McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-06-04

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conference.
The mail and passenger steamer w.
G. Butman sank between Metinicus
and Rockland, Me, in rough sea.
The 10 passengers and crew are safe.
The special session of the Arizona
legislature virtually ended with the
completion of an appropriation bill.
The bill provides $1,40O,O00 year for
the maintenance of state government.
Application for a supreme court re-
view of the conviction of f. Drew
Caminetti in the California federal
court on charges of violating the
Mann act was filed by former Senator
Bailey.
Proposed increased freight rates on
dressed beef from the east to St.
Louis, Mo-, and East st. Louis, ILL.,,
were suspended by the interstate
commerce commission.
Two hundred butcher shops In Glas-
gov, Scotland, closed because the
shortage of cattle has resulted In pro-
hibitiye prices for beef.
Telephone reports to Santa Fe, N.
M, state that disastrous forest fire
is raging at Eland, mining camp in
the Jemez mountains, GO miles west.
Emperor William has pardoned five
nuns of the convent at Roye, who
dere convicted of having concealed q
wounded French soldier in the con-
vent last December.
A man who called himself Sugs
Otis of San Francisco was detained
for observation following an attempt
to see the president. Otis said he
was related to Harrison Gray Otis of
Los Angeles.
William Lowe was killed and Dep
utl Sheriffs Joseph King and james
Pennington were shot while attempt
ing to raid blind tiger on the Ken.
tucky-Tennessee line.
The battleship Rhode Island dragged
her anchors during a heavy gale that
swept Narragansett bay and was
blown against the battleship Ne
braska, carrying away porto nof the
bridge and injuring some of the guns
on the latter ship.
Gov. Whitman Of New York and his
party departed for the San Francisco
exposition on special train. The ex-
penses of the trip are to be paid by
the state.
mo soldier or sailor, whether Of
ficer or private, may be served drink
in the Seventh district, London, ex-
cept between noon and $50 o'clock in
the evening""
The customs appeal courts decision
sustaining the Underwood tariff laws
per cent clause will be taken to the
supreme court. 1t means refunding
almost $15,O00,O00 already collected.
A. r. Brown, Democratic member Of
the Illinois legislature from the Gales
burg district from 1875 to 1878, is dead
from apoplexy.
Prince Won Buelow, the German am
bassador, has arrived In Berlin.
Eugene e. Foss, three times elected
governor by the Democrats of Massa-
chusetts, will seek the Republican
gubernatorial nomination at the Sep
TENDER primaries on the single issue
of nationwide prohibition.
Denmark, Sweden and Norway have
officially notified both Austria and
Italy that they intend to preserve the
strictest neutrality in the Austro-Ital-
ian war.
The first shot In the Italian invasion
of Austria was fired by a custom
house guard, who killed an Austrian
about to explode mine at Commons.
Barney Oldfield did not appear In
the 500-mile race at the indianapolis
motor speedway. The car which Old.
field entered for the race was dam
aged in practice.
Miss Edna Engel. the 17-year-old
daughter of Caspar Engel, at Kenosha,
Wis, was scared to death by mouse.
The mouse ran out from under a piece
of furniture as she entered her room.
Gov. Capper Of Kansas drove 30
miles through mud and rain to deliver
an address to one boy. Some weeks
ago the superintendent of schools at
Maple Hill exacted a promise that
Gov. Capper would address the gradu-
ating class. When the governor
learned that the class consisted Ut one
boy he decided to keep his engage
ment.
Damage suits in the sum of $4,000
against Frank Miller and Roy Bowen
were filed at Danville, ILL.,, by Miss
Lillian Lewis and Mrs. Helen Baltic,
following the acquittal of the young
women of charges reflecting upon
their character said to have been
made by Bowen and Miller.
The London (Eng) council took a
drastic step to deal with the strike or
the municipal tramway system. 1t or
dered all employees of military age
who are eligible for service in the
army or navy to surrender their uni
forms and badges.