The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-08-24


eign Minister wossough- El-Lau-Leh |
had been ordered TO organize new
ministry.
The newspaper Epocha states that 1
Germany has proposed territorial com |
pensation to Roumania at the expense
OF Austria Hungary as reward for |
continued neutrality.
J. Kelley Neal. aged IS. OF Duck
Hin. Miss. ended his life by poison
at San Francisco because acquaint-
ances ridiculed an impedlment In his
speech which he had tried in vain to
overcome.
The Topeka. a small coal boat. was
rammed by the steamer Christopher
in the Detroit river of Sandwich, Ont.
Joseph Czapp. Jr.. a small boy. was
drowned In Lake Michigan with his
81. Bernard dog which be vas chained
to-
Declaring that there were no really
pretty girls in Philadelphia, Max Gil
inge has written TO the chief OF police
OF Richmond. Va. asking for wife
The Mutual Life Insurance Co. and
the Lackawanna Railways Co have
sent notice to all their employees with
the New York troops that If they do
not Immediately take advantage OF
the war departments offer To release
all guardsmen who have dependents
at home their salaries Will be discon-
tinued.
Admitting that most OF his
strength was below his neck" Valdez
Zbyszko. 235 pounds. a Polish wres-
tier. is trying TO recover a $500 ring
a New York friend talked him out Of.
A serious outbreak OF cholera in
Nagasaki. Japan. has resulted in IS
deaths.
Gov. Dunno of Illinois is on an in
spection tour OF the national guards
at Fort Sam Houston and along the
border.
"A white man and a negro robbed the
Bank of Crowder. Ok locking the
cashier and assistant state bank ex-
aminer in the vault.
Frank Vogt. 90 wears old. was struck
by lightning and killed when in a bath
tub at his home IL Kansas City.
Onicial dispatches from Eagle Pass
report the finding of body of sol
der believed to be the son OF NJ II
I-imbocher OF Vanderbilt. Mich
Abram 1. Elkus. newly appointed
ambassador TO Turkey. has left for
his new post.
Out Of $50 applications who took
examination for admission to the naval
academy "a of them passed
President Wilson has signed the
agricultural appropriation bin carry
ing approximately S27.O0OOOO
The Etna observatory reports that
the center Of the crater OF Mount Etna.
1900 feet deep. is in full eruption.
Lava is flowing to the southwest
baby boy. alive and healthy. was
weighted down with a heavy rock tied
to its neck and dropped into the Cones
tega river at Lancaster. Pa
Five persons were killed and N in
jured. four OF them fatally. when a
tornado swept over eastern Arkansas.
blowing down 12 buildings at Ed
mundsOn. Ark.
Ralph Arnold. 16 years old. was
killed and Rollie Boyd. IS. was seri-
ously hurt when an automobile con
tanning six young men from Annawan.
Ill, was overturned.
Mai. Robert ~ VIM. a. s. A. chief
hospital surgeon with the national
guardsmen at Eagle Pass. Tex. is
dead after few days illness OF pneu-
mOnia.
The government of Colombia has re-
quested the Swiss gOvernmtrt TO send
three Swiss officers for a period OF
three years 10 reorganize the Colon
bian army along Swiss lines.
Or. Max Baff. psychologist OF Clark
College. Worcester. has discovered
why girls kiss soldiers in uniform. He
says; 1t is the uniform the girls ad-
mire and not the soldier"
Truman Coats. a labOrer of Havana.
Ill. and his sister. Miss Australia
Coats. of Mason City. Ia. have been
notified they are two of IA heirs to a
s4.O0O.OO0 estate near Chicago.
Mrs Adolphus A Laws of
Centralia. Ill, was fined s7.15 for al
lowing her 2O-month-old baby girl to
run outdoors without clothing of any
A Lloyd's dispatch from barcelona
says the Italian steamship San Sebas-
tiano. 4.043 tons. has been sunk by
a submarine on Cape San Sebastian.
The Atlantic feet championship
trophies for gunnery and battle eff
cheney during the year were awarded