McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-02

The directors Of the Wells Fargo
Express company have declared the
regular semi-annual div dend of per
cent on its stock. payable Jan. Is. A
statement intimates that a reduction
in the present dividend rate is not i'm.
probable
A spectacular fire, starting from a
cause undetermined, swept through
the main depot of the Michigan Cen,
trail Railway company at Detroit
James E. Sullivan, who has charge
of the sporting features of the Pan.
ama-Pacific exposition at San Fran,
cisco in 1915, is laying plans tor a
baseball series there between the
worlds contenders of that year.
Dr. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research, New
York, was married in Paris to Nine
de la Marie.
1t is said that the New York Ameri-
can league baseball club has bid
100000 for Ty Cobb.
Total deposits of $1O7 ,2O5,542 were
held by the 900 state banks of Kansas
on Dec. 4, according to compilation
of reports made public by c. M. Saw
yer, bank commissioner
A wireless message from the spon-
sors OF the Croker land expedition
sped to its leader, Donald B. McMil-
Ian, and his companions at Etah,
Greenland, 1900 miles away, from the
nearest station in Canada.
An aeroplane with sleeping cabins
able to accommodate several passen-
gers has just been submitted to sue.
cessful tests at st. Petersburg.
On the Missouri Pacific railroad
near Boonville, Mo-, passenger train
and freight train met in a headon col
lision. The passenger trains fireman,
Dan Johnston, was killed and two 9th
ers seriously injured.
Two men were killed and many 9th,
er passengers were injured in a head
on collision between a Union Pacific
freight train and the eastbouEd Les
Angeles limited train No. 8, nca;
Black Buttes, Wyo.
The proposal to change the name
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, to Methodist Episcopal Church
in America has been defeated, &C.
cording to figures given out by the
Christian Advocate OF Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young was voted
back into the SUPPLEMENTARY of Chi
cago public schools after stormy
session of the board of education.
All of the estate of A. Montgomery
Ward, the Chicago mail order mer-
chant estimated at more than
s5,0O0,000, will be kept in his family.
according to the terms of his will
In striking letter Franklin Lane,
secretary of the interior, outlined in
his annual report to the president q
broad policy in the conservation OF
the vast natural resources of the
United States
Attorney-General Barker explains
why he brought suit against the rail
roads of Missouri to compel them to
refund all moneys collected by them
in excess of the amount authorized by
the 2-cent passenger and maximum
freight laws. He said the railroads
had no right to the money in the first
place, and could not consistently OBJ
ject to restoring to the proper owners
that which belonged to them.
Former Judge Henry S. Priest, as
attorney for receivers of the Frisco
railroad, was attacked in the United
States court in st. Louis on the
ground he had served too many inter
ests connected with the roads affairs.
A school for suffragists has been
founded in Pittsburg and will begin
with the first of the new year, under
the auspices of the Equal Franchise
federation of western Pennsylvania.
There has been tremendous in
crease recently in the number Of
young men offering themselves to the
army recruiting officers for military
service. Last month there were 5000
applications, 1000 mSre than ever be.
fore recorded in time of peace.
Using her knowledge of jui-jitsu
with good effect, Miss Yoeh Ndoo Yu,
a Chinese student in the Teachers
coiiege, rev YORK, almost Strangled Q
youth she asserted had robbed her
Posses with bloodhounds are search.
ing for the man or men who murdered
John Barrett, so years old, at his home
near Fort Plain, N. Y, after beating
his daughter Katherine. 20 years old,
into insensibility. The father was
slain when he went to the aid of his
daughter.
Richard Bartholdt, who has for 20
years represented a Missouri congress.
sional district, announces his retire
ment at the expiration of his present
term.
Bank Examiner Sheriff. Smith of