The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-16

demands but were IOOllSn TO attempt
TO enforce them at this time.
NEWS FORECAST OF THE WEEK.
At Los Angeles today President
Taft will enter upon the last week
hut one of his transcontinental tour.
After two days in the southern Cali
fornia metropolis he will travel
through Utah, Montana. Wyoming
and South Dakota, speaking at a mum
her of the chief cities in each state
and winding up in Pierre, S. D. where
he will stay over Sunday.
conference of progressive Re-
publicans has been called to meet in
Chicago during the week for the pur-
pose of gauging the extent OF the
movement and the future conduct OF
the work of the organization. 1t is ex-
pected the attendance will include
nearly all of the progressive Republi-
can members of congress and other
party leaders who are opposed to
| the nomination of President Taft.
| Some of the most important men
| in the financial world are expected to
appear before the house committee
that is investigating the United
States Steel Corporation, when it re-
assemblies in Washington today.
While the committee has not made
public its list of prospective witnesses
| 1t has been rumored for some time
that Mr.. Carnegie and Mr.. Morgan
will be called upon to tell what they
know of the formation of the steel
| trust.
Judge Lands in the United States
district court at Chicago will hear ar
guments today on the motion &c
ouash indictments against Albert G
Frost. promoter of the Chicago and
Milwaukee Electric road and George
j A. Ball, charged with conspiracy t
defraud the government of $4,000,
loco of Alaska coal lands.
;. The long pending and frequentl.
postponed custer suit against thu
Hooking Valley Railroad is scheduled
for hearing by the Ohio supreme
court tomorrow.
4 A magnificent bronze equestrian
statue OF Gen. John H. Morgan, tn
. noted Confederate cavalry leader, vii
, be unveiled with interesting cere
: monies in the court house square \
Lexington, KY, tomorrow.
: Republicans of Rhode Island wi
i meet In state convention Wednesda
to name a ticket to be voted for q
. the November election. No oppositio
J. exists to the denomination of Cove
a nor Aram j. Pothier.
Bishop Tuttle, of st. Louis will of
q ciate at the conservation of Rev. D
). Thomas Frederick Davies. Jr.. a
, bishop of the Episcopal diocese {
. western Massachusetts, which wi
!. take place Wednesday in All Saint
Church, Worcester.
IQre6 prominent CoiiCSoS VI u
country will inaugurate new pres
D. dents during the week. They are Mis-
r Ellen F. Pendleton of Wellesley &c
$ iege. DR.. George 3. Vincent of IL
> University of Minnesota. and D
q Lemuel H. Murlin of Boston Unive
sity.
q The convention calendar for Il
e week will include the annual NEE
u ings of the National Woman Suffrai
" Association at Louisville, the Intern
y. tional Dry Farming Congress
a Colorado Springs, the Atlantic Deep
a. Waterways Association at Richmon
10 the American Prison Association
1t Omaha. the Brotherhood of st. A
drew at Buffalo and the Society
lie the Army of the Cumberland at CHI
- tanooga.
~ Other events Of interest will be t
:. ~ progress Of the Glidden automob
"a tour, the series of games for t
n worlds baseball championship, a
n the continuation of the jubilee ce
n bration in Baltimore in honor OF c
Mt dinal Gibbons.
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OF Bonaparte.