The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-30

; Sentiment throughout Germany for
an effective blockade of the English
coast by mines, submarines and other
devices, including raids on British
merchantmen carrying foodstuffs is
increasing.
The new German attack on scissors
has begun. German sunners have re-
sumed Smelling the city and many
buildings are reported to be in flames.
News of the German air raid OF
! English coast towns aroused great en-
thusiasm in Berlin.
A contingent of Portuguese troops
has sailed for Angola, the Portuguese
possession in Western Africa; to rein
force the army there, which has been
engaged with the Germans.
The fire which damaged the vessel
forced the British steamer Newstead,
from Baltimore for Bordeaux, with
grain, to put into the Newport News,
Va, port for survey. 1t is now be-
lieved the cargo was damaged.
The register at the Tennessee state
penitentiary shows there are 1,19S
prisoners in the institution. This is
the lowest number of prisoners re-
corded in the last three years.
Ed Johnson, a young negro, was
taken from a deputy sheriff by a
mob within the Vicksburg, Miss, city
limits and lynched. He had been ar
rested, charged with cattle stealing.
Francis is the name Of President
Wilson's grandson, the child of Mr..
and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, who was
born at the White House.
After an all-day discussion of the
national defense, the house com
pleted general debate on the
s1O1;OOO,OOO army appropriation bill.
| s-sf,s ..,
An urgent deficiency bill was
adopted by the senate, carrying
S2,5OO,OOO to reimburse farmers foT
cattle slaughtered in the campaign to
eradicate the foot and mouth disease
Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, who
was in Washington to attend din
ner, was an interested spectator in
the house during the debate on the
military appropriation bill.
MISS Kathryn Clark, Democrat
was elected state senator of Oregon
over two male opponents at a specia
election held to fill vacancy caused
by death.
Two British cruisers are lying of
the Cuban coast and it is reported
that they have been ordered to seiz'
the American steamer Dacia If sh'
sails from Galveston for German.
with a cargo of cotton on board.
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The horoscope of Francis Sayre In
dictates that the son of Mr.. and Mrs
y Francis B. Sayre, who was born at tn
White House last Sunday, is "destine
to become a born reformer."
J A jury in the circuit court at Wal
kegan, ILL.,, returned a verdict TO
}. $4,000 in favor of Mrs. John Richard
son against five >Volo women hel
guilty of riding her on a rail July ii
1913.
2 w. N. Fleming has just sold 22,00
J. head of cattle to Green Dawson {
l. San Antonio for s1,O0O,O00. The ca
Q tie are on Jennings ranch at Victori;
Tex. 1t is the largest single cattl
e deal ever made in Texas.
y Miss Jane Call arrived from Euror
n and left Immediately for Atlanta, Ga
It to deliver an engagement ring to
q girl who put note in the toe of
sock and won a British soldier.
l A son was born at the White Hous
<. to Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre, Pres
q. dent Wilson's second daughter. Pres
s, dent Wilson made no effort to CO
II ceal his joy when informed that q
child was a boy and that Mrs. Say
was well. His face was wreathed
T smiles for hours afterward. 1t W;
his first grandchild and the preside
Ia had no boys of his own.
Mexico must be brought under L
flag of the United States before it c;
come into its own" said Warren
N Harding, senator-elect from Ohio, W
Is spoke at dinner given by the CO
W mercial organizations Of San Anton
u Tex.
90 -.
a. Lieut.. Byron G. Jones, said to
the youngest aviator in the Unit
" States army, broke all American {
- durance records for continuous fig
NC remaining in the air eight hours a
~ SO minutes, descending to the. AWAIT
field only when darkness set it.
a. The civil service virtually has CT
"A cluded examination of applicants 1
positions as fourth-class postmaste
No and up to Jan. had certified 81
Al. who have been appointed. Appro
y, mately 10000 cases referred to I
commission will be disposed of in I
near future.
The flagship Virginia, flying [
~ permant of Rear Admiral Dewitt c.
"a man, commander of the third divisi
- of the Atlantic fleet, and the bait
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