Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1909 — CONVENTIONS. [ARTICLE]

CONVENTIONS.

MARCH. 10. The International Congress of Mothers convened in Washington. APRIL 20. The National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, met in annual convention in Washington. 21. The general society. Daughters of the Revolution, met in New York city. 80. The national congress, Sons of the American Revolution, opened in Buffalo. MAY. A The National Society of Colonial Dames met in Washington. The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church met in Baltimore. IX Congress of governors met in Washington. 19. The Southern Baptists met in convention at Hot Springs. Ark. 21. The general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United states met in Kansas City, Mo. 38. Internationa] congress of aeronauts met in London. JUNE. X Eighth biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at Columbus, O. 9. Reunion of United Confederate Veterans at Birmingham, Ala. 15. World's temperance congress met at Saratoga Springs. International Woman’s Suffrage alliance met in Amsterdam. 18. International Sunday school convention in Louisville. 22 The general Federation of Women's Clubs met in Boston. 29. National Educational association met in Cleveland. JULY. 7. National good roads convention met in Buffalo. IX Federation of American Zionists met at Atlantic City. 11 Convention of the Western Federation of Miners opened at Denver. 17. Universal peace congress met in London. 19. National congress of Esperantists met at Chautauqua, N. Y. AUGUST. 10. Annual conventions of the International Typographical and of the Stereotype™ and Electrotypers’ unions, also the American Federation of Catholic Societies, opened in Boston. 16. The 83d annual convention of the National Editorial' association opened at St. Paul. 17. International Esperanto congress met In Dresden, Saxony. 25. National society. Sons of Veterans, met at Niagara Falls. 30. Annual encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans opened in Boston. 8L 42d annual encampment of the G. A R. opened in Toledo. SEPTEMBER. 0. 19th annual international eucharistic congress convened in London. 34. 28th annual meeting of the farmers’ national congress opened at Madison, Wil. 2X Triennial international congress on tuberculosis opened in Washington. Convention of the American Bankers’ association opened in Denver. 29. 16th session of the national irrigation congress opened in Albuquerque, N. M. OCTOBER. A 19th transmieslssippl commercial congress met in San Francisco. 7. The national Inland waterways convention opened in Chicago. IL First International congress of road builders opened in Paris. 15. doth annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage association opened in Buffalo. 2X Convention of the National Woman’s Christian Temperance union met in Denver. NOVEMBER. 0. 28th annual session of the American Federation of Labor opened in Denver. IL 15th annual convention United Daughters of the Confederacy met at Atlanta. IX The first American Catholic missionary congress opened in Chicago. 17. The Atlantic deep convention met in Baltimore. 2X Conference of New England governors at Boston. 2X American Association For the Advancement of Science met in Baltimore. DECEMBER. X American mining congress opened in Pittsburg. 14. American Civic Federation met in New York. 28. American Association For the Advancement of Science opened tn Baltimore. •