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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03
Royal Superstition.

A curious story, writes Lucy Hooper IN
the World, was recently told me respecting
the Queen Regent Of Spain, which goes to
prove that even that intelligent lady Is not
free from the touch of superstition to which
il seems that all feminine minds, even of
the strongest, are liable. On the day that
the offer of King Alfonso's hand to the
Archduchess Christina was ofhcially made
known to that young lady, she had, by some
mischance, on rising put on garters OF dif-
ferent colors. As the great good fortune or
her life had come to her on that day, she
never henceforward would consent to wear
a pair of garters to match. One might be
pale blue and the other rose color, or one
was white and the other scarlet, etc. mus
II became a habit with the keeper or the
royaI wardrobe 10 order at time several
nairs of these silken articles. ALWAYS OF dlf-
ferent tints. But one day, while king Al
fOpsO was very i'll, IL was discovered Dy the
lady in waiting on the Queen that by some
n,ischance there remained on hand only
three or four pairs, and they were all OF one
colOr-pale blue, if remember rightly. In
the hurry Of Donna Christmas toilet, for
she was in haste to return to her husband
bedside. this change In the small detail or
her attire passed unnOticed. That day tDe
King died, and when the young widow, woe
worn and heartbroken, was about To retire
10 rest, she suddenly became aware OF tne
lapse from the small superstition OF hef
happy wears. at was an OmenV sne ex-
claimed, and she wept bitterly.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03

COnsul-General says, are reported from time
to time from other places in Germany,
showing that the theory which led 10 the
prohibition Of the American hog has re-
ceived setback by facts which cannot be
denied. Mention is made of the great SEN
sation created in commercial circles at Ber-
lin, caused by the bill lately introduced in
the United States Senate, the fate of which
the manufacturers and exporters of Berlin
look upon with no little degree of anxiety.
II has not been generally known that ex
Minister Schenck, who has been occupying
a position in the State Department for some
years past, was recently dropped from the
Department rolls. Judge Schenck was ap-
pointed under the Hayes administration to
supervise the publication of the laws Of
Congress. The Department of state has,
since the publication of the Revised Sta
tutes begun, had charge of the publication
of the laws. Congress appropriates GER
tain amount for this purpose and 50 900 of it
goes annually to the person in charge of the
work Hetakes the laws as they are printed
dl bllC uOliS eASAht
makes an index and prepares the references.
At the end of each session of Congress the
new laws are issued in pamphlet form, and
at the end of every Congress these pamph-
lets and their indices are combined and form
a new volume issued until time near the
adjournment of Congress. The person hav-
ing charge of the publication Of the laws has
little or nothing to 90. About two months
ago Judge Schenck completed the volume
for the FOrty-eIghth Congress, and he was
then notified that his services would be no
longer needed.
The much criticised steel crlIsiers, built
by Mr.. Roach, will soon be ready for sea.
The Atlanta could be got ready by the mid
die of April if necessary. but there being no
pressing necessity. viii uc rtady to take on
crew and stores by NAY ID. The Boston will
be ready the middle of July and the Chicago
some time in the su inner. Naval officers
say there is one thing We may be proud Of
III these ships. whatever may be said of their
defects of construction, and that is that the
guns they will carry are more powerful than
any others of the same calibre in the world.
The Atlanta's battery, now about ready,
consists of four siy-inch and two eight-inch
steel breech-loadIng rifles. The eight-inch
guns take 80 pound shell and charge of
12s pounds of strong cannon powder, the
grains of which are nearly half an inch
square. In the late war the rule was one
pound of powder to ten of metal in the pro-
jestile, while this charge is five times great
er. 1t is nearly ten per cent. larger than
ever before used in guns of this calibre, even
by Krupp. II is understood the ladies of
Atlanta, Ga, will present complete table
service of solid silver for the war'lrOom Of
ficers' mess on the Atlanta.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03

ton on that account. \ police force is
scattered through the yards 10 night and
the night force has b-en ordered to report
at s tomorrow morning. All is guiet in the
yards and there Is no present danger, appa-
rently, of open rupture.
The state adjutant general has ordered
The Seventh regiment, militia of this city,
to assemble nightly at their arsenal for drin
until further orders. There Is general
disposition TO regard the strike with grow
ing seriousness though it is impossible To
analyZe the situation at all definitely. The
strikers are clpSe-mOuthed and do not indi-
cate either their motives or purposes, ex-
eept as shown in their statement ~ the pub
lie. 1t is said that many of those who went
out dc not belUng to the union, and yet are
Knights of Labor. hence the argument that
the latter are at the bottom of the trouble.
Both the Knights and the union switchmen,
however, deny this, and the public is left to
draw its own conclusions. The strike Is the
only topic of conversation and there is great
anxiety as to its outcome.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03
A SAVAGE LAW.
The Iowa Prohibitory Law Passed
Authorizing Saloons to be Abated
as Nuisances.

Des Moines, To-, March 20. The Senate
to-day passed the Clark prohibitory bill,
only two Republicans voting with the Dem
ocrats against it. The main points of this
remarkable act are as follows:
Actions to enjoin nuisances under the pro-
hibition law shall be broughtin the name of
the state by the district or county attorney
of the proper county. In case he refuses,
any citizen of the county may do so. Gen.
eral reputation of the place shall be admis-
sible as evidence. The court in session or
the Judge in vacation, shall grant tempOr-
ary Injunction without bond.
Whoever is convicted of keeping nui-
sance under the prohibition law shall be fined
not more than 81, 900 nor less than $500, and
the party shall not have an opportunity to
purge himself II the existence of the nui-
sance be established it shall be abated under
the Judgment Of the court by seizing and
removing all movable property within the
building and by securely closing the same
IL the property of the defendant is not used
as a homestead, for one year, unless sooner
released as provided.
The owner may secure the opening of the
building by filing bond to the value OF prop.
erty and giving satisfactory evidence that
the nuisance shall be abated in all prOsecu-
tiOns under the state prohibition law.
The finding of such liquors in possession
of any one not legally authorized to sell the
same, or in q private dwelling, shall be pre-
sumptive evidence that the same were kept
for illegal sale.
The second conviction is punishable by a
term of not less than three months nor more
three years in the penitentiary.
ANY person or company illegally trans
porting prohibited liquors upon conviction
shall be fined 500 for each offence and CON-
mitted to jail until such fine is paid.
A person refusing to correctly brand OF
make known the contents OF any package OF
| falsel- mark the same with the intention to
conceal the contents shall be fined 500 and
costs.
Peace officers shall have power to breal
open and examine any package.
The property, except homestead, OF any
person convicted under the provisions o.
this act shall be confiscated to pay the fn'
| and costs.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03
rEWsY NOTES.
,hort and Comprehensive Com
.iIation Of Things Trans.
pirIng in the World
About Us.
Domestic:

..pvsy bridge is TO be built at Dubuque
rmodste the c., b. Il y road.
-, soods are reported in Germany,
- bv the tbawing ice Dd snow.
-, poobefort calls himself SOCIALIST,
hsnn nsrchist. and defines the difference.
49,. u,cbel a said to keep herself poor by
sr.fsctions, even giving away her
-. prendestein OF Germany 10 dead; aiso
,ssasd ss1 znuz. the distinguished jews schoiar,
-, rsvlor was accidentally shot and
- y " bis s-year-old child In Clay county
., ,h,,d NJ WIN. e. Moore Of Spring
Am, n, svsHoved some bella donna pills
"a died from the effects.
-. ,rotectiou has been askei and granted
.Srcssr snd Lynch at their preliminary
,s.niustion ct Shoals, lnd.
o,..a liver convention asked the gov
.smeaf FOR O new survey OF tne river aIu
...,ooristions for locks and dams.
vsue Pat Hihey, . merchant OF At!anta;
= vG examining On old pistol: s,aetax ne snsppeu
al WI Pinion and killed nam INSTANTLY.
-, named Griffey Just out OF Texas
A.s,.,v shot aud killed John and Pickett
60 an Rook creeh, Roanoke county, Tenn.
wooo a prominent manufacturer Of
.p.s,xlIle' Maes., eloped with his cousin.
~ anna wood, but was arrested At Boston.
~. ,.ter,uary surgeon of the Agricultural
,L.s,s~snt thinks be Ia on the edge OF dis
YS.,srtnr cure for cholera by means or inoc-
rhfion. MIA.
. scott. in the employ of the Florida
sIs,hs,n Road. was arrested at Louisville,
~ charged purloining tickets and selling
Am 10 brokers.
n. ty,sI iu ejectment OF Father Kalssanski
= I1ssrotf. Mlch., who was deposed some ume
Nor oefiance of the authority or the bisnop'
lin progress.
IA d,seputable house in Des Moines, To-:
80 csrter Was shot and mortaLy wounded
: vsr Foster, on account OF jealousy over q
Summer.
4 rsrss and Pacific engine, pulling pas
~.ssr trzln. exploded near Aiedo. Tex KILL
~Snrineer Metcalf and severely in1uring
Hsmsa Clark.
m the Loup river ut Omaha. Neb., ice gorgec
stlR LINEN Pacific bridge. causing part OF
= sovn ~ Columbus and the bottom lands
SrmtJes around TO be overlooked.
urunipd. the young German who attempted
a Inn Tasksll In the courtroom at lndianpo-
Y for ssssult upon Heunlind's 9 sister, has
6en ddcIared not guilty by the jury.
lfssr the faculty of Buschtel College. Ohio,
II refused 70 consider the complaint OF har-
= Norris sRainst three other students for
Sa.lur. Morris had the students arrested and
m nrestsned TO carry the case to the Su-
psms Court.
AT Chattanooga. Tenn, Pinkerton's detec-
M srrestcd Miss Jessie Carroll, prominent
n wealthy young lady, charged with COM
nNity IN the embezz ement of Frank Jones,
aisf fbook-keeper of the Champion Works at
SnnyAsid, o.
Indifference between Speaker O6utt Of
tte Kentucky House of Representatives and
MI. Madden. reporter for the Cincinnati
6nmsrcial Gazette. was ended by the House
nsAining the speaker in expeAing Madden
nom the door.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03
BLACKS BUTCHEREO.
A Mississippi COURTROOM Convert.
ed Into a Slaughter-Pen.

New Orleans, La, special, March l.. At
at Carrollt0n, Miss, to-day before Mayor
Elan in connection with trouble recently
between few negroes and Mr.. J. VI. Lid
dell, there were about twenty negroes pres
ent as witnesses. While the case was pro-
ceeding and the negroes were giving their
testimony body of about fifty white men,
each carrying Winchester, rode up to the
courthouse in gallOp and surrounded y
ahd opened fire on the negroes there; ten
were instantly killed and the others serious
ly wounded, three of them dying soon after.
The trouble about which this affair arose
occurred some three weeks ago when I.iddel
interfered between two negroes who were
quarreling. One of them cursed him and he
drew his pistol and several shots were fired,
Liddell being wounded. The men who sur
rounded the courthouse to-day were friends
of Liddell.
ANOTHER VERSION.
New Orleans, March Il. A Winona
special to the Picayune says: At CsrrolltOn
10 day fearful tragedy occurred in which
ten negroes were kIlIeu anU ..th-aa wounded.
Some weeks ago two negroes attempted 70
assassinate J. NJ Liddell, Jr., intiicting some
painful but not serious wounds. The ne
groes engaged in this dastardly attempt are
known TO be the most defiant and lawless in
the country, and since the attempt on Mr..
LiddelPs life have been more openly defiant
than ever. For some reason not known they
swore out a warrant few days ago for Mr..
Liddell's arrest 1t was a. this trial to-day
that the killing occurred. The negroes
present were mostly armed. About O'Clock
party of armed men numbering aboat
forty or fifty persons rode up to the court
house. They dismounted and entered the
building at once and commenced firing on
the negroes, with the above result. They
then returned by the same route they came.
They do not live near CarrolltOn.
A later dispatch from WinOna throws a
little more light on the assassination. Al
the trial about twenty colOred men were
present. The fifty white men, well mounted
and each carrying Winchester rifle. came
gallopipg up and surrounded the courthouse.
They then fired into the building, instantly
killing ten negroes and wOunding three Otb-
ers so that they died soon after, and with
the exception of few who escaped through
window, all the other negroes in the
building were wounded, some of them sen
Ously.
The trouble between Liddell and the ne
grOes occurred three weeks ago. Liddell
had interfered in a row between two ne
groes and afterwards heard the crowd ours
ing him. He walked up to them and in.
quired why they were abusing him. An al
tercatiOn ensued and a number Of shots were
fired, Liddell being severely wounded.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03
Foreign

~ the new census Japan has 5OO, ,OJ popu-
lupt has been flooded with ss.OOO.OOo Of
eunisrfeif coins.
h-narshsl 8szsine. the hero" of Metz, 10
Eas N o. Madrid.
ne sugar duties bill was rejected in the
German reichstag.
Absnquet % TO be given N. Pasteur by the
American residents of Paris.
AsIssisa peasant woman is in jail. She
puIssned only four husbands.
rrsins ere again blockaded in England and
Seufand By heavy snow storms.
Senor Aniceto arce is the new Bolivian min
NJ to Rngiand, France and Spain.
ne German poet, Lessing. is to have mon
ment In the ThIergarten. Berlin.
Wm. UHrien. editor of the United Ireland,
nnhs thar Chamoerlain's political suicide is
nrsain
01HcIsl telesrams confirm the report of the
l1ntnE 70 des b Of Bishop Harrington by the
Ling Of Nombasa.
Giadstone has been furnished with written
eotement Of the views Of the Irish Defence
vnioa on Irish affairs.
Russia 10 said to be msssIng troops in Bessa-
n1a On account OF o mpiicatioDs growing out
mne Balkan question.
Aefheid, Eng, manufacturers want the
1cyernuent to root out the dealers in bogus
&ei md Iron ware in Eugland.
&sps have been taken by the Russian gov
9nuent 10 thoroughly develop the Apsheron
eQoloum hsds on the west coast Of the Cas-
pBeoA
M German newspapers continue their al
ucks on France and IL 10 feared Dc Freyclnet
~ - ysweriess 10 OPPOSE the desire Of par
nnne for revenge.
0neda lumbermen are urging their govern
III 70 nodtfy the tariff 80 az to remove op-
Doetio1 10 the Morrison bill ss regards duty
camdiau lumber.
Anoeuus demonstration by Socialists took
- q Liege. Belgium, in which many rioters
Nre wounded and several hundred taken
rsoaen BY the gendarmes.
ne salvation Army 10 arranging for an i'm
- International religious convention 10
~ .sooon beginning May 2s. Delegates from
PORTIONS OF the globe will appear.
Ne Prince OF Wales attended Mrs. Lapgtry's
Snaicon OF Pauline In the Lady OF LYONS. %
= eald enc surprised the audience with a
pny OF refined emotional power"
rnnce krapotkile, recently released from
n, made an address II the Socialist cs le-
Sstoa OF the anniversary of the Commune in
,a,nn.s.ns Inc aay was quietly observed
ACTING on cablegram from q committee of
eslnes In San Francesca, China has been
eoed With notices warning the peonle moi
emlsfate 70 America, Il 81 Ihey suffer the
- ot tnoee recently massacred on the Pc scific
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03
lRelasD'S PATRON SAINT.
q rarick's Day Celebrations In
ireland. Englsnd and Scotland
u'adstons's Home Rule Scheme
GENERALLY Commended,

edsn, March ls. st. Pafrick's day was
ed all over the kingdom with
unusually deep feeling. A longtime
a.n resident here assured me last evening
~ ne never had known 30 much "St Pat.
nm U London as was displayed yes
10y The primrose day of st Heacons-
ss fairly outdone by the shamrock
~ ~ and Covent Garden spectators in
s sred green were well paid for their
se supplies. At every branch of the Ma
League in London there were either
anes or concerts. These even extended
x oasn The suburbs. The proceeds of all
s..s entertainments went to support the irish
nmentary party. "St. Patrick's Truce ,,
sss M loot oy Cardinal Manning wears ago
~. NE nli effect of keeping the irish neo.
- me metropolis sober. Moreover over
nnoie Kingdom Mr.. Parnelps iuiunc.
~,s .oout good behavior were almost mn.
@0ualy respected. A
1st James Palace the day vas
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03

In the Senate OH the oath, protest from
the Pacific coast against cruelty to hinese
laid before the Senate. Bill to increase ttlo
army was debated at length. but gave place
to the Edmunds resolution, on which Sena-
tors Morgan, Mitchell and others spoke. In
the House a resolution calling on the heads
of departments for information as TO the
substitute system among employees was
adopted. An order was made allowing the
labor committee to report at any time. The
congressional library bill was considered,
but without action. The House in commit
tee of the whole took up the Indian appro-
priation bill and the House passed it. The
pOst-offiee appropriation bill was taken up
and considered in committee of the whole.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03

The resignation of Governor Murray of
Utah has been asked for.
Representative Hahn of Louisiana died
suddenly at Washington, from hemOrrhage
of the lungs.
The appointment of Trenholm to be Comp
trOller of the currency is said to be blow
at the Louisiana lottery.
1t has been determined by the government
TO bring suit against the Bell Telephone
company at Columbus, o.
In the House BANDS motion to make the
free coinage of silver" bill special ord er
for the 10Th and 9th was passed by vote
of 17s to 81, which the silver men consider
somewhat of a victory.
Gen. Rose ,:ans says that the late Senator
Miller of Ca fornia was one Of the bravest
of the brave. At the battle of Stone River
as a Union ,ficer he displayed some won-
derful courage.
Maurice l.. Muhlemann, fourteen years ago
a messenger in the house Of Allen, COpp Il
Nisbet, st. Louis, has just been appointed
Deputy Assistant Treasurer at New York,
with salary of $1,000.
Some sticklers for etiquette complain that
President Cleveland on attending the Miller
obseuuies in the Senate Chamber, showed a
want Of good breeding in sitting down before
the Cabinet got seated.
The minority report of the Holman Com
mittee of the House on the Indian question
fayors the abolishment of tribal relations
where the lands are agricultural, and the
uproOting of the reservation system.
Forty-eight bags of recovered mail matter
contained on the wrecked steamer Oregon,
were received at the General Postoffice, in
New York, making total of lis bags have
been saved out of the 59e bags carried by the
steamer.
In the Senate Senators Cullom and Dolpf
attacked the President for withholding pa
pers, and Senator Maxey defended him
Dolph took occasion to say that Union sol
diers are being Disseminated against in tn,
matter of offices in shameful manner.
A man sent $40 conscience money 10 tn,
Post-Ofice Department, saying it had beel
stolen from letter at Peru, Neb., in 1854
and asking the department to hunt up th,
owner. After three months search this wa
done and the money was paid over to a maj
living in Iowa.
Abraham s. Hewitt will not be cand
date for reelection to Congress. He will re
tire to nurse his dyspepsia. Nathan S. Co
of West Virginia will not seek re-electio
to the House, but will Try to step into Johr
son N. Camden's Senatorial shoes. Raj
dolph Tucker of Virginia has announce
his intention of retiring from politics. job
). Barbour of Virginia, having been disaI
pointed in his Senatorial aspirations an
having suffered the death of his wife, wi
also refuse nomination. Representative
Pat Collins will also go on the retired list.
The Secretary of State has received
communication from the Consult General 9
the United States at Berlin, in which b
states that within the last few weeks, ne
less than thirty or forty cases of trichinos
have been discovered in Zutfichan, a tow
in Silesia, and vicinity. Similar cases, th
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03

In the Senate on the 22d, several mem
orials from Iowa and petitions for Memphis,
Tenn, were presented. The ST. Louis Mer-
chants exchange bridge bill was introduced
by Mr.. COckrell. A resolution for the abO
litiou of executive sessions was introduced
by Mr.. Logan and ordered printed. IDgalls
offered q resolution calling for information
or the subject of removal of fOurthclass
pOstmasterS. The urgent deficiency bill
was taken up. There was sharp debate,
which was cut of by the EdmundS resOlu-
tions, and another lively debate followed.
In the House, the chaplain's prayer calling
on God to drive all manner of gambling
from the land created considerable sensa-
tiOn. Bill passed giving Gen. Hancocks
widow pension of $4,000 per annum. Bill
to forfeit part of the Northern Pacific land
grant was reported. Under the call of
states among the bills introduced was one
to create an arbitration commission to pre-
vent labor strikes; also bill to reduce Off
cial salaries; also bill to regulate appoint
ments at West Point.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03
Capitol Cuttings.
What is Transpiring at the
Fountain Head Of the Fed.
eral Government.
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate on the 18th, motion to make
the interstate commerce bill special order
for March 30 was agreed to. House amend.
ments to the urgent deficiency bill cOncurred
in. Two railroad bridge bills and several
other unimportant measures were passed.
The Edmunds resolutions were then taken
up and spirited debate occupied the rest of
the days session. In the House several
measures of minor importance were reported
from committees and placed on calendar,
and the Indian appropriation bill was con-
sidered in committee of the whole.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03
A Harvard Professors Joke.

A Harvard Professors Joke.
Here is a story of Professor Sophocles
which probably has never been In print.
The old Greek was catechising his class
one day on the ancient history Of his native
country.
when did Theodophilus livef he asked
Of one sophomore.
Before Christ"
Wrong" shouted the professor. And
then addressing the next sophomore:
when did TheOdophilus iver'
"After Christ"
"WrongP shouted the professor again.
And then he repeated the question to a
third student: when did TheodOphilus
liveg'
Neither before nor after Christ"
You are right, young man." satd the pro-
fessor. There never was any such man as
Theodophilus."
II was one of the little historical traps that
SOphocles liked to SET for the budding wis
dom OF Harvard. Boston Record.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-04-03

In the Senate on the 10Th, after the pas
sage of two unimpOrtant measures and some
random talk on Others, the chair laid before
the Senate a communication which the clerk
started to read. Discovering it was 'execu-
tive business he stopped, and there was
something of a wrangle over the affair,
tions being taken up and discussed by Sena-
tor SpOoner and others. In the House, in
committee of the whole, the private calen-
dar was considered. Several memorials
were presented. The bill for national
cattle-trail passed. April 30 was set for con-
sideratiOn of bridge bills