The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-12
NEWS Of THE WEEK
FROM OVER Would
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
weeks News Condensations Re-
viewed Without Comment-All
Nations Find Somewhat to
Edify and Instruct.

Official figures tabulated show that
since the beginning of the war 100000
Italians have volunteered for service
in the army.
The total number of prisoners
taken by Russian armies and interned
in Russia up to April l was 1874 Of
ficers and 6O5,37S men.
V. b. Gray and John Gill were
drowned and c. V. Root and Clarence
Mullock barely escaped death in the
Platte river, at PANEL, Mo-, when a
motor boat. on trial trip. capsized.
Gov. Hunt of Arizona has included
the question of capital punishment in
the call for special session of the
legislature which has convened. He
proposes to substitute life imprison-
ment for hanging.
Nine of the 10 deputies accused of
murder in the first degree, for having
fired into a crowd of chemical plant
strikers in Roosevelt, N. j., last Janu-
airy, killing two and wounding score
of strikers, were convicted Of man.
slaughter.
AL Jennings, former train robber
OF Oklahoma, and well known in state
politics. was baptized in Glendale,
CAL, after being converted by Rev.
John H. Troy. :; :.
Edward Long, while bidding good
bye to his brother Clarence, who was
leaving Terre Haute, Ind, was killed
by Big Four train.
A message to President Wilson in
recognition of his devotion to the
noblest sentiments of humanity. was
adopted by the Union of Orthodox
Jewish Congregations of America at
its convention in New York.
A Bucharest dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph company at Lon.
don, Eng, says important negotia-
tons are in progress between Roi-
mania and Bulgaria. -.
George A. Bigaman, Republican can.
didate for city clerk of Vandaiia, Ill,
at the recent city election, has filed
suit in the county court contesting the
of Fred Chandler, the Demo
cratic candidate.
resolution asking President Will
son to call at once a conference of !
neutral nations was adopted at a
meeting of the New England Peace |
William Lowe was killed and Dep. |
ntl Sheriffs Joseph King and James
Pennington were shot while attempt |
ing to raid blind tiger on the Ken.
.ucky-Tennessee line.
Word came from Dubois, Idaho, that |
Dr.. j. H. Jones and wife were found
lead with a bullet wound in the tenn
pie of each.
One of the worst outbreaks of pei
agra in the history of Arkansas is at /
| lumber camp IL miles souxheast of |
'lainview, Montgomery county. OF /
20 white children in the camp, % are
Effected.
Four more Minnesota counties have
zone dry as a result of the election.
The counties are Douglas, Fillmore,
Rock and Mobiles.
Chief Of Police Healy of Chicago
las ordered the arrest of all persons
conducting baseball pools. His action
ollowed the conviction of William
aapp, who was given the maximum
Inc for running pool.
A man who called himself Sugs
)tis of San Francisco was detained
or observation following an attempt
o see the president. Otis said he
vas related to Harrison Gray Otis of
los Angeles.
A cigar stub is thought to have set
ire to the Pana. ILL.,, opera house,
which burned. The loss was $4,000.
The annual commencement exercises
4 the Pana high school were held
here.
Emperor William has pardoned five
uns OF the convent at Roye, who
ere convicted of having concealed a
rounded French soldier in the con-
ent last December.
Rev. Arthur Mcclure, d. D., head of
he manual training department OF
he Christian college of Bangkok,
lam. was struck by an automobile as
e was alighting from a street car at
AN Francisco. CAL. and injured IA
ally. He bled to death before he
ouid be taken to hospital.
Six foreign miners were buried un-
er a fall of slate and earth in mine
10. of the Jamish Coal company, at
airmont, w. Va. Two were taken
ut dead. Doctors said that two 9TH
rs miRht die.
The British steamer Ansonian was
ably damaged by fire while lying in
ne London docks.
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