McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-04-17

Fourteen of the 16 demands pre-.
sented the joint wage scale confer.
ence by the miners of district No. IL,
United Mine Workers OF America,
had been rejected by the operators
and eight amendments to the old con.
tract offered by the operators had
been refused by the miners when the
conference at indianapolis, Ind, ad.
journed.
The German aviator Reichelt car
ried woman passenger with him on
flight near London, Eng. At
height Of 200 feet the motor exploded
and the monoplane shot, blazing, to
the earth. The woman was dead when
extricated. Reichelt died at hos.
pital
Nick Zarr, 2S, Of Staunton, driver in
Nokomis Coal company's mine at
Pana, ILL.,, was caught between his
car and timbers in the mine and
crushed to death
The city Of Chicago will receive
$3,299,000 as its share of the net earn
ings for the last year of the surface
street railways, according to the an
nual reports of the companies.
Four more Illinois counties and %
additional cities and towns will be
the scene of wet and dry elections
April 81. The counties are Bond, Cass,
Menard and Pulaski
An custer suit against the Kansas
City Stock Yards company to prevent
the company from assuming the du-
ties and performing the service of
transportation, connecting or terminal
railway company was filed in the
state supreme court in Topeka by At.
torney-General Dawson.
James Thorp, well known in New
England as semi-professional ball
player, was arrested in Holyoke,
Mass, charged with numbering his
wife. 1t is alleged that he killed her
by cutting her throat with razor.
President Wilson promised to toss
the first ball thrown in the American
league park in Washington this year,
when the Washington team plays its
first game on the home grounds with
the Boston Americans, Thursday,
April 49,
The Dowager Empress Haruko of
Japan died at the imperial villa at
Namazu. Her majesty passed away
suddenly in the presence of Emperor
Yoshihito, the empress and other
members of the royal family, who had
been summoned from the capital
Brigands under the notorious
white Wolf killed hundreds of in
habitants of the towns of Huhsien,
Chowchih and Meihsien in the vicin-
ity of Sian-Fu, capital of Shensi prov.
ince, China.
Capt. Herve, French military avn
ator, and lieutenant passenger were
hacked to death by insurgent Moors
after they had escaped uninjured from
an aeroplane accident In the African
desert.
Eight hundred members of the
Spanish colony of Torreon, expelled |
by Gen. Villa, are beneath the Stars |
and Stripes at Ell Paso, Tex.
An impassioned and dramatic ap-
peal by five Jewish clergymen of New
York for stay of the execution of
the four gunner convicted of killing |
Herman Rosenthal was denied by Gov
Glynn.
Production and delivery of beer |
manufactured by Detroit breweries
was virtually stopped by strike of |
1900 brewery employees working in
the various plants.
Miss Margaret Swinbank, 101 years
old, cast her first vote at Sycamore,
Ill. She voted dry. Miss Swinbank is
believed to be the Oldest woman voter
in this state.
Too much weight is believed by
~ A
Ind, to have caused the sudden death
of Mrs. Barbara Klokaw, aged So
years.
Former Gov. Eben S. Draper OF
was stricken with
paralysis at Greenville. s. c. His con.
dition is reported to be serious.
Fire destroyed the Linn & Scruggs
department store In Decatur, Ill. The
total loss is estimated at s675,000,
partly covered by insurance.
Vigorous representations went from
the American government to Gen. Car.
rama, the constitutionalist chief,
urging that he modify the order of
Gen. Villa expelling Spaniards from
Torreon This situation is giving
grave concern to authorities at Wash
ington.
The Duchess Eugenia di Litta, who
played a prominent role at the court
of the late King Humbert of Italy, died
at Milan at the age of n.