McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-05-21
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A Petrograd government announce
ment made public instructed the min
lister OF finance to make q second in
ternal loan of $1,000, 100000 rubles
t$60O, 900, O00).
Barney Amick. 80. was stricken
with paralysis while sitting at his
desk in the Wright County Bank at
Seymour, Mo-, and died suddenly He
served two terms in the legislature.
One hour was lost out of the lives
Of persons in Detroit recently. The
common council passed an ordinance
providing for the adoption Of eastern
time. which is one hour faster.
Samuel Walker, the infant son OF
Sedalia (Mo.), tailor, was choked
to death by getting its head caught be-
tween the railing of the bed and the
mattress.
The boom in recruiting having made
further inroads on the municipal staff
of Newcastle, England, number OF
women took the places of street car
conductors who have enlisted. AT
Gates Head women have been put to
work as scavengers.
George and Tom Myers, brothers,
were shot and killed at Ringing, Ok,
by two Stotts brothers, who are bank
ers. The Stotts pleaded self-defense.
The National Order OF Cowboy
Rangers is to build clubhouse. Arti'
cles OF incorporation for the building
Of such home and maintaining 1t
have been filed with the secretary OF
state of Colorado.
The feeling Of resentment against
Germany over the torpedoing of the
Lusitania Is SO strong on the stock
exchange that the British members
united and turned all their fellow
members of German origin and all
German clerks bodily out of the
house.
Fearing he would be committed to
the asylum for the insane and never
be tried for his crime, a dozen white
men from Noble, Ok, took DR.. B. e
Ward. white, from the Cleveland coun
ty Jail and hung him to tree two
miles out of town. He killed his wife
Sailors from the German vessels al
Boston say that within a month des
perate effort Is going to be made to
destroy the city Of London by fire.
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Theodore Roosevelt, after acquaint
ing himself with all the latest details
AZ the tragedy of the Lusitania, issued
q statement wherein he demands ar
immediate accounting by Germany fol
the tragedy OF the Lusitania.
Camf1lius p. Macs, for 30 years
bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese
Of Covington, KY, died from compli
cation of diseases. He was So years
old.
The case against German Consu
wilhelm Mueller, accused of conspir
acy to buy business secrets from al
employee of the Seattle, Wash, Con
struction and Dry Dock Co., was dis
missed in the superior court.
Hearing on the rates and practices
Of the express companies was set b.
the interstate commerce commission
for May 26 at Washington.
The consensus of opinion OF tn
Lusitania's survivors Is that only fiv
Of her IS Hfeboats were successful
launched. The officers of the shi
contend that It was impossible t
launch the boats until the vessel ha
slowed down.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain & Soutf
ern and the Cotton Belt railroads hav
siled a petition in United States dill
trict court asking for an order to RI
strain the Arkansas railroad commits
sion from enforcing the states 2-cen
passenger fares law.
Fred Hanson, "wolfer" employee
by ranchers along the White river. /
South Dakota, to help clear that Sc,
ton of gray wolves, collected $500 fo
one days work. Hanson captured
mother and nine whelps. His contrac
price was $50 for each gray wolf cal
tIre1.
Commerce Secretary Redfield toll
the cabinet that Americas fayorabl
trade balance for the week endin
May s was $20,555,597. against $2S
s2S,204 the preceding week. Cotto
exports were 161,1s3 bales, maxim
7.462,630 since Aug. l.
A battle occurred on the height
near Cape Haitien between govern
ment troops and forces of DR.. Rosaly
Babo. leader OF the revolutionar
movement against President Gui
iaume. The government forces wer
victorious.
II. w. Schwind OF Lincoln. Neb.. hs
been appointed temporarily as priva'
secretary to Secretary Bryan.
Five persons lost their lives and tw
others sustained serious injuries whe
fire Quilted 8 three-story structure
sO4 Wayne avenue. Pittsburg. Pa
In order to have the Dixie highwa
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