McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-03-27

War in Ulster" is the startling
headline sensational London newspa.
pers are displaying in black-set type
| The government began to place its
regular troops in Ireland so they may
be in position to deal with any sit
uation that may arise.
Suit alleging conspiracy, claiming q
million dollars damages and asking
body judgments against the national
| and state officers of the United Mine
Workers of America, and all national
organizers who have participated in
the Colorado coal strike, were filed in
the district court at Trinidad by coun.
sci for the Colorado Fuel and Iror
company.
Representative Hill of the Cairo,
ILL.,, district introduced bill requiring
all interstate railroads, steam or cleo.
trio, to pay their employees as otter
as semi-monthly.'
An explosion that occurred in mine
No. II, at Buxton, Ia, caused the
death of two men and 10 mules. The
accident occurred at the shot-firing
period and was followed by cave-ip
of part of the mine.
Two battalions of the Ninth infan.
try regiment, United States army, Col
Crane commanding, left Fort Thorn
as, KY, for Laredo, Tex, where they
will take up the duty of patroling the
Mexican border.
After bundling the messenger,
Rob" Martin, into gunny sack, a
masked man robbed the express car
attached to northbound Gulf, Colo
RADIO & Santa Fe passenger train OF
currency estimated at about $4,000
and escaped at Helbig, Tex.
After celebrating nine hours a jury
at Pontiac, ILL.,, found former Judge
Fred G. White guilty of forgery and
recommended Imprisonment in the
penitentiary for an indeterminate pc.
riod, not to exceed IA years.
Harry Nisbet of Coulterville, ILL.,,
and John Donley of Watcher, Ia,
were killed when handcar on which
they were riding was struck by a
switch engine.
After a vigorous defense of woman
suffrage in the senate, Senator Borah
Of Idaho shocked suffrage advocates
on the floor and in the galleries by
declaring that it was impractical and
impossible to obtain the vote for WON,
en- by constitutional amendment
Hearings began on Senator Reeds
resolution to direct the secretary OF
war to take over and operate the Mer
chants bridge at st. Louis.
= Vincent ST. John, general secretary
of the Industrial Workers of the
World, secuted the possibility of any
army of unemployed conducting a rev
olutlon against the government.
Laborers digging in the ruins of
-he Missouri Athletic club in st. Louis
took out the thirtieth body. 1t was
identified as that of William A. Hun
icke.
William Miller of Detroit, Mich,
shattered all high marks in the Amer.
lean Bowling congress tournament at
Buffalo, N. Y, taking first place In
the singles with score of 675.
A conference of representatives of
commercial clubs of the Mississippi
valley from st. Paul to New Orleans
is to be held in st. Louis April 20 to
consider river terminals.
DR.. Edward S. Holden, GO years old,
famous as an astronomer, scientist
and educator, librarian of the United
States military academy since 1902,
died at West Point.
Sir John Murray, the noted natural
list and oceanographeY, was killed near
his home, Challenger Lodge, Wardie,
in a motor car accident
which occurred while his daughter
Rhoda was driving.
A serious earthquake occurred In
the Prefecture of Akita, Island OF
Hondo. Japan. Hundreds of persons
in both Akita and Kowakubi were
killed and many houses destroyed or
damaged The volcano Asama-Yama,
30 miles northwest of Toxic, is in
eruption.
Of a constitutional amendment for |
equal suffrage. The vote was 35 to "a |
in favor Of the resolution, but, as a
vote was required to pass
the resolution. the vice-president an.
bounced that 1t had failed to carry.
Grave events are impending in VI
ster, according to the Unionist news
papers, and rumor is current that |
the government is preparing for the
occupation of the province
There are various indications that Q
crisis has been reached.
Saving whisky was more impor.
tant consideration than saving hu.
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