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

in all to more than $4,000 annually,
were announced by Secretary Daniels.
The increases become effective at
once.
The department of justice ordered
an investigation Of the recent sudden
trip of Charles H. Meyer, president OF
the Western Federation Of Miners,
from the Calumet copper mining dis
trict
King Alphonso, upon the advice of
the Dato cabinet, dissolved the Span
Ssh parliament and proclaimed gen.
eral election. Deputies will be voted
for on March s, and on March 10 the
new senators will be elected.
Climatic conditions in Connecticut
cause variation Of Is per cent in the
efficiency of laborers, according to
Prof. Ellsworth Huntington Of Yale
university, who addressed the Ameri-
can Geographical association at
Princeton, N. ].
Twenty-dollar gold pieces amount
ing to 81 ,400 were found by Mrs. VIII
liam McCorkle Of McCool Ind. They
had been buried under a tree across
from his home eight years ago by her
father, Nathaniel Marshall, q car
penter.>
Commission government was de-
feated at an election at Atchison, Kan.
The majority against it was S13. This
was the third time the question has
been before the voters of Atchison.
Queen Eleonora of Bulgaria cabled
70 the American Red Cross, asking re-
lief for thousands of refugees left des-
titute by the Balkan war.
The United Railways of San Fran
cisco, which owns many of the local
street car lines, presented to 1857 of
fits employees who have been with the
company three or more years life in
surance policies aggregating $1.25O.OO0.
Mrs. Carroll Smalley Page, wife OF
Senator Page of Vermont, died sud
denly of heart failure at Hyde Park,
vt.
Secretary Lane proposes to with
draw all lands of the public domain
that are believed to contain radium.
Yeggs blew the safe of tho bank OF
Gillette, Ark, and escaped with $4,000
In money.
Hungarian immigrants are warned
TO delay their departure to the United
States until economic conditions In
that country improve.
this country improve.
A plea for a national old age PEN
sion. to be borne by the federal gov
eminent, has been made to the COM
mission on industrial returns at Wash
ington, d. c.
Two out of a score or more of wit
nesses testified before a coroners
Jury the man who caused the Calumet
Christmas eve disaster wore white
button like the badge of the Citizens
alliance.
According to the dispatches, George
Wilson, secretary-treasurer OF the Sew
enth subdistrict rof the United Mine
Workers organization, who Is charged
with having absconded from Herrin.
Ill, with $11,38S72 of the organiza-
TONS funds in July. 1912, has been
arrested in Spokane and is on his
way back.
Sir Ernest Shackleton, the English
explorer, announces his intention to
lead another expedition to the south
pole In 1914.
Nearly a score Of men were injured
IN a fight ct q meeting Of local union
No. 1872 Of cioakmakers In New York,
called to consider strike order.
The steamer Tasman, which has
been ashore off Thursday Island, Aus
tralia, was floated with the assistance
of the japanese steamer Inaho Maru.
The state court Of appeals at Al
bany, N. Y, has decided telegraph
company 10 not responsible for errors
made In q message unless resulting
from gross negligence.
After celebrating for 80 hours and
a minutes. the jurors In the case Of
Hans Schmidt, Catholic priest, on
trial in New York for the murder of
Anna Aumueller, reported they were
unable to agree and were discharged
Twelve colleges. hospitals and char
fable institutions of Minnesota, nine
of them In Minneapolis, are the re,
cipients OF New Years gifts aggregat-
ing s230,00O from David d. Stewart of
st. Adams, Me. Mr. Stewart in 1913
gave away s630.ooo, nearly half of an
estate that was left to him.
New York City leads London in pop
uiation by 100000, according to fig
ures made public by Dr. w. II. Gull
Toy, statistician OF the board of health.
He fixes New York's population at
6.S76, 96e. a total based on the c!ty's
presumptive growth since the last
count was made.
Three doctors have shown at Phila.