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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-08
GAVE CLEVER PERFORMANCE.
Elks Entertained Their Friends I'M
Travesty of Romeo and Juliet.

Travesty of Romeo and Juliet.
The travesty of Romeo and Juliet.
given by the Savannah Elks at the the
alter last night proved a most pro-
nounced success, and will rank as one
of the best amateur shows ever given
here. The principals knew their lines.
the choruses were well drilled, and the
action of the play was smooth. There
were plenty of local hits in both the
never failed to bring hearty recogni-
ton from the exceptionally large audi
ence that greeted the performance.
To appreciate thoroughly the show
and its possibilities for fun, one would
have to see 1t, but some idea of the
travesty may be gathered when 1t is
known that Juliet, the 1.-THE, lissome
| and romantic creature of Shakespeare's
play, is in the. travesty impersonated
not only by man, but by one of such
ample proportions that he tips the
scales somewhere near the 240-pound
mark The rest of the business" is
in keeping, for when Capulet discovers
the ove-making between Juliet and
Romeo, he is put off ~with the pretext
that Juliet is on the balcony to scare
| cats, and that it is for similar pur-
pose that Romeo is proving beneath
the balcony.
In the last act Juliet is revived, and
Romeo, proved to have taken chalk
and not arsenic, as he supposed he had,
also is brought to; the nurse and
the apothecary- plight their troth
and everything turns out all right; a
happy state of affairs that the chorus
celebrates by singing Star Spangled
Banner" and AUD Lang Syne."
Taken all in all the play is bright,
and musical, and for amatures, ex-
ceptionally we'll presented. Aside from
Juliet herself whose contrast with the
ideal Juliet tickled the fancy of the
audience ard caused bursts of merri-
ment whenever she appeared. probably
the best of the characters was that of
Nurse. which was taken care of by
Mr.. Henry Blum, Jr. Or. Underwood
Cochran as Capulet and Mr.. w. T.
Dixon as Romeo also were excellent,
as we're also, In their more restricted
spheres, all the other principles of the
cast.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-08
NERVOUSNESS

upsets the stomach and prevents the
nutritive elements from getting into
the blood. The stomach finally rebels
against food and the result is dyspep-
fia. The Bitters Will strengthen the
nerves and cure Dyspepsia, Cons ipa-
ton. Blllousness, Fiatuleney, also
create a hearty appetite purify the
10 try g..
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BlTTERS.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-08

The committee having in charge the
rest and refreshment room of the
Daughters of the .Confederacy in the
Womans building, to-day, is comprised
of Mrs. r. H. Cornwell. Mrs. A. c.
Harmon, Mrs. c.. H. Dixon, Miss
Thomas. Miss Irene Withers and Miss
Edith West.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-08

Fifty cents, hereafter, will give adj
mission to the grandstand, and to one
of the boxes to see the races. A seat
in the grandstand may be secured for
rs cents. The season. price for box
has been reduced to 81 So
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war sIOID OVER IHIBFI.
An Armed Mission to lie sent b' the hr'i'h
to Ihassa From iudia.

,orrcsI oud"nt n India writes that IA
,,r>ru'icn,r Of ~" mission sent hr ~"
pair Lana ui lhih"t to the car ot Rus
-ia IA" RriIl-h Government viii probably
soon despatch AN armed mission '" lhasSG
from India. bcn Luck. esteemed on" Of
the best cavalry o'i,"r~ III ta" Er'l l,h Army.
and Gen I"",h hay" both been AZ liar'r"l
from shsrn they went ou To- the ftoili"r "'
Thihct to eNanliu" Ia" pa-s,s
II II said thn' IN" trade ~ ludi. with A'p"'
needs protection, ard that n" un."ut'
Of Russia must hN Count"rHG.d, oth"rN lS''
British 'radc with Tibet Will ccas" - u
ha- In other parts Of C"uirul Asia over which
Russian authority has been "Nlendad
Some sixteen years ago d. British mission
was To- have gone To 1hassa, but the prof.
of the Thihetans 10 admit 30 large a mill
tary force was To have composed the
escort into their country.
The sun., 1901-01-27
AJGKR sAWMIIIs N 1Hr sorrH.
Syndicate In which the Sror-tar, Has n Shnr.
to Operate In Iiortda Forests.

PFNsA'rLA. va. Jan. - Tie lat 'rs
become known here that ~" sullivan Ngr-
.yndcat" j. preparing go "r'. IN tn" northern
rnrt Of E>onmhia county the large-t saNmul
IN th" South, which means the lnrgr,N In th.
country. II will have capacity of cutting
soo 900 feet day. The site selected e. AZ M"
bend of Rig Escamhia River. where tho laud
consisting Of several thousand acres II tht,kly
wooded and has been acquired by the svudi-
cat. Numerous uamways will traverse tho
land and connect With the louisyll. and
Nashville Railroad traci-
II II also learned that the syndicate NJ"
making arrangements to huild another TN
mcuso mill at losnec, Ma, which vii have a
capacity of about $50 ouo fsot q dlv, snd N"
~ several other mills IN difI"rout sites ou th"
large 'IHcts. Gen. Algor and paTty are cN 3ected
here this week The stock holders will hold
meeting when the construction OF mills.
uamways and dredging terminal possessions
here WI BE- discussed and mapped Qua
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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-03-22
The Governors AK.
EEontinued from first page.l

[Eontinued from first pGge.j
BY MISUNDERSTANDING
$40, 900 for a, bridge, across. the
Snake river at the Big Buttes in
Fremont county.
The other bills receiving the gov
ernor's veto follow, aftereach beng.
his letter Of. transmission, stating
reasons for has action:
BY state affairs Great
ing the Office of assistant. attorney
general cit does not seem to ne
that an economical state administers
ton demands the appointment of
an assistant attorney general. The
servlcessof competent attorneys in
local cases III different portionsv,of
the state can, in my opinion, be re-
tanned at less cost to the state than
by the employment: of a regular as
sistant.
TIE pure food bill No, 1877, by.
Erickson was not approved The
billin large measure treated of milk,
butter and cheese, being. intended
to abolish impure articles of food of
this class especially.
BY Hart Providing for the pro-
lection Of. stock men by prohibiting
shipment of stock. from the state.
till after inspection.
Section liprovides that any per-
son violating. the provisions of this
section shall be guilty. of INSIDE
meanor and punished by imprison-
ment In the county iaIsfornot less.
than six months. or more than one
year,. or by both such fine and i'm
prisienmcnt:,
This section evidently intends
10 provide for fine, but does not
do SO. The penalty, prescribed
would compel trial in the district
court,- which is not the intention Of
the BILL and is certainly against
public policy, the interestaof parties
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-03-22
T. b. CARD,
Hstween7 Grand junction and Denver.
Effective February. IS, 1900

New and elegant dining cars on all
through trains, service Ia carte
through Pnllmnn ane family, sleeping
cars ia Chicago,
Three personally conducted tourist or
family weekly excursions 10 New York
City and Boston via Chicago or 81 Louis
For rates, descriptive pamphlet and
ait Information apply 10 any, Ticket
Agent or to, s. x Hooper, G.. z. &: T.
A. fenxrr, Cole, e. F. Nevins, General
.AgeRt salt Isake- City Utah, II. NJ.
tsaehines Tray. Pass Agent,- Salt Lake
Gag ttal
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-03-22

by the waters Of the state generally
may tic benefited. ...
my objection to this bill is that
| it is Of local interest only, at the
public expense, and not OF generals
benefit to the state"
|. By Pyke-CompelEing Insurance
com panies to designate a legal agent,
upon whom service. could be render
ed. ....
Governor Hunt Saturday evening
vetoed French's bill providing for
the payment Of the outstanding
university. warrants issued at the
time of building the state university
! at Moscow. He also dlsapprQyed
two items in the general appropria-
ton bllI-one, allowing State School
Superintendent French $3.50 for ex-
ira clerical help, the, other, an item
! of $144o for stenographer in the
Office Of Secretary Of State iassctt,
AS to the warrant matter, he'states
that the warrants were Illegally
issued The following is his veto
message on the warrant bill:
"My objection to this bill is that
the warrants referred to therein
were illegally issued, anticipating
moneys to be collected by certain
state levy,upon the taxable property
of the state. The different counties
are gradually paying their dc
!. linquences due this fund, and they
are turned into it when received for
redemption of the warrants. l.
object also to approving this meas
uTc. without knowledge or opportun-
ity to examine the several accounts,
none of which are enumerated orr
have been passed upon by the state
; bOGfO VI CAdu1IlltIG.
House bill No. III, entitled. 'sAiss
est tosproy1de for the organization
and government of the Independent
school district of Boise City.
House bill N2e(e4; Section Of
said act seeRs to amend section 90
of the special charter Of the town
Of Lewiston in regard to- city, of
fcials..
Moedy's senate pharmacy bill
came under. the axe next. The veto
message says:
/ "rhe provisions of this bill are,
too severe and far-reaching for the
convenience ind safety of the pub
lie.
i "This bill creates state board Of
pharmacy, replacing the present
county board of pharmacy, which il
organlzed1 to examine. pharmacists
oass'ie same basis as this bill pre-
vides,. bnt.at less cost, and without
taking the applicant from his home !.
and business, or at least not. from
his county. .
House bill by Adams Giving
cities larger, powers IN BONDING,
The intention of the bill was to al
low incorporated cities and towns .
! to 0ond'2o per cent? Of It's. realty
assessed valuation, to- enable tho
c0nstrue.;an al
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-03-22

mediate TRIAL
BY 6sh and. game conmlttee-h
fish and game law. providing Tor.
the issuance of licenses.
"The license feature az this bill
can not be enforced for the reason
that no penalty is provided. EVi-
IDENTIFY the intention has been to
impose the license for two reasons,
fret, to derive revenue, and second,
to decrease the amount Of fish and
game killed. 1t fails In both In
stances, Section 4 makes it unlaw-
full to catch fish with hook and line,
at any. time Of the year, while sec
ton 9 makes 1t a misdenieanor
with heavy penalty to have fish or
or game in possession"
By Adams and Kilborn-Provfd-
ing for. the immediate descent of
community property without neces-
sity of probating. The senate
amended the bills resery1ng to the
children one-half of the community
prenertg, and-thus it passed.
"The spirit the bill rs contrary
to public interests, and its provisions
contradictory. While the first Sec
ton undertakes to- protect the issue
of the deceased, the.folGth section
vests all the community property,
without reservation or provision for
the support of the family, in the
surviving husband or. wife, with
fall powersato alternate and dispose
of the same in any manner he or
she may see fit:
"Under this bill, upon the death
of:the wife, the husband if he has
issue, Is at once strlpped'of one-halt
his capital. which may be taken
away from him or his business at
oace. by the adult children, OF may
be tied up. for. years il the estates
ofminor children; and distributes
his property arbitrarily, without re-
gard for. the circumstances, age,
needs orr condactsof- his. ch1ldrea. ="
BY Misunderstanding for a
$50, 900 bond issue, TO meet the de-
mands Of the roadiand .hridge bills.
''I'he bill provides aefund for the
purpose of aiding the construction
of the state wagon roads and bridges
authorized to be constructed .by the
legislature, by the issue of state
bonds.
"lhis act becomes unnecessary,
Us the measure for which itlwas ia
tended TO provide fund have been
dfsapproved.;a
BY appropriation committee
Appropriating se754for the relief of
ID. w. Ross, being-deiciency in his
salary for 1899.
although. the act creating the
Office of state engineer provided a
salary of $4,000 per year the. gener7
al appropriation for 1899 was iii
snfficient, but |. must disapprove
this. because the appropriation bill
for that>year. stated distinctly. that
the amount appropriated should be
full compensation to all officials. y
By Pngmire-Apprnpriatin0 $500
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-03-22

lee EXAMINER till Jan. 1st.
1zfo2, 81 cash IN advance.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-03-22

Montpelier, Idaho, Mar. %, 1901:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-07

Tama willing to help him. The only
immune I could find was another old
man. The work was too hard for him.
You may think Just what you please
about 1t. but IL l had left that gray
headed old man to toll alone | would
have quit preaching Christ / would
have preached selfishness rather than
love, and cowardice rather than cour-
age Shame would have burned my face
more terribly than smallpox can scar
it, He went out and assisted him, and
he certainly displayed the Christ spirit
in his self-sacrificing efforts. He
didn't preach on Sunday. being advised
by DR.. Corns to stay at home.
mo, didn't care much for it, she
said as she dangled the new purchase
In the air, but am making a collec-
ton of trading stamps
49,
Success at Last-Dr. Brown: We'll.
did you keep the thermometer IN the
room at seventy degrees, as told you?"
Mrs. Murphy: II did indade, doctor,
but had hard tonne to do it. The
only place it would stay at sivinty was
forninst the chimney piece. Life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-07
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

after all is said and done, the best
way to feel for the poor is to put your
hands In your pockets declares the
Davenport Republican
According to the Vinton Eagle. The
general sentiment seems to prevail that
farmers will make mistake If they
dispose of their cattle because corn is
so cents per bushel The general i'm
preston seems to be that high prices
in cattle will prevail for several years
The Leon Journal observes that The
diffusion of prosperity all over the
country is one of the main reasons why
the republican party Is stronger than
ever before and the democratic party is
in a condition of collapse. People are
satisfied with present conditions and
want no change"
The Fontanelle Observer believes THE
big railroad combinations are not dam
gerous. Indeed the combinations will
serve to hasten the day OF federal laws
to control their operations. Their man
agenent is becoming more automatic,
legs personal. with less latitude, but
withal a force so gigantic that only fed
eral authority can cope with 1t.
On account of the disfranchisement Of
negroes in the southern states, the
Hampton Recorder urges upon congress
that "the thing to do, is to do what is
just, and to deprive the south of such
proportion Of representation as the
number of DISTINGUISHED votes bears to
the total vote
Ames Times: quite q number OF
Iowa papers are advocating a modifica-
ton of the mulct law = These papers
want the petition clause removed and
want the people to vote on the question,
leaving the balance of the law as 1t Is.
Possibly the suggested change would be
good one. but the law appears to be
giving pretty good satisfaction as 1t Is
People who recall the trouble that came
in every election on the liquor question
before the mulct law was enacted,
would hardly take kindly to any kind OF
proposition that brings the question 30
near the ballot box again. Contem-
plated changes that interfere with laws
that are already giving reasonably fair
satisfaction will hardly be looked upon
with favor by the general public"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-07
JUDGE LYNCH DEposEp.

A sign of progress comes from the
south as to the method of treating negro
criminals In the statement that the
town OF Lexington, Miss, reports the
first case in that state of a negro con-
victed and sentenced by court of JUS
tice for a criminal assault upon white
woman, strange as 1t may appear. In
ll.previous cases of this kind the negro
offender has been quickly punished by
lynching, sometimes being burned at
the stake by furious mob. But a
change is reported in the case of Grant
Dicken, who assaulted white woman
and escaped. He was captured and
there was strong demand for iynching,
but the sheriff gave the prisoner protec-
ton, and no persons We're allowed to be
present at the trial but the lawyers and
reporters 1t was feared there would
crowded. The jury brought in verdict
of guilty and the negro was sentenced
to be hanged on Dec. 2s
The penalty may be considered severe,
but the point urged is that this orderly
method of respecting and enforcing law
is hopeful feature of more enlight-
ened era in the south. The line upon
line that has been printed on the sub
jest is bearing fruit, and while this
Lexington example, will not always be
followed, twill be widely accepted as a
precedent for future action.