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New-York tribune., 1903-04-26

Terrorism and blackmaiI the faVOrlIe
methods by means OF which the Maha, the
anarchists the Camorra the Nihilists and most
OF those other kindred secret societies of the
Old World organized under the mantle OF
politics for crime obtain the funds with when
the leaders seem be always amply sup
piled But counterfeiting fraud. robbery, ar
and murder likewise employed TO I'LL the
exohequeF when necessary, and no considera-
tions of life property permitted to stand
in the way of the provision of revenues large
enough to enable the moving spirits of these
various associations to exist in comfort and
luxury without any visible means OF support
The murder last week Of Benedetto Naduena
in this city, and the capture of gang of Sictlian
Mafiists, as responsible for the crime, have
served call the attention of the
American public to the ways in which the mem
bers of these politico-criminal societies OF
Europe manage to obtain their supplies 1t was
because Maduena, himself a member of the
Malta. had objected to its appropriation of
sum OF Sc, 900 belonging to his convict brother
in-law, and Of 81 500 OF his own. that he was
killed. And since his rnurderers have been
under lock and key a fund of many thousands
OF dollars has already been collected from the
italian residents in New-YOrk. in order to pro-
vide for the defence Of the prisoners.
It is hardly necessary to say that this money
has not been voluntarily subscribed. but has
been furnished in response 10 those threats and
menaces which will likewise render it wellnigh
impossible for the authorities 10 secure any kind
of Italian testimony against Morello and his
confederates 1t is difficult to convince any
Italian especially il he halls from those portions
of King Victor EmmanueFs doninions which
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26
DOG MUZZLE PROBLEM.
Considerations for and against Pro
posed Ordinance

whether city dogs shall shall not he muzZled
is question receiving much attention just now.
There is TO use talking said family man a
fqv DAYS ago this dog question is the question
after all They may talk as much they please
about our relations with foreign countries. tariff
bond and little things like those. but after
all the dog question is the that gets closest
home Why that question would break up families
only Yesterday I said something about setting
good example by rnuzzling Fido. our little mouse
dog and You should have heard the racket My
wife talked for half hour: called me most every
thing from a miscreant up to a murderer NV
daughter boohooed Ny son said he'd ike 10 sec
any one Enuzzle Fido and even the haby CRED
This mans woes over the dog problem serve 70
Illustrate in their way the deep interest and the
deep feeling that have arisen over the question o'
rnuzzIns dogs. Timid persons say all city dogs
should be nuzzIed. and that without more ado On
the other hand members Of the Society Tor the
Prevention Of Cruelty Animals and other hui
name workers have risen 10 as one man TO say
that rruzzes are cruel, and that the chances are
ten to one that dog not really mad will go mad
when rn,1zzled Even in the ranks of the muzzle
advocates there is little dissension some assert
ing that wire muzzles should be used and others
that wire muzzles cruel though leather ones
ere not.
II is principaIy because Of this mixed state Of
affairs that the great city Of New-Hork has paused
10 consider. before saying whether dogs within her
limits shall or shall not be muzzled
when the matter was formally taken up by the
committee on laws and legislation of the Board OF
Aldermen the tinid people told themselves that
lonr before this an ordinance should have been en-
acted compelling the muzzng Of all dogs IN the
CITY 4 hearing given, and the ordinance was
framed but. contrary TO general expectation II dd
not come up 10 be voted upon at the last meeting
OF the board and it announced that the vote
would be indefinitely postponed There is said to be
some doubt the legality Of passing such an
ordinance. and & conference has been held between
Alderman Mathews. chairman of the laws and leg
islation committee and President John Haines of
the Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Ami
mails
President Hsines maintains that, in view or the
fact that an existing provision requires all dogs in
r,,bIic places TO be held In LEASH either by cord
or chain the muzzIing ordinance is superfuous- He
believes thai this ordinance should be enforced.
rather than one enacted Commenting upon
The situation. MI. Haines said the other day:
Under the present ordinance, Section So, every
dog in any public place in this city is required TO be
held securely by a cord chain not more than
four feet long. If this ordinance enforced the
danger OF the communication Of rabies from dog TO
dog would be removed, since il is not 10 be supposed
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26
PECULIARITIEs OF THE PILOT FISH

In one Of The tanks of the lower tier a. The -eti
side Of the Aquarium enc enters are number -
shinmering fish which remind one of certain o!T1s
in the persistence with which they swim IN circles
and follow their leader Whenever their leader
turns they wheel behind him Ike company Or
militia behind its captain The label beneath IRE
tank informs the public that these are yellow
nackereI There IS another label under the tank
II reads. Pilot fish" As all but cEe OF the FISH In
the tank are wheeling about afts- the leader q -
evident that the fish resting close down the Bot
ton, is the pilot fish There is nothing remarkable
about the appearance OF the pilot hsh. and won
ders how IL came by its name Formerly there were
two Of them but ore died since they came -
live Al The AQUARIUM number ~ years ago. Sonle-
times tha rfo. fish Is called the sH2-k pilot hsr
That helps 20 explain the name The shark ard his
plIot are hv no means friends. even on an annc-
HE basis i'm their relations. Tho shark would 80
soon devour his companion as not The pilot rsh
has To "a ke care that he shall not be swallowed fie
never svrls in front Of his tS reishboT but goes
alongside or beneath. From this point he picks w
what he may from his big companion-oT. at least
II &c surr1ised chat accompanies the shark Tor
4bts DurpoSe II IL be supposed t1at the saaFk ~
bts voracfOusucss does not swallow all Nhat NJ cap
,Ires Remnants hOat back 20 the waiting cotip@.-
TOMS NAV u is also SurmiseG tEot the pilot n
likes 10 scratch his back on tne SdncpapeTc si V-
tho fNaWk
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26
HOW MAFJA AND OTHER LIKE SOCIETIES GET FUNDS.
TERRORISM BLACKM4IL, ARSON AND COtNTERFEIT-
ING CHIEF MEANS

Thus in one summer month alone thirty-fvs
hundred fires were officially reported . have
taken place in St Petersburg. OrenburE. Kos
low IrkutsI and UraIsk destroying property &c
the amount of 12OOOOOO rubles Only nine hun
dred Of these fires could be properly accounted
for and the remaining twenty-six hundred were
proved 10 be OF fncendiary. and IN many casss
of NihiIist origin. The police were apparently
unable to prevent these fires and small won.
der. then. that when two wealthy 81. Peters
burg merchants received anonymous letters
from the Terrorist Executive Committee. de-
nanding sums of 10000 and JO.COO rubles -
spectively. and threatening them with the de-
struction OF their property by fire. and even
with DEATH in the case Of refusal. they hastened
to comply and to pay up. replying 70 inquiries
as to why they had not sought the protection Of
the government with the following pertinent
and wholly unanswerabIe counter question: 70
the chief Of police is unable TO protect his own
person from attack or 70 prevent the arson that
is the order of the day. how can we possibly
expect efficient protection Some time later.
during trial at Moscow. r Nihilist girl italia
Polheirn. acknowledged in court that she had
received orders from the Terrorist COMMITTEES 70
entangIe the affections cf wealthy old landed
proprietor and then to poison and rob him of
his riches In favor Of the cause; while student
named Ituschin was forced 90 admit in the face
Of corroboratfve evidence that he had formed ons
OF several Nihilists who had persuaded a STR
teen-year-oId boy at Moscow TO murder and roo
his own father and then 20 hand the Dlunder
over TO the executive committee
Counterfeftfng is favorfte method not only
OF the Mafa, but also OF all the numerous Oid
World organizations Of the same kidney. 10 Oh
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26

St. where negro might play faro. rouiette or
craps other gambling games with penny hnii'.
Adams directed his attention 10 the establishment
OF student games in Sixth-ave. Here clerks anu
Office boys Of little higher class. but stiil with
limited purses might hit the game with small
stakes In one dive which was known as tne
kindergarten" the white chips on the roulette
table were worth FIVE cents apiece.
AT the height of the Van Wyck adInlnis'rau'"
Adams experienced his fullest prosperity Al thA'
time he not only controlled the policy shops OF tf
city which numbered about hundred anu
twenty. and which according to the books dlScoV-
cred in his Office brought in revenue or sio'"
to $4,000 day, but he also held on TO the sweat
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26

games and the student games. ss well az back,n,
a dozen large gambling houses of from Broa6va~
In addition. he had a large income from outside
sources where he had Invested his surplus wealth.
He was the hacker o. hundred saloons u.
owned ths property on which forty corner saloon,
stood. He owned tvo breV'eriss. tire College Pot,f
Brewery and the Karsch Brewer. He was also =,
he is to-day the heaviest StorEhoIder In the wezt
side Bank IN r.ghth-ave.. in which HE daily DE-
posfts amounted % S20H9
Tall powerfully built. with thick neck heav,
fowls puffed under eyelids. grav nnrstache -zrey
hair and gray fox eyes. ''AT' Adams leaves an IN
preston which is folIoRed by surprise when tas
true character of the man is revealed
New-York tribune., 1903-04-26
AN EAslY ENelIsH HAslT.

ttareist and IIcr=a had inst landed at ;he mouth
Of the Thames -.
DO YOU expect To deliver Britain rom ''
Seots7.' inquired an iutervieve~.
NO" replied the brothers, we came ao'f
u 'i's' OI' -. -. -,os-s, 5f,lcct sor ne
frst time the rarry Scots aed back 20 thelr so-
Inks makiDs = battle unnecessary
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05
There Il more Gaia

There Is more CaJarrn seCtion "a
country than ell other diseases put together
Incurable. For q great many years doctors pro
uounced it local disease, and prescribed loca
remedies, AM by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced 1t incurabie
Science has proven catarrh to be constitu
tional disease, and therefore requires constitu
!ional treatment. Hslrs Cstarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. J. Cheney d Co.. Toledo, Ohio
IL the only constitutional cure on the market
a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blooo
and mucous surfaces of the system. They onei
one hundred dollars for any case IL falls Y
dress. FL. CHENEY d CO., Toledo. O.
Sold BY Druggists, 75c.
UailIa Fantiv pills arc the tAsf
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

1t has developed in the British war
office investigation that at the begin
ming of the Boer war the service rifles
were all wrongly sighted and would
hit nothing save by accident 1t was
probably this kind of thing more than
other causes which enabled a COM
parative handful of farmers to hold
out for two years against the greatest
empire of the world. 1t speaks rather
i'll for the men who guide the desti-
MES of the empire, however.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

AS story after story appears of some
locomotive engineer who declined to be
deceived by the fictitious danger signal
of train robbers we are the better pre-
pared for that which will finally come
of the engineer who was mistaken in
believing that real danger signal was
a ruse. A desire to emulate engineers
who have not yet made the mistake
of supposing false danger signal true
will be but natural to others of the
craft. If the thing goes on it will soon
be for general managers to say wheth.
err they prefer wrecks to hold-ups.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05
Time to Hedge His Wager.

Several turfmen were discussing the
sharp methods of certain bookmaker
who adds to his income by money-lend
ing. He was conceded to be hard
man to deal with.
"But I'll bet $500 that l can borrow
$1,000 from him on my personal recog
nizance," said one.
"Done. answered the crowd stimuli
taneously, and as he could only stake
one bet they pooled against him.
Thinking he had a sure thing, he Went
off with an accompanying committee,
of two to see the money lender.
.Mr. Cash" (that wasn't his name),
he said. these gentlemen have bet me
$500 that l cannot borrow $1,000 fr m
you. l don't need the money, but you
let me have it for a day and I'll divide
the bet with you"
The committee gasped, but the effect
of the cool proposition was unlocked
fer Instead of jumping at the chance
Mr.. Cash buttonholed his interlocutor
and said:
did you make that bet"
81 did,
"You bet $500 that you could borrow
money from me?"
That's what l did"
"Then'-in whisper-"go and
hedge."-New York Press.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

A Newport society leader says that
1t is dangerous to be too democratic,
as people are not equal anyway. rms
Is q relief. Some sensible Americans
had feared that their children would
be compelled to mingle in Newport so
cietY.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

Peafy Is going to use the Marconi
system on his next dash for the pole.
He will thus be able to get his re-
lief expedition started without the
usual irritating delay.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

Editor Stead" says the Atlanta
Constitution, takes a pessimistic view
of the future of the British Empire.
We would like to know II anybody
ever caught Editor Stead taking any
other kind of view of anything.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

That bull ring in Juarez was opened
In the presence of 10OOO-mOstly
Americans. Six bulls were tortured
and several horses killed. These Latin
races are sadly cruel and degenerate.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

Geronimo's act in joining the Meth
odist Church may be looked upon more
as a change of mind than change OF
hpa rt
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05
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To Break In New Shoes.

Always shake in Aliens Foot Ease a powder.
1t cures hot, sweating, aching. swollen feet.
Cures corns ingrowing nails and bunions At
Ill druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Don't accept
ny substitute. Sample mailed FREE. Addres
len S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n Y.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

DIR. Wiley contends that all humanity
is becoming bald. Still, it Is not adj
yisable to invest all ones means in
wig factories.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05
Something L etter.

Politician-That was a fine speech
our candidate made on the agricultural
question, wasn't it?
Farmer Ploughson-Oh. yes. it
wasn't bad but a couple O nights
hard rain 'ud a done a sight more
good
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

Bulgaria has chip on her shoulder,
but 1t is doubtful If she has anything
up her sleeve.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

.OluSrs '. --Ako- ~ ..tsxoW ooCS.'
~ syrup the best remedy TO use tor ther
1iidrep during the teetning period
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05
The Innocent
S WIFI The Guilty

loathsome
disease Blood Poison People know general that is
could brought before
would shun they do the Ieprosy Not the who
transmitted children
erupons other evidences poisoned blood
awful
blood
by handling the clothing other articles by
ing eating of the tableware
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05
THE SEATTLE
AUCTION, SALE AND FEED STABLE

1912 Western Av., Seattle.
Holds regular Auction Sales every Friday
at l D. IN. Horses, cattle harness and all
kinds of vehicles sold on commission.
Horses bought. sold and exchanged daily.
y. r. Joliffe, Prop. Phone Buff 1851
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

A doctor Is the only person we know
who gets paid for indulging Ia guess.
ing schemes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

For bronchial troubles try Piso's Cure
for Consumption. 1t is good cough
medicine. At druggists, price % cents.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

fEH8 afSer 6rst days useof DR.. Khass Great Nerw
sepd for FREE - % trial bottle and treat
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

The Holstein cow has been yindicat.
ed. The gentle bovine in black and
white, who makes such a pretty ac-
cessory for the landscape artists, has
been cleared of all suspicion of giving
watered. chalky, or adulterated milk.
Ii her milk is deficient in butter fat It
Is not her fault. She does the best she
can on the food that is provided for
her. This is the verdict of the Illinois
FOOD commission and the Chicago milk
inspectors after an analysis of six
samples Of milk taken from pure and
grade Holsteins in a dairy In Dekalb
County. Only one Of these samples
failed to come up to the requirements
Of the city ordinance. The Holstein
COW came originally from Schleswig-
Holstein, province of Prussia, for
merly duchy Of Denmark. The lat
ter being one Of the greatest butter
making countries in the world. II seems
rather curious that the Holstein COW
on coming to America should be accus
cd of giving milk with no butter fa1
in 1t. The Holstein will not be shot
as one of Chicago's milk dealers sd
vised.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

They equal those
that have been cost
ing you from $4.0o
70 $500. The i'm
mense sale OF w. l..
Douglas shoes proves
their superiority over
oil other makes.
Sold by retail shoe
dealers everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
That Douglas uses Cor.
sna Colt proves there Is
value In Douglas shoes.
Corona Is the highest
grade Pat.Lesther made,
fQsf nalax. EsySISf, HssI
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

Mrs. Anderson, a prominent -
society woman of Jacksonville.
Fla, daughter of Recorder of
Deeds, West, says:
There are but few wives and
mothers who have not at times en-
dured agonics and such pain as only
women know of. | wish such women
knew the value of Lydia l.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. It
is remarkable medicine, different in
action from any other ever knew and
thoroughly reliable.
~ have seen cases where women
doctored for years without permanent
benefit who were cured in less than
three months after taking your Vege-
table Compound, while others who
were chronic and incurable came out
cured, happy, and in perfect health
after a thorough treatment with this
medicine. l have never used it myself
without gaining great benefit. A
few doses restores my strength and
appetite, and tones up the entire
system. Your medicine has been tried
and found true, hence fully endorse
1t. y Mrs. r. A. ANDERSON, 225 Wash
ington ST., Jacksonville, Fla. $4,000
forfeit If original of GboUe testimonial proving genu-
fnenoSs cannot be produced.
The experience and testimony
Of some of the most noted women
Of America go to prove, beyond
question. that Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound will
correct all such trouble at once
bv removing the cause, and res
storing the organs to q healthy
avail normal condition.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05
Peculiar
To Itself

Tn what it is and what it does-con.
tanning the best blood-purifying,
Alternative and tonic substances and
effecting the most radical and per-
manent cures of all humors and all
eruptions, relieving weak, tired,
languid feelings, and building up
the whole SYSTEMS true only of
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

Our ~ 6f Edge Line cannot be eqlafed at any pncs:
Shoes by mail, 26 cents extra. Illustrated
Cataleg free. w. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton. Mass.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05

contagious BLOOD POISON IS SO
powerful and penetrating that
within a short time after the
first little sore appears the whole
system is infected and every
drop of blood in the body is
tainted with the poison. and the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05
w. L. DOUGLAS
$50 & g SHOES S SsSE

You can save from So to SIS yearly by
wearing w, L. Douglas $3.50 or So shoes.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05
Hoods Jdrsdp0rilla

No other medicine acts like it:
no other medicine has done so
much real, substantial good, no
other medicine has restored health
and strength at so little cost.
81 was troubled with scrofula and came
near losing my eyesight. For four months
could not see to do anything. After taking
two bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla could see
to walk, and when had taken eight bottles |
could see as well as ever" SUSIE A. HAIRS
TON. Withers. N. G.
hoods SarsaparilIa promises to
cufe and keeps the promise.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-11-05
BLOOD POISON is NO
RESPECTER OF PERSONS

with red rash break out the mouth and
swengs appear the hair eyebrows TALL OUT
of the disease checked at this stage more
colored poes terrible pains bones and ana
general breaking down of the system.
Contagious and the remedy
peculiar radical and complete cure
system
medicine left off the breaks out
bad minerals
Rheumatism and stomach troubles the worst kind and
bleeding of the and decay the teeth
Blood and reaches down to
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-16

"Id like to be an editor. Theirs
so hard as mindin' ye'er
own business, an AN id'tor never
has to do that. Mr. Dooley.
Independence is not synony-
nous with liberty. They are often
confounded, but they are quite dis
ct.-The Rights OF Man.
When the Lord made inventors
he figured out that if he devoted
half of their head to business capa-
city, the other half wouldn't be
worth much for inventions, 80 he
left the business arrangement out.
BY Bread Alone.
The only safe investments are
education and health Daniel
Evertan.
There is a tale of a man who
spent his life in wishing he had
lived differently, and when he died
he was surrounded by throng OF
spectral shapes, each one exactly
like the other, who, on his asking
what they were, replied: "We are
all the different lives you have led. .
Edith Wharton.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-16
His Opportunity.

When John w. Yerkes, commits
sioner of internal revenue, was
stumping Kentucky once in a CUB
ernatorial campaign be had in his
party stump speaker who sought
to make a good impression in that
famous distjllery town, Greensboro,
by upholding whisky drinking.
"Whisky," said the stunper, sis
a good thing. 1t hurts nobody
when drunk with moderation.
have noticed in my study Of history
and biography that all great men
drank whisky. 1t is true. and
challenge you to deny it. Whisky
ladies and gentlemen, makes men
smart, it makee them great
"What's that?" asked an old
fai mer down in the audience who
was noted locally as a teetotaler.
whisky" repeated the speak
er, "makes men smart. 1t makes
them great"
"Well, I" said the farmer, "ycu'd
better get ten barrels and begin or
il at once.