The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-19
Daring plans to wreck the battle

Daring plans to wreck the Dattie.
ship Illinois, and the partly successIui
efforts to disable the battleship Con-
necticut are now declared by federai
officials to be evidences of a great plot
to destroy the United States navy.
Every energy of the secret service Is
being concentrated on the discovery
and arrest Of the conspirators. om-
GERS in the Brooklyn Navy fard au-
NIT that no warship in the yards is
safe SO long as the cOnsplrators re-
main undiscovered. The guard OF ma
rines thrown around the Illinois IS
equally as strong as that on duty ABOUT
the Connecticut. AS the Illinois is 10
be In dock about three or four MONTHS
during which time her hull will be ex-
posed, Admiral Coghlan has given or
ders that the utmost vigilance be main
tanned during the entire time she is IN
drydock, and a strong guard OF ma
rines was posted about the dock De1ore
the pumps were set to work to clear
the basin Of water.
Following close on the whisky IA
talities in New York and the reveal
tons of bad liquor made there, Dr. II.
w. Wiley, chief Of the government
bureau Of chemistry has expressed the
opinion that fully IS per cent of all the
whisky sold in this country, in hotel
restaurants, clubs and bars, was moth
ing less than a cheap imitation. Dr.
Wiley said Agents of this bureau
will obtain as many samples as posi-
BILE of the different brands on sale
throughout the country, known to us
as the compound, or imitation whisky.
These will be obtained from cubs,
hotels and bars of every description.
Comparisons will be made with the
real whisky, and the ingredients of
both will be carefully analysed. From
what we have heard from dealers in
whisky l am led to believe that fully
S5 per cent of the ordinary whisky Of
commerce is the adulterated article.
1t is a fraudulent transaction and
should be prevented"
When the Russian cruiser Lena had
been safely placed in q dry dock at
San Francisco and her crew parOled
with the explicit agreement that they
must not leave the United States, it
was believed the incident could be
looked upon as closed But recently
the officers of the ship have shown
disposition to violate the conditions Of
the parole and return to Russia to
participate again in the fight against
Japan This would be such palpable
violation Of international law, and
such a bad breach of faith with
Japan, that the American authorities
could not cOndone it even if refusal
meant a breaking Of diplomatic and
friendly relations with the govern
ment of the Gar.
Despite the fact that the census re-
ports show that Americans are stead
lily drifting toward vegetarianism, we
are still the greatest meat eaters Ill
the world Our meat still costs us
every year $1OO,OOOOOO more than our
vegetables. including imported vegeta-
BILE foods In the aggregate we Amer
leans pay every year about $2,250,OOO,-
600 for food, or about $50 year ifOr
the raw food for each person.
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The membership of the American
House of Representatives has 236 law
yers out of total of 357. The House
of Commons, on the other hand has
only 100 lawyers out of a total of go,
while the French Chamber shows an
attendance Of 139 lawyers in a total
of 5S4