Putnam patriot., 1908-10-09
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more letters received at the post office from London alone for the steamer to sail last Saturday. The reduction per letter from cents to cents, between The two countries, while proving A great blessing 10 the poorer class of peo- pie, will no doubt yield A larger rese- nue for each government.
 Wilbur Wright, the Ame efieanaefo- pianist, who holds the worlds record for an aeroplane flight, established an other worlds record last sunday al i.e Mans, France, for time and distance, with passengers. He remained in the air b6 minutes and s7 seconds, circling The aeld zr times, covering distance Of as miles.
 One ship nearly as big as the two largest vessels afioat. Is something mar. eeleus, even in these days of advanced ship construction. Yet the keel fiocks for vessel of this enormous size have been laid down at the yards at Belfast Ireland, for the White Star Line--and it is the intention of the company to build two such ships.
 The American battleship fleet met it's first great danger Al Manila, last Sunday, when IL encountered 4 ty phoon hurricane and outfode II safely. The storm broke over the bay sudden ly at noon, and quickly increased III in tensity and the torrentiaI rains shut in The ships. Al x o'clock Sunday night the storm had reached It's height and II then gradually tapefed down until midnight II was comparatively calm. All the ships had steam ap ready for any emergency.
 The United States, which leads the world in the production Of cold.pre- served foedstuiis, together with the Republics of south America, will take au important part in the first inlefna- tional Congress on refrigeration, which opened in Paris Monday, Oct. b. Thif- iy governments will be represented.
 Bishop NJ. +. Harris has written n letter about Jnpnn, In which he says: al am able to bear testimony, from ac- tual knowledge, that the spirit of the nation k for peace now and in all fu- tute years. After the war with China, there was n waflike anti.foreign spirit, but since the Russian war this has been absent. The best men of the nation have been gtiesed that Ame rica has questioned her peaceful intentions, or imagine that Japan would trencherous- iy seize the Philippine or Hawaiian pos sessions.
 On Whitsunday week strange pro cession of pilgrims Is seen In Iuxem- burg in honor of St. Willibrod, Abbot, who died about the end of the sth cen iury, Pilgrims to his shrinc believe they may be cured of nervous diseases and thousands of them dance through the streets to the sacred place. They take three steps forward and too back ward, thus making five steps in order to advance one. This pious act, they believe, will insure happiness in the future life.
 Thirteen negro churches and schools were burned in n section of Georgia by . band of unknown night riders re- gently. The recent criminal assault on white woman by low negro k said Co h, the cause of this harbarous act of retaliation.
 The cost of tuberculosis to the people of the State of New York k variously estimated st from $ib,M0, ,00O to f7S,- 00,uD year. The prevention of tu- berculosis, as an economic and educa- tional problem, Is an entirely feasible and workable program. In fact IL k much less difficult and much less ex- pensiee than many other movements which have been successfull carried out. Such was the declaration of an eminent speaker al the recent Tubercu- sis Congress.
 The New Haven 'Anti-Tuberculosis Association Is continuing To obtain sur prisingly good results at it's Gaylord Farm Sanatorium. During the i've years since the establishment of the sanatorium it has bcen shown that even the most sanguine of those origt- naily interested in the humanitarian work in It's beginning did not realize fully Us possibilities. 'EseIy bed has been occupied and many applicants have been turned away.
 Marked evidences of activity in the great manufacturing industries of the country are found in the latest reports of imports of manufacturers materials as reported by collectors of customs to the lBuean of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor. The quanti- ties in August, issis, of the principal ar ticles imported for manufacturing are, in most cases, larger than m August lao1--a date al which the manufacture ing industries ef the country were mak- ine their highest record of activity.
 Al sale of coins in New York. last week, among the sa, ,soo worth sold was an ie.zs New Orleans half dollar W hich brought s57n. IL Is described as per feel proof, and Is said to he the second raresi half dollar, ranking next ,o Inc noted one of isas.
 Wilbur Wright, on Tuesday, made a new record flight, remaining in the ait with one passenger, hour | min. a ssa.anas inns fulfilling The conditions