McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-03-13

lorna criticised the Mexican policy OF
the administration in a speech in the
senate.
Lives and property of Americans in
Brazil are not menaced by the politi-
cal disturbances now occurring in that
country, according to advices received
at the state department from tho
American embassy at Rio de Janeiro.
In battle in the cab of speeding
engine at Shubuta, Miss, NJ E. Cole
of Meridian, Miss, fireman, was killed
by Marshall Baskin, engineer, also o.
Meridian.
Mrs. Maude Taylor, 80 years old.
was sentenced to the penitentiary fo3
from two to 81 years for the, killing
of Cleveland Huffman at Pikeville, KY
William (Old Bill Jennings, con.
victed of completely in the robbery OF
st. Louis & San Francisco railroad
train in Wright county, Mo-, in 1899
was paroed by Gov Major of Mis-
souri,, Jennings is rs years old. The
robbery is said to have netted the
gang $4,000 .
Three thousand rebels under Gen.
Ortega, who were moving toward Tor
reon, were defeated between Conejos
and Escalon, according to adyices at
the war department. The dispatch
said 400 rebels were killed The fed
eral forces commanded by Gen. Ri
cardo Pena numbered 100
Gen. Luis TerraZas appealed to Ma
rion Letcher, American consul at Chi
huahua, now in Ell Paso awaiting in
structions, to save his son Luis, whose
life has been declared forfeited if
100000 pesos ransom money Is not
paid over to Gen. Villa, the rebel
leader.
William Cheney Ellis was found
guilty of numbering his wife, Mrs
Eleanor Hosea Ellis, last October in a
Chicago hotel. Punishment was fixed
at Imprisonment in the state peniten
tiary for Is years.
Sir Lionel Garden, British minister
to Mexico, sailed from New York for
London to report in person regarding
the Mexican situation to Sir Edward
Grey, the British foreign secretary.
He said that he would spend only a
few days in London and then return
to the City of Mexico.
Mrs. John d. Spreckels, Jr depart
ed from San Francisco for Europe
with friends, after announcing that
she had discontinued her suit for d.
vorce, brought early this year on the
ground of alleged cruelty.
A commission to investigate the
Benton case was appointed by Gen.
Carranza. The decision was taken
after long session of the provisional
cabinet.
Foreign-laid eggs have dealt the
high cost of living real blow, accord
ing to dealers attending the sixth an
nual meeting of the Missouri Carlot
Egg Shippers association at Kansas
City.
Fifty per cent of the divorces in
this country are caused by tight cor
sets" Dir. Maude L. Dunn said at the
opening session of the HYGIENE Fash
ion institute at Poston.
Gen. Venustiano Carranza, chief O,
the constitutionalists, upheld the &C
ton Of Gen. Villa In hating the com
mission investigating the death of the
British subject, William S. Benton.
Christy Mathewson signed with the
New York National league club. Math-
ewson said he had received the Fed.
eral league offer of $65OO0 for three
years, $4,000 of this sum to be paie
in advance.
Thomas s, Fielder, encouragement
OF Georgia, announced his candidacy
for the unexpired term of Senator A
o. Bacon, who recently died.
William De Graft, son of a Joplin
Mo-, mine operator, shot and killed
George Hunt and wounded Jesse Cor
der, miners, after quarrel over whf
was the best man" Of the three.
Gustav Hamel looped the loop five
times with the Countess of Dudley
as passenger at the Worcester aero
drome, London.
Washington paid tribute to Col
George Washington Goethals, builder
of the Panama canal The occasion
was the annual banquet of the Ma
tional Geographic society, with Col.
Goethals present as the guest of hon.
or and to receive from the hand of
President Wilson special gold medal
awarded to him by the society in rec,
ognition of his wonderful achieve
nent
THAT 10 per cent of the women oil
collaborating age are engaged in pros.
titution or occasional prostitution,
was the startling remark made by
Judge Ben B. Lindsey at the discus
sion luncheon of the Civic federation
at Denver.
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