McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-09

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personal representative In Mexico, sat
In the cabin of the scout cruiser Ches-
ter off Gulfport, La, deeply absorbed
in discussion of the Mexican situa
ton for several hours.
While he was purchasing railroad
tickets in the Chicago Union Station
grip containing 100000 worth of
papers without value to anyone but
himself was stolen from Paul Beach,
wealthy candy manufacturer of Bloom
ington, Ill
Jesse Whitley, a merchant, and
Westley Mum, express messengers on
the Des Arc & Searcy railroad, met on
the street Of Des Arc, Ark, and, after
few words, Whitley drew his re
volver and killed Mum instantly.
John Lind, personal representative
Of President Wilson in Mexico, arrived
at Pass Christian, Miss, from Vera
Cruz aboard the scout cruiser Chester
for conference with the president.
The Rufus F. Dawes hotel, Chicago's
first endowed home for unemployed
men, was thrown open and two hours
later its capacity of 305 guests was
reached.
Ellen Critchley, aged 7, was killed
at New Years day coasting party on
her fathers farm three miles west Of
South Bend, Ind.
Sir Ernest Shackleton, who is to
head south polar expedition, will
use aeroplanes and engines to furnish
power for his sledges.
Jack Binns, the wireless operator
hero, will receive $12,5O0 because a
moving picture concern exploited a
fake portrait Of him.
w. T. Tyler, general manager of the
Frisco railroad, announced that an
agreement had been reached and that
there would be no strike of the teleg
raphers of the Frisco company.
Jess Willard of Kansas knocked out
George Rodel of South Africa in the
ninth round of a scheduled 20-round
bout at New Haven, Conn.
The Chicago Federal league club
has advertised for bids for the con-
struction of cement and steel grand
stand, to cost $125,OoO.
The Wabash railroad asked for and
was granted hearing before the pub
lie service commission of Missouri,
upon the Embarrassing situation il
st. Louis.
1t is reported in banking circles of
the City of Mexico that Baron Cow
dray, head of the Pearson syndicate,
will obtain a loan of $12,500,000 for
the Huerta government.
The Putnam Comm Savings bank
was closed by order of the state bank
ing commissioners.
There has been a model home es-
tablished In an alley at Washington,
d. c. and society women are trying to
demonstrate that family of five can
live on So a week.
W. Cameron Forbes, who was gov
ernor-genera of the Philippines, has
been offered the police commissioners
ship of New York City by John Pur
roy Mitchell, mayor-elect.
Mrs. Ollie Blades, bride OF one
month, was murdered by her husband
near Republic. Mo.
The members of the interstate com.
merce commission are uniformly in
favor of law giving to new body
the control over railway capitalize
ton.
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.
Fabulous returns are promised to
the purchasers of stock In newly
patented electrical primary battery,
the invention Of George Seelig Of
Washington, D. c.
A spectacular fire, starting from
cause undetermined, swept through
the main depot Of the Michigan Cen
trail Railway company at Detroit
Henry Knell, his wife and their two
young children were found dead in
one bed at Glendale, L. I.
The garment workers strike at Phil
adelphia was declared off when the
results of the balloting showed GIT in
favor Of going back to work and SIG
opposed.
1t is said that the New York Ameri-
can league baseball club has bid
100000 for Ty Cobb
A trunk containing the still warm
body OF man who had been bound
hand and foot and murdered was
dumped out of a push cart in the
heart Of the East Side in New York
and left in the gutter.
James Jordan OF Grovetown, Ca,
shot and killed his wife and little