Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1910-01-14
Latest New, Condensed.

the showing for the calendar year Oh
1850. The inerease Of duties collected
on the declarations Of passengers arm
Wing In that port was s577 20 - more
than the previous year. and the number
OF declarations had increased =. %. The
total for last year ia collections was
II .0a2, b52 70. and the total IN deelafh=
lions was IL ,sg2. The increase In duties
was due to stflctsr enforcement Of the
customs laws.
As consequences Of a dispute over
the eight hours a-day act, which be-
came effective January /, 1000 coal
miners in Northumberland, England,
are idle The men At a few coiiiefies
which are still active have given notice
that they also will quit. This wastefui
strike business
Russia has brntailY destroyed the
Finland independent government and
reduced Il to province. A. a re-
suit TIE Russian government i look
Ing for a widespread insnffeetien IL
should have taken warning from Eng.
lands snhjagalien Of Ireland, which
injustice the people Of England are no"
seeking 10 retrieve.
TIE Federation of Labor adopted re-
solutions calling upon the NATIONAL
Pure food Commission 10 investigate
II peanut shells constitute the basic
elements IN The manufacture OF bfeak.
fast foods. La recent freight train
wreck 1t was discovered that several
cars consigned 10 breakfast food con
eefns were loaded with peanut shells
from the Southern peanut butter FAC
tories.
The large total of ts4a, SAC, SIT, repre-
sentlng the surplus earning oil foreign
labor employed In the Dig Industrial
add commercial enterprises OF the Uni
ted States, has been sent abroad since
isaU-g7e. g.. 40 of which was senl
abroad by foreign wofkmen In 100,
Eleven out OF party Of twelve per
sons In santa Monica, tai., died from
eating canned pears at New Year.
dinner. Twenty-seyen cases OF pto
maine poisoning have already beet
Traced In syracuse n. y, TO the eat
ng OF cream pulls or chocolate eciairs
come critically III. Another case VA
ssaccd To eating canned beans. Healti
officer Toltman issued warning toth'
public against the use Of certain car
ned goods. lie had never heard hctot'
Of . ease OF ptomaine poisnning, ID
said, by cream putis OF by ehocolat'
ecinirs.
Paris, France, has made loan o
tiso,o ,ts0 for an elaborate scheme o
Improvements, including the demoli
ton OF unsanilasy quarters, The con
struction Of new streets, gardens ard
schools, and for other changes In pub
lie works.
Mr.. Rockefeller and Mr.. tarneei'
are both making unprecedented re
cords, but nj the end of 1903 Mi ROCK
efeilcf had given away sisi, 7oo, ius, n
against Mr.tAtnegie' sle2, Ua,oou. To
gethef they have distributed In th'
form II free gifts ss4t,9de, le2
Minister Wu Ting fsug said, speak
ing in regard Ia his return 10 china
promised thai fac would come back e
This county atty years from now wher
he will far past loo wears lie bases
this promise on ANEW system OF die
tetlcs which he il pfaetielne Ions
ago. he says, he drank a great deal ai
whlskey, but he laid that aside, and
he is now dwelling upon higher aud
more spiritual plane, where one Needs
no alcoholic stimulants.
Mrs Charlotte bishop Wallet, wifi
of Ex-Governor Mailer, died at hei
home in New Loadoa on sunday She
leave. one son and i've daughters.
Cardinal Sstoi died Saturday sftel
An Illness OF six months. lie Was O
Italian birth, of noble family OF an
cient lineage. lie vas a great admire
of America 10 the end.
About i've years ago swarm Of ecc
took possession OF secluded part OF
dwelling belonging 10 family In In
town Of Columbia, and were left an
disturbed. Recently the owner had
make some repairs 10 the house max
Ing IL necessary 10 remove the eeess h
did No one 81 the recent cold morning
while they were In dormant state
In doing so he found NJ pounds of no
ney, and the bees Ellled peek basket.
A poor fellow, With wife aud ~
children. conceived plan 10 make ht
family we'll "a in short order. HE &c
sided Ia patl Il New York city when
there, was q bank and lcMesty ston
near hs. Aerass the Nay Mas an emp
IL tenement, and ia The eellai Of tat
he began a tunnel under The stfeet 1,
reach The coveted wealth. Mhen h.
reached the middle Of the street load'
OF dirt fell upon him, aud there he Wa
found crushed " death.