Putnam patriot., 1908-05-08
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 home and plotting var. of ore kepair lican against another on tfiylal ground. or none ai all. The power Of the Great Republic. recently made sisibly mani. fest te sbetn, is exercising wholesome restraining influence on tBs more tuf- bniently disposed eIassez. They feaf its interfenee if matters become sefioas. Our fleet cheefed The better cla-scd md a~ed the ignorant and lnw-defyina masses.
 A recent convention of representa-. fires Of labor bodies and others, held In New York io inquire into the number Of Unemployed in this country, and the reasons for their idleness, II WAS stated there were 1, ,7Dd. .p0 at 4 reasonable es= timate. A representative of the "in. dustriaI Workers of: the World said matters are going to be worse. IL K A ,erpiexing problem, and makes mem 's hearts fear. for the final outcome. There Is fear Of gfest violence tn the land be- cause of the desperation of those in want
 According to report just published by The Massachusetts Secretary of State ssA, ,f04 men were assessed a poll tax last year, but only 3s9, ,s1a voted at the -taie election. The Boston Advertiser some time ago, published statistics to show. except at Presidential elections, the majority of lhe men in Mas~aehu- Aeits who could register and vote never do so The neglect of such III impof- tant duty will hfine H. tetrihaIioaf alz ready seen ln the corruption tn almost every department ot National and stnte governments
 There are threatening wal tfaablesin Various parls Of the world. The kafds pf prIsia afe turbulent class N she ln- ,iuiqc In robbery as iastines and be cause ef their ineufslons Into kussian territory, they were followed To theif own villages hY Russian troops and summarily dealt with. The Persian government Is helpiessly distracted. India k giving Cheat Hfltain serious anxiety. Plots to murder lhe English residents of large scale have been dis covered. An instruction broke out in that part ef India where so many in. nurfeciions have occurred in past yeafs, bul the natives Werc defeated fhete are 8od. .oo1i ioo0 kept under British falc, aud learning, ns the Chinese, and may 5.I H.#fr CT when united tof one purpose. fhina |. geltine ready very faAi te ffee Itself from all foreign dolainalinn Russia is having T season of outward qniel, like the great volcanoes. bal an efur ton of fearful magnitude may oeeural AuA hour.
 That the evil. oi cocaine arc more widespread than ths public is aware, wAs entpltasiaed Ets ibe chairman of the Massachusetts Siate Hoard ol Health in n recent lecture He told of ageoup oi boys In Chelsea Nho held cocaine parties, he also told of a man who sold eatatfh eHfe containing cocaine, and goi buss to sell II on commission. In some harroens, he said, she drug was as freely sold as liquor.
 The Congregational Brotherhood ot America held it's first convention al De tfeit April ao, ] II Main, President af Iowa College. ai Gfinnell, Nas eiee teal rresideni, W k Moody Y ffest Directors include Victor lsorng ot Mas rachusetts, N ] Van rat on ot Nets mont, N \, Kirkpatrick, of Maine Rev. oNora Davis of Connecticut and N Il. Tau ot Ohio.
 Enc 1apaue>e cruiser Aatsashlma. while al anchor, at Makaog, exploded hee magazine and sunk With ali on h4ar,i. lsS were sa> ed eat ol a total of ala peFsolss.
 nf \. 1T. poiNs New York Health officer, after sisit le Has ana aud elh. ef Cuban ports, attending conference of sanitary representatives, said he vas pleased with the efficient Mofk eeing done on the island. and was surprised io ss,e how clean were the principal sea pogis and Inland cities. Cuba has tecn blessed lsNend expression in ils tan formation by the United States from l,eing being uneieanls and most dan perously disease-af,llcted countries to one of the most healthy. with clean cites and towns-bvsitles giving II na, uonai independence
 Reports have hs,en rife for some weeks that eN-Presldent GrnVer Cleveland was dangerously ill. These stories have besa denied. hls physicians say he is fsst setiles well, ass trouble he.ng in digestion and not cancer ol the slolnac as reported.
 New York cit, is divided into fiNe boroughs, presiding oser each is a rre- sident. Thrce of them are involved In scandals-one of whom has heen re- moved for fraudulent misuse ot his s,i, ihorsty; a seoond Is under sn lnNesti- ga,ion for the same crime, third fed to EafoI~ rather than faee an inYesti. gasion. Mayor Mcs 'lellan is Inc head of aeater New York. Like Hefod and rila,e, he and Murphy -lhe real talei of Greater New York, through Tam many-were recently madv friends ai ief biaekening each others eharaeiel for years. such k the nation aaelrs polls today.
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