The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-04-06

KY
flre destroyed one.fourth OF the
buildings OF the Pennsylvania Manu-.
tAeturing Co. at Wyandotts. Detrol,
suburb causing loss OF $1,000
IN retaliation for the attack on Ger.
man camps by a squadron Of French
aeroplanes. seven German aviators
pombarded salonih from the air.
Loss estimated at more than
100000 was caused at Houston. Ter.
by fire which started in the cotton
sheds Of the Missouri. Kansas a Tex.
as railway and spread TO a dozen 9th.
er buildings and 20 freight cars
a full state ticket will be placed in
the field by The Progressive party In
Missouri this year.
announcement was made that the
SIX Manufacturers association will
Grant the demand Of the workers for
a ninehour day. effective April 3.
Ferromanganese was sold recently
to Pittsburg steel manufacturer on
the basis Of 81 600 a ton. Before the
war II sold for S3s.
a rentLree apartment house for un.
married working women is provided
for In the viii Of Charles p. Webster.
q dry goods merchant Of New York.
who died March lG. leaving an estate
exceeding tl.OOOOOO
II. Ashton Ramsay. 81. chief engl.
neer OF the famous Confederate iron.
clad Merrimac and one Of the few
surviving members OF her crew. Is
dead Al Baltimore.
Burglars obtained stamps, checks
and cash totAling about $500 from the
postofiice at Brown Branch. Mo-, 40
cordlng to information received by
postofiice inspectors.
While raising the window OF her
room, Mrs. X. p barrow. 81. OF De
catur, Ill., fell through the window TO
the pavement. 20 feet below, and was
killed.
The city council u FL Paso, Tex,
passed an ordinance providing that
correspondents sending out OF the city
matter calculated TO lniure the gen.
eral business reputation Of III Paso
and known TO be false" shall be fined
from t25 TO 5000.
Freight rates from the United States
10 Panama are increasing rapidly The
rate on cement has Increased from
tl2O per barrel TO si.55. which IL
more than the value Of the cement.
One hundred persons were killed
when an ammunition factory at Wells.
dori, in Austria, blew up
Thrive former MRHitoba ministers
we're Indicted by Winnipeg grand
jury for conspiracy 10 defraud.
According 10 the provisions Of an
druggists In Peoria. H.,
will be required to pay the regular IA.
loon license fee OF s72O annually II
they dispense liquor In quantities OF
less than one gallon.
A whistling well at ST. Clair. Mimi,
is TO be investigated by state geolo
sists.
Gen. Grants letter book, from
March 20 TO April 3. 1855. including
the letter in which he prescribed the
terms for Lees surrender brought
$3.50 at sale OF autographs in New
York.
The proposed advance in charge for
the privilege OF milling grain in tran
ait filed with the state public utilities
by the Chicago. Peoria n
81. Louis railroad was suspended until
July % by an order OF the commits,
sion.
r. J. Andrews was elected mayor OF
Sioux City, Ia, by a majority Of 1900
votes. A total OF 1850 ballots we're
cast.
Or. David De Ross. 70, who went
through the Little Big Horn cam.
paign. is dead at Wichita. Kan, from
a disease he contracted from two ar
row wounds which he received in his
right leg during the memorable fight
under Custer.
A daughter was born 10 Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Doves Sayre. She is
the second granddaughter OF Presi
dent Wilson.
Two new superdreadnaughts have
been added 10 the French fleet They
were named the France and the Paris.
Thomas ]. Pence, secretary Of the
Democratic national committee, 10
dead At His home in Washington.
President and Mrs Wilson attended
a ball and sale given In Washington
Wednesday night.
The literacy test was kept In the
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