Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-26
NEWS FORtCAFT
COMING WEEK
MANY BRILLIANT SOCIAL FUNC.
TONS AT THE WHITE ROUSE,
INCLUDING MISS ETHEL'S COM.
ING OUT BALL,

Washington, Dec. 26.-Many aud
varied ingredients will enter I'M:
j the dish to be served to readers CT
! the newspapers the coming week,
Brilliant social 1oILgs at the Whit.
House, legisiat!ye caucuses TO- the
United States senators, inarguru
tons of governors, celebrations OF
the birth of the new year. countless
meetings OF educational bodies-all
these and counties other events of
greater Or lesser interest to the pub
lie at large will nave a place on the
news menu icy the ensuing seven
days.
Invitations are out for small
dance at the White House Monday
evening. This IS Miss Ethel Roose-
velt's coming out tall, and. as al
ready announced, will be supr;i-
mented b. T., zoe informal dances
later in the seas'".
New Years day in the national
capital win be observed with all rs
Traditional b,i,ia;ice, and amos Ter
will be Il ifc" the long list OF ;e-
ceptions ar the White House, whr"e
the pres;d-n, AID Mrs. Roose ,elt
will recei'e the hundreds OF all "las-
ses who ,n': Il. pa, their respects.
Legislative caucuses for United
States senator will be held in sew
eral states. notably, Ohio, where
Charles P. Taft and Representative
Burton are fighting for the seat of
Senator Foraker: in Indiana, where
half dozen different Democrats are
inway. Republican.
On the first day Of the new year
governor Hughes Of New York will
be inaugurated for a second term,
with ceremonies that promise to be
more than usually elaborate. On the
same day George L. Lilley of Con-
necticut and several other governors
chosen at the November elections,
will be installed in Office.
On Friday the departure Of the
cruiser Praie from Havana with 400
marines abord will mark the begin
ming OF the evacuation OF Cuba by
the American troops.
Fifteen of the IS members Of the
house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce are scheduled to
leave Charleston Monday for Panama
to inspect the progress of the canal
work there.
A monument erected by the 1ro-
quois Memorial association in Chi
cago In memory Of the 500 victims Of
the lroQuois Theatre lire will be un-
yelled. Wednesday, which will be
the fifth anniversary Of the terrible
catastrophe. ~
Mississippi will be added to the
list Of dry" states Friday, when the
statutory prohibition bill passed ~
the legislature . year ago will come
into operation.
The o1d-age pension law, which
has attracted the attention Of all
civilized countries, vii come into ef-
feet in Great Britain after the first
Of the year. This means than on
and after next Friday every person
IN Great Britain over 20 years OF age
who is not lunatic and has no: been
convicted of crime, and whose in
come does not exceed $3.50 a year,
will be entitled to a pension of five
shillings week from the public
treasury.
The customary holiday week meet
Ing OF state teachers associations
ISOLATION. which will hold forth in
and numerous learned and scientific
bodies VIII AFFORD veritable feast OF
reason and flow Of soul throughout
The land. One Of the largest OF these
conventions will be the gathering
of the Southern Educational as
Atlanta for three days..