The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-20
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The veto of the anti-liquor advertis-
ig bill by Gov. Henderson of Ala
anna, on the ground that it was I'M
Constitutional, was overridden in the
tenate. The bill becomes effective at
once.
Secretary of the Interior Lane was
designated by President Wilson to go
to San Francisco to formally open the
Panama-Pacific exposition.
John Cunningham, aged 60, was
killed and Apply l.. Guthrie, aged 16,
seriously injured as a result of bat
tie following a dance at the home of
Cunningham, IL miles south Of Ava,
Mo. John Fowler, IS, is held.
The city council of Des Moines, Ia,
refused to grant the saloon keepers
renewal of their licenses. This means
that the 80 saloons will close their
doors.
A special interurban car employ
ment bureau was run from Dallas,
Tex, north nearly to the Oklahoma
line. II carried men out of work who
were looking for jobs.
The engagement in Ottawa of
$2,500,000 gold for shipment to New
York was announced by an interna-
tional banking house in New York.
Bound fast to chairs with their sus-
penders. the cashier and his assistant
OF the Farmers State bank at Medi-
cine Lake, Mont, were compelled to
witness the looting of the bank by
two masked robbers who escaped with
$500.
Sheriff Henry Wagster was shot and
instantly killed and Constable p. Knox
badly wounded in Trenton, Tenn, by
Sam Taylor, who had escaped from
the workhouse.
Three unmasked bandits held up
Cashier Will O'Donnell of the State
Exchange bank at Yates Center, Kan,
with $500 cash.
In a decision affecting union labor
and all California cities the supreme
court held that the San Francisco
board OF supervisors had no right to
resolve that all city printing must be
done by union shops.
The death Of Remus Chandler, a ne
gro, who had been taken to hospital,
increased the number of victims of
the explosion In the Carlisle (W. va.)
mine of the New River Coal Co. to 81.
Mgr. Kennedy, rector of the Ameri-
can college In Rome, has presented to
Pope Benedict purse of $21, 900, the
gift Of the archbishop and clergy of
! Philadelphia.
A Robert Lincoln Lee, 81 years old,
prominent In society and In athletic
circles, shot himself in the head with
revolver at New York hospital
where he had been a patient.
G. Hunter Raine, former president
OF the Mercantile Bank and Trust
company OF Memphis, Tenn, entered
plea of guilty to charges of using
the mails to defraud in the federal
court.
Premier Asquith, speaking in the
house of commons, said that British
casualties In all ranks in the western
arena Of the war, from the beginning
OF hostilities to Feb. 4, amounted to
approximately 100000 men.
DR.. A. G. Culberson, a practicing
physician Of Evans, Ca, was shot
dead by posse of citizens which had
been searching for him. Culberson
was charged with attacking a young
woman.
Certain leaders Of London society,
among them the Duchess of Marlbor-
ough, Mrs. John Aston and Lady
Paget. have started a movement to in
duce wealthy Americans of the social
elect to visit London.
Much excitement was caused at st.
Johns, N. B., by what appeared to be
an attempt to blow up the suspension
bridge over the st. John river be-
tween that city and Fairville. A
watchman on the bridge discovered a
nitroglycerine bomb at the base of
one OF the big pillars of the bridge.
Members OF Chicago's police force
have been enlisted In the campaign to
find work for the unemployed.
The New Florence (Mo) Brick COM
pany completed its $4,000 plant and
has begun the manufacture of fire
brick. The plant has a capacity of
10000 per day. and this will be dou.
bled during the season.
James c. Fargo. until last June pres.
ident Of the American Express com.
pany, is dead at his home In New
York. after an illness of almost a year.
Jack Callaghan, automobile racer.
skidded through the fence in a 100.
mile automobile race at Asconia
Park near Los Angeles. Lal., impaling
himself on a board. Two ribs were
broken and q large hole was torn in
his chest,