The Commoner.
JUNE 18, 190
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pharaphernalia of an alleged Black
Hand society, nineteen Italians, ar
rested two months ago in a raid,
wero placed on trial today in the
circuit court. Orazio Parabelli, 18
years old, whose initiation into the
society caused the arrests, testified
that he was forced to join the or
ganization under penalty of death
and compelled to pay $25. Para
belli, carefully guarded, said ho was
approached many, times by country
men who threatened to kill him un
less he did become a memuer. He
told of finally informing the district
attorney, who marked five $5 bills
and advised him to join the organi
zation'. After having been taken in
to the society, Parabelli says he was
told that in three months he would
receive an equal share of all money
collected. Parabelli says he was told
by the society members that it was
the custom to make a demand for
money on rich men. If the intended
victim refused to give the money de
manded members of the society drew
marked cards from the deck, and
the one drawing a certain number
was to kill the man who, refused to
pay tribute. He identified nine of
the nineteen prisoners as those who
initiated him into the Black Hand
organization, and said he knew the
others as members of the society."
in this country and they found in a
safe letters which will throw light
on many successful attempts to ex
tort money from wealthy Italians in
Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and
other states."
An Associated Press dispatch from
Washington says: "Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock has decided to dis
continue the new green special de
livery stamp, and return to the fa
miliar blue stamp, showing a spe
cial delivery messenger boy, mount
ed on a bicycle. In the great rush
with which the mails must be
handled, many letters bearing the
new stamp have escaped treatment
as special delivery matter, because
of its similarity in size and color
to the one cent stamp. The issuance
of the blue stamp will begin at
once.
;
The Confederate veterans in ses
sion at Memphis re-elected General
Clement A. Evans, commander-in-chief,
and selected Mobile, Ala., as
the next place of re-union.
Lazarus Silverman, a Chicago
banker, who is credited with origi
nating the plan for the resumption
of specie payments in 1873, is dead.
Governor Shallenberger of Ne
braska has announced the following
appointments: Secretary of the
state banking board, Sam Patterson,
Arapahoe; member of board of con-J
trol, Nebraska school for dependent
children, Dr. P. L. Hall, H. H. Har
mon and A. L. Weatherly, Lincoln;
deputy fire warden, A. V. Johnson,
Lincoln; trustees, school for blind,
W. R. Patrick of Papilllon, H. H.
Hanks of Nebraska City. The secre
tary of the state banking board takes
his office July 2. Dr. P. L. Hall is
president of the Central National
bank. He is well known through
out the state and vice chairman of
the national democratic committee.
H. H. Harmon is pastor of the First
Christian church and Mr. Weatherly
is pastor of All Souls' Unitarian
church. Sam Patterson formerly
lived at Plattsmouth and is well
known as a banker. He moved to
Arapahoe several years ago. A. V.
Johnson is a wholesale cigar dealer.
He has been prominent for years In
the Lancaster county democratic or
ganizations. His salary will be
$2,000 and his term of office begins
July 2. It is thought that Secretary
Royse will oppose the appointment
of the latter and the bank guaranty
act will be tested during the fracas.
W. R. Patrick was formerly a state
senator. H. H. Hanks has served
in the house of representatives.
John Sharp Williams of Missis
sippi delivered the commencement
day oration at the University of Nebraska.
Professor Ernest Fox Nichols was
elected president of Dartmouth col
lege, succeeding Dr. William Tucker.
An Associated Press , dispatch from
Cincinnati, Ohio, says: "Operations
in nearly every large city in the
United States and the ramifications
of the secret service in Italy will be
laid bare, it Is expected, when the
Black Hand gang, which was round
ed up In Columbus and Marion, O.,
by postofHce inspectors of Cincin
nati, aTe brought to trial. Inspec-tor-in-Chief
Holmes says the evi
dence gathered by his inspectors
and by detectives and the police of
several cities is voluminous and
there can be no doubt that the
crimes of blackmail, extortion and
threatened and attempted murder
will be fastened upon the guilty men.
In addition to the arrest of four Sicil
ians in Marlon, Columbus and Den
nison Tuesday, Joe Botella and Sam
Bizzo were taken into custody in
Marlon Tuesday night. Those ar
rootfui onrUor In thft dav were Sam
T.irnn aoi.1 fn h thfi rlnerlfifidar of An attempt by the "black hand1
the gang In the United States, and was made to assassinate Dr. Jennie
Joe Rizzo. in Marlon; Antonio Mar- A. Jbsearasiey oi vuiuugu.
A St. Petersburg dispatch printed
in a London paper says: "The trial
of M. Selden on tho charge of hav
ing published some of Count Tol
stoy's pamphlets was held here to
day. The accused was defended by
the eminent barrister-politician, M.
Maklakoff, who sumbitted to the
court the following letter, written by
Count Tolstoy himself, to the exam
ining magistrates: 'Gentlemen
Nicolal Evgenievitch Selden Is being
prosecuted for publishing and dis
tributing my pamphlets "Thou shalt
not kill," "A Letter to Liberals,"
and "Christianity and Patriotism."
As these pamphlets were written by
me and published by one of my
friends, not only with my consent
but at my desire, M. Selden taking
a purely passive part in the affair,
all the measures which are being
taken against M. Selden should logi
cally and in equity be directed
against me, especially because I
have repeatedly declared, and now
declare again, that I consider it my
duty to my conscience to dissemi
nate, so far as lies in my power, the
pamphlets in question as well as my
other works, and shall continue do
ing so as long as I am able. I feel
constrained to Inform you of this,
and ask you to take whatever meas
ures may devolve from my present
statement. (Signed) Leo Tolstoy.'
M. Selden was sentenced to six
months' imprisonment In a fortress.
The examining magistrates declined
to institute proceedings against
Count Tolstoy."
sisi, in Dennison, and Tony Bicherio
in Columbus. These arrests were
made following letters sent to John
Amicon, a wealthy fruit dealer of
Columbus, O. The inspectors say
they have evidence that a room in
the rear of a little fruit store in
Marion, conducted by the Rizzos,
. A Washington, D. C, dispatch car
ried by the Associated Press says:
"George Washington university of
this city has been dropped from the
Carnegie foundation for the advance
ment of teaching by tne active com-
Tneuni-
tnUtfia of the foundation.
was the headquarters of the society versity retired recently two of its
No. 10
San Benito, Texas, in the Fertile
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY
Broom Corn at San Benito. Two Crops fa One Year on the Same Ground
Is destined to become tho center or ono or uit vont broom corn aoctlona
In the United States. This product requires a peculiar richness of soil
and other favorablo conditions found only in raro spots. For this reason,
wherever broom corn can bo successfully grown, there you will find well-to-do
farmers and prosperous communities. Tho demand for broom corn
Is practically unlimited and the price is always good. Broom corn pays
so well even in Illinois and other states, whore only ono crop can bo
harvested in one season that land values there havo gone far beyond
the reach of the average homeserker.
What, then, of the profits at San Benito where TWO CROPS can do
raised on tho same ground during the samo season, and from ONE
PLANTING? What limit, then, to land values at San Benito whoro tho
only objections found to broom corn culture Is tho fact that thero aro
so many other crops which pay oven better! And this Is truo here, al
though cither one of the two crops raised on the samo ground during
tho samo season and from ono planting is as good as the one crop raised
In any other section of the United States.
At San Benito the curing? of broom corn In nn cany matter bc
cniiNc the climate here In Ncml-arld. The danger of broom corn
being; npolled by rains and bad weather Im very nllfcht fadced
Tho cabbage and onion crops aro now about all harvested. Our truck
growers havo made larger profits than they expected.
For further Information write us or send for illustrated booklet.
THE SAN BENITO LAND & WATER COMPANY
P. O. Box B, San Benito, Texan
ALBA IIEYWOOD, Prculdcnt and General Manager
MIIo Maize at San Benito
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