The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-16
PRIME BILL OF
FARE THIS WEEK
Many Events of More Than
Usual Importance on Her.
AIDS Schedule.
CONGRESS READY TO REST
TAFT TO BEGIN SEARCH FOR HIS
BOOM.

The departure of the fleet of war
ships for the Pacific, the return of Sec
rotary Taft from his journey around
the world, the meeting of both houses
of congress, developments in the Gold
field, Nevada, mine labor troubles, the
annual meeting of the National Civic
federation, the trial at Berlin of Maxi
milan Harden, the German editor.
who is charged with having criminally
libeled Count Kuno Won Moltke, a con-
tinuation of the hearing in the bruce
perjury case in London, and the flu
neral of the late King Oscar of Swe-
den, are among the important matters
that will occupy public attention this
week.
The feet under command of Rear Ad-
miral Evans will sail from Hampton
Roads on Monday.
Congress to Adjourn Friday.
Both houses of congress will adjourn
Thursday or Friday for the Christmas
holidays, and in the meantime little
business will be done beyond the APP
pointment of committees. In the SEN
ate the committee announcements will
be made on Tuesday, and in the house
on Thursday. Senator Tillman will
probably make his long promised
speech on the financial situation on
Monday, but it is not believed that his
address will precipitate a general dis
cussion of finance, as the present dis
position is to postpone that subject as
far as possible until after the holidays.
The committee on banking and cur
rency will continue its labors. but not
make to the house until after the holi-
days. The house committee on appro-
priations will devote some time during
tine holidays to the consideration of APP
preparation bills. The present intention
is to extend the Christmas adjournment
until Monday, January s, but the time
may be shortened so as to fix January
as the date of reconvening.
Taft to Arrive Thursday.
Secretary of War Taft. who went to
Manila to open the first Philippine par
lament and then continued on a trip
around the world, probably will reach
New York next Thursday. 1t is ex-
pected that lhe will leave at once for
Washington TO take up his duties in
the war department, Mr.. Taft and his
party are passengers on the steamer
President Grant.
The annual meeting of the Illinois
Central railroad, at which it is expect
ed the contest between the two fac
tions of directors and stockholders,
headed respectively by Stuyvesant Fish
and Z. II. Hartman, may be decided.
is scheduled to take place at Chicago
next Wednesday.
Civic Federation.
The meeting of the National Civic
federation is to be held I'm New York
City on Monday and Tuesday. The
general subjects will be Protecting
the Peoples Savings and THE Pre-
ventiOn OF Strikes and Lockouts. ="
Among those who are expected to
speak are Postmaster General Meyer
Comptroller of the Currency Ridgely
Samuel Gompers, Andrew Carnegie
Charles n. Fowler, chairman of the
house OF representatives committee on
banking and currency; Nathan ].
Bachelor. master of the National
Grange; former Governor Myron T.
Herrick Of Ohio; August Belmont,
Seth Low, Charles P. Neil. United
States commissioner of labor and John
Mitchell
A secret papal consistory will be held
at the vatican. December 16, when
MoEslgnor Lucon, archbishop of
Rheims, and Monsignor Andre, arch
bishop of Marseilles, will be appointed
cardinals
On December 19 a public consistory
viii be held, when the red hat will be
imposed on Cardinal Rinaldini, former
papal nuncio to Spain. and Cardinal
Aguirre, archbishop of Burgos, Spain,
who were raised to the cardinalate at
the consistory held last April
The funeral Of King Oscar of Swe-
oen, who died December s, will be held
Thursday.