The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1916-04-06
NEWS Of THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD.
HAPPENINGS IN our OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN

weeks News cond,n,,,lo, y.
Viewed Without comm.n,-Au
"Auons Find Something to
tdify and Instruct
= OH Tor comprehensive control NJ,
rivers prevention Of floods and doyoi'
op'nent OF water power was In,,o
dnoed by ReprosCnlati,o Rai,,, ~, n
linois. Il carried an appronr,a,lon =,
'eO'oOooOO year Tor 10 yaars
Henry P Haas OF plttsbury v,s
elected president Of tho N,ti,c,l A.
ISOLATION Of Real Estate r,cb,ng,s
a woman who killed bars.lf n,
drinking poison IN d downtown Wash
'hston hotel has been Identified nv
authorities ~ Madge surau
a reward " $1,000 f. Offered ,or
the arrest Of oliver q Cline missing
cashier Of O. Seattle concern Who's.
books show dcfaloalons of 500 ooo
Gross earnings of the Erie railroad
during 1918 we're sos igG72o am I'm
crease OF ie77cigi over 1914. accord
'ng TO me annual report
the british steamer Carly has boon
picked up disabled Al sen %, hr
steamer Forols aud IL being ,oued 10
Halifax
British c'sml'lc- IN March A, com.
piled from rHr published list, amount.
ed TO iIo7 officer. and 1887 men
4 dispatch filed At Oldenraal HoI
land. say that many person. lost
heir lives In u 'lre In powder fac.
tory at Trol.dori. near Cologne
The schooner Metinic which sailed
from New York on Feb % for ston.
ingion. Me has been given 10 No
lost She carried five men.
A general amnesty proclamation ap-
plying 10 persons convicted before m.
hunals Of Alsace and Lorraine has
been Issued by Emperor william
Pennsylvania mine Inspectors be-
Gan m Investigation Of the explosion
In tia mine Of the ConemAEh Smoke
lc~s Coal company. at Seward. which
coat the llves Of elght men.
Two earthquake shocks occurred At
Panama, one IN the morning and he
other In the afternoon.
Fifty freight locomotives were or.
dered by the Pennsylvania lines The
locomotives will be Of the mikado type
and the order will Approximate
81 100000.
The northeastern section OF Barton
county. Kan. 10 said by farmers TO be
seriously infested by the Hessian ny.
The Burnett immigration bill. with
is literAcy test and Aslate exclusion
provision unchanged. has passed the
house by vote Of sos TO 81.
The Hairdressers' guild announced
that after April is. next. It's members
will raise the charge for shaving from
1 cents 10 5 cents. and hairouttins
from 8 cents 10 10 cents.
The senate passed the Indian appro-
priAtion bill carrying approximately
'l2 100000.
Ma! Gen George W Cocktails, gov
.rnOr Of the Panama canal zone, has
sailed for Panama on the steamship
PAstores lie said he was confident
that the canal would DO opened by
April 10.
Ten thousand Mersey river dock
hands At Liverpool went on strike fol.
lowing a dispute concerning pay for
overtime work.
Before the house public buildings
committee a request for $1,000 900 for
a terminal postofiies At Kansas City,
Mo-. was presented.
The Louisiana state Republican
convention selected 70 unrestricted
delegates to the national convention.
A dispatch from Teheran says that
Grand Duke Nicholas has released all
Perslans taken prisoner by the Rus
SLAMS.
The police At work on the case o.
Miss lola May Cramer, "a, trained
nurse who was found dead In a Dallas
school yard. are endeavoring to prove
that she was attacked by a Jealous
lover.
siI masked men held up 30 men In
An alleged gambling house In New