Semi-weekly herald., 1907-11-21

ference for the welware OF the poor,
which opens this evening at Carnegie
hall with an address by Governor
Hughes. The conference Is being held
in connection with the celebration of
the twenty.ffth anniversary OF the
Charity Organization society. The ad-
dress OF Governor Hughes tonight will
he followed by speech on Charitable
work in Germany" by Dr. Emil Muen-
sterberg, who is the president of the
department OF public charities in Ber-
lin.
At the session tomorrow morning
the general topic will be Changes in
social conditions in the last twenty
ilve years and forecast of the future
Jacob A. Rils, author OF How the
other Half Lives aud a close person
81 friend OF President Roosevelt will
open the discussion. followed by Mrs
Florence Kelley secretary of the Ma
tioRal Consumers league. Visits to
New YORK tenements on the east side
will occupy the afternoon. general
consideration OF the charity organiza-
tion movement will occupy the evening
session. the speakers including the
heads of charitable organizations in
New York, Chicago Buffalo and Balti-
more
The speakers on Thursday will in
clude DR. Felix Adler, professor of
social and political ethics at Columbia
university; Miss Zilpha d. Smith. di-
rector of the Boston school for social
workers. Miss Julia c. Lathrop, di-
rector OF the Chicago institute of So
clal science; j. c. Logan. general sec
retary Of the Associated Charities. of
\tlanta and Miss Mary E. Richmond.
General secretary of the Society for
Organizing Charity in Philadelphia
The Extension of the Charity Or.
ganizations Throughout the Country
will be the general subject of the dis.
| russiou at Thursdays meetings
New York Nov 19.-Hcnry CASA.
way Dagis, Democratic candidate for
vice president in 1901, declared for
4 George Gray of Delaware for the presi
: dency last night This he did after a
long talk with Chairman Taggart OF
/ the Democratic national committee
I who night before predicted the nomi
nation Of William J. Bryan and Col
j. NJ GuGcv of PENNSYLVANIA.
Tpn,,1 n,-
finest exhibitions of cattle, horses
sheep and swine ever shown in this
section opened today under the aus
pices OF the Northwestern Live STOCK
association and viii extend until Fri
day. inclusive. Live stock men from
all over Minnesota Wisconsin, Iowa
the Dakotas and Montana have sem
exhibits
Roswell n. NJ. Nov ID J. Hager
man. formerly Colorado Springs mil
lionaire builder of the Colorado Mid
land railroad and principal owner il
the Molie Gibson silver mine at Asper
during its Bonanza days. has sold =;
hundred thousand acres of decided lant
in Chaves county, on the Pecos Valley
x Northwestern branch of the Sants
Fe railway The purchaser of thi.
hugo tract is c. l.. Talmadge, who pro
poses to cut it up into sections, quar-
ter sections and 100 acre farms. ]. J
tIagerman is the father of Ex-Governor
hagerman. who was recently deposet
by President Roosevelt.
Washington Nov. 19-Nationa
headquarters of the Young Men.
Christian association have been estab
lshed in Washington and the fina
preparations are being made for tn,
opening on Friday OF the thirty-sixtl
International convention. It is ex
pected that not less than 1000 dele
gates will take part in The sessions
The program. as now arranged. pro
gides for addresses by Ambassador
James Bryce, William j. Bryan ant
many other famous men. II possible
President Roosevelt will address tn,
delegates.
birmingham, Ala. Nov. 19.-Dele
gates from Alabama, Mississippi, Ten
nessee Georgia and Florida are partic
lpating in waterways convention
which opened here today, and which
seehs to devise plans for furtherint
the waterways projects of the southern
ana gulf states. The convention wa.
called by the Birmingham Commercial
club
Carson, Nev. Nov. l9-Of the three
prisoners who escaped from the state
penitentiary Yesterday two have beer
recaptTed The third convict commit
ted suicide The man who made theii
escape We're Dick Forest. sentenced
rom Washoe county for attempting
TO kill a policeman; Charles Watson
from Ello county for robbery, and
john Edwards, serving thirty years
for holding up a saloon at Reno.
Chicago, Nov ia meeting of the
national committee of the Prohibition
party will be held tomorrow. when IL
| l., expected that the place of hoId,no