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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06

The complete and defnitive edition
Of Ruskin's works which Longmans,
Green & 60. have announced is now
taking shape, and they have issued a
description Of 1t which indicates that
it will be in thirty-two volumes; they
viii begin to appear in the coming
winter. II is edited by e. y. Cook and
Alexander Wcdderburn. and viii re
an absolutely complete collection OF all
Ruskins writings-the first uniform
edition Of them, in fact. It viii con-
tain numerous unpublished plates by
Ruskin. where possible the originals
Of plates that have been published VIII
be used. or where that il inpraCticab.e
or undesirable accurate reproductions
will be made, Some of the best por
traits OF the author will be given and
facsimiles of his manuscripts. DIFF
ferences in the texts will be collated
with the manuscripts, and much mat
ter never before printed will appear.
Unpublished passages in manuscripts
Of his published works Will also be re
produced. probably in the form OF
notes. The order Of the volumes
will. so far as possible, be chronology
cal. The edition will be two thousand
copies for the United Kingdom and
America. the type to be distributed az
each volume 10 printed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06

II. c. Weiss new book, THE Sea
Lady" which the Appletons publish,
Is a fantastic tale of a modern mer-
maid who is cast up by the sea into
the electrified bosom of q respectable
British family. The fatal tail is the
only thing in which she would excite
remark. and It is agreed that she shall
appear to their friends as a lovely
young invalid always wheeled about in
chair. which thus allows Of conceal
ment Of the offending member. The
extravaganza relates how the re-
spectacle Britons, after she has played
havoc with the hearts Of all the men
in sight, get rid Of their Troublesome
guest
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06
KAlLEoADs AND srzAasoara
I hS,lNl,a:sEsSIN
s u, SSss, 81. I y
In Effect June rs, 1900.
Trains leave Augusta as fslIovs.


Trains leave Augusta as fellows,
THROUGH TRAINS.
GOING WEST-S.s7 A. IL. for Iav4.
ION. Pennington, Rangeley, RockianS
portland, Boston, Quebec and Monfrsa1.
3 ~ A. M; GOA A. M. Sundays, FOR man
Ins points only, express for Brunswick.
lsy, keskland, Portland and Heston, 81.
rscting Tor Waite Mountain peintS.. ~
lancaster: S;oe (dsfy for Portland 81
s sSttca a RoeS 81 = soE 5ranaxiaE.
through sleeper Tor MN 43s.x ~ -
SSot sa;tIrdaZ; Laying Portland ~ II
.. sundays only. Tor Pcrufna ia ~
ten ana eonnectint 1t Portland M
through sleeper for New York; arr4vi$s
f te,;1,ns q 7.Ss A. n: 1oA ?: 4 (nis1
GOING EAsT-ln A. Il l1ieht ~.
preesl for skowhegan. Danger, Gooss.
bead Lake and Aroostook county. Va Il
Andrews, St John. via Canadian PsaS
and Aroostook and Washington countias:
z. 20 A. Ia, Bangor and Bar HARDER: al
4. NJ, for Waterville. Skowhegan. BelfaR
Bangor Ellsworth. Bar Harbor: and fcr
Oakland. Belgrade. Winthrop and vav
stations TO Lewiston; 1920 noon. Tor RaI.
gor, Bar HarDor, So. w. Hzrbor, Aroos-
took county, Vancehoro, ST. John and Hal.
flax, Lewiston and way stattozs. Tia We
terville and Winthrop; - y z. IL. expres.
for Bgeksport and daily 10 Bangor and
Bar darbor; 70 ?. n. fer Wste-vt,,s
Oakland, Norm Arson, Bingham. sEor
hogan, Belfast, Dexter Dover ana Fox-
croft, Greenviile. Bangor, Old Town ana
Mattawamkeas; 61s a H. for Water
vile, Newport, Foxcroft and Bangor. q
P. NJ, for Waterville; gl5 A NJ, Su-.
days only, for Waterville, Bangor and
Bar Harbor
The night Pullman train going East At
LIP A. NJ, runs every night. SUNDAYS In
Guided, but not to SkoWhegan on Monday
mornings, nor on Sunday Mornings 10
( Belfast, Dextsr or beyond Bangor, ex-
eepting to Bar Harbor, and Wash Co.
r.. X.
Daily for main linz points
ACCOMMODATION TRAINg.
SOUTH GARDINER TO AUGUSTA.
sundaya
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06

Gelett Burgess, leaving behind him
the realm of The Purple Cow" IS
about to print collection OF forty es-
says on The Romance of the Com
monplace." He believes that the Ro-
mantle is merely point Of view, and,
as an exponent Of this, idea, he deals
with daily life
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06
PoPHAM sEAcH ROUTE.
TO THE NATIONAL HOME

Eastern Branch, d " a., 1t Tosua
gEaHEBEC central R. R.
Summer arrangement In effect Monday
June 18th, 1862
Leave Randolph: lar. National Hong
us, 800 G. 1850 a. lZ35. 80 e. lilo A.
l2.40, 20 & 4.s0 p. M.ii0o, 400 & $50 p
*, s2a & Ills A.M.iskS. a40 s. lJ.35 ~
l.1s. 30 C sos P. NJ 1.s5, $50 & b29 X =
Sunday trains viii run as fcllows:
Leave Randolph at $50, 11.so. A. MI
end $40 p. NJ. Leave National Hon
l0.05 A IL, Los. ESQ and sos P. n
r. A. LAYTON. 6urt
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06

The legal requirement that books
and magazines copyrighted in this
country and in England shall be pub
lishsd simultaneously on both sides OF
the ocean sometimes leads to some
what curious devices for fulfilling It.
The sale Of very few copies may b.
construed a. publication" and in
cases whore the publishers are not
ready to put the book on public sale
here they sometimes have 2 few Of
tnsar slsrks buy the boob. which then
rnysteriously disappears from public
view till the time 10 ripe for . more
general distribution. When short
things are to be copyrighted q few lit
tie pamphlets are sometimes struck
OF and sold within very limited cir
Gle ana it may be imagined that in
rome eases these little copyright pub
ucatioHs might come to have a sub
.tantial value. IN one case where a
magazine was started for which an
already existing title was purchased,
in order to retain property in the title
2 miniature edition Of few pages
bearing the name OF the magazine was
got up at regularly monthly inter
walls and sold to the favored few. In
this way a hold was kept on it till the
time came for the real launching of
the magazine, when it was produced in
all sGmptuousness, and the entire
country urged to participate in the
benefit of reading it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06

In 1854 q quiet, scholarly locking
young man took up his work in one o.
the worst Of the East London slums
as secretary Of charity fund. His ar
rival was a matter of rejoicing to the
swarms Of the unworthy poor who
make an easy living from the benefits
Intended for their deserving fellows.
They saw i1 young Arthur Morrison an
easy mark" For 4 time they he
fooled him, then one day he discovered
that the Iuud Vas being systematically
.uindIed. TIE bought himself q seq
1nd hand suit IA clothes, took lodgings
in 4 ramshacl5ie ola barrack. cot y job
as a matchbox maker, Joined a local
boxing club, and became part of the
life of his slum., In this way he
learned thoroughly the character Of
tue people ana was able to put a stop
to much Of the swindling. Moreover,
he gathered q fund Of material which
afterward he embodied in his Tales Of
Mean Streets" ana his Child Of the
JaEo," which did much toward wiping
out a wretched "sIum" in London. 1Ir
Morrisou's latest book, The Hole in
the Wall" which viii be published in
September by Mcclure, Phillips &
Co.. deals with the low life which the
author so thoroughly learned from the
inside. Its scenes are laid in the river
side region that centres about the
Radcliffe Road, the English sailor
mans Bowery.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06

Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Wards new book is TO be entitled
" Averv.'' Those who read this story
of matrimonial life in Harper viii re-
mfmbsr that its.was therein called
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06

Among the good things promised by
the Macmillan Company are new books
BY Lafcadio Hearn, Marion Crawford
and the author Of Elizabeth and Her
German Garden" The mysterious
Elizabeth writes this time about the
amusing adventures Of a phaeton, the
title being "a Joyous Journey Round
Ruren." Mr.. Crawford's novel is laid
in old Rome, and is called Celia, the
last q the Vestals." Mr.. Hearn re-
vels once again in the delicately tinted
rnists of oriental philosophy. He calls
his book ''Kotto: Some japanese Curl
os, With SUndry Cobwebs-" Israel
ZanEwilI Is to contribute to the
autumn output a new volume Of short
stories called 1.-THE Grey Wig" Steph-
en- Phillips will follow UP his Ulysses
with another poetic drama. this time
On a biblical theme. as indicated by the
title. David and Bathsheba."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06

d Daily. Sundays included.
Through tickets to California and all
points South and West may be had OF q.
II. Walker, ticket agent, Augusta, the
only Office in Augusta selling via all
routes and checking baggage free Of ex-
pense.
Y. Prss. & Gen. Msg'r, @. P. T. 7. A
Portland. HE.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06

AproDos of prose writing, it is an
unfailing source of wonderment to one
under whose observation comes the
action Of the year, that so much OF this
work should be 50 good. We find no
distinctive style; but diction is easy
and varied and suitable. construction
is excellent, description is unaffected
in short. most Of the laws Of taste are
regarded. 1t IS true that hardly Two
out OF hundred Of the well devised
and wei written novels of the period
are remembered six months after they
ave read. but their workmanlike quail
Ria. sre worth noting again ana again
the reading world would PROBABLY
rtve them I'll and double the NUMBER
fo, one new ''PiclSwick-" For Charles
Dickens remains a formidable rival to
the most popular novelists of our time.
More new editions OF his work have
just been proclaimed, and there Is 20
be reckoned with a constant stream OF
books and magazine articles dealing
with his writings, his personality and
his history. The big sellers in fic-
ton come-and go-and their authors
DO not know what real popularity
means. What novel Of today would.
like "Pickwick." have been read in the
great Abby by scores Of clever men
and beautiful women as they waited
for the King? We cannot think Of any
living novelist to whose readings would
throng such impatient and breathless
crowds as those who laughed and cried
as Charles Dickens rehearsed the court
scene in "Pickwick." or told how little
Dombey died.-New York Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06

His Wife" The new title presents
the name OF ,sheshero.. Sd ~ {. Ji,51I
Charles Dick ems q latest biographer.s
Mr.. Kiiton. hss. trasd many Of the
novelists charactsw no their orlg1-
nails. Paul EDonnbeyE was Dickens's
nephew, Harry Barnett, pathetic little
cripple. who died in his tenth year.
Dora Copperfield 10 supposed to have
been a Miss Beadwen. with whom
Dickens was in love at the early age OF
eighteen. The belief that he drew tho
character Of Micawber from his father
fs not upheld by the biographer, who
has discovered in one Richard
Chicken Of York, more probable
model. This Chicken had a subordi-
nate place in the ONCE OF an en-
yineer wherein Alfred Dickens, the
novelist's brother, was employed for
several years. Miss Mowcher Dickens
was distressed at having drawn when
he learned that he had unwittingly
caused main to a really worthy per-
SON" William Shaw, who sat for the
nortrait Of the abominable Squeers, is
said to have been in actual life "a man
Of q kind and humane disposition;
after his death his neighbors placed a
stained glass window in the village
church to his memory. Mrs. Skewton,
VIC ere told. was a Mrs. Campbell, "a
lady well known at bennington, who
INDUCED in such tight lacing that the
slightest exertion caused her to pant
for breath" Captain Cutie, that fine
old boy. made his first appearance IN
Pepys's Diary, that gentleman record
ing that he met a Captain Cutie, a
sea commander, at the Royal Elk
change
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06
Eighty more or less DISTINGUISHED

Eighty more or less distinguished
writer's figure prominently in the con-
tents-table to Helen III WinsIow's
Literary Boston Of Today" and in
addition numerous minor names come
90 light during the course Of its four
hundred and more pages. 1t is natural
mat the booE should lend itself to that
gc0d-natured ridcule whereof Boston
Is so frequently the target, and 1t is 0
Miss EViuslow's credit that she realizes
and comments upon the fact in her
first chapter. THE rest of the world
VIII tell you She begins, there il 10
literary Boston today. Nothing de-
lights the average New Yorker or
ChicagOan more than TO point TO our
past glories and cry: Boston is no
longer the hub Of the universe" Ana
yet MIR. Roswell Field, loaned US for
two years from the literary Durlieus OF
Chicago, wrote back to the Evening
Post Of that city: Merely as a matter
Of general statistics and possibly Of
general interest, it may be set down
that every family in Middlesex. county.
ssachusetts, boastsa rubber tree and
an author. In certain instances there
are two or three rubber trees and an
author, and in others two or three au-
thors and arubber tree. but the aver
age holds good, and. we are all very
happy and, gooii tdfites-s" And more
over Miss sWinsiow does not hesitate
e aeltpaFi f1gss rhat tae #feater glories
Of liteTafy Boston have all departed.
lAfisr l'if1AAngs 81 +4 y. gElmeyy9,, L9ag-
fellsT, .Isotg thorsG and otli4tshs i5vi-
dences of the past greatness of literary
Boston she asks: Has any other city
in America, or in the world, men-a
group Of men-like them? In what
country will you find today a match
for that delicate and genial humorist,
DR.. Holmes? Where q philosopher like
Emerson? What town can show US
another Hawthorne, or Lowell, or
Whittier? Then let not other cities
sheer at Boston until they can hold up
such citizens Of their own and say
Behold, we are the peopler"
To give a full list Of the Boston
writers mentioned in Miss winsIow's
book would usurp too many square
inches Of the space at our. command.
some are well known. others have
local celebrity, and a few penetrate
here fox the FIRST time the veil OF OBJ
scalIty'a The froasispiece, is Il portrait
Of Julia Ward Howe, but the first
writer to whom Miss Winslow devotes
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06
BUSINESS cAR0s

WILLIAMSON & BURLEiGH.
CoUNsELORs-AT-LAw
ogic6s over Granite National Bank
Water Street, Augusta, Name
Joseph WILLIAMSON, Jr..
Notary Public
LEWIS A. BURLEIGH, City Clerk
Collections a speciality.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06

His Wife" The new title presents
the name OF ,sheghero.. 81 ~ (. Ji,51I
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06
EASTERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY
kENNEBEc DIVISION.

Com m e n-cing
Monday, Sept.
Isl, 1902, Steamer
Della Collins
Will leave Angus.
"a at 80 P. NJ,
Hallowell at .,
daily, except Sun.
day. connecting
with main line
steamers, leaving
Gardiner at 3.ae,
Richmond at 40,
Bath at 6 and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-06

One Of eur great iron manufactuISrs =
man who Is Successfully controlling me me
labor Of thousands OF men, recently Saio
that the best thing for a young man 70 a u.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23
PIANO-DEALING COUNT NABBED
For Getting Three Electric Pianos Under
False PreteRces.

Detectives Underhill and Black arrested
Joseph Won jenny yesterday on the charge of
having obtained under false pretence three
electric pianos valued at 81 $50 from the
Washington freight depot of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad
Won jenny, Who is de- ~ he'd az Hungar-
ian cunt and a piano dealer at 1911 Scott
street, Covington, Ky, was arrested at the
offices of the Ward Line, Pier 49, Fast River
The police say that when arrested he was
arranging for the reshipmert Of the pianos
to Havana. He repre- scented himself. they
say. a. the representative Of firm ii piano
dealers to whom the pianos We're cou-lg ned
and by whom he Was once employed.
The arres, was made at the inst ance of
an agent Of the railroad. who complained
10 The Detective Bureau on Thursday night
At Police Headquarters 1t vas said that
Won Jeny had been drrested al the r. Quest
of tho Washington police, who ,ele srap hed
that they had a warrant char ging him with
having stolen three pianos. The police
were notified last night that an officer
with the warrant was on his way here.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23
NC orr DOfk RNED.
Wisconsin Central Has a Loss of S5OO.ON
-PrCbabl, several Lives Lost.

.. ssuLASD. Wis. Nov. 2,.--Thr WISCONSIN
Central ore dock was dcst royod by fec this
afternoon, Va" loss being about sSc5.DO In
falling tho dock carried with il several
fromeu and deckm"o, buI how many lives
are lost will rot u known for several DAYS
50 far only one body Ia, been recovered
Several badly injured fram"p were rescued
from the burning ruins @ Of them with
b,tl lr~s broke
The fire started about ) O'Clock. pre-
sumably from n boat unloading lumber
across the slip, and before the fremen ar
rived the orc dock, n half mile long, was
in flames. IN engine was run on the
tramway as near the fire az possible, and
n half hundred men began tearing apart
the timbers connecting the tramway and
tho dock to keep it from falling with the
COCK
The dock fell with crash carrvin; with
il 200 feet Of the tralnway, the engine having
a narrow escape from falling. Several hun
dred men were under the tram. and mos,
Of them escaped with slight injury As the
burning dock and tramway fell fully "A
dozen men wcr" seen to go down in the
ruins, but as the dock fell in twenty feet
Of water, the bodies will not be recovered
for some time. A large number Of men
are searching the ruins for bodies
When the fire began an upper Gorkman
was cut OFF from the shore and a lumber
beat was put out 10 get him ON. Another
man in running 10 the shore fell into an
ore pocket and his coirpauioLs were forced
TO leave him TO his fate. The dock WIS
valued al hall million dollars and about
SIS, eco worth Of ore was csirOVpd
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23
SCARE OVER ROOSEVELT.
Onicinls SDriny to Protec, Him From a
Rough. Appearing Mar.

PHILADELPHIA. Nov o.-The only un-
pleasant feature Of President Roosevelt
visit here to-day WAS an incident after
the reception to the President In the after
noon. man Of apparently foreign birth
and roughly dressed darted under the
ropes along the curb and made for the
Presidents carriage with his righ; hand
in his pocket
The Secret Service agent on the seat
OF the Presidents csrriags tried to jump
or 10 intercept the man, but the driver and
the reins were in the way Til, mos; he
could do was to climb over tie seal and in
terpose his body between the President
and the approaching man.
Meanwhile Secretary Coitelyou, in re-
spons' 10 the cries Of the detective to stop
the man. had already completely covered
the President with his body. The man
who made all the trouble threw both hands
in the air when he saw what commoticn
he had made and shouted:
81 only want 10 shake hands"
hands with him
In the disturbance negro also GOT
through the lines and seized tine Presi-
dents hand and kissed it before he could
be stopped. Secret Service officials ro-
ceived warnings several weeks ago that
there was mysterious plot against the
President in Philadelphia on the occasion of
this visit. The detectives were all work I'D
up To high pitch OF excitement.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23
SHE TRIED TO PLAY THE VILLAIN
Young Girl Who Is WRITING . Novel Tries
Horse Stealing to See How II Goes.

CHICAGO, Nov 22--Pursusd by the
niinions of the law the villain crosses the
border ard makes his escape
II was To test the piacticability Of this
climax 10 the novel she is writing tnRt
Elsie Viola Larsen or Viona Nesral. 40 she
gave her name. cona'cated DIR. =. y.
Boyd's horse and buggy On Thursdly
afternoon and drove oil 30 fast that
Mounted Policeman Stiles chased her a
mile before capturing her
Al the Warren avenue station the girl
gave her name az Nesral, her age a. 10
years, and refused to divulge the identity
OF younger girl companion. who accom-
panied her on her escapade. When trans
ferred TO the Harrison street annex, how
ever. she admitted that she IL only 10.
that Ncsral is her pen name. and that
her fat her Is George Larsen. saloon-
keeper Her girl companions name she
said il Mabel Her last name hhe pro-
fe.scd not to know.
Il did not intend to keep the doctor =
horse" she said. but my book is my life,
and wanted TO know just how the villain
feels when he makes his escape. | don't
want him captured. Hes bad man,
but I'm sorry for him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23
VONAN KILLS 4 NEGRO.
He Had Come to Assault Her-seizcd His
Pistol and shot Hin.

COLUMBIA, S. G.. Nov. 2?.-Mrs. Mary /.
Elliott wing in the West VI ateree region Of
hersh8w county, has won the cungratuis-
lions II the Coroner's jury as we'll ~ OF her
neighbors for miles around for staying
Edward Kendrick. a negro, in her home last
night. Mrs Elliott is widow and lives
with her only son, a boy in his teens in a
lonely part of the county. the nearest white
neighbor being beyond call.
Kendrick came TO the house late last night
and demanded admittance. He said he had
friends with him and if the boy showed him
self out OF his room he would be killed.
The negro broke down the door with an axe.
MIS-. Illicit HID no weanon-
D.ane.ss-cLaSasnns~<unnDat~s S't
both mother and son II any resistance
was made. Before the woman was forced
20 decide between her honor and her sons
life the boy dashed out Il his room and at
kendrick. His mother threw herself be-
fore him, and both grappled with the man
with pistol in hand.
Mrs, Elliott pressed the negro's pistol
arm To- his side. In the struggle all fell
20 the floor, and in exerting himself to hurl
Mrs Elliott from him the negro let his
pistol drop. The women seized the weapon
ard fired. Kerdrick died almost instantly
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-23
w RDERER CA,GHT ~ LONDON
Police There Think lie Has Committed
Many Grimes In America.
.Speciel Cahle Despatch 10 Tue SrN


LoSDoN, Nov. PA man who gave
the name of George Stone was arrested
in London this afternoon on the nominal
charge Of numbering a negro in Chicago
in 1893. 1t is believed that Stones real
name is George Withymsn.
Stone was arrested in a low cook shop
in Blackwell called the "Tunncl Coffee
House." whore he has boon employed.
lie has been in London since last March.
The police believe he has been connected
with several murders in the United States
especially in Galveston, 1ca., whore he
worked on q railroad.
When he was arrested by Inspector
Forest Of Scotland Yard on the charge
Of murder he asked is 1t for Niger
or white mani" When the inspector
told him il was for the murder of negro,
he appeared to be relieved. He said the
negro rsrcrred to had called him vile
name Stone replied by calling the negro
vile name. Then the negro drew a knife
and Stone ran upstairs for his gun, The
negro followed and Stone shot him
Stone wears medal of the Perak ex-
petition, which shows he has been in the
British Navy.