The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-06
FORECAST OF NEWS
 OF THE COMING WEEK

Washington, D, C., Dec b.--W1th the assembling of .,tAet sixtieth Congress for its5 5fiaa1s .sessidn and the reading of the Presidents rnessage-the eyes of the nation will turn toward the na- tional capital early In the coming week.
 President Roosevelts annual mes sage to Congress will be the last of it's kind which he will submit to that body and 1t is- naturally awaited with keen public interest. At no time dur ing his term of office has the Presi dent given attention to the prepara- tion of message that he has given to this one. Among the subjects of importance which the message is req sonably certain to teueh-aapon are the passage of an anti-trust,rlaw along the lines proposed last year. needed labor Legislation. additional Qualifications for the Philippines and for sea coast defense in this country, iuEreased pow CT for the Interstate Commerce Com mission in, the supervision of rates, an endorsement of the postal savings bank project, legislation requiring publicity of campaign expenses. new employers. liability law, the progress in the construction of the Panama canal otaLenOou LOT NeW Me8lCO anu Arizona. child labor legislation. uni form divorce laws, tariff revision. and the international amity resulting from the cruise of the Atlantic fleet.
 Almost simultaneous with the as- sembling of Congress a series of not able meetings is to be held in Wash ington by bodies formed to promote the enactment of various Legislative measures in which the country is in- terested. During the week there will be meetings of the Governors of all the States and their advisers. known as the National Conservation Commits sion, to list the natural resources of the United States; the Southern Com mercial Congress. to call attention to the resources and possibilities of the South the National Rivers and Har- bors Congress. to work for coherent policy in the development of the great natural lines of transportation, and the National Council of Commerce, to consider the important features of commercial relations at home and abroad.
 An echo of the Brownsville affair will be heard in the United States Su- preme Court Monday. when the case of the former negro soldier. Oscar Reid who was dismissed from the ser
 
 leged participation in the Brownsville shooting will come up for argument. The suit is for pay during the time of his enlistment. The verdict of the Circuit Court of Southern New York was against him.
 President elect Taft will go to New York Monday to speak at the annual dinner of the North Carolina Society of New York. His speech. it Is ex- pected, will be of a-character to com mand national attention and of partic- ular interest to the South.
 The literary world, at least the Eng fish speaking part of 1t, will be in terested in the celebration of the Mil ton tercentenary. which is to be ob . served by colleges, literary societies and other bodies in England and America.
 national corn exposition will open in Omaha and a national apple show will hold forth in Spokane Both ex- hibltions are of wide scope and prom ise to attract much attention.
 The trial of Colonel Duncan B Cooper. Robin Cooper and John D, Sharp. who are charged with the mur der of ex-senator Edward w. Car mack. Is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Nashville. Tenn.
 Unless the Governor or Board o Para0Bs interferes the death sentenct will be carried out on Herman Billil st Chicago Friday. BllIik is the for tune teller who was convicted of tn
 murder of i've members of the Vzra family. His case was carried to tn United States Supreme Court and ha attracted wide attention.