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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-30
Department Of Commerce and
Labor Takes Determined
Stand in Favor of the Indis-
criminate Enforcement of
immigration Laws by Rich
and Powerful Interests.

IS per day for eight hours labor in
the United States. =
1t is said the government has In it's
possession copies of the advertisements
and attendant correspondence to prove
their insertion.
Fifty workmen, ito will be charged,
were imported to the United States at
the instance of the eleven accused men
and were instructed to swear falsely
when questioned at Ellis Island by the
immigration officials, as to their rea-
sons for coming to America, and es-
pecially to swear that they had as yet
no employment in this country. 1t is
also understood that the mon were fur
nished with the address Of one of the
accused and ordered to report to him.
Two weeks after the men were i'm
ported, the backbone of the strike be-
ing broken and the lockout assured as
q success, the accused caused the Eng
lish workmen to be discharged on the
ground that they were not familiar
with American tools or the method Of
working in this country, ana were,
therefore, useless. Some Of these rpen
got home as best they could, and it is
said A. Fawcett, an Englishman, with
money procured from the locked -out
workmen, cared for a number Of the
men, and got them work on cattle
ships whereby they 1eached their homes
and families.
-Four of the number were not so for
tunate, and, Just after Christmas, 1t is
understood, these four men, Charles
Lewis, Edwin J. Wright, William Angle
and Harry Johnson, got into the hands
Of agents of~the Department of Com
merge and Labor. At any rate. the men
gave such Information that the De-
partment decided its long-looked for
case had arrived. The men, it is said,
have frankly told the government Of
ficials all they know concerning the
matter, and 80 important is their state
ments that all four are now, and have
been since January last, confined at
Ellis Island. There they are allowed
bit one dollar d dry and board. s. It ltI
Sc otherwise aim III re
capable worknakn and able to- earn
from two to three dollars day In their
own country. >,5, =
What defence the eleven accused men
will interpose Is yet to be learned
They have probably not been idle,
as the fact Of the four men having
been detained at Ellis Island since
January has been an, open secret
in tile circles.
When seen yesterday neither United
States Marshal Henkei nor United
States Assistant District-Attorney
Houghton and Byrne could be induced
t. discuss the matter. Equally nom
committal was United States Commits
sioner Ridgeway and Chief Secret Ser
vice Agent Flynn. Neither would dis
cuss the matter in any way.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-09-30
MILLIONS LOST IN REAL ESTAH
by new. YORK LIFE insurance 60.
Continued Investigation Piles Up Additional Evidence of
Mismanagement by Officials Of Big Insurance Com
panies Who Extravagantly Expended Funds -
Greater Shock Than That Which Wall Street Deals Caused
Expected by Revelations Regarding Office Building-@
Insurers Deluded by McCall's Reports.

New York, Sept. 28.-Ten office build
tngs owned by New York
AAfe COST ...................... ..$9. .OSO, ,zz7
Company's present valuation
of same buildings ............ $3.50. 900
Admitted loss on investment,
about 80 per cent, or ........$5 ,090, ,227
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-02-08
The Miller Sun.
Printed on Wednesday.
I" THOMAS STRATTON, Editor.
JOHN A. YOUNG HELD (!
Taken to Huron Jail to Await
the Charge of Geo.
Todd's Murder.


The hearing of the Young's
charged with the murder of
Geo. Todd closed Thursday
by holding John A., the
youngest, to the spring term
of court in April, Gernald
and the 50 year old father
being given their liberty.
After the state had it's evi-
denee iii the The defense waived
examination of it's witnesses
and made a motion for the
discharge Of the father and
Gernald, seeming to take it
for granted that John A.
would be held. The state Of
fered no objection to the old
mans discharge, but did to
the dismissal of Gernald,
but the justice allowed the
motion to dismiss both.
The evidence of Wilson
Lackey was that a man, team
and dog stopped at a tank
to water where be was IL
miles south and four miles
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-02-08
MILLER, HAND COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, FEB 8, 1905.

| eA'SiJ e1S'o - 49, ooio
was the man driving the
team which he described as
Todd's. He identified the
Todd dog, returned, as the
one at tht tank that early
October morning going
south. ,2he man said he
had come from the north
part of THE state, had slept
in a near schoolhouse that
night and was enroute to
Sioux City.
In justice to all parties
it should be stated that the
day previous to this testi-
mony Lacky in going into
the jail to identify the man
he saw at the tank did not
first pick out John, but was
rather undecided.
He had never seen or
known Of the Todd team
before that October morning
A. report that there was
blood or paint on the man s
pants that morning was not
mentioned by Lackey OF
the stand or privately.
Alex Ross and other re-
sponsible farmers testified
that Gernald and Elmer
Young stopped with them
last June under assumed
names.
Gernald will claim, it is
said, that that he was driv-
ing Elmer, the escaped con-
vict, out of the state.
In justice to the newspa-
pers that printed and are
still printing the mistaken
telephone report that the
Todd team had been found
with the Youngs it must be
stated that neither the team
nor wagon has been found.
Nor has Johnson's.
Ed Dunn and States At
torney Cole are being crit
icised for possibly making
the arrests prematurely. In
justice to the latter we will
state that the states attor-
ney here had no knowledge
CT the arrest except from
hearsay until after the pris-
oners had been brought to
Miller, those working the
clue having advised with
Mr.. Pusey, we are told, as
to the evidence against the
suspects. This was a dis
advantage to the state. Mr..
Gleim, the other defendant
attorney, had gained a good
idea Of the case before ar
irving here. The proba-
bility is had the evidence
been laid before States At
torney Cole he would have
advised shadowing the sus-
poets awhile longer with
the hope of catching Elmer.
Mr.. Dunn no doubt be-
lieves he did the best under
the circumstances and is
entitled to praise rather
than censure from what evi-
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

Italy says she doesn't want the Ma
fla All Sicily is the home of the Ma
fla. The constant pressure has
squeezed over 10000 Sicilians out of
Sicily into this country.
They are still Sicilians, still Mafiosi.
The leopard. it is said. does not
change his spots-even by emigration
1t may be that it was the arm Of
the Mafa that struck down vilardo.
1t may be that it was need or jeal-
ousy
The awful thing was done and Rosa
Torturici, whose mind is not complex
nor refined to splitting hairs in the
problems of life. what did she do?
1t is known at least that she labor
/, ed at removing the traces of the
crime-the blood soaked apron, the
little handprint on the floor. the
washing of clothes all tell that.
1t is known that when the detec-
tives went from house to house seek
ing an owner for The shawl she kept
her own counsel.
That she confessed to knowing of
no missing lodger.
That she did not go to the police and
denounce her husband as a murderer
is also true.
That she has been sullen and secre-
tive is true.
But she is not very advanced
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
and TO me.

Yes, If he is any sort of man and
he sees this-that l who am innocent
and the baby to which he is father are
here, in prison, he will come back; no
matter where he is, he will come back
and present himself, so that we shall
not suffer the punishment
1t is perhaps a childish conception of
chivalry and duty, but Rosa Torturici's S
is not a complex mind.
Whether she knows much or little of
that shocking crime, whether or no
she had an awful share in it, volun-
tarily or involuntarily, who shall say?
Not /, for one; for it is not given to a
mere newspaper woman to read the
naked human heart
Only three could unravel the mys-
terry of it all-Vilardo, Pietro Torturici
and his wife, Rosa, and vilardo is
dead.
Was 1t because of the sin OF Rosa
Torturici? Did she fall through her
soft affection? She is such pretty
little creature, and beauty allied with
weakness makes its appeal to man.
Was it in a transport of jealousy that
death was dealt in such fearful form to
vilardo?
Was it because the rent could not
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

woman. not educated to very high
standards of public duty. I fear
She only acted upon her instincts OF
wifely duty, perhaps
If it had been your husband. the
father of your baby-of course. that's
quite an impossible supposition-bu
if it had been, what would you have
done in her place?
put a rather cruel question to
Rosa Torturici- as 1 said good-by. I
asked her. and Judge Spinetti inter-
preted it with great care. what she
would do If Torturici came back
That it seems to me-for life is so
complex harder question to decide
than what to do when he went away.
Quick upon the heels of. the ques-
ton came her answer. She has no
two minds about the matter. She
knows what she wants to do.
If he comes back-and he should
come back and release me from this
place"-in her ignorance she believed
that she would be kept in prison until
Torturici was found-'.I never want
to see him again. Never, Never. I
want to get out of here I want to go
away from San Francisco. where this
thing happened I want to get away
from all that will make me remem-
Der it.
Il just want to take my baby and
go home to my mother"
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

stick you quick in SicIy, and he
comes from Palermo.
More learned authority says that
people of every rank. profession and
occupation, who have no other ties,
unite for their common interest, with
out regard to law. justice or public
order. They believe that they can
best provide for the safety of their
own persons and of their prop
erty by their own strength and per-
sonal influence, Independent of all
authority and of all law
That is a nice, scholarly way of
putting it. but the Malta maxims that
are the common conversational ex-
change of Sicily are more character
istic.
The poor they say, resort to
force, fools resort to law
Take the life OF whoever makes
youtlose the means of living"
BE respectful to officers of the law,
but stand afar off.
IAN influential friend is worth more
than 1000 lire in your pocket"
Imprisonment, sickness and mis-
fortune prove the hearts of friends
The truth is only told in the con-
fessional.''
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

Chief of Police Hennessey in New Or
leans in 1891. Eleven men were
lynched in the Sicilian quarter in New
Orleans as the result of that, hanged
to telegraph poles, while women waved
approval from their balconies to those
who took the law into their own hands.
1t cost the United States a pretty
penny in indemnity, which is some
proof of Malta.
There was the murder mystery of
Jackson Park, in Chicago, not so very
long ago, where an Italian was found
dead from a poignard thrust with an
M cut in the snow by his side. What
did that mean:
From the time of the middle ages
there has been that secret power in
Italy that has driven terror and the
stiletto to the hearts of authorities
unapproved.
1t has been driven south in Italy
by an increasing lberality and free
dom and enlightenment until its
remaining stronghold is conceded to
be Sicily, where the people, with their
admixture of the Oriental and the
African. offer a temperament peculf-
arly susceptible to its teachings.
My vegetable dealer tells me. They
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23
'1II1 fRUD R0QN fQRFNRD!Za Rg,,

teatro Americana, and to those cheap
glittering places on upper Kearny
street and Market
Once he had all of a thousand dollars
lin bills-saved up, she believes, out of
his wages as a section foreman. And
like thrifty little wife she went
through his pockets and took it away
from him and hid 1.-THE whole fat
wad of bills-in her bosom and tried to
persuade him to buy some land near
her fathers home with it. And he
would have done it-how the lightest
wind changes our course-only that
there was a difference of opinion about
who should have the crop on the land
in question. He wanted to become own
er of it with the crop; the owner want
ed the crop. But for this difference
poor Rosa might be her own house
holder now and neighbor to her father,
Vilardo alive and Torturici not fugi-
tive from justice
The thousand dollars melted away
all but three hundred of it. and with
the three hundred Torturici came to
California two years ago to try his for
tune. He left Rosa in New Orleans
and, needless, improvident, pleasure
loving, he spent the entire three hun
dred coming out here. Instead Of max
ing a through trip he stopped off
wherever fancy moved him to, because,
says Rosa, he liked the good time
He sent for her, and when she Joined
him here there was nothing in the mis-
cradle basement rooms he had for her
except a bed. Still. they were happy
and went to the theaters and the %
cent table d'hote dinners when he had
work
And the baby came
And the rent of those two dingy
basement rooms at 10 Montgomery
street could not be paid. The butcher.
the baker and the grocer were not too
cordial about charging things-some- :
times they wouldn't charge them.
They moved to 1852 Green street.
They took Vilardo as a lodger, and
then
The awful thing that sent a shudder
through the whole cit happened
No, no; not in all the time she had
known him and been wife to him had
she thought he could do such a ter
rible deed. Nothing had ever suggest
ed the possibility of it.
He would get angry with her, oh, ter
riblys angry; fly up with a flash like
a can of powder when match is
dropped in. He was impulsive-ye so
auckland like mad. But in moment
it was over-he would cry. yes. cry.
and say he was sorry for, being unkind
to her.
And now, after having done this
thing, if he was any sort of man, if
ne had ever loved her and the baby, he
would come back and present himself,
so that she might go free.
She spread the morning paper out on
her knee, smoothing it where her pic
ture and the baby's were displayed upon
the page, and pointing to it said with
feverish earnestness to Judge Spinetti
and to me.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

be paid for the two mean little rooms
there was no longer credit with the
butcher, the baker and the grocer?
Because there was not even the mac
aroni ard tomato paste and pepper
paste to set upon the bare table-and
Vilardo's savings offered the one So
luton to the grinding problem how to
live?
Or was it the vengeance of the
Malta?
The upper-class Italians laugh at
any mention OF the Malta? There is
no Malta, they tell you.
There is no such thing as Malta
in San Francisco says c. F. Gron-
dona of the Columbia Banking Com
pany, which holds the savings of the
Italian colony. Sieilians and all. Why
should there be Malta here? That is
thing of the past in Italy"
"Mafla." says Carlo del .Pino of
L'Italia, What does any one mean by
Mafia? Why, if two or three or four
or five agree together to do a thing,
bind themselves together for the pur-
pose of vengeance, that is Malta.
But big secret. organization-here; oh,
no.
If there is Malta here ! should
know it." says Judge spinetti, for
my practice is in criminal cases.
There is no Malta here. Once only do
| remember any one connected with
the Mafia-tfat was vincenzo Trop-
oni. who threw cayenne pepper into an
officers face to let his prisoner escape.
He was sentenced and served his
timle-and never had anything to do
with Malta after that
On the other hand there was that
affair with Italy over the killing of
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-23

- osA TORTURICI Wants to go
home TO her mother.
At Independence, Louisiana
which isn't much oc a place
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22
ORDINANCE. .1s.

An Ordinance Requiring Property
Owners in Carson City, Nevada,
Within Two Hundred Feet Of run-
lie Sewers TO Connect Their Premi-
ses Herewith. s''
The Board Of Trustees Of Carson
City do Ordain:
Section /. From and after the nrst
day Of November 1905. each and every
property holder in Carson City. Ne
vada. .vithinI. two hundred feet Of a
pubic sewer. must connect his premi-
res win said sewer after complying
with Ordinance S6., approved Sept
H. 1891: provided. that the Presi.
dent Of the Board Of City Trustees Of
Carson City shall not deem said con-
nection practicable,
Section 2. Any person or persons
neglecting to comply with the pre-
visions Of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty q 1 misdemeanor and
on conviction thereof shall be fined,
not to exceed One Hundred Dollars az
imprisoned In the County Jail not tc
exceed nifty days. or by both such
dne and imprisonment.
Section s. All Ordinances and part.
Of Ordinances in so far a. they con
, Met with he provisions Of this o.
dinance are hereby repealed.
WILL q. MACKEY.
President OF the Board Of City Trus
tees. Of Carson City. Nevada.
Attest: rs
H. B. Van Etten, Clerk.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22
SIGNIFICANT RETURNS.

Considerable comment is still being
made on the narrow escape OF Draper
the Republican nominee for Lieuten-
ant Governor Of Massachusetts, from
defeat at the last election. Although
the Republican Governor was elected
by a plurality of nearly 10000 Drap-
.er had less than 1000 plurality. The
vote against Draper is explained ny
the fact that on the tariff question
he is a radical standpatter. If the
matter of tariff revision was left to
him he would make the duties heav-
Ter instead of lighter.
Curtis Guild the Republican Gov
ernor-elect, enteretains liberal tariff
views. SO liberal in TACT, that he has
offended the radical wing of his par
ty. This accounts for his election,
for Massachusetts, is heavily Repu3-
lican under normal conditions. But
politicians have no hesitation in say
ing that if Draper had been running
for governor instead of lieutenant
governor he would surely have bean
defeated.
The Office is not considered espec-
tally important and many Republic
cans who voted for him for lieutenant
governor for the sake of regularity
would not have voted for him tor
~~~,,,o,.,,r,, ! Tho vote was aignificaut
as showing the strength of the re-
vision sentiment. 1t is a sentiment
that can not be much longer ignored
by the ruling party. G's
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22

The Board of State Capitol Com
missioners will receive sealed. propos-
ais for supplying IS cords IL wood
to be delivered and ,cnrded east side
Of Capitol building for meSsdremelt
said wood to be sawed and pied IN
the basement Of the Capitol building
IN lengths Of sixteen -inehess Fifty
cords Of yellow pine split and fifteen
cords Of limb. The wood to be .soNaa
and dry.
Bids will be received up to Noon
october Goth. 1905 and must be- De.
livered on or beofrs the Goth. day Of
November. @s
The Board reserves the hight to 70
ject any and all bids.
Address,. w. R. Davis, Clerk Of the
Board, Carson City. Nevada.
BY order Of the Board.
w, R. DAVIS. Clerk.
Carson City Nevada. -
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22
Cattle and Horses.

The City Marshal gives warning
that all loose stock found On the
streets from this time On win be en-
pounded. A strict attention = this
parties owning stock viii take warn
city ordinance will be enforced and
Ing. Empounding fines will be impos-
cd In every case. tss ].
-. VIM. Kinney,
60 - - Marshal.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22
Wood. Wanted.

e25 Market street, San Francisco, c
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22

The Meyers Mercantile Company
has just received a consignment Ct
Macomber's new apple cider. TIA
TOURIST EXCURSION PARTIES TO
THE EAST.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22

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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22

w. p. Stewart the reliable piano
and organ tuner is receiving orders at
Steinmetz' drug store for a short time
only. The leading pianos of the world
for sale or exchange on most favor
able terms. The same good bargains
in used unrights.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22
Notice.

All persons are forbidden to ash in
the Hobart Creek reservoir or in the
feeder to same. We have placed a
Waterman at this reservoir and all
persons caught trespassing or nshioE
contrary to this notice will be prose
cuted. -sssssss
Virginia z colu Hill Water Co.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22
Notice 70 HuEtetrs.

Notice IL hereby given thAt anv
person found hunting without I permit
on the premises owned by Theodo e
Winters. win be prosecuted A Mm-
tied number Of permits viii be cold
1t IS for TIE season or 80 cents for
one. day. -.s.- - ~
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22
Free Lecture.

Thursday evening, November 23i
at the Kintescope theatre. Lecture
begins at p. m. sharp by r. B. Phil
lips, who win explain the great prfn-
cipals Of q life insurance by charts,
7 showing and explaining what true in
!. surance is and that which does not
] insure. Ladies are expressly invited
ito attend. The, hail will be warmed
for the occasion. Boys not admitted
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22

sOSss'Os .SNSSssSsSsN . M ti60 ~
THE EAST.
Over the Scenic Line Of the World.
II you are going east and want to
save money, yeti ravel with pleasure
and comfort, it will pay you to in
vest our personally conducted tourist
excursions. The parties are in charge
OF q Manager who accompanies the
cars through t oSt Louis, Chicago
and the Atlantic Coast and gives his
personal attention to the welfare OF
each passenger in his charge. The
schedules are arranged so you pass
through the. wcrldIamed scenery on
the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
by daylight. Opentop Observation
cars (something entirely newt ars
free to all passengers. Let us know
where you are going, and We will
be- glad to give you full information
about your trip, the lowest rates Of
fare and send you free Of charge some
handsome illustrated books OF travel.
w. j. EHOTWELL,
lsea asssgs. a. s..s.z - General Agent.
625 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22
Proposals wanted.

Sealed proposals will be received up
to 10 o'clock A. N. Of October :. 1905,
at the County Clerks Once. Carson
City, Nevada, for Furnishing Is cords
Of nrst growth, split pine wood. b
be delivered At the County Building,
on or before the 18th day Of October.
1906.
Bids to be addressed 70 the Clerk
Of the Board Of County Commissios,
err.
BY order Of the Board Of :o.'-
Commissioners
y NA. ss.,Ek.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22

The ladies', Of St Peters Guild WIN
o.oo have their annual sale at Guild Hall
cor ,,pn Wednesday Nov. 18th. ID
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-11-22

The fact that young Theodore!
Roosevelt is to play football in Har-
vard'se freshmen eleven is thought tn
be worth telegraphlng all over the,
country. Doesn't it lstrike you that
i there is - reasonable limit to all
thingH? .-Qslss.is.9 sEs5.l .sssI
I've are reaching the point where
we don't care whether Queen MAJ
gherita, comes to visit the United
States or not. One daysthe dispatch.
es state she. is coming and the next
day We are told she's going to stag
away. Ii6agsss: gs4A fsssfftt
The average price of copper fos
the month OF October was 16.3S>cen.s
per pound. as against 1911 per pound
for the corresponding month in 1904