McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-07-28

director Of the mint to become direc-
tor of publicity for the Democratic ma,
tional committee.
Thirty-two persons lost their lives in
the fire at Tatoi forest, which de-
stroyed the chateaus of King Constan-
tine of Greece and the crown prince.
Mrs. Wess Harvey, % years old, Of
Denver, who on June 28 fell into. a
deep slumber, is still sleeping without
having responded to efforts Of physi-
clans to awaken her.
OF the nine barges that broke from
four tugs off the Atlantic coast in the
hurricane, three with about Is men oD
board still are missing.
One thousand men rejected from
membership in the Kentucky national
guard have to go home clad in night
gowns or blankets. Government Off
cials took up their uniforms.
Six men were injured when dyna-
mite bomb exploded in steam roller
in Chicago. Labor trouble is blamed
for the explosion.
A dispatch from Constantinople re-
ports that great enthusiasm has been
aroused by the arrival at the Turkish
capital of German dirigible balloon
of the Schuette-Lanz type.
The American tank ship Gold Shell,
which struck mine off the mouth of
the Gironde, en- route from Newport
News to Bordeaux. was found not to
have been badly damaged.
Coal operators and miners confer
ring in Kansas City on two-year
wage contract for the $4,000 coal min
ers of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma
and Kansas agreed upon two of the
three wage increase contentious.
The European war has boosted the
actual value of the United States
scent piece to s cents.
Foreigners in Japan witnessed an
unusual and beautiful scene this
month, when 10000 fireflies were re-
leased at night by school children be-
fore the imperial palace in salutation
of the emperor.
Representative James Hay of Vir-
ginia, chairman of the house commit
tee on military affairs, has been ap-
pointed by President Wilson to be
Judge of the United States court of
claims.
A military naval camp for the train
ing of citizen volunteers in the two
fold duties Of the United States ma
rine corps will be established at
Landsdowne, Pa, July 81.
Several hundred delegates are pres
ent at the annual convention of the
Western Federation of Miners at
Great Falls, Mont.
Orders for the Oklahoma national
guard to proceed to the Mexican bor-
der as soon as possible were received
from the war department.
Augustine Chapp. young Mexican,
angered at the alleged refusal Of Julia
Mendez to marry him, went to the
girls home, near Rosita, Tex, shot
and killed her with a rifle and then
killed himself.
A nonresident hunting license for
Virginia, the first ever issued in this
state, was sent to President Wilson.
A $40 fee which accompanied the
presidents application was returned.
An American firm has closed con-
tract with the Chinese government to
construct 80 miles of boulevard in
Pekin.
In common pleas court at Zanes-
vile, o., the divorce case of Howard
Chandler Christy, the artist, against
his wife, Maybelle Christy, was dis
missed upon request of Christy's law
yers.
Miss Leona Foster was killed, Rex
Wise's back broken and Clyde Grove
was internally injured when their au-
tomobile, racing with an interurban
car, turned turtle and rolled 40 feet
into the side Of dwelling at Webb
City, Mo.
Walter M. Schilling, 10, six-foot
athlete, has announced, In an adver-
tisement at Bayonne, N. j.. that he is
for sale. He will sell himself into
slavery for his keep. 81 have got to
eat" he declares.
London has decided to postpone all
holidays until the end of the year, so
that the work of supplying munitions
shall be continuous.
The long battle between Vernon and
North Vernon, Ind, for the courthouse
of the county will be fought out final
ly at the polls Sept. 26.
More than 1000 naval militiamen
from middle western states sailed
from the Philadelphia navy yard on
the battleships Alabama and Rhode Isl
land for their annual practice cruise.
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Hogarth, who visited It's site In 1857.
"as though II had never been. The