The Cairo bulletin., 1908-11-09
NEWS FORECAST
FOR THE WEEK
FIRST AMERICAN DREADNAUGHT
WILL BE LAUNCHED THIS
COMING TUESDAY.
CANADA THANKSGIVING
And Kings Birthday Will Be Cele
brated Tuesday-Conventio of
American Federation of La
Dor at Denver.

! Washington, d. c., Nov. 8,-Man.
events of interest are on the calenda
fer the coming week to share public
attention with the aftermath Of elec
! ton news. Both at home and abroat
there will be a variety of happening
of interest and Importance.
At Quincy Mass, will taks place
Tuesday the launching of the Nortt
Dakota the first United States 10000
ton all big gun battleship of the
Dreadnaught type. The christening
ceremony will be performed by Miss
Benton of Fargo and the state after
which the big ship takes its name
will BE- further represented by a dis
tinguiahed delegation headed by Gov
ernor John Burke.
The formal opening of the socia
season in New York will be marked
Monday night by two important
events, the opening of the annua.
horse show in Madison Square Gar
den and the inauguration of the sec
ond season of grand opera at the
Mania ttan opera house.
Men of national prominence will
speak at the unyeiling Saturday OF
the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument
erected in Fort Greene Park, Brook.
lyn. The ceremonies have been plan.
ned on an elaborate scale and the
event is likely TO be one of the most
notable celebrations of it's kind in the
history of Greater New York.
The national monetary commission
appointed at the last session Of Con
gress to devise plans for currency leg
Is lation is to resume its essions in
Washington Tuesday. On the same
day there will meet here an army
board appointed to make selections
for detail of officers TO fill vacancies
occurring in the personnel of the Gen.
eral STAFF. At present there are three
vacancies, and seven more will occur
next year
The Kings birthday and Thanks
giving Day will be generally observed
Monday throughout the Dominion of
Canada.
The special grand military maneu-
vers Of the japanese army will begin
Tuesday and last four days. The op-
erations of the troops have been plan
ned on an unusually extensive scale
and will cover the five provinces of
Kinai.
According to the latest dispatches
from reheran the assembly and sen.
ate of Persia will convene next Satur-
day. The proceedings will attract in
ternat onal attention owing to the
present disturbed conditions in the
Shah's dominions.
OF more direct interest TO Amer,
lean readers will be the elections in
Cuba next Saturday for president and
of congress. 1t is quite gen
orally predicted that Gen. Jose Miguel
Gomez. who has been nominated by
both factions of the liberal party will
be elected to the presidency. He has
for the first time the united support
Of his party, and his policies and per
sonality are popular.
Owing to the active participation
Of President Samuel Gompers in the
recent national eletcion considerable
public interest will attach to the pro
,eedings of the annual convention OF
he American Federation of Labor il
Denver, beginning Monday.
Other important conventions Of the
week will be those of the National
Prison Association in Richmond. Va,
he National Society for the Promo
ion Of Industrial Education, in At
anita; the Farmers National Union
n New Orleans. the National Grange,
Patrons of Husbandry, in Washing
on, the national convention of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
n Atlanta. and the Southern Cotton
Association in Memphis