The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-05-01

guests OF honor at the opening of the
virginia league baseball season.
capt. George Woods logan, com.
mander Of the battleship Nebraska, is
dead at the naval hospital at Ports
mouth.
The anti-locker club bill passed by
the last general assembly has been
signed by Gov. Rye of Tennessee with
a gold pen presented by the w. C. T.
U. Of the state.
United States Deputy Marshal
Evans warned common laborers
against rushing to Seward, Alaska, in
hopes Of obtaining work on account Of
the proposed government railroad.
Mrs. Paul Wagner of Goforth, Tex,
became mother of four children, three
girls and boy. One of the babies
died, but the other three have fair
prospects Of living.
The lower house of the Alaska leg
islature passed the bill abolishing cap
ital punishment in Alaska.
Twenty arrests have been made in
connection with the explosion which
wrecked the home of Samuel Leonoff,
at Erie, Pa, and probably fatally in
jured his wife.
A civilization greater than now in
the temperate zones will be built in
the tropics as the result of driving out
the plaques peculiar to that zone, Sur
geon-General. Gorgas of the United
States army predicted before the Ala
bama Medical association at Birming-
ham, Ala.
Hoopeston, ILL.,, has an election sem
sation. Eighteen automobiles were
put out of business recently by some
one entering the garages and putting
emery dust in the engines.
It Is semiofficially stated that dur.
ing the last few days 200 Bulgarians,
irregulars, have invaded Servian terri
tory. Serbian troops engaged and
killed all of them.
Vincent Astor, 'the worlds richest
young man." has purchased a 100
horse power flying boat and will spend
the summer flying up and down the
Hudson.
The state public utilities commits
sion authorized the issuance of $780,
600 New York Central convertible
bonds. This means a $4,000 fee for
the state.
Gov. Hammond Of Minnesota signed
the teachers pension bill. Under its
provisions teachers may retire after
20 years service on an annual pension
of $3.50.
1T is part Of the duty of all en-
ployes of public transportation COM
panies to be courteous to passengers"
said Judge Malone in general sessions
court of New York. As q warning
the Judge imposed year each in
prison on Michael Gavin, subway
guard, and Joseph Friedman, Third
avenue surface car conductor, who
settled Quarrels with passengers by
hitting them.
Advices from Mulheim-Am- -Buhr say |
that French aviator dropped bombs
on the villages of Kandey and Loe-
rach. At the former place one bomb |
fell on the schoolhouse, killing one
child.
The Jones bill, providing for the ap-
pointment of police women in New
Pork City passed the senate.
The German converted cruiser
Kronprins Wilhelm dry docked at
w. H. Peck paid $S for q copper
cent Of 1893, with plain date and in
good condition, at auction in the Mer-
win galleries, 16 East Forieth street,
New York.
Fifteen convicted Terre Haute con-
spirators, including Mayor Dom M.
Roberts, Circuit Judge Eli Redman
and Chief Of Police Ed Holler, arrived
at the federal penitentiary in . special
car from Indianapolis.
San Francisco experts reported that
the rough stone found recently by
Louis Moulton In the Chicago Park
section Is pure diamond.
In the presence of his staff and
many civil and military officials, Gov.
Dunno laid the cornerstone of the new
$4,000 armory of the Second regi-
ment, Illinois national guard, at Chi.
cago.
F. w. C. Strong, secretary of the
Illinois Grain Dealers association.
died at his home at Urbana.
Fifteen wet cities and towns in
south Dakota went dry. Salem was
the single instance reported q a