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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23
spain's sincerity Doubted.

1t Is probable that if the Cubans be-
lieved Spain was sincere in offering them
autonomy they would be disposed to care
fully consider the offer, because the pro-
posed scheme for Cuban self government
is much fairer TO Cuba than anything that
Spain has ever before proposed for that
island. The Cubans, however, are satisfied
that with a government of their own I'M
der the supervision of Spain, they woulc
have about as many grievances against
her az they have now. The legislature
which they would have. while possessing
in theory a great deal of power, would
as a matter of fact, have scarcely any
at ALL
Mr.. Hannis Taylor, who was our minis
ter to Spain under Mr.. Cleveland's ad-
ministration. says that Spain has no idea
of what rule by the people means. The
legislature of Spain has power to do a
great many things apparently, but those
who are acquainted with the way things
are done in that country know that it
has but the merest shadow of power. The
queen ami her advisers are the govern
ment and the cortes simply does what they
want done. If this is the condition Of
affairs in Spain, would the condition of
affairs in Cuba be any better? Would the
Cuban legislature be permitted to say
what the taxes should be and to regulate
commerce? Would Spain permit Cuba to
buy in the cheapest market and sell in
the dearest or would she insist upon mo-
nonolizing the commerce of the island as
She does now? There isn't any doubt that
she would insist upon having the benefits
of Cubas commerce and that Cuba would
have about as many things to complain of
as she now has. 1t is not to be wondered
at, therefore. that the Cuban leaders say
that they will not accept SPANS offer
OF home rule. They believe that the only
hope of lettering their condition is in alb
solute independence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23
An Accommodations Man.

After the reporter had been shown from
the basement to the roof of an immense
establishment that impressed him as a
second hand store or an old curiosity shop,
the surprised interviewer began his work
says the Detroit Free Press.
What is your business, anyhow"
This is a drug store, sir Oh, you
needn't look as though you doubted me !;
that's what 1t is. I'm conscientious, and
after l had said that / would supply what
ever the doctors prescribed | was not the
man to take it back. My first invoice was
the usual outfit of drugs, hot-water bags,
that kind. When the doctor around the
corner told one of his patients to try Tur-
kish baths, l fitted up those In the base
ment. For the taking of indoor exercise
under medical direction, / have the gym
nasium, besides keeping everything from
dumbbells to lifting machines on sale.
have horses to let, but there is not much
scribing bicycles and 1 have to keep all
the leading makes to supply the trade.
That immense pile of furniture Is made
up of invalid chairs, beds, hammocks and
things of that kind. l have commonsense
Shoes harmless corsets, braces and scores
of other mechanical devices that aim to
bring about a compliance with the laws of
expense of fitting up ocean voyages or
summer resorts, but did the best l could
by becoming agent for the leading trans
continental lines and watering places. The
whole thing costs me more than ii comes
to- ten to one; but I'm conscientious, and
am going to keep up with the doctors.'
Then he answered the telephone and turn
ed with a Smiie
Wants jug of North Carolina noun
tain air.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23
Are There TOO Many Banks.

The number of national banks
which are going out of business either by
consolidating with other banks or selling
their shares is so great as to justify the
conclusion that there are too many banks
for the business that is to be done or else
more money is to be made by big banks
in proportion to their capital than by small
ones. A few days ago we published the
names of several national banks which
had gone or were preparing to go out Of
business. On Friday one of the most pros
porous of the national banks of New York
the United States National. sold out
to the Western National The par value
of the shares of the United States Ma
tional was 500 each. The sale to the West
ern was made on a basis of S225 per
share. The Western National has cap
ital stock amounting to 100000 and de-
posts amountin to $lSO0o,00.
1t is apparent from the price received
for the shares of the United States Ma
tional that it was not in distress. nor was
il forced to go out of business. 1t went out
doubtless because its directors did not
think the outlook for a prosperous bust
ness year for the banks was quite as good
as they would like to have it.
OF course, in the country districts there
are no more banks than are needed, but
in the great cities and the larger towns
there are altogether too many banks.
Sometime ago the savings banks of Mas
sachusetts took steps to have number
of the national banks of Boston forced
out of business. The savings banks OF that
state are large depositors of many of
the national banks of Boston, and they
became disgruntled because the
latter made no dividends. They
took the ground that there
were too many national banks in
Boston and they undertook to reduce the
number. Consolidation is easily accom-
plished and that method of reducing ma
tional banks where there are too many Of
them should be adopted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

The city assessors have hunted up all
the mortgages held by trustees, executors.
administrators and others and are taxing
them. In most cases the real estate which
such mortgages represent is already heav
lily taxed by the city, besides paying wa
ter rent and street and sidewalk assess
ments. The putting of an additional bur
den on such property means that the class
of people who have heretofore bought
homes by making partial payments on
them and carrying the balance on mort
cages will not be able to do so in future,
because sellers will not give credit if they
are compelled to pay to the city one-third
of the interest received for taxes on the
mortgages. This system is double taxa
ton. and though it may be in accordance
with the city tax ordinance it is unjust.
If this double taxation is persisted In
by the city assessors, it win result In in
jury to the city by preventing men having
money to invest from residing here. 1t will
not only prevent men of means from COM
ing here but it will drive away those al
ready here. Those who cannot afford to
go away, will, when they have mortgages
amount, have their mortgages put in the
name of an agent or trustee who resides
elsewhere. In that way they will get be-
yond the reach of local taxation. In
cases where there are local trustees for
mortgages this policy would prevent local
men from getting the compensation which
trustees earn.
Within the past month a gentleman
formerly a resident of this city, who owns
mortgages on city real estate as invest
ments-which real estate is heavily tax
ed was about to return and resume his
residence here, but when he learned the
penalty of being a citizen of Savannah,
he decided to remain where he is. Our
merchants will lose his trade and that of
his family and the city will lose as a
citizen a man of very considerable wealth.
Another well known instance showing
that it is bad policy for the city to tax
mortgages, is that of a gentleman who
was large taxpayer, besides being the
owner of a very large amount of prop
erty in mortgages. Although he still
does business here. he has changed his
residence to another city.
The assessors may be complying with
the lava law that heretofore has been
more honored in the breach than the OBJ
servance'- but the law is a bad one and
extremely hurtful to the city. In what
other city will you find mortgages so tax
ed as to drive away capital and residents?
In Philadelphia, for instance, where the
tax rate is LIS for state. county and city
purposes on real estate at low valuation
the tax on mortgages is 40 of per cent
The city council, in preparing its next
budget, ought to look into this matter.
1t ought to remove the burden from
mortgages on real estate that is taxed.
BY so doing it would greatly help. the
general prosperity of the city. To tax
both mortgages and real estate is to dou-
bic tax property, and property that pays
double tax ceases eventually to have a
market value
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

You never know where the boys are
going to pick up wrong ideas'' declared
a prominent business man the other day,
pain, says the Detroit Free Press Mine
men out of ten would say that the story
of Uncle Toms Cabin, as told by the
author is all right, and its whole moral
tone eleVating. But that same book came
mighty near being the death of me- Yes
sir, there's many an old soldier that never
had as tight a squeak.
1T was like this ] haven't read the
thing for a good many years, but some
where in there it tells about putting burrs
under a saddle and gives a funny descrip-
ton of what followed to horse and rider.
1t tickled my two boys till they laughed
in their sleep. You know that I take a
ride every morning as a constitutional
What do those boys do but forage until
they got some burrs and then follow out
the line of action told in the story. My
horse is three-quarter bred and spirited
but intelligent, well trained and tractable
morning. He first squatted and then
trembed as though in fright. Then his
hot blood told. His first spring would
have taken him from under me IL / had
not been on the alert. He reared, plung-
ed, kicked, bucked and snorted. I'm not
a timid man on horseback. but there was
something terrific in his anger l was all
over him, clinging TO name, neck and sad
die. II must have been funny sight, for
the boys rolled on the grass, yelled and
held their sides. At last the horse got the
bit in his teeth and shot away like a
rocket. People turned to look and police
men shouted but 1t was way out in Green
field that ] fell off. You can bet that the
boys are about as sore as am,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

Under certain circumstances a hus-
bands love is worth $4,000 to a woman,
and If the father of the husband succeed
in alternating his love from the wife, the
father must pay the cost. That is what
the courts have decided in the Van
Setback case, which has now been trans
ferred from Brooklyn to Chicago. The
Brooklyn court decided that Handsome
Johnny Van Setback would never have
left his wife but for the Vaccinations of
his father, and that the father was liable
to the deserted wife for damages in the
sum above stated. The old gentleman is
a millionaire druggist in Chicago, and the
attorneys for his sons wife have gone to
Chicago with the judgment of the Brook
Ign court, and will try to collect the amount
of damages granted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

Secretary Alger is in favor of strength
ening the army; of adding new regiments,
building new fortifications and spending
more money. His conclusions are merely
in line with the policy which apparently
animates the party in power. If we are
to go in for territorial ACKNOWLEDGMENT, we
must have an army and a navy of sufi-
cient strength to defend what we take,
and to take other territory whenever we
may feel like swelling our holdings. If
we are to annex Hawaii, and possibly
Cuba and Hayu later we must have
troops and ships and Notifications in
greater numbers than we have at present
and we must be prepared to appropriate
millions of dollars each year in our mill
tary budgets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23
No Hurry About Annexation.
From the Philadelphia Record Dem.).

So far the advocates of Hawaiian annex
alton have had their own way in the
Washington news; but now the opponents
of the scheme are coming to the fore. Ac-
cording to advices in the New York Mail
and Express of last evening, those in op-
position claim that all the polls, especial
ly of the Senate, i'm regard TO the matter
are incorrect, and that It will not be such
an easy matter TO pass an annexation bill
through congress" At all events, the indi-
cations point to a prolonged struggle
Christmas is coming, and so, perhaps is
annexation; but the latter, il is very GER
tain, is not coming this year. and possibly
not till the robins nest again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

Register-elect Fromme of New York has
just achieved new honors. He is now the
champion beefsteak eater of Greater New
York politicians. His record, made a
few nights ago, is seven and three-quarter
pounds of steak at one sitting. Mayor
elect Van Wyck is something of a beef
eater himself. but Fromme has beaten
him. 1t is in order now for the console
dated municipality of New York to issue
a challenge to official London, Paris and
Chicago for a beefsteak tournament, with
Fromme as the champion of Gotham.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

When times are a little dull in Washing
ton and official news is scarce, the cores
pondents fall back upon cabinet resigna-
ton rumors for something to write about.
They are now writing about the rumored
impending resignation of Secretary Sher-
no less than two other changes In the cab
met, McKenna and Gary being the other
members to get out. The story is that At
torney General McKenna win go to the su-
preme court bench, while Postmaster Cen
eral Gary has aspirations to the Senate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Meetings-Ancient Landmark Lodge
No. 2S1, F. and A M; Savannah Lodge,
No. 1873. B. P. o. Elks: The Hibernian
Society.
Special Notices-E. & w. Laundry; Sale
of Stalls in City Market, John Power, City
Marshal; A Very Beautiful Bicycle. r. d.
& William baltimore; Notice to City Court
Jurors, State and County Taxes for 1891,
Now Booking Orders for Eastman's Fold
ing Pocket Kodak. Livingstons Phar-
macy; Notice, j. H. Jordan & Co; At
Guilmartin's Stables; Special Notice to Our
Lady Patrons, B. H. Levy & Bro; Ship
Notice, Wilder & Co. Agents.
Auction Sales-Sale Household Furniture
by ]. Mclaughlin e Son; Pants, Furni-
ture Etc. by A. X. Wilson, Auctioneer;
Groceries, Etc, by 1. d. LaRoche, Auc-
tioneer
Boys Good overcoats-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
Dress Goods To-day-Leopold Adler.
Clothing-Falk Clothing Company.
Gold Dust Washing Powder-N. K. Fair
banks Company
Steamship saskatchewan Steamship
Company.
Medical-Pyramid Pile Cure; Carlsbad
Sprudel Salt; Baco-Curo; Cutcura Rene
dies; Hoods Sarsaparilla; S. S. Swords
Dispensary Preparations; Ayers Hair
Vigor; Erie Medical Company; Ponds Ex-
tract; Castoria.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

The first Andree relief expedition has re-
turned without having seen or heard of
the intrepid adventurer. 1t has now been
four months and more since he sailed
away in his balloon from Tromsoe Island,
and nothing positively authoritative has
been. heard from him since his airship
melted into the blue of the horizon of the
frozen north. The chances are over
whelmingly in favor of the conclusion that
he has persisted, though there is still a ray
of hope that he may turn up with inval-
liable information after all. 1t is under
stood that another expedition is soon to
sail northward in the hope of finding him
or some trace of him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

DR.. Temple, archbishop of Canterbury
and primate of all England, who it is an
nounced, viii resign his Office probably
this month because of his failing eyesight.
has been primate less than a year. He
was enthroned at Canterbury, cathedral
last January. A sensational incident of
the enthronement exercises was the pro-
test of DR.. Brownjohn against the aces
cession of the new archbishop TO the pri-
mature, on the ground that he held to the
doctrine of evolution. DR.. Temple was
formerly chaplain to the queen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

Prof. Falb, the Austrian astronomer who
some time ago predicted the end of the
world upon a date now happily past. is
again at his old trick of frightening timid
folks with prophecies of cataclysms. He
has now arrived at the conclusion that the
end of the world VIII come on Nov. 1S,.1S99,
by a collision with Temples comet. Mean
time 1t would not be a good idea to let in
surance policies lapse in anticipation of
the verihcation of Falb's prediction.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

A West Virginia man in Alaska says
that walking hundreds of miles through
snow and slush eating dry salt bacon
raw, sleeping on ice in wet clothes, float
ing hundred of miles down the river on
three or four logs and consorting with
polar bears are not the most disagreeable
experiences which he has encountered.
What has worried him more than any
thing else is his thermometer He almost
curses the day he became acquainted with
thermometers. He could not resist the
temptation to take one with him, and now,
although it is a source of torture to him,
he has not the heart to destroy 1t or the
nerve to look the other way when he sees
the mercury creeping down toward the
80 below mark. That thermometer has
become more terrifying than a nightmare,
yet 1t has him fascinated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

Gen. Blanco's report to the Madrid gov
eminent shows what frightful losses the
spaniards have suffered in Cuba since the
breaking out of the war. OF the 1872. 900
soldiers sent to Gen. Weyler only 5000
remain 1t for duty. Forty thousand men
are in the hospitals. This leaves So .OOO
men to be accounted for. That is probably
more men than the insurgents have ever
had under arms at one time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23
silver Did 1t.

If the reason given in one of the Chicago
papers for the change of ownership of the
Inter-Ocean of that city is the
true one the desire for free
silver coinage is not strong among the sub
stantial farmers of the west The Inter
Ocean has always been a republican pa
per, and for many years its weekly edi-
ton has had an extraordinarily large cir
cuIation among western farmers. 1t Is
understood that the daily edition was not
profitable, but the profits of the weekly
edition were very large-so large that they
covered the losses of the daily issue and
left a handsome surplus.
In the last national political campaign
the Inter-Ocean advocated the free coin
age of silver Whether it's position on the
silver question was due to business reas-
ons or because it's management believed in
free silver coinage is unknown to the pub
lie. Certain it is, however, that from the
moment it gave its support to free silver
coinage it began to lose subscribers to
it's weekly edi Finally the losses were
so heavy that its owners thought 1t advls-
able to get rid of it. They sold it last
week to a wealthy street car promoter, and
in future the paper will favor the gold
standard.
If 1t be a fact that the advocating of free
silver coinage caused the Inter-Ocean to
lose a very large number of its subscrib-
ers, and become practically bankrupt, the
conclusion is inevitable that among west
ern farmers the sentiment in favor of free
silver coinage Is not nearly so strong as it
used to be.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

The Dingley tariff law continues to get
in its fine work as a revenue raiser"
For the four months of the fiscal year
the new law is more than 100000, and
it is said that treasury officials privately
express a doubt that it win ever raise
enough money to meet the expenses of the
government.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

More than half of the term Of the Geor-
gia legislature has passed, and still there
has been nothing of general Importance
done by that body. The major portion OF
the time of the assembly has been given
up to local bills many of which are based
upon petty, factional, local politics. The
contemplation of this condition suggest
mat possibly such big bosses as Tnlman.
croker Piatt, Altgeld and others are not.
after all, unmitigated evils. They at least
nave the merit of doing something; wheth-
er what they do is for the best interest
Of their constituencies is another ques.
tAohs
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23
DRESS GOODS
Ar
SPECIAL REDUCTIONS
FOR
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shades.
Many Choice Dress Patterns included in
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Wool and silk and Wool Plaids, French
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BLACK
DRESS
GOODS.

You can usually Judge a store by its
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more judgment required in selecting the
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French, German and English Black Goods
side by side with the product of Ameri-
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Prices.
Are you perplexed where to buy your
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daily discovering that the inducements We
offer are exclusive. Style, quality and
economy go hand in hand here. We can
please you in our Cloak Department.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23
Municipal Ownership.
From Springfield (Mass) Republican Ond)

Uncertainty in the tenure of public Of
flee has been urged in objection to the pol
icy of municipal ownership. But the En-
cheering News finds that in the case of
water works tenure of Office is nearly as
certain ana pTolongeu where the works
control. In New England this is especially
true. But apparently there is some room
for improvement even here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23
The Policy of Spain.
From the Columbia IS. c. State ID,

From the Columbia Is. CD State DENY.
.I 10 @.I4I iii f7------
The government is controlled by dynas-
tic considerations. 1t is trying to save the
throne TO the young Alfonso and it knows
that to do this it must avoid war with
the United States which, certain to end in
Spanish defeat, would cause the nation,
stung by humiliation. to turn from the AL
fonists to the Carlists. Thus Sagasta' s
administration does all 1t dare do to pla-
cate the United States. to ward off war
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-23

An enameled-ware trust has recently
been formed, and it is announced that
there is in process of incubation a trust of
the plug tobacco manufacturers. Mean
time the Sherman antitrust law slumbers
in innocuous desuetude in the statutes of
the United States.