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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-01
Kaufman Bros.
402 King Steeet.
AUCTION SALES.
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r. +. Knox, Auctioneer.

r. F. Knox, Auctioneer.
DY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST
- from Ashley H. Miner ct al, bearing date
the 9th day Of May. 1905, and duly Of
record in the land records of the county Of
Alexandria in deed book l09, page 56o, and at
the request of the party thereby secured, de
fault having been made in the payment of
the note therein secured, the undersigned
trustee will offer for sale on
THURSDAY,
the 18th day OF August, 1907,
at 5 O'Clock .. M, in front of the premises,
the following described LOTS Or PARCELS
OF GROUND in the county Of Alexandria,
Virginia, described as follows, to-wit:
First Beginning at point IN the centre
of Mount Vernon Avenue 9.S2 poles north Of
the north corner Of GlOver's lot and running
thence south 10 east, s. poles; thence north
SO east Is poles; thence north ~ 20 east,
Is poles; thence south 81 west 81 poles;
thence north 10 west - poles 10 the centre
of Mount Vernon Avenue, and thence along
the centre line of said avenue south lS30 east
9.82 poles to the beginning, containing "ll
acres.
Second. Beginning at a point in the centre
line Of Mount Vernon Avenue 1884 poles
north of Glover's lot, aud running thence
south 10 east y poles; thence north ST. east
81 so poles: thence north 12o 90 east Ii poles;
thence south so west 40.9S pOles thence
north 10 west SO poles TO the centre line OF
Mount Vernon Avenue, and thence with the
said centre line south l60 80 east 9.Sl poles
To The beginning, containing IL acres.
Terms of Sale Cash. All costs Of convey
ance at the expense of the purchaser.
DOUGLASS STUART, Trustee.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-01
LUNA PARK.
Good for One Ride on
Trip to ROckaway.
Weeks Ending July d and Aug. 3, 1907
Weeks Ending Jul

We are giving to every person
calling at our store one of the
above tickets.
Bathing Suits-See our Styles,
75c to $1.50.
Athletic Style B. V. ID. Drawers
and Shirt-Short drawers and
coat-cut undershirts, the most
comfortable and durable under
wear ever worn. Price SOC each.
Summer Collars-See our Ar
row special, two for 25C.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-01
Best Medicine In the World for Collie
and DiaTrhOea.

81 find Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy to be the best
remedy in the world" says Mr. Q. L..
Garter of Skirum, Ala. 81 am subject
to colo and diarrhoes. Last spring II
seemed as though 1 would die, and |
think would if | hadn't taken Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. | haven't been troubled with
it since until this week, when l had a
severe attack and took half bottle OF
the twenty-five cent size Chamberlain 5
Collie, Cholera and DiarrhOea Remedy,
and this morning | feel like new mar" "
For sale by w. F. Creighton & Co., and
Gibson and Timbermsn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-01
HOW TO Cure Chllblains.

10 enjoy freedom from chilblsins," wn
John Kemp, East Otisfeld, Me-, u app :
Bueklen's Arnica Salve. Have also used d i
Tor salt rheum with excellent results.
Guaranteed TO cure fever sores, lndolenI
ulcers, piles, burns, wounds, frost bites and
s skl9 diseases. 25c at L. s. Leadbeater q
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-08-01
GROCERIES.
W. A. JOHNSON & CO.,

WHOLESALE GROCERS.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
And Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS,
have on hand Gioson's Xxx, Xxx, xxx,
and Pure Old Bye, Old Cabinet and Mono
gram Whiskies; also Baker'sand Thompeons
Pure Bye Whiskies, 10 which they invite the
attention OF the trade.
Orders from the country for merchandise
shall receive prompt attention.
Consignlnents Of Flour, Grain and Country
Produce solicited, for which they guarantees
he highest market prices and prompt returns
N. < corner Cameron and Royal Streets.
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T8s US @E@SLEA!. !.
NJ. RUBEN & SONS.

KIN HEE QUICK DRIP COFFEE POTS
snitable fer use with my fine coaees pulver.
lied by electricity, for sale BY
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.JOHND.NORMOYLB

Room 8, Alexandria Natl Bank Bldg
N. e. Cor. King and Royal Street'
Bell Phones 224. Capital City Phone l25
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.IOHN AHERN & CO.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERs
And Dealers in
PURE WINES AND LIQUORS.
Country Produce received daily. Our stocA
Of Plain and Fancy Groceries embraces every
thing TO be had in this line.
We hold largely in United States bonded
warehouse and carry in stock various brands
Of the best
PURE RYE AND MALT WHISTLES
made, Have also in store superior grades Of
Foreign and American
WINES. ALES, BROWN STOUT, &c,
nn-satisfsction Guaranteed as to Price and
Quality. "a
Corner Prince and Commerce Streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-26
Steel and Iron Outputs

Up to November 1 the blast furnaces of the country were producing pig iron at the rate of 27,5OO000 tons a year. but the blowing-out of furnaces has gone on so freely this month that pro- duction has been cut down to a rate of about 16,O00,00O tons a year. In other words, the furnaces of the coun- try are being operated on a basis of 60 per cent of their maximum capacity
 This reduction in the two closing months of the calendar year calls for revised estimates of the years produc- tion. It had been estimated at 27,500,- 900 tons, and this estimate has now been reduced to 26,5O0,0OO tons. But even this aggregate will be record breaker, for the production of 1906, the record at present. was 25,307191 tons, out of 59,000,00 tons produced in the entire world in that year.
 Perhaps the best feature of the sit uation is the rapid reduction in pro. duction. Stocks are not accumulating. When money is restored to a cormal basis the railroads and othe large consumers will need both iron and steel, and activity in recovery will al- most certainly occur. The very facts that production has been cut in two, and that the demand is as silent as the demand for the great commercial metal ever becomes, point to improve ment in the near future. The clouds, in other words, have silver lining, and the iron and steel markets may both be restored to normality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-26
Cest of the Necessities

The effect of the present depression upon foodstuffs, clothing and items of household expenditure interests home people than do the prices of stocks, oall money or seats on the New York stock exchange. The individual con. sumer outranks in number and in quality the promoters and stock gam blers. As MT. Bryan once said, "the masses of the people form the bulk of the population"
 Not since the civil war have staple commodities been so high as they are today At present the production and sale of commodities are clustered un- der the Dingley tariff wall and under that wall they have organized series of combinations or trusts. We cannot therefore judge the present by the past unless indeed we first revise the tariff wall and regulate the trusts.
 However, few facts from the past may be interesting. After 1893 and as Q direct result of the panic of that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-26

year retail prices of the necessities began to recede until in 1896 they reached the lowest level of a genera tion.
 Can the combines and the tariff pie vent a repetition of the declines that followed 1893? In six years bacon has been advanced 55 per cent; potatoes, AS per cent; fresh pork, Al per cent; lard, 3S per cent, and chickens, 8 per cent. Retail prices only are referred to. An investigation of 2567 working mems families shows that the average cost of food per family in 1906 was $3595 53, against s296.76 in 1896, the year of lowest prices. The difference Is 21.2 per cent
 The combinations of producers will resist a reduction of 21 per cent in the necessities of life, but the chances are that while they may delay reduc- tions, they will not be able to prevent them, and that the prices of necessi- ties will in the long run be reduced 20 per cent. This was the story of 1893, and history is apt to repeat itself despite the tariff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-26
BANK ROBBED BY TWO BOLD BAD MEN

Bloomington, H., November zo.-Ihe State bank at Clinton was held up and robhed of s22O0 in coin shortly before D o,c,ock this afternoon by two men. who made their escape. With drawn revol- vers the robbers forced George Argo Assistant Cashier Murphy and Book keeper John Young to enter the big vault which they had locked. The oulk of the money had been placed in the currency, safe in the vault and the time lock set but $220O In gold and silver remained on the counter. This the rob- bers shoveled into a bag and took 1t with them to the Hotel Henion. where thpv had previously engaged room. They were just about to leave the hotei w,en officers learned of their presence and attempted to break the door.
 Before they succeeded, however, the robbers Jumped from window onto an adjoining roof, taking only the sioO in gold and leaving s15o0 in silver in the room posse was organized and the country is being secured for the men tonight.
 Before the highwaymen left the bank building they called up the telephone operator and requested her to send some one to the bank and release the bank officials. imprisoned in the vault.
 When Charles Parker. collector Tor tQe hank. opened the door the men were a- most suffocated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-26
ONE OF THESE LITTLE oNEs.

Elsa Barker. in December Smart Set. O little child, O wide-eyed wondering
 child!
 Well do I know you are a captured wild Bird from the outer blue, that beats It's
 wings Against the barriers of material things. How many miles into the awful vast Your mother must have soared-to seize \ you fast And bring you back with her, to be
 white
 Proof of the fearless journey! The sun
 light
 Still half bewilders you, and in your sleep You smile because the darkness is so deep After the earth-glare and the rest so Kind After the search for One you cannot lind. You are the Dream made flesh. You are
 the grail Pilgrim-another, passionate and fraii' Leaving the House of Beauty for the
 quest
 or that high Vision by no man possessed. Indomitable must be Gods desire To realize Lifes secret and acquire Mastery. when He sends you one by one, Externally, to question the bright sun And the dark earth and the indifferent
 stars! O Baby. will you pass the golden bars Guarding the pathway to the great abode? Or will you leave your dust to make the
 road
 Softer for one who follows? l am blind. Even as Love or Justice. and find . No answer to the riddle that has wrung The souls of mothers since the world wae
 young
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-26
HeIn the Charities.

'eThe appeals made by the charitable organizations in the city should meet with a generous response on Thanksgiv- ing Day" said a. citizen, especially after the prosperous year we have had and in view of the fact that snere is no reason to have any fears for the future.
 "Slnce this monetary panic came up l have not met man who said that he had personally felt the effects of 1t. l see the places of amusement just as well at tended; l see football game attracted 5000 people or more to the fair grounds and each of them pay S1 admission; l see the restaurants just as well patron ized and the stores stocked with good things to eat and to wear. These are not signs of distress. and the person who talks of the scarcity of money does so to excuse himself from contributing to some deserving cause.
 If Birmingham had suffered great calamity, such as befell Galveston or San Francisco, there might be some reason for people refusing to contribute to the charitable organizations but nothing or that sort has happened; there Is just as much money in the banks as there was three months ago, and probably just as much in circulation if we include the cer- tificates winch everywhere are accepted for their full value.
 Confidence will do more to restore things to their former condition than all the ilnportations of gold from abroad and the way to show confidence in the future is to act generously in the pres ent ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-26
From the New York Globe.


 MN PERSONALLY in ones hurried kVI perusal of the daily news an ~ Item is stumbled upon which ar rests the thoughtful mans attention with a jerk entirely disproportionate to it's size and heavy leads. The bare. palhd tragedy of the occurrence, the ghastly glare into which it throws the sordid realities of life, are calculated to make him pause, and, pausing, wonder how much of the brute civilization has really eliminated from homo sapiens.
 The items may be tucked away In some obscure corner of the great paper, a piece of news evidently held in low esteem by the makeup man-as mare space filler. But the philosopher, and Particularly in this case the feminine philosopher, will read a story of years of poignant suffering closely akin to martyrdom between the meagre ten lines of the dispatch. It contains the deposi- tion of a St. Louis woman in response to her husbands suit for divorce on tho ground of her refusal to cook his meals: During 25 years he has only bought me one hat, price s1.50. He never took me out anywhere except to funeral. When had my photograph taken and hung it up in his room he tore it down and said he saw too much of me as 1t was without having my image stuck up all over the house.
 It requires no stretch of fancy, no re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-26
Expositions Are Expensive

The Jamestown exposition has not been well attended, comparatively speaking. The attendance thus far has been but 1,272,OOO, whereas the at. tendance at Chicago was 27,54O ,O00; at St. Louis, 1S,741,OO0; at Buffalo, S,275000, and at Portland, 2,545,50O. There is more available water at Norfolk than at the other exposition cities, and more history also, but still because of unreadiness and misman. agemtint and perhaps lack of resources 1acf attendance at Norfolk fell to the miy7mum of large expositions.
 The Jamestown, exposition is not ex. ceptional in not paying expenses. It's liabilities exceed its assets. The ex. position will no doubt beg off on the governme pan, but even if 1t sue ceeds In that 1t would still be short of funds to satisfy other creditors.
 The story of Jamestown should not be forgotten in the future. We have had too many expositions, and the public begins to see that they are ex. pensive ways of celebrating historical events. An oration or two and a mili. tary parade cost less, and the histor- ical event will hereafter perhaps have to be content with remembrance in the old-time way.
 And yet the Jamestown exposition may be kept open in the season of 1908. It certainly will be if $20O, ,000 can be raised by popular subscription, and it is reported that the sum will be secured. Jamestown may therefore redeem itself, financially speaking. It is possible, and the entire south will rejoice to see it wind up with a sur plus in Its treasury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-26
Music Festival Talk.

If the Treble Clef club concert, at the Jefferson theatre, is well patronized, the women forming that organization intend giving a music festival in the spring" said a well-known amateur. We had splen- did festivals under MT. Guckenberger's direction some years ago. These festivals could be and should be revived.
 Birmingham is considerably larger now than it was when Guckenberger lived here, and the musical atmosphere is more in evidence A festival in May on mod- crate scale--that is to say, on scale not involving too great an expense for solo, ists, should easily pay expenses. MT. Petersen, the director of the Treble Clef club, is a musician of large eX perience. With a festival decided upon, he would lose no time in adding a male section to the Treble CIef and would train the mixed chorus without'delay.
 An indispensable adjunct to a festival and the most expensive feature of it Is the orchestra. And the only way to se- cure an adequate orchestra without an outlay that would be prohibitive. would be to catch Damrosch, or some other sym phony leader, with his band en tour The cost of an orchestra of 50 pieces, in cluding the pay of the conductor, Is about 5000 for one night or sl6O0 or sl700 for two nights. An orchestra brought all the way from New York or Chicago to Birmingham for a festival without any other engagement in the south would cost siOoo or S5OOO And an orchestra of 45 or 50 men improvised for the occasion would be just about expensive, for the ma jority of the musicians would have to be drawn from Cincinnati, and they would have to come day or two in advance of the festival for rehearsal. Damrosch l spring. and should be easily available for 1 a festival" :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-26
Currency Plans In Conaress

. Whenever there is an extraordinary demand for currency, either on account of fear or on account of big crops, elasticity in our currency system is lacking, and the country suffers ac- cordingly. We have studied security rather than elasticity and we have the former while we lack the latter.
 No one anticipates that Congress in this crisis will establish great cen tral bank, or other extreme pro- posal. The really feasible plans are either those that call for a regular everyday asset currency, or those that look to emergency issues of bank notes in times like the present. or In crop moving seasons.
 All these extra issues are to be taxed. the higher the better, because the more they are taxed the quicker they will be redeemed. The bankers plan and the Fowler plan are nearly similar, for both propose to authorize an asset issue equal to 10 per cent of the bond-secured issue An asset issue Is proposed up to 25 per cent of the banks capital, to be taxed 21a per cent. A further amount equal to 1912 per cent of the banks capital is to be taxed 5 per cent.
 Some, however, do not like a credit issue, preferring one based on state, municipal or other bonds, the whole to be taxed so as to compel its speedy retirement This would be strictly an emergency circulation, and it is said the President regards it as an excel lent way to secure elasticity at once. Beyond doubt Congress will attempt to push through currency bill before it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Greater Birmingham.

"On January the qualified voters in the territory embraced in the Greater Birmingham act will have the oppor- tunity of casting their ballots to de- termine whether or not the law shall become effective" said Jere c. King, member of the legislature and father of the greater city bill. "The act pro- vides that all the voters in the Greater Birmingham territory. including those within the present city limits, shall be entitled to vote on this proposition; and the proposed Greater Birmingham be- Ing the unit, a majority of the total vote polled shall decide II is esti- mated that something like $500 ballots will be cast. l am confident that Greater Birmingham will win by an overwh elming ma ajority.
 "The next general election for city officers will. be held on the third Mon day in September. 1908. But at that time only the voters residing within the present limits of Birmingham will be entitled to participate. They will elect a mayor a president of the City Cdlncil and nine aldermen The mayor chosen next September will take his seat in May. 1909, and will serve just seventeen months. As the Greater Bir- mingham will become effective in Octo- Der, 1909. the next executive will be the mayor of the enlarged city for one year. After the next term, ending in 191O the mayor will serve for two years and the general municipal cleo tions in Alabama will be held pni- formly on the same day.
 Tt is an interesting fact that the Board of Aldermen of the present city the holdovers and the nine aldermen chosen next fall-will be charged with the duty of, creating the wards and electing the aldermen for the annexed territory. Of course in subsequent elections, when the Greater Birming- ham is fully organized, each outlying ward will choose it's own aldermen as Birmingham from Pratt City to East Lake will then be one municipality.
 "The taxes raised from the annexed towns will be ample to provide for all of the improvements and meet all req sonable demands of those towns. The suburban towns will all become wards of the city of Birmingham and each ward will have a fire station, school house, municipal sanitation and police protection.
 "Reverting to the mayoralty cleo tion, while the law provides that the general city election shall be held on the third Monday in September the democratic executive committee will call a primary for some date in the spring. I expect to see the campaign open within the next two or three months"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-26
Resumption Past and Present


 aggregate $85 ,000,0 ,000 the cash reserve in the clearinghouse banks of New York was increased last week to the extent of only $436,650 It now stands at 199 per cent of the total deposits. It is short $54.1O3,60O of the 25 per cent required by law
 And yet the state banks in Chicago hold the largest cash reserve in their entire history. They have in cash $102 2,339, ,497, or 3003 per cent of their deposits. The reserves in Chicago are being increased rapidly.
 If New York sends money to Chicago to move crops, it is plain Chicago is not sending plain everyday cash to the lesser cities in the wheat belt The banks everywhere are reducing loans, and are accumulating specie, and the inquiry begins to arise as to when they will get back to a currency basis. Chicago is awaiting a cue from New York. Chicago is ready for re- sumption of cash payments.
 In 1893 a panic was precipitated by the failure of the Erie railroad on July 26, and gold imports were resorted to just as they have been this year. On September 2 the banks returned to cash basis-just 39 days. Already 32 days have elapsed in the course of the present financial troubles, and unless resumption come in the next six days the present tie-up will outlast that of 1893.
 "The root of the whole trouble" says the Philadelphia Inquirer lis in New York and it is to be found in the thoroughly selfish and short-sighted policy of it's banks. Although millions of Philadelphia money are on deposit there, they are refusing to accept Phil adelphia checks except for collection, and are playing the part of the dog in the manager. Were some big New York bank to announce its readiness to pay all corners in cash the deadlock would be broken, the financial machine would get off the dead center and business would again begin to hum. AS Horace Greeley once remarked, the way to resume is to resume"
 The suspension of cash payments lasted eight weeks in 1857, and little less than six weeks in 1873, and in 1893 full resumption came in New York in little over five weeks. Confidence in the soundness of the banks and in the general trade of the country has returned, and there seems to be no reason why the country cannot safely come back to cash basis, even if New York in It's desire to help crop-movers has not been able to accumulate the legal requirement. in cash reserves.