Putnam patriot., 1908-11-27
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of revolution: India is so disturbed ns 10 make the British government feaI an uprising Of the natives; the Shah of Persia has withdrawn his promise to give his people parliamentary gov eTnment, and danger Of another out. break is imminent: the Young Turks government K waiting till II gets it's home affairs established to enable it to settle accounts with those who have despoiIed Turkish territory: Hayti and some Of the Republics of Central and South America, are ike some Of their volcanoes, always unexpectedly in tuf. moil.
 The labor organizations of the coun- try have generally endorsed Gompers' endeavor to affiliate the labor element with the Democrat party-but failed. Peter Van Vlissingen, one Of ehica- go's most prominent real estate dealers, was detected and confessed to having been engaged for twenty years In forg. ing mortgages. notes and trust deeds, HIIlfi HIS lfffiBAa haAAVaatA' " si ,b39.O0o He had discos sefed new and an ingenious way Of committing perfect forgeries.
 General simon, commander of the Haytien army Of the south, has been declared fl traitor for having headed serious revolution.
 John Il. Rockefeller WAS A witness for two days in the governments suit, in New York, te dissolve the Standard Oil Company. some remarkable stnte- inents were drawn out from hihi. One was that in lao7 the Standard paid di- Nidcnds amounting to si0 ,Ooo ,0Ub and NIT Rockefeller sai Il canned as much more, and this was added lo the sur plus. II was further said bY hlm that within eight years tue company nee earned nearly half Il billion dollars.
 Harvard beat Yale in the great loot ball game Inst saiufday--I to q. IL Is said that 81 ,oe0 tickets were sold, nnd ifthefe had been seats more could have sold. Some we're sold al the rate of four for si4D.
 The Chippewa Falls, Minn., fire de partment had hoIse employed over twenty years, which has been retired on pension to be cared for during the rest of its life That K II eommenda- bie humane act, and offsets some of the waves of inhunanity that are surging over the land.
 Queen aIIil,H former Queen of lia- wall, who plagued Cleveland while he wns presidenl, k back here from Hon. oiuln, now ffnl old woman, but on the same errnnd, to recover the lands belonging to her W hen Qeen. She has with her one maid, Prince "tupid and his daughter.
 There are now Iel Congregations churches in Hawaii. The "Congrega tionalistn remarks that just loi ftl grims landed from the May flower.
 Sunday observance once so sacredl, kept, where only twenty years ago II motor car or even hieylcle had beer seen going through the streets of an, town or city, would have outraged tn feelings Of the people, is now being tie xccrated In all the cities and all iarg towns by afternoon tennis parties nn' other amusements and social pleas ures. If Presbyterian Scotland weak ems on keeping Sunday, there is iittl hope for its preservation elsewhere.
 Kansas cities, from the largest L the smallest are discussing the adop ton of a commission form of govern ment-either the Dcs Moines or tn Galveston plan of commission rule The Governor os that State favors tn movement. Putnam should discus ,ha, question and primary voting | have the voters enlightened.
 The Secretary al the Navy Is recciv ing postrl cards which indicate the eN istence of either an endless chain some other unique scheme to provid funds for battleship To he named tn .Inited States Each card has cent stamp attached. Each card Is rs turned.to the sender, asthe gosernrnen cannot receive such gifts.
 Training youths for civic duties ha become popular al the West. We ss gently related how good. d.hearied chic oi police appointed The worst memoe of gang Of young hoedlam to he member of his foree authorized to hrin
 Il. .l.t. He was proud of his office and faithfu in performing hts duties. When tn young culpuits found he was elothe with authority, they also asked for P, lice badges, and soon there was Boys Police Squad, we'll trained, and tram formed into good citizens, who kef their class orderly as never known hs fore. There has just been mock ele' tion conducted by boys from r to wears, in Cleveland. q. sn which h,U voted for Tafl and 3, ,5tp Tor Bryan. F, erything was carried ont precisely { al lhe regular election and with gres enthusiasm. The result WAS sent Mr Tali.
 A great commoilon was raised New York and Pennsylvania, from a outbreak of foot and mouth disea' among carloads of cattle received ffo' some part of the West. Those Slat' have heeu qaarantined To heighte