Putnam patriot., 1909-09-17
Latest New, Condensed.

chief topic the health ef llaffiinant lhe | railfoad maRnate, as his death would l cause fearful depreciation in railroad | stocks. Well, he aied Inst week under 1 middle age, the owner of slo0 ,eDi QUO. Much &as snid about him but noth. ing to his discredit. The stocks that were io have gone down, went up; the excitement that his death was to have caused did not develop. The eontfo- versy over Cook and feary's discovery of the North Pole obscared everything else, and promises to be the main topic for seme time to come unless some oil CT exciting event occurs to give timely relief to the world from the scandalons charges made against each other by the discoyefers-peafy's being in Ian guaae Inexcusable.
 The new disease. apellagra, mani fested III the skin, and very deadly, is reported spreading IB North Carolina and in several Stntea at The West. It was supposed, for time, that Il was caused by impure Indian meal, but that has been discarded. The Depart ment Of Agriculture Is making An ex- haustise inquiry into the cause of the strange disease.
 Two more villages nre reported to have destroyed by the recent great floods in Mexico. One of them k en- tireiy submerged, not . house being visible. The inhakitan,. escaped safe ly to the hills.
 Census stntistiscisns ar1predicting thst the enumeration next year will show population Tor the continental United States of from 90,ooa ,ooe to 9o.e0o,Do0
 Some thirty young men, for the mosl part from Lamoiile county, have le!' Vermont within week for Alberta, Canada, IL is n startling fact that oo0,. O00 farmers have migrated from the United States to this Canadian farm Ing district, in the far northwest, with in the past three years. It may end in two or three. independent States in time.
 Glenn II. Gurtiss. the American avi- ator who won the International Cup at Rheims, added further honefs to his brilliant record by capturing the Grand PriA in the aviation meet al Bfeseia, Sept r. American ayiateIs have hold first place against all the world, in fly. ing machines.
 The entire plant of the Fall River Iron Works Mills, which we're shut down last Monday, following strike of the weavefs, and a,ooo operatives, numbering ,uo0, were also idle on ac- count of n strike. Compulsory atbitfa- lion would benefit both employer and employee.
 Notwithstanding the report that the Chinese loan of sa6, ,0p0 900 had fallen through, the negotiations incident to ils allotment are rapidly nearing com ylelien, with the rights of the United fully recognized.
 Twelve billion dollars worth Of man. ufactures have been exported from the United States Tn the last iao years, 8 billions, .or two-lhifds, of this enor- nous total, within the last s0 years, and t billions, of one.half, In the last n years.
 Last year the steam railroad eompa- nies hoagh, laa, ills wooden poles, pay ing &AlO, ,sO4 for them; the electric rail- roads and power companies bought 5ai ,4a1, paying sa ,ool i9a for them the telegraph and telephone companies bought .sess ,s39, paying ss, i2a,o2i Tor them.
 Chinese and Russian merchants now talk of sending tea across the Desert of Gobi in automobiles.
 Official statistics indicate that the consumption of horse meat and dog meat, as human food, k becoming more common In Germany. II is mere pre. judiee to reject hoSe meat and dog meat and eat hog meat--proverhiasiy the nastlest creature on the face of The NaFtN. INllh NA ioltii kt4t RAiiAtet Nst- ting down at the table and smaeking ing his lips when steanling bowl of locasts was set before hlm. And how he would have heen. horriiied Il he had bsen offered dainty piece of roast pork. Is |, healthsg k nutrictenss |: ss. ask no questions for prejudice sake--eal it.
 The gross earnings of the railroads of the United States for iaIi9, wefe ss, 4s7,- 3sa.ssi for isis, tlle gross earnings were e, ,44, ,s4O,aSI. Operating expenses in isska, Sl.5sS, lai SIS, Nel income in- can,e in iao7, ssas ,sae .oco; in is,.s, the net ineome was sosa,o7s.sls These figures show an increase ot sl2. ss5, ,zss in gross earnings, and oi 50, ,7lssiss in net. The average miIesge covered ly these returns in issfs is 2A,utn against xJ.l2l in locS--an increase of a,sss miles.
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