The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-13
MANY MEETINGS
DURING WEEK
Annual Encampment of Grand
Army of the Republic
Begins Today.
SOME STATE CONVENTIONS
EVENTS SCHEDULED THEl
WORLD OVER.

Thousands OF veterans of the civil war
will gather at Minneapolis Monday to at
/ tend the annual national encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic. The
encampment will extend through the en-
tire week and comprises an elaborate pro-
gram of social functions in addition to
the many business affairs which will re-
ceive attention The national convention
OF the American Women's Press associa-
ton also will be held in Minneapolis be-
ginning Monday and the Union Veterans
union national encampment will begin at
St Paul the same day. This encampment
will continue until Wednesday.
Political meetings during the week in
clude the Texas Republican state conven-
ton at Ell Paso on Tuesday, the Nebraska
POpulist state convention at Lincoln on
Wednesday and a meeting of the New
York Republican state committee in New
York City on Wednesday,
Among other important conventions
scheduled for the week are the following:
Monday.
Omaha, National Brotherhood of Sta
titOnary Firemen.
Colorado Springs, International Typo-
graphical union of America.
Buffalo National Harness Manufacture
II.
Des MOines, Society of the Army of the
Philippines.
New York. International Stereotypers
and Electrotypers union.
Tuesday.
Boston. American PhilateIc association.
St Louis, American Apple Growers as
ISOLATION.
Poughkeepsie, New York, l. o. II. NJ,
great council.
Ridgeway Pa, Scandinavian Brother
hood of America.
Roanoke, Va, Firemen's association.
Put-in-Bay, Metropolitan Philatic asso-
citation.
Wednesday.
New Haven, Municipal Electricians as
sCciation.
Montreal, National Fraternal congress.
New York, Universal Craftsmens Coun-
Gil Engineers.
This week also will witness an inter-
esting series of races off Marbiehead |
Mass, between yachtsmen DESTROYS OF
having the honor of representing the |
United States against the German yachts |
which will contest for the Roosevelt cup |
The German-American races will open
September s. Three of the nineteen boats !
entered for the preliminary competition |
will be selected to take part in the in |
ternatiOnal races. The boats are greatly /
diverse as regards lines, the smallest be |
ing only 81 feet inches over all and the |
tered represents the work of nine yacht |
designers The trail races will open Mon |
day and probably will continue through |
the week.
John Brown Anniversary.
The Niagara movement. an organiza-
ton composed of members of the negro
race in the United States will commerce
rate at Harpers Ferry w. Va, August
1919, the Tooth anniversary of the birth of
John Brown and the jubilee of the battle
Of Osawatomie. The Niagara movement.
which was organized at Niagara Falls.
n. Y, in July, 1905, is composed of prom
nent negroes in eighteen states.
The exercises will be held at Storrer |
college and will include a number of ad-
dresses relating to the purposes of the
and the future of the negro /
N America. During the meeting trips
will be made to Charleston, where John
Brown was tried, and to the place where
Brown made his defense and where his
sons were killed.
Monarchs to Meet.
King Edward is TO visit Emperor Will
lam this' week, the official announcement
'aving been made that the meeting will
,ccur at FriedrchskrOn castle, near Ham
,urg, August Is. Much import9nce is at
ached to the meeting between the two