Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-08-22
NEWS OF COMING WEEK
Politics Will Claim the Attention of
American Newspaper Readers.
Important Events Abroad.
Special to the. Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Washington, D. c., Aug. 22.-Poli-
tics will claim the lions share of at
tention of American newspaper read
ers the coming week, though ac-
counts of the political doings will not
be able TO monopolize all of the
space on first pages. Several events
abroad will claim attention, the enter
tainment of the American battleship
fleet in Australia will be of interest,
and there also will be number of
conventions, sporting events and
other happenings worthy of attention.
William J. Bryan will occupy the
center of the political stage. Several
of the most important speeches that
he has scheduled for the campaign
will be delivered during the week.
Leaving Chicago Monday, Mr..
Bryan will go to indianapolis to at
tend the notification of his running
mate, Mr. Kern, which is to take
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Bryan will deliver his speech on the
trusts. His next speech will be deliv-
cred at Topeka on Thursday and will
deal with the question of the guaranty
of bank. deposits. After a day or two
at his home in Fairview the democrat
ic candidate will again take to the
road, being slated for several speaking
engagements in Mitchell, Sioux Falls
and other points in the Northwest.
Judge Taft has scheduled no public
engagements for the week, though it
is probable that he will deliver one or
more impromptu addresses to delega-
tions of visitors who may call upon
him. Republican interest will be con-
fined more or less to the developments |
in the New York state campaign, the |
fight between the Hughes and anti |
Hughes forces and the efforts to draw
President Roosevelt into the contest. |
In South Carolina Tuesday a demo |
cratic primary will be held for the |
nomination of candidates for United |
States senator, state officers, mem |
bers of congress and minor officials. |
The contests for senator and governor
have been extremely spirited and the
result is awaited with much interest
throughout large section of the /
South.
Other political events of the week
that will attract more or less atten-
ton will be the public speaking of the
presidential candidates on the prohi
bition and independence party tickets,
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North Carolina to name state ticket
and republican state convention in
California for the nomination of can.
didates for presidential electors.
The Atlantic battleship fleet, after
ten days of lavish entertainment in
Sydney, will depart the end of the
week for Melbourne, where another
elaborate round of festivities awaits
the officers and men wearing the
American naval uniform.
Eight armored cruisers comprising
the Pacific fleet, accompanied by al
number of torpedo boats, destroyers
and supply ships, will sail from San
Francisco Monday for cruise to Hon
olulu, and thence to Samoa, $500 |
miles distant and then return to the
United States.
One of the notable events abroad of
interest to American readers will be
the celebration next Friday of the
eightieth birthday of Count Leo. Toi-
stoi, the famous Russian novelist and
reformer.
America will have a large delega
ton at the meeting of the Interna
begin its sessions in Geneva, Switzer
land, Saturday. Another International
conference in which the United States
will have a representation will be the
congress of the International Associa-
ton for the Protection of Industrial
Property This congress, which will
meet in Stockholm, will be one of the
most important meetings ever held in
connection with the patent and trade
mark interests of the United States.
Important conventions at home will
be the annual meetings of the Ameri-
can Bar Association in Seattle, the
Sons of Veterans at Niagara Falls,
the American Public Health Associa-
ton in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the Ma
tional Association of Insurance Com +,
missioners in Detroit, and the Nation t
al Wool Growers Association in Salt 1
Lake City. "
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