Putnam patriot., 1909-05-07
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to ~Iu favor and the confidence oi his people and ali civilized govern naenIs whose moral support he x aaslf- ed of Tn their congratulations at his ae- ccssion b the throne and the principles be hns declared are to mark his reign. lie was pefseenied by the late sultan, his brother. for his liberal views, who imprisoned hIm for ihifty-thfee years The line of conduct he has marked oni Tor himself is the only one mol only for hts personal safety, bull to win an honorable career
 In Persia the rhah'z drspofism and The fefefm movement iz nppf 1aehing crisis, lo end, no doubt III eenstiin- tioaal a.d parliamentary geeefnnenl as the people have denanded, and, in- deed, did secure for time. untii the present zHah despolieallf crushed Il out after swearing toaphpid Il. Russia k helping ihe constitutional move ment hs sending in troops and feseu. ing them in their beieHRuefed cities from ihe i>hah' $ troops.
 After vain struggle toearts through the measures proposed bs Governor Hughes. by his friends in the New York Legislature, they iiud themselves siiseoniiled by body af Senators who know they misrepresent the peoples wishes. In the meantime ihe Cover nor k enlightening the people as to the merits af fhe measures sa unfairly de- feated, hy delivering addresses through. oui the State, an he did in the case of The race. track gambling bill which the Senators refused to enact until the pco- pie compelled them io pass ii--nany of the Senators who had opposed ils being enacted, were refused a fe-elec- ton. The next Legislature will do bet ter than the lasi when the bills again come to vote.
 Norwich, the Rose City. K to ceie- brate The 250th anniversary of the foundation of Inc town, which will take place July D and {, instead of Sep. tembef and s as had been previously determined This was brought about by the inability of President Taft to be present in september, but offering to come July b. The decision 10 change the date will bc repaid ny an Increased attendance and oi interest.
 The American Sugar Refining Com. pans, of New Jersey, and the Ne" York corporation of the same name, paid inio the treasury of the United states xssa .u00 last Thursday, eomplet- nix . payment aegregaiing over s2, ,lji,. oo0 In settlement of civil claims arising 0nt ot the fraudulent weighing oi sugar on the docks of rellneries in Brooklyn and Jersey ei,y. 1T Uncle sam got all the money out of which he has been swindied ey respectable parties, he might be able la pay off the National debt.
 Austria k 10 build Dresdnonahts at a cost of siuo.11. .0S--all to help keep inc rsaev. as our country k doing, as England k doing, Germany, France, Russia. Japan and others are do'ng, al a cost of a billion doliars--all for peace eake--a huge lie.
 Daring the last week in April ss'- r.es of iafnadocs, the like ef which has not been known before fot years, swept through the South, accompanied by heavy rains and floods, destroying a great numtsf os lives and property sa. lued al many millions.
 Dr Manuel Amador. tlrsi President of the Republic ot Panama, and good friend ef the united States, died last sunday. aged a years.
 The world over the man of greatest interest Is Theodore Roosevelt. In the dense wilds of Africa the natives have teen anticipating hts coming, and talk ing of his great prowess as hunter, who was going to kiil oif the lions and other fierce wild beasts of which they stand in dread ierror. When he killed four lions, each one at single shot. their fears vanished and now they are happy in the assurance that he k To tss theig delisewr.
 The government ai rekiag k now planning for careful and trustworthy census of the Chinese people, 10 he com pieied not later than lsi2.
 tiptano Castro, the deposed fresi- dent ef Venezuela, leit Paris on Mon day for san.andef, spain. ~hefe his wife k 10 losn him. lie now threatens 10 sue France for damages for ordering him 10 leave the isie of France, W. l.
 The coal hsfans and miners have en- tered into an agreement that settles all their differences, audi binds them for three years. The terms arc about the same as those brought about bs Pres idenl Roosevelt three years ago. Every hody feels graliiied. March importations ot manufacture CTS materials indicate marked in- crease in activity in the manalaciul- ting industry in The United r,isies- So u may be said of every other line of in dustgy-