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Hillsboro Independent saaaaa tridn t tack uk imiSBORO OREGON NEWS OF THE WEEK Oar In a Condensed form for Busy Readers. A Riwmt mt tha Lees Important but Net Less Interesting Evems of tha Pact Week. Ao Arixona bank has impended tern porarily. New Yok banks will now give relief to other citl.-a. Portland banks hava engaged $1, 600.000 in foreign gold. Chicago telegraph operators Lave Voted to suspend the strike. The atriaiiig Ivit-Ktal.md of pCC have decided to call ofi the strike The total foreign gold engagements f..r New York ia now close to $:H,0U0, OH). The Denver mint ia coining gold bul im into money at the rate of nearly a million dollara a day. The first ahip-ment of foregn gold hail reached Newark. The consign ment contained $7,100,000. The Oregon commission to the Ala' ka-Yukon-Pacific exposition haa select ed a aite for the state building. An American made watch haa been printed a cert ideate ol accuracy by the Geneva, Switzerland, obseivatory, Congressman Boiirke Cockran, of New York, was arrested for illegal vot ing, but later turned looee, aa mistake had been made. A great earthquake in Guatamala did much damage to property. Nearly all the large citiee are now using clearing house certificates. Rockefeller cannot be compelled to testify in Ohio in the Standard inquiry. The Rank of England haa again rail ed the discount rate, but gold purchases continue, inree Kansas banks cave closed on account of failure of a bank at Kansas City, Mo. Chief Forester Pinchot says the tlm- be r supply of the United States will not last 20 years. Experts have found the New York triiat companies solvent and the banks will back them. ELECTIONS IN MANY STATES. .lot... Wins Contest at Cleveland and Taylor at Frisco, v.- v.b Vn. A Elections held I. WllllfSiOIlt tha country yesterday pasa """ n in enmrmrative auiei. iu"- ....... i.m vKrinua auctions ahow ths lUIIW w. ' folLiwintf Manila: "--- . . .. . Massachusetts reelect me enure iw publican state ticket, beaded oy Uovei L, r..rtia Guild. Jr. Henry M. Whit . Ik awntlriaata rtolled a much heavier voto than Char lea W. Bartiett, theanti mermr Democrat. " .... n t Pennsv vania electa Jotm v. pnean, Republican, head of the ticket, lor state treasurer, by a large majority. New York state electa tuaara i Bartiett and Wiilard lia.tlett, jointcan- di.latea on the Republican and Deruo- cratic ticket for justices of tbe court of Appeals, over the candidates cl tae in- ependence League ( Hearst.) New York City electa me lammany candidates hy considerable majorities over tbe Independence League Kepub lican candidates. The Maryland contest for the govern orship is in doubt owing to lateness of rit-.-.r-.a Ceri"YSt'r estimate baaed on meaner returns give Crothers, Dem ocrat, for governor, a plurality of 6,100 to 8.000. The Rhode Island returns lndicste the re-election of Governor James II Iliwiua. Democrat, over Frederick H Jackson, Republican, by a plurality es timated at about 1,600, snowing Democratic gain over the plurality of last Tear The election of the Democratic ticxet n Mississippi, beaded by E. F. Noel for goveinor, ia a foregone conclusion as there is no opposition ticket. The Kentucky returns indicate Re publican gains, but whether they will be enough to overcome tbe last Demo cratic majority is not yet evident. In Nebraska, M. B. Reese, Kepubll can candidate for the Supreme court, the most important state otlice voted on, la undoubtedly elected. The American or anti-Mormon ticket at Salt Lake City is estimated to have the largest pluralities ever given in that city. At Toledo, OKEGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST Mayor Brand Whitlock and the entire Independent ticket is re elected. Cincinnati ' elects Colonel Leopold Markbreit, the Republican candidate for mayor. At a very late hour tbe figures favor ed the election of Katzenback, Demo crat, as governor of New Jersey,' but his lead was very nsrrow over Fort, Kepub lican, less than 1,000 separating them, STUDENTS PACK APPLES. Corvallis Eaperlment Station Will Ship CarivaJ Of NffWt Oreiron Agricultural College. Corval iia carload ol first class Nawtowns . ir.-haid one rated under a lease by the horticultural department at the college, la being prepared for shipment, the grading and packing Deing uo v, ... ,.!-.,( in tha agricultural wn tk. .nrk la a drill in that importau department of borticultuie, and they get regular credits lor ii i... .k Tan Hava were spent re- ICMV ." J cently by John Castner, a packing ex oert from Hood River, in giving afiwlunta anecial instruct i' n. , The Newtowna being laoseu ior siny n,.nt ara from the Dve-a. re Dieeaci orchard, but a few bundled yards from Vt A wl I a 17 a Tha land was leased last year for pnrpoaea of experiment. A nort on ol It was given me ms"- . 1 a, I u,alnH , view rvinaiiiiw a!fl, -..HI- r allowed to o In much the same faah ion that ia usual on Willamette valley Tha difference in the appear ance of the two portions ia so marked a (a laava no doubt of the etlicacy of care. Scarcely a aingie oo oi un able apples will be secured from the neirleeted nortion. while from the culti vated part at least 600 boxes of the fin est fruit will be secured. The test seems to establish that New towns are a desirable variety lor plant ing in the Willamette valley. Professor lewis declares the color of the fruit from this orchard is as fine as ran be produced. Tbe apples will grade S, 4 and 4 tier. Governor-Elect Eaanell, of Oklaho ma, advocates a 90-day holiday for fi nancial interests. The United States Steel corporation hits bought control of Tennessee Coal & Iron company, subject to Roosevelt's aproval. It ia feared many Uvea were lost In the recent heavy (rale of! Newfoundland, reen fishing vessels have not reported and are believed to have gone down. The population of London is over seven million. America is proving land of the Jews. the promised Governor Hoch, of Kansas, is said to a want to fill Senator Long's place. The Russian prison system is said to be a piactical joke by leading bureau crats. Colorado has taken steps aRainst the companies in the coal combination with the hope that the price ol fuel may be re.iued. Harriman is repotted to have pur chased the Georgia Central railway which will give him another outlet to the Atlantic. New York banks have impaired the government cash reserve, but no alarm ia felt, aa foreign gold en route to this country will make the shortage good. K.nrique Creel, ambasador from Mai. km to the United States, baa been elect- M governor of Chihuahua, bnt it la I lieved he will continue his ambassador- snip. Nan Jose del Cabo, at the month of the Gulf of California, haa been de Btmyed by wind and a cloudburst. Six- leen persons were killed and the entire p puiauon is destitute. Tope Leo la reported to be seriously i al Ftate hank n u and Island, Neb., haa oloed Its doors 111. The Comraerria Finland haa passed a bill prohibiting the manufacture or importation of al- ronoi. larta of India are threa toned with a famine, having experienced the worst aMuin since 18!8. Reliable reporta from Karatagh, Rus sisn Turkeatan. say but 300 persona mr unui in me recent disaster. Il.n.i.l n...n. . ... ......... ..,, u, ule raivatlen Army, has arrived in New York from Kngland and waa given a great lecep- Hritlsh railroad employes have voted it a general strike and there seems little likelihood of a settlement being The governors of Georgia, Alabama mi ."uui varonna nave united to wee tne railways to ubey new laws passed in thoee states. .... 11 is announced tliat 21 steamers have been chart.-red to bring coal and other snpplisa from Scotland for the American neel which Is to visit the I'acinc. A bank cashier at Charlton. Ind -it m iiin-niiKv saying me Dank was wrecked and committed suicide. Oklahoma banks will reopen Novem- Der 4. A third death from plagne has or- crrrred a? reattie. Montana banks are doing business nn.lei normal conditions. Hostile Navajo Indians have been killed or raptured in Southern Utah. William D. Haywood will most prob ably be the Socialist candidate tor president. Good Government Wins. San Francisco, Nov. 6. At 1 o'clock this morning a totaling of the partial returns indicates the election of almost the entire Good Government city and county ticket, including mayor, district attorney, board of supervisors, treas ure, assessor, tax collector, recorder. city attorney, public administrator, sheriff, coroner and two police judges. The Union Labor party may have saved its incumbents in the ollices of auditor and county clerk. On a basis of a 10 per cent count of the votea in 249 of the 273 preclncta with tha Minion district largely to be neard rrom Mayor Taylor' nlurahtv over me union Labor candidate, P. II. McCarthy, should approximate 9.000: District Attorney Langdon'a plurality over McGowan, the Union Labor nom inee, 18,000; with Ryah, Republican, running a poor third in the mayoralty race. Johnson Four-Time Winner. Cleveland, O., Nov. . Mavor Tom L. Johnson was yesterday elected for the fourth time as mayor of Cleveland in a bard fouitht battle, in which tha Republican ticket was headed by Con gressman The-More K. Burton, chair man of the house committee on rivra and harbors At midniaht Chairman Baker, of the Republican cemmittee. conceded the election of Johnson bv 5,000 plurality. The Johnson head quarters has his plurality at a binder figure, and the election of tbe entire D-mocratic city ticket is indicated h 5,000 or more. The Democrata elected majority of the councilmen. Burton made considerable the vote of two years ago, when Wil liam H. Boyd was the Republican can dldate, but the gain waa not eurticient to overcome the strong Johnson lead. Taft Not Hunting War. Xt-!l- - - """. ov. . Secretary Taft Is wjusiuering ine abandonment ol the ec oi nia tour ol the world and an im mediate return to the United States. The financial crisis in the United """"t orgeni political demands and the recent mutiny at Vladivostok is nn derstood to be behind his determination curecurn. .o positive decision oeen reachel, but Taft's pectfd In official High School Debating League. University of Oregon, Eugene The Oregon State High School Debating league, organized during the past sum mer, la meeting wun nearty co-opera tion from all parts of the state. Up to the present time fifteen of the larger schools have signified their intention of joining the league, including Pendle ton, Baker City, La Grande. Ontario, The Dalles, Astoria, Salem, Kugene, Roseburg, Klamath Falls, Medford, Grants Pass, Bandon, Marsbfield, North Bend and a number of smaller ones. On account of the reorganization of its high schools, Portland was not able to enter, but will do so next year. The state has been divided Into four dis tricts, and a championship team will be chosen from each district. Tbe final debate will be held at the Univer sity of Oregon. A handsome silver cup will be given to the winning team. Dry Rang Killing Sheep. Pendleton That sbpep on many ranges of Eastern Oregon are unac countably dying is the report brought to this city by nirminent slieenmen. The heaviest loss seems to be in Mor row and Gilman counties, with a leaser amount in Umatilla county. A.Smythe Son, ol Arlington, teport the loss'of 200 head, and William Smith, of Mor row county, haa lost about an eqnal number. Opinions among sheepmen differ as to the cause. Some think the sheep are getting a poisonous weed, but the prevalent opinion is that owing to the unusually dry fall, the grass is in sufficient and the quality poor. PROKOStOAMtniOrfENf. Tax Reform A..eeiio( would E- The Oregon T, Ref Ration, with headquarters (t por,i,nd, has for its object several ra,ii...i .h.nem in tbe mode of taxation. Ci utterg have been Issued and sent .mnnes and other organ iaaiom throughout the state. The change, ,r, nj.de by amending the conititutlon through the initiative. Vhe fulwina j, the text ol the associations' deair.. All dwelling i,, ' n barns, sheds, outhouses, lnJ otpr improve ment appertain ins . , dwelling; all fences, farm Ru,.hln. .nd appli ances used aa such; orchards, nd livestock; Household f.,t,ir in use, and tools owned and i M bv a me chanic shall be exsmi taxation." 1 v" - j Rhodes Scholarihip a;xamanatlon. university oi f)r. r,,ne me next qualifying n,m,.,i1,n. for the Rhodes scholarships I... n.it state wi be held at the I'nivsr.n. of Oregon Tuesday and We.loe.,i January 21 nd 22, 1908. Ths .,;.ninents for conducting the enmin-tions will fol- closely those of U. .ear. with the rairuwuu iiiai an fiamination tee oi s in De charged all .,ii,lates. ine examinations will h, nn,lr tbe direc tion of tbe Oregon Committee of Selec tion, composed of p,aldent P. Campbell, of the University of Oregon chairman; President Ferrin, of Pacifio university; resident Coleman, of WU lamelte university; President Crooks or Albany college, and President Kiley oi ucMinnville collie. Ask Stats to Aid. Pendleton It is now probable that the state legislature will be asked to appropriate money for an experimental elation at llermiaton. At a meeting just hold here between the executive committee of the agricultural college regents and the commercial sssociation managers, it was disclosed that the re gents have no power to use Federal funds f"r the operation of branch ex perimental stations. An experimental station is needed under the hast Uma tilla projbect at Hermi'ton, but thi cannot be done unless the state will vote money for the same, as ia done for ine one at union. - Means Ruination of Business. paiero ine Klckrea Millina com pany has filed complaint with the Or gon Railroad commission alleging that it placed orders for one freight car Sep tember 6, two on September 24 and one on uc toner 4, and has received bu one car, that delivered on October 4 The cars were wanted for shipment of grain from Deiry to Newberg. The milling company says this failure to furnish cars is mining its business and appeals to the commission for aid in compelling the Southern Pacifio to fur nlah cars. has return is ex- CIPpIm T. I. thought that Taft has any fears, but it u.u u unpleasant lor him to run no a oauie between R-issians. Gillette Sees Silver Lining. San Francisco, Nov. 6. "The finan via, iituti I n ia imrrni'in. x , . Howing in from London and from larv-e European centers and a very few days will witness the clearing away of the v tonus . r-an rrancisco has proved her s rengUi by not tottering under the t rain. Governor Gillette summed np tte financial situation In these words , ... rumored that be intend, ed calling a special session of tbe legis. ature for the purpose of enactina- Wi.. lat.on extending the time for payment u..u,ueui taxes, ue deniel this, Alton Road Loses. , .ov. . During the last f.mr months the Alton Mad has lost ap proximately 1150,000 hy reason of the yrawon oi ins two-cent passenger law In the states of Illinoia an, I mi,.i hT ir,V VT?X A"nt Charlton, of tlie Alton, has kept careful statistics of IT Z , 'r" f" TMsenger tickets since the law went into effect, and baa . varriui coninariaon nf n,. K...: corresponding Car ShorJ. Hurts. Athena The ctr shortage here s a great drawback In the shipping of pro ducts. Many hundred tons of wheat are stored in the varioui warehouses awaiting shipment, and most of the wheat that has been shipped so far was sent out on flit ran. Many of the farmers along the little railroad sta ions have been nnabls to sell their beat at good price, hscause the ware. are unwilling to buy ton much wheat un lees they know they can ship it out. Little Hope of Relief. Salem The State Railroad commit sion baa answered the letter of the gov- t ernor on the fuel shortage, addressed to it several weeks ago. I he communica- house companies, is the agents i:nK ...... it i. . . i . , I i n. i . . .u i nun rayn ib nan causea letters to De written to C8 mills in Eattern Oreson nd lias received ten replies. Only one had wood to sell, and that at 11.25 tier cord. Others say thev cannot iret car to handle wodd on local orders. Many say that on account of the raise in lum ber rates to the East the future la too uncertain tor them to nndeitake new business. nets .tone during the months of former years. Pscific a Jap-Amerlcan Lake. New York. Nov. fl. "The Pacific ocean must become . JapanA, aZ i W ,UnJ Wh..r dresa (mikado's fiftyeventh birthday nl.ki .... n ".st at wi. slehration of tha Change in Instructors. University of Oregon. Euirene Mr. Wiley J. Huddle, wbo has been in structor in the University ol Oreiron during the past three years, has iuat been appninted a member of the public ninnies Doaru ol the state of Wiscon sin. His office will be that of state raa inspector, with a salary ol $1,800 and traveling expenses. The vacancy in the department of chemistry at the univer sity has been filled by the election of Dr. W. L. Shinn, of Wisconsin. Mills Forced to Shut Down. Albany Because of car shortage the big mills of the Curtlss Lumber com pany at Mill City, on the Ccrvallis A Eastern railrosd, 35 miles east of Al bany, will soon close down nntil cars can be secured. Manager Robert Shaw said he could get no cars at all for shipments outside the state, snd the mill yards are crowded with lumber enough to fill 400 cars. These mills have a capacity of about 100,000 feet daily, and will throw 200 men out. Farrrs Selling at Woooburn. Woo.ll.nrn A Salem syndicate has purchased a 161-acre tract we.t of W Mdburn for the purpose of dividing into Woodhnrn from the Portland Salem electric line. Sales of farms in this section to homeaeekers from the East are of daily occurrence. There is much activity in both city and farm property and Woodburn's prospects were never so bright as the ate now. Apples Await Road. Pilot Rock-It is estim-ted that there are now about $18,000 worth of excellent apples on orchards tributary to this place awaiting the completion of he I mat! I la Central from Pendleton to this place, so they can be shipped to market. If the road IS rflmrUxl many of the fall apples can be saved. After this year great quantities of fruit will be shipped out from this point to the markets. Stat Will Sue. Salem Governor Chamberlain, as president of the state board ol ednca tion, baa wired defaulting textbook manufacturing eoncerna failing ...... ply public schools ss follows: -v. ara In default aa to some books contract, d for. If contract is not complied with at one the atata :n bond." -.m Oil Land Leased. Klamath Fallsjbere have been Al.1 - i . I. kA . . . . .1 I L'Ltn.lk . " ' y wit., iuc tuunrv ciera ui v m ... o . 1 . . i . . . , i tuuiiij teases od i large tract oi iauu near Lost river. These leases were secured by the K;imath Oil company and are for a netui i 20 years. The landowners will reoMve 10 per cent of th revenue arising fI0m the operations if oil, coal, gas or minerals are found. If nothing matetiiiizes after a period oi uuee years, th leases are to De come void. PORTLAND MARKETS Wheat Club, 7C. bluestem, 89c; valley, 87c; red, . ' Oats No. 1 whil' $29.50; gray, $29.60. Barley Feed, 1:8.50 per ton ; brew ing. $30; rolled, tj031. Corn Whole, tr-racked, 33- Hay-Valley tlmothy, S 7 is per ton; EasU-m Oregon timothy, $23; clover, $15. CDett, $15; B'in hay, $15(316; alfiifa $14. Fruits Apples, 75.12.25 per box; Peaches, $1 per witermelons, lc per pound: Dear. ..'si ss ner box; ' - iiw,B- . grapes, 75c.$ 1.75 r,te; quinces, 60.-$l per dot; huckleberries, 7c r pouna; crsnbrries $1010 0i' per rrel. ' Vegetables Tarain- $1-25 per sack; rrots, $1.25 p P. beets, $1-25 carrots. per sack; cabbage ia'o per pound; cauliflower, 25(f.ji dozen; celery, 60c$l per doses- lorn, .Vta$l P" sack; encumbers 11 r sack; oniens, 1520c per ley. 20c per uuwd, poppers, g i7c Pr P""u pumpkins, l3i '4(t)rrpound; radishes, 20c perdor.en; sPn.h 6c per pound; squash 1 a 1 i4C nJ . tomatoes. orunOp w v Onions- $2rii )C - stark Potatoes ;iv r hn,Ire.l, He l.vered Port lan J ; ,WfJJ potabs, 2'4c ponnds, rVS.eia, ' Pork-Bio, 75 tn 150 pounda, 7 Ponl.ryAvsV';tj bens. P" pound; Dlxl Clirke., lie; rprind chickens, 12c; 0Je,p,ter.. Mi dresae, chicken,, "..uc; tnrkwi. I've, old. lc; , ' I geese. Iiw. squalis, $2fi..l. P1r doIer-h.cndS. per JT'p8 0,d, r: . y,1"T- Xrvie acforaina iSS,5 aisa.. iohair 2930c per poJ SCTTLiRS BY TRAINLOAO. About Thrae 1 housand Arrive In 8po kane at On lima. Ppokane, Waab., Nov. 6. Nearly 3,000 homeaeekeni bound for every Dart of the Pacifio Northwest, arrived 1- cikana Sunday by tha various 111 a. p-va- roads. They ara traveling on tickets sold in the Eait under tbe colonist rates, which expired October SI, and AS. Iw- l,.wmv It nittdtf OD OI lOCMO uu SUV a" waited until the laat day of giace to Be nin their journey. Train No. 3 on tbe Northern I'acinc ,,nai.ti.l nf 25 coaches filled to tne -na It traveled In two aectlons Twelve hundred souls, railroad official atimated. were inaide the ooacnea. When the colonlata alightea at rpo- kana to stretch their weary Urals, the Kio dennt waa unable to hold tbe " n 1 - ivirm. Traveling men from Bt. Paul, wtio witnessed the emlrklng nolnt on October 31, say several bun died were left behind. They fought to set inside the gate and train ollicial were compelled to carry children irom the cars in order to force tha parents to iret oS iu order lo iu,kd focis lor these remaining Portland, Seattle and Ta coma are the destinations of hundreds of these colonists, who seem to be proa peroua and not locking refinement BANKS ISSUE PAPER. to Serve Clearing; House Certificates Public as Cash. Portland, Nov 5. In order to sup ply the temporary need of currency and furnish means for marketing the crops of the Hate, tbe Portland Clearin House association has authorised th issuance of bank checks in denomlns tions of $5, $10 and $20 for general cir eolation. These checks, or clearing house certificates, will be based upon deposits of notes, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments that are secured by wheat, grain, canned fish lumber actually sold, and other mar ketable products or paper approved by the committee that haa been appointed by the association ' and by which the certificates will be Issued These certificates or emergency bank notes will be issued through tbe Port land Clearing House association to the extent of two-thirds only of the value of the securities. Tbe certificates will be redeemable In cash February 1 1908, and will be used in all t ran sac tions the same as currency. They will be received by the hanks in payment of all obligations and will circulate tbe same as gold, silver or paper money This plan for providing a temporary circulating medium was adopted at 1 conference cf the representative bank era of tbe cities of Portland, Tacoma, Spokane and Seattle, held in tbe last named city Sunday. PAPER MONEY IN BAY CITY. Clearing House Banka Will Issue Cur. rency in Small Notes. San Franciaoo, Nov. 5. Forty clerks were at work all day Sunday in the clearing house preparing certificates in denominations of $5, $10 and J0, which, indorsed by all the banks in the association, will be issued by the clear ing house. These certificates are to constitute a flexible currency for use in retail trade and to meet payrolls until the present coin stringency is relieved. The certificates will be accepted as legal tender by the 32 banks in the clearing house association, and will do much to relieve the local situation until expected currency shipments from the Fjist are received. The certificates will be retired as quickly as possible by the banks, because of the large amount -of securities deposited with the clearin house to secure them. It was stated that an important mov n connection with the financial situa tion haa been made by the safe deposi companies, who, It is said, nave agreed to rent no more boxes to any one, in order to prevent the hoarding of money n safe deposit boxes. Estimates place the amount of money In sate, deposi vaults in this city as high aa $10,000, 000. Strain Easing Up in Esst. New York. Nov. 6. Last week was given over to the work of rehabilitation of financial conditions, and much proi areas waa made, although there re' mained mini elements oi aisoruer in tha aitnation. owina to the dislocation of exchange facilities in the money and ..miTiercial markets. This was inevil- ble from the shock of the preceding aak'a events in Newlork. But tbe aituation has been well in hand and aiuvnsa was met in limiting the range of the diatorbance and in the initiation of measures to Insure correction. LEADING MEN DIFFER Eitra Session on Financial Situ ation Not Likely. CALL EXTRA SESSION. President Being Urged by Conserva tive Financial Leaders. Washington, Nov. 4. It is learned here from undoubted sources that Pres ident Kooaevalt is now being urged to call an extra session of congress to deal with the financial situation. The re quest comet from and represents tbe COGRESSMLN DO NOT FAVOR T lament of tWnservatlve leader, in ine nnanciai worm, wno nave repre sented the present situation as one com pelling action of a character that will eradicate all ground for suspicion of American industrial methods. The president haa been assured from mi at reliable sources that there will be no opKitlon on the part of tbe great industries of the country to the enact ment of the necessary lawa to carry out his ideas of Federal control to the ex tent to which be haa expounded them in his recent public utterances. These assurances are made at this time to what has been represented as the most dangerous situation which has con fronted the country during an extended historic period that is, the seeming growing lack of conndence based on known irrigularlties in business meth ods in some quarters and no sure and speedy means of separating the good from the unsound. To this end it is suggested that the president set congress to the task, first. of making such amendments to the fi nancial laws as will result In the max imum of flexibility with the minimum of tiasic change in our system; next, and tier lisps most in importance, that (he president embody bis suggestion 011 corporation control in succinct re commendations for enactment into law. Canvaaa of Leadlnc' Officials and Bankers Shows Or sat Hos tile Majority. New York. Nov. 6. Financiers of New York hold opposing views regard ing the suggestion that . President Roosevelt rail an extra session of con gress at once to provide for currency re forms. Half a doxen members of con greas, men prominent in the house, op pose it. Tbe financiers who oppose a special session of congress generally voi ctimncy reform, but they held that the regular session of congress is so near that the subject can be cods id ered then. Leslie M. Shaw, president of the Carnegie Trust company and former secretary of the treasury, is one of those who fator immediate action. He says if congress bad acted laat winter the crisis through which we are now pass ng would not have happened. "Wise legislation," be laid, "cannot be passed too quickly." fc. H. Harriman, James Stillman and Henry Clews are against the idea. Mr. Harriman said: 'No extia session can help existing conditions. What we need is rest and quiet, and the opportunity for things to become normal. James Stillman, president of the Na tional City bank, said: 'We should have more currency Financiers have known this for years I have worked for it, but when it comes to adopting legislation we must go slowly. So far as present conditions are concerned, all that Is needed is for the press to keep on reassuring the public that there la no occasion for ap prehension. alues are absolute y fixed, tut, of course, we cannot have money with which to do business If tbe Deoole hoard it away. There is no danger, and the people should under stand this." Henry Clews said: "No harm will be done by waiting for the regular session. Tbe present difficulty will gradually pasa away, day by day. We are already over tne worst of it. There's no Ion ire r any sting of panic. As soon as congress does meet, t will be for the president then to pres ent his news on the situation to them nd start them on their work." Amcng the congressmen interviewed on the subject, and all of whom ex pressed opposition to the idea of calling special session to consider the matter, ere Charles N. Fowler, chairman of tbe bouse committee on banking and currency; w. r. liepnurn, cnairman or tbe interstate and foreign commerce committee; John Ttelxall, Jos. II. ainea and W. C. Calderbead. CONTINUES HOLIDAYS. BUILD WAR AIRSHIP. to choice, waters against fleet of cutters Cruissr Buffalo Spoken Vntth Head. Wash.. Nov. 6. Tbe ITnlta.! States cruiser Bunslo, has been doing special amy in wn ... ... .... I. a tnr tna . - , . . r,..t tmn months, was communica wo 1 . ,1 1 4 r.Ff Van. ith n wireless lanb r.cn'i'a - -- .inr island. iiio "-'" om Bremerton navy yara in Angunt ih rush orders to proceed W Jtering ... m helo the reiinlar revenue cutters ntrol the restricted The entire was kept busy throughout the season watching seals. Credit Currency Remedy. New York, Nov. 6. That permanent relief from the present monetary strin gency can only be had through a sys tem of credit currency adequate to meet the requirements of trade and redeem able iu gold coin, was tte opinion ex pressed today by Representative Char le Fowler, of New Jersey, chairman of the banking and currency emmittee, which will at the coming session en deavor to have a law passed lor credit currency issued by the National banks. Promote Trsda With Mexico. Mexico City, Nov. 5. A. B. Butli r, special agent ol tbe United States gov ernment, is in this city to work In the interest of trsde relations between the Cnlted States and Mexico. He will look over the trade conditions of the entire country, inquiring into those features which should Interest the mer chants of the United States, and repor In what way conditions can be Imt proved. Contract Signed for Construction of First for Government. St. Louis, Nov. 6. J. C. Mars, of the American Aairship A Balloon com nanv. of New York, arrived in St. Louis today from Washington to select a site for the aerodrome the company will use for the construction of air craft and in which the first war airship ever built In the United States for the gov ernment will lie erecled. The contract for the amhip has j nt been closed In Washington, General Allen, of the War department, acting lor the government. The aiiship will cot the government $10,000 and will be in ideled after the Beechey, shown here in tne recent aero nautlc contest. According to the plans it will carry two men and will I cap- hle i,t a sneed of 25 miles an hour. A 50 horse power engine will furnish mo tive power. A ligtit gun will De mount ed on the framework. Will Catch "Higher-Ups " San Francisco, Nov. 5. Following the arrest Saturday of Marcus D. Hyde and Grant Smith for alleged participa tion in land frauda, agents of the gov eminent state that ths is only a pre liimnary step to the prosecution of rich and powerful interests in this state. It ia said that the agent- found in posses sion of Smith a number of letters that incriminate "higher-aps" who will be drawn into the government dragnet. Smith, who is a printer, is still in tbe Alameda county jail, unable to give bail. Qouernor to Issue Proclamation From Day to Day. November 2, 1907. Whereas, It has been and ia impos sible for the banks of Oregon to secure shipments of coin or currency from Eastern financial centers, although large balances ate due to the banks of this state from Eastern banks; and Whereas, Request have come to me from the leading banks of tbe whole- state, aa well aa from different commer cial bodies and depositors to make pro clamation of a legal holiday from day to day until money can be ebtalned to- handle the largely Increased industrial and commercial interests; and Wheieas, I am firmly convinced from Information I have received that our hanks were never in better condition than at this time, and are only in need of moneys which are actually doe them from correspondent banks to tide over the present crisis: Kow, therefore, I, George t.. cuam- berlain, governor of tbe state . of Ore gon, by virtue ol tne autnoriiy i eaten in me, d declare Monday, the 4th day of November, 1907, a legal holiday for the purpose of assisting in tiding over the present financial stringency and protecting the credit ol the state until coin or currency, now due and owing our people, can be obtained; and I do declate it my purpose to continue to declare such holidays fiom day to day until business conditions appear to me to be normal. In testimony whereof I have hereun to subscribed my name and caused the great seal ol the state of Oregon to be aflixed at the capitol, in the city of Salem, this 2d day of November, A D., 1907. George E. Chamberlain, Governor. By the Governor, Frank Benson, Secretary of State. Market for White Slaves. Battle Creek, Mich., Nov. 6 That girls are being stolen from American homes and sent to Panama for immoral purposes was the statement made at he National Purity congress here today by Rose Johnson, a missionary, who iaa spent several years in Colon, where she established a boarding home for American boys. Mia Johnson told of 14-year-old girl she bad attempted to rescue In Colon, who had told her ahe had been enticed from One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, New York, by a strange woman. Chaos on Rust an Railroads St. Petersburg, Nov. 6. It was an nounced here today that the tour of in- spection just concluded by the minister of ways snd communications through Southern Russia, the Caucasus. Turke stan and Central Asia revealed er.m. plete chaos in the railroad system. The statement la made that the railroada are In the bands of revol utionasta ami that plana for armed nnrisins-s are spreading everywhere. The minister himself narrowly escaped death. Ergsga Gold from London. Chicago. Nov. 5. The Flrat National bank today engaged $50,000 In gold for mportation from London and tha Illi. nois Trust and Savings bank an addi tional $S00,lXK). This makes a total of $5,760,000 engssed In London bv Chi. eago bank. Employes Lend to Employer. Chicago, Nrv. 4. Payroll worries were not among the cares Saturday of Henry G. Ilawsnn, manufacturer of mantles. A score of his own emplnvrs II workingmen, surprised him by offer ing him enough currency , about $6,000,. to carry through two paydays. If Mr. Dawson should need mote money be fore the flurry in tbe market is a thing of history, the men on the other ride of his desk will bring more. Last week Mr Dnwsrn made several deposits which would have carried him through if he had kept them in his own safe. Graft Prosecution Is Issue. San Francisco, Nov. 4. -Issues of far more impoitance than are commonly involved in a municipal election wilt come np before the voters of San Fran cisco for decision tomorrow. Behind the leading names on tbe several party tickets are the survival of the so-called britery graft prosecution as conducted against indicted corporation officials by r raids J. Ileney, and tbe confirmation or rejection by the voting ma iority of the new order of things which followed the overthrow of the Ruef-Schmlti re gime and the bribed supervisors. Farmers Hold Crops. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 4. The finan cial troubles in New York, with thtir later echo In the West, have not alarm ed the farmers of Nebraska. For the past decade farmers of this state' have disposed of their crops hy contract be fore they were harvested, but condi tions have changed. Farmers are build- in barns to store away the corn the r have harvested. They say they will hold their grain for higher prices, al though as high a 4S cents is offered. Chinese Stone Missionaries. Hongkong, Nov. 4. The S.andinavi- an m sion in te district of Nan ho has been attsrked by the anti-foreign ele ment of the population. Tbe mission- anea, Misea Wsndell and Erirkson. were stoned by Chinese, who alleged that native women ere forced to be come Christians and were kept for Im moral purposes. The magistrate at Nsmho succeeded in restoring order. Arrests by Wholesale. St. Peters bur., Nov. 4. The latest advices from Vladivostok say that 150 arresta have been made in connection with the recent mutiny there, the per sons arrested being for the most part soldiers and sailors. Merchantmen fying in the harbor steamed outside ba- lore the firing began, and tboa eacaravi being damaged.