Putnam patriot., 1910-03-18
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 John 4 Cheney the oldest Hember ef the Manchester Cheney family snd fneIaler of tl5e ffu q heBsk Hfsib CTS for 4o years. a0 of tbat tIfae ~ di- rertof. died at hls hone oH Saturday insi. aged N years lacking month. The nsembefs of the Cheney Brothers haze Non for ,hsmselyeS an Impensh. ishsbie repatssion for nobility of char. aefef and services that have been oe- nefiI to fheir tosa and -taie.
 Congress refused sn appropriation to furnish Vice President sherman and Speaker Cannon touring cafs for their personal use. This sas aimed rather as the speaker by the "lnsUfgenln Republicans, aided by Democrats, to pay hifn for his rulings against them. Is Is nothing to regret, however.
 4 keeper ef 8 circus nensgerie WAS attacked by s savage hyena, and wss rescued by lion whose affection he had won. its cage was eiose to the spot where the keeper vas attacked but could not get out, so did the only thing left. tfoaehing in the further corner Of its cage t spfang with terrific force 10 break through, but toppied the heavy cage upon the efouehing hyens, plnnlng il to the ground, when the keeper escaped from its:clutches.
 +es.a ff.&8s.f .t ..s.. r.s landed on Nieafagusn territory 10 pro. teet.Amefieans and property, have gone back 10 Panama, sa there Is no further fighting going on. but the country is in a chaotic condition.
 A lad if years old. living in Brook. iyn, \. Y. had part of hls jugulaf vein removed to reach blood ciol in the eaf. Ii tpfoyed successful and the rest of The vein ls Io be removed.
 eJews gre said to be Hooking to Jefu, sHiem,in families, mainly from Russis 8 and other countries where they suffer persecution. Honie people imagine Ii ts In fulillment of prophecy. in ofdeI to return the Jews and restore them na. tionaiIy. That is impossible. Every. thing they possessed under Inc old eo- senant was taken from them and given to the Gentiies, and they scattered for ever as n despised people.
 The Philadelphia strike that began in manner to injnfe the strikers. and Fith threats to dlsofganize ali business is failing and disappointed.
 The threatened strike on the hlp Eastern railroads has been settled ami. csbiy. Both sides made concessions, tut wages are to be increased from . ,o ls per cent.
 Tue Naval committee of the House of Representatives has favoIabiy fe. ported hiIl Tor the raising the W reek Of lhe Maine.
 Danger of an immediate strike oi .T.Uso locomotive titemHu on Western railroads, and the contingent throwing uut oI empleymen of i26,@1 other em- riases, has been aVerted bs the accept. ance of mediation from ,he Federal aa- lhorities at Washington.
 Last November Springfield elected a Republican u the state Senate bs | plurality Of ss0. lie died, and at a special election Tuesday, d Democrat was elected tn his place by plurality Of i,ils. The Springfield Republican asks. aNh hats The explanation :" The same as that tn New York State.
 Rear Admiral William swil, a na. tive of 0indAatn county, closed hts ae- live eateef in the Navy on "Wednesday, having reached the felsnng age. Ills services on land and sea extended for ts-one years.
 In an address before the Minnesota Conservation and Agricultural nesel. opment Congress, secretary halhagef declared that he ''is aS ardent an sdso- cate of wise censefN alton as the most radical. but Il must hV wise eensefs A. ton so appeal to me-. lie waS applaud eJ by The delegates when he said that II was ihs object ol the administration tn put homes in the possession ot As many citizens as possible.
 President Taft wlll meet Earl 0rvy, Governor Nenerai ai anada. this week Saturday. al N. dinner Ia he given hy the University Club, Il Albany. Earl Grey will k one of lhe speakers, and also Governor Hughes, nf. EFness box Nichols, President of Dartmouth Gos. iege. and David k. Francis, el St Louis
 bottle thrown overheard from Com. man1sT Pvassss ship Roosevelt, ofi Greenland, Sept. ,. issa, was picked ap oil kinsale. lsrlsnd, March io. \ let ter in lhs bottle said il was sent adrltt Ia ascertain Inc rate al the e0rtnl on the Labrador coast.