Putnam patriot., 1909-04-02
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~ mr. 49,
though the business depression In isN1'
seemed 10 have started IA this county
it was really a world. aide shock and
h il tile fest q the great industrial ma.
lions thai are tagging In returning to
prosperity. THESE checks 10 business
advancement are inezpiicable s9ine-
lmes-~nnd The last is such a one.
Andrew carnegie places the blame
for the present. appropriations eta lie
afatuousg hlunder Of The British IN
building the first DreadBoughi. John
BuIl cannot continue denineefinF tue
world by lis sape riof navy, as III the
past The more big ships 1t builds tie
more IL eompels other nations 10 build,
To keep even with 1t. II compelled our
country to spend t2e,eoo.ooo on big
ships To lie able Ito keep the pence
The Threatened coal miners strike
ended in n satisfactory settlement. lily
the announcement Of ~ per cent re-
duetlon in wages, from the top TO bot
tom, on the part Of iron companies,
owing 10 tie fail In prices OF iron anu
steel products. 10 ,Osn worbmen Ia Tenn
sylyania have refused 10 accept The re-
duetion.
Ina speech Of Governor Nagoon
OF Cuba, read at n meeting OF THE Aiiie.
yiean Academy Of Political and social
Science pt Philadelphia, last saturday
nc said the Two questions most tfs'
freauently heard about tuba we're
Viii the present government OF The
Island continue 60 be stable, aud should
The United states annex suua95 In
answer he sasfl that he Ind so hesltns
ton In deelalIng TINT the tunans arc
eapabe II self government - nm
plad To sas, 1t added, alhat the tdea
of anneAinR t.uba j. entertained BY lew
Americans. II ts, and vii continue
10 te an iflaeaeebt dream
General YIN. Booth. commandments
chief of the Salvation Amy, Is II II.
Petersburg, negotiating with the eos=
eminent for permission To establish
branch Of the army in Russia lie il
strongly opposed by The Holy synod.
Lieut. .t.enefnl shaekIeton, of the
British navy, after an nfduons siedee
Journey Of .sos miles, which occupied
IN days. reached within Ill miles
of the South Pole, or bod miles neatet
than The distance attained 10y the for
mer expedition OF which lac was an
under officer. lie made some impof-
liant discoveries which may aid In be-
ing able to pilot the WAY TO the Pole.
In a piihy veto message Governor
Fort, of New Jersey, snyss "Ihe inv Is
profession and not "A business, and
any act of legislation ar rule OF ptae.
tioe which attempts 10 eommereiailte
IL. degradcs II in public estimation,
and should not be adopted.
Year before last Governor Hughes
talked 10 the New York citizens and
voters about his projected public ntili'
ties eommission-~now operating Last
year he talked 10 them about the bills
10 suppress faee.traek gambiing-now
In the statute book. This year he com.
meneing talking at buffalo about the
nominating primary 10 one al the
largest and most enthusiastic meetings
ever held In that city. Ky the time he
reaches the other end Of the State there
will he left few 10 oppose tina, measure,
notwi,hstand the Republican leaders
called u "Roiten"
The perple king mystery MS 10 no"
The chimes Of Christ Church, fhils,iei.
phia, were removed from the building
during the Revolutionary War, while
The edifiee WAS closely guarded by Bti-
tish soldiers, has been solved by the
discovery of subteftanean passage
leading from the church Ia Market ST.,
sa feel long.
An effort 10 organize the teachers In
the United States aud Canada, mum.
herring nearly Bao.a. viii te made nm.
der the ausniccs OF The North American
Teachers League Tbe object Is TO ex.
tend the scope of the League, obtain
higher salaries. pensions for teachers
and National anu State aid to educs-
ton.
A holy war Is again threatened in
Mefoeco. II II but short time sinner
The present Sultan sappianted his pre-
siesv>soF by holy war, and So II keeps
going n-bloodshed, carnage and crime
OF every description, all In the name Of
..holy war but really TO crafty
the say age passions OF those lshmael-
lies.
Crazy Snake. with aa Creek Indian
followers, With soaae, haIf-erecd and ne
groes, all ie>peracioes- a> the whites
claim, In Oklahoma. Fesolted, and hs-
gan Killing the whites. Trcops are af-
lef them determined 10 eNteFminaie
the band.
After carefully preparing a long obii-
uars notice and handing IL into the
Herald office for publication, Aquilia
Chase, cousin Of salmon Z. Chase the
great statesman. went out into Broad
way at Herald square. last Friday and
deliberately shot himself through the
head. lie MAS desponsieni and of
morbid nature.
sensation MAS created In Cork, Ire
land, al the announcement OF William