Putnam patriot., 1908-04-24
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VI affbAtftf 8fft AHlN#HtN AAf NAtN ssssfffN field and another battle is OH. The wllcs friires Of tbe desert are no mat sh against trained European troops, but fighting K their business. and II costs them nothing and they pile up no debt s@ do their enemies The French pay millions monthly to carry OH ihe war, Persia is in a state of anarchy, invested by bands Of robbers, some of these fat. ter invaded Russian territory to com init depfedatlons, but were driven Lack by Russian troops, who followed ;eem into their towns and villages, which were rutblessly destroyed with Their inhabitants. Italy has sent Il fleet to Turkish waters to compel the Ottoman Porte to fulfill treaty obligations which he has arbitrarily refused to do. Con gress has placed full power in President Roosevelts hands To compel Castro, the President Dictate; of Venezuela, to render justice io American citizens who have been systematically robbed by him under legal forms which he dicta- AEJs gliH issritti iidA VIII k1l Wffl cure his folly or destroy bis authority. At monster mas. meeting of the Laymenis Missionary Movement, in New York city, Monday night, rsecfe- tary Taft was one of the speakers, and reused his 5,010 auditors to high de- dree of enthusiasm in his laudation Of what the missionary had accomplished for the advancement of civilization in Jhe far East, both Catholic and Protes- isnt, and hoped that they might be able lo continue the good work.
 \ member 8f Inc American society of Psychical Research gives 1he result uali-tie phenomena witnessed nf Lily bale. N ' n iso7 He attended zraf. ees of spirit itiot0gfaFhets Of trumpet metiiumzs of slate wfitets. and 1thefzi incipdias performances ef flat espe= cialiY clever siate writer nediam. Pief9 setIefi aad he faand abeiquses idences bi fraud in all cas4-
 SeNetai Methodist Conferences thls year hase eesctaaea tae baa asainzl iheaifc going. eafd playing and due ing. oae minister, in opposing the fte moeal af the ban, sad that dancing is hHsging sel tamasie
 X special committee reports to the British Parliament that timber fam. ine K coming with seven icaeae heots pn account af the deplelinn of the faIesls In the United -taiesi
 one ef the tasks Japan has under taken K the e-iorcslefing of korea The watersheds had been largely tic. naded ef theif trees hefoFe lhe Japanese took hali, and the unhappy z ountfy of the Morning Calm i- paving the penalty In the suhmefRcuee et wide afeasof fnfm land hY devastating floods.
 The se0 e10 Idle miners Tn Inc central competitive district, including West. ..ern reunsXh anita. 9hio, and Indiana, went to work en Monday, satisfaeta- ry agreement having teen reached
 Tn addressing the nien eN.rflsonets oi War Association et Connecticut,  Rev. l.. k. Holloway of the South Rap list Church, Hartford, attacked lhs plan for a memorial at AndetsonNille to Henry Nifz, the Confederate officer In charge of the prison. He said
 "on woman of the Southland, build your monument to Jackson, because he had pure heart; to Lee because when he laid down his arms he said We have but one eountty now, to Alexan sier Stevens for a scli-sacIificing life but God forbid that Il monument al shame be built to the butcher Witz and if il he built, ma, the lightning al heaven strike it into atheasand pieces.
 secretary Root, of the State Depart mpnt, has formally created a division ot Far Eastern affairs. Huntington Wilson, third assistant, secretary o s4late, has been designated General ~u pefintendenl of the Division William Phillips, has been made its Chiei. ano Peleisal ileitsleman, Assistant Chief
 The eminent philelosist, Prof Skeai k counted among the new converts [, Esperanto. He took his first lesson al Hs Hifs thN titaN tNthtitA AaN altt lt appear before an Esperanto society ana translate into English a story written in the new language. \ universal Ian, guage as easily acquired as tha, ought by law to be the only language toleta ted
 The upper tributaries et The Calots,i, River are higher than fer thirty wears caused by melting snows, and an over. flow of thai treaehefon> stream, for aes miles of ils eanrse. seems inevitable The valley from Austin to the gulf is In high state ot eultis alton and the overflow will cost many millions oi dollars. Sweeping the trees from the watershed al the north ruins the rich lands in the southern valleys
 Emil l.. Boas, of the Hamburg Ame- rican line, has just taken look at the construction work et the Panama Ca nal. He eontes~es that he was in no WAY prepared for the impression he r,,- eeiSed. Ill was simply so>erpowering, P he says, and adds. "rhe conclusion k inevitable. that whatever the digiieul. lies, they will he evereonle and this staIeadous work brought la eomple- iion."
 The new ike masted sailing ship Pfeassen, from Hamburg, said lo be Inc largest and fastest vessel of her kind .s4 t..4.s