.
From the first.class mail on the
Dutch steamship Hollandia, detained
at Falmouth recently. while on a voy
axe from Buenos Aires to Amster
dam. 1895 parcels Of raw rubber were
taken.
Sheriff Bordell OF Joe Davless
county. ILL.,. while pursuing a fugitive
negro. was accidentally shot and
probably fatally wounded by City Mar
shall Richard Blair OF Galena. III.
Jury returned verdict OF $4,000
for mss Edith Sage of Minneapolis
MINI, injured when her automobile
collided with one belonging to Fred
T. Yates.
The New York curb traders. LONG
an outdoor spectacle in the streets OF
the metropolis. are looking for a home
under a roof
Mayor Smith put the more than
10000 employees OF the city Of PhiIa
delphia on the water wagon" No
city employe is allowed TO use liquor
The Kiel Zeitung says a sensation
has been caused by the strandlng Al
Schobuell, In Friesland, Holland. Of a
small dinghy belonging TO the German
cruiser Nuernburg. which was sunk in
the battle with the British feet of
the Falkland islands Dec. s, 1914.
Joe c. Ratellff. 20 years old. a bank.
er OF Cunningham. Kan, died at
hospital as the result OF a growth ON
his back caused by suspenders rub
bling a mole.
President Wilson sent TO the sen.
ate correspondence between the
United States and Korea relating 10
Koreas occupation by Japan as was
thought compatible with the public
interest
Cardinal MERCER, prlmate OF Bel
GUM, has left Rome for home by way
OF Switzerland.
Lord. Derby's acceptane Of the chair.
manship OF joint naval and military
board TO control the British air sery.
ice was announced.
The right Of the proprietor OF
theater to refuse admission 10 any
person whose published criticism OF
dramatic performances might injure
the business OF the theater was up
held unanimously by the court OF ap
peals Of New York.
Sweden win be permitted 10 i'm
port larger supplies Of coal from
Great Britain under n new arrange
ment with the British government
Francisco villa, with 300 men, AZ.
lacked an equal CArranEa ofrce under
Gen. Jesus CayaGos at Cusihuriachlc
and drove Cavazos to chihuahua City. |
Four Swedish trawlers which we're
leaving the harbor OF Gottenbura
we're captured by German subma
-ines.
Microscopic moving pictures show.
ng blood circulation in humans have
been completed at a Bottle Creek san.
tarium.
Acompromise proposal between the
Republicans and Progressives OF Cali
ornia in the nomination OF California
delegates to the Republican national
was rejected.
Mrs. Ann n. Parsons. widow OF Ly-
nan j. Parsons OF Winstsad. Conn.