McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-05-29


against seven of the nine British army
officers and the eight citizens charged
in January last with graft in connec-
ton with contracts with supplying
army canteens.
Prince Mestchersky, editor and pro-
prietor of the newspaper Grashdanin,
ST. Petersburg, Russia, was sentenced
by court martial to weeks imprison-
ment for published revelations In re-
gard to a mutiny on the vessels OF the
Russian Baltic feet in 1913
Arrangements were completed for
the amalgamation of the Peninsula &
Oriental Steamship company and the
British shipping concerns, with cap
ital of over $4O,OO0,O00.
Reports of the assassination of two
more Americans in Mexico, reaching
the state department caused gloom
among officials of the administration,
which are hoping against hope for
some real accomplishment by the me-
diators at Niagara Falls.
A special $6,S3,0500 appropriation
bill, designed chiefly to provide funds
to meet past and expected army ex-
penditures on account of Mexico up
to June 80, was passed by the house.
1t ran a gauntlet of debate over the
Mexican policy.
What Col Roosevelt described as
mot exactly literary discussion,
was held at Sycamore Hill 1t was
perhaps the most important political
conference in which he has partici-
pated since the close of the campaign
of 1912.
Three barges laden with 1900 tons
of sugar from Hawaiian steamships at
Panama arrived at Cristobal after
passing through the Panama canal.
The sugar was transferred to the
steamships Colon and Oregonian for
conveyance to Philadelphia, thus COM
pleting the first commercial use of
the canal
Springfield, Mo-, has 1885 children
of school age. A report shows gain
of $40 over the number enumerated
last year Girls outnumber the boys
1870. The canvass revealed So pairs of
twins.
Deputy Sheriff Drake of Lincoln
county, Mont, was shot and probably
fatally wounded in duel with an out
law believed to be one of the robbers
who held up the Great Northern's ORR
entail Limited near Rondo, Mont. The
outlaw escaped with a bullet in his
leg.
Frank S. White of Birmingham,
Ala. took the oath as senator to sue
coed the late Joseph F. Johnston.
Announcement was made that Pres
ident Wilson has consented to become
honorary president of the Jewish
Army and Navy league, newly or
ganized body, with headquarters in
New York.
The Presbyterian church in the
United States (Southern Presbyterian
church, pledged itself to the cause of
education when 1t elected w. J. Mar
tin Of Davidson, N. c., president of
Davidson college, moderator of the
fifty-fourth general assembly at Kan
sas City.
Reports reached military ,headquar-
tiers at Trinidad, Colo, that large
numbers of rifles had been concealed
In the coal strike districts in places
from which they could be easily
brought out.
Orders declaring a strike Of all coal
miners in Ohio went out from, head
quarters of District No. 6, United Mine
Workers of America Miners officials
also began paying strike benefits Of
SO week to every member of the or
ganization.
Demand for another hearing on the
woman suffrage question was made
upon the house rules committee by a
delegation of 20 members of the Just
Government league. suffrage organ.
ization of Maryland.
Three members of one family were
killed and four others injured near In
dianapolis when an Indiana Union
Traction car struck an automobile.
Thomas o. Stout, his son Claude and
his son-in-law, ]. c. Shafer. were
killed.
Another fatal accident occurred in
connection with the Prince Henry avn
alton competition at Darmstadt. Lieut..
Rhode, who was flying as passenger
with Lieut.. Kobe, was killed when
their uoHOplduS WdS SapoinCu ny
gusty winds. Lieut.. Kobe died later
from injuries received.
-
Lieut., Mueller was killed in the
Prince Henry aviation competition
when the motor of his machine ex-
exploded near Protzheim, Germany.
Lieut.. Walz, who was with him, es-
capped with slight burns.
A monopoly of transportation under
government regulation and control
was suggested by Charles S. Mellen,
former president of the New Haven
railroad, to the interstate commerce
commission, as the solution Of the
A p,arican railroad nrohlau,