Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-09

Is as follows: Fowler. New Jersey;
Prince. Illinois: Calderbead. Kansas:
Lewis. Georgia and Gillespie. Texas. |
The last two are Democrats. The sub
committee 1t is expected will hold
its first meeting today and Will at once
begin drafting of currency measure.
Kansas City. Dec. 1.-THE national
failed 10 open its doors this morning
and is in the hands of the national
bank examiner. The bank is the old
est here and the largest financial ia'
sLltution in the city. The following
notice was posted on the door of the'
bank at $3.50 this morning: TINS
bank has been closed by oder of the,
board Of directors" It. Is in the hands,
OF J. r. Bradley. national bank exam
iner. by order of the comptroller o.
currency The bank has been in a,
weakened condition since It's last state
| ment which was issued August % last
Al that time it was stated the bank
| owed the clearing house close to al
million dollars. When the iinaacialI
\ disturbance came aud the clearing
house decided to issue clearing house
certificates, rumors regarding the Bank
o. Commerce's financial condition in
| creased until within the past few days
| numerous conferences of other nation
| al bank officials here were held and
means of keeping the bank open We're
| discussed The deposits are $4,000
/ 600.
New York. Dec. 5.-The New YORK
correspondent OF the National Bank
OF Commerce Of Kansas CITY Is the
| First National bank. An official OF
that institution said today the Kan
sas City bank had large credit bal
ance with the First National. The
stock market was affected by the news
OF the failure, but not TO any serious
extent
| Washington. Dec. 5.--The annual re-
port of the secretary of the treasury
4 George b. Cortelyou, was submitted To
congress today. Secretary Cortelyou
makes hut slight reference TO the re
cent financial panic. At the end OF mis-
report, after summarizing the require
ments and Accomplishments of the va
rIous branches OF the treasury service
he adds a recommendation that con.
gress enact laws giving greater elastic
ity to currency and authority to sec
retary of the treaury to take proper
safeguarded measures for affordne
adequate relief in times Of financial
stress.
New York, Dec. 5t-Several New
Workers who were identified with Up
ton Sinclair, author of "The jungle, in
his ill-fated Helicon hall communisuc
: experiment at Englewood, have an
: nounced that they will join the novel
list in his latest scheme for living thu
} simple life and outwitting the land
J lords. Preparations are already being
: made for the trip of the wagon cara
: van, colony on wheels. over tWt
! continents The start will probably
be made next spring, wher Sinclair
j with score or more of other litera''
accompanied by their families IN
y their Wallets. maids, governesses an
o stenographers. will set forth on thei
e great trek. beginning in southern Ca
J. ifornia, crossing the continent an
e then invading Europe and possib!
= Asia.
s "A practical protest against III
o landlords. with their system of charE
e ing rental for the use OF the Ian
n which God gave us" is the desert
p iion of the experiment given by
II New York devoteee of the author o
T. "The Jungle" Others of the literar
0 elect. who are not admirers of Sinclair
declare that he is jealous of the fam
I attained by his lelowSocialist, Jac
b London, in his trip aroulf the worl'
= IN small boat. and that Sinclair ha
evolved his eommunistic colony ol
!. wheels as method Of again getti,u
I his share of the lmelight. so nece'
sary to the sale OF books.
II Toxic, Dec. 5..-Rodolph Lemieus
J. Canadian minister of labor, held
, lengthy conference today with Wis
> count Hayashi, minister of foreign al
airs at the foreign office and receives
n verbal assurances Of the limitation o
l. Japanese immigration and that he vii
9 bc given later fun details of plan
, on foot for its control.
New York, Dee. o,-With the e'
eeption of the PENNSYLVANIA 4 Erie
which started lower, stocks are ger
orally higher, Erie. Southern Pacla
Union Pacific, Amalgamated, Mexican
Central and Rock Island. steel Read
j ing V. Smelling all moved up. Suga
per cent down.
Wallace. Idaho. Dec 6.-Accordin
iu advices received from Rathdrun
Judge Woods has instructed Sherii
Mcdonald. who has custody of Stev
Adams. not to give up tho prisonc
to Colorado officials who win arrly'
IA the morning until he gets an orde