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ness near John Hollanback'S on Fri.

ness near John Hollanback's on Fri day.
 Mrs John Green attended the gradu- tion exercises of the New Haven Normal school, last week. Her niece, Miss Bessie Humperey, of Morris, was one of the graduates. While in New Haven Mrs Green called on her sister, Mrs Humphrey, at Grace hospital. She cannot see any improvement in her sisters condition.
 Miss Bessie Green visited her broth. CT, John Green, last week. Miss Ina Lake was the guest of her cousin, Faith Atwood, the past week. Willis Beardsley has been elected committee of the Sixth school district. The young peoples literary and so- cial club met with Miss Ruby Allen
 on Friday evening. The attendance was not large. The poet Whittier was the subject of the meeting. The ball game on the Bethlehem
 field, Saturday afternoon, was between WatertOwn and Bethlehem. The score was 10 to 8 in favor of Water | town.
 William G. Kair has been elected committee for the Center district.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.

Mrs o. B. Wheeler and Mrs A. l.. Winton are in Bethel, guests of Will liam Baird.
 Miss Nellie Birdie has been in Bridge port, the guest of Mrs Ruggles.
 Hon Arthur Hull has been in Prov idence, R. l., attending the commence of which he is graduate.
 MT and Mrs Charles Gaines of Fl art ford have been entertained at the home of Henry Seeley.
 Miss Hattie French is spending a week with her sister, Mrs H. H. Peck, in NewtOWn.
 Miss Gladys Osborne is visiting her great-grandfather, George Winton, in NeWtOWn.
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BULLS BRIDGE.
ALL THE LOCAL NEWS.

Willard M. Lane of New Haven was at his brothers, few days last week.
 Mrs B. Hatch and Mrs Helen Rora- back of Gaylordsville spent Thursday with Mrs A. B. Mallory.
 Our school closed Friday, the 23d. Mrs Fred R. Lane treated the schol. ars to ice cream and cake. Miss Urqu- hart will go to her home at Fishkill. on-the-HudsOn.
 Miss Harriet Hoag was in the vii. lage. last week, enroute for her home in Webotuck, N. Y.
 Clark Griffin is painting the house occupied by Ralph Peet and owned by the New Milford Power Go.
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BROOKFIELD.
NEwsY NOTES FROM OUR CoRREsPoNI

NEWSY NOTES FROM OUR CORRESPOND. ENT. Mrs c. F. Calkins is in New York City at the Manhattan hospital fol treatment of her eyes.
 A child who was boarding with MI Mosher, who lives in l.. J. Sturdevant's $ tenement house, died, last week, ot diphtheria. Another child was ill with the disease but is now gaining.
 A. c. Peck and family of Brooklyn have opened their home in the Center for the summer.
 MT and Mrs Daniel Murphy and A. B. Smith and daughter attended the High school commencement exercises at Newtown, last Saturday evening.
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LOCAL BRIEFS.

Miss Bessie Kenney has returned home from her visit in Hartford.
 George Benedict was in New York, last Sunday.
 John Kelley is working in Litchfield for Father Skelley.
 The Bissell cottage is occupied by Smith family fro m Orange, N. J. John Wetmore of Litchfeld has laid a concrete walk in front of Mercy & Watts store and H. B. Benedict's m arket.. Henry Palmer is able to be around the house. Dr Adams, presiding elder, of West Goshen, was at the Methodist church here, last Sunday.
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SOUTHFORD.
. ENTERTAINMENT.

PLEASING SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT.
 Those who attended the village school entertainment were very much pleased with the program. It con- sisted of vocal music, recitations, dia- logues, tableaux, etc. The children remembered their teacher by present. ing her with beautiful work table and basket combined, she in return presenting each of her pupils with a handsome remembrance. Miss Mar tha w. Thompson has been a very successful teacher here.
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JAMES KELLIHER,

James Kelliher died on Friday at his home in Tophet, aged S5 years. He is survived by wife and several chil- dren. The funeral took place on Sun. day from the Church of Francis Xa- vier, Father Cronan officiating. The burial was in St Francis cemetery. Funeral Directors La Hait & Thomas had the arrangements in charge.
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BANTAM.

THE BIssELL-DOYLE WEDDING.
 Miss Julia Bissell and James Doyle were married, June 24. at the home of the bride. They received many useful and pretty presents.
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BETHLEHEM.
SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS.

At the meeting of the joint school board, Tuesday evening, the following estimates were made for the next school year:
 High school, S390
 District Center, 3l5
 Kasson district, 275
 North Carmel Hill, 275
 South Carmel Hill, 275 l. Hayes district, 15O It was also voted to pay three or the districts the amount that they had ex- pended over their appropriation. State Superintendent of Schools AL len will be with us for another year. The good work he is doing is more ap- parent the longer he stays. He visits theschools once each month.
 One of the horses on the Whit Clover team dropped dead in the har-
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. B. w. Groves sig nature is on each box. 25c.
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VICTIMS OF REGENT ACCIDENT GONNA
 LESCING.

LESClNd.
 The victims of the railroad crossing accident of some five weeks ago are all convalescent. Harry MallinsOn is around on crutches; James L. Ferris has left for Milford with his family, and Henry Keohler, while still at the home of Dr Robinson and under his care, has dispensed with the services of his nurse, Miss Mackenzie, who has returned to Pittsfield. Such splen- did outcome of so serious an accident was scarcely dreamed of and the entire village rejoices in the returning health and strength of the three.
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LlTCHFIELD COUNTY.
WEST CORNWALL.
BITTEN BY A RATTLESNAKE.

BITTEN BY RATTLESNAKE.
 A Frenchman working on the coal job managed by Emile Jasmine, was brought to Dr Ives Monday morning, June 19, suffe ring from rattleSnake bite on the middle finger of his left hand. Although the man became delirious he was not unconscious and antidotes being successful, he is now entirely recovered, the effects of the bite not reaching further than his hand, which was considerably swollen. Only prompt action, however, saved his life.
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STEPNEY.
A SCHOOL PRESENTATION,

Mss Carolyn Osborne received iron her school in Elm street very hand
 some ornamental clock, made of brass It is little beauty and much admired
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PLATTSVILLE.

HOYDEN's HILL INTERESTS,
 The lawn fete which was announced for July 12, under the auspices of the
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THE CRACK FISHERMAN.

Henry Jackson caught 27 beautiful trout, the 18th, as your correspondent, having seen them, can testify.
 Truman E. Wheeler lost two of his very best COWS by licking fresh paint.
 Mrs Mary A. Bronson of Bridgeport,
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SCHOOL MATTERS.

A joint meeting of selectmen and school board was held at the office of Smith & Sons on Tuesday last to make appropriations for the maintenance of schools throughout the town for the ensuing year. An extra S100 was appropriated to this district which will make possible good teachers in both departments, although it is ex- pected that S75 or $100 more will have to be raised by subscription in the district, as was the case last year.
The Newtown bee., 1905-06-30

The recent dance given by the boys of the ball nine while not money making affair, managed to cover ex- penses, and made an enjoyable evening for those present.
 Herman Wheaton and Hugh Barton gave whist party at the home of MT and Mrs William Shearer, Wednesday evening, nearly all the village young people attending.
The Newtown bee., 1905-06-30

Do you pin your hat to your own hair? Can't Haven't enough hair? It be you do not know Ayers Hair Vigor Here's inroducion May the acquaintance result in heavy growth of rich, thick glossy hair! And know you will never be gray. i
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NEW HAVEN COUNTY.
SOUTHBURY.

MRS FOWLER DOES CLEVER WORK IN
 FIGHTING FIRE.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
Torture and Luxury.

To eat pate de fois gras is luxury,
,ut to prepare the delicacy for the table
is prolonged torture-for the goose.
Two months of torture for the goose
ire considered necessary before its
DIVER is sufficiently diseased to be mar
Sctable. The fowls are fed to repletion
with> sailed maize and by this means
The liver is Increased to the abnormal
weight of two or wen three pounds.
Stasburg and Toulouse are the chief
places Of manufacture and the trade
amounts to several hundred thousand
dollars annually.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
Distant Relatives.

During the winter last past certain
difficulties in the family Of a naval
officer in Washington led to proceed
ings for divorce. Not long after the
separation Of the couple the wife was
again>married, this time also to a naval
officer. In the mean time her first
husband had been ordered to sea duty.
Recently he returned 20 Washington,
and while in the company Of a friend,
was Unexpectedly brought face to face
with the successor to his former wife's
affections. The friend vas on the point
of introducing the two officers when
husband No. l smiled genially and in
terrupting him, said: "Oh. we've met
before. We're Observation-Disclosures
urday Evening Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
Resained Health in Long Drive.

Determined to improve his wifes
health BY plenty of pure air and out
of-door life. b. A. Richardson, who has
just arrived at Belle PLANE, succeeded
in accomplishing his mission in a novel
and unique manner. The family a
been in the State Of Washington for
some time, and longing to get back to
Iowa, they started with a horse and
wagon from Spokane, July -, drove
all the way to Belle Plaine, got home
in time to start at once for Evanston
to spend Thanksgiving and Mrs. Rich
ardson has recovered her lost health,
thanks to the long and extended wagon
ride. The distance traversed is nearly
$500 miles. The health Of Mrs. Rich.
ardson began to improve as soon as
the family had been on the trip two
weeks. and to-day she is enjoying the
health of her girlhood, the best OF her
life.-Eldorado. Correspondence OF the
Des Moines Register and Leader.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
~MURDEREDIN CITY STREET
Bold Shooting ARRAY at Midnight
Results in One Death.
Gang OF New York Toughs Supposed to
Have Planned the Killing of James
Brennan, a Truck Driver.

New York City. Two members OF
the Yakey Yake gang. who the police
said were William Budd and James
Galligan, shot and killed James Bren-
nan, a truck driver, of 100 Oliver street,
at the corner Of Madison and Cath
arine streets, shortly after midnight.
The murderers ran up Madison street
and escaped.
According to the story told by wit
nesses, Budd and Galligan planned the
murder some time ago. Both a been
heard to threaten Brennan. Brennan
is said to have told the police some
months ago some things of the doings
of the gang. He was under suspicion
as an informer. and they got what tney
thought was confirmation.
According to the witnesses they hung
around the corner of Catharine and
Madison streets at night waiting tor
him. They stood in the shadow of the
house on the southeast corner until he
was about opposite him. pistols in hand
and each fired two shots at him.
Two bullets entered his forehead, one
took him in the chest and n in the
abdomen. He was dead instantly.
One of the assassins threw his pistol
away as far as be could Gt was picked
I'D in front Of 81 Catharine street.
eighty feet away. Then both men ran
up Madison street. .
Policeman Stafford. who was several
blocks away. heard the shots and sent
to the Oak street station for the re.
serves. who cleared the streets of the
crowd attracted by the shooting.
Brennan's body was taken to the sta
ton house.
A gang of young toughs, possibly some
of the same outfit. got into a row IN
the gallery Of Miners Bowery Thea
tire the same night and came to blows.
Employees of the theatre and q police.
man ran up and the gang quleted down.
One of those who had been mixed up
in the fight was Edward Lynch. de.
scribing himself as a. driver, living at
3S5 Water street.
When the show, was ended the gang
adjourned to the street and continued
their quarrel. and n of the party
shot Lynch in the right leg on the side
walk in front of the theatre, thereby
scattering the crowd that was coming
out. The man who did the shooting
ran off.
Lynch was taken to Gouverneur hos
pital. His wound was not serious. He
told the police that he knew who shot
him, but added: "I'll keep his name to
myself. I'll settle with that guy when
I get out Of here"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
MEDICAL examiner
OF the United States Recom~
mendS Pe-ru-na.
Another Prominent Physician Uses
and Endorses P~e-ru-na.

DR. LLEWELLYN JORDAN Medl-
Dcal Examiner of the U. S. Treasury
Department, graduate OF Columola
College. and who served three years at
West Point, has the following to say OF
Peruna:
"ALlo,c me to cypress my grCtttuoe
to yosa for the benefit derived from
your uonderTul remedy. One sho's
moathhas broughtforth q rastchange
md I noU consider myself a Wett
man after months of suffering. Fet-
LoV sufferers, Per"nu Wtttc"feg o"'r'
A constantly increasing number OF ply
sicians prescribe Peruna in their pTractice.
1t has proven its merits so thoroughly Ina
even the doctors have overcome tneir
prejudice against so-called patent meui-
cines and recommend it to their patents,
Peruna occupies a unique position IN
medical science. It is the only internal
systemic catarrh remedy known to tine
medical profession to-day. Catarrh, as
every one will admit, is the cause OF one
half the diseases which afiict mankind.
Catarrh andNcatarrhal diseases afdlct one
half of the people of the United States.
: Robert R. Roberts, M D., Wash :
: ington, D. c., writes: I
"Through my If experience :
ias auelL as that of many Of my
:friends and acquGintonces acho :
shaue been cured or relieved Off
scaturrh by the use of Hartman's !
sPermna, lean confidently recoak= !
snend 1t to those suffering from !
ssuch disorders, and haze no hest-t
statton In prescribing 1t TO myt
spatients. n---Robert r.. Roberts. :
Catarrh is a systemic disease durable
only by systemic, treatment. a remedy
that cures catarrh must aim directly at
the depressed nerve centres. This is what
Peruna does.
Peruna Immediately invigorates the
nerye-centres which gives vitality to the
mucous membranes. Then catarrh disap-
pears. Then catarrh Is permanently cured.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
ELECTORAL VOTE CAST.

Meeting of Thirty-nine Presidential
Electors of New York State.
Albany. n. Y.-The thirty-nine Pres
idential electors of the State Of New
York met in the Senate chamber at
noon to cast their ballots for Theodore
Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks
to be President and Vice-President OF
the United States. Secretary Of State
John F. O'Brien called the meeting to
order. :"
The electors cast their ballots for
Roosevelt and Fairbanks separately
and adjourned until 3 p. M. in the
meantime taking luncheon at the Fort
Orange Club as The guests Of Benja-
uin W, Arnold.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
Unreasonable Woman.

His wife asked him to read to her.
Taking up the evening paper he turned
to the woman's page and started with
the first article that attracted his at
tention.' 1t was by a distinguished
medical authority on the subject OF
correct breathing and began:
LAS a means for preventing wrinkles
in the face it is certain that the prac-
tice Of keeping the mouth shut is one
OF the most positive"
THAT will do, SIR" she snapped. IL
asked to be entertained, not to be in
sulted."-New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
Personal Mention.

Hall Caine. the novelist, is q Biblical
scholar.
Felix Philippi. the German dramat!st,
has just finished a play entitled The
Faust Symphony
The late Cardinal Mario Moceni was
notorious for his rude speech and I'm.
ceremonious treatment.
DR.. Chr:!sander, formerly private Sec
rotary to the great Bismarck, is a pa.
tient in q lunatic asylum at Hamburg.
Lieutenant-General and Mrs. Chatfee
recently gave a dinner in honor OF the
German Ambassador and Baroness Won
,Sterpburg.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, SC
I-nan fNnnNnx ".

FRANK ], CHENEY make oath that he Is
senior partner of the. firm. OF F. j. CHENEY &
Co., doing business in the City Of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, n that said
arm will pay the sum OF ONE DOL
LARS for each and every case Of cATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS
CATABRHCuRE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
49,, presence, this 9Th day Of Decem-
SEAL Der, A. D., 1886. A.W. GLEASON,
49, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on The blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Send ;or testimonials,
free. FL. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
Education Brevities.

The new Harvard catalogue shows
q membership Of 1913 in the Law
School.
The catalogue of Brown University
for 1yO4.O5 contains several noteworthy
features.
The new power plant of Cornell Uni.
versity in Fall Creek Gorge has just
been completed.
Some of the general plans for the
new library Of Yale University appear
to be practically settled.
Teachers College announces a course
of ten free public lectures in Kinder.
garten Theory and Practice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
lWYNNE CONSUL AT LONDON.

Postmaster-G General Slated For the
Best the Administration Can Give.
Washington. D. Cit is stated here
on high authority that while a formal
tender has not been made to him by
President Roosevelt. Robert J. Wynne.
the Postmaster General. is slated to
succeed Henry Clay Evans as United
States Consul. General at London. 1t
leaked out here that Mr.. Wynne's re-
cent hasty visit to New York City. was
to confer with the representatives of a
large commercial enterprise. The Post
master-Genera declined the .presl-
dency Of the concern at a salary ap-
proximating $4,000 a year. He re-
fused it because it involved looking out
for business with the Government.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
New.yy Gleanings.

There is but one Democrat il the
Kansas Legislature.
Wild dogs are becoming a nuisance
and danger in the jungies Of India.
The LuDonic plague in India is said
to be now destroying 10000 persons a
week.
The gold mining industry in Lapland
has been closed owing to the bad re-
suits obtained.
American dentists practicing in Ger
many are now prohibited from using
the title doctor"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
Whole Town Arrested.

By order of Hilmi Pacha, the whole
municipality of Uskub. together with
the vicar and clergy Of the vicorate:
were arrested, the accusation being
that they had formed a revolutionary
tribunal. A search of the houses OF
the accused was without result, but all
efforts to secure their liberation have
been unsuccessful.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
BAKU OIL FIRES SPREAD.

No Prospect of Settlement of Big Rus
sian Strike.
Baku. The oil fires continued to
spread, and already have involved the
Baku, European, Caspian and other
companies. and have destroyed 1N
tanks and a number Of dwellings and
warehouses. b
There has been no settlement Of the
strike. The proposition Of the employ.
ers to concede a workday Of nine and
a, half hours. with no change in wages.
was reported still open, but notice has
been given that if the men did not ae'
cept the terms offered their places
would be Immediately filled.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
The Field Of Shorts.

w. H. Snyder & Co.'S ,Trapper Won
the First Special Handicap at New Or
leans.
For the first time this season there
was skating in Central Park, New
York City.
Roger B~resnahan. Of the New York
National League Baseball Club, has
raised a purse of $4,000 to buy the 10.
ledo club.
In a trial spin on the Shrewsbury
River J. E. Green sent his ice yacht,
the Eagle, at a speed faster than a mile
q minute.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
The Real Ecotist.

Father" said the small boy, what
Is an egotist" 2
An egotist, my son, is a man who
has the impudence to think he knows
more than you do, instead Of giving
you credit for knowing more than he
does."-Washington Star.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
Irrigation In Dakota.

A proposition is now OF foot to irri-
gate certain parts of North Dakota and
eastern Montana whereby the govern
ment is to put in irrigation canals and
the settlers are to pay $25 an acre for
the service, payable in ten annual in
stallments of $3.50 each.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
MRS. MARCUM GETS $4,000.

Verdict For Damages in Fer Suit OTel
Her Husbands Assassination.
Lexington. Ky.zAt Winchester the
Jury in the Marcum assassination dam.
age suit returned a verdict against
County Judge james Hargis and
Sheriff Edward Callahan, Of Breathitt
County. giving the widow $4,000. She
sued for 100000. Ex-State Senator
Alex Hargis and 3. T. French. the
other defendants. were eXonerated.
Callahan and Hargis will now be in.
dicted for %instigating the murder Of j..
B. Marcum.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
N1EDRINGHAUs FOR SENATOR.

Republican Caucus in Missouri Nom.
mates Him for Coekrell:s Seat
jefferson City. Mo.-Thomas Med
ringhaus, chairman Of the Republican
State Committee, was nominated for
United States Senator by the Repub-
lican caucus on the sixth ballot. He
will succeed Senator Sockrell.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
BOSTON CITY LIGHTING.
The Board of Aldermen Votes for the
Municipal Ownership Plan.

Boston. Mass.-The new Board OF
Aldermen passed the order, recently
introduced by Councilman Mccullough,
of Ward Is. and passed by the Com
mon Council. authorizing the city OF
Boston to acquire and maintain plants
for the manufacture and distribution
Of gas and electricity for lighting pur.
poses. The vote was 9 to 3.
When the order came up Alderman
rockingham said that as it was a
very important measure, and as one OF
the members of the board was absent
he moved that it be laid on the table.
On a yea and nay vote the motion was
lost. AS soon as the vote was an
nounced Alderman Linehan moved for.
a reconsideration, and this motion was
lost. The motion was made to prevent
there being any reconsideration of the
vote hereafter.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
Laid First New York Railway.

George W. Kelsey. who, as his faith
er's partner laid the first street railway
tracks in New York City and Phila.
helphia, Pa, and from the National
Capitol up Pennsylvania avenue IN
Washington. died at Chicago, Ill, at
the age of si1ty-seren.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01
"RIack Hand" Raid.

In a raid in Jersey City. N. j.. and
the capture of nine men the police
were confident that they had found
the nest and got the chief of all the
BLACK Hand" murder and blackmail
operations in the whole metropolitan
district.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-02-01

The buildings of the Lewis and
Clarke exposition at Portland, Ore.
are-approaching completion, although
the exposition is not to be opened till
June !.