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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04

general deposits were reduced S1S.S74000, as the result of the loss of cash and of the contraction in loans; the reduction in deposits was, however greater by $1,1S9, 100 than the sum of the decrease in loans and the loss of cash, so that the statement did not make a good proof. The required reserve against deposits fell off $4,1S,700, deducting which from the decrease in cash left $2, 623 400 as the re- duction in surplus reserve to $3049. .775. Computed on the basis of deposits, less those of $1S,S61,900 public funds, the sur plus is $7,765, ,250 Loans were contracted $9542, 300. Assuming that loans against se- curities, which were returned from abroad during the week, and those that re- placed foreign securities that had been Hquidated, were effected through local trust companies as appeared to have been the case in the previous week, the con- traction in bank loans last week prob ably reflected recalls, another inciden. to the payment after Wednesday of dvi- dends and interest. The daily average of bank clearings on Saturday as the result of Fridays business was $370, ,775, ,S53. Com- parisons of loans by individual banks show that six institutions reduced this item by nine and half millions net, no longer indicating gains of eight and one third millions, five banks losing five and two-fifth millions cash
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
THE WEEKS TALK IN NEW YORK CITY End of a Remarkably Bitter
 State Campaign MURPHY TURNS AT LAST Tammany Boss Tired of Being Pic tured In Stripes and Will Sue
 Newspapers That Do It
 After Warning.
MURPHY TURNS AT LAST
BY SEWALL HAGGARD.

New York, November 3.-The election on Tuesday will end a remarkable cam paign in this state-a campaign made up largely of vituperation. Campaigns in this part of the country are ordinarily not as bitter as those down south, but this one has run the recent Georgia cam paign, which was the south's warmest thing, politically, in years, a pretty close race. The candidates themselves have exchanged epithets freely, and no one knows how many broken heads have re- suited from political disputes in the streets and in the barrooms.
 MT. Hearst from the stump all over the state has villihed everybody and every thing that opposes him. One of Daven- ports cartoons furnishes a splendid H. illustration of the editor candidates tac- tics. In 1t he is pictured as second Abraham Lincoln, with a famous eX- presson of the martyr Presidents per verted to read, with malice toward all, etc. MT. Hearsts principal weapon seems to have been half truths, misrepresenta- tions. false accusations, the magnifying of trivialities into matters of vast lm- portance and reckless promises.
 MT. Hughes also has used some strong language. He has denounced the Hearst newspapers and the Hearst doctrines Tn unmeasured terms, but he is careful or his facts. He reasons closely and knlts his evidence together with great care. He promises nothing that, if elected, he cannot perform; and, above all, he does not treat failure to accept his ooinlons as proof of moral turpitude. Hearst has abused ex-President Cleveland, Judge Alton B. Parker, and many other men of irreproachable integrity, for no other reason than that they are opposed to him.
 What will be the outcome of this strange contest? It is doubtful if either of the opposing campaign managers Is at all sure of the result. It has been campaign with few indications to show which way the wind is blowing. In the last week the guessing has turned tri- fe in favor of Hughes, though shreWd politicians who still predict the election of Hearst are not lacking.
 A straw poll of 1S106 votes taken by newspaper gives 9726 for Hearst and S,SSO for Hughes, giving Hearst a majority of 1346. This poll was taken in three bor- oughs of the city. where two years ago the vote for both HerriclI and Higgins was 570,649 If the vote this year should be about the same as in 1904, then the total of the newspaper poll when multi piled by 9l5 would equal the total for both Herrlck and Higgins, and should the Hearst majority be maintained in the same proportion, then Hearsts total majority would be 3l5 times his present indicated lead--or 42399-in the three bor- oughs. In 1901 Herrick's majority over Higgins in the same three boroughs was 73, ,595. It is conceded that Hearst must do much better than this poll indicates to be elected. Ane republicans are claim ing that Hughes will come to the city with 2000 GOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
EVASION OF BucKET-sHoP LAW.
A Kansas City Writer Speaks Harshly
 of Chicago.

MT. C. C. Christie of Kansas City, in writing on the "Bucket-Shop vs. Board of Trade" in the November Everybody's, says:
 'I do not mean to assert that all inde- pendents are honest men. But neither do l admit that mere membership in an ex- change or board of trade makes the holder immaculate and forthwith endows him with all the virtues of honorable. scrupulous manhood. That there are dis honest men on and off boards of trade goes without saying.
 My particular object is to demonstrate that the law is violated on the Chicago board of trade hundreds of times every business day in the year, and that the members of that institution who climb upon a pedestal and assume a 'holler- than-thou expression at the mention of bucket-shops or independents. are con- frrAed law-breakers. l am not defending the laws that they break. Whether
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
The MiIIionaires' Train.

Did you ever ride on the millonaires' train? If you haven't, it is something yyou can look forward to when you come up here on your vacation next summer. You must do it in summer, for the mil lionaires train" does not run in winter. In season it leaves the Grand Central station every Saturday for the Berkshires and returns on Sunday evening.
 It is the only railroad train of it's kind in the country. There are many other all-Pullman trains, but none is run as this-solely for an over-Sunday visit to the mountains. Private cars are never attached to this train. For the extra dollar any one may ride on it if one reaches the station in time to reserve a chair. The train is always crowded, and usually several would-be passengers are left behind on account of lack of accom- modation.
 The trip each way on the "millonaires' express" Is a fraction less than 150 miles. The fare to each one of these Berkshire towns is s2 more than on the regular trains on account of the special cost for reserved chairs.
 Many of the passengers on this limited train are much more than mere million aires. On a recent trip the wealth repre- scented by 150 passengers was more than S750,000 GOO. Think of the damage suits that might result if these cars were wreckedl
 While the train is known as the mil lionaires express" there are many per sons who travel on it who do not count their wealth in paltry dollars-rather in national prominence and general repute. A full list of passengers during a season would read like the Social Register.
 There is J. P. Morgan. In the next chair to him, perhaps, on this special trip. is r. S. Pearson, whose dollars, ac- eumulated in projecting Mexican rail- roads, are numbered with a fine vista of ciphers it is reputed. Neither knows the other. Yet MT Pearson probably owns more square miles of Massachusetts than any other one man. not excepting the es- tate of the late William C. Whitney who had title to the great October noun tain. comprising thousands of acres in Berkshire county.
 Across the aisle is Joseph II. Choate, former ambassador to England. Next to him is IIldreth K. Bloodgood, one of the foremost New England horse breeder and owner of prize-winning bulldogs and ter riers. He is well known in New York society, and needn't work if he doesn't want to.
 Then may be George Westinghouse, the famous electrician and air-brake invent or, whose fortune couldn't be counted in silver dollars in a months steady work Nearby is Richard Watson Glider, editor of the Century Magazine. whose tangi- ble wealth may perhaps be in his brains
 All this time a lot of money is accu- mulating. Of the 150 passengers, there is barely one-tenth. taking each at the small figures of $l.0O0,00o, whose fortune is not increasing at the average rate of $10 an hour. This means more than $1 ,560 an hour. As the trip takes more than three hours, nearly 5000 piles up to the credit of these passengers during their tourney.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
Contract Marriages.

Statistics in the city clerks office filed since 1902, when the law providing for contract marriages went into effect, show that 5,330 such contracts have been filed. These statistics, however, probably rep resent only four-fifths of the total num- Der, since the registry of these mar riages is not required by law.
 Marriage by contract is very simple legal procedure. Two persons desiring to be married go to a lawyer, or any other person qualified to draw up a contract, or apply to the city or county clerks office for the regular blank form, have the con- tract drawn up or fill out the form, and then go before a notary public, justice of the peace, commissioner of deeds, or any other officer with legal authority in the matter and there the contract is acknowledged. That ends it. The con- tract may be filed with the city clerk,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
GOOD RESULTS IN LUNG TROUBLE

Mrs. Victor A. Beaucaire, a prominent club woman of Chi cago, III, contracted a severe cold from being exposed in bad weather which resulted in se- rious lung trouble.
 Mrs. Beaucaire, after taking several doses of Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky, says it has helped her wonder f ully, brought the color to her cheeks, and that she would not be with out it.
 She pays high tribute to the worlds greatest tonic stimulant in the follow ing letter:
 AS l am a member of the Hull House Women's Club, was called out many times when the weather was very bad and so caught a very hard cough, and doctors claimed that my lungs were affected; in fact the left lung was almost gone, but since 1 nave taken your valuable DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKY, feel better and would not do without it. I have not been taking it very long, but I am sure or good results; have good color in my face and feel that I can work With great deal more ambition I cannot praise it too much. I have recommended it to several of my friends and they, too, are thankful for the benefit they have already derived from it." Mrs. Victor A. Beaucairer. from il" Mrs. Victor A. Beaueaire, 255 Ogden Ave, Chicago, III. May 4, 'O6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
Stripes Off Murphy.

One of the amusing features of the campaign was the sudden announcement of Leader Charles F. Murphy of Tamma- ny Hall that if the newspapers continued to cartoon him in stripes he would re- taliate by suing them for libel. The newspapers have made much sport of the announcement, and the World has defed the Tammany leader by again picturing him in stripes. The cartoon presenting MT. Murphy in clothing of horizontal stripe had it's origin in q newspaper con- ducted by MT Murphy's political part- ner, MT. Hearst. In view of the friendly relations between the two men since the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
The Gas Stake.

New York has an S0-cent gas law, but the consumers are still paying $1 a thou sand cubic feet, because the matter is tied up in the courts.
 That the stake for which the gas trust is fighting in it's effort to defeat the law is an enormous one is shown in the fact that since the 1st of June nearly $1, ,O00, 900 has been paid to Commissioner Shields of the United States circuit court by the several gas companies. This represents the difference so far between the dollar rate paid by the consumers to the trust and the S0-cent rate fixed by law This amount and all that will be paid in here after representing this difference will be held by the commissioner until the courts decide upon the constitutionality of the legislatures act.
 It is estimated now that before a de- cision is reached the trust will be com pelled to turn over to Commissioner Shields about 5000, GOO. The commissioner receives in checks from the companies about S2O0,0O0 a month.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
Knock on a Holy Institution,

From the Pittsburg Post.
 "A1l men are created free" declared the amboyant citizen"
 That's right" assented the sour citi- zen.
 Marriage aint forced on to nobody. When feller gets spliced he does 1t on his own responsibility"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04

first appearance of that cartoon year ago, many persons doubtless thought that MT Murphy rather liked the pie ture, and possibly faneied that it was gratitude for it's publication that inspired him to give Mir Hearst the democratic nomination for governor of the state.
 The cartoon was used by many news papers because it served to illustrate one of the numerous inconsistencies of the Democratic-Independ League candi- date.
 Denouncing political bosses and pictur- ing MT. Murphy as a criminal and threat- ening to send him to prison, MT. Hearst presently appeared as his political part ner, obtaining the democratic nomination at his hands and sharing with him in ap- portioning the nominations for judges of the supreme court-judges who for four teen years would have the distribution of enormous patronage and pass upon the good name. property rights and personal liberty of citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04

or it may not The law does not require that 1t be filed; it only entities it 10 be filed
 The marriage contract is not without other weaknesses. It is true that if hus- band and wife agree to disagree, or one forsakes the other, so long as the con- tract can be produced in evidence of their first agreement, or witnesses can be ob- tained to the signing of the contract, the agreement remains in legal force. But if the contract has not been filed with the clerk, or has been lost or destroyed and no witnesses to the contract can be produced, and one of the parties to the contract desires it abrogated, there seems to be no redress for the victim
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET


 State Ticket.
 For Governor:
 B. B. COMER. For Lieutenant Governor; HENRY B. GRAY. For Secretary of State: FRANK N. JULIAN.
 For Auditor: W. W. BRANDON. For Treasurer: WALTER D. SEED. For Commissioner of Agriculture: J. A. WILKINSON. For Superintendent of Education: H. c. GUNNELS. For Attorney General: ALEX M. CAREER. For Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: JOHN R. TYSON. For Associate Justices of the Supreme
 Court: JOHN R. DOWDELL, THOMAS c. MCCLELLAN. fOT ASSOCidte SOuIllSSlOueI8 CHARLES HENDERSON. J. G. HARRIS. For Congressman, Ninth District: OSCAR w. UNDERWOOD. County Ticket. For Senior Judge-Criminal Court: DANIEL A. GREENE.  For Associate Judge-Criminal Court: SAMUEL L. WEAVER. For State Senator: NATHAN l.. MILLER. For Representatives: JERE CLEMENS KING. L. J. HALEY. SAM WILL JOHN. R. F. LOvELADY. W. E. URQUHART. JOHN T. GLOVER DIR. M. c. RAGSDALE.
 For Sheriff:
 J. P. STILES. For County Auditor: ROBERT A. MORRIS. Tor Road Superviser:
 JOE HILL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
What New York Eats and Drinks.

What New York Eats and Drinks.
 A statistician has compiled some inter- esting figures on the mountain of food consumed daily by New York's 42OO'OO0 inhabitants. clergyman recently said that the citys annual bill for beers, wines and spirits amounted to $S650OO,O0O This is a million dollars for every day in the year.
 New York, however drinks other things besides beer and wine. According to the Year Book of the United States depart ment of agriculture, each New Yorker drinks on an average nine and one-quar- ter gallons of coffee every year. This means that about 113,973 pounds of coffee are ground boiled and consumed every day by residents of the city. The actual quantity used up in New York sdaily Is really much greater than that, because allowance must be made for the con- sumption in hotels, where thousands or transient visitors are fed.
 We eat in one form or another about four million strictly fresh eggs, fresh eggs and just eggs, every day The United States produces 100000 OOO,OCO eggs yearly, but Greater New York does not get enough of these to supply the To- cal demand, so Canada, Spain, Italy and even China have to help us out. The imported eggs amount to 15,00000O dozen yearly.
 Every 24 hours in New York sees the consumption of 5,144,000 pounds of four 200. 900 pounds of yeast and 944000 pounds of oatmeal and other cereal foods.
 The meat bill is pretty high, too. Here are the figures of the total average daily consumption of meat in the city: Beef, 7,428, ,000 pounds; mutton, 1,256,0O0 pounds; lamb GOO pounds; ham, 320,000 pounds pork, 512,00O pounds, and veal, 6S4,0O0 pounds. This represents a large herd of cows sheep and pigs to be slaughtered to supply New Yorl's daily demand for fresh and smoked and preserved meats.
 Reverting once more to the quantity of liquors which New York drinks, it is in- teresting to note that in addition to 345,- 100000 gallons of water, 14,07S,296 pints of beer and 100,S22 pints of wines and spirits are drunk. We also manage to consume 1,256,000 quarts of milk and 172000 quarts of cream irrespective of hundreds of cans of the same in condensed, powdered and tabloid forms.
 We also manage to get away with an average of 572,O00 pints of ice cream in the course of every 24 hours.
 Of chickens, geese, ducks, squabs, tur- keys and fowl, generally included under of 3,42S000 pounds are required to meet New York city's daily demand
 Our bill of fare for one day also in cludes 1,4OO0O0 pounds of potatoes, 2S4,0O0 pounds of tongue, 100000 pounds of cab- bages, beans and other vegetables, 1,372,- GOO heads of lettuce, 5,056.000 pounds of fresh and preserved fruits, 24000 pounds of fresh, dried and imported fish; and Je- sides all this, the city imports millions of dollars worth of vegetables every year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04
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German Syrup

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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-23
Announcement.

The summer meeting of the Wis
consin State Horticultural Society
will be held at Bardboo August 80.
Il will be a one day session devoted
largely to a discussion of the value
of native shrubs, vines and. flower
ing plants for cultivation.
The establishment of mark sys-
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be treated by competent landscape
gardener.
Liberal premiums will be offered
for both native and cultivated flow
ers in bloom at that time.
+. CRANEFIELD,
Sec. w. S. II. S.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-08-23
Was Wasting Away.

Il had been troubled with kidney
disease for the last five years, .
writes Robert r Watts. of Salem
Mo-, Il lost flesh and never felt
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sicians ard tried all remedies sug-
gested without relief. Finally |
tried Foley's Kidney Cure and less
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