McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-23


The estate of the late Baron Roths-
child was Professionally sworn for pro
bate at 92,50O,00O ($12,5O0, OOO). |
Baron Rothschild died in London
March "a.
The low brow faction of Sing
Sing convicts is agitating a recall
election of Mayor" w. ]. Cummins,
bank swindler, of the civic prison ad-
ministration.
Harry X. Thaw, slayer of Stanford
White, lost in the supreme court, ap-
pellate division, his fight to be re-
turned to New Hampshire. He must
return to Matteawan.
The Western Grain Dealers associ-
alton, comprising prominent grain
men of Iowa and Nebraska, held a
two days convention at Omaha.
Accused of threatening to kill Vim
cent Astor If he should refuse to COM
ply with demand &c. SS 544 John
Meriella was arrested at the Grand
Central terminal, New York, on COM
plant of Astors business agent, Will
liam A. Dobbyn.
George Brogan, an amateur boxer
died in hospital from the effects of
a blow over the heart in boxing
match at the Loughlin lyceum In st.
Cecilia's Roman Catholic church in
Brooklyn.
Amended SO drastically that even
its author voted against it, the
Straight statewide prohibition bill
was killed by the Michigan senate.
Since the opening of the Panama
canal, the expenditures have been ap-
proximately 10 per cent in excess of
the revenue, due to the high cost of
maintenance and operation of the wa
terway.
An official statement authorized by
the Japanese embassy here, character
ICED as "preposterous," reports that
naval base had been established in
Turtle Bay, Lower California.
Railroad detectives are securing
the woods three miles north of Vim
cennes, Ind, for supposed train wreck
ers who attempted to wreck the north
bound Dixie limited on the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois railway.
The petition of the men convicted
Of election frauds at Terre Haute, for
reduction of the bonds under which
they were held, was denied In the
United States circuit court of appeals.
Mrs. Gertrude Atherton, CALIFORNIA;
novelist, was much improved, accord
ing to DR.. Edmond Dvol, her physi-
clan.
T. Cummins Lucas, undertaken, run
ming for election as a city councilman
at Passaic, N. j., WIN present coffin
to each of 81 candidates he defeated.
A British military bandsman, who
suffered aphasia when buried by
shell explosion at Ypres, recovered
his memory by reading a sheet of
music placed on his bed.
Alarmed over reports that the Car.
negie foundation Is bankrupt, John
Mund of Chicago is going to sue Ski.
bo's laird for 81 he says he loaned the
steel king 81 years ago.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt was ope
rated on successfully at the Roosevelt
hospital. Surgeons refused to disclose
the nature of the malady.
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
Peters said that a definite period--in
neutrality's interests he would not say
how long-had been fixed for the
Kronprinz Wilhelm to repair and
leave American waters or intern.
w. g. G. Gladstone, grandson of the
late William e. Gladstone, and mem
Der Of parliament from Kilmarnock,
has been killed in action.
Frederick M. Smith Of st. Joseph,
Mo-. was elected president Of the re-
organized Church of the Latter Day
Saints to succeed the late Joseph
Smith.
Two navy aeroplanes are being
built by the government for the Cleve-
land aeronautic corps of the United
States naval militia.
The bodies of Mrs. Luther A. Leon
ard and her four children we're found
in the family home in Spokane, Wash.
They had been poisoned.
An automobile was wrecked and
five persons had close calls from
death when driver at Cleveland, o.,
ran into q ditch to avoid hitting
dummy placed In the road by jokers.
Work on three large submarines for
the United States government will be
begun at the yard Of the Seattle Con-
struction and Dry Dock company
within 30 days.
Mayors of 800 cities throughout the
United States have been asked by the
contest committee of the Aero Club
OF America to offer prizes for the ma
tional aeroplane competition from
July to Columbus day. Oct. IL.
The body of the young woman found