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Arizona republican., 1905-04-30

Love bes smes as much an epideul among the girls of i6 as measies arr among the girls of 6.-Phiiadeiphil Record.
Arizona republican., 1905-04-30

X lovers quarrel is a good thiuE. ll shows who Is going to be boss after d.-Philadelphia Record
Arizona republican., 1905-04-30

NEVER IN THE HISTORY ANGELES THERE so MUCH EXCITEMENT
 ATgp DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS OVER FARO AND THE MARVELLOUS CURES BEING PERFORM
 ED AT HIS INSTITUTE
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17

ican cities, an extension OF its depreda-
tions is said to be imminent A kindred
band Is that OF the Camorra which
also has a large membership In this
country a short time ago a Sicilian
family named Gimavalva. living in the
Italian quarter Of New York. received
a letter demanding $1,000 for the Ca.
NORA The family kept small but
prosperous grocery store They paid
no attention to the first letter. but on
receiving second reported the matter
TO the police Their store was for some
time guarded by officers in plain
clothes but in consequence Of the de-
mand for the services Of italian detee-
tives owing to frequency of Black
Hand crimes, the guard was tempo
rarily removed Shortly afterward
there was an explosion. the building IN
which the grocery was located was par.
TALLY wrecked, and several persons
were hurt Last winter the police OF
Jersey City succeeded in locating the
headquarters of a Back Hand band
anu bi"NAhS tSh VI lAS lIthlbeiS uuNtf
arrest In the lodge room where the
band met was an assortment Of
strange equipment The walls Of the
room were festooned by queer pictures
and symbols, all OF foreign creation or
origin and many OF them resembling
religious embems In one spot above
the bead Of a large table were the fig
ures 20 and "3' In bright red De.
tective Sergeant PetroSino says
we have worked haro aud faithful.
ly to suppress TINS origandage We
have gone without sleep and iood and
submitted ourselves 10 indignlties The
bands are getting bo,der aud Oolder
The trouble IS that the Sicillans their
countrymer on whom they prey will
not aid the police They are afraid OF
the brigands II is peculiar O. these
Sicilians that they prey on one another.
That makes il SC difficult for us The
safety OF the general public Is that
these fellows Will not appoint places of
meeting They are aware that In this
way the police catch them But they
are getting bolder. and they are very
clever ln time they may find way
to prey on the general public. They
are clever enough. believe. to find
that way The Camorra are mostly ST.
cilians and Calabrians. Their society
Is governed by an executive committee.
with headquarters in the various cities
OF the United States The committee
men are called chiefs and are obeyed
Absolutely
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17
We Should Go
Back to the Old
Moral Ground
Nv President scHuRMAN of Cornell

N has occurred which has all the ewes at
and many abroad and is still attracting them 1t
in regard to the management Of public funds and trusts
~ and the which trustees dishonesty and
may say, CRIMINALLY using the funds of widows and
oas in all parts of the United States This COLOSSAL I'M
MORALITY the management of public has brought forth
inst and severe criticism Nothing will of this outburst of in
gnao unless makes each of feel that there something
wrong in the public spirit of the country.
We have in this country during the last twenty years
lated fortunes In the gift of acquiring money the American
people have any other people We continually using
money and the MONEY OF OTHERS make more. Conse-
oeny before young distorted view of the end
inc this false end
believe that need go back the old ground that
life in attainment of this worlds possessions but in the
development of the best character and power that in him. be-
hve that human beings the highest well the lowest AR
BOUND BY THE SAME MORAL LAWS and these laws as
Inevitable the physical laws of the universe
Recently eminent in the financial world have become
characters We crcsing them severely, but repeat
this criticism will to nothing unless it UPON OUR
SELVES and individually gives up views to the chief good
Of life and the way to walk to attain it.
The poongaon of the late by the japanese seemed from
their point of view needless waste of life.
20 HAVE CONTINUED THE MERELY THE SAKE OF
COL LECTINe AN INDEMNITY WOULD MORAL
POINT VIEW CRIMINAL AND FROM A POLITICAL POINT OF
uNWIsE.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17
American Universities Are
Best For American Boys

F. THWING University
ERTAIN universities in Europe better than any in this
country FOR HIGHER WORK IN RESEARCH, but
~ the universities in the United States better fitted to
train the American boy up the age Of twenty-five years
THAN ANY IN THE WORLD.
AN AMERICAN BOY WHO is TRAINED IN THIS COUNTRY IN
THE UNIVERSITIES KEEPS CONDITIONS OF LIFE
IN AMERICA, WHILE GETS OUT OF TOUCH WITH THESE
CONDITIONS IF HE EDUCATED
made special study of three universities the University OF
Geneva the University of London and the University of Madrid
find universities reflect the character of their time and their
country country prosperous then the university prosperous
the country prosperous then the universities suffer The
ggressvene universities THE SYMPTOM of the agges
srveness of their country, and vice
The university of Spain low ebb because Spain is at low
eb Spain exhausted country both respect its people and
its resources and its universities reflect this condition.
The University Geneva and all Swiss universities centers of
refinement and culture The University of London fedora
ton of many schools TYPE OF THE WORLDWIDE INFLU-
ENCE OF LONDON.
also visited universities at Freburg in southern Germany
Berlin and Oxford and the provincial universities at Birming
ham, Sheffield Leeds Manchester and Liverpool These provincial
universities the whole creations They have SPECIAL
PURPOSE in mnisterng their municipal needs and chaac
est emphasizing scientific and medical work in their courses Of
study
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17


when the vessels prominent in that
contest were so often visited by civili
ans. Billy took a keen interest in
visitors who were shown over the
cruiser when the Brooklyn was in port
So long as they were looking at him
he remained very polite, but just as
soon as their backs were turned he
yielded to the butting proclivties char
acteristic of the goat family since the
time of Noah and the food.
The battleship Oregon obtained
unique and very lucky mascot at the
time of the battle Of Santiago. The
men of the Oregon succeeded in rescu.
ing from one of the conquered Spanish
ships. the Maria Theresa. big black
pig They took him aboard and named
him Blanco in honor of the Spanish
officer who was captain general at
Havana in the latter part of the regime
of the dons. Blanco was great ia.
vorite and proved a very well behaved
mascot for member of the pig family.
Although brought up among Spanards,
he took readily to American ways, sub.
mitted readily to being washed when
the decks of the Oregon were scrubbed
and even became attached to the hose
which was turned or him upon these
occasions. He was one of the clean.
est pigs that ever trod the deck of
warship He evinced good ear for
music. for when the mess gear" was
sounded be would start for the mess
deck with the men To reward him for
lis good behavior the latter would oc-
casi0naliy take him on shore TO eat
grass The Oregon's pig conformed to
the popular idea that a mascot to bring
rea' good luck should be nomely He
was as homely as could be desired
One OF the yachts which represented
England several years ago TO the con-
test for the Americas cup had a parrot
for a mascot The bird talked too
much, for the yacht lost the race. At
least that was one explanation given
for the nonsnccess OF the British boat.
In the navy II is considered by the
more superstitious of quite as much
Importance to baye good mascot as
to keep the guns in order The lighting
men OF our navy are brave under all
circumstances. but they are like every
body else in being able to fight better
when they firmly believe that luck is
with them
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17
The Injustice OF Depriving
Women OF the Suffrage
By RABBI HIRsH of Portland, Ore.

is strange anomaly in American public life that we have
given schools largely into the hands OF women They
- expected teach the children history and patrlot
YET ARE NOT CONSIDERED COMPETENT 10
VOTE While in Russia China be empress
and for forty the throne of England showed what
Christian could do in that exalted station yet here IN
most states cannot even be constable
We must have WOMEN in the schools and we must have all the
children the schools Those of who not wholly lost to non
e admit that the way MEN have conducted public affairs needs
Improvement Professor Munseberg admits that we need leisure
ca and the only America is the women Look at what
ney have done reforms and in securing improved legislation
many lines 1t they who propose laws and pass he ana YET we
Say they capable We must have the term people,
fecast in the public mind so AS TO INCLUDE WOMAN
appeal for women in the schools The woman, BECAUoE
ilE Is WOMAN less easily corrupted than the man VINO
@ forgotten that he had mother must dlsfranchse some
F had better be Of the rather than the women
EVERY RIGHT GOES WITH DUTY WOMEN PAY TAXES AND
" PUBLIC SERVICE AND BEFORE US THE STANDARD
" RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THEY OUGHT TO HAVE VOTE.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17

sort Of railroad grand jury 10 the
courts OF the country grand jury can.
not try q case which u has investigat-
ed and inaugurated and no member Of
the grand jury can sit upon the Jury
which tries the case TO place ali pow
er in the hands Of one tribuna which
is OF may be prosecutor Jury and
judge and at the same time execution
er Is equivalent TO providing bv statute
for the enforcement Of commercial
lynch law
President Spencer was born IN Co
iumbus. Ca. in 1S47 and Is a graduate
both Of the University Of Georgia and
the University Of Virginia He was
married in 1872 to Miss Louisa vivian
Benning He rose rapidly in the rail.
road business has heer president Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. was
rapid transit COMMISSIONER In New
York from 1891 to 1894. and at the
present time. besides being president
OF the Southern. 's an oeicer In num-
ber Of Other rpil-oad corDorations.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17
Dark Ways Of the
Black Hand
Its Operations In the Large American
Cities and the Movement to EK-
clude Members of the Society
Seeking 10 Enter Cur Ports

~NHE operations of the Black
Hand society and other law
q less associations of Italians
and Sicilians have suggested
an inquiry by immigration officials
with view to stricter methods in
keeping ont of the United States per-
sons suspected of affiliation with such
organizations New York city. Jersey
City. Paterson, n. j.. and other places
in the vicinity of New York have been
the scene of many outrages in the past
few mouths which have been attribut-
cd to the pernicious activity OF mem
bers Of these criminal societies. The
police departments Of cities where such
crimes are committed have great diff
Guilty in tracing the author. owing to
the methods employed by the MEM
bers of the bands to escape detection.
Broughton Braudenburg. magazine
writer who has given especial study to
immigration problems has made the
suggestion that the criminal authori-
ties would he aided in their work were
the United States immigration bureau
to make canvass of the entire terri
tory east of Chicago with the view OF
deporting all suspects of the Black
Hand stripe who are found to have
criminal antecedents. Were such
task TO be undertaken it would come
under the immediate direction OF the
United States commissioner of immi
grafton. Frank p Sargent, who has
already done much to make it more
difficult for lawless characters to get
into our ports
In carrying on such an investigation
Mr. Sargent would rely greatly upon
the work OF Detective Sergeant Joseph
Petrosino Of New York who is reputed
to know the members of these bands
by sight and to have Il close acquaint-
ance with the criminal records of many
who belong to the orders suspected of
encouraging crime. 1t is said that
there are ut least 5000 members of
the Black Hand in the United States.
1t is a sort of Sicilian oGfshoot of the
Malta. and. though it's operations are
usually confined to persons living in
the Italian quarters of the large Amer
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17
The MaScOtS of
the Navy
The Pussy Cat OF 'he Cruiser Chicago
That Gives the Military Salute
mirAi Dewey Dog Bob The
Oregon Black Pig
~NHAT a sailor is superstitious has
~ become proyerbial The mari

TNHAT a sailor is superstitious has
become proverbial The mari.
"a ner believes in signs and omens
and guides his course by them
as much as lay his chart and compass.
In the navy there are all kinds of be-
hefs as to good and bad luck. and the
sailors whose duty is to fight for Uncle
Sam on the sea feet much more conf.
dent of victory when battle is im.
pending if all the portents of good luck
are with them. Great reliance is placed
on the help of mascots A mascot, ac.
cording to the dictionary. is anything
that brings good luck or is supposed
to do so In the navy vessel of war
is generally supplied with some kind
of an animal to serve the purpose of a
mascot. Monke~S, parrots. goats. dogs.
cats and even pigs have been drafted
into the service of Uncle sam in this
capacity. One of the most accom-.
plished maScOtS on an American ship
of war at present is the cat which is
believed to bring good luck to the cruis-
er Chicago and her gallant men. Pussy
is very popular with officers and crew
and has been taught many tricks. A
snapshot was recently secured of this
clever feline in the act of giving the
military salute to an officer, just like
any jacky
One of the most famous mascots in
the navy was Admira! Dewey's dog
Bob. Bob was picked up by some of
the Olympia's sailors in Manila bay
He was chow dog, just Il little ball
of fur. with a tail bent up over his
back The chow dog is a near relative
of the Eskimo dog, and poor people in
China often eat him, hence his name
Bob followed the admiral wherever he
went Qn board the flagship. and he and
the hero of Manila bay became fast
friends. Another famous mascot of the
navy was Billy. the goat mascot of the
Brooklyn which achieved notoriety in
the period succeeding the Spanish war
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17

and his early years were spent on a
farm and in a machine shop. He got
together enough money to pay for n
years course in the University of Illi-
nois. On its completion he went back
TO the machine shop and while ut work
there practiced short hand. He was
on the Chicago Tribune and afterward
associate editor of the Chicago Econo-
mist When Lyman ]. Gage became
secretary of the treasury he invited
Mr. Nanderlp to be his private secre-
lary and later promoted him to be as
sistant secretary. From this position
Mr. Vanderlip retired in 1901 and has
since been engaged in banking.
In 1893 the banker Of today was with
the Chicago Tribune. and the panic
times had begun. Banks were failing
every day Joseph Medill, the editor of
MIA. He was much exercised over the
situation and was in close touch with
the office, constantly advising conserv-
atism and optimism in the newspaper
reports.
Vanderlip by close economy and
some minor investments had saved
$500 1t was all he had. One day the
bank failed in which he had deposited
his little nest egg. He went despond.
emily to his desk. The world looked
black to him. 1t was hard blow.
A messenger boy came in with tel
egram. Vanderlip signed for it me,
chanicaly His thoughts were on his
lost $500 He tore open the envelope
The Telegram was from Mr.. Medill. II
read. "Take a cheerful view of the sit
uation."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17
A HISTORIC DEVICE.

Great Senl of the United States and
the story of It's Adoption.
The afiixing of the great seal of the
United States to treaty or other i'm
portant document is ceremony of in
terest. The great seal is carefully
guarded. and its custodian is the sec
retary of state. On July 4, 1776 when
the Declaration of Independence had
been adopted, John Hancock, president
of the Continental congress, said:
1--WE are now nation, and appoint
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17


among the educated Chinese at the
exclusion of their own class. but he
does not think that they object espe-
cially to the exclusion Of the cooly
class. The secretary thinks the wsest
course FOR the American government to
adopt is to amend existing treaties so
as to amell arate the conditions under
which those classes OF Chinese entitled
to enter the United States may be nd
mitted in the future A Presbyterian
missionary in Canton attributes the
spread Of the boycott In great part to
the power of the new native press. A
few years ago there was no snch thing
as a Chinese press. Now in all the
large cities 1t is a common sight to
see the natives reading their own dali
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17

commission resem.
bles q court 1t has
extensive admins.
trative duties TO
perform It is re.
quired also to IN
veStigate. TO hear
and to institute
complaints and 10
prosecute offenders
against the act to
regulate commerce
IN other words he
sides its numerous
Ofhpr ff1npfions IL ~
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17

BE studlous my SON." said the ha-
bitual adviser. and you may have a
tablet In the ball Of fame .
Yes" answered the captious youth,
"and be pointed out as an example OF
what ordinary people get in while real
genius Is excluded Washington Star.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17

started Ine REFORM
movement on a broad trend was the
meeting of Equitable general agents
and managers in New York last April
A committee of seventy-two was cbo
sen by this convention to appear be-
fore Governor Frank W. Higgins at
Albany and the superintendent of in
surance. Francis Hendricks. at SYRIA
cuse and urge them to use their nflu-
ence toward changes in the laws so as
to give policy holders a larger voice in
the affairs of insurance companies. An
other thing the agents did was to ask
Vice President Hyde for his resigna.
Non. Mr.. Bowes headed the deega-
ton which visited Governor Higgins
and Superintendent Hendricks and also
that which paid Mr.. Hyde an unpleas-
ant call. AS chairman of the commit
tee it fell to his lot to perform the dis
agreeable duty of asking Mr.. Hyde to
step down aud out, something the lat
ter refused at that time to do
Samuel Spencer president of the
Southern railroad. who opposes the
plan to give the interstate commerce
commission control over railroad rates.
declares that such plan means com.
mercial lynch law In discussing the
problems involved President Spencer
said recently:
VIRTUALLY there is not single re.
spect in which the interstate commerce
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17

to live, their sala-
ries not being sufii
cient." A valua-
h of 100000 was
placed upon the
collection of Gov
ernor Pennypacker.
Shortly after his
campaign for elec-
tion to the chief
magistracy of the
Keystone State
Governor Penny
packer, had a call
from the editor of
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17
People of Whom
You Read
Governor Mickey and His Reform Ideas.
Governor Pennypacker and His Re-
tort - The Leader Of the
Chinese Boycott
"a NE of the most aggressively

HA NE of the most aggressively
81 "a moral of the western reform
W governors now attracting at
tention is John II. Mickey of
Nebraska, who will appoint no men to
office who drink or swear. In recent
interview Governor Mickey said: "As
governor l am doing what l can to run
the affairs of the state the same as if
they were my own private business.
| have never knowingly employed a
man, either on my farm or in my bank,
whom l knew to drink or swear.
made it rule to engage only those of
good moral habits, and don't consider
that any person can claim to possess
good morals if he drinks or swears."
The governor is Methodist and be.
lieves in being consistent in all things.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17

humOr At the luncheon that followed
the launching of the Nebraska at Sc.
attic Miss Mary Mickey told a naive
story of her father. "One evening"
she said, my father dictated some of
his correspondence to me. There was
one letter that struck me- 1t was to
an employee of my fathers. 1t in,
closed a railway ticket, and it sad
You ask me for a ticket for your
mother-in-law, who is about to visit
you. The ticket is within You will
notice that l did not forget to send an
excursion ticket and that the return
coupon is limited to three days"
The governor is very democratic in
his ways and enjoys going out in the
bayfield, in the summer time and work
ing with his men.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17
A FINANcIER's CAREER.
Frank A. Vnnderlip and an Editors
Advice on Optimism.

Frank A. Vanderlip, eX-assistant sec
retary of the treasury, advances a
theory as to why the financial world
has so well stood The strain of war
which has cost tie combatant nations,
Russia anI Japan. $2,0oo o'o,090. lie
thinks it is tue u the Ia output of
gold ana bnieves That we may look
forward in the near future to an an
nu2l average output OF $'00.o00,00O of
new gold tr several years. Mr.. Van
deriip was hHrlI IN 1864 at Aurora ILL.,,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17

Thomas Jefferson committee to pre-
pare a device for a great seal of the
United States OF America" These
statesmen conferred six weeks on the
matter. and each submitted a design.
Jefferson prepared a conjoint design
embodying the best features of all
three and this was submitted to CON
gress In an elaborate report. but it was
not acted upon definitely. and the mat
ter went along for several years. II
was not untii June 90. 1882, that a
great seal was finally adopted by con-
gress. The committee which prepared
It was composed of Henry Middleton
of South Carolina, Elias Boudinot of
New Jersey and Edward Rutledge Of
South Carolina. The design was the
work Of Will Barton of Philadelphia,
brother Of the patriotic Dr. Benjamin
Barton. The seal was first used on Sept.
16. 1882, on commission granting au-
thority to General Washington to ar
range with the British for exchange or
prisoners Of war. 1t has been re-en-
graved several times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17

The case of James Ballington How.
ard of Kentucky will probably come up
for Il hearing in the supreme court of
the United States next month How
ard was convicted of completely ia the
murder of the late Governor Goebel.
and both his case and that of Caleb
Powers. who was also convicted of
completely in the murder have excited
wide interest For some time after
Goebels death Howard was unmolest-
ed by the authorities His home is in
the mountains. all the passes and hid
ing places of which are familiar to
him and his friends. When he was at
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17

last arrested no
did not resist. hnt
after the officers
had started of
with him on the
way to Frankfort
h is sympathizels
attempted to deliv.
er him from his
captors. They held
up the train on
which he was be.
ing taken away and
ordered the pnOi.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17

When he was elect
ed executive of the
state for the first
time he called off
the plans for an
inaugural ball. At
his second inaugu-
ration nothing of
the kind was at
tempted. Though
strict in his reli.
gious ideas, the
Nebraska governor
- 49,.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-17

In the famous con
troversy between
James II. Hyde,
vice president, on
the one side, and
James w. AleXan-
der, president, and
Gage e. Tarbell,
second vice presi-
dent. on the other,
he took the side of
Messrs. Alexander
and Tarbell. One
of the events that
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