The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-17

A victory for dry" forces in Michi-
gan was indicated when nearly COM
plete returns from 16 counties which
held local option elections showed the
"drys" winner in 13 of them.
Paul Wallace and Ross EveSt Of |
Terre Haute, Ind, were killed when |
their motorcycle struck hay wagon.
By agreement of counsel for both |
sides, the trial of the $4,000 libel suit
brought by William Barnes of Albany
against former President Roosevelt
has been set for April 10.
Arkansas 2-cent passenger rate and
the commission freight tariff as ap-
piled to the st. L. G. S. F. railroad In
Arkansas were declared confiscatory
in the federal court.
Postmaster-GeneralB Burleson has is
sued an order permitting city letter
carriers to wear summer uniforms
which can be secured at less cost than
heretofore.
Articles ranging from fishhooks to
false teeth were sold to the highest
bidders at Chicago at the first auction
sale of unclaimed parcel post pack
ages.
The French army bulletin made the
first official announcement concern
ing the new powder which has been
talked of mysteriously for months.
The bulletin says the explosive dou-
bles the effect Of the shells OF three
inch guns.
Serious disturbances in which sew
eral persons were killed and num-
ber hurt, following the governments
admission of reverses in the Carpath-
ians, according to dispatches to Rome
newspapers.
The Netherlands government has
notified the United States that any
foreign ship misusing the Dutch flag
or using other means to make pre-
tense of Dutch nationality will not be
permitted to depart from or pass
through waters under the jurisdiction
of the Netherlands.
Thomas A. Edison predicted that
the United States would soon be man.
ufacturing its own dyes, and that the
so-called famine in dyes, due to the
NOR uac ahouf t0 end
Counterfeit gold pieces, part OF
which is glass, to give them the prop.
er ring, are being made in Chicago
and have been in circulation for eight
months, secret service agents said.
The family of Claud Casimir-Per
rier, son of a former president Of
France, has been informed that he
was killed in battle and was buried
near Rheims.
Dollins Hawkins and Elmer Stan
forth, farmers of Anderson county
KY, were shot to death by JOSEPH
Chiffon, their brother-in-law. Chiltor
was arrested and will plead self
defense.
Joshua Moore and his wife Of Cook
vile, Tenn, are the parents of thre'
little girls born at one time. All ar
healthy and normal babies. The fathe
.. is 65 years old and the mother is 3
|, years old.
: A slight earthquake was felt Il
Rome recently.
D The Hiram Lloyd Building and Cor
Q struction company of st. Louis ha
r been awarded the contract for tn
construction of the public building q
Miles City, Mont, at sS6,817.
a An anonymous letter was receive
l. by State Auditor Gordon of Missoul
8 in which was enclosed S. bill for
box of state stationery and writin
utensils which the writer said ha
. been obtained through a friend VIII
n was a legislative employe.
Fire threatened the entire bushes
d section of Ramsey, Ill. 1t started
the Charles Leigh meat market. III
loss is estimated at $4,000.
a Federal and state mediators here
reopen negotiations between the 81
striking employees and the Wilk'
a. Barre (Pa.) ailway company hay
a, made little progress.
z. Heirs of jacob Oswald, who died {
H. Masonville, N. Y, have discovered Il
u eccentric old man left a fortune
q nearly $4,000 in old tin cans in u
cellar of his home.
tn Fstic supremacy passed from Il
el black to the white race at Havan
IT, Cuba, when Jess Willard defeat,
m Jack Johnson in the twenty-six
,r- round of a prize fight for the heav
er weight championship of the world.
eir
Two hundred thousand bales of hi
awaiting shipment to European cou
NJ. tries engaged in war were burned
in Houston, Tex.
ed
al Liquor valued at $2,5o0 was pour
tlv into the river at Pine Rluff Ark