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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
LOAN INCREASE
 STILL NOTICEABLE
THE OFFICIAL BANK STATEMENT SHOWS A NEW HIGH RECORD. BOTH IN LOANS AND DEPOSITS. CASH HAS DECREASED.

New York, September 17.-The Finan- cier this week says:
 The striking features of the official statement of the New York associated banks last week were as was the case in the previous fortnight, increase in loans and In deposits to a new high record: A decrease In cash also a reduction in sur plus reserve by an amount equal to that In the two previous weeks The changes show total increase in loans of s41. .9O1. = GOO; an augmentation in deposits of sl6.- S05SOO; loss In cash of $23, ,696 300; and decrease in surplus reserve of s2S O22. 250 since the week ending September B. inclusive. The surplus reserve now stands $l6179,525 above that of the cor responding week year ago; in 1902 there was deficiency of S1,642,O ,O5O.
 The decrease in cash last week, sS 4O0.- 500 or H,827,5o0 greater than the estimated decrease which was based upon the trace able movements of money during the week; the discrepancy may in part be- accounted for by withdrawals for trans fer to San Francisco and New Orleans,
 The deposits were increased g, 497 300 and thereby the required reserve was aug mented by 300, which sum added to the loss of cash made s9,0S5, 100 as the de- crease in surplus reserve to $29, ,353, ,15O. Computed upon the basis of deposits. less those of $23, 402. 800 public funds, the surplus Is $35. 29S, $50.
 Loans were expanded s10,472600 though 1t was not expected that there would be so great an increase because liquidation had been looked for as the result of the sharp decline in stocks on Monday
 It appears probable, however, that dis counting for interior banks and the dis- count of paper for merchants, together with corporation borrowing contributed to much more than offset the reduction caused by stock liquidation. The state ment showed good balance. the sum of the increase in loans, less the loss of cash. being only $485. 400 below the in- crease in deposits.
 Circulation was augmented by s41500 making an increase since September of $2,3S2900. The daily average of clearings during the week was S235,OO0000, s35.000000 greater than in the previous week, re- fiecting Increased activity on the stock exchange. The clearings on Saturday representing Fridays business were $24O,- 595,SS0 or above the average.
 Comparison shows that seven banks ex- banded loans by ten millions net; six in- stitutions decreased cash by six millions net. The largest increases in loans were by three of the down town banks, while the greatest loss of cash was by these three institutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Mrs. Astor Weary.

There is a question for the coming win ter season in town. There will be no assembly or general entertainment. This summer, Mrs. Astor, who succeeded Mrs. August Belmont, Sr., as a leader of New York society, but who, with all her tact and sayoir faire. has never been able to give the same eclat to either Newport of New York, is weary of the task. Mrs Astor has had very difficult problem to solve. Society is much larger and much more general than 1t was fifteen or twen- ty years ago. Today, she alone among the older generation, stands as the represen- tatlve dayenne and an invitation to her house certainly bears a sachet. This summer she has given three dinners. Per haps she may give ball during the winter It has been her custom, and 1t is the only assemblage In which society comes, as 1t were, en masse.
 Many of the new hostesses did not have the apparent approval of the older set at Newport What will 1t be in town this Winter2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Is an Important Visitor.

William Waldorf Astor was the most important of the weeks arrivals from the other side. He Is at one of the hotels and will remain O fortnight longer. He is the largest holder of real estate in New York and his purpose is to pur- chase more. This Is MT. Astor's first visit in five years. He admitted the en- gagement of Miss Pauline Astor and Capt. Spender-Clay and announced that the wedding would be an event of the near future. Upon the occasion of his infrequent visits to America William Wal dorf Astor leads a quet life and care fully absents himself from places where he would attract notice He is not fond of being interviewed or photographed and after he sails away it will probably be many years before he consents to come again. Upon the occasion of his visit in 1896 Miss Pauline Astor was confirmed at Trinity church. He gives Cliveden, Taplow, Bucks, as his residence, and save for his enormous real estate holdings in this city he has nothing In common with America or Americans. Colonel John Jacob Astor Is making fleeting trips be- tween town and Newport Mrs. Caroline Shermerhorn Webster Astor, the widow of the late William Astor, has not yet closed her season at Newport. William Waldorf Astor owns BeauIieu, the New port estate leased to Cornelius Wander bilt at the highest annual rental ever paid for a cottage there. It was occu- pied by the late Carol Brice one year and again to Mrs. Potter Palmer of Chi cago It was formerly called Barreda Place and was built by the Spanish min ister, Barreda
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Thomas B. Reeds Grave.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 At the grave in Evergreen cemetery at Portland, Maine, where the late Thomas B. Reed, former speaker of the national house of representatives. Is buried, has been placed an enduring, but not elab- crate monument of white Hallowell gran ite, which rests on a large base stone of the same material. The monument Is about ten feet high, tapering slightly from base to top. The only decoration is laurel wreath in relief on one side, modelled on the wreaths by St. Gaudens that are seen on the Shaw memorial in this city. Below the wreath are these words: Thomas Bracket Reed, 1S3O-1S92. His record is with the faithful, the brave and the true of all nations and all ages" It is sufficient, but 1t Is not too much to say of that sturdy soul who in the storm center of American politics would not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
WOULD ABANDON
 MILITARY POSTS General Sumner Makes Some Sweeping Recommendations GET NEARER THE RAILROADS If Ills Suggestions Are Adopted There VIII Be Line of Posts on Mexi-
 can Border Covering All
 Rail Communications.
GET NEARER THE RAILROADS

1 Washington, September 17.-Maj. Gen. 5. S. Sumner, commanding the southwest ern division, comprising the departments of Texas and colorado, in his annual re- port makes some radical recommenda- tions looking to tho abandonment of mili- tary posts in that division, regarded as of the greatest importance in the old days of Indian warfare.
 Some posts he wishes to be brought up to date in the matter of water supply, and other conveniences, as the case of Fort Huachacha. He wants this post en- larged, and if that is done, he suggests the abandonment of Fort Grant, which is too far from the railroad. He says this fort is in a most uncomfortable posi- tion. General Sumner says for strategic reasons 1t would be reasonable to aban- don the site of Fort Clarke, and trans fer 1t to Eagle Pass. In regard to Fort Ringold, on the Rio Grande, opposite Camarago it Is said that the twenty mile road connecting it with the railroad, is practically impossible in wet weather. so General Sumner recommends that Fort Ringold be abandoned at an early date, and the garrisons at Fort Brown and Fort Mcintosh be correspondingly increased.
 If these suggestions are adopted, there will be a line of posts on the Mexican border covering all rail communication between the United States and Mexico. Other posts that might be abandoned are Forts Wingate and Duchesne, while Fort Apache is said to be too remote and ex- pensive to maintain at full strength, and this should be reduced to a two-troop post. General Sumner thoroughly in- dorses some strong recommendations made by his inspector general as to the agricultural college in the division, in which he says that the military colleges do not carry out the orders of the war department.
 He recommends that no army officers be hereafter permitted to attend the col leges unless the provisions of the war departments orders are compiled with.
 General Sumner says he intends to have maneuvers next autumn on an extensive scale in the division, his preparations in- cluding problems of different wars. Fort Sill and Fort Reno reservations will be recommended as desirable fields for the maneuvers but if it is considered inad- visable to go further south then the country north of San Antonio, generally known as Leon Springs. is said to pos- sess many advantages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Dartmouth Loves a Joke.

The Earle of Dartmouth who is here with the Countess of Dartmouth and his son, Lord Lewisnam is a great lover of joke. Last year he sent to some wo- mans magazine in England a recipe for beatifying the complexion which he claim ed he found in an old manuscript be- longing to one of his ancestors. The in- gradients were all kinls of extraordinary things, including snals. toads, and mice. The recipe was taken seriously and many letters were written to the periodical in question by women anxious to try the mixture. notwithstanding the repulsive in gradients. As a boy, as a young man at college, Lewisham as the Earle Of Dartmouth was then called, was always playing some practical joke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
NEWPORT CHANGED IN TWENTY YEARS Is Not Now So Select and Ex-
 elusive SOClETY'S LEADER WEARY Mrs. Astor Is Tired Trying to lnfuse New Life Into Ultra Circles.
 Gossip of Some
 Notables.
S0ClEIYS LEADER WEARY
BY DIEDRIcH kNIcKEasockER.

New York. September 15.-When one remembers Newport of twenty years ago wlth It's select and exclusive set, and it's distingu'sfed guests from abroad, and its detclcrs simplicity and utter re- flnemcnt--in the days when there vas leader In New York sooiety-and con trasts 1t with this fifth summer of the twentieth century, the comparison is tru- ly odious. The best people kept to them selves, surrounded themselves with small circle. entertained notabilities and in their lists of guests selected the most amusing and the most eligible. Some of these hostesses had the prestige of family whose fame is historic and has been associated with Newport for genera tions. During the summer, quite indepen- dent of the striving multitude, such hos tesses as Mrs. George Peabody Wetmore, Mrs. Astor, Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, Mrs. James P. Ker- nochan, Mrs. Henry A. c. Taylor, and Mrs. Shaw-Safe, representing the Gam mells of Providence, and a few others gave charming entertainments. Mrs. Og- den Mills Is comparatively new to New port although her twin daughters were christened there about-well. say a score of years ago-and the Wilson's, the Bar gers, and others again come in compara- tive succession. But the great functions of the summer were given by Mrs Her mann Oelrichs. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish worty of a first place in the first rank, but not an old Newport resident-Mrs. William B. Leeds, Mrs. Edward R. Thom- as, Mrs. Pembroke Jones, Mrs. Rock Ter who was the wife of Gould Brolaw; the Brugueres, who are no relation to the old New York Brugeres, but Califor- mia people; the Carters, the Wideners, the Coogans, the Stewart Barneys, and so on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Duke petests Society.

The Duke of St. Albans. who is to make a visit to America this winter, is the great ducal parti in England just at present. He Is very fond of yachting and detests society He Is said to be one of the handsomest young men in England as we'll as one of the wealthest His half brother, Lord Osborn de We're, is well known to many New Workers The Duke is thirty-four years of age. He rejoices in the beautiful name O. Charles Victor Albert Aubrey de We're Beauclerk, and he is lineal escendent of Charles IT, and Nell Gwynn, the madcap actress He has three half-sister well known in Lon don society-Lady Moyra Cavendish, Lady Henry Somerset and Lady Alexan- dria de We're. Lady Henry Somerset is the wife of the son of the Lady Henry Somerset who Is the great temperance and religious worker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18

New Ycrk, SeptomDer 1bs-Wise thing for republicans to take the Vermont vic- tory modestly. This is the year when all signs are very likely to fail.
 If Mir. Morgan did go to Oyster Bay to sec President Roosevelt, he must be credited with strategical victory by his orderly retreat and evasion of the repor- toriai army that harassed his rear.
 Is it it possible that everybody in the republican ranks above the rank Of spell binder fears the resultT
 Touching the utterances of the Rev Robert s. McArthur to the effect that ..the foremost man in the human race IS President Roosevelt" and "secrctary Hay the greatest diplomat under Gods clear sixies," we don't t,remember in form CT perusals having seen anything to this effect, but before cohtradictins the parson we are carefully reading the Book again.
 National Chairman Taggart, after con sulting William r. Sheehan, is of the opinion that the Vermont vote has no significance.
 The democratic edltofb roIurueu AroHl Esopus, and large majority of them avaiIed themselves of an invitation to visit Coney Island. All expressed them selves as much pleased with the trip to Esopuls. On the return trip they adopted a resolution thanking the national com mitt&e for giving them the opportunity 70 meet Parker. They presented to Joseph Daniels a loving cup as an appreciation pf his management ss tine entire affair. 
 Y Baltimore.--Former Governor Frank Brown is organizing a Parker and Davis League, with branches throughout the state, the negro to be made the issue.
 Mayor Mcclellan is going to take the stump for ex-Judge Parker. He sent word to the democratic national com mittee that he would be at the service of the speakers bureau. The mayor speaks several languages and probably will be sent to talk to the Germans and the French, as we'll as make some speeches at big mass meetings.
 Josiah Quincy, formerly mayor of Bos- ton, and manager fthe literary bureau of the democratic national committee in the 1892 campaign. came to Rosemount bringing with him proof sheets of the , democratic campaign handbook. He was accompanied by his stepson, Royal Tyler of England, who is visiting in the United States. Mr. Quincy and Judge Parker re- tired to the library, where they went through a great mass of proofs. Judge Parker would make nc statement regard ing the conference nor the work on the handbook.
 If the national democratic committee will seize those factional scrappers, Mur- phy and McCarren. and sew them to- gether in a sack and throw them into the East river at Hell Gate, the pros poets in New York and the other doubt ful states would be frightened. As 1t is, | the outlook Is not encouraging.
 Still, the selfish and unseemly eonten- 1 ton between Murphy and McCarren is | largely compensated by the defeetion of | the Sun. That whimsical and uncertain | luminary has proved itself an unlucky | mascot for it's friends end 1t may so | prove again when the electoral vote Is ! counted against the gentleman It had | wantonly blackguarded more than two | years before 1t reduced him to a condi- ton worthy of its support.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Smoking by Women.

Mrs G. Cornwallis West in Pearsons
 It is not to be denied that smoking is much on the increase among women in England, and it Is now a more or less accepted fact and is tolerated even in the most old-fashioned houses. There is no doubt that when indulged in mod eration its effects are beneficial, par ticularly to nervous. overstrained or over worked women. and the prejudice against it is bound to disappear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18

yield his convictions to accomplish his personal advancement The monument is typical of the man. He was himself column as unbending as granite when his convictions of right and duty was clear. Neither praise nor blame defiected him from his determined course. His will was absolute, his courage unshaken in every exigency. He was not afraid nor ashamed to become a private citizen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Are Perfumes Dlsinfectants?
rrom the London Truth.

From the London Truth.
 I asked doctor in England if perfumes were really disinfectants. "No" he said How can they be?' I asked a doctor here in France the same question, and he answered, 'Mais qui madame, sans doute," and explained that the basis of every perfume is a strong essential oil or some kind, and that these essential oils are antiseptic and possess most val. uable disinfecting qualities. Now, which is right?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Mrs. MInslow,s soothina syrup.

The best remedy for DIARRHOEA Sold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and ask for "A.-s. Winslow' 6 Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING. with PERFECT SUCCESS It SOOTHEs the CHILD, ,SOFTENS the GUMS. AI4LAf $ all PAIN, CURES WIND COLO. and is
 twenty-five cents a bottle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
REPUB BELGIAN.

New York September 16-George B. Cortelyou, chairman of the republican national committee, arrived in Chicago. He brought contented look and an in- scrutable silence. He made the guarded admission that he was satisfied with the Vermont returns, but q have nothing to add 10 the returns,' he said ''They speak for themselves"
 In an account of the meeting at Bruns- wick, Maine, addressed by Charles w. Fairbanks republican candidate for vice. president, September S. reporter erron- eously stated that the speaker advo- cated a liberal ship subsidy" It appears that there was no ground for such a statement. MT. Fairbanks called atten- tion to the importance of a restoration of the American merchant marine, and expressed the opinion that the republican party might be trusted to deal with the subject 'in patriotic and sensible way" Columbus, Ohio-Chairman Dick of the l republican state committee announced that Secretary Taft had consented to 1 speak at Warren, Ohio, on October 1, and the state campaign will be formally ] opened on that date. Senator Foraker and Governor Herrick will be the other speakers
 Guthrie ohla.-R. B. Forrest of El Reno, twice a candidate for the demo- cratic congress nomination, a leading | democratic politician in southwestern Oklahoma, has announced in public statement that he will not support ornIrA Afo4f 5 nominee, and that if he were in the states this year he would vote the re- publican ticket for the first time, in SUD- port of Theodore Roosevelt for presi- dent.
 Guthrie okla.--R. B. Forrest of El here, Gov. W. s. Jennings of Florida, a first cousin of William Jennings Bryan. made the statement that in his opinion the famous gold telegram from Judge Parker, read at the St. Louis convention, was not sent by him. He said:
 ''I believe the telegram purportinR to have come from Judge Parker just be- fore the democratic national convention adjourned, in which he declared himself In favor of the gold standard, was never sent by him. l believe 1t was a fake"
 "Who do you think faked the tele- gram?' he was asked.
 Who would have faked 1t but the men who were behind Parker?" he answered.
 Governor Jennings left this morning for the Yellowstone Park for an outing. On ms way home he expects to stop over at Lincoln to visit MT. Bryan.
 ''Will you support Judge Parker?' he was asked
 T think" he answered, that Judge Parker ought to have the support of the democratic party now that he has been nominated"
 Senator Platt of Connecticut, who was in this city, said:
 The general sentiment throughout the country Is growing for President Roose- welt. In my judgment, MT. Roosevelt will have greater majority in Connec- lieut. this year than Governor Chamber lain received in the state election of two years ago"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
Hobo Philosophy.
From the Detroit Tribune.

From the Detroit Tribune.
 James OLeary famous Chicago bookmaker. with his family recently passed short time at Benton Harbor hotel paying s150 for board and ss5 in tips to the attaches. A brace of tramns ere heard discussing the matter in a coal shed. That's all right bout de price of de board" remarked Weary William; T don't object to a fair profit on vested capital" he continued wipng a speck of dust from his Prince Albert. but on principle Is opposed to bein' bled for tips, as tendin' to inculcate a spirit of avarice and even laziness in menials toward guests, Tips is great evil"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18

they be picked while just a little green, and after they are piled up the men go over them and separate the good from the bad that Is, pick out the shippers" those that will go to locel markets and those that are too ripe to do anything with.
 The shippers are crated and taken to the refrigerator cars and the others are generally left in the "cull pile" for the town people to come and get free If they want them. Thousands and thou sands of these melons are allowed to dry up every year in the hot sun simply be- cause they are little too ripe to be ship ped. There is no local market for them. They would have to be sold so cheaply it would not pay to handle them.
 The Cantaloupe Season.
 The cantaloupe season proper only GOV CTS period of six or eight weeks, but during that time the little Gems" are sent out of the Arkansas valley by the dozens of car loads. Dur ing the season of 1892, a shipment of twenty-five car loads went out of Rocky Ford in one day. That Is just one town in the valley from which they are ship ped
 To give the reader some idea of how many melons were shipped that season (they seldom ship less than ten car loads d day) the following figures will be inter- estlng,
 Each refrigerator car holds 11O crates and each regular crate holds 45 melons Pony" crates hold between 8 and 40 melons, but of course the capacity of the car would increase rroportionately Each car, therefore. contains 4,950 melons and the twenty-five cars shipped on the banner day. made grand total of 123,750 melons going to make someone feel good about breakfast time two or three days later.
 The Prices Paid.
 The commission houses pay all the way from $1.5O to s2.5O per crate for the melons the price very seldom goes below $1.5o and the melons sell at twenty-five cents each in the large eastern cities the first of the season. and no questions asked patch of less than an acre will produce from 300 to 800 crates. Thus 1t will be seen that cantaloupe raising is a profit able industry all along the line.
 The hearts of the melon loving public are gladdened by the appearance of the Rocky Ford cantaloupe from San Fran cisco to New York. Nor does it stop there. Commission Houses in New York companies to supply their big liners with Rocky Fords."
 These cantaloupes have been raised with considerable degree of success in Alabama and Georgia, and 1t should be encouraged. There Is no reason why they should not be successfully raised here, with the proper care because the climate and soil is very similar to that of Colorado
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
some sIeaes.

From the Hartford Courant.
 The capture of vicksburg was a good six months job for General Grant The capture of Sebastopol was years job (nearly) for the allied armies. Tn sev- eral important respects Port Arthur IS tougher proposition" than either Xicksburg or Sebastopol was.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-18
GOSSIP OF THE TWO PARTIES
DEMOCRATIC,

New York, September 16.-Wise thing for republicans to take the Vermont vic- tory modestly. This is the year when all signs are very likely to fail,