McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-02

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Bavaria has been seiously wounded
by shell is officially denied.
Ben Horn, 20 years oid, anu mis-
bride, Is, were found dead in bed at
their farm home at Gainesville. Tex.
The woman had been shot through
the temple and the man through the
heart.
Bernard Montvid was held by the
police court for trial for murder in
connection with the killing at New
Britain, Conn.,, last month of Rev. Fa-
Their Zabris and his housekeeper, Miss
Iva Gilmanaitis.
Lloyds is betting to 3 that the
war will be over by Sept. 80, 1915.
The bill intended to provide pen
sions for widowed mothers passed the
New York assembly, 1919 to s.
The South African assembly unani-
mously passed an amendment to the
war indemnity bill. removing the
death penalty from all participants in
the recent rebellion.
Maj. Gen. John P. Storey, former
chief of artillery of the army, died at
his home at Pasadena, Cal, aged "a
years.
The bodies of Joe Jackson and John
w Ryan, brakemen on the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railroad, were found
at Denton, Tex, on top of freight
car Both had been shot and their
pockets rifled.
The United States land office has
announced the cancellation of AZ coal
claims totaling 1000 acres in the
Christopher (Alaska) group in the
Boring river coal fields.
Thirty-five cases Of smallpox have
been discovered at Millville, N. j.,
and the board of health at meeting
completed preparations for the vacci-
nation of the entire population, num-
bering nearly $4,000.
Thirty-eight women, according to
the Nueve Polistische Korrespondenz,
have been decorated with the iron
cross, second class, up to the present
time.
Mrs. Robertson Marshall of West
port, N. ", is dead and her husband,
retired stock broker, is suffering
from injuries as result of an acct
dent to their automobile.
What is believed to be the most
drastic action ever taken in Arkansas
to suppress Illegal traffic in liquor
was contained in an order issued by
Chancellor ]. M. Elliott of Pine Bluff,
who instructed the sheriff to notify
all persons interested that no liquor
may be kept in the county after
April /.
Through Minister Van Dyke, at The
Hague. the United States protested
emphatically to Germany against
bomb-dropping near Belgium-bound
relief ships.
Mrs. Bruce Failey, who is dead at
Terre Haute, Ind, was the only child
of Crawford Fairbanks, the richest
man in Indiana.
The government of China this week
ordered s24O,oOO,0Oo worth of tin
plate, total Of 10000 boxes, to be
rolled by the American Tin Plate
company.
Mrs. w. Wallace, % years old, is
dead as the result Of burns suffered
in fire which destroyed her home
on plantation at Orange, Tex.
BY drinking glass Of buttermilk
James Robinson, inmate Of the county
infirmary at Warsaw, Ind, ended a
fast of 81 days. During his eight
weeks of fasting Robinson lost about
100 pounds.
Miss Hanna Moore. 81 years old. an
original Daughter of the American
Revolution, is dead at her home at
Gettysburg, Pa.
DR.. Henry ]. Ruyle, a. prominen
Springfield, Mo-, physician, recently
sued for divorce, died suddenly in a
hospital there. The coroner an
nounced he had committed suicide.
Daniel O'Net, said to be the last
survivor of the small group which es.
capped from the frigate Cumberland
when she was sunk by the Confeder.
ate ironclad Merrimac in the Civil
War, is dead at his home In Somerset,
Mass.
Nashville, Tenn. was designated a
reserve city for national banks by the
federal reserve board. The board an
nounced that reserve cities must have
$4,000 population, combined capital
and surplus in national banks OF
$s.o00,0O0 and deposits of $1,000, 900.
Three bodies have been recovered
from the ruins of the Delaware (Ind.)
county infirmary, which was de-
stroyed by fire. Officials say it is
probable that all of the seven persons
missing were burned to death.
Mrs. Laura Green, wife of farmer,
living near Lexington. Ky. was at
tackled by COW, and narrowly
escaped death after being badly
gored. She seized the horns of the
maddened beast and held on until