The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-16
NEWS FORECAST
PROMISES MUCH
Abroad Great Interest Is Taken
in the Attacks Made Upon
the Kaiser.
COURT TRIALS OVER HERE
JOHN o.. ROCKEFELLER TO APP
PEAR ON WITNESS STAND.
COURT TRIALS OVER HERE

Foreign developments seem likely to
rival, if they do not overshadow, do
nestle news during the coming week.
The extraordinary events of the past
few days in Germany, following the
publication in London of an interview
in which the German emperor was
quoted as discussing foreign affairs;
with marked absence of reserve: the
drastic comments passed upon the in
terview in the German parliament, and
the embarrassing position in which the
whole affair has placed Chancellor Won
Buelow in his delicate situation be-
! tween the sovereign and the imperial
legislature, have all added immensely
to the interest of the world in the com
ing meeting of the kaiser and the chan
cellor.
Crisis in China.
A crisis in the history of China. and
especially in that of the Manchu dy-
nasty has come to a head in the death
of both the emperor and the doWager
empress.
Negotiations continue between the
European powers regarding the tangie
in the Balkans.
Maneuvers of the japanese army and
navy will conclude Monday with re-
view by the emperor at Nara. The en-
peror will go thence to Kobe, where, ON
the 18th, he will witness the greatest
gathering of Japanese war vessels
since the Russo-Japanese war.
important Trials.
Important litigation and court trials
occupy a>Iarge place in the news of the
week The most conspicuous figure
visible in this part of the weeks pro-
gram is John d. Rockefeller, who, with
John D. Archbold and J. A. Moffitt of
the Standard Oil corporation, has been
summoned to testify for the defense in
the action of the government for the
dissolution of the Standard Oil COM
pany of New Jersey. The case is to De
heard in New York City.
The Ruef case at San Francisco win
proceed, Notwithstanding the murder
Gus attack on Assistant District At
torney Heney last Friday, and at La
porte. Ind, the trial of Ray Lamphere
for the murder of Mrs. Belle Guinness
will continue.
Nance o'NeiI's Trial.
The trial of Nance O'Neil. the
actress. and her manager for alleged
infringement on copyright of the play
of THE Fires of st. john" is sched-
uled to proceed this week at San
Francisco.
Sylvester G. Williams of Denver,
special examiner for the United States
court in the anti-merger suit aimed At
the dissolution of the Hartman sys-
tenn of railroads, will begin taking tes-
timony in New York City on Tuesday.
Tuesday Is the day set for the Ia
Dor legislation dinner" at the White
House, which has been the subject of
much comment. especially because of
the failure of President Roosevelt to
invite President Gompers and other Of
ficers of the American Federation OF
Labor
National meetings of the American
Federation of Labor and Patrons of
Husbandry better known as the
Grange. continue at Denver and
Washington. respectively.
A last echo of the political campaign
is expected this week in the publica-
ton by the Republican committee of
the contributions received by the ma
tionaI committee for the presidential
campaign.