Putnam patriot., 1908-05-29
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 conriderine the question of union with The greater body, the Methodist Epis- eopal church, by invitation from it' national conference now in session al Baltimore; also with the nited Bfeth- ren and Inc congregafioHaii-fs-
 Al the Methodist Episcopal Confer enee, held at Baltimore petition l7a feet long. in twelve different languages, containing o,4l6 names was received from the Epworth feague Chapters of India. in protest againsi changing the discipline in regard 10 amasement%- II was signed by nearly every Christian member in India, because there thea tres are considered inmefal, and ie" persons dance except English afiny of. iicefs and other Europeans.
 King Edward, the Prince ei N aits md other members of the royal family Premier Asquith and Home Secretary Gladstone, welcomed NJ. falitetes. the President of France, when he arrived at London iast Hopaayi to return the visits which King Edward and other membsrs Of the British royal family have paid 10 the head of the French Republic In Paris. For eeHtufies, mt within q few years, France and Eng land have been antagonists and most Of the lime in deadly strife, No" no two nations oi Europe are united on sounder principles of friendship than those two greatest pations oi the old World.
 The French worked on the Panama Canal and accomplished great dtHl The Americans received the cnhai f9af years ago. and began exeaz aiins lhfee years ngn, and ln that time removed total of 88 ,t4is cubic Yafds-l5 pef cent of what look ilie French 2 seafs fe eNeaeaie tn the last fonl months over ohe-third U the whole amount oi dla was fem0s ed. tt iz DO loneet the question IN hen Will the canal exeaenz ton be eolnpleledeH iiai, IVY hen Will The Guitum Bam be tinished92
 Al Inc recent Mohonk Peace onfet= .nee, Baron Iakahlra, the Japanese Amliassatiof, was present and made few enlightentng remarks, He said That careful study of international disputes had shown hifn that they afise from the internal condition et Inc eonn. iIies almost as much as, | Indeed mol more than, from the eoutile, of eStet nal interests. h other words natioui should seek to avoid qoaftels hy In proving their own domestic conditions of life and government
 Col Osborn of the New Haven Jour nal.G Courier, whs charmed with ffesi dent Roosevelt as he presided over lh' Governor conference. Ills gentleness humor, courtesy and consideration e all, won the universal liking el the ea thering. eot, Osborn sass lhai she Wa from lifst to last in the best possihl' humor,
 Lawyer Brown of Norwich who II Mi. iilIes's counsel before the inNesu gating committee, saNs, in regard U the iatter's report; "il appears io t' the product of passion iustcad ei cain judgment The nemhers of the com mitlee afe smarling under the criticism which they have received at the hand of Inc public and the newspapers, and 1t would seem. hold liliey responsible for IL They have ovefdene the nat tcf.n
 The Chinese are to build temple II New fnss city, in which mol only In doctrines uf onfueiHs k to he pfeaciie' aad also lo he ased ior spreading ahrea' his principles.
 \ oMen's church has been starte' In NeM Jersey that has reached the Il mt ol sensalionahsm The pfeache smoked cigar in hts pulpit on sun daN. and many memhcfs ot his eongfe eallun followed sUit
 realN, who spent sNe 'sn oi his o"i money in seeking to reach the Noftl poie, and good deal ot other people \ wants to staft again tn July, but nus have Saa ,aoo to slo so He has Just te eelxed sto,a1 of this sum. In replN i' his telegram to inc President annoane ing this gitt. he received this reply
 "I heartily congratulate Noa on th, magnificent gin ol Mr Crane. Il vii isc real misfortune, from nsiiona standpoint, If thete should hc any fail ure Ia equip sonr expedition.
 Accounts from Memha>a, East Af;i ca, stale iha, lo.ss deaths have result ed from the severe famine pre-, ailing h province ui Uganda. The govern nent X feeding ao0sa of the natives atops failure k the cause. and suffer ing will continue for few months |, come.
 The ceremony of the heatifieatton . Mother Maedalene RaFat. the lunude of the Order oi the Sacred Heart, Wa held al Sl. Peters, m Rome, iast Sun day. some ,, 2,ca French pilgrims, N German. Americans from Mil~ aukle and nearly loo from Brooklyn, \, \. led by their respective Archoishops went to Rome Ia attend the ceremony
 A tornado swept Texas from the Pan handle Ia the Gull, last sunday, dotni fearful destruction to crops of all kind and inJnring many houses. II was lh second and worst this wear. Rain iel 10 she depth of : inches in some places