Putnam patriot., 1910-05-06
 WeekIies. within One Year,
Latest News Condensed.


 The children in the Monfeiaif. N sf public schools voted on tlc question whether Of not they wanted 'snoise less Fourth of July and much to the purprise Of the citizens voted In favor ,~or san. and safe Fourth hy vote of 9e3 to 2as.
 The will of samuel L. Clemens tAHtk Twain has DeeH fled at ked. ding, and leaves the entire estate lo his surviving daughter. The home, storm field. is valued At s3o00, and there Is thought to be sfb1.0o on deposit In banks. No estimate is made Of litera- " insects.
 John N. Converse, president of lhe Baldwin Locomotive Works, one of tine most prominent Presbyterian lnymen fin the United States, died suddenly of heart trouble al his home Tn fhiladei. phla on Tuesday, aged $ years. He was known throughout the country, both in railroad and religious circles, and had given much Of bis,wealth to the Presbyterian and other denomina- tions.
 include pair of remarkable schedules In the ease of Francisco Espof and hts wife, who claim to be liD and iU7 years old respectively and to have been I.I ..tp survivor of ten children, still lives In New Mexico. He Is sb years old.
 Adjudged guilty ef violating the El- klns anli-rebate law and fined s20,ood by the United States court at Bntialo, the Standard Oil company. which ap. pealed the ease, did not obtain much relief as the,E Enited States Court of Alp peals rendered decision sustaining the lower court. The company va. accused of accepting rebates from tn, published tariff on freight shipments from Oiean, x. ' :, to Rutland, Vt.
 In .,The Outlook, '' of April ?, 1t wal announced that MT. Roosevelt wonls soon resume his editorial writing II that excellent journal. The first edi tofial article has been received. and i entitled "The Pigskin Library" II deals with the books he took with hiu lo Africa, and also "Dr Eiiot's "tive foot sheif.s IL wili appear in the issu' of April 30. Thc Sorbonne Lecture delivered in Paris, will appear In tn same Issue.
 Cuba has s large negro population and as color Is not n bar to any politi cal office, an attempt to fomcnt a feso luiion by some ambitious negro lead CTS, was started, hen President GomeI seized A few score of the eonsptrators and that so terrified their follower hat quiet wAs restored tn the disaffcct d districts.
 Commodity movements within tn country during March, on the whole present favorable development. Ac tivity tn the coal and iron industrie wns we'll sustained, though the anthra cite coal shipments for tho moatl showed some decrease. The graii movement in the interior continued heavy, wheat particularly being h great demand al the milling centers No change in the live stock situation is to bs noted, the supply oG all elasse of animals, especially of hogs both a interior and eastern markets, beini deficient, and she stocks of meat show ing further depletion since February The general traffic situation as indieat ed by the number of freight o..rs han dled hy the various demurrage bureau shows continued improvement.
 The Turkish forces have not yet sue ceeded tn dislodging the Alesnians who hold s strongly fortified position in the kschanik Pass. shetket Pachs commanding the Turkish treers, les in the hattie of Tuesday, and whil waiting for achievements opened cor ferenccs with . view to having tn rebels surrender. These faiiins, again made an attack on Thursda night, and the battle continue throughout the enlght and Into h afternoon, the Alnians contessing ever foot Of the ground. The losses on bot sides were heavy.
 Details of the eating by csnnieals o February $ of the Rev. Horatio Hel kins and his assistant, the Rev. Hecls Laurie McPherson, missionaries of u Presbyterian Church on Savage l land, have been received in this coul ssy.. 10th missionaries were houn vish shongs and ist lying oa u bsaeh h tse tropical sua sor sever' hsurs. vhiIe ths ssavasa took the n tive eapsites inland. Ths eaunibs then sseasnsd to the beach and cssste tAe missionaries on lfstes to the CT CT = ths exllncs voloane. van Tue, | eho eoaaes q ths islan1. Thsss fos tu 1ays cd niGhas thsy Asld 'sssrs sss."