The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-30
FORECAST OF NEWS
CONVENTIONS OF NA-
 1TIONAL SCOPE.
From Coal Mining And Life Insurance Te Tnter-DenominatiOna Re- ligtous Fellowship And Philanthopfc Work, The
 Subjects Range.

Subjects Range.
 Important conventions of National l scope. for the discussion of a wide variety Of subjects. constitute the | feature of the news outlook of the l coming week
 From coal mining and life Insurance 1 to inter-denominational religious fel. lowship. and the philanthropic work of Jewish women, thep subjects range. That of most unusual character and, | perhaps, in the long run of most far
 reaching influence. will be tine re- markable meeting of the Federal l Council of the Churches of Christ of
 America. which will open in Phila- | deiphia on Wednesday evening repre-
 senting nearly twenty million protes- tant church-goers On Tuesday, at
 Cincinnati, will begin the meeting of 1 the National Federation of the Coun- l cils of Jewish Women, an organiza. ton ito further the best and highest l interests of humanity in fields re- 1 liglous. phiianthropic and educational
 The United Presbyterian, in annual convention at Piitsburg. will conduct
 the organization of a National Lords Day Alliance" in the interest of Sun day observance.
 Of more materialistic interests will
 be the meeting in Washington. begin
 ming Tuesday, of the National Com
 mission for the conservation of natural
 resources. growing out of the meet
 fng of governors called last spring by President Roosevelt. In connection with this meeting is to be made pub
 lie the Inventory" of the natural re-
 sources which the governors have caused to be compiled in the various
 states since the Presidents meeting .s1a a..s.a sk... governors are expected to get together again on December to consider fur
 ther the same important subject. At about the same time. at Pittsburg. the American mining congress will be in session. Governors of the coal pro- iucinE states have been invited to, ate tend. At New, Orleans this week comes the convention of the International seamens Union.
 Life insurance problems will be considered by the association of life insurance presidents, which will hold its second annual meeting in New York city Friday and Saturday. The first days proceedings will be devoted to memorial address in honor of the late Grover Cleveland. first chairman of the association.
 standard oil will continue to run the gauntlet in several phases of the prosecutions pending against the great corporation in sundry places. John D. Archbold will return to the witness stand in New York City before the referee who is taking testimony in the governments suit for the dissolution of the Standard oil Company of New Jersey; there may be developments In the famous s2s.000. 900 fine case before the United States Supreme Court, which resumes sessions at Washing ton after a fortnights recesss at Bue- falo fs scheduled the eompany's action for new trial of the relating case in which 1t was continued at Roches- ter last spring.
 The Democratic members of the House of Representatives, at Washing ton, will caucus on the 9th to choose a minority leader in place of John 1 Sharp Williams, whose resignation, is- sued last June, will take effect De- cember l. The Ways and Means Com 1 mittee will continue it's hearings on the subject of revision of the tariff, | but there is little expectation of tariff legislation at this session.
 Atlanta's mayoralty campaign has reached a stage of bitter feeling. the conflict between Woodward and Mad dox factions have become so intense l that the Mayor and police officials have | been urged to prevent the torchltghI | parades of both sides, on the ground 1 of possibility of riot.
 Tang Shao VI. the special envoy of the Chinese government, who came more especially to thank Uncle Sam" for his consideration in the matter of the Boxer indemnity. is expected to ar- rive in Washington Monday. and the government has arranged a cordial re- ception for him.
 Among the criminal trials set down for the week that of widest note Is the trial of Charles E. Davis, at Omaha. charged with having killed Dr. Rus tin, in compliance with the latter's al- of the most remarkable in recent crim- inal annals.
 In sporting circles. most interest at- 1 taches to the indoor championship meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union, which will take place Monday and Tuesday. at Madison Square Garden, New York City.
 This will be week of interesting foreign news. Wednesday will see the beginning of a new Chinese era, with the enthronement of the infant Elm peror of China, Pu Vi It gains inter est from the publication of the Ameri- can-Japanese agreement as to their at- titude toward the integrity of China.
 The outcome of the election of mem- berS of the new IuFkISH FdTlldInenI may take almost any form. and Hayti promises an interesting and sanguin- ary budget of revolutionary develop ments.
 There is good reason to expect con- tinued interchange of scandalous accu- sations between the counsel for the de Castellane and the de Sagan interests in the suit of Count Boni de Castellane against his former wife. Princess de Ssran CAnna Gould) for the custody of their children.
 In London. on Monday. begins the long anticipated Congress of the Pow CTS on maratime warfare which Amer. jeans will watch with interest. but their hearts will go out chiefly to Ma njIa whence on the same day, after brilliant ceremonies of entertainment and leave-taking, the battieshtp fleet will sail. homeward bound al last
 pr. Baurphy Injured.
 Huntsville. Nov. 2s.-(speelai'1 1- pr. Robert E. Murphy was painfully tniurad Jaqt night by being thrown