McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-02-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK
HAPPENINGS OF THE SEVEN
PAST DAYS ARE BRIEFLY
TOLD HERE.
FROM AROUND THE PLANET
Dispatches From Our Own and For.
eign Countries Are Here Given
in Short Meter Tor
Busy Readers.

The Baseball Players Fraternity is
sued a statement declaring an atti-
tude of strict neutrality regarding the
Federal league.
Fifty persons were injured and one
was killed when freight train on the
Waikiki Valley railroad struck large
sleigh in which they were returning
from a dance at Rinnewater, N. Y.
Johnay Evers, erstwhile manager
and second baseman of the Chicago
National league baseball club, will
play with the Boston Nationals the
coming season.
A bill to compel the reading of the
Bible in public schools of Annapolis,
Md under penalty of S. fine or i'm
prisonment for the teacher, was re-
1ected by the house of delegates.
Volunteering information that q
shortage Of approximately $4,000 ex-
listed in his office, George II. Wyatt.
city treasurer of st. Joseph Mo-, ten
dered his resignation to Mayor c. A.
Pfeiffer.
The Japanese house of representa-
tives adopted the budget, which pro-
vides an appropriation of $62,0O0,OoO,
spread over five years, for the expan-
sion of the navy.
Preliminary plans have been draft
ed for the tour Of the British empire
to be made by the Prince of Wales in
1915. The trip also is to include
visit to the United States.
The king and queen were dinner
guests of Mrs. John Hubert Ward of
Dudley House. Mrs. Ward before her
marriage was Miss Jean Reid, daugh-
ter of the American ambassador.
Gen" J. S. Coxey, leader of ap
army of unemployed from Massillon to
Washington in 1894, announced his
candidacy for governor of Ohio on the
Socialist ticket at the primaries next
August.
Fire virtually destroyed the Ham
mar White Lead Works in East st.
Louis, defeating efforts of the entire
local fire department, aided by two
= nj 7 unI.
unteer company from the Swift Pack
ing company. The loss is estimated
at 100000.
The Second Universalist church, In
the South End, Boston, was damaged
by fire to the extent of 100000
Despite onslaughts describing 1t as
pork BARREL" the house, by vote
of 282 to AZ, passed the Shackleford
bill providing government co-opera-
tion in road building at an annual out
lay of $25,OOO,0O0
The proposed new charter for the
city of Detroit was defeated by a ma
jority estimated unofficially at about
10000 votes,
The Stuckey bill to prohibit Asiatic
peoples from acquiring land in South
Carolina passed to third reading in
the state senate without dissenting
vote. A similar bill is pending in the
house.
On motion of Representative Rubey
Of Missouri, the house committee on
agriculture ordered favorable report
on the senate bill appropriating
100000 to give government aid in
fighting hog cholera
Fire destroyed the cotton seed
house of the Farmers and Milers'
Cotton Seed company at Birmingham,
Ala. The loss, $4,000, is partly in
sured.
The International Cotton company
has started its mills at Chestnut Hill,
Conn, on day and night schedule,
owing to enormous orders.
One person was killed and IA were
injured when the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha train No. was
wrecked at Bigelow, MINI. None OF
the injured is believed to be fatally
hurt.
Seventeen Mexican army officers
who have been studying aviation at
Versailles, France, received orders by
cable to return to Mexico Immediately
and rejoin their regiments.
Two subjects, referring to the re-
cent conference on safety of life at
sea and to home rule for Ireland, were
featured in King Georges speech from
the throne at the opening of parlia-
ment
The federal grand jury at Chicago
investigation of charges connecting
government officials with the flight of
Jack Johnson, the pugilist, to France,
concluded with the announcement
from the assistant district attorney in
charge of the jury that the charges
had not been substantiated.
COMPULSORY arbitration will never
he advocated by the United States de-
partment of labor while William B.
Wilson is secretary. The people of
Springfield, Mass, got the secretary's