McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-10-03


Eight children of Uric Trudell, all
| under t6 years CT age, and their moth
er were burned to death as they slept
In their home on st. Francis street.
Quebec. Two girls We're rescued.
A theft of gold coin from the United
States mint at San Francisco, which
may reach into hundreds of thousands
of dollars, has been discovered and
federal secret service men called from
Washington are working on what is
believed to be the most extensive rob-
berry since the same mint was looted
of fortune in gold bars decade ago.
John Purroy Mitchell, fusion nomi-
nee for mayor of New York, accepted
the Independence league offer to run
as candidate of that party after the
resignation of James Allen, it's candi
date.
Lieut.. Schulz, an army aviator, was
killed by a 150-foot fall at Johannis-
thai, Germany. He was flying mon
Qplane which turned turtle.
Mrs. Eta Mcdonald, charged with
shooting and killing her husband at
Fort Worth, Tex, two months ago,
was found guilty. Her punishment
was fixed at two years in prison.
The executive council of the Ameri.
can Federation of Labor asked Presi-
dent Wilson to aid in securing the i'm.
mediate passage of labor measures, in
Guiding the seamen's bill, the antiin.
junction bill and the minimu mwage
law.
The New Orleans grand jury is in.
vestigating the affairs of Smith Bros.
Company, Ltd, who failed for mil
lion dollars after flyer in coffee.
Banks of that city demanded probe,
and indictments are expected.
Thomas Fl. Troy of Brooklyn was
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made the guardian of Helen, Ruth and
Marion Gaynor, minor daughters of
the late Mayor William ]. Gaynor
They inherit most of the 100000
estate.
An agreement was reached on the
tariff bill by the conference commit
| tee of the senate and house. On prac
| tically every detail the conferees are
in accord, except as to the Clarke
amendment taxing cotton futures.
Accused of having swindled large
number of girl college students and
many of Chicagos most prominent
women, Miss Mabel Sturtevant, Mis-
souri, university graduate, who won
the distinction of being the worlds
best scholar" was arrested in Chi
| cago.
Following the closing of the Union
bank of Franklintown, La, so armed
depositors stood guard at the doors to
prevent any money being taken out
Wreckers tearing down the famous
old mansion erected here 40 years ago
by Col Smell unearthed the body of a
child buried in starch box that had
been skillfully concealed within the
walls of the house.
The wife of former King Manuel Of
Portugal, who was Princess Augustine
Victoria, daughter of Prince William
of Hohenzollern, was taken suddenly
Ill at Munich and was rushed to pri-
vate hospital.
"No butter for dinner and all our
mattresses gomez" was the wailing cry
heard in Poughkeepsie, ~ Y. raised
by Vassar students over these two
sacrifices to economy and hygiene.
The state department, on the re.
quest of Senator Sherman, asked the
United States consul at Progresso,
Mexico, to obtain full particulars OF
the murder of Victor East of Illinois,
and have the body shipped to New
York in a sealed casket.
Following the, threat made by
Rancho Villa to kill all the American
| officials, work has been discontinued
at the La Bouquilla dam project on
the Conchas river, in Chihuahua.
A plot to assassinate the Japanese
| minister of foreign affairs, Baron No
buaki Maxine, and dynamite the for
eign office has been unearthed by the
police of Toxic.
World grain crops, with the excep.
ton of wheat, will fall below the aver.
age of last year, according to the In
ternational Institute of Agriculture at
Rome.
many commercial establishments
were destroyed by fire at Ninguta,
Manchuria.
The Philadelphia Athletics won the
pennant in the American league by
taking double-header from Detroit,
and will be the contenders, probably
with the New York Giants, in the Sc
ries for the baseball championship OF
the world, which will be played next
month.
Rev. w. E. Pippin. Baptist min
lister of Bentonvile Ark, after plead
ing guilty to passing worthless
check on a member of his congrega-
ton, was sentenced 70 three years in
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