The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-06-22
NEWS Of THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES HERE
ARE BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
Confirmation Of Weeks Nsws Re-
viewed Without comment-Aii
Nations Find Something TO
Eoify and Instruct

Mrs Martha A. Buck, So years old,
h dead al Decatur H.. OF hardening
OF The arteries She leaves her en-.
tire estate, valued at yeOU.O 900. to the
Illinois Wesleyan university. At
Bloomington.
Donald Mclean, New York law.
yer, whose arrest at Frederick. Md.
WAS reported "a under Indictment ioi
Grand larceny
Two German girls. one 10 and the
other IL years old have been sen
fenced BY courtmArdAl al Ulm to pay
a fine n $2b each Or, IN default. to
serve a month in prison for having
love affairs Sih two French prison.
era
A dispatch from sApporo, Hokkaido.
Japan, says that Arthur smith an
American aviator suffered a broken
los In fall from his Aoroplane.
Michigan leaders u the national
Progressive party have decided ~ cali
a conference at Jackson 10 discuss
the question Of AnAlgAmAtlns With
ihS Republican party.
Tag days are highly Objectionable
and will DO under the ban in New
York hereafter, Mayor Mitchell al,
nouncsd.
A farmer with 1900 acres OF arable
Land has handed to the chairman Of
The local military tribunal = Lat OF
his hands which includes four boys
OF school age, cripple. man suf
iering with rheumatism and two men
mentally deficient
w B. Slaughter Of Dallas. Tex. was
acquitted IN the district court Of
charges OF larceny OF live stock on
which the defunct Mercantile Nation.
al bank held mortgage for $4,000.
The Louisville 4 Nashville railroad
declared a semiannual dividend OF
S1 per cent. thus restoring the stock
TO tbs per cent basis which existed
two years ago.
Henry Schneider. farmer residing
six miles from Phillips. Wis. was ar
rested on the charge OF killing his
daughter Mrs Max Gublin Of Chi.
cago. who had been Keeping house 70,
him for the last few months.
A campaign for a safety first"
Fourth OF July has been started By
the Safety First Federation OF Amer.
lea II was announced by the fed.
GRAFTON that more than 20 governors
and officials Of 500 cities are coop
Grating.
Mrs. Thomas j Preston. Jr.. wife
OF Prof Preston OF Princeton and
widow Of Grover Cleveland, was Cd
Grated ON at New York hospital
James w. Holderby OF Barry, H.,
was shot in the head In 1861 while
serving In the civil war The bullet
has just been removed by local sur
. geOn.
Suit was begun In New York by the
government To recover $685. 800 from
Henry Kayser & Sons. importers. for
IRREGULAR entry Of goods imported from
abroad
Six indictments were returned
against I w. NJ Boone. president.
II. Bail. cashier. Andrew Il. Dowd
and h. N Dickinson. assistant cash.
iers Of the American National bank.
at Fort Smith, Arb. which closed
March "a Conspiracy to defraud the
institution Of gll5.OU0 II charged.
The receipt Of an additional $1,000.
900 gold from Canada by ]. =. Nor.
gan q Co. brings the total Imports
from across the border In the last
five weeks to we'll over the $4,000.
OO0 mark
Efforts to insert plank 10 the Dem.
ocratie platform favoring law To
prohibit federal judges nom lea ding
the bench 10 accept elective office
Wa not cOunteuanoed by Presidsnt
Wilson.
Leona Bell, Is years old. Of ClArks.
Vile. No. has been missing for ~
days. The police have been notified.
J. Frank Hanley. nominated a. the
Progressive candidate for governor OF
Indiana, declined TO accept because VI
the failure OF the Progressive nation
al convention TO adopt a prohibition
plank.
ChilliCothe MOI dry" forces were
victorious In local option election by
majority OF 2l2. Four years ago ths
city went wet" by 10 votes.
Following the example Of England,
Germany. Italy and the Scandinavian
countries. all clocks In France have
been set forward an hour Ia accord
ance with the daylightsaying plan.
The Pennsylvania highway depart.