The Hickman courier., 1916-10-05

-four may retail az $40 barrel IN the
near future II wheat prices continue
- rise.
Sub. Lieut. Nungessor Of the French
aviation service brought down two
asroplAnss. making ~. and a captive
balloon.
Stringent regulation OF the manufac-
suFe and sale OF pglQue. the principal
strong drink Of Mexico. has been or
dered By First Chief Carranza. The
new regulations double the tax
The Republican national committee
announces that Gov. Whitman viii
make speaking trip IN the middle
west this month. lie viii sptak ia In
dianapolis Oct. II. IN Chicago oct. II.
In 81. Louis Oct. 10 and ia Louisville
Oct. IA.
The German emperor has issued
letter OF thanks tOOthe German ship
yards. which have already completed
repairs on the ships damaged IN the
Jutland battle.
The Roman Catholic home at Beau
mont. Canada. was destroyed BY fire.
There were upward OF 200 children
and aged persons In the institution
and all were safely removed Loss.
$4,000.
President Wilson went 70 his old
home 10 vote al the New Jersey Dem
ocratic primaries. His ballot was No.
IA and he voted 'er straight"
Edward +. Martini. Chicago's big.
sest policeman. is dead. He weighed
4Sl pounds and was feet inches
tall
IL Is greater crime IN Greene
county. H.. to steal six hens than TO
steal a Ford Juries in the Carrollton
circuit court have 50 decided. The
hen thief got 80 days and the machine
stealer 60.
Undermined by construction work
on the new COney Island subway. a
portion OF Sixty-eighth street. Brook
lyn. between Fifth and Sixth avenues,
eaved in.
McFarren Davis. for % years editor
OF the Paris Cll) Beacon. and one OF
the most widely known editors Of cen.
tral Illinois. is dead.
The cornerstone Of a $1,000 public
library building at Nevada, Mo. was
laid with Masonic ceremonies. The
Rev. DIR. c. II. Briggs OF Sedalia Of
ficiated.
The printers supply statesmen have
Advertised for the 'uggliest girl in
town. They want her to lead a grand
march In Madison Square.
Or. Eva Harding. known in Kansas
as the fighting woman" filed her pc
tition as an independent candidate for
eongress in the first Kansas district
Prayers for the dead will become a
part OF the ritual Of the Protestant
Episcopal church II the commission
on the revision has its way.
Members of r battery. Illinois artil-
cry. numbering 1l9 men. most of
whom are students al the University
Of Illinois. have been mustered out.
"A worlds record for exports was set
oy this country during August. The
exports tOtaled $4,000. This is S35..
100000 higher than the previous rec
ord.
The Jury at lola. Kan. before which
Mrs. Ruby Stevens was tried for the
murder Of Clifford Kistner, a young
farmer. was unable to agree.
W. G. McAdoo. chairman of, the fed
sral farm loan board. made a pilgrim.
age 10 the tomb of Abraham Lincoln
In Oak Ridge cemetery. Springfield.
where they placed a wreath.
Brig Gen. John j. Pershing. COM
mander Of the American forces in
Mexico. has been made a major gen
eral. succeeding the late Mai. Gen.
Albert l.. Mills.
James owen of Milwaukee was
drawing short one" when he got a
communication from Chattanooga. IL
said Mrs p. H. Wisdom. Owens
grandmother. had beQueathed him
100000
ihe German government purposes
20 take up with the International Red
Cross complaint that the new Brit
ish tanks are against the rules of
civilized warfare.
Whiie being rushed in an automo-
pie TO hospital TO receive attention
for Injuries received in an accident at
an oil well near Tulsa. II. G. Lyle. As.
was killed when the machine upset in
pile of sand
oscar d. Mcdaniel. prosecuting ct
torney OF Buchanan county. Mo-. was
arrested on state warrant charging
him with the murder of his wife. Har-
riet Moss Mcdaniel. who was found
dying In her bedroom the night of