The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-04

Oeorse w. Perkins has a new slo-
gan for the Progressive party. al
though he has not suggested it take
the place of I'VE Stand at Armaged-
dop and. Battle for the Lord" There
mas been hung on the walls of his Of
nee at IL Broadway, New York, card
bearing the words: "The telephone,
not the tariff, made the trusts"
Robert E. Gilkey of Charlottesville,
Ind, recently killed in an automobile
accident, bequeathed his estate, val
ued at $4,000, to Miss Rebecca
Brown. 20 years old. at one time a
domestic employed by him.
Mrs. Carrie Shady, a vaudeville
actress, was acquitted Of the murder
OF Wilbur Selig of Madison, Ind.
The commonwealth scored a victory
in the tfial of the "possum hunters
at Hartford, Ky, when Ernest Web
ster and Jerry Clark pleaded guilty to
whipping Reuben Howard and his
wife last June and accepted a SEN
tence of three years each.
Attorney General Gregory has COM
pleted his Interpretation of the admin.
istrative features of the new seaman's
law and submitted it to the president.
Illinois express companies say they
are operating at a loss and ask the
state public service commission for
permission to raise their rates.
The Illinois board of administration
has accepted the resignation of DR..
George Knapp Farriss as superintend-
ent of the state hospital for the GRIM
inal insane at Chester, and appointed
DIR. Jerome L. Harrell as his sue
cessor.
President Jeminez of aSn Domingo
has appointed Elias, Brache Hijo as
the Dominican minister to France.
The Austrian minister of the in
terror has announced that there were
1866 cases of Asiatic cholera in Aus
tria on Aug. Is.
Gen. Carranza's reply to the ICON.
ference republics Mexican peace
plea will be demand for recognition,
officials said
An amnesty proclamation by Gen.
Carranza, the terms of which have not
been made public, is drawing families
out of Texas into Mexico.
As the result of the killing of
Sammy eagle and the whipping of
Mary Dennis. postmaster at eagle,
Tenn, by night raiders, state rangers
have been ordered to Sequatchie coun-
ty. Tennessee.
Harry Hhaw retains his fastidious-
ness in the matter of clothes. He
gave an order for 40 new suits.
Eugene Gilbert, the French aviator
who landed in Switzerland June 27
through an accident to his motor. has
escaped.
Delegates to the annual convention
Of the American Bar association,
which was held in Salt Lake City Aug.
l1-19. are in San Francisco as the
guests Of the California Bar associa-
ton.
A total Of 256 known dead among
the residents of southeast Texas coast
points and crews of wrecked craft Of
all kinds and IS persons missing is
the toll of human life taken by the
recent storm.
H. W. Zimmerman, American vice
consul at Rostov, Russia, says there
were many well informed persons in
Petrograd who fear a revolt more than
the advance of the Germans.
By order Of the postmaster-general
the regulations governing the insur-
ance of parcel post matter were ex-
panded to include packages valued at
from $50 to S100.
Municipal Judge John II. Stevenson
of Portland announced that all habit.
ual drunkards brought before him
henceforth would be sentenced to re-
main in jail until Oregon goes dry on
Jan. /, 1916.
David Lloyd-G gorge. minister OF mu-
nitions, announces that his depart
ment has taken over 100 more estab-
lishments for the production of war
munitions. making a total OF 325
Despondent over the recent death
Of his wife, Oliver Tilbury, wealthy
manufacturer of drain tile at Towan
da, H., hanged himself. He was so
years old.
Three men lost their lives ir. an ex-
plosion of chlorine gas at the plant of
the Goldsmith DEFINING company at
Wyandotte, Mich.
Headquarters of the foreign legion
at Lyons reports that there are Is
Americans - l..