Putnam patriot., 1914-06-05
Editorial Scraps

boy (N. j. team, the leading batter
fl the Atlantic League, was purchased
by the management Of the New York
Yankees.
The Derby, the best known horse
race Ia the world was won at EPSON.
England. by an Amerlcsn-French colt
Herman b. Duryea's Durbar H., whose
recent form in France has been con-
sidefed 30 poor that be was started
as a forlorn hope.
At Belmont Park, L. l., racing re-
Yived a year ago. was reestablished
on a firm basis, when fifteen thousand
persons saw the four-yesr-old Buskin
win the Metropolitan Handicap at one
mile from nigh eiass field Of eleven
Clyde Milan, says Bender, has a
fadsway which rivals Mathewsons ..
Owing to the death Of Gustav
Hamel, the aviator the proposed
transatlantic flight from Newfound-
land TO Ireland has been abandoned.
Eleven coal miners we're killed and
many injured by an explosion OF gas
In the Sllkstons eolIisries At Wharn-
oliffe, England.
Henry Bedlow, who was elected
Mayor OF Newport three times, died
In Monte Carlo, aged 80.
Alfred Asostneli. student aviator.
was drowned when his aeroplane fell
into the Mediterranean near Antilles.
The German cruiser Straesburg sail
cd from st. Thomas for Port au Prince.
Anibal Mesa. young millionaire
Of Havana, was sentenced TO one year
and eight months imprisonment for
fighting a duel with Rudolph Warren,
In which the latter was killed.
The Swiss Federal Government de-
cided that Switzerland should be rep
resented officially at the Panama-Pa-
ciio Exposition in San Francisco.
The famous promenade Des Anglaid
at Nice, Italy. was destroyed by a IT,
DIAL wave. The damage is estimated
at $4,000.
Mrs. Emmelne Pankhurst was re-
leased from Holloway jail following
the effects Of her hunger strike.
Secret college organizations will be
abolished at Wesleyan College, Macon,
Ca.
After finding his wife in the com
pany OF another man, David Mitchell,
a negro of Newark. N. j., shot and
killed both and then killed himself.
Henry Siegel who is under $4,000
bond In connection with the failure
of several of his enterprises, returned
to New York on the Olympic
The Bank Of Commerce q Trust Co,
at Stuttgart, Ark. was ordered closed.
The bank has capital of 100000
with deposits OF s3b0000.
The proposed Federal Improvement
OF the Wabash River from its mouth
TO Terre Haute, was disapproyed by
the War Department.
There are Fl cases OF scarlet fever
at the State Prison in Auburn, N. Y.
DR.. ]. Il. Stubs. president of the
University of Nevada, died suddenly
at Reno.
{ The seismograph at Brooklyn Col
lege recorded earthquake shocks at
distance OF 5000 miles,
Isadore Zimmerman a milk wagon
driver OF New York. lost the sight of
his right eye from the lash of his
whip.
The plant Of the Commercial En-
yelope & Box CO. 4 Binghamton. N.
y, was partially destroyed by fire.
Loss $4,000.
Representative Edwin Y. Webb.
Democrat, OF North Carolina, was
chosen chairman of the House judi
ciary committee.
c. A. Severance. one of the men in
dicted on charges OF fraudulent use
OF the mails in the California land
frauds was sentenced to six months
imprisonment.
Paralysis of building operations In
Chicago on account of the brickmak-
ers strike Ia estimated as costing 81
o00,00o a day.
An anonymous gift OF 100000 TO
Cornell University was announced by
the trustees.
Jacob A. Riis, the author and lee
Mass. aged 60.
The Chicago city council passed an
ordinance prohibiting the sale of fire.
arms.
Mira. Sarah Frank. who died In New
York leaving an estate of more than
100000. cuts OF her daughter in the
will with 81.
Oscar S. Straus, who is In London.
denied that he was candidate for
the United States Senate or any other
political office
one man was Killed and damage es-
timated at 100000, caused by a storm
which swept Superior. Wis. and the
vicinity.
Several buildings. including the
State Bank at Brooklyn, Mich, we're
destroyed by FIRE. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
Twelve business houses we're de-
stroyed and many others. including
the National Bank, were damaged by
fye at Paintsville, Ky.
The steamer Highland Watch ar
rived IN New York from Buenos Aires.
and Monteyideo bringing $3.50 tons OF
frozen Argentine meat
The FIRST Star Spangled Banner is
being repaired at the Smithsonian In
stitutiou. II win be shown In the Bal
timore Flag Centennial In Baltimore.
At meeting OF the First Assembly
District Republican Club, Brooklyn.
two hundred members voted unani.