The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-11-20

A verdict of cents damages was
returned in the Islander suit of Mrs.
Augusta Holiday against Prince"
Roy Purnell, son of King" Benjamin.
head of the Israelite House of Da-
vid" colony at St. JosepHN Mich.
Gen. Geronimo Villareal, Mexican,
was indicted by United States grand
jury at Laredo for bringing women
into this country for immoral pur-
poses.
Four Chattanooga (Tenn.) men have
been indicted here for defrauding the
government by shipping whisky in
collins from this city.
An increase in wages 10 1900 en-
ployes was announced by the Yale &
, TOwne Manufacturing company, SIAM
ford, Conn.,, makers of builders hard
| ware.
The Dupont Powder company has
received an additional $G5 900, 900 pow
der order from the entente allies.
Forty-seven orphans marched out of
the German Lutheran orphans home
at Indianapolis in their nighties when
fire was discovered.
The charred bodies of the three
small children of NJ. ID. Tiller were
found in the ruins of a barn on the
farm of their father in Boyd county,
KY, according to a report reaching
here. 1t is the supposition that the
children accidentally set fire to the
barn.
Dependency over his physical con-
dition caused Warren NJ. Peabody,
heir to s1.OOO.0OO, to commit suicide
by drinking poison in Chicago.
After 20 hours deliberation a Jury
in the circuit court at Lincoln, H.,
found Daniel Hurley, Jr., not guilty of
the murder of Katherine Roller.
A bill TO give a greater measure of
self-government to the Philippines
will be made part of the administra-
ton program for the next session of
congress.
Romulo s. Naon, Argentine minis
ter, leaves Washington shortly for his
own country on a vacation.
An express train carrying 100000
gallons of petrol to fill war orders.
will leave the Pacific coast for New
York every "a hours until the Panama
canal is reopened.
Upward of $4,000, 1000 pounds of vege-
tables have been purchased by a Belle
vile, Ontario. corporation to be con-
centrated and shipped to France to
feed soldiers.
Statewide prohibition was defeated
in Ohio Nov. 2 by majority of 55,412.
according to official returns from the
80 counties Of the state made public
here. In 1914 voters rejected the pro-
hibition amendment by a majority of
84,152.
Sterilization operations, the first
| under the new Wisconsin law, were
performed at the state home for the
feeble-minded on 10 male inmates
whose ages range from Is to 80 years.
Eighteen German officers and sol
diers were killed and so wounded
when a portion of Fort Machovelette,
In Belgium. was blown to pieces by
an accidental explosion.
The ship Cluett, sent north last
spring to the relief of the Croker
land expedition. has been unable to
reach Etah. The relief ship was
hemmed in ice in North Star bay.
Reports that w. s. Windham, for
merly banker and merchant at Pasa-
dena, Cal, had been assassinated in
the territory of Tepee, Mex, were re-
ceived by Los Angeles friends.
Capture of Hermosillo by Carran-
za's forces was confirmed in navy de-
partment dispatches.
The Swiss government has prohib-
tied the expectation of fresh milk.
A dispatch received here from Ber-
lin announces that the federal coun-
ell has voted to confiscate all oils
and fats, which will be sold only
through the government.
When Fred Miller of Galesburg.
ILL.,, 35 years old, began to undo the
wrappings of a package he found on
the sidewalk it exploded, killing him
almost instantly.
OF the profits of the Krupp gun
works last year, amounting to
S6,0O0.O0o marks (s21, 500, OOO), about
24.000.000 marks ($6,O0O,OOO will be
devoted to charity.
LII. Booker L. Washington, princi-
pal OF Tuskogee, Ala, institute, is in
hospital suffering from a serious
nervous breakdown. His condition is
critical.
The American steamer Llama,
seized and run on reef by a British
prize crew, has been washed of the
reef and has sunk.
A cold storage egg sold in New