McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-08-15
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Senior Gil Fortoul, president of the
government council of Venezuela, is
acting as president during the absence
from Caracas of President Gomez.
who has placed himself at the head of
the army advancing to do battle with
Castro.
Gov. Hodges of Kansas conferred
with representatives of the state
bankers association, the state agri-
cultural college, several railroads and
agricultural publications in the hope
of influencing Kansas farmers not to
rush their live stock to market.
Contributions to Gov. Suffers cam
paign fund, under the fire of the New
York legislative investigation COM
mttee, were at least $4,000 more than
his sworn statement represented them
to be, according to the testimony of
bank officials and others who took
the witness stand at the committee
hearings.
A new worlds record in globe-trot-
ting was established with the arrival
in New York of John Henry Mears.
Representing a newspaper, he made
the circuit in So days, Fl hours, So
minutes and 4-5 second.
Passage of the Glass-Owen bill by
Sept. 10 at the latest in the form now
presented was predicted by Chairman
Glass of the house banking commit
tee.
The Nebraska state Progressive
committee has decided to place in the
field at the next election complete
state, congressional, legislative and
county tickets.
Two Russian military aviators,
Lieut.. Polikarpoff and his mechanic,
were killed at the Krasnoyo Selo
camp when wing Of their aeroplane
broke at a, great altitude.
Grinding mills Nos. IL and II at
Dupont Powder works, near Whining
ton, Del, exploded with tremendous
reports. No damage was caused ex-
cept to the machinery in the mills and
the loss of about 600 pounds of pow
der.
Four thousand men employed in the
lead mines of eastern Missouri, the
largest lead-mining district in the
world, voted on the question of
strike, and reports from Bonnie Terre,
lockwood, Desloge, Elvins and Flat
River indicate that the vote to strike
almost was unanimous.
President Wilson nominated to be
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to China, Paul S.
Reinsch of Wisconsin.
Seven persons were burned to death
In fire at st Jean d'Orleans,, near
Quebec.
Oscar Anderson, 40, is\ dead as the
res< of an explosion in which a
score of men we're injured at the
plant of the Illinois Steel company,
near Chicago.
Speaker Champ Clark and Senator
Stone of Missouri called on President
Wilson to recommend w. B. Warden
of Mexico, Mo-, to be minister of Bo-
liyia.
Richard Newsam, former chairman
Of the Illinois mine investigating COM
mission, died at kis home in Peoria.
He directed the work of rescue in the
Cherry mine disaster.
The British kings yacht Brittania
won the fourth race of the Cowes re-
gatta. King George and his son,
Prince Albert, were aboard.
President Arriaga is sinking rapid
ly at Lisbon He is suffering from
kidney trouble, complicated with
heart disease. An official bulletin
says there is only slight hope of his
recovery.
The Cantonese army has mutinied,
and Chan. the rebel governor, has dis
appeared. The greatest confusion,
reigns and the invading army is with
In 20 miles of the capital.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wife of Harry
Kendall Thaw, slayer of Stanford
White, filed a petition in voluntary
bankruptcy, New York, specifying la
bilities of $S,O54 and assets of $3.50.
Yields of 739,730,000 bushels of
wheat $500. 100000 bushels of corn,
1908 ,266,000 bushels of oats and
14,702,000 bales of cotton were esti-
mated for this season in the annual
crop report of the Continental and
Commercial National bank of Chi
cago.
An immediate investigation by the
senate foreign relations committee to
determine the condition OF American
citizens and property in Mexico was
requested in resolution by Senator
Clark OF Wyoming.
The fiat charge that department of
Justice agents had investigated fed
eral judges in efforts to influence their
action in cases in which the govern
ment was interested was made in the
senate by Senator Borah, and In
dorsed partiy at least by Senator