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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1902
Page
8
The writer Mautieck Te Lio Tomer is credited as the author of Jack Robbins of America In the Ching Sea Two Gentlemen of Hawaii On a False Charge and other titles. The list highlights a range of works attributed to the author.
I confide in Mutterelli to aid my pursuit of Maligni the powerful Sardinian prefect. I aim to rescue Nita Barlotti, recover a mystery box, and confront Pacho Maligni. I offer 25 000 lire for success, aware of the dangers and servant-bribery needed to proceed.
Matterelli reports that Nita Barlotti is held prisoner at the prefetto's villa where plans for her marriage to Paolo Maligni proceed. The narrator vows to stop the wedding and suggests a possible escape for Nita tonight with a plan to reach safety. The confrontation centers on a dramatic bid to thwart a forced union.
In Sardinia, Matterelli and the signor don disguises to observe Maligni's villa. They pose as moufion hunters with false gear to blend with officials, plan a covert entry, and note priests near the estate as a political symbol.
An excerpt explains fresh air consists of about three parts carbonic acid and five parts other gases per ten thousand parts air. It notes that 441 parts of these components in breathed air can make a room feel close.
August Jascki, seventy, a widower from Elm Creek, was killed instantly when he deliberately stepped in front of a Union Pacific freight train. Neighbors note his long battle with personal crisis and prior talk of not wanting to live. He had lived in Elm Creek since 1879.
Sheriff Lusk commands fifty men from Burt county Nebraska scouring the Missouri river region above and below Decatur to capture fugitive Fred Rams also known as Kams. Beatrice bloodhounds are telegraphed for Saturday as a desperate battle is anticipated. Rams killed Sheriff Strain and vowed to fight to the death, drawing on a past foray against Indians and a wide three day start. Authorities mobilize towns within a hundred mile radius for concerted action to seize him.
George W Day, Nebraska supreme court commissioner, may become district judge in Douglas Sarpy and Washington counties this fall. Judge W W Keysor resigns to join Washington University law school in St Louis. Governor Savage to name Day to fill the vacancy, likely for a term ending next April.
Theodore Adolph Berget of Elk Creek Nebraska married Anna Frieda Meckel of Germany at the Cortland residence of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Drexel in a highly romantic ceremony. Berget, who had left Germany years ago, became a wealthy landowner in Elk Creek before sending for his betrothed, uniting the pair in America.
Cable dispatch from General Chaffee dated Ma nila September 6 reports an attack on U S troops at Mauling Falls seven miles from Camp Vocars Min danao on September 1. First Lieutenant W M Parker of the Eleventh Infantry and two soldiers were wounded, one killed. Chaffee says Sumner is authorized to move troops into Maciu country and seeks good behavior from local dattos and followers while noting twelve attacks since May 2 with four killed and twelve wounded. The message asserts continued quiet and self defense by U S forces.
Burglaries and a subsequent fire destroyed John Nickerson’s Grand Island house while the family was absent. The father and son were in Denver, the mother and other son with a neighbor due to illness. A window was found open and authorities suspect arson to hide the crime. Insurance will cover at most half. An adjacent house owned by Mr Amick caught fire but was saved by the fire department.
Plattsmouth officers detained a man claiming to be followed by a killer. He said his name was William Jones and spoke of a sister Nora Baird in Benkelman Neb, which could not be confirmed. He showed two fist sized cinders from railroad tracks as protection and appeared 30 to 35 years old.
Secretary Moody designates Miss Clara N. Carleton of Haverhill to represent Massachusetts at the Des Moines cruiser launching in Quincy. Miss Elsie Macomber will christen the ship as the vessel slides from the ways. Carleton is daughter of former Haverhill mayor Geo Carleton and state legislator.
A hack owned by Nehast Bros. overturned while carrying passengers to the fair. Sam Beckley suffered a head wound and likely fatal internal injuries. W A Strain badly cut and seriously injured. R H Brown crushed and in dire condition. Frank Jebeau with multiple broken fingers. Four or five others bruised.
A Santa Fe freight house at Superior Nebraska was wrecked when a freight train backed into it in darkness. One car ended halfway inside the building, which was knocked from its foundation. The engineer said he mistook the main track and an open switch allowed the accident. No injuries to cars reported.
Water has been run to the extreme lower end of the Gering canal extending its reach about seventy five miles. The canal in the Gering valley has done good work for a new ditch and crops are splendid. Next year will give Creighton valley farmers the long awaited chance after eight years.
Disturbances spread in Croatia as anti-Servian unrest grows. Levi Ashenfelter, famed Indian fighter, dies in Covina California. Santa Fe machinists gain 25 cent daily wage increase. A yacht capsizes near Kalamazoo Michigan, all three men drown. Cincinnati Independent Brewery plant destroyed by fire with $100,000 loss and two firemen fatally hurt. London Economist notes ongoing charters of steamers to bring pig iron to the U.S. Minneapolis railroad workers indicted over rate manipulation to be seized by ICC. Tornado hits Albia and Hiteman Iowa, with several houses blown away. Paris rider Michael collides with champion Huret, injuring the French rider. Transport Buford reaches San Francisco after 41 days from Manila via Honolulu due to machinery trouble. Buford carries 900 Eighth, Fifteenth, and Twenty-sixth Infantry and 96 sick. House of Representatives in Virginia votes to amend a $35,000,000 loan bill, sending it back to the Senate for conference. President Palma opposes a lottery plan to fund the loan.
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