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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-12-17
Minnesota,

Minneapolis.-The first definition Of
gross earnings" in the history of the
state was given by the supreme court
yesterday morning in a suit Of the
state against the Minnesota & Inter.
national Railway company for taxes
on unreported earnings. The state
wins on a majority of it's claims, and
those involving the largest amount of
money, and in the establishment of
the principles will enable the state to
collect thousands of dollars from a
number of the thirty-fve railroads do.
Ing business in the state.
The decision says that the earnings
of railroad, for the purposes of tax
alton, should not be confined to the
The lower court gave the state taxes
upon two tens involved in the suit
and the higher court adds eight addi-
tional items in the seventeen claimed
by the state.
The court holds that the road in ad-
dition to It's receipts for transporta-
ton should pay taxes on receipts from
lumber companies for loading cars for
the companies, for the use of railway
equipment by construction concerns
and for the use of work trains by
other roads. Income derived from in
old material and what might have
been received from charging for haul
ing its own supplies, is not taxable.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-12-17
Wages Are Increased.

st. Cloud.-More than half of the
union men In the state received an
increase in remuneration during the
past two years, according to a report
being prepared by Frank Hoffman of
the state labor department.
Members of 40 unions to the num-
Der of 10000 received an increase of
2 to 20 per cent in pay and ,451 men
had a reduction in their hours. There
were 3,055 workers who received both
an increase in pay and had their hours
shortened. Only four unions reported
a decrease in pay.
The union men raised $296,357 dur
ing the period for disbursement in aid
of other members. OF this amount
$199,550 was for strike benefits. Flu
neral expenses consumed $4,000 and
$24, 500 was expended in sick benefits.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-12-17
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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14

ark, n. j., but eventually drifted to
Wilkesbarre, where he secured en-
ployment with the railroad contract
ors.
Two days after Rizzolo was dis
charged from custody he went to
Poughkeepsie. \. Y. where he start
ed Il commissary department for the
benefit of his fellow Italians who We're
employed by Mr.. McFadden, who had
railroad contract in that section OF
New York. Mike still had Il passion
for making money quick. His pros
poets looked good.
But all the while Linden had two
employees at the elbow of Mike Riz-
zolo. Both of these fellows were ltal-
ians One pretended TO be half-wit-
ted and managed to be in the company
of Mike all the while. He not only
worked with him. but he ate and slept
with him Rizzolo on his part not
only gave the man his confidence by
day, but he poured his incoherent
dreams into his willing ear by night.
Detailed reports We're sent to Linden
with religious regularity.
A few weeks after the crime Riz-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
CAPTAIN LINDEN'S
MOUNTAIN MYSTERY
By GEORGE BARTON

linden's purpose. The italian looked
about him nervously. His glare rest
ed upon a large portrait of Allan
Pinkerton, the founder of the agency.
The eyes of the veteran detective
looked down on the murderer accus-
insly-at least he thought so. He
turned around and was greeted with
the motto of the agency, I'VE Never
Sleep lie was very uneasy now.
Linden re-entered the room carrying
legal-looking document in his hand.
IL was a warrant for the arrest of the
italian. Linden looked very solemn.
Michael RiZZolo, stand up
The suspect arose, curious and fear
ful
What is it?" he cried.
Linden put his broad hand on the
mans shoulder.
arrest you for the murder of Nc
Ciure and Flanaghan.'
Rizzolo sank to the floor a shapeless
heap of crushed humanity.
1t was some moments before he re-
covered his nerve. When he did So
the detective said
You are not compelled to tell me
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
EQz2ED f122H ZE AZpOColg R01RIE z07o1zD

anything. You can keep quiet if you
wish.'
"Oh. no." he cried, Il must confess.
| can't keep quiet any longer!'
And there in that little room, in
passionate words, he poured forth the
story of the atrocious double murder
on the Luzerne mountains
1T was greed for gold" said Mike,
that was at the bottom of it all. The
scheme to waylay and murder Nc
Clure and F1anaghan was first con-
cocted on Sunday, September2. Gui-
seppi Bevenino and Vincenzo Villella
and l thought what a good time we
could have in Italy if We could get
this money. We talked it over for
a long time, and finally concluded to
carry out the scheme. We secured the
woods thoroughly to find a good place
to conceal our firearms and the money
in case we succeeded. After looking
about for more than two weeks we
finally located place that suited our
purpose. Then bought a rife at a
store in Wilkesbarre, and We were
ready. On the morning of Friday, Oc-
tober 10, saw Mcclure go away from
the works. followed him to Miners
Mills. Villella and Bevenino did not
come to Miners Mills that morning
but remained in the woods. After
leaving Miners Mills, l passed Nc
Clure on the road"
What did Mcclure say to you?"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14

zolo's sister was married and he made
he presented his brother-in-law with
$1,000 to set him up in the bakery bust
ness. Also, at sundry times he dis
played great rolls of greenbacks.
which were certainly not the profits of
his business in Poughkeepsie. Finally,
about the 18th of January, Rizzoio
made elaborate plans for trip to
Italy. He arranged to sail on the
goth Of January. Linden resolved that
the Italian should never leave Amer
lea. He had ample evidence He re-
solved to arrest him at once. So he
laid trap to entice Mike to Phila-
delphia, thus bringing him within the
jurisdiction Of the court
The Italian responded. AS he alight-
ed from the train, Linden came for
ward to meet him. 4aizzolo was
somewhat taken aback at the sight of
the detective. but his nerve did not
desert him.
What do you want?"
Il want you to help me out on
little case I'm interested in," was the
significant response
They drove down to the Philadel-
phia Office of the Pinkerton agency.
Linden Immediately escorted his man
into his private office.
wait here" he said, "TIl be back
in a minute"
Mike felt uncomfortable. That was
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14

other man believes him guilty Of
crime. No one knew this better than
Robert J. Linden.
His assistant Capt. f. ]. Dougherty,
said:
Shall we arrest Rizzolo?"
NO; We must get either a confes
sion or sufficient evidence for con-
viction.'
At this critical stage OF the game
the local authorities who had heard
of the movements of Linden and his
assistants, re-arrested Rizzolo. Lin
den was not given to profanity, but
some of the things he said on that oc
casion were unprintable, He foresaw
a trial and an acquittal-a fiasco. a
miscarriage of justice. He went to
Thomas Quigley of Miners Mills.
Mr.. Quigley, you want the noun
tain mystery solved?'
Surely
Then go bail for Mike RiZzolo."
Quigley went RiZZolo's bail in the
sum of, 81 ,000, and the Italian was re-
leased from custody He was delight
ed To his mind he had been tried
and virtually acquitted of the crime.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
The Latest Market Report.

When the market reporter was indfs-
posed the poet-parasrapher was drafted
to do the markets-and this is what he
wrote: Butter is still strong at 30
cents holding its own, yeast cakes
are raising steadily, bananas are slip
ping along at the Old price With an
occasional drop; cheese is lively ana
stirring; syrups are sticking to former
prices and about a pint more TO the
quart than they were last year; dried
apples are swelling the markets;
chickens are picking up little. and
pork Is still on the hog"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14

He must have had a smattering of
lawn fact, possessed that little
learning which is dangerous thing"
because he said more than once to his
confidants:
"a man can't be tried for murder
twice. Once acquitted, he's free
man."
before the alderman was not trial,
and that his discharge was far from
an acquittal But from the moment
he was released his every footstep was
shadowed; every house that he en-
tered was marked; every word that he
uttered was overheard, and every
penny that he spent was noted in
a little red book kept by one of Lin
den's rubber-shoed sleuths.
Rizzolo seemed anything but des-
rerado. He was about "a years old
and rather agreeable looking, except
for his nose, which had a discolora-
tion which won for him from his coun-
trymen the nickname of Red Nose
Mike" He came to America from
Calabritto, in the province of Avel-
linon, near Naples. In his own coun-
try he was apprenticed to a barber.
But he was restless and dissatisfied
with this employment and wanted to
come to the United States, where, he
had heard, money was to be picked up
on the streets. On his arrival in
America he worked for awhile in New
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
For the Prolific.

Cardinal Logue, during his visit to
Pocantico Hills, was asked how many
sermons a preacher could prepare in
a week.
Smiling, Cardinal Loguo answered:
'If the preacher Is a man of extra
ordinary ability, he can prepare ono
sermon; If man of average ability,
two; If a donkey. ten or twelve
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
A Question Of Clothes.

Little Newmans mother had faith
fully tried to answer his question in
regard to death and the future life,
and he had been told that when he
died his soul would go to heaven.
One day he came running in from
his play and in excitement cried.
Mamma, mamma, if just my sour
goes to heaven, what am | going to
button my pants outo?'-Delineator
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
Descending.

Office Boy-The editor is much
obliged to you for allowing him to see
your drawings, but much regrets he Is
unable to use them,
Fair Artist (eagerly)-Did he say
that?
Office Boy truthfully)-We not
exactly. He just said, Take 'am
away, Joe; they make me sick. '-Hafp
er's Weekly
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
Conceaiinq Its Age.

Mrs. Brindle-Now, Mary, l want
you to be careful. This is some very
old table linen; been in the family for
mole than twenty years and
Mary-Ah, sure, ma am, You needn't
worry. won't tell soul and it looks
as good as new Woman's
I life
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
Doino a Good Business.

Inquiring Lady-"How much milk
does your COW give a day."
Truthful Boy" Bout eight quarts.
lady"
-Inquiring Lady-"And hoy much of
that do you sell?'
Truthful Boy" Bout twelve quarts.
lady"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
Both Lookino for Him.

The stranger advanced toward the
door. Mrs. O'Toole stood in the door
way with a rough stick in her left hand
and frown on her brow
Good morning" said the stranger
politely, I'm looking for Mr oToolo.
"So'm l." said Mrs, O'Tooic, shift
ing her club over to her other hand
Eyerybodys Magazine.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14
Wouldn't Trust II.

You reckon you'd make de trip ter
heaven eff dar wuZ a elevator gVlne
dar?'
NO, suhi KaZe ! well knows ef |
wuz in dat elevator de devil would be
sho, ter be pullin' de rope Atlanta
Constitution.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-11-14

How Famous Detective I'm
earthed Great Quantity of
Loot Guided by the Crook
He Outwitted-All Guilty
Ones Receive the Penalty,
Through Work of Clever
Sleuth-OvercomeS All
Obstacles.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27
LECTURE PAGE
AROUND THE CIRCUIT.
LECTURER /. ]. KING WRITES OF


TOUR.
notice you have given the lectur-
ers a page in your paper and request
us to write you accounts of our trips.
visited Duck Hill the latter part of
March and addressed an attentive au-
dience. On the End Of May organ
lied a local union there.
They have some good material at
Duck Hill and show growth ia great
strength. They have warehouse
with over seven hundred bales of cot
ton in it, being held for Is cents per
pound. I addressed a gathering of
men at Common Local five miles
from Duck Hill. Later | made trip
to Webster county and lectured at
two places. They have warehouse
at Eupora with over eleven hundred
and fifty bales being held for Is cents
per pound. have made speeches to
a number of locals too many to men
tion in this article. The boys are try
ing to get up stock company to
build a gin and warehouse near
Winona. Think they will succeed
soon. The boys at Carrollton also
contemplate building warehouse
soon am informed by brethren in
every community that the crop Of
home supplies have been increased
and credit business is being curtail-
ed
find a glorious feeling Of co-opera-
tion among the membership and they
are with us to stay.
Very fraternally
! t. j. KING.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27
STILL IT RAINS.
H. w. BRADSHAW,
State Lecturer.

The last few days | have had the
pleasure Of being in eleven counties
to-wit: Yazoo, Holmes, Alfalfa, Madi-
son, Kinds, Rankin, Scott, Newton,
LauderdaIe, Clarke and Wayne. In
all my travels / find all the crops in
fearful condition. People are not
through planting, some ground not
broken up-at all it surely is the
gloomiest outlook I ever saw at this
writing, May the 18th It is to be
hoped that the farmers will not forget
their feed crops. Let your cotton go.
Be sure to make home sustaining.
You cannot provide for your loved
ones and pay so cents for corn, 60 for
oats. 12 for bacon, when you can raise
corn for So cents and meat for 5.
AT present prices and conditions, it
will cost you 10 cents to raise cotton
AT this rate is only a question Of time
for you to go to the wall. Make your
living at home, cotton or no cotton.
Your leaders have appealed to you to
reduce your acreage time after time
and you won't. Now it seems that the
Supreme Ruler has come to our res
cue for your disobedience, and will
force a reduction Brethren, prepare
to live at home and let's hold the
ground. We have already won.
M. Al. BROWN.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27
FROM H. w. BRADSHAW, STATE
LECTURER.

Brother M. A. Brown and myself
left jackson on May Sth, arrived at
Ridgeland, Madison county Friday
evening. We had the pleasure Of Wis
iting the canning factory at that place,
which has recently been constructed.
This promises to be very paying
investment, as all the berries and
fruit of all kinds that heretofore have
been wasted, except what had been
used for home use, can now be ship
ped to the market as they see fit at
profit to themselves.
We need more enterprises of this
kind in the state.
We had very large crowd to hear
us at o'clock in the union hall, both
men and ladies. We were highly en-
tertained by a number of excellent
recitations and delightful music rem
dered by the young ladies present
Nice refreshments were served after
meeting adjourned. Brother Brown
and myself then left for Durant.
Those people at Ridgeland are north
erners. No better people can be
found in our state. They are chuck
full Of kindness, and we certainly hope
to be able to go back again.
May 9th we boarded the train for
Sails. On arriving we took convey
ance to Cross Roads Local where we
were to speak. The house soon filed
and buggies had to be drawn up to
the windows to accommodate the
crowds. Brother Brown knowing all
the people introduced your humble
servant. / talked for about one hour
and then Brother Brown in his usual
systematic and thorough way taught
the principles Of unionism. After
speaking the boys lined up and organ
lied for the purpose Of building q
warehouse which is the most impor
tant step the union people can take
and one they must take if. the sue
ceed. Every cotton town in the state
should have warehouse. Formers
should protect their own interest and
this is the way to do it.
Fraternally,
H. w. BRADSHAW,
State T,anturar
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27

count Of court being held that week.
We have changed the meeting to third
Thursday in June, which will be the
18th. We will expecs to have a good
crowd and we invite Brother G. r.
Hightower, the state president, to
come and see If we can't get down to
business We want to build ware
house for this season. Brethren, quit
staying at home and looking to the
other fellow to do all the work Say,
now, brethren, be sure to be there
and we will try and have job for
everyone. know everyone of you
can decide on what to do as well as
a. Because / have this office, don't
think that / know it all, for ! do nor.
want you al to come and decide
what is best to do. With best wishes
to all, am
d. i. ALLEN.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27
DEPOSIT BY MAIL.
D. L. ALLEN.

Send your deposits by bank draft,
check, or by postal or express order.
Should this be your first deposit we
will send you pass-book by return
mail. We will also send you full in
formation concerning future deposits
and Withdrawals Mississippi Bank &
Trust Company.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27
That tired feeling, bilious headache
cured by 25c bottle of Hunters Pills.
The TroubIe wlth carr.

Il rather like your friend" Mrs.
Page said, graciously, after Carr had
gone home. "He is good looking and
agreeable, but you can't call him q
brilliant conversationalist. The Law
ton girls talked all round him."
Unfortunately" replied Mr.. Page,
'Carr cannot talk on a subject unless
he knows something about II. -
Youths Companion.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27

How to classify cotton whole sub
ject in nutshell-first and only COM
plete instructions ever published
farmers, merchants, buyers, sellers,
learn to grade cotton. Postpaid one
dollar. Order today.
THE COTTON GRADER PUB co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
5-13- At.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27
Fraternally,
j. w. ANDERSON.
Dear Uncle Tom:

Dear Uncle Tom:
Our union meets with the County
Union in July Can't you arrange
things and be with us on the 9th and
10th of July? We will meet two days.
Now, if it is impossible for you to be
with us, send us some good man.
J. L. 6.
Dear Brother Collins:
/ am due at Central school house
on the 9th and 10th Of July, in Rankin
county, but will try and get Mr.. M.
A. Brown to go. | regret this very
much, but hope to be with you all
some time in the future.
TOM S. HAYNIE.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27

Dear Editor Of the Union Advocate:
/ wish to correct my date Of the
Tallahatchie County Union meeting
that was to be held at Goals Chaple
the third Thursday in this month. We
had to put the meeting off on ac-
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27

days late now, due to the fact that we
have had considerable rain and
all the bottom lands have been wash
ed up. However, this does not cause
us to give up. We have 48 members
in our local We meet twice each
month and take in from to new
members every meeting. must say
our union is wide awake, SO it won't
do to fool with us. Wishing the Adj
vocate and all Of it's readers much
success.
Yours truly,
JAMES g. COLLINS.
Dear Advocate:
On the goth of April / was billed to
lecture in Jasper county, but sickness
prevented my going On the 7th of
May / was prevented from being at
Linton, Clarke county by railroad
washouts. / wish to say to the breth-
rem of these counties that I regret
these disappointments very much, for
l am exceedingly anxious to come to
them with the full gospel of union
ism, and hope to do so yet and that
not later than July. # lit is the pleas
ure Of the executive committee to con
tinue my work. Be of good cheer,
brethren, for we are gaining ground
each day and the enemy is becom-
ing more and more alarmed at our
strength and determination to win OF
die.
Fraternally,
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27

Hunters Pills the best, containing
no calomel.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27
Dear Advocate:

Dear Advocate:
Wilkinson County Union will convene
in regular session with Hux school
house local on Saturday, June 9Th,
1908. The morning session will be
open one to which the public are in
vited and which will be addressed. by
speakers from a distance, ample pro
visions will be made to feed the
crowd, and an executive session will
be held in the afternoon.
/ would like to have bundle of
sample copies of the Advocate and a
history of the union you offer ais a
premium. Yours fraternally,
@. NETTERVILLE.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27


To the Mississippi Union Advocate:
I note with great pleasure the
change the managers have made in
the style Of the Advocate. know
you want to know the real feelings
of the people in the matter. know
lit is very helpful to those placed in
positions of responsibility to meet
with. encouragement from those they
serve, and to this end | would like
to say that / think the paper much
improved in more ways than one.
One Of the nice changes it affords is
the additional space given to the
membership to write their thoughts
for the paper.
gather much information and en-
couragement from your paper and it
helps me to be better man in every
way. / hope the membership through
out the state will all take the paper
and show their appreciation of its
work. | hope you can induce the
people to heed your advice and teach
Iings.
Best wishes to all Of you.
Very fraternally,
J. M. POLK.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-05-27

Dear Editor:
/ will say few words in regard
to our crops here. The crops are 20
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-03
H1Lo LOCAL ITEMS.

Letters received from Dr. G.. L. Stow,
by his friends, show that he has book
ed to leave Liverpool by the Allen line
turbine steamer Victorian toward the
end of October. He will come across
Canada to Vancouver and thence direct
to Hilo.
The Hilo Fruit Co. IS cannery is kept
busy by the planters whose crops are
maturing very fast as result of the
recent warm sunny weather. In order
that no fruit may spoil through delay
the cannery is being run overtime, and
to some extent on Sundays.
Cattle on the Keauhou ranch are dy-
ing of thirst. There has been no rain
in that locality, with the exception of
slight showers, for several months.
1t is not so dry at the Volcano House
that you would notice it.
The bark Annie Johnson arrived in
Hilo last week IL days from San Fran
cisco. She brought several large red
wood tanks with total capacity of
half a million gallons, for the Hawaiian
Mahogany Lumber Co. at Pahoa.
japanese laborers who are working
on the plantations are trying the get
rich-quick scheme. Their plan of oper-
alton is old, though somewhat novel III
this Territory. They simply punch holes
in their time tickets so as to show that
they have apparently worked for
longer time than tallies with the plan
tation books. Two japanese at Olaa,
who were caught in running up their
score, were each fined ten dollars and
costs on Tuesday morning
F. Brughelli met with a painful and
serious accident last week when both
collar bones were crushed. A wild
horse which he was endeavoring to con-
vert into civilized member of the
equine community crowded Mr.. Brug-
hell against a telephone pole. The pole
refused to yield with the disastrous re-
suits to Mr.. Brughelli narrated above.