The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-10-02

Nine hours after the New YORK |
subway disaster several Broadway
movie theaters were showing the !
films to packed houses.
Elder ]. H. Zook, who preached at |
the final camp meeting of the Holi- |
ness denomination at Bellevue, Neb., |
cursed the town for what he termed |
its Indifference and wickedness and |
prayed that the wages of sin be Wis
tied upon it.
Three children, aged 1, 4 and Z, of
Joseph Szencsoik, were suffocated at
Dayton, o., when fire damaged their
home while their mother was absent
on an errand.
The Dutch steamer Koningen, OF
5000 tons, which struck mine as she
was on her way to Amsterdam from
Batavia, Java, capsiZed and sank in
the Thames.
A 2-cent letter rate and extension
of the parcel post system to all coun-
tries on the American continent were
discussed at a meeting of the United
States International High commission
on uniformity of laws.
President Robert G. Allen Of the
Little Rock club of the Southern as
sociation turned over to the Arkansas
penitentiary 100 baseballs for the use
Of prisoners.
Student walters will be employed to
serve the meals in Princeton Univer-
sity Commons.
The body of Miss Jennie Davis. %
years old, was found in Shaker lake,
Cleveland, o.. by Robert 7. Hattwick.
An outbreak of typhoid fever in
| Menard county, ILL.,, caused call for
assistance to be sent to the state
board of health. There are 80 cases
at Petersburg, 16 at Athens and nine
at Greenview.
Examination of the contents Of the
stomach and portions of the liver and
kidneys of Mrs. Polly Davis of Breath
lit county, KY, whom Mrs. Mamie
Hamlin of Fayetteville, Ark, was ac-
cused Of poisoning, shows no evidence
of poisoning.
Jacksonville, ILL.,, will continue to
live under the commission form OF
government. At special election the
commission form Of government was
voted to be retained. The vote was
2,773 to LAP.
Esther Morton, a wealthy and promi.
nent business man of Providence, Ky-
shot and killed Harvey Mcdowell
whom he had found with his wife, and
shot and mortally wounded Mrs. Nor
ton.
Isabella Wade of Chicago, who was
arrested in Milan, Italy, in June
charged with being an accomplice Of
a Bavarian officer, Martin Schehmam
mer, previously accused of espionage
has been released.
Michael McGraw, 30. and Johl
Grant, As years old. were drowned
near Tulsa, Ok, when a broken cul
vert let the horses and wagons int
. nine feet Of the Arkansas river.
Damages to the amount Of $3.50, ,00'
were asked by the Prince Line, Lin
tied, of Newcastle, England, from E
|, d. Steger, in q suit which alleges fail
: ure to deliver horses in Galveston TO
shipment to France.
The first Australian to win the Vic
toria cross in the present war i
Lance Corporal Jacka Of Bendigo, II
this state (Victoria). In the trencl
fighting he single-handed shot fiv
Turks dead and bayoneted two Others
Clyde Davis, circuit court clerk O
Ray county, Mo-, was killed when
Il motor car in which he was ridin
l. overturned.
l. Judge Christian Of the district GRIN
inal court sent J. Evans Smith, Ne,
Orleans Qa.) Item reporter, to ja
e for "A hours for refusing to tell hi
a. source of information for a story COZ
corning cabarets and resorts.
a. Secretary Lansing has signed
t. trade agreement between the Unite
T. States and Russia.
Harry Thaw has arrived in Por
~ land, Ore, from San Francisco an
ie met his mother,
~ Two men were instantly killed ,
the new high level bridge being CO
structed over the Cuyhoga river /,
,g, Superior avenue, Cleveland, o.
IS,
no The body Of Miss Gladys Doyle
Lake Charles, La. II years old, b
lieyed to have been poisoned, has bee
ina ordered exhumed.
,es.
Fifteen bishops and archbisho,
participated in the conservation
rid l'ev. A. ]. Schuler as bishop of
yer Paso.
frs.
in Inc German admiralty is now q
ma tam that the Allan line steamer He
les. perian was not destroyed by a Germ,
submarine All tba ,naor,.. -