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The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25
A BATTLE OF THE GIANTS.

1t was Mr.. Carnegie, If we are not
mistaken, who said that the steel man
ufacturing business was either a
prince or a pauper." At present it is
a prince. Both the great Billion Dol
lar Steel Trust and the independent
companies have more orders than they
can possibly fill. Their mills are run
ming overtime. Many of them are
working both night and day. yet they
cannot supply the demand for steel
products, and several large importa-
lions of foreign steel have lately been
made. The steel making business is
on the crest of the wave of prosperity.
Meanwhile shrewd business men and
investors foresee a change in the tide.
That reaction will come, and with it
hard times" again, is a pretty safe
prophecy based on experience. How
long the reaction may be delayed and
how long the present prosperity will
continue can only be guessed at. There
are, however. those who are already
anticipating the coming of the changed
conditions. And among them are some
of the princes" of the steel making
industry.
1t seems to be the very general idea
that when the steel mills have caught
up with their business and are look
ing for new orders to keep their ma
chinery in motion, there will come a
mighty conflict between the great Bill
lion Dollar Steel Trust and the indie
pendent steel companies. Several of
these Independent companies acting in
concert through the agency Of the
Clarion Steel Company of Pittsburg,
have just closed one of the largest deals
in ore lands on record. The lands are
in the famous Mesaba range of Michi-
gan and Minnesota, and the sum paid
for them is said to approximate $685.
100000. 1t is estimated that the lands
will yield more than 14O,O0O,OO0 tons of
iron ore, which wifi be sufficient for
the needs of the purchasing companies
for the next twenty years. The deal,
ii is asserted, was made by the indie
pendent companies as step in the
direction Of protecting themselves in
the event of a possible conflict with
the great trust. The investment of so
vast a sum of money in the manner
named is pretty good evidence that
such a conflict is looked for. When
it comes it will be fight of giants.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25
BRIGHT BITS,

How about that new cook of
yours. Is she good?" st hope so. :.
Don't you know" 'I can only trust
so. She tried to light the fire with
benzine yesterday" Philadelphia
Press.
The Court-"what's all that noise ."
Lawyer-'I've lost my hat, your Hon
or" The Court-"Why. people lose
whole suits here every day and don't
make half as much noise. Chicago
Daily News.
Father" said the small boy, who
had been reading the newspaper head
lines, what is franchise p "A fran
ehise," replied the father, "is not in
frequently a bill of sale for a few repu-
tations. Chicago Evening Post.
Did Willigs borrow five dollars
from your" Yes" That's too bad!"
Don't you think he will be able to paw
me?" "Oh, yes. He'll be able to pay.
bet him $40 that he couldn't coax the
loan out of you."-Washingto Star.
Mamma Ito a friend who is lunch
ing with herr: 81 don't know why it
is, but I always eat more when we
have company than when we're alone.
Tommy (helping himself to third piece
of cake)-"I know why 1t is-'cause
we have better things to eat. "-Brook-
lyn Life IL
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25
rHE srRIkE COMMISSION.

The President emphasized two points
in his instructions to the commission
which he has appointed to arrange
terms of settlement between the coal
miners and the operators. One was
the desirability of expedition in their
labors, and the other that they endeav-
or TO find some basis of a permanent
settlement. in order that in future
troubles like the recent strike might
be avoided. In order to facilitate the
work of the commission the clerical
force has been enlarged, so that there
will be no delay oecasioned by wait
ing on the preparation of the records.
The desirability of a speedy solution
of the matter is very readily apparent
Every miner and laborer in the coal
fields is anxiously awaiting the out
come. Each man of them is working
in a state of suspense. He wants to
know the terms; how far the strike
was successful and how much has been
gained. And he will work better
when his mind has been eased of its
burden of inquiry, even though the
or expected. The operators, too, wish
to know what they have to expect, so
that they may get their business set
tied into regular channels once more.
The commissions report, therefore.
will be anxiously awaited and the coal
situation will be benefited after it has
been submitted. Both parties to the
controversy are under pledge to abide
by the decision of the tribunal for
three years, hence there is no likeli-
hood of a recurrence of trouble.
The hardest part of the commissions
work will be to arrive at a plan by
which similar strikes may be ayerted.
1t has been suggested from a Wash
ington source that the commission may
recommend the incorporation of the
miners unions and the formation of
permanent arbitration tribunal. That,
however, is d venture into the field of
speculation.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25

The supporters of football are assem-
bled in convention. says the Baltimore
American.
Gentlemen" says the spokesman.
something must be done to add inter
est to the game. l regret to acknow1-
edge that in recent years, despite our
EFFORTS to wound, MAIN and kill. the
sport has dwindled in public favor. No
doubt this is because of the increase
In the number of wars, and the famiI-
larity of the public with injuries from
that cause; also because of the growth
OF the automobile fad. Hence. as /
say. we must do something to put more
ginger in the game The point is,
what shah we do?"
Here shaggy-haired man arose in
the rear of the hall and begged for q
hearing.
Gentlemen he said, 'T represent
the Russo-American Society of Anar-
chy, and am also an enthusiastic foot
ball player. It occurs to me that if
the ball were filled with dynamite. In.
stead of with air. it would
But the rest of his remarks wa
simply drowned in a furious explosion
of mad applause.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25
THE sAMoAN Decision.

Readers of the newspapers day or
two ago probably rubbed their eyes
and cudgeled their brains when they
saw it stated in the dispatches that
King Oscar of Sweden and Norway
had decided the Samoan controversy
between the United States and Great
Britain on one side and Germany on
the other in favor Of Germany What
was the Samoan controversy? asked
these readers. Then. possibly, a few
of them recalled that some time ago
there was little row in the Samoan
islands in which the three countries
named had been involved in some sort
of way. But that was thirteen years
ago, and in these high-pressure days
there are few persons who can carry
events in their minds for thirteen
years. especially if they occur in some
far away corner of the world and in
volve chiefly lot of half-naked semi
savages.
In 1889 there was a fight between
rival claimants to the throne of Sa-
moa. The United States and Great
Britain were under obligations, it
seems, to support the titular govern
ment. When the row between the ma
tives was at its hight the warships
of the two governments, in Apai har-
Dor, fired on the canoes of one of the
rivals to the kingship and afterwards
landed a force of marines. Germany
was on the island also in the role of
81, a. A. - =.
in firing on the canoes and landing
marines, the United States and Great
Britain had exceeded their authority,
and claim for damages on behalf of
individuals, amounting to $4,000, was
presented. These damages, by the
way, have since grown to $500, 600,
which it has been alleged is more than
the whole island of Apai was worth
at the time of the fracas. However,
when one gets into court one must
expect the damages and costs to be
heavy. The foregoing is, OF course, a
bare skimming over what may be con-
sidered the essential points of the con-
troversy, which was submitted to Os-
car for arbitration. One writer dis
GUESSING the matter recently said the
merits of the controversy were as hard
to understand as those of the old
schleswig-Holstein question, which
were alleged to be known to only one
man in Europe, and he wouldn't tell.
The United States. it is said, will
cheerfully pay the money the King
of Sweden and Norway has assessed
against them, but they will not accept
as a precedent the principle that they
were not right in interfering in Samoa
under the circumstances. Were such
a principle to be accepted, 1t would
make this government liable to heavy
damages for landing troops on the
Isthmus recently for the purpose of
protecting the railroad from the CO.
lombian insurrectionists.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25
AN IDEAL MEDICINE.
A New Discovery which Cure. Az,
Forms of Catarrh.

The tablet is the ideal form in Whit
to administer medicine, but until
Gently no successful catarrh tablet 49,
ever been attempted. There is NO.
however, an excellent and palafsb1s
remedy for catarrh in tablet fo-a.
known as Stuart's Catarrh Tablets ana
sold by druggists, composed of ~
most recent discoveries in medicine for
cure of catarrh and results from tbej.
use have been highly gratifying.
The old time treatment of ca+srrA
was in the form of inhalers, washes
doucheE, sprays, etc. Later on internai
remedies were used with greater snc4
cess. but being in liquid or powder
form were fnconvenient to use and tLs
all medicines in liquid or powder form
lose their medicinal properties VII,
opened or exposed to the air.
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets cor+a,-
highly concentrated antiseptics. HI IN
drastin, Blood Root, and Red Gu,
which kill the catarrh germs In tbr
blood and mucous membrane. ana a.
this respect are strictly scientific az
modern, because all authorities az
now agreed that catarrh is a constitro
tional blood disease, and local ami
cations can have only transitory e.
feet.
The use of inhalers, douches ana
sprays is d nuisance and inconyenier,oaa
and can in no wise compare favorahI,,
with the same antiseptic given in tab,
let form internally, where thew CO..
reach the stomach and blood and LIN
catarrh germs right where they are
produced.
A prominent lawyer and nub,,o
speaker of Pittsburg says: 1 have haen
troubled with catarrh of the head ANA
throat for twelve years. In this cIiro-
ate it seems impossible to get rid of n
The continual dropping of mucus fron,
the nose into the throat caused irrita-
ton and hoarseness, seriously inter
fering with my public speaking. If tool,
gagging, expectorating and sneezin~
every morning before 1 could settls
down to work, and this condition grad
ually brought on catarrh of stomach
causing loss of appetite, poor digestion
and foul breath, which annoyed me
exceedingly. My physician advised me-
to try Stuarts Catarrh Tablets, and
took them for two months and was as
tonished to find how quickly thew
cleared my head, throat and stomach
and | have no hesitation in recon.
mending them. They are not onIv
pleasant to take, but they seem to GET
at the very root of the trouble, becausa
since using them I have had no trace
of catarrh.
Druggists sell Stuart's Catarrh Tab-
lets at so cents for full sized package.
They can be carried in the pocket
and used any time and as often as de-
sired, since they contain no cocaine.
mercury or any other injurious drug.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25
index TO new ADVERTISEMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS club.

Meeting-University Cluo. t,
Special Notices-Ship Notice. Pater-
son-Downlng Company, Consignees;
Ship Notice, Williamson & Rauers,
Agents; Heavy Steers To-day, James
]. joyce: Special for To-day at Gard
ner's: Sealed Proposals for Supplies,
Geo. NJ. Gadsden, Director; Sealed
PROPOSALS for Furnishing Feed, Geo. M.
Gadsden. Director; Ship Notice, Chr.
G. Dahl & Co., Consignees; Union Sta
ton Restaurant. ~
Business Notices-New Figs, A. M.
(, C. w. West; Canned Fruits Cheap,
The S. w. Branch Co. a.
At the Theater-"Lord Strathmore"
on Monday, Matinee and Night.
saturday-At Foye & Eckstein's.
Forepaugh & Sells Circus-At Base
ball Park To-day.
"Presto!" ..........
Saturday specials1Gustave Eckstein
& Co.
Baking Powder-Royal Baking Pow
der.
versmiths-Gorham & Co. ....
Grape-Nu Food-Postum Cereal
Co.
Whiskey-Green River Whiskey.
Beers-Auheuser- Busch Brewing AS
sociation Beers; A. B. c. Beers.
Cocoa-Bakers Cocoa.
Watches-Waltham Watches.
Esterbrook Pens.
Medical-Lydia Pinkham Vegetable
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Vinol; Crossman's Specific Mixture;
DR. Hathaway Company.
Cheap Column Advertisements-He
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cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25
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The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New Orleans Times Democrat
(Dem.) says: Already these two
great trusts (of labor and capitaD are
ceasing to contend and are beginning
to coalesce. For the sake of, self-pres-
ervation, they are agreeing to unite
their forces. The terms of the COM
pact are being drawn; the bans pro-
claimed and the union of these two
evils announced. United. they stand
divided, they fall. They have resolved
that they shall not fall. The American
people-90 per cent. of whom have no
interest in either of these trusts-are
resolving that they shall not stand.
What will the outcome be?'
Thu Washington Post (Ind.) says:
The growth of ritualism may even
tually cause a split in the Episcopal
Church. but that need not necessarily
be a hindrance to the progress of re-
ligion. Other churches have been split,
and some of them into many pieces;
but the aggregate of good works per-
formed by the various parts has gem
orally been greater than that of the
original body. To the outsider it would
seem that the natural home of the
worshipers of st. Ignatius would be
the Roman Catholic Church. but they
do not think So nor do the Roman
Catholics. and that settles it,"
The Louisville Courier Journal (Dem.)
says: 1T has been proved that of the
whole number of trusts three-fourths
of the capital is employed in the pro-
duction of articles on which there is a
tariff, and as we have often shown
others get indirect favors. OF course
we import good many articles which
do not compete with any goods pro-
duced at home, but 1t would be hard
to find a trust product with which for
eigners. can compete which is not shell
tered by high tariff. Processing op-
position to trusts while imposing pro-
hibitory tariffs for their benefit is a
dodge in politics which ought not to
delpde people who are watchful for
the protactaan OF their rights
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25

In Siam half the royal revenues are
derived from taxes on the sale of
opium and spirits and from the gov
eminent lottery. The man who hits
the pipe" helps to build the postoffice,
while the votaries of the tickle goddess
pay tribute for Slams new navy-ir
she has one. The New York World
conmends this system to rulers in
this country, where generally we ex-
perience all of its evils and none of its
Benefits. In this land of the free,
comments the World, gambling may in
crease as 1t will but no pavement is
mended thereby except that made of
good intentions" It's rather hard to
have to look to Siam for proper the
cries Of government, but to us, as to
the World, the siamese system, If
there must be System" at all.
strongly appeals.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25
He Pronounced it "Budge ;,

Not very long ago Western banker
called at the Office of HalIgarten &
Co., and asked for Mr.. Henry Bulge.
says the New York World. He pro-
nounced it plain Bulge"
You want to see Mr.. Boo-jay?" said
the office boy.
mo: ! don't want to see Mr.. Boo
jay. 1 want to see Mr.. Bulge" said
the banker.
We'll there is no such man here
said the office boy.
Yes. there is.' said the banker. 'sI
have been corresponding with him for
ten years"
How do you spell it?" asked the Of
flee boy.
"B-u-d-g-e." said the banker.
That spells Boo-jay," said the boy.
We'll, it spells Bulge in Kansas >,
said the banker. land 1 amt going to
boo-jay from this seat until see Mr..
Bulge"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25
HOW THEY DO TT.

AT meeting in Philadelphia the
other day Hon. Robert E. Pattison, the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
gave some account of how it is that
the Republican machine manages to
roll up such great majorities in that
city. The law in Pennsylvania requires
the payment of a poll tax as a pre-
requisite qualification for voters. A
great many men do not pay the poll
tax; some because they are too poor.
and others because they are careless
or forgetful. 1t appears that the Re-
publican machine has workers in the
tax office who keep close track of ur-
paid poll taxes, and just before the
closing of the registration books the
machine obtains, by some means or
other, receipts for the poll taxes of
citizens who have failed to secure these
receipts for themselves. Whether the
machine pays money for these tax re-
ceipts is an open question; at any rate,
it gets them and uses them as evidence
that the persons into whose hands
they are placed are citizens and tax
payers entitled to vote in the elections.
BY means of these fraudulent tax re-
ceipts, which are distributed among
the f1oaters, colonizers and heeIers that
the machine employs for it's dirty work.
fraudulent registration is erected and
a fraudulent vote cast. During the
course of his speech Mr.. Pattison dis
played actual copies of the spurious
receipts and said the Republican ma
chine had secured some $4,000 of them
on the last day for legal qualification
to vote. That means $4,000 corrupt
Republican votes in Philadelphia
against which the honest voters win
have to contend.
In Pittsburg the same scheme is be-
ing worked, as was declared a day or
two ago by Citizens Committee that
had just made an investigation. One
fourth of the registration in the coun-
ty, the committee asserted, was made
up of apparently bogus names. The
machines corruption in Pittsburg
seems to go beyond the ballot box.
Not only are the fraudulent names vot-
ed, but they are put into the jury boxes
as well. Thus the machine EMPLOYS
not only professional and corrupt re-
peaters at the polls, but professional
and corrupt jurynen in the courts.
Against such practices the honest cit
lien has but a poor show for Justice,
And yet Judge Pennypacker. the Re-
publican candidate for Governor, says
pennsylvania has no ills to speak of!
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25

The frequent repetitions Of the Mon
roe doctrine made recently by Presi-
dent Roosevelt have been observed TO
create rather a stir and futter in the
South American hen coop. 1t is to be
feared that these frolicsome chicks of
the other end of the continent contem-
plate with not much more of equanim-
ity the protection of the American
eagles wing than that offered them by
the two-headed bird of Germany, the
lion even or the bear. Indeed to these
benighted South Americans the suzer-
ainty and protection" of one govern
ment seems not much preferable to an
other; 1t is even to be doubted If they
can distinguish between benevolent
assimilation" at the hands of Uncle
Sam and just plain conquest by some
of the powers of Europe. OF course
this country desires no additions of
territory in South America, but it is
just as well that we should not by pro-
claiming too loud and too often the
Monroe doctrine and our intention to
enforce it becloud that fact or disturb
the pleasant and profitable entente cor
dale that now exists.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25

Hon. Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland,
has thrown down the gauntlet to Hon.
John r. Mclean of Cincinnati, and has
bearded that doughty Democratic war
rior in his own lair. When the John
sonian caravan struck Cincinnati and
the tent was pitched, Mr.. Johnson took
occasion to tell the assembled crowds
what he thought of their distinguished
fellow citizen, quite overlooking that
injunction of Talleyrand that Tan
guage is meant to conceal thought. -
When he got through everybody under
stood his exact views, nor do they in
dictate the existence in Ohio of that
spirit of Democratic harmony that we
of the South would like. Peace, gen
tlemen. This is not the time to fight
your battles. When Republicanism
has been routed, Democratic differences
may rightly come up for adjustment,
but certainly not before. Behold the
harmony in New York and follow an
example so worthy of emulation
Win first the fight against the common
enemy and then, if broil you must, set
up the tent again and fight it out to
your hearts content.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25

The ready response Savannah BUSH
ness men have made the committees
who have solicited funds for the cree
ton of a building for the cigar fac
tory the American Cigar Company de-
sires to establish here is an encourage
ing illustration of their faith in the
future development of the city. What
further sums of money are needed
should be quickly subscribed. In the
resulting benefits all will share and
there should be no effort on the part
of any one to seek to reap where he
has not SoWn.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25

A new specimen of judicial wisdom
comes from La Crosse. wis, where
judge has decided that for barber
to shave a man on Sunday is not "a
work of necessity or charity" Those
of us who ourselves lack the requisite
skill with the razor are inclined to
think it'would be both-a necessity for
ourselves and a charity to that seq
ment of mankind who else would have
to contemplate, in silence If not with
satisfaction, a two days growth OF
beard. And then just think how much
more likely is a man just shaved to
go TO church.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25

Mr.. I. Mitt-'I think she's gone on
me-" Miss Jenks-"Has she given you
any encourag ement?" Mr.. 1. Nit
We'll, che told me the man she mar
ried would be handsome, brave and
brainy .'-Philadelphia Record.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25

Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco
possesses a personality of delightful
surprises. We thought it rather in
congruous the other day that the "la-
Dor" Mayor should be the occupant of
luxurious apartments at the waldorf;
still more latterly he has cast a stone
into the pool of our content by describe
ing poker as "a game of skill AS
such it is permitted when other gam
bling is prohibited in the city over
whose destinies Mayor Schmitz pre-
sides. The diverging circles in that
pool are like to broaden, though when
the matter is pondered carefully and
in the light of experience there will
be some. even on the Atlantic coast,
to acknowledge that the Mayors def
milton is correct.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-25

A fake "genealogist," who has been
dipping numerous good citizens of Up
per New York state with promises OF
large shares of English estates, has
himself fallen into the trap Of an ig-
norant country recluse and his mete-
oric career been ended in prison cell.
All of which goes to show that real
intelligence frequently is not measur-
ed by the public esteem. The moral
that the "genealogist" has been point
ing for many months or years-that
there is fool born every minute, is
too old and trite to require illustration.