The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-09

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ing at $40, property loss Sl2,OOO,OOO.
Hundreds of persons along the Mis-
aissippi river and in interior sections
are marooned. Relief vessels have
been sent opt. Three hundred persons
are said TO be caught in four houses
at Empire. La. Seventy residents OF
Grand :sle, which was swept by tidal
waves, are reported uIhrooned and suf-
fering for food.
Tcrr:;cry Is miles South of New Or
leans for 60 miles on both sides Of the |
river is under from four to fourteen |
feet of water. The MississippiEoast
from Pass Christian west is seriously
damaged.
The Louisville and Nashville rail-
road tracks west of Pass Christian are
destroyed for niles. The long bridges
are cut 1t is expected it will be sew
eral weeks before trains can get
through The Queen and Crescent
| bridge across Lake Pontchartrain is
intact. Slight damage done has been
| repaired.
| New Orleans is recovering rapidly.
| Nearly all the streets are cleared The
entire western part of the city is un-
der water backed up from Lake Pont-
chartrain. The death list here re-
mained "a. One was injured fatally.
The property damage is growing as
losses are tabulated. Trolley service
. was resumed on all but few lines.
The first word since the storm came
from Fay st. Louis, Miss. and nearby
coast points and stated that one life
was lost there and property damage
was heavy. Houma was reported safe
ard no lives were lost. Burwood, the
most souther'y point on the gulf coast,
is safe.
III Communication with remote sections
had rot been resumed. but couriers
and messengers are arriving frequent
" with requests for aid for the des.
> titute. All brought stories of terrible
suffering.
Twenty-one were known to be deal
at Rigolets ard 90 at Lake Catherine
= both small resorts on the main line \.
: TIE Louisville and Nashville railroad
a few miles west of the Louisiana
state line. Fifteen negroes and one
white man were reported dead a
- Shell Beach and % white persons n
De La Croix island, both small settle
ments in st. Bernard parish, south o
N here. negro arriving here, reportec
E ne had counted 25 bodies lying in TIL
'r marshes between Premier and De Sarc
e. Cd the west shore of Lake Pontchal
n train. This report was confirmed by
rs railroad man arriving at Hammond
IL Ia.
lg
eh In order that Louisiana Orans
lS Day, which will be observed FridaN
o. November IS. may be an official even
in the history of the state, it has bee
aa decided to ask Governor Hall an
W Mayor Behrman to issue official pr
or carnations setting this day aside. I'll
es- proclamation of the governor will ca
or upon every man, woman and child
Ar- the state to observe Louisiana Orans
a Day in some form or other, while Il
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en- upon the citizens of New Orleans
di- decorate their offices and homes al
to join in the special celebration whi,
will take place.
cx-
Of A prominent visitor in New Orleal
OF was Nicolas Hernandez, president
Of a big brokerage and commission fir
md which maintains offices in San Jua
the Ponce and Mayaguez, Porto Rico. T
md value of Mr.. Herdandez' importatio
BOD from New Orleans reaches large su
eX- every year. His present visit to NJ
to Orleans and Louisiana is for the p'
pose of making contracts for the
livery of rice to his houses in Pol
Der Rico during the next twelve month
red
AN The Scottish Rite Masons OF Lou
ber lana have been invited to take p;
air. in the dedication of the new house
fed the Temple of the Supreme Council
TO the Southern jurisdiction, which v
the be dedicated in Washington, ID.
Monday, October IS. the day beft
the Supreme Council will begin
by biennial session.
uis- -
the II is expected that within sixty d;
uge three oil concerns will begin boring
iov- Winn parish. The Wild Cat Devel
mia, ing Company and the Southern
AVE and Gas Company, two recently
sanized concerns, will begin boring
the near future, as well as the II
nent pico Oil Co.
OF a
raw The enrolment in advatce of
king onening of the night courses OF the
lddi- lane College of Commerce, and B
at ress Administration of New Orle
indicates that the total attendance
likely to be considerably more {
trict double that of last year.
teen
larg- The Plaquemine Waves, under
ance editorship of James E. Bailey, will
tie. gin the publication OF daily pa
to be known as the Daily Waves.
the
A.. A thief who entered the home G
peed l.. Fairbanks at Vidalia secured
Nv. in cash and left the house will
disturbing any of the contents.