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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
8
The narrator discovers a trap door in the grotto leading to a cellar stash of disguises and clothing. He plans to escape and reveal his true identity to Nita Barlotti, while mutterelli’s movements and motives hint at deeper plots surrounding the Maligni murder and Thorlane’s fate.
In the Italian countryside, the weary Jew trails Dambo after a wall climb near the prefetto, meets Brother Michael who warns of danger, and Dambo confesses a midnight assault plan by Count di Pordino to seize Signorina Barlotti for money losses.
London postmen report about one hundred thousand letters going to wrong boxes daily. The clerical misrouting creates delays and misdeliveries across the capital. Authorities urge careful labeling and better routing to improve accuracy.
New York City ministers urge President Roosevelt to appoint a mediation commission to end the coal strike. They warn prolonged stoppage will bring unparalleled suffering to city poor and call for earnest efforts acceptable to all parties. A Washington dispatch notes federal interference is constitutionally powerless, with another conference expected to propose a solution.
In Omaha Nebraska an international convention of the Disciples of Christ is projected for two weeks hence lasting six days. Delegates from around the world will attend. speakers include Benton McMillan Champ Clark Governor Bushnell Zack Sweeney Governor Stanley and Silas A Holcomb.
Clarence Thurston twenty two year old son of Former United States Thurston Nebraska and an attaché to the world’s fair offices in St Louis was found unconscious from asphyxiation in his hotel room. The door was shut the keyhole plugged the window bolted and the gas jets open indicating possible suicide. He was taken to City Hospital where doctors at 2 o clock said recovery possible.
Five thousand Chicago school teachers, organized through a committee, ask the federation of labor to form a union. They protest the board of education for docking them on Labor Day. A Sunday meeting will set preliminary steps. A wage and hours scale will be presented to the board with an ultimatum.
Ben Griefel a prominent German farmer near West Union died by his own action when he jumped into a cistern by his house Tuesday night about eight o clock. He had been reading a paper and failed to return, prompting a search. Griefel was found drowned in the cistern. he leaves a wife and eleven children.
Sheriff C. C. Scott of Osceola Iowa was struck in the head with a club by an unknown assailant lying in wait in a dark alley near his home. He was found unconscious about an hour after the attack and is in serious condition but not believed to be fatally injured.
Underwriters syndicate of the original United States Steel will issue another five per cent dividend. A notice sent by J. R. Morgan & Co Tuesday states this is the fourth ten million dollar dividend, bringing total profit to forty million on an actual outlay of twenty five million, a 160 percent return.
Madame Zola kept sleepless and gravely weak after learning husband Emile Zola died from carbon monoxide. A bulletin says her condition is satisfactory but requires isolation and rest. Dr Vibert’s autopsy confirms carbon monoxide poisoning as the cause. funeral set for Friday.
Indianapolis faces a severe gas outage as of Sept 30 with no fuel supply after tomorrow. Thousands of workers remodel homes and add chimneys for coal or wood heating, but only about one third of required chimneys are ready. An estimated 20 000 fireplaces will be built before winter, providing work for masons and other trades.
Burglars forced entry to Miller and Cooper store in Holbrook Nebraska and blew open the safe but took only about 30 dollars. Damage centered on the safe and building. A prior attempt six months earlier ended when thieves fled after defeating the safe mechanism.
A La Center, Washington druggist aged eighty five allegedly set fire to Mrs White’s drug store then to his own shop and perished in the flames. Authorities suppose he destroyed rival property and then either ingested poison or allowed himself to be cremated alive at home.
The steamer City of Rome of the Western Transportation Company went ashore in dense fog on North Point about seven miles north of Milwaukee Wisconsin. It carried merchandise and was en route from Buffalo to Milwaukee and Chicago. The grounding site is perilous but seas are calm and no great danger is feared.
John J. Viskocil, a 42 year old Bohemian farmer from Newman precinct Saunders County Nebraska, was adjudged insane by the examining board. His insanity has become violent since his incarceration in the county jail. Sheriff Webster transported him to Lincoln.
William Loux of Le Mars, Ta, attempted death by self inflicted gunshot Monday night. He fired over the heart with a 32 caliber revolver and is in a precarious condition. No cause is assigned as his business affairs are said to be in order and he was in good health and spirits.
In Peshtigo Wisconsin Gus Seifeld allegedly fatally shoots his father after reports he was beating his wife. The son carries his mother to bed then surrenders to police. Several farmers offer to post bail and the community reportedly sympathizes with the boy.
An old fellow from Tennessee bets on Wall Street lore saying the market is a perpetual tug of war between bears and bulls. He quips that progress is fragile as a sucker falters, with the street described as a battleground where fortunes hinge on timing and nerves.
The Associated Press correspondent reports that no American cardinal will be named at the upcoming consistory marking the papal jubilee, despite ongoing pressure from American churchmen. The stance suggests a forthcoming absence of an American cardinal in the event.
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