McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-01-02
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6usy People.
Lined up in squads of 10, 200 muffin
Gus soldiers and their commanders
Were shot to death by the order OF
president Yuan Shi Kai for revolt.
A pocket wireless receiver resem-
bling O small telephone, effective
Mithin a range Of SO miles, has been
presented to the Astronomical society
OF Paris, France, by Justin Landry. a
wireless engineer.
With the announcement she had
NWum the Panama canal from the At
hantic to the Pacific, Miss Elaine
holding has returned to New York.
Nra railroad will place orders within
u few days for $1,000 tons of steel
6aiis.
The Illinois Steel company discon-
niAasa work in the South Chicago
mlAnt's rail mills and converter de-
aftment for an indefinite period.
about $500 men are employed in the
departments.
Surrogate Fowler of New York City
has signed orders permitting the ad,
ADMINISTRATORS of the estates of nine OF
Che las persons killed in the Triangle
Waist company fire, to settle their
claims against Joseph J. Asch, owner
of the building. The claimants re-
ceiye SIS in each case.
Herr Kevlen, German bailoonist,
established worlds distance and du-
ration record for spherical balloons.
lie travelled 1873 miles in 81 hours.
Logan Waller Page, director of the
office of public roads, department of
agriculture, Is conducting an inquiry
rs to the amount of highway bonds
issued and outstanding throughout the
country and finds it close to
$3.50 200, 900.
Two members of a militant suffra-
gette larson squad at Cheltenham,
Eng, were brought to police court on
charge of, setting fire to Alstone
Lawn Their stockings were soaked
with kerosene and that circumstance
made the police hold them.
Mrs. Ellen Ethridge, who confessed
to killing four of her stepchildren a
few months ago at Meridian, Tex, was
sentenced to life imprisonment after
verdict finding her guilty of the
murder Of Oscar, her stepson, 5 years
old.
The proposed new rates of the
Southwestern Telegraph and Tele'
phone company (BelD, by which the
company intends to increase its reve'
nues annually $157 900, were suspend
ed by the public service commission
at Jefferson City for 100 days.
The death of former District Attor'
ney Melvin ii. Couch of Sullivan coun'
ty, N. Y, disclosed that Couch main
tanned a woman in secret room to
the rear of his law office In the vii
iage of Monticello for the last three
years
Helen Keller has received badge
from Fire Commissioner Johnson OF
New York, emitting her to the courte-
sizes OF the fire lines.
The directors of the Bank of Lon
don and Mexico, at Mexico City, be
gan careful scrutiny OF the affairs
OF that institution, which was closed
recently, and will doubtless take ad
vantage of Huertas proclamation
making the last 10 days of 1913 holi
days.
Announcement was made by Sam
uel H. Wendell. lawyer. that $40,OoC
worth of securities are to be given to
Charles Scofield of New York City, q
man so years old and poor, as q
Christmas gift In the settlement OF the
estate of his wife, whom he left "a
years ago.
Queen Mother Alexandra has con
scented to the destruction OF the pri
waite correspondence of the late Kine
Edward VII, after long resisting the
opportunities of her son, King George
In the death at Clinton, Ia. of Rep
resentative Irwin s. Pepper OF that
state friends of Mr.. Pepper and Miss
Genevieve Champ Clark, daughter OF
the speaker, saw the shattering of
romance that promised to lead to on
early engagement.
A series OF civil service examina
lions will be held in Missouri anc
throughout the country early in the
new year to secure eliglbles for ap
pointment to vacancies In various
branches of the government service
An investigation into the operations
of the Keokuk power dam, with view
10 forfeiture or amendment OF the
charter of the Keokuk & Hamilton
Power company, is provided for in Q
resolution offered in the house by
Representative Henry I. Rainey of ii
linois.
The trustees of the estate of the
hate Michael Cudahy have exchanged
Two large apartment building proper
ties in Chicago for lands in Colorado