McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-02-13

consider the Endorsement or the Cal
houn Progressive club of him for gov
ernor of Michigan.
Mira. Susan Ross, who was convict
ed Of the murder Of her husband, j..
Haywood Ross, and sentenced to a
term of 10 years in the penitentiary,
h the first white woman convicted Of
murder in Galloway county, Mo.
A big freight car fitted with hard
wood waxed floor, on which passen-
gers can dance, will be part of spe-
gers can dance, will be part OF a spe-
Chicagoans to the Mardi Gras at New
Orleans on Feb. RI.
Former Mayor James d. Phelan OF
San Francisco, Cal, formally an
nounced his candidacy for the Demo
cratic nomination for United States
senator
Four persons were seriously injured
and Is more were hurt at Jacksonville,
Fla, when a railroad train struck a
sightseeing automobile. All the hurt
are Florida folk.
Mazatlan an important seacoast
port In Sinaloa, Mexico, was taken by
Carranzas rebels, according to adj
vices from Sonora.
Francisco l. Guzman, who figured
prominently in the revolt against
President Madero in Mexico City a
year ago, was executed at the COM
mand of Gen. Francisco Villa at
Juarez.
A box of gold nuggets, weighing 40
pounds, and estimated to be worth
$4,000, was found buried in hill
known as "Turtleback," near Jetmore,
Kan, by Ralph Chesney, home
steader.
Hans Schmidt, the former New York
priest, who murdered Anna Aumuel-
Ter. was convicted of murder in the
first degree by a jury In supreme
court.
Joseph McDonough, charged by his
cousin, Mae Walsh, Chicago election
Judge, with attacking her while she
was pursuing her election duties, was
sentenced to six months in jail.
Seventy-one Mexican rebels were
killed at Ell Puerto, near Tampico, &C.
cording to the war department, in an
unsuccessful attack by the federals.
Miss May Walsh, a Chicago clerk
of election, was beaten by Josh Nc
Donough, politician, who Is said to
have become angered because of the
activity of women in politics. She
was knocked down and struck about
the head and body.
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer
of Pennsylvania formally announced
his candidacy for the United States
senate to succeed Boise A. Penrose
(Rep.), whose term expires March 8,
1915.
To cross the Atlantic in from IL to
Is hours without alighting Is the task
set flying boat" for which Rodman
Wanamaker has let the contract, ac-
cording to correspondence published
by A. r. Hawley, president OF the
Aero Club of America.
Statistics gathered by the employ
ment bureau of the Society for I'm
proving the Condition of the Poor
shows that 331, 900 men in New York
City are out of work.
Asiatic exclusion agitation was
quie.ed in the house after heated de-
bate that brought both Republican and
Democratic leaders to the floor with
pleas for calmness and deliberation
The vote was 203 to 81 against action.
For the first time since the civil
war the enlisted complement Of the
navy allowed by the law has been
filled, andA hereafter only specially |
qualified applicants for service will be
accepted.
Elizabeth McHale, IL years old,
daughter of Thomas McHale Of Harri-
son township, near Vincennes, Ind,
while walking in her sleep fell down
the stairway at her home and died
from, conclusion of the brain. Il
Frederick w. Vanderbilts yacht |
Warrior, which has been on winter
cruise in southern waters, is fast
aground off the northern coast of Co
lombia, between Savanilla and Santa
Marta.
Six men lost their lives in an explo-
sion in sawmill at Urban, Ky. Four
brothers-Thomas, Lincoln, John and
Robert Haver, all of Urban-and Rob-
ert Hampton and Frank Pennington,
also of that vicinity, met death when
a boiler exploded, All were workmen
employed in the mill.
Joseph Cassidy. until recently the
Democratic leader of Queens county, |
and Louis T. Walter, Jr., were found
guilty by jury in the supreme court
of New York of accepting a bride in
return for a judiciary nomination
given William Willette. Jr., former
member of congress, in 1911.