Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-11-29
L ditorial Scraps


minister whom spain has regarded rs
one Of the greatest OF statesmen, vas
shot and killed Tuesday by young
anarchist named Manuel fardinas.
The assassin attempted suicide, aud It
was first thought ne was dead, but
when he had been carried 70 the hospi.
tal he was found 10 be living.
That William Jennings Bryan thrice
defeated candidate for the presidency,
will, If he will accept the portfolio, be
secretary Of state in the cabinet Of
President Woodrow Wilson is report
ed on authority that can hardly be
questioned. 1t is said that the post
already has been offered TO Mr.. Bryan
and II is believed that he will accept
and that he will aid Mr. Wilson in Sc
lecting men for the other cabinet pla.
ces.
Evidence to show that the dropping
OF an equalizer bar .on the dining car
caused the wreck of the Merchants
Limited Express at Greens Farms,
Saturday night; that there was flaw
in the metal of which the bar was
made. and that the train was not GO
ing more than fifty miles an hour at
the time of the accident.
The western end of the Island of ia
maica has been devastated by hurri-
cane lasting for over five days. A
great tidal wave has swept over both
the north and south coasts, practically
wiping :out the towns OF Savanna la
Mar and Lucea, both towns of consid-
cradle importance.
Turkey has rejected the armistice
terms of the Balkan allies and renewal
OF the lighting along the Chatalja lines
is imminent, according 10 news
agency dispatch received from Con.
stantinople,
The five insanity experts today
made their official report to the court
on the mental condition of John
Schrank, who attempted TO kill Colo
nel Roosevelt by shooting him. They
found that he was insane and the
court committed him to the state asy.
lun for the criminal insane.
'slf the present state of domestic ag-
fairs which have existed during the
first year of my administration contin'
ue to its end, the Mexican people will
have shown their untitness for democ-
Tacy and will demand another dieta-
tor This statement was made by
President Madero at banquet in the
national palace in celebration of the
second anniversary of the beginning of
the Madero revolution.
President Taft will not accept An
drew Carnegie's SOS 900 year pension
for ex presidents but will endorse the
idea in the abstract according to
friends who talked with him.
Governor General Forbes of thePhil'
ippines was the guest of honor at Il re,
cent dinner of the City Club in New
York city He told the solid men
that the Philippines are more peaceful
anu prosperous AT TINS hlulneht IMAM
at any previous time in the last three
centuries. The insular government is
self-supporting and solvent; il pays lis
way as it goes, and has a surplus tC
spend for the good of the people. In /
dozen years its annual revenue ha,
grown from - ,000,000 To $4,000, 200
In a dozen years American rule in tht
islands has established courts of jus
tiee, gathered 100000 children in pub
lie schools, suppressed brigandage
practically abolished the epidemic
that used TO scourge the islands, giver
the Filipinos thousand miles of wag
on road and half ms many of railroad
given them the telegraph aud tele.
phone.