McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-30

Chairman Lane of the Second Iowa
district Republican congressional COM
mittee received from w. e. Hayes of
Clinton the latter's resignation as Re
publican candidate for congress.
MIR. and Mrs. Francis D. Sayre, the
latter formerly Miss Jessie Wilson,
daughter of the president, arrived on
the liner Majestic on their return
from their honeymoon trip abroad.
The lower house of the Mississippi
legislature defeated a resolution to
amend the constitution to give full
suffrage to women.
William ]. Mccoy, his wife and
4-yearold son persisted in a fire on
their farm home near Parker, S. ID.
Mr.. Mccoy lost his life while trying
to save his wife and child.
Former President William Howard
Taft, in an address before the New
York Peace society, advocated the en-
actment by congress of law which
would give the federal courts jurisdic-
ton to prevent and punish crimes of
mob violence against aliens.
Charles X. Hamilton, who gained
fame as an aviator by flying from
New York to Philadelphia, died sud
denly at his home in New York.
After several hours of heated de-
bate, the convention Of United Mine
Workers of America at Indianapolis
adopted resolution declaring that
the time had arrived, owing to the
present economic conditions and the
Vaccinations of the interests in many
places, for the laboring people to come
together In a. political labor party"
An increase OF per cent In the
wages of 1000 operatives in the cot
ton mills of the Grosvenordale CON-
pany at Webster, Mass, was an
nounced.
F. H. Tillotson, detective, who In
1909 kidnapped Marion Bleakley, the
famous incubator baby" of the ST.
Louis worlds fair, was pardoned from
the Kansas penitentiary by Gov.
Hodges.
The Panama canal has reached such
a condition of completion that large
through, according to a statement at
Panama by Col. Goethals.
An anonymous gift of 100000 to
Wellesley college has been announced.
The Haitien government troops
were overwhelmingly defeated by the
rebels and fled in disorder after ter
rifle battle two miles from Haiti. The
minister of war took refuge on board
the steamer Quebec.
The Wisconsin eugenic law regulat-
ing the issuance OF marriage Lenses
was held unconstitutional by Circuit
Judge F. c. Eschweiler.
Mrs. Anna Ray was acquitted at
lola, Kan, of a charge of the murder
of her husband, George w. Ray. He
was shot and killed by his wife last
fall in quarrel after she had made
application for divorce.
Mrs. Goelet filed suit for divorce In
Newport, R. l., against Robert Goelet
one Of the wealthiest young men in
the country, son Of Ogden Goelet and
master OF $35,O00,0O0
The gunboat Nashville was ordered
from Port au Prince, Hayti, to Cape
Haitien, on the north coast Of the is
land. where recent rebel success is
threatening the government Of the is
land republic.
After a cabinet meeting Secretary
Wilson Of the department of labor an
nounced that he favored congress
sional inquiry into both the Colorado
and Michigan strike situations. The
secretary said he had discussed the
subject at length with President Viii
son, but declined to say what his attt
tude was.
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal,
high commissioner for Canada, died at
London.
The task of obtaining greater Sc
curity for ships at sea and their pas
sengers was dealt with in thorough
manner by the international confer
ence on safety at sea, which came to
an end at London. The delegates Of
IA nations signed convention laying
down regulations for the future.
A gift of $750,000 made by the Gen.
eral Educational board toward
$1,000, 900 to be raised by the medical
department of Washington university,
st. Louis, is said to be of foremost
importance to the medical profession
in America.
Lieut.. w. r. Talliaferro Of the
army's first aero corps flew continu-
ously from San Diego to Pasadena
and back as far as Elsinore, Riverside
county. The distance covered, go
miles, is an American distance rec
ord, so far as is known there.
Fire believed to have been started
by sparks from q locomotive de-