The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
FORECAST OF NEWS.
POLITICS PASS TO A. RELATIVELY
 SUBORDINATE PLACE.
The Corning Week Presents Many Features of Variety And Interest --Many Important Conven-
 fiOns To Convene.

70 a large degree during the closing weeks sof the national political cam paign. With the decisive verdict of the people in favor of W. H. Taft as against all the other candidales for the presidency of the UTStcd States, politics passes to relatively subordi- nate place. and the coming week pre- sents many features of variety and interest. Among them may be found. Beginning of hearings at Washing ton in preparation for a general re- vision of the tariff.
 important meetings of the American Federation of Labor, the American Prison Association. the Antt-Saloon League, the Southern Cotton Growers the Interests agftating for an inter coastal canal from Massachusetts Bay to the Rio sGrande River In Texas. American Civic Association and Ma tio1fat Municipal League.
 Revival Of interest in the famous Guinness death farm tragedy at La- Porte. Ind, in the trial of Ray Lamp here. Mrs. Gunhess' farm hand. also in the case of Herman Billek, at Chicago. convieted and Sentenced to death for the alleged murder of sew eraI members of the Vzral family: also <1AOClb 4s 4thA1A dPpGaI gu6 United States Supreme Court at Washington
 Dedication of the monument to the Prison Ship Martyrs" at New York. at hJwhich Mir. Taft and Governor Hughes are expected to speak.
 Cuban presidentiaI and congressional election.
 Launching of the new battieship North Dakota at Quincy. Mass.
 Various developments of the prose cutions directed against the Standard oil Company, the soscalled powder trust and certain railroads ifi freight rate matters.
 Gompers' contempt case at Washing s Tn the foreign field:
 Converting of the new Persian par Iiatnent at Teheran.
 Japanese army and navy maneuvres
 Hunting trip Of the German Elm peror. t
 Of chief interest in, the personal af- fairs of thousands of families through out the country this week will be the re-opening on, full time of mills and factories fa various parts of the coun- try. announced since the election: many of them had been closed down or running on short time for months From all directions. have come tidings of renewed activity preparatory to the filling of large orders, in great variety of industries.
 William Fl. Taft, spoken of as 'Prssident-elect''. although electors chosen. are yet far from having fulfill ed their. functions. will remain most of this week at Hot Springs. Va. Mir. Taft is expected in New York City on Saturday. to be the central figure at the dedication of the monument erected in Brooklyn to the memory of the Prison Ship Martyrs" The monument, which is visible from the bridges and harbor, was designed by the late Stanford White. and consists of a magnificent doric column of granite about 37o feet in height. ap- proached by Q stately flight of several hundred steps: the whole being crown ed by a tripod holding an electrically visible for miles. Under the monu- pient are buried the bones of the revolutionary patriots who died of starvation and disease in the British prison-huiks in the harbor.
 Echoes of the national political cam paign will undoubtedly be heard at Denver this week in the national con vention of the American Federation of Labor. The espousaI by President Samuel .Gompers of Mir, Bryan's cause is disapproved by many Influential members of the federation. and the matter will certainly be discussed to some extent.
 The, contempt case against Messrs. Gompers.. Mitchell and Morrison. of the Federation. arising out of the now famous Injunction suit of the Bucks Stove, and Range Company of St. Louis. Mo-. is expected to come up at Wash ineton during the week..
 Various aspects of the pending antitrust and railroad prosecutions are ons the docket of the week these include the Standard oil Company cases in Ohio on the 18th, in which it. is sought to prevent the Standard from controlling any of the stock of the subsidiary companies in Ohio; the talk ing of testimony in New York City in the governments suit to dissolve the Standard oil Company of New Jersey, and i, the case of H. Clay Pierce in Texas. indicted for alleged false swearing in securing the readmIssion of the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, which had been busted from Texas as will be resumed at Wilmington, Della ware
 Railroad men and shippers are awaiting with solicitude the outcome of arguments scheduled to be heard in the United States courts - at Kansas City tomorrow in a proceeding which will serve to test to maximum freight rate law
 The new battleship North Dakota of the "dreadnaughts." will be launched Tuesday at the Fore River Ship Build ing Company's, plant at Quincy. Mass. Mise Mary Benton, of Fargo, selected by Governor Burke. of North Dakota, will christen the ship.
 The case of Charles w.. Morse sem tenced last Friday to fifteen years in the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga, upon, conviction of the misapplication of,funds and Justification of the books of the National Bank of North Amer lea, is expected to come up Monday upon an application for writ of cer- tiorari, requiring the prosecution to show cause why Morse should not be admitted to bail. pending decision upon | his appeal from the judgment of con viction Meanwhile. Morse is a prison or in the tombs. in New York.
 The national monetary commission | will meet in Washington this week | and continue until the short session of Congress begins The commission has given special attention to the sub feet of postal savings banks in Eng land. and France.
 The annual horse show and opera season will open in New York Monday evening.
 JOKE ENDS FATALLY.