The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-11-13

and leaping into the flames.
Louis Bundy, who murdered a mes
senger in Los Angeles, and Earl
Toomis, who murdered a Sacramento
woman, were hanged Friday.
Mayor Newton d. Baker Of Cleve-
land, o., was elected president of the
National Consumers league.
The Colorado supreme court grant.
ed a stay of execution until Jan. 2,
1916, in the case of James c. Bulger,
sentenced to die.
Lieut.. Richard c. Stanley. using a
I hydroaeroplane, rose to a height of
ll,OOO feet at the navy aviation school
at Pensacola, Fla.
Directors of the Bank of England
have recommended the election of
Lord Cunliffe as governor for fourth
year.
Speaker Champ Clark has sent q
telegram from California, subscribing
$1,000 10 rebuild the Christian church
at Bowling Green, which burned a few
days ago.
The Florida supreme court upheld
provisions of the state liquor law,
which prohibits the sale of liquor be-
tween 6 p. m. and a. m. and forbids
its sale in less than half-pint guam
titles.
Owing to snow avalanches. military
operations in the Carnic Alps are at
a standstill for the present.
According to the Exchange Tele-
| graph company from Copenhagen,
Thomas A. Edison, Nikola Tesla and
| Theodor Svedborg are to be recipi-
ents of the Nobel prizes.
st. Louis has invited Billy Sunday
for an evangelistic campaign.
Fire destroyed the erecting and pat
tern shops of the Weimer machine
works at Lebanon, Pa, causing loss
of 100000. -
The oilcloth manufacturing plant of
c. NJ. Bailey Sons & Co. of Winthrop,
Me-, was burned. The total loss was
! 100000.
The sixteenth son of President
Yuan Shi Kai was born. He now has
81 children.
Coke production in the Connels-
| vile (Pa1 region has practically dou-
bled since the first of the year.
Mexico has been called upon to re-
plenish the depleted stock of game
for New York preserves and a local
dealer has contract to supply $4,000
live quail within three months.
|
Announcement was made by a lead
ing Paris newspaper that one OF the
masters of contemporary art has been
commissioned to make a large bas-
relief of the execution of Miss Edith
Cavell, which will be presented to the
city of Paris.
Kentucky's race for governor is not
yet settled. The Democrats claim
only a small majority and the Repub-
licans claim Morrow's election by a
safe figure.
The Mutual Life Insurance com
pany, sued by policyholder of Chi
cago, to restrain it from participating
with the insurance company's funds
in the $EOO,OOO,OOO loan to the allies
filed a motion to dismiss the suit.
German financial authorities are
preparing for new loan oi
$2,500,000,000 in January.
The United States collier Neptune
failed to attain the required speed
with her engines, but will have an
other trial beginning Nov. 16.
No comment was made at ths
White House on the elections or OF
the result of the suffrage amend
ments, and it was announced tina
there would be none.
Rip Van Wrinkle won't come bacl
from his present sleep if he hear,
this news. His native town of Satskil
voted for prohibition.
The postoffice department an
nounced the reorganization of tn,
Memphis, Tenn, and Kansas City
Mo-, postoffices.
The British steamship Taward ha
been sunk by submarine, but all ol
board were saved
Frank j. Marshall of New York
chess champion of the United States
and ]. w. Showalter of Georgetown
Ky, former champion. have agreed t
play a series of games for a sid
wager of $4,000.
The report of the prison commits
sion shows that in 1914 sentence
we're imposed on 114,2S3 persons i
the United Kingdom, a decrease froI
the previous year of more than 37,00t
, Public indignation Is running hig
, at Newport, r. l., as a result of tn
| rigid enforcement of Sunday laws.