Putnam patriot., 1912-08-02
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 Ex-united states Senator William D. WashBufn. Ter many years pf9mi- nent in the political life Of the nation and one Of tbe leaders in the upoHild- ing of the Northwest, died Monday. He WAS s1 years old
 Tn a signed letter, e6-1enatof Hii- liam l.. Chandler, has asked young Governor Bass and the other Roosevelt men up in New Hampshire to "alay In the republican party and the repuo- liean primaries at least until after No vember9 He points out to them that if they proceed in hot haste to organize the new r. k. party they cannot go into those September primaries, and that they will simply be tuning the state over to the demoerats also that it's perfectly open to them to take part in the primaries first and vote for T R. Presidential electors afterwards
 M0tsuhito, for forty.fouf years Elm peror Of Japan, died at l. 43 o'clock Tuesday morning. Yoshihito Haru- no.miya, reigns under the formula provided by the constitution promni- gated by Mutsahito. "The King k dead Long live the kingH Mulsu- hito, who was the f2lst Emperor of Japan, passed gently away lie had been unconscious for many hours be- fore his death, and the Empress, the Crown Prince and the most prominent officials of the household and govern ment were at the bedside.
 The discovery in New Orleans Of a rat infected with bubonie plague is disturbing fact, and amply justiiies the meeting there this week Of the health officers of the Gulf states. They are assembled from Florida, Alabama, sider plans for preventing the intro dnetion of the plague in the Gulf ports.
 The Connecticut Yankee keeps up his record for ingenuity. The patent office figures for the past year show the Nutmeg state in the lead with one , patent granted for every 1919 inhabi- tants. Louisiana takes the booby prize with one for every l0,039, while Montelair, N. J., makes the remarka- bic showing of one 10 every 227 persons,
 The German professor who explains Amerieas athletic superiority, as shown in the Olympic games, to race fusion, should pause a moment over the case of the star American athlete, Thorpe. This marvellous Indian youth, who demonstrated his amazing many sidedness in sport al Stockholm, comes straight from the abohgines.
 Dr. Wilson and his party havelthe best wishes of the "Halifax Herald. " That Nova Scotia paper has been tell ing it's readers that the democrats, fl they win in this election, will reduce the import duties on Canadian pro. duets, and that Canada will thus se- cure free gratis practically all the bene- hts for which she eiwould have had to give an equivalent under the rejected reciprocity agreement.
 The provisional national committee of the national progressive party prob ably will take the helm when the re- presentatives of the new party assemble in Chicago August 5th for the conven- ton and decide what delegates are en- litled to seats.
 During the present hot weather the people of Chicago are eating 25,00t watermelons day, according To q local stalstician.
 The home reunion association of Winnipeg is an institution character istic of land in process of settlement and development. It's purpose is to furnish money to help the families of immigrants from tue old world to join husbands who have come over in ad- vance of the wives and children. Al recent meeting of this association 3l applicants for aid were assisted. and 84 wives are te come to Canada as the result of funds provided by the associa. ton at that one session,
 The locomotive CT stationery en- zine must be cleaned carefully and oiled daily. Both must have time fol rest, but the most delicate and inth cate of all machines, the watch run ming constantly days, weeks anC months, without rest, Is allowed b, many to run on wearing itself ou years,at a time without cleaning O even fresh oil If you own fine time keeper, you better have my watcl maker look it over. c. [. Shaw.