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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
A SATISFACTORY CONFERENCE.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Hearing voices inside the room, the wife of the eminent flnancier paused at the door of his office and heard this conver- sation:
 "Yes, we have several hundred thou sand dollars over and above any possible amount we shall need this year for talk ing up matured endowment policies or paying death claims. which we should like to invest In good securities"
 'You have full power to invest this fund?'
 Absolutely"
 "H'm I am glad to meet you, indeed. It happens most opportunely that our firm Is about to organize syndicate for the exploitation of certain suburban prop critics The security Is gilt-edged and the profits are sure to be large. We can use a considerable amount of money In financ- ing this enterprise
 DO you consider 1t personally a desira- ble investment?
 q consider 1t away up in G. It's the best thing now on the market"
 well, I'll see you again tomorrow and we will arrange for the deal"
 Here the conversation ceased.
 The wife of the eminent financier walt ed a moment longer, then knocked light ly on the door and went In.
 "Why, Jasper" she said. surprised at finding him alone, 'I thought I heard you talking to somebody
 Quite likely. my dear" he answered with a large and genial smile. II was talking to myself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
From the Medical Record.


 1 HE sudden appearance of cholera \0 in Eastern Prussia and the pres
 enee of sixty or more cases of the disease among Russian emigrants in Hamburg awaiting transportation to America give cause not for popular alarm, but for increased watchfulne5s on the part of our sanitary guardians.
 Epidemiologists have for some time been watching this gradual advance of cholrea from the east on one of It's pe- riodical incursions into Western Europe. The movement began in the latter part of 1899. Eastward the disease advanced from India rapidly invading China and Japan. From Hong Kong 1t passed to the Philippines, working havoc in Manila and the provinces despite the best e. forts of the medical officers of the army and marine hospital service.
 It's progress westward through Arabia and Persia into Russia has been more gradual. Cholera appeared in Mecca In 1902 and thence spread throughout the Mussulman world, being heard Of in Egypt, Asia Minor and Persia. finally es- tablishing itself firmly in Teberan From this point if followed the caravan routes into Anatolia, Transcaucasia and Trans caspia. thence reaching the banks of the Volga Here 1t rested for nearly eighteen months, being restrained by some mys- terious influence the nature of which stu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
ROOSEVELT FOR THE SENATE.

From Lesfes weekly
 If President Roosevelt insists on taking himself out of the presidential field in lp0s-and there Is no doubt as to the sim cerity of his purpose at this time-it will be . great public loss His remark able aptitude for meeting the most per- picking national problems Justifles the hope that he will not retire from public life four years hence. There is no reason why he should wait till 1912. as has been suggested. and then once more permit his name to be used as a presidential candidate.
 Let New York send MT. Roosevelt to the senate as soon as his term ends-l When he steps down out of the presi- dency on March {. 1909, MT. Platt's term in the senate will close. and as he will be 7s years of age at that time he will refuse another election. He already says this Is his last term. Let President Roosevelt be chosen to succeed Senator Platt.
 After Andrew Johnson left the White House he made several attempts to enter congress, both the house and the senate He was at last chosen to the senate. but, unhappily. he died shortly after his election. John Quincy Adams served seventeen years in the house of represen- tatiyes after he left the presidency. and they were the most brilliant years of all his public career Adams held many public stations-diplomatic legislative. executive-during his. political service. which stretched over half century; but his best work-the work by which he will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
Greene and Gaynsr in Court.

The Greene and Gaynor cases reach back to 1886, when Capt. Oberlin M. Carter of the United States corps of engineers had charge of the improve ments at or near Savannah. Mllions
 of dollars had been appropriated In or
 der to give Savannah deeper water
 It Is a port located on the Savannah river several miles from the sea. The contracts for the improvements were manipulated by Carter, and they were awarded to construction com
 pany made up of the Gaynors and of Greene. In May, 1887, Carter was ap- pointed military attache of the United
 States legation in London. He pro- tested, but the protest was unavailing. Captain Gillette succeeded him at Sa- yannah. and he soon discovered evil
 dence of attempt to defraud the gov ernment. and in December, 1897, Cap tain Carter was ordered to be tried by 
 courtmartial.
 On the trial it was shown that Car ter's share of the loot was $722,52S. Carter was found guilty, and was sen fenced to fine and imprisonment He fought both, but in the end he paid
 the fine and served at Leavenworth the term of imprisonment and is now a free man.
 In 1899 Gaynor and Greene were in-
 dicted for their part in the conspiracy to defraud the government. They
 fought the indictment step by step. but at length all obstacles to a trial were
 swept away by the United States SUI
 preme court, and the two men fled to
 Canada, forfeiting their bail bonds. The United States then proceeded to ask for the extradition of the two | indicted men, and legal fight full of | incidents, followed. It took nearly
 two years to secure their return to Savannah, where they are now await | ing trlal. Several years may intervene
 before they are landed in the peni- tentiary. Twenty years between the l commission of an act and it's punish
 ment is certainly liberal allowance of time. It simply shows what money can sometimes do ia this country in pro-
 curing legal delays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
A MEETING OF BROTHERS.

Paris Letter to London Telegraph.
 It was near the Central Markets in the early morning. A crowd of waifs and strays huddled under the high roof of the Halles waiting for odd jobs, aims aims or food from the porters, the sales women and the market gardeners. DOT ter passed by with a boy who was carry ing a heavy load for him.
 Suddenly out of the crowd of waifs and strays emerged a man all tattered and torn, who said to the porter You ought to be ashamed of yourself to put such load as that on the back of a boy" The porter told the tatterdemalion to mind his own business and passed uncomplimentary remarks on the waif 8 personal appearance and physique.
 He had no sooner spoken than the waif bounded at him, and by coup de tete." in the chest knocked the porter into the gutter. The police took the two men to the station. It was then brought to light that the two antagonists were brothers. The porter had been looking for his vanished brother for years The waif, In his turn, had been wandering, like the prodigal son, and never sent a line to his family to tell them what he was doing.
 The temporary opponents shocks hands and became reconciled, the police super intendent withdrew the charge against the waif, and the prosperous brother took the prodigal to an early tavern.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
Mir. William Halls, Jr.

William Halls, Jr., of New York, the prominent financier and vice president of the Birmingham Realty company, arrived in Birmingham yesterday and is the guest Of President A. l.. Fuenwider of the Realty company. MT. Halls visits this community frequently and receives a cor dial welcome whenever he comes. Among all the prophets of Birmingham, not one perhaps has displayed finer insight In the future greatness of the city.
 Mir. Halls, since his last visit to Bir- mingham in April, has travelled exten- sively in the west He said yesterday that everywhere he went prosperity was 1T evidence.
 q am glad to know that Birmingham is progressing along large and substantia lines" said MT. Halls. Marked i'm provements are seen here and Birmlng' hams era of prosperity seems to be on solid basis"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
Prosperlty is General.

The lull in speculative operations in Wall street simply means that money Is in demand In big, busy country. On Thursday call money went up to 8 per cent, the highest point of the year, but it settled back to a basis of about five per cent, where if still remains. Time loans, too, com mand a higher rate, and 1t IS the de- mand for money that is restricting movements in Wall street.
 The bank statement of last Saturday fin New York did not promise cheap or easy money, and the gold imports are considered efforts on the parts of home sneculators to maintain the speculative situation. The condition of affairs In New york is sound and healthy, and check in the upward movement Is by no means to be deplored The prices of securities are already high enough, and conservatism perhaps sees tndI the time to check them has come.
 All branches of business in all sec tions of the country are prosperous. The warm fall weather has made more corn and perhaps more cotton. There is scarcely an industrial strike exist ing in the country. Hours and wages are satisfactory. Railway earnings are large. Lumber mills are crowded to the utmost in their effort to meet the demands of builders. No idle machin- cry can be found in any leading indus try, and the iron and steel industry leads perhaps all the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
A BATH IN BUBBLES.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 ITO take a bath at Tflis. in Russian Caucasia, is to court a never to-be-for- gotten experience" says one, who knows "The masseur, who presides over the toi- let of his patrons, is a weird looking fig ure; his head Is shaved. rag is twisted around his waist. and his feet are dyed a beautiful red. You are seized by this individual. rubbed, pushed face down ward on a marble slab. find his feet ir your spine and his hands upon youI shoulders. Then he grinds his feet ur and down your back; they are round youI neck, on your head-everywherel Then he vaults lightly off, and In moment from a linen bag filled with soap, he has squeezed clouds of perfumed bubbles, and you are hidden in them from head tc foot as completely as if you had fallen Into a snowdrift. You are not absolutely bruised but you are clean.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
Alabama's Record.

"Alabama," said a business man yes- terday, 'is sailing on an even keel for she had 115 failures in the first nine months of the present year and IA In the first nine months of last year
 "The liabilities of the IA failures Of 1904 were s693,772, while the liabilities Of the 115 failures of 1905 were $692, ,4SS.
 Nearly all the southern states had more failures in the nine months ended October 1. Mississippi had 122, against 42 in the nine months of 1904. Georgia had I'll against 145 in the first nine months of last year. Louisiana had 172 this year and 73 last year; South Carolina had 6s th,s year against no last year Alabama did well to hold to her record In lso4' ana she promises to do still better next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11

ern mills. These figures relate. how. ever, to American cotton only. We i'm ported last year 124,469 bales of for eign cotton.
 The exports of the last year were larger by 1,444 ,452 bales than those of ah- previous year and just about half of the great outflow passed through New Orleans and Galveston. Just about half of the total went to Great Britain.
 The northern states have 15,S65,790 spindles, while the southern states have but S,211,7 ,737, but the consump- tion of cotton in each section is almost alike. This is because the northern spindle consumes in the making of finer goods 67 pounds a year, while the southern spindle turning out heavy fabrics consumes 124 pounds.
 The report of the census bureau is the first of its kind, and 1t goes to slow that the gathering of actual sta tistics by the census bureau is valu- able. The cotton crop will soon be counted more accurately and quickly than any other farm commodity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
Appropriate Name.

"I think that an appropriate name should be given the midway at the state fair" said A. B. Freeman, trayelng passenger agent of the Queen and Cres- cent route yesterday. 'I would sug- gest that 1t be called The Slope as that Is appropriate for the Birmingham district. and as the fair Is to be held In Birmingham.
 "There are slopes all around Birmlng- ham and they are scattered all over sections of the state. At fairs people speak of going down the pike, or going down the trair and it seems to me that we could well speak of going down the slope
 q have heard several men suggest that the midway be called The Slope, and 1t would be a unique advertisement to some extent for the fair and the Bir- mingham district"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCES
 AFFECTING THE CHOLERA

dents of epidemics have never yet discov- cred, and only now has it resumed its march westward
 Why should 1t have remained so long in Russia and then suddenly crossed the frontier? Raftsmen were coming down . the Vistula past Thorn and Kuhn, and emigrants were leaving Poland and Vest ern Russia for Hamburg and Bremen, sailing thence for New York, but the dis ease remained behind. The Russian health officials did as little to throttle the epi- denic then as they are doing now and the communication between the Volga where the cholera hibernated, and the Vistula, down which it is now journeying mer of 1904 as in that of 1905. but the in- lection refused to spear. Suddenly it takes start, and Europe awakes to the peril of cholera invasion.
 Epidemiologists tell us that the condi- tions which retard or accelerate the pro- gress of this disease are climatic condi- tions. but this Is only a term to cloak ignorance. Pettenkofer's subsoil water theory is just as satisfactory and no more ineligible That there is some influence which affects the vrulence of the com- ma bacillus or which determines great CT or lesser power of resistance in the human subject must be admitted but whether this influence Is atmospheric of telluric or neither still remains mys- tery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Journal: Dr. Parkhurst need
 not want for material for reform talks these days-not in New York. Mobile Item: MT. Mccall had great deal to do," said Vice President Buck her. Yes: and great many to do. Mobile Herald: True to It's promise, The
 Heralds political announcement came in
 the nature of a jolt to the Birmingham CO., terie of office seekers. Montgomery Advertiser: An Ohio edi-
 tor with quivering voice, inquires where is Carry Nation?" Sorry we can't en- tighten him, but we believe she is again out of jail.
 Tri-County Weekly: It Is stated author itatively that the 1908 presidential race will be run In heats as all the starters
 cannot be accommodated on the tracks at the same time.
 Dothan Eagle:-Since the Georgia candi- dates for governor have about run out of things to accuse each other of the
 public Is enjoying reading other news items in the Atlanta papers. Decatur News: Senator Carmack seems l very anxious to take a fall out of Bob | Taylor on the hustings in Tennessee, but Bob Is too wary and doesn't seem to want any of Carmack's game. 1 Troy Messenger: Brewton boasts or | three autos. Troy had several long since
 but we think that they now go into | summer quarters during the hot season
 and seek winter quarters when the cold
 weather comes on.
 Centreville Press: Centrevfile has good
 county to back her. but she needs more l small farmers. The Press would like to | see our business men take this matter
 up, and see If they cannot succeed in l getting more small farmers to locate
 around here. The small farmer is the | town builder.
 Huntsville Mercury: MT. Conner says l he has not announced for governor, nor
 has he given any public utterances that
 might be so construed. He adds: II think
 that 1t is the people who will decide whom 1 they prefer for governor" MT. Conner Is
 considerate, the people have done such
 things and will no doubt appreciate the
 privilege of being allowed to continue to | do so,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
PulIinu for PhlIadelphia.

Many people believe that New York will win the championship from Phila- delphia, but I do not believe that one out of every thousand in Birmingham desires the Giants to come out on top said Dick Murphy yesterday. 'I talk to hundreds of people every day and have not found but two or three men who want New York to win.
 T find that about 75 per cent. of the people are betting that New York will take the series. but they are doing that from a financial standpoint and because they think that New York has the best chance to win. But as matter of sen timent they would rather see Philadel- phla take the championship"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11

N R. c. M. STANLEY. of Bayou pV Barataria. La. did not die at A the climax of an heroic deed; the excitement of a glorious achieve ment did not stir his sinking pulses and there was none of fame's ceremony as- sociated with his death last Monday in New Orleans, victim of yellow fever and his own imprudence in venturing forth too soon after recovering from an attack of the disease. During the pres ent epidemic in Louisiana Dr. Shanley has displayed conspicuous seIf-sacrifice and courage in aiding yellow fever suf- ferers. He has been in the thick of the fight since the beginning, expending his own means to assist his fellows and daily exposing himself to the danger of infection. He might have fled north. He was a man of wealth and could easily have escaped from the plight in which his less fortunate neighbors found them selves, but he chose to remain and gave up his life to the cause. The people of Bayou Barataria and Louisiana, as well as everyone who recognizes the stuff of which heroes are made, should join in honoring the memory of Dr. Shanley. Having funds to the amount of $1,319,- S21,06 on hand, the state of Alabama Is now in the millionaire class, although she ranks with host of small million aires who do not boast more than the paltry sum of $5,OoO.o00
 Marvin Hart ha will fobt man in the world. People looking for Hart
 HIS GAIT
 When Biffers told his wife he would Go to the lodge and there be good
 He
 walked
 like
 this.
 When in the morning cold and gray. For home poor Biffers took his way That Florida man who has three living wives and wants a pension must be a greedy chap.
 In connection with Florida, one is re- minded of the plight in which the people of Pensacola find themselves through what appears to be an astonishing display of indifference and lack of public spirit. The yellow fever epidemic in Pensacola is worse now than 1t Is in New Orleans and when the size of the two towns are considered, one is impressed with the fact that nothing but frost will bring relief to Pensa cola. Comparatively speaking, yell low fever in Pensacola is worse now than 1t has been at any time during the pres ent visitation in New Orleans. Hints have been thrown out that some people in Pensacola have shown a yellow streak' far worse than yellow fever and that 1t is the existence of these cranks who have retarded the work of doctors and health authorities. MIR. DEPEW Yes, he's feeling Better now,
 Though the grilling's Hot, I trow.
 An up to date preacher declares that there is no reason why we should make 1t fad.
 Pat" Grove is much in the public eye just now and curiously enough, he claims that the newspapers have treated him unjustly. Various improbable stories have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
EFFECTIVE CARTOON.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 The Age-Herald cartoonist gets off a good one on the Atlanta newspapers in the picture of the two pigs. Pig No. 1 Is wallowing in copies of the Atlanta papers and appears to be dripping with mud and advises pig No. 2, who Is weeping because he can not find a mud hole, to 'get an Atlanta newspaper" There may be read CTS of the two papers in Georgia who en- joy the daily bath of mud, but we can not believe there are many of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Express Thanks.

wish to express my sincere thanks 10 the friends of the Salvation Army In Birmingham who entertained the dele gates to the southern conventioR said Ad1utant Dedd yesterday. Also to the pastors of the First Presbyterian church and the First Methodist church, as well as the rector of the Church of the Advent, for the use of the church Sunday morn ing.
 Tho conference was & success In every way and Birmingham has maintained its reputation as a center for such demon strations. visit from Commander Eva Booth is expected In the near future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
Edwards Nephew to Marry.

Glucksburg, Schleswig-Holstein, October 10.-This little town presents an unusual appearance in its gala decoration for the marriage of Prince Charles Edward. Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. a nephew of King Edward, with Princess victoria Adolpheid. eldest daughter of Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Ho sonderburg- -Glucksburg. and niece of Elm press Augusta Victoria
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
Minimizing Danger.

''I see that the Pennsylvania railroad has ordered 1,5O0 steel day coaches, to cost about $70o0,0OO." said Superinten- dent J. J. Cotter, of the Southern "The road expects that the danger of coaches being telescoped will be greatly lessened and that the general risk from accidents will be minimzed.
 This is an important step In railroad construction and I believe that 1t will pay the Pennsylvania In the long run. With steel cars 1t will be almost impos- sble to have the great losses of life that sometimes occur in a railroad wreck A steel car cannot be smashed into kindling wood."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
INFORMATION WANTED.

From the Washington Star.
 Have you ever done anything for the benefit of society?'
 Not yet" answered Senator Sorghum. I'm still trying to find out what society Is. You see the people who give pink teas in palaces and the people who or ganize dynamite plots in cellars are all claiming to be It."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
MIR. GROVE.

From the Chattanooga News.
 ..Pat" Crowe's scheme to kidnap Mir. Rockefeller was probably an after thought He seems to be quite apprecia- tive of the value of printers ink, and likes to keep himself in the papers. It is doubtful whether his story will ever make MT. Rockefeller nervous. The truth is Grove Is only following the examples of most "has beens'' and is talking too much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
.om the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Bills are sight worse, but people kick harder on paying taxes.
 Even the foolest kind of fool man knows better than to engage a cook for his wife if he can get out of 1t.
 Mighty few people who have red hair in the family fool themselves into think ing 1t is nice thing in anybody else
 There is something about gambling that makes you hate the man who wins more than you do and have a contempt for the one who loses more.
 It's a mean trick for a woman to sneak her photograph out of her husband 8 travelling bag so he won't discover it till he comes home and she tells him about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11
TO ELLEN.
By Judge A. A. Coleman.

By Judge A. A. Coleman. Upon the valleys lap
 The dewy morning throws A thousand pearlY drops
 To make a single rose. And often in the course
 Of life's few fieeting years, A single pleasure costs
 The soul a thousand tears. Thus often in thine ear,
 By loves pure passion taught A thousand hopes I breathe
 To make one tender thought. And if within thine heart
 That tender thought arise, That one faint throbbing costs My soul thousands sighs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-11

The life insurance companies had money to throw at republican cam- paign committees. and the meanness of the transaction consisted in gather Ing good snare of 1t from democratic policy holders. The joke was on the latter, and they wear a sickly smile.