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Washington, d. c., June25-Ex-
President Roosevelt is expected to at
tend the commencement exercises at
Harvard university and the reunion of
the class of 80 of which he was
member. While in New England he
will be the guest of Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge and will doubtless meet
a number of prominent public men,
among them Attorney General Wick
ersham, who is to address the gradu-
ates of the Harvard Law school.
The election of a United States SEN
ator, representatives in Congress and
governor and other state officials are
involved in the general primary cleo
ton to be held in North Dakota We'd
nesday AS in other states OF the
middle west the contest promises to
be a battle royal between the "pro-
gressive" and "stalwart" factions of
the Republican party.
Four aspirants for the governorship
of Vermont will contest for the NOM
ination before the Republican State
convention in Montpelier. In Maine
another interesting gubernatorial con-
test will be settled at the Republican
state convention on Wednesday.
A military carnival which is ex-
pected to eclipse all previous affairs
of its kind in the United States will
open in Chicago Tuesday. An entire
division of the United States army
will be encamped in Grant Park and
military maneuvers and spectacles
will continue daily until July IA.
| Toward the end of the week Bos-
ton will be invaded by great army
of teachers who will assemble from
every part of the country for the an
nual convention of the National Edu-
cational Association. Preparations for
the entertainment of the visitors are
being made on an unusually elaborate
scale and it is expected the conven-
tion will be the largest and most not
able in the history of the association.
circles will be the worlds contest at
Montreal while the attention of au-
tomobiists will be similarly center
ed on indianapolis, where the national
record races and the annual contest
for the Cobe trophy will take place ov-
er the famous speedway course, be-
ginning Friday.
An event of great interest to the Ro-
man Catholic world is to take place
| in London Tuesday when the great
cathedral at Westminster Is to be
formerally consecrated The eevnt will
be attended by imposing ceremonies
lasting two days in which eminent
prelates from many parts of the world
will take part.
The national conference of people
who are interested in the welfare of
children will begin Tuesday at Clark
University, Worcester, and continue
for five days. Among the many per-
sons of prominence interested in the
movement are Mrs. Theodore Roose-
welt, Mrs. Robert M. LaFolette, Gif-
ford Pinchot and Judge Ben B. Lind
sey of Denver.
Other events which will figure more
or less prominently in the news of
the week will be the provincial cleo
tions in Alberta, the dedication of the
Indians monument on the battlefield
of Antetam, the annual meet
ing of the American Library Associ-
alton at Mackinaw Island, the EN-
pire rifle matches at Bisley, the Yaie-
Harvard boat race at New London, the
meeting of the Southern Textile Asso-
citation of Augusta, the annual observ-
ance of Dominion Day throughout
Canada, and the annual convention in
Pittsburg of the Federation of Ameri-
ran ZiOntSts