The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-11-22
WEEK IN THE WORLD.
Great Events and Movements Which
Are Making History.

at Washington that as means OF aIoIu'
! ing relief TO the financial situation, the
treasury would issue S5O,OOO,OOO OF Panama
bonds and SlOO,0O0,OOo in certificates oil
Indebtedness or so much Thereon az may
lac necessary The certificates VIII run
for one wear and will bear 3 per cent
interest The secretarys action IN com
/ ing TO the relief OF the financial situation
I meets with President Roosevelts hearty
approyal and the plan is the outcome Of
/ the several white house conferences when
/ have been held within the past few day.
| an which the financial situation was con-
! sidered Secretary Cortelyou says that the
Panama bonds will afford most substantial
relief as the law provides that they may
| be used as basis for additional national
bank circulation He also states that the
! proceeds from the sale OF eertlhcates can
| be made directly available at points where
| Inc need Is most urgent and especially
| for the movement of the crops, which,
| he saws. IF properly accelerated, VIII give
| the greatest relief and result in the most
| immediate financial returns The secre'
/ tary calls attention to the attractYeness
/ ri the bonds and certificates as absolute
ly safe investments. Secretary Cortelyou
adds that these relief measures will en-
| able him to meet public expenditures WITH
out withdrawing for that purpose any APP
preciable amount OF the public moneys
| now deposited in national banks through
out the country. Two treasury elreularsl
one inviting proposals for the issue OF
bonds and the other asking proposals for
| the certificates, will be sent out under
date OF Dec. Is. In his letter to Secretary
! Cortelvou approving the treasury plans
President Roosevelt states that he has
| been assured that the leaders in congress
| have under consideration a currency meas
/ re (which will meet in permanent tashlon
| tho needs OF the situation, and winch
believe will be passed at an early date
after congress convenes two weeks hehce'
Moncure d. Conway, IS, the. distin-
| puished American author, died IN farls
| Friday ON the eve of his departure Tor the
United States Mr.. Conway was born IN
Stafford county. Virginia. He was grad
,,atod from Dickinson college, a Pennsyl-
vania institution. in lS49. In 1880 he
studied law. From ls49 to 1852 he was
a Methodist minister. Becoming a I'm
tartan he was pastor OF churches in Wash
;ngtnn and Cincinnati from 1854 to 1851.
lie wrote many pamphlets and articles
| fayorinp the emancipation of the slaves;
He edited The Dial, in Cincinnati, and
later The Boston Commonwealth. lie zee,
! tured in England and from 1868 TO 1921
was minister of the South Place chapel
London. He was on the staff Of ne Lon
don Daily News and The, Fan MAI ,N va
zetfe. and a frequent contributor to ENG
Iiish and American magazines. His pub
lished works include The Earthword IN,
grimage. Idols and Ideals, Demonology and
| Devil Lore, The Wandering jew, The
Sacred Anthology, George Washington
and Mount Vernon, Life of Edmund Kan
dolph, Life Of Thomas Paine, Life OF
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Life of Thomas
| CARLYLE. Barnes of Potomac and Kappa
hammock. Emerson at Home. and Abroad
Pine and Palm, Prisons of Air, Republlcailn
Superstitions, Solomon and Solomome LAT
erature Conway.
new star was added to the American
aag Saturday by the admission formally
into the Union of the state of Oklahoma;
President Roosevelt at l0l6 a. m. signed
the proclamation admitting the territories
Of Oklahoma and Indian territories lolnt-
lv as one of the American states. WIN
IMPRESSIVE ceremonies BETTING the birth
Of fine new state the oaths of office were
administered TO Gov. Charles n, Haskell
and other state officers Just before noon
al Guthrie. The ceremonies took place IN
front of the Carnegie library entrance,
there being no state building: Following
prayer the proclamation oil rleSiug IN
Roosevelt admitting Oklahoma and, In
dian territory to statehood was read by
/ Charles Filson secretary of Oklahoma ter
ritorv. After The Star-Spangled Banner
had been PLAYED by band OF Cherokee
Indian bows. Governor Haskell walked TO
The center of the platform, where the oath
of office was administered.
William ]. BRYAN, twice the candidate
of the democratic party for president OF
the United States, has issued statement
in which he announces that he Will accept
the democratic nomination Tor presldeht
in 1908. but he will neither ask nor MAKE
| a ioht for it. He says that for year or
more he has been pressed to answer the
question "Will you accept nomination
and he believes the public is entitled TO
an answer and to know the position ne
occupies.
The state supreme court at Columbus,
TO-, Tuesday held the Aiken law, impos-
ing 81 900 tax on saloons in the state,
valid The decision was given IN the case
of Bernard Wrede, a Cincinnati saloon
Ikeeper against G. c. Richardson, charged
with collection from the saloon, Az the
acts of the last session OF the leglslatuIe
fine validity of which were questioned by
the illness of Gov. John NJ Pattison, are
incidentally upheld by the decision
President Roosevelt has invited the gov
ernors of the states and territories to meet
him at the white house at Washington
MAY 10, IA and Is next to discuss. the
louestion of means to conserve the natural
resources of the country. Invitations are
to be extended to the members OF the
two houses of congress and to the inland
waterways commission.