Putnam patriot., 1911-07-28
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 the common public drinking cups Y spreading through many stales'and Is doubtless a good thing: bat,we hope Il will be conducted with such discretion as not to leave the public drinkless in the dog days.
 The London Foreign Office has de- nied a report cabled from the United States that James Bryce eontemPlales retiring from his post as British Am bassador at Washington following the c,nclusion of the .Angio-AmeHcan af- bitralion treaty
 According 10 figures received in Lon don, the deaths from the plague in ln- dIa have reached the enormous tolal Of Got, ,690 for the half year ended on June 50 The epidemic k particularly Eira. lent this year. and the most persistent efforts to stamp 1t out have failed 10 effect permanent improvement in the situation.
 If Mark o. Prentiss of the Dry Goods Economist gathered the right impress sion while in Mexico-he k quoted in the Denver Times-there is to be a strong woman behind the presidency, if Francisco Madero Is to have the prize of the revolution. MT. Prentiss learn ed that while Madero is a bookish dreamer, "full ofiyisionary ideas, his wife Is capable of strong leadership.
 Civilization still drags in spots down South as well as up North. Here for example is the judiciary committee of the Georgia Legislature opposing bill permitting women to practice law in that state.
 The fact that both the Gutieyites and the anli-Gufleyites Of the PennsylVa- mia democratic state central committee have unanimously indorsed Gov Woodrow Wilson for the presidency may surprise some people At any rate, the New Jersey governor appar' ently starts of with the 6S votes of Pennsylvania in the next national democratic convention already in cold storage.
  trip from Washington by automobile over flooded roads and swollen creeks President Taft faced an audience made up in part of veterans who wore the blue and the gray, within few miles of the scene Of the first great conflict oi the Civil War, and was applauded and cheered when he made plea for inter national peace. The President said that general arbitration treaty both with Great Britain and with France probably would be signed within the next ten days. lie added that he hoped within the next few days to an. nounce that three other great powers would enter into similar agreements with the United States.
 The annual report of the state Sun shine society notes that Connecticut has given to New York headquarters in ten years Sll ,542 .04 and ranks No. 2 in the United States for financial sup port of the blind babies, the last Sl0, 0oo on the Dyker Heights blind babies home being given in memory of the late Mrs. Brewster, who organized the Brewster branch, of Hamden, Conn.
 The Washington Star nominates Governor Baldwin for the democratic nomination for either president or vice president.
 That the period of reconstruction may be succeeded by another revolu. ton Is the fear frankly expressed in many quarters of the MeNicans Reports of disorders are common, and almost daily the authorities learn of the illustration of plots against Madero or the constituted government. How many plots are undiscovered is ques- ton that Is worrying officials at the National Palace.
 There Is no expectation in any quar- ter that the farmers free list bill will be passed. The indications are al present that there will be no tann legislation at the extra session, other than the Canadian reciprocity, just passed. It Is the opinion of Represen- tative Hill that there will be no nor, legislation at this session. He saio that the fate of the cotton schedules will be decided next Tuesday but h, thinks nothing will be done until nexi winter. He looks for an early ad journment.
 Remains of the Maine's crew con tinae 10 be uncovered AS work pro. gresses. The eofferdam is holding per fectly. It becomes more and more ap' parent that the ship was blown ur from the exterior.
 It 1t stated that the chestnut tree blight can be stayed by cutting and burning the wood. Cutting Is the only known means, and thee Is little salvage value in the tree affected, though by stripping of the bark and sferiiizing ithe wood some of it may have . little commercial value. q"