The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-02-03

was "ulilllted 10 the United States by
immigration authorities after a three
days hearing.
The American steamship Ausable
from Galveston for Esbierg, Denmark,
taken into Kirkwall jan. n. has been
released
A fall OF ~ inches Killed Andrew
Myers at Terrell. Tex. lie was allrht.
ing from his automobile when a mis-.
step threw him TO the ground. break.
ing his neck
The department OF Internal reve.
nue. announced that total taxes for
The six months ending with Decem.
Der 1915. amounted to S2O9 800. COS.
an Increase Of }22.Oi7.U2.
Queen Wilhelmina OF Holland has
been compelled to interrupt her trip
In the flooded regions. owing to an
attack Of mumps
Government troops have inflicted a
severe defeat upon the Chinese rebels
OF Yum Nan province.
NJ. Longuet. a French Socialist dep
uty, who addressed the British labor
conference. on being questioned 70
garding the French losses said that
100000 soldiers had been killed.
100000 wounded and 800. 900 had
been taken prisoners.
Aviator Burnside a, Ithaca. n. Y.
averaged s5 miles an hour In making
speed trials In Thomas aeroplane
built especially for government use.
The two American soldiers who
swan across the Rio Grande and
we're captured by armed Mexicans
have been delivered to the United
States authorities.
AZ meeting here 35 Nebraska
leaders Of the Progressive party do.
cided to nominate full state. con.
gressional aud presidential electoral
ticket.
Payments on the third German war
loan have been completed, the last
insiallment having been due Jan %.
The total was 1850. 900. 900 marks
ts.O4O. OOO. oOO).
Mrs. Joseph Tumulty, wife OF the
secretary to the president. was ope
rated on for appendicitis.
Charles Douglass. a negro held In
the Greensburg. Pa. Jail under sen.
tenee OF death. attacked his guard and
beat him into insensibility. He then
took the keys and escaped with tsS
other prisoners
The United States has notified
Great Britain uf its objection 10 the
application Of the trading with the
enemy act m manner affecting
American trade.
The burning gas we'll at sinton.
Tex, owned by J. NJ. Guffey OF Pitts.
burg, Pa. and associates. has become
a volcano" The crater has widened
to a circumference Of 100 feet and
around II Is piled cone OF mud more
than 80 feet high.
The zoo employees Of the Davis a
Furber Machine company of North |
Andover, Mass, who struck last week |
for an advance in wages. voted to nc.
cept the companys offer of n 10 per
cent increase.
President Polncare and Albert
Thomas. under secretary for war.
were present at the trials al satury
Camp OF the newly invented trench
cannon and bulletproof shields.
A bill introduced in the Cuban con.
sress provides a credit OF S25. 900 for
he entertainment OF Col. Roosevelt
Turing his forthcoming visit.
The Belgian Count de Prelles de Ia
Sleppe has been arrested at the in.
Itance OF the Belgian authorities al
Calais. charged with frauds involving
Ieyeral million francs.
Fifty funerals waited at the Rates
4 Calvary cemetery. New York.
While cemetery officials settled a
trike OF 300 grave-dlggers.
by a vote OF PSI 10 81 congress-
assed the Shaokleford bill authoriz.
ng an appropriation by the federal
overnment Of t25. 100000 to aid the
tates in the building of public hixh.
rays.
w j. Mayfield, 80 years old. was
AIKEN from the jail at Boston. Tex.
nd hanged to tree about a half mile
outh OF town.
Otis Papier. driver in Ogara No. 4
line. Harrisburg, H., was crushed to
cath when huge slab OF slate fell
pom him.
The first war soaplane purchased