McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-04-03
NEWS Of THE WEEK
HAPPENINGS OF THE SEVEN
PAST DAYS ARE BRIEFLY
TOLD HERE.
FROM AROUND THE PLANET
Dispatches From Our Own and Fer.
elqn Countries Are Here Given
In Short Meter Tor
Busy Readers.

Important records Of Wellesley,
Mass, college, financial and scholas-
tic, which were thought TO have been
destroyed when College hall was
burned on March IT, were found I'M
damaged when a safe was opened.
The safe had been too hot to touch
since the fire.
The bill providing for the submits
sion to the voters of constitutional
amendment for statewide prohibition
In Maryland was killed in the house
of delegates by vote of 81 to ~.
Gov. West served notice on Mrs.
Hiida Lason, mayor and members of
the town council of Troutdale, Ore,
that unless violations of the liquor
laws ceased Immediately he would
close the saloons.
The will Of the late Frederick
Townsend Martin, filed in New York,
estimates his estate at more than
35O0,0 The Metropolitan Museum
of Arts receives all the art treasures
Of the deceased.
Miss Mary Hazen Of Trenton, who
declares she was once stenographer
to Woodrow Wilson when he was gov
ernor of New Jersey, is held in New
York in $1,000 bail on charge of
grand larceny.
The program for the conference of
western governors to be held in Den
yer April Z and provides for ad-
dresses by Cows. Carey of Wyoming,
Mcdonald of New Mexico and Stew
art of Montana.
Twenty pupils and their teacher
were burned and stunned by light
ming which struck school building
at WyanNdotte, o. Every pupil was
knocked to the floor and many were
unconscious for several minutes.
Prince Francois Marie of Bourbon
and the two Sicilies died in Montreux,
Switzerland.
. Thirty-four persons were injured
when the st. Louis & San Francisco
railroad through passenger train No.
s, from st. Louis, crashed into local
passenger train No. TIC, northbound.
The wreck occurred at Nancy juno
ton, Ok
Mrs. Leon Frazier, wife Of law
student in the University Of Missouri,
chased Charles Freely, 60 years old,
through the streets of Columbia, Mo-,
and fired at him with a revolver. The
shot missed him.
Ernest McWilliams, Is years old,
died of wounds received Tuesday in a
45-minute pistol fight with the police
at Terre Haute, Ind.
ROLAND Cioni Of Milwaukee became
professional roller skating champion
of the world when he won an easy
victory over four contestants In the
grand final heat of the meet which be-
gan at Detroit, Mich, week ago.
With the entire town of Depew, N.
among the strikers OF the Gould cou-
pier works. The streets OF the village
were patrolled all night by squads OF
militia.
President Wilson was warned OF q
second "Coxey's army" which, 1t rs
said, Will start for washington April
no,rt for the first "armv,, 90 wears
apo
80
.aorye Moore. n merchant at Mode.
nj sbot and killed Arthur Fox. fol-
,ov,ny a nparre, II il said that Moore
f;rad n salf.defense Rad blood had
existed hatween IN, two men for some
,Snnekope, a German aviator es-
tah,,sbad a worsd,s altitude record for
/. night With one MESSENGER nv attain.
,nr ha;ght ~ ~ o6o feet in his mon.
orsane IL Johannisthal GERMANY.
4 eah,a me.saee confirmatrv Of
cr.y,ous renorts that Theodore Roose-
ra,, had mot with M misban in Hrazi,
was received AZ The American Mn.
sanm ~ Natural History IN response