The Washington herald., 1913-12-28

Rome. on June 2 the international
woman's Congress was held at the Sor-
bonne, in Paris, and on June Is the Con-
sress OF the International Woman Suf-
frage Alliance opened at Budapest On
July 1 the second international OPIUM
conference began at The Hague. On July
is the Sixth International Congress of
Religious Progress was convened at
Paris. On August the International
Medical Congress was held in London.
with an attendance Of 1000.
Five important congresses held during
September gave emphasis % the interna-
tional character of modern economic and
social movements. These were the Elev-
enth International Zionist Congress, at
Vienna; the German Catholic Congress
at Metz; the German Nationalist Social
list convention, at Jena; the International
Cooperative Congress, In Glasgow; the
Forty-sixth Annual British Trades Union
Congress at Manchester, and. most in
ternationaI Of all as well as most inter
esting. the meeting of representatives
from all the civilized world at the dedi-
cation of the new Peace Palace. at The
Hague, August 8.
on October s, the general convention Of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in
America, was opened with a service held
In the cathedral of st. John the Divine,
New York City. The business meetings
were held in the new synod hall, beau
tiful structure, the joint gift of the late
]. Pierpont Morgan, and w. Bayard
Cutting The sessions of the convention
which were held daily for three weeks
were characterized by harmony and en-
tire absence of sensationalism. On Octo-
Der g, the World Woman's Christian
Temperance Union met in convention in
BROOKLYN, with representatives. from
fifty countries. In December the Anti
Vivisection Congress met at Washington.
BrIefer Mention of Notable Events.
On the first day of the year, the parcel
post went into operation. Its popularity
has exceeded all expectations, and the
problem now is how to manage the tre-
mendous business which has developed.
On the same day, the Russian council OF
the empire confirmed the law already
passed by the Duma, abolishing the serf
class in the Caucasus. On February 10,
Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland, widow
of the former President was married
TO Prof. Thomas J. Preston, jr., at
Princeton, N. J. On April l, ex-President
Taft took up his duties as Kent pro
fessor of law at Yale. On April q, the
Illinois legislature celebrated the lOOth
anniversary OF the birth of Stephen A.
Douglas. On June II, a new submarine
under test at Long Beach, Cal, came to
the surface after being submerged thirty
six hours, a new record for submarines.
During the first week Of July, the fif-
tieth anniversary of the battle Of Gettys-
burg was observed by a reunion OF 5OVO
Union and Confederate veterans on the
battlefield On July 4, President Wilson
addressed 10000 veterans and visitors In
the big tent. On that day, also, the CEN
tennial celebration of Perry's victory on
Lake Erie was begun at Put-in-Bay with
the laying of the corner stone OF the
Ferry monument. August 6, John Henry
Mears completed a trip around the
world for the New York Evening Sun
in 50 days p hours and IS minutes. break
ing all previous records by nearly four
days On September Is, the Grand
Army of the Republic met in its forty
seventh encampment, at Chattanooga.
Cctoter T. ex-President Roosevelt sailed
frCm New York for South America.
The marriage. November p, at the
White House, of President Wilson's sec
ond daughter, Jessie Woodrow, to Fran
els / Sayre, was a family affair devoid
of ostentation. The union of the young
Cx-King of Portugal TO a Hohenzollern
princess. Augustine Victoria, made little
stir in Europe political circles. The rails
ing of 100000 within a fortnight by
earnest workers for the mems and
omen's Christian associations in New
York City was a remarkable achieve
ment.
The No.>l prize. for literature was won