McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-07-04
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prosecutor for the Caminetti-Diggs
and Western Fuel company cases in
California. Judge Dooling, who is now
on the superior court bench, will fill
an existing vacancy, and the cases
will be tried before him.
The body of Ensign William D. Bill
Kingsley of Mississippi, who fell from
q navy hydroaeroplane at a height of
1925 feet into Chesapeake Bay, was
found by Capt William G. Kelly Of
the schooner p. R. Dreamer.
Judge Uhlir of Chicago wants a
court kindergarten established ON the
roof of the court building, where the
children may play while he unravels
their parents domestic tangles.
Miss Mathilde Mol, formerly of
Norwich, Conn, died of heart disease
at Berlin. She was the oldest Ameri-
can resident of Berlin, having lived
there 25 years, and was vice-presi-
dent of the American Women's club
Thomas E. Hayden and Judge M. T.
Dooling have been selected by Presi-
dent Wilson for United States district
attorney and United States circuit
fudge, respectively, for the northern
district q California.
u. s. Grant, Jr., son of the general,
admitted that he is engaged to wed
Mrs. A. B. VIII, wealthy widow of
Marshalltown, Ia, now a resident OF
SaA Eiego. Cal.
The Bulgarians have been defeated
at Zletovo. An official report says
that the Servians went into action
only when heavy forces of Bulgarians
began to cross the river.
The French aviator, Marcer @.
Brindejonc des Moulinaia, who re-
Gently made the fight from Paris to
st. Petersburg, arrived in the Swed-
ish capital He crossed the Baltic in
his aeroplane from Reval in four
hours.
The Canadian Pacific this year will
spent $1OO,OO0,000 for expansion and
extension. There will be no curtail-
ment in plans. This money will go
for rolling stock, terminal facilities,
new hotels and new roads in various
parts of Ontario and other provinces.
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San F'rancisco's first municipal
street car line, the Beach to Fer
ries," is completed. Two cars con-
tanning Mayor Rolph and city Of
ficials made the first run.
For the first time since its enact
ment, the Kansas blue sky" law,
taken as a model for nearly all SINH
lar legislation in other states, is In
operative Judge A. w. Dana of the
district court at Topeka granted a
temporary restraining order restrain
ing the state officials from enforc-
Ing 1t.
Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist,
who is in Montreal, Quebec, admitted
that he intended to sail for Europe
to engage in fights in st. Petersburg
next September.
Farm hands are so scarce in Kan
sas that two farmers near st. John
entered squared circle and fought
10 rounds to decide who should get
a trainload Of laborers from the east.
President Wilson signed the sundry
civil appropriation bill, with a state
ment declaring that he would have
vetoed, If he could, the provision in it
excepting labor unions and farmers
organizations from prosecution under
a certain 100000 fund designated for
the operation of the Sherman anti
trust law.
Secret indictments were returned
by the Goodhue county (Minn.) grand
Jury against three railroads operating
In the county, on charge of violat-
Ing the 2-cent passenger rate law Of
Minnesota, recently held constitu-
tional by the United States supreme
court
President Wilson has telegraphed
United States District Attorney John
T. McsIab of San Francisco accept
ance of the htters resignation, sAe
form of which the president chaxac-
terized IAN inexcusable intimation of
injustice and wrongdoing' on the part
of Attorney-Ge McReynolds.
Justice James w. Gerard Of the
New York state supreme court has
been selected by President Wilson to
be ambassador to Germany. Justice
Gerard was originally slated for
Spain.
rev Caminett, so nof United States
immigration Commissioner Antony
CaHine.ti, who, with Maury Diggs. is
under indictment by federal grand
jury on charge of white slavery,
was arrested In Sacramento, Cal, on
a charge of abandoning his minor chill
dren,
Deputy Aynard suddenly fell to the
floor while the French chamber was
in session, and died as he was being
carried to the corridor Heart dis
ease was the cause. The chamber i'm
nediately adjourned.