The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-01-26
NEWS FORECAST
FOR THE WEEK
SZENHENYI WE'D
DING ATTRACTS ATTENTION
OF SMART SET.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
To Meet Vice Presidents OF Several
Railroads to Hear Complaints
Activity Among Presidential
Aspirants.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 25.-Prob-
ably no event of the coming week will
attract more. general attention than
the Wedding of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt
and Count Szechenyi which is to take
place Monday at noon at the home of
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, tho brides
mother, in New York The wedding
will attended by the full staff Of the
Austrian embassy in this city and
lotherwise promises to be an event OF
innnsual briIliance and social interes;
In the exclusive circles OF the metrop-
oils.
Pennsylvania fight against alleged
corrupt public officials will begin IN
earnest next week, when fourteen on
the men indicted on charges OF con
spiracy relative tc the furnishing OF
the new state capito; viii be placed
on trial at Harrisburg. 1t is charged
that the state was swindled to the ex'
tent OF s5,000.000.
The armoured cruiser South Dako'
ta, one of the finest vessels of It's
type in the United States navy, VIII
be placed In commission Monday at
Mare Island.
President Roosevelt has an engage
ment for Monday to meet with com
nittee of the operating vice presidents
of the leading railroads OF the coun
try. The object of the conference ~.
to bring to the attention of the Presi.
dent matters which arc regarded that
the question OF legaIizing pooling
agreements will be one Of the import
| amt topicBs
Two navy officers of high rank,
Admiral Robert M. Berry and Can
tain H. G. O. Colby, will be retired
Tuesday for age.
A general primary will be held In
Louisiana Tuesday for the selection
|of candidates for state, parish and pre-
cinct officers. Chief interest centers
in tho bitter factcnal fight between
the two Democratic candidates for the
Sanders, (heaion .me0eind:
gubernatorial nomination, Jarcl \.
Sanders. the present lieutenant gov
ernor, and Theodore S. Wilkinson of
New Orleans, who mas been active
In Louisiana politics for. thirty years
q. more.
An event of interest I'm Roman Cath
nj "a ,spIa tt unhn IrI 30 tuL .xIaa
In Boston Wednesday, when the Most
Rev. William III. OConnelI, the sue
cessor of the late Archbishop Williams
will receive the pallsum. the insignia
Of his office. Cardinal Gibbons and
other eminent prelates will attend the
ceremony
The British parliament will assem-
BILE Wednesday. The chief measure
promised for the session are new
education bill and licensing bill.
The first retirement of the year
among tho high officers of the army
will take place Friday. when Brig
Gen. J. NJ. X. Davis will be placed
on the retired list on account OF hav
ing reached the age limit for active
service.
There will be more or less activity
and public speaking among the presi.
dental possibilities during the week.
Secretary Taft is TO be the chief speak
er at the Mckinley banquet in Cleve.
land Wednesday night William J.
Bryan is slated for speech at ban.
quet In Philadelphia Saturday night
and Governor Hughes rs TO be heard
the same night at the annual banque;
of the Ohio Society OF New York 90
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