Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-11-20
NEWS NOTES OF WORLD
Special to the Herald.

l. Special to the Herald.
Ell Paso, Texas, Nov. 20.-Score,
; of delegates are in FL Paso for the
ninth annual meeting of the Texas
9 Federation of Women's Clubs. Ar
rangements for the gathering were
: completed at a meeting of the execu
tive board held at orndorf Hotel this
afternoon. The formal opening will
be held in the Christian church to.
morrow morning.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Nov. 20.-The
monument erected in memory of Iowa
soldiers who fell at Rossville Gap
was dedicated today with notable GER
emonies. Governor Cummins and
other distinguished Iowans were in
attendance.
New York, Nov. 2O.-At the Wal
dorf-Astoria tonight a national re-
union takes place OF the Bet Theta
Pi fraternity, and many veterans of
the society from all parts of the coun.
try have assembled to sing the old
songs and shout the old college yells
again. The fraternity was founded in
1899 at Miami University and has
nearly twelve thousand members.
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Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 2O.-The
second annual conference of the
Eighth missionary department of the
Protestant Episcopal church opened
in Little Rock today and will continue
until Friday. Bishops, ministers and
distinguished laymen are in attend
ance from Texas, Arkansas, Tennes-
see, Louisiana, Oklahoma and other
states.
San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 20
Judge E. L. Whitley of 81. Louis, who |
has been appointed by the president
to be the first judge of the newly |
created consular court in China, is |
among the passengers booked on the
Korea sailing today for the Orient.
Other notables on the passenger list
ak Consai oo,iviai nUsvrs, wno- Is /
stationed at Shanghai, and Senior
Benito Legarde, native member of
the Philippine commission.
Guthrie, Okla, Nov. 20.-The con-
vention which is to frame constitu-
ton for the new state of Oklahoma
convened in Guthrie today. Candi-
dates for officers of the convention
are numerous, and the work of organ
ization will occupy some time The
Democrats are in the majority, but
there are a sufficient number of Re
publicans, Prohibitionists, Socialists,
Independents and delegates of other
political faiths to lend interest to the
proceedings.
Boston, Mass, Nov. 20.-The Home
Market Club, at it's eighteenth an
nual dinner tonight will have as
speakers Congressman McCleary OF
Minnesota, James w. VanCleave of
St Louis, president of the National
Association of Manufacturers, and
Charles Heber Clark of Philadelphia,
a well known manufacturer and econ
omist.
Kaukauna, Wis, Nov. 2O.-The Fox
River Valley Library Association be-
gan its ninth annual meeting here to-
day. Librarians and others are in
from Madison, Green Bay,
Neenah, and other places.
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Schenectady, n. Y, Nov 2O.-The
of the General Electric
Company at a special meeting here
today approved the recommendation {
of the directors for an increase in the
capital stock from sixty to eighty
million. About eleven million of the ;
new stock is to be issued in the near
future. The proceeds will be used to
furnish additional working capital
and for the extension Of some of the
plants.
Cincinnati, o., Nov. 2O.-The Lay
mems Forward Movement of the
church began a three days
in Cincinnati today. Del s
egates are in attendance from Mich I
igan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Z
Ohio.
New Orleans, La, Nov. 20.-The '
famous San Carlo Opera Company {
opens its American season at the
French Opera House in this city to-
night. Nine Lillian Nordica, Nine.
Alice Nelson and b
Giuseppe Campanari are included in i
he company. Their season will take S
hem as far West as San Francisco, h
Portland. Vancouver and Seattle, and II
places in Eastern Canada and New