Putnam patriot., 1909-02-05
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 The cixiiizsd world has been shocked for seafs at the atrocities committed os Inc posr. helplezs natives of tss Congo Kree @lals claimed by the king of Bel gi0n as his personal territory sad all done fol snrlid gain. Great Britain and some other great powers lprpsested against lhe iuhaman treatment oi the Congo natives. The Belgian govern sneui pfof,Ssesl q desire to remedy the evils. and carried an negotiations with she king for iwe af three years before the colony was transferred io its juris- 6iellan. Nov that | L. accomplished Il is seen that the government 2 motives were simply 10 remove the odium that the scandal brought on the king and nation without doing justice b the na- fives. for under itxi jurisdiction the cruel treatment, with slight modifsa- lion. is still continued.
 air Edward Carson, who was Hollei- tor-tsenefai for Ireland in ilHF2, says s'i declare that al the present moment the condition Of Ireland Is the gfasest scandal under any government, and is m foui stain on The British nation"
 The threatened var between Bulgs- ria and Turkey has been aserted by a plan proposed hy Russia tn settle their differences, which has been aeceptedby toth leIIiregsuts
 s-ult has bscn brought against Castro. yenexnrla's late President, now fled la Europe. on the chnfge of planning the attempt to aNsazsinale President Go. meg. Adequate pfeoi has been furnish ed for bringing the aelian. No siouht Il will bring so llEhl ssstfa's <Aaacfui adnAinistfalipn
 The most important couiaet ever placed lef eleelaeai arpafatas faf lhe conversion of the motive pasef oi q railway lfam slealas iB electricity. has been signed hY Jafanese engineer fof hls government, and large company la New York engaged in engineering construction 'fhe amount involved k ai.onl sa Ha,tsa Tho Japanese agent says thal his eeaHtfs has decided upon general elecliiiiaallon af its railways.
 The total value If tho mineral pfos ductlon If Alaska fof liais i1 estimated al sia .fsNl. .ssu-- si ,ssal ea less than The preceding seaf
 The recent imperial Chinese decree. re. affirming the intention of the gov efnmemi to establish constitutional system in the empire, and command Ing unwaseting persistence in the pre- pafaiians for that achievement. is s noteworthy manifestation af good lsiih and constant resolution.
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 Al Balboa, Gal. Jan. |. mountain lion, entered the tent al a family ain. tsslng lhete and etaaehe,i the life out of Aiwo year old hsas, The mother enter- ing The lent WAS mortified al the sight and, resss,ilc>s Q! all danger. rushed a, the t~ast to eScue her darling The lion grow led s, he screams but backed slowly away and eilsanpeare Il,
 The rennsyis ania Legislature offers . reward ef saa. .tss, ie the person who rrst suees~,is in discovering cure for tuberculosis.
 Under it's new rules the Emmanuel movement ~ill hesf the same relation se medicine s> s bath, the seaside ot the saauntains. Physicians will send patients to Il for spiritual fresh air, IL Is settled that ailments are cured D, the new movement.
 The American warship tiest delight ed the Etvnea on it's visit to that coan- tss. A leading Paris joafnai pays a ttahale k President Roosevelt ss ihe one ~ho built up the American feet. which, II says, \ M indispensable to she nissxi States ia its ne~ position in the freat rank et the world-powers II add. that Franco American friend ship sssuds As powerful fsesef fos he fxsrs os the world.
 Miss lielen kelief, the blind, deaf snd dumb gifi, k golng an farm sn 8 quiet sewa in Nj asne. ~ath friends. and busy herself sth literary work h BAs>loa she k ses, saeeh interrupted.
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 Oas ef The sGsasSlses thag welcomed Tan when he ~Snt to Atlanta vas that 0s sseSesaaE hake >saIih ssMe have net furnished RsssEsissss ffana South es stas Nhaa RtNwf iss rerent sxar>. Ae Ssid Nss neither las >e~ Eagsssss4, gg shs ~s&ge> West og The MsSsi~~app. Nc ase >orFx tos New kas land. Tlaess >sase, ~ats never have aaeshef rnesasens antll thes ees~s ~.,A. Gais te sick se eae pasliacsi party I ns4 kHas~ ~Asa is slse asStter wilA sne Ness ! saffss~s thes sfe Easi aA gagalsS assa Tar se ~ trom sag state cE thsa. waaen is NiFgtasAs eals rlNal ss the Mnsl..f U l,resl.sessss.