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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21
MURDER DUE TO
BLACK HA ND
Killing Of Wealthy italian Be
jieUed TO Be Ac5 Of Mem
bers Of Band.

The body Of Gaetomo Costa, a
wealthy Italian, was found one night
recently lying in pool Of blood in his
butcher shop In the southern part OF
Brooklyn borough, New York city. He
had been shot to death, and the police
are firm In the belief that he was
the victim of members Of the Black
Hand.
There were four bullet wounds In the
mans body, and any one Of three
would have been fatal. Two Of the bull
lets passed through the abdomen, 8
third hit him in the mouth, and another
cut off two of his fingers.
A few minutes before IL O'Clock
James and Andrew Anderson were
walking along the street about block
away from the butcher shop kept by
Costa. They heard four shots fired in
rapid succession, and the reports seem
ed to come from the direction of the
little frame house in which Costa lived
and kept his shop.
They ran toward the shop and were
just in time to see four masked men
spring out Of the door and make off as
fast as they could toward the East
river. The Anderson brothers gave
chase across the vacant lots and were
fast oyertaking the four men, but
when they were only about fifty feet
away the four suddenly termed on
them and drew their 7evolvers.
Take another step toward us and
you are dead men!'' called out one OF
the men in broken English.
The Andersons. halted at once, and
then the fugitives fired a shot in the
air and took to their heels once more.
The brothers hurried to the nearest
police station and reported to Captain
Evans what they had seen and heard
Captain Evans, with Detectives Hot
ter, Callinan and Marx, went on the
double quick to the little butcher shop
On finding the body Of Costa call was
sent to the Norwegian hospital, and il
few minutes Ambulance Surgeon
Livingston was on the scene. He said
that Costa had been killed instantly.
Just then Pedro Angelo ran into the
shop and in the greatest excitement
Informed the police that he was a
brother-in-law Of Costa and that he
knew his relative had been marked
for death by members of the Black
Hand. He said that the butcher had
received no less than five threatening
letters from the band
Angelo told Captain Evans that the
Black Hand members in that part
of Brooklyn were well aware that the
butcher was wealthy and that he was
in the habit of keeping large sums OF
money in the little frame house where
he lived alone, his wife and children
being in italy.
The writer's Of the mysterious letters
demanded large sum of money, anG
Costa had told Angelo that he might bt
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21
CARP AND THE FISH POND.

A friend of ours finds that with a
little trouble he can make a first class
fish pond upon his farm, one fed from
the water of an artesian we'll. He
writes us that he Is thinking Of putting
carp, black bass and croppies In the
pond and wants to know If this Is the
right thing to do. 1t is not A few
years ago the carp was introduced into
many of the streams and lakes Of the
country under the supposition that 1t
would prove a valuable food fish It
turns out that it is a regular fish hog, a
water scavenger, gross feeder upon
the spawn of all other fish and so
rolls the water it lives in that other
fish will not stay with It, The value
of this fish as food is very low indeed,
being the next thing to worthless. In
many places every effort Is made to
get rid Of this fish, and no greater mis-
take could well be made than to intro
duce it into fish pond. Our friend
will find that the black bass, wall eyed
pike, nerch, sunfish and croppies will
live together all right in his pond. and
be cannot do better than to use them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

killed at any time. He asked thaC a
careful watch be kept on him, and if
he was found dead at any time the pc.
lice would find good clew to his muir.
derers in his saYe. Angelo said that his
brother-in-laW referred to the five let
tiers which he had put in the safe and
locked up with the cash he kept in the
shop. Captain Evans tried to open the
safe SO as to get the clew to Costa's
slayers, but the combination would not
work. He said he would blow the safe
open to get the desired evidence.
It was evident that all of the shots
fired at Costa were at close range. The
shot that hit him In the mouth burned
his mustache and left powder blisters
on his face
Costa had three stores and was re
garded as a recluse. He rarely had
anything to do with any of his country
men.
An hour after the body of Costa was
found Captain Evans and his detec-
tiyes learned that rowbOat had fig
ured in the crime. A boat was tied up
at a nearby dock at g p. m. Two men
remained in the boat, and the other
four hurried off in the direction of Cos
ta's shop. Shortly after the Anderson
brothers gave up the chase the four
men returned, jumped into the boat
with their two comrades and rowed
away in the direction of Governors Is
land. A hunt was at once started after
the boat.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

execution he admitted having killed
Robinson and made confession to
Prison Chaplain brahms, in which he
said he killed man IN Fresno during
October, 1891. This confession reads
as follows:
the town Of Fresno, CAL, entered the
Railroad avenue Circle bar saloon in
that place, and, seeing man behind
the bar whom, as l afterward ascer-
tanned mistakingly, took for certain
party with whom | had quarrel,
rushed behind the bar and stabbed him
with a pocket knife that I took from
my pocket, cutting him in the neck,
from the effect of which, as / subse-
quently learned, he died. / did not
learn his name and can only identify
him by describing him as wearing a
cork leg. I have understood that a
man named Washoe has since been ar
rested for the offense and is now doing
time for the crime which I committed
and is confined either in this (San
Quentim or in Folsom state prison"
The officials at San Quentin were in
clined to place very little faith in any
confession made by Woods, particular
ly after his hardened conduct on the
galloWs His first show Of braggadocio
cane in the death cell when the straps
We being put upon his wrists. He
turned to one Of the guards and asked
if that process could not be deferred
until he reached the scaffold. Upon
being told that it could not he turned
to Warden Tompkins and remarked,
with a grin, "This is a mighty uncom-
Portable way to have to take trip on
the Jerusalem Central"
A few minutes later as the solemn
little procession filed into the execution
room and Woods mounted the scaffold
steps he turned to- the spectators,
among whom were several detectives
and policemen who had assisted in his
capture and conviction, and called:
Hello, fellows! How are your"
AS the moose was being adjusted he
craned his neck for one more sight at
the little crowd of onlookers and said
leeringly, "Just tell them that you saw
me, will you, and see that my grave is
kept green" The next instant the trap
was sprung. The drop occurred at
1881, and just ten minutes later the
man was pronounced dead by Prison
Physician Casey. In his confession of
the killing Of Robinson, Woods claimed
that he did the shooting entirely In self
defense. According to his story, the
policeman, who was dressed In civilian
clothes, rushed on the scene and after
shouting Hands up!' Immediately be-
gan shooting. Woods says he grappled
with Robinson, but, finding himself no
physical match for the larger man,
pulled his A caliber revolver and,
pressing it against the policeman's
stomach, fred two shots. He says that
after Robinson fell several Of the other
mer in the gang fired into the PROSTATE
form
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21
LOOSE ENDS.

We passed the place the other day
farmyard filed with a motley array OF
odds and ends, broken down seeder,
hayrake with one wheel missing and
most Of the teeth also, a defunct bind
er, barn doors on one hinge, fences
patched with old rails, the front yard
grown up to brambles and tall grass
except where the pigs, which ran at
large there, had rooted a clear space.
In the nearby fields we noticed that
the haystacks were lopsided and that
the field had been poorly raked, and
In spite of the fact that the time was
past the middle Of September field
Of oats, storm beaten and discolored
still stood in the shock. An overdraWn
picture, you say, or perhaps the home
Of some shiftless renter Neither, good
friends; merely the abiding place of
him who farms with loose ends. This
man owned his farm and was prac-
tically out Of debt; hence the excuse Of
poverty cannot be urged. What then?
Loose ends! The barn door and the
front yard wilderness, the patched
fence and the implanted house were
still waiting for the rainy day, which
never came, when they should be re
paired. The broken down and weather
beaten machinery gave mute evidence
of the shed which was never built to
cover them, while the grain stood In the
shock waiting for the thrashing ma
chine which was still coming. Just
such pictures as the above give black
eye to life on the farm in the minds
of many people Of course none of
our readers has nome in the least re-
sembling the one described, but per-
haps your neighbor has, and If you
think it would be of any use you might
put this little word picture where he
could cast his eye upon it, thereby be-
ing the means Of making him see his
place as others see it and bringing
himself to the realization that the farm,
like other walks Of life, calls for
careful attention to loose ends If It is
to be either pleasant or successful.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21
He Died
JeSfin6
California Murderer Me1
Deafb 6glifb a Sar-
donic Grin.
A. He Ascended .Scaffold He
Joked Wifb .ypecfafors--HLs
Crimes and His Brog-
60docio.

With a grim jest upon his lips and a
sardonic grin distorting his features
Frank Woods mounted the scaffold at
San Quentin prison, California, and
paid with his life for the murder of
Policeman Eugene G. Robinson, who
was killed in San Francisco on Jan. p,
1907. The man displayed every cLarac-
teristic of hardened criminal and
kept his nerve to the end. Prior to his
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

If we had a nice farm with good
buildings and pleasant home we
would not sell the privilege to some
fakir or agent Of painting his adver-
tisement on the barn or disfguring the
pasture lot with a billboard proclaim
ing the merit Of some brand of cigar
or patent medicine. This is a cheap
business. The whole country is mar
red with this sort Of advertising, and
nowhere is 1t more out Of place than
on our nice farms.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

1t would be a good thing every way
if a farmer would each year make the
effort to raise one acre of some extra
crop-that is, so care for one acre of
land that he could produce an extraor-
binary yield of whatever crop he Sc
lected. This would give him an object
lesson of the relative values of average
and superexcellent crops. For instance,
it is entirely practicable to produce 12O
bushels Of corn on one acre of ground
or 800 bushels of onions or 400 bushels
of potatoes or, if there is sufficient
moisture, five tons Of hay. This sort Of
experimental work carried on by the
farmer himself on his farm is OF very
great value, as when engaged in caring
for such a crop he becomes more in
terested in it than he does in any other
crop on his farm, and, becoming inter
ested, he takes special pains to study
and learn ali he can about II. His
neighbors may laugh at him, but he Is
really doing them as much good as he
is himself.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

How many commandments are
there ?" asked the presiding genius Of
the infant school.
Ter" replied the champion scholar
"And what would happen, Sammy, if
you broke one Of them? 2"
aThen there'd be nine," replied the
prodigy London Globe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

The question will never be settled
which is the best breed Of cattle, Of
hogs, horses or hens. Any improved
breed is better than stock of no breed.
If man has any likes or dislikes this
way h3 will do the best to take the
breed which he likes the best.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

The good horse will always bring
more money if he is fat than if he is
just in good working condition. A
sleek hide and we'll rounded out form
always count with the buyer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

Very satisfactory gas plants are now
being installed in many Of the small
towns Of the country, the gas being
produced from byproduct of the oil
refneries known SIS gas oil. The cost
OF such plants is not heavy, while the
gas 50 produced furnishes an illumi-
nant Of the best quality.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

There Is lots of farming done with
out any definite plan or purpose as a
guide. Men SOW or plant this crop or
that crop governed by some temporary
condition or within, and the result is
that by so doing they are utterly pre-
vented from carrying out any desirable
system Of rotation Of crops.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

The rule should be never to grow the
same crop on the same land for two
years in succession. Simply following
out this crude rule would do much to
conserve the fertility Of the soil.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

1t is almost impossible to secure
fine quality OF celery, white, tender and
nutty in flavor, when it is bleached in
any other way than with earth. The
use of boards, tile or paper for bleach
ing Is a mere makes11ft. The best
celery literally grows underground, is
not grown above ground and afterward
bleached.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

There are many old and abandoned
farms in Maine upon which are rem
nants of once fine orchards. With the
abandonment Of the farms has come
about quite reforesting Of much of
the country and with this an Increase
of wild game. 1t is said that large
number of bears have been killed this
fall in that section, and they are near
ly always found in these old apple
orchards, bruin being very fond of
apples.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

This year the Kherzon oats, imported
from Russia to Nebraska a few years
ago, have given an Increased yield Of
fifteen bushels per acre over other
varieties where they have been planted
In the west.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

One Of the great wastes in the west
ern farms is the waste and loss of al
most all the valuable fertilizer made in
the feed yards where cattle and hogs
are fattened for market. The common
way Is to select dry side hill for the
yard, in order that such yard may be
kept clean and dry with the result that
all the manure is washed out and in
solution goes into the creek. Where
this is done there is waste Of fertility
which soon tells on the farm.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

We regard all catch crops sown In the
cornfeld, such as rape, cowpeas or even
clover, as injurious to the crop Of corn
to a greater or less extent. 1t may
be urged that such catch crops cannot
hurt the corn more than do weeds,
which is probably true, but then weeds
in the cornfeld are ever and always
hurtful to the corn.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

The settlers out in what may be prop
erly called the semiarid region Of the
west are making merry this year for
the reason that an abundant rainfall
has secured them a very fine crop. The
bad thing about this is that the dry or
the normal seasons are sure to return,
and when they come there is nothing
but disappointment and loss for the
men who try to cultivate the soil. 1t
has been that way in the past and will
be again.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

The poorest lands in the states Of
Missouri and Arkansas grow the best
peaches, the rough and stony lands
which are impossible Of cultivation in
any crop.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

The common custom ali through the
hog raising sections of the country is to
push the pigs for the market In the
shortest time possible, the aim being
to make the pig weigh from 200 to 225
pounds by the time it is eight months
old, and then sell it. We have a friend
who pursues another plan with profit.
He does not attempt to force his pigs,
but runs them on grass and clover the
first summer and feeds enough during
the winter to only just keep them in
fair flesh and growing. When they are a
year old he fattens them and has pigs
to sell which weigh from $50 to 45O
pounds. He claims, and we think right
ly, that pigs so raised have better con-
st'tutions, are healthier and are far
less liable to disease.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

Two-thirds of the food consumed by
flock Of sheep on farm would be
utterly wasted did the sheep not use
it. Sheep prefer most of our common
weeds to our best grasses and as weed
exterminators are worth all they cost
on any farm. One can easily tell a
sheep farm by the almost entire alb
sence Of weed growth. Then the distri-
button of fertilizer by the sheep counts
much in it's favor, all lands over which
sheep are allowed to run not only be-
ing free from weeds, but enriched as
well.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

We noticed new thing the other
day. A man had transpianted a white
oak tree about three inches in diameter,
setting it out this fall. We have never
known an oak tree to be transplanted
and live and have often regretted that
it could not be so moved. The only
way to certainly secure the oak tree
seems to be to plant the acorn where
the tree is to grow, and this is such a
tedious process of securing a tree, the
oaks making but a slow and feeble
growth during the first fifteen years,
that few care to try the experiment
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

1t is getting to be snow time, and
one Of the first duties of a good citizen
is to see that his walks are kept free
from snow. If too busy to do it him
self, there are plenty of bright boys
who will be glad to earn dime or two
in this way. 1t is a good idea to look
after the widows sidewalk also.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

The lard hog is the natural product
of the corn growing section of the
country. 1t Is not easy to produce any
other kind Of hog, even the SO called
bacon breeds, no matter whether they
are brought from Canada or from the
south, inevitably assuming the lard
hog type in few generations when
brought into the corn belt. The bacon
hog is the product Of less fattening
food-the mast Of the timber lands Of
the south and the barley and peas
which constitute the pork making ma
terial Of Canada.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

The good neighbor Is the unselfsh
one and to get good neighDor man
needs to be bit unselfisb himself.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

We read Of man who shot FIVE peli-
cans the other day merely for the sake
of the notoriety which would accrue to
him therefrom. He represents a class
of vandals which are rapidly clearing
the country Of every Wild bird and ami
NAL. Don't be one Of this kind, boys,
but If there are many wild birds and
animals on the farm Of whose dam
aging character you have no proof, let
them live in peace and seek rather to
cultivate their confidence and make
them your friends than to make your
self their executioner
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

Our experience has been that It is
very difficult to make a young fruit
tree grow where it Is planted in an
orchard already partially occupied with
aged fruit trees, these seeming to have
so monopolized the soil that no matter
bow well the young tree may be cared
for it is simply starved out. OF hun
dred such young trees which we have
planted during the past four years
among trees eight years old we do not
believe 5 per cent have made live Of
it, and those which have lived give no
promise Of ever making healthy, Wig
OrOus trees.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21

The deposits Of Ignite coal in North
Dakota and Montana bid fair to con-
stitute one Of the great natural re-
sources Of those states. This territory
Is far removed from a fuel supply.
There seems to be an unlimited guam
t1ty Of this corn, and, while it requires
special treatment, there Is not any
doubt but 1t will be made available for
all fuel purposes. The most promising
method Of handling 1t bids fair to be In
the form Of briquettes, In which form
it does not slack and is available for
use in ordinary furnaces.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-12-21
We read much today about the trou-

We read much today about the trou-
bles of the unemployed people of Eng
land. It seems that there are hundreds
Of thousands Of people with nothing to
do and nothing to eat In this connec-
ton we note that the game preserves
Of the nobility are constantly being en-
larged and vast areas Of fertile land
being tnclosed and devoted solely to
the propagation Of game tey make sport
for the lords and barons. Nothing bet
ter could be done for England today
than to break up these enormous reser-
vatons included in these game pre-
serves and put these hungry people to
work on the land to produce food to
eat. A condition such as this would
produce an insurrection In this country
and appeals loudly to the statesmen OF
England for correction.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
Receipts Shipments

The receipts Of barley broke all
previous records and oats and rye were
only slightly behind 1904, which was
the largest previous year. -
The grain business of Minneapolis
is one of the most effective influences
in bringing the city into close rela-
tons with the surrounding country. A
farmer or shipper is naturally more in,
terested in the place to which he sends
his product than any other. He nat
urally turns in that direction to buv
those things which he needs. Grain
constitutes the largest item Of freight
received in the city during the year,
and the enormous grain elevators are
the most conspicuous objects to BIZ
seen from the railroad trains as they
enter the city, ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31

While the calendar. year is most
commonly used in reporting statistics
Of grain the most consistent grouping
Of receipts is by the so-called stcrop
year, A new crop begins to make
its appearance in Minneapolis about
the first Of September, and is usually
all marketed by the end Of the follow
ing August. The year beginning Sept
1, thus constitutes the crop year and
the receipts for that period show what
proportion Of the crop Of the season,
this city secures. The crop Of 1904
was not large one, but the wheat re-
ceipts for that crop year were very
satisfactory as shown by the follow
ing: .|4.,' %1 ~.
Wheat Movement for Nro,, vaar 1904
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-31
Receipts Shipments

Totals 80. ..89,os1,7oo 24,l12,32o
The totals for the crop year of 1908
were, receipts, s5,139,130 bushels;
shipments, l7,l53,160 bushels.
Coarse Grains.
For long time after the founding
of the chamber Of commerce the hand
ling Of coarse grains remained a very
insignificant part of the business of the
market. Later years have seen great
change. Minneapolis now handles a.
large amount Of oats, corn, rye, flax
seed and barley, (the recei pts Of the
latter two classes being, in proportion
to the general volume Of production)
placing the market in a position Of
special prominence. Receipts AMI
shipments Of the principal coarse
grains for the past two years were as
below: