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BANKS AND BANKERS. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., November 2.—All the banks of San Francisco opened their doors as usual today. Gov. Gillette called a conference of members of the clearing house association and leading financiers. He says that for the present the legal holiday will be continued from day to day until it is certain that no danger from a money panic exists in this state. LINCOLN, Neb., November 2.—Secretary E. Royse of the banking board stated today that the Commercial State Bank of Grand Island is solvent and should not have closed. He believed the bank would open next Tuesday. He has been informed that $25,000 is now on the way from Chariton, Iowa, to cover half of the loan to the First National Bank of that place. B. F. Clayton of Chariton, Iowa, is president of the Grand Island bank. ST. LOUIS, Mo., November 2.—Little blue, yellow and green slips of paper in denominations of $1, $5 and $10 were put into circulation as money today by the National Bank of Commerce, the Third National Bank and the Mechanics' American National Bank. These differed from the cashiers' checks which have been in circulation for a week in that they were made "payable to bearer," and that no indorsement or identification was required to cash them. KANSAS CITY, Mo., November 2.—Half a dozen local banks today began issuing cashiers' checks in amounts of one, two, five and ten dollars, to be used in place of currency and payable to bearer. Clearing house certificates also are being used as formerly. The question of issuing cashiers' currency was considered at a meeting of the principal bankers, and it was decided to leave it to the discretion of the individual banks.
