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The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25
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PACKERS CAN'T FIX PRICES,

There is one state in which meat
packers cannot combine to fix prices,
namely, Missouri. AS announced in our
| dispatches few days ago the Attorney
General of that state attacked the beef
trust under the antitrust law of the
state, and the result was a fine against
the trust of $4,000 and the announce
ment that it could continue to do bust
ness in the state only on condition of
paying the fine and agreeing to re-
spect the law.
We have not seen anything in the
dispatches indicating what the course
Of the trust will be, but as thirty days
are allowed IL to come to a decision
it is probable that ii will be several
days yet before Ii will be known
whether or not 1t will respect the
law. If it makes no further fight in
that state it is pretty certain that ac-
ton will be taken against the trust
in other states which have antitrust
laws
There is strong sentiment against
the trust throughout the entire coun-
try, and there will be no difficulty
in getting indictments and verdicts
where there is sufficient evidence. 1t.
seems that it required considerable eff
fort to get the evidence in the Mis-
souri, case as the costs amounted to
$4,000. Why it was so troublesome to
get the evidence that there was a COM
bination between the packing firms to
fix and maintain prices does not appear
in the dispatches. The fact that the
prices Of the packers were the same
was the foundation for a suspicion that
there was a combination. but it was
not sufficient to justify an indictment
or a verdict. Therefore it is probable
that extraordinary efforts were made
to get evidence that was clear and
convincing.
1t would not be at all surprising if
<ction were begun in other states
against the trust IL it accepts the de-
cision of the Missouri Supreme Court
as final.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25
Two of n Kind.

young lawyer. just starting in his
profession, hung out his sign in a Con-
necticut town where there was only
one other lawyer, an aged judge, says
the Punxsutawney News.
A close-fisted old fellow, thinking to
get legal advice for nothing, called
upon the young man, told him he was
very glad he had come into the town,
as the old Judge was getting superan-
nuated, and then contrived in a sort
of neigh borly talk to get some legal
questions answered. Then thanking
the young man, he put on his hat and
was about to leave, when the young
man asked him If he should charge
the advice, for which the fee was So.
The old fellow went into a violent pas
sion, and swore he never would pay.
The young lawyer told him he would
sue him if he didn't.
So the old fellow went down to see
the Judge, found him hoeing in his
garden, and said: That young scamp
that's just come into town! dropped
in to make a neighborly call on him,
and he charged me IS for legal ad-
vice"
Served you right" said the judge
you had no business to have gone to
him."
but nave got 10 pay II, Judge.
"Of course you have"
well, then" said the man, IT sup
pose / must" and he started off.
Hold on!" said the Judge; aren't
you going to pay me?"
Pay you? What for?"
For legal advice"
What do you charger"
Ten dollars
The result was that the old fellow
had to pay IS to the young lawyer and
$40 TO the old one.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25
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BRIGHT BITS.

Are you preparing to die?' asked
the elderly female of the condemned
prisoner. mo, ma am, l amt" re-
piled the victim, of circumstances. But
the Teller in the next cell can stand a
lot of talk. You might call on him."
Chicago Daily News.
First Suburbanite-"was that a
meal-ticket you were showing Dobson
on the six-thirty train this morning."
Second Suburbanite-"About the same
thing. That's my ticket at the en-
ployment agency-good for fifty
cooks. Judge.
-Ardupp: 1 wonder what my ances-
tor, Adam, said when he first met Eve?
Diggby: Are you sure he was an an
cestor of yours?
Ardupp: Certainly!
Diggby: Then 1 guess about the
first thing he said to her was Lend
me $2."-Chicago Daily News.
I've got story" said the new re-
porter, about a thief who pretended to
be lodger in hotel and so gained
access to the other guests rooms,
where he gathered in all the loose
money he could and" Head it
False Roomer Gains Currency" sug-
gested the snake editor-Philadelph
Press
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25
DOGS AND HYpROPHoBIA.

DR.. LOOMS of New York was until
recently among those who denied the
existence of any such specific ma,ady
as hydrophobia. He believed that the
ailment was imaginary. the commissions
being brought on by the abnormal
condition of the mind of the patient.
But his opinion has recently under
gone a change. Some few days ago
two of the little children of DR.. LOOMS
were bitten by a fox terrier. a house
hold pet. They were sent to tht Pas
teur Institute to be treated. but not
withstanding this one of them died.
having exhibited all of the symptoms
of hydrophobia, including commissions
and frothing at the mouth. This DEM
onstration was too much for the theory
of DR.. Loomis and he is now alleged
to have become converted to the be-
lief that hydrophobia exists and is a
most terrible ntalady. He is, there
fore, very anxious that a thorough in
vestigation of mad dogs shall be in
stituted.
Meanwhile the old supposition that
dogs went mad only in hot weather has
been exploded. The LOOMS cases oc-
CURED only last week, when it was
cool in New York; besides, mad dog
epidemics have been reported during
the winter at Poughkeepsie and other
New York towns, even while snow lay
heavily on the ground. If there is such
a thing as hydrophobia, therefore, it
c h,.3
ours at all seasons.
In view of the foregoing, is il not
well for each municipality to look out
for its dogs? An ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure in this mat
ter, as in others. Two or three years
ago much uneasiness and excitement
was caused in this city by a mad dog
scare, during which several persons
were bitten. At the present time there
is probably not day passes but some
person is bitten or narrowly escapes
being bitten on the streets of Savan-
nah by dogs. There are hundreds of
the brutes at large on the streets every
day and night On Bull, Liberty, Dray-
ton and other streets persons on BIZ
cycles are constantly annoyed by dogs
swapping at their legs. A gentleman
coming out of drug store on Dray-
ton street the other evening was bitten
on the leg by a dog before he had any
idea that an attack was impending.
There are in the City Code approx
mately twenty ordinances on the sub
ject of dogs. Among other things, it
is provided that no dog shall be per-
mitted to go at large within the city
unless he has on collar with the
owners name plainly marked thereon;
that owners shall be held responsible
for injuries inflicted by dogs without
collars or muzzles; that all dogs run
ming at large shall be muzzled between
June and October; that dogs shall not
go within thirty feet of the city mar
ket; that dogs shall be licensed; that
dogs found without badges shall be
impounded, etc. How many of these
laws are enforced?
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25
Di9 Not Know Edward.

A correspondent of the London Elk
press in Paris describes experiences in
trying to change a sovereign with the
Kings head on it for French money.
The first place was at a stall of a
leading Paris bookseller.
1T is not good" said the woman
behind the counter.
Yes, it is" was the reply. 1T is
an English sovereign and is worth 20
francs"
''Ah, no: it is a medal"
mo. no; good English money"
But l have not seen one like it, I
am afraid
Never mind whether YOU have seen
one like it. 1t is the head of Edward,
the new King. and the gold is good. ."
mo, no. 1 want to see the Queen S
head, and then l will take ii"
Finally the woman said she would
give 20 francs for it. Four other peo-
pie who were tried argued in a similar
manner, and were all afraid to take
the risk. The sovereign was eventully
changed at a restaurant.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25
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Ingenious Mr., Inche Itam.

The Sarawak Gazette describes an in
genious ramp perpetrated by visitor
from Singapore, says London Truth.
This worthy, Inche tam by name, as
sisted by his wife, gave out that he
possessed a secret of making dollars
out of earth. The charge was $25 for the
secret and SIS for the earth. The mo-
dus operandi was to put the raw ma
terial into a vessel and bury it for thir-
ty-three days, when the vessel was to
be dug up full of dollars. No less
than sixteen guileless Sarawakians
were induced to sink their $40 in this
investment.
They were then somewhat disturbed
by the operator notifying them that he
vas about TO leave for Singapore on
urgent private business by a steamer
that had just arrived. They expostu-
lated and threatened to inform the
government and have him stopped. He
replied that if they did so the govern
ment would unquestionably imprison
the whole lot of them for coining: and
this prospect so alarmed the natives
that he was allowed to depart in peace.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25
Why the Bible Was Clean

Senator Fairbanks of Indiana, who
is being spoken of as a possible Re-
publican candidate for the Presidency,
has some reputation as an afterdinner
talker, says the New York Times. His
speeches are mosaic of anecdotes
and quaint sayings picked up in po-
litical campaigns. Not long ago he told
of visiting one of his constituents. He
was ushered into the parlor, and the
daughter of the house, aged five,
promptly hoped on to his knee. He
smoothed her curls, admired her doll,
and evidently gained her confidence.
BY way of habit and entertainment
she took I'D the illustrated family
Bible to show him the pictures.
What a nice. good little girl you
are!" said the Senator.
That's what my Suuday-school
teacher says" was the reply.
your Bible is used often. 1t hasn't
a speck of dust on it," returned the
statesman.
Yes" exclaimed the child. IT'S al
ways clean now, ever since the plano
stool broke"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetngs-Clinton Lodge No. a. F.
and A. NJ.
Special Notlces-Moving and Tuning
Pianos, Macarthur & Sons Co.; Ordi-
nance AS to Throwing Waste Paper;
Etc, in the Streets; Dissolution No
tice, w. F. Barnett & Co; Bids Want
ed for Feed and Supplies, George NJ.
Gadsden, Director: Sewer Connections,
Cornwell & Chapman; Wanted for Cash,
E. G. Black.
Business Notices-Weak Eyes Made
Strong, Hines Optical Co.
Correct Dress for Menu. II. Levy
& Bro.
Why Take Chances-Ludden & Bates
Southern Music House.
Gum Gluten Goods-The Delmonico
Co.
Others Are-McArthur & Sons Co.
Grand Collection of Spring White
Goods Novelties-Daniel Hogan.
A New Wheel-At Lattimore's.
A Comfortable Fit-M. Wilensky.
Free Medical Advice to All the Needy
DIR. ]. Newton Hathaway.
What Safer Investment Than Gas
Range-Mutual Gas Light Co.
Auction Sales-Valuable Property, by
I. d. LaRoche. Auetioneer; Park Ave
nue. Residence. near Drayton. by c. II.
Dorset, Auctioneer; A Roomy Corner
Residence, by c. H. Dorset, Auction
eer..
Savannah Theater-To-day, Matinee.
"a Race for a Husband" Night, The
Blue and the Gray"
Beers-Anheuser-B Busch Brewing Co.
Silver Polish-The Gorham Co.
Foods-Postum Food Coffee; Presto
Medical-Cascarets; Pinkham's Rem
edy; Hyomei; Medical Lake PIasters;
Swamp-Ro Cuticura; Paracamph;
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets; Pyramid
Pile Cure; Golden Medical Discovery.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost: Personal Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

When the President goes West on
that forthcoming trip. he will be pre-
coded by an advance man." just like
Lillian Russell or THE Greatest Show
on Earth" The Presidents advance
man" will move with the greatest Sc
erecy, coming in touch with the news
paper men and giving them printed
slips of information. etc. He will meet
the police and detectives of the cities
in which stops are to be made, show
them where to stretch the ropes to
keep the crowds back, denote the route
TO be taken by the presidential car
riages, and similar detail work. He
will also say where brass bands may
be stationed and select the stands for
the corps of official photographers and
the army Of unofficial snap-shotters.
Then, having held final sessions with
the newspaper reporters, to be sure
that nothing will get into the papers,
the advance man" will move on to the
next town and the presidential party
win, come along and enjoy the quietude
and reserve for which the President
"a such a stickler.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

There Is wide difference of opinion
In the pension office as to the amount
of pensions that will be discussed un-
der the new law which allows pensions
to deserters from the Confederate to
the Union army during the Civil War.
Assistant Attorney General Campbell
thinks the amount will not be over
H,OoO,OOO, while Assistant Commits
sioner Davenport believes the pay
ments will reach upwards of $40. 600 600
year. The probabilities are that
Mr.. Davenport is the nearer right.
Low estimates Of pension payments
seldom pan out. On the contrary, the
highest estimates are more frequently
surpassed. 1t is quite sure that every
deserter who can possibly do so will
get his fingers. by hook or crook, into
the pension fund.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25
WILL FLORIDA HAVE AN EXHIBIT

The people of Florida are very much
interested in the question as to
whether or not their state will have an
exhibit at the st. Louis fair. Gov.
Jennings said a day or two ago that
Florida could not afford to have an
exhibit that would not do her justice,
and it is being pointed out that IL
California has $2OO0.OOO to spend on
her exhibit justice to Florida could
not be done with 100000.
A great deal can be done in the way
of an exhibit with 100000. Indeed,
Florida could make very fine exhibit
on a sum much less than that. OF
course Florida isn't as rich as Califor-
MIA and cannot therefore afford to
spend as much money at st. Louis, but
Florida isn't a poor state by any
means, and. besides, she hasn't any
debt worth speaking Of
1t isn't the size of the exhibit that
always makes the best impression. Its
quality is what attracts. What i'm
preston, for instance. would Califor-
MIA oranges make when compared with
those of Florida? And Florida pineap-
pies! Are there pineapples anywhere
else in the world that compare with
them?r There are dozens OF products
in which Florida excels California
products in which they are competi-
tors, but in every instance the decision,
If a comparison were instituted, would
be in Florida's favor
We do not think it good policy on
Florida's part to remain away from
the fair simply because California can
afford to spend more money than she
can on her exhibit. 1t sh't the best
dressed girl at the ball that attracts
the most attention. Florida with
much less than 100000 could make an
impression at st. Louis that would do
her vast amount of good, and that
she can afford that amount for an ex-
hibit there seems to be no doubt.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25
Adj Inf ui.iuni
From Life.

NOAil l1ilc.
CDR. Dempwolff of Berlin, announces
that he has found an equatic insect
which preys upon the anopheles mos
quito. He is cultivating the creature
artifically, with the expectation of de-
stroying the mosquito and the host OF
germs which inhabit its body)
They've found the bug
That eats the bug
That fights the bug
That bites us:
They've traced the germ
That kills the germ
That chews the germ 2
That smites US.
They know the bug
That knifes the bug
That stabs the bug
That jabs us:
They've seen the germ
That hates the germ
That biffs the germ
That nabs us.
They've struck the bug
That slays the bug
That fiays the bug
That sticks us:
They've Jailed the germ
That guides the germ
That taught the germ
To fix US.
But stiil these bugs
Micr0bic thugs
In spite OF drugs
Combat US,
And still these germs
Described ~ terms
Inspiring squirms-
Get ~ Vs.
W. d. Resbit
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

On May rs next the city OF New
York will be $50 years old as a munic-
ipality. The anniversary Is TO be cele-
DRAFTED by public addresses and va
rious exercises. The site OF the city
was discovered in 1903. the nrst settle
ment was made In 1923. and the city
established in 1853. There "a no other
cry "a the world that can compare
WIN Ne" York IN rapidity Of growth
Ana y IL still growing az a proaiEious
rate
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

Secretary of War Elihu Root is to
be the acting President of the United
States during the several weeks that
President Roosevelt will be absent on
his trip to the Yellowstone Park. There
Is no Vice President, and as Secre-
tary Hay will be absent from Wash
ington at the time, the succession de-
scends to the Secretary of War, who
will discharge the executive functions.
Mr.. Root is one of the Presidents most
trusted advisers, and his official acts
and papers have shown him to be a
man of large calibre and admirable
temperament. The executive business,
therefore, will be in good hands.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

The Philadelphia Press insists that
the payment of sS9,126 to South Caro-
lima on account OF an old war claim
which Senator Tillman had allowed
the recent Congress all grew out Of
a bill on which only "a cents was due.
il IL difficult TO comprehend how "a
cents could have grown TO the round
sum OF $4,000 since the year OF 1872.
II seems that Senator Tillman should
make an explanation OF the matter. in
order 10 set himself and his state
straight before the public. That the
sum was lawfully due there can be no
oouei. or It would not have been paid.
bui u is unpleasant 20 have Republi.
car papers asserting that Il grew out
81 debt o. - cents.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

There is no country in the world
that can equal the United States in
variety Of weather. During the past
few days there has been in Iowa a
hot wave that was a record-breaker
for March. AZ the same time there
were snow storms in Missouri. Penn
syivania and Ohio. And while It was
roasting hot In Iowa and freezing cold
IN Missouri and Pennsylvania, de-
hFbtful spring weather peryaded the
South.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

The moral rottenness of society" in
Buffalo, as exposed by the Burdick
murder, is something fearful to con-
template. The Burdicks and the PEN
nels, it is asserted. moved in the best
circles" yet the evidence that is be-
ing adduced goes to show that they
were moral lepers, calculated to con-
taminate those with whom they
CHANGED TO come in contact. 1t is all
a pitiable and deplorable showing; yet
good may come out of the two TRACE
dies connected with the case. The
sunlight of publicity having been let
in on this putrid Circle of society,"
there is hope that an effort at recla-
nation and regeneration will be made.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

Visitors to Niagara Falls on last
sunday saw an extraordinary sight.
The American falls were practically
dry, and men in high boots could
have crossed at the brink. Many per-
sons invaded the bed of the river in
search of relics. The cause of the phe-
nomenon was a hugh ice bank which
damned and damned the river. Not
In fifty-five years has a similar incl
dent occurred.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

Mr.. Richard Watson Glider has add
ed new word to the language 1t
is 'publicltician," and he applied it to
ex-Gov. David r. Francis. president of
the st. Louis Purchase Exposition, who
has just returned from Europe. The
"publicitician" is past master in the
art of giving publicity to a great I'M
dertakinR ~. ., "
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

Cotton planters in that part Of the
Mississippi valley subject to overflow
are recalling that in 1897 great and
disastrous flood occurred, when con-
ditions were pretty much the same as
they are now. The overflow of that
year, however, did not come until the
first of April. Some of the Texas news
papers are. urging the planters of that
state to put in extra acreages of cot
ton, on the assumption that the crop
along the lower Mississippi will be
much below the average.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

Senator Teller of Colorado who un-
til recently had been a Republican all
his life, and so far as the informa-
ton goes is still a Republican on
every question save that of money,
picks Judge Alton b. Parker of New
York to be the Democratic candidate
for President. He predicts, too, that
New York will go Democratic in the
next election.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

San Domingo is again in the midst
of bloody revolution; still the little
black republic must be given credit
for having remained quiet for as much
as two years.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

There is very strong suspicion that
President Castro would never have
thrown away the lemon until he had
sucked all of the juice out of it.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25
The Weather,

ern Florida for to-day are for fair
weather, with fresh northwest winds.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

DR.. Parkhurst, the New York
preacher, took his congregation into
his confidence in a remarkable way
the other night. He preached on the
subject of Lying" During the
course of his remarks he said: II
have not lived to my age without
knowing what internal and Internal
lies 1 sometimes tell myself, and how
in the effort to fool myself. And 1
would stake all am worth on the as
sertion that in this particular you are
just like me. insincere.' evasive, part
wool and good deal cotton, knowing
and lying out of it,"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-25

A church that grew out OF a pinch
of snuff is being erected in New Castle.
Pa. The pastor was observed on one
occasion to indulge in a pinch of
SNUFF. From this it was learned that
he was addicted TO the habit of TAX
ing snuff. Many members OF the con-
godly. The pastor had friends who
stood by him and asserted that he
had a right TO take snuff If he wished.
The quarrel thus started waxed hot
and there followed a division of the
congregation. The seceders, the anti
snuff party, are now erecting a church
of their own, which snuff shall not
enter to defile.