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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-01
Gossip from the World Of
Rooks-RevieW Of New
Books Authors Plans
for the Season-Notes.

, he mentioned particularly. and In a
hurst of wrath and in few sentences
ike to which those urbane publishers
had probably never read before, MI.
Hearn threw the contract to the winds
and vanished. He accepted the posi-
tion as teacher of English in a west
coast town, and to that period of re-
tirement from the world we owe the
first series of articles published in the
Atlantic Monthly and gathered into the
two volumes entitled "Glimpses of Tn
familiar Japan"
From the west coast town Hearn
went to kiushiu to fill 4 place in the
time of the China War; 1894, he was
editor of one of the foreign newspa-
pers at Kobe. Treaty port life and the
treaty port philistiC grated on him
sadly, and his desire to be let alone was
not at all respected. Strangers with
letters of introduction and globe trot-
tiers who had read his books, invaded,
or tried to invade. his sanctum to shake
his hand, but Mr.. Hearn stood not or,
the order Of shaking them by the hand
or otherwise. He shook them. definite
ly, permanently, Drutally almost. and
the letters he wrote back TO his pub
fishers for daring" to do such a thing
as project idle tourists upon him were
curiosities, gems of anatnema and vi
tuperation.
AS to the Harpers, Hearn returned
their letters unopened. Even royalty
statements and checks went back Nv
return mail if they ventured to address
him directly instead OF his Yokohama
business agent, rs he directed. He
would nave none of them. the breach
was irreparahle the ch.:sm i'll thei!
friendship bottomless. profound, never
to be bridGed over in any way.
Hearn's experience of treaty port life
at Kobe, where al the interests are
commercial, material. Sordid, even, to
his mind. CAV" him such disgust of his
f. llow-OcciGcntals that in protest he
resigned his editorship, applied for
Japanese naturalization, changed his
name to koizumi Yakumo. and dropped
from foreigners ken. 1t WAS then that
he accepted the position rs lecturer on
English literature in the Imperial Uni
versity and Went to Toxic to five.
At that university the foreign pro-
fessOrs, because of their different WAYS
of living, the long journeys they must
make to ana fro. and for other reasons,
ere paid salaries three and four times
rs great as Japanese professors. The
man of genius LAD, of course, never
said anything about salary in making
the enga cement nor thought of it, I'M
til a first instainent YVES handed him.
| He protested at being paid at lesser
| rate than the foreign professors. Put
YOU are Il Japanese subject" said the.
authorities, and this is the same
amount that they receive. You are
Professor koizumi Yanumo now, not
| Mr.. Lafcadio Hearn."
| Mr.. Hoarn had never thought of rur-
| SUING his rev way of life to any such
| logical conclusion. The university au-
thoritics stretched 4 point. however,
and recompcnsed him more literally.
and Mr.. He"rn lived quietly in great
retirement i'll Toxic for many years.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-01

1t may be calculated that the actual
number of volumes issued during the
autumn will amount to about 4oOooo,
says a writer in the London Daily EN-
press. Some time ago a very expert
enccd publisher stated that two OF
every three novels We're financial fail
ures. a goodly proportion Of the 4oo'-
900 will be sold this time next year as
rcmaindcrs to the secondhand book
shops for sd or Cd volume. The SIX
shilling novel sells to the public for
As Cd. The wholesale price TO the
bookseller is As or As Id. The auth
or's royalty is reckoned on the fuil
six-shilling price, and will generally
range from 12h per cent. to 20 per
cent. The publisher will thus have
about three shillings net TO cover all
the costs Of production and provide
him with profit. after, of course. he
has met the exceedingly heavy cost of
advertisements. Novel writing, OK
cept for the very successful writer, Is
not Il particularly profitable occupa-
tiOn," remarked well-knOwn author.
"A sale of 1000 copies of a novel is not
unsatisfactory to the publisher, and
may be taken as being a very great
deal above the average. On this 81
the publisher will make a fair busin"Ss
profit, but the author. reckoning hi:
royalties at fifteen per cent. will only
receive $50. Suppose he receives as
much more for the serial rights of his
book, and say ESQ for the sixpenny
rights, he is left with the gross sum of
E2l0 for what has very probably been
six months work, and it may he said
that even this sum will hardly be
earned by book unless it is written
by novelist of some reputation
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-01
The eiehtieth birthday anniversary {

The eightieth birthday anniversary OF
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney was cele-
brated recently at her home in Milton.
Mass. Although it was forty-one years
ago that Mrs. Whitney made her first
great success with Faith Gartney's
Girlhood," che has not laid down her
pen, and a new novel by the veteran
author, entitled "Biddy's Episodes
will be issued by Houghton, Mifflin &
Co. next month.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-01

Foreign residents never met hin, Or
knew anything Of him, and he resented
all attempts to break his Seclusion
Even Mr.. 7. b. Aldrich, who. as editor
of the Atlantic Monthly. had accepted
Mr.. Hearn's first Japanese sketches.
clamored for more, and insisted that
they should be put in book form as n
permanent classic, was treated as
caVall"riy as amy other tourist. Mr.
Aldrichs visit was not accepted, his
notes went unanswered, his gifts I'M
acknowledged, and Mr. Edwin House
and Professor FenollOsa, the ONLY
foreigners in Toxic ut all intimate with
Professor Koizumi Yakumo could do
nothing with him by argument. These
| two American residents OF Toxic Were
the only foreigners admitted to Mr..
| Hearns home or TO whose houses he
ever went. A naval paymaster and a
naval surgeon, long resident i'm
Yokohama, to eacn OF whom he
dedicated one of his books. We're his
only intimates. and these few who
came in contact with him We're de-
votedly fond of and tenderly attached
to the eccentric, mOrbidly sensitive
man Of genius.
Some tourists who resented the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-01

Mr.. Hearn Went to Japan in 1890 I'M
der a contract with Harper & Brothers.
who had just published his book on the
West Indies. and with reason expected
something more exquisite still in the
line of poetic narrative. character
sketches and landscape descriptions
Mr.. Weldon. the artist. accompanied
him. and together the two were to write
and illustrate a series of articles for
Harper's Magazine that Mr.. Hearn
should afterwards include in a book
Hardly mad first article been written
when Mr.. Hearn discovered that a GER
tain railway anu steamship line was TO
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-01

1t will be learned with genuine re-
greet that Paul Laurence Dunbar,
known as the poet laureate of the ne
gro race, is living seriously i'll at the
home of his mother in Dayton, Ohio,
with complication Of throat and lung
ailments. which, it is thought. will
cause his death. He has been in bed
for nearly two months and the attend
ing physicians give scant encourage
ment Dunbar himself. however, is OPP
timstic and says ne mas no intention
of diving.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-01

In the Worlds Work. Mr.. Churchill
Williams says that his inquiries among
librarians and booksellers show that
the demand for books other than fiction
Is growing more rapidly than can BE-
explained simply by the increase of
population. He does not say that the
proportion Of novel readers has de-
clincd hut the intimation is that there
are more persons who read something
besides novels.
edition would seem to be an elastic
and somewhat deceptive term. Thus
we are told that Winston Churchin's
THE Crossing" and Margaret Horton
Potters The Flame atherers," have
just gone into thti' second editions;
that Maurice Hrwlett's The Queen 5
QUAR-" is in its third: The Woman
Errart." by "Rarbara," is in its fourth,
and Florence Mors" Kingslcy's The
Singular Miss Smith" is in It's sixth
edition. All these books are published
by the Macmillan Company, yet it is
hardly likely that they would claim
that Miss kingslev's novel has sold
three times as man. copies az Mr..
Churchilrs. especially when 1t is an
nounced that the first edition Of "Tha
Crossing" was 125,A00 copies. The size
Of the edition Of the ether books is not
mentioned.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-18

originated, there was ample sup
ply of hose. with a strong pressu e
of water, to be used In a case OF th s
kind, but the FIRE spread so rapidly
that 1t was impossible for the night
pressman, William Kratz, to con-
= ect It and turn The water on, In
fact. he had a narrow escape from
being burned.
Valuable Papers Destroyed
When az official of the News Of
fee was seen after the COZ fagra
ton early this morning he stated
that all the subscription books had
beer destroyed and with them
many valuable route books and
other memoranda used by the cir
culators. He also said that mas
much as some OF the clerical force
had been working on the books OF
accounts during the day, some OF
them had been lett out OF the vault
a. d they, too, had been destroyed
For tie reason that the FIRE broke
out so suddenly, none of the EN-
ployes who were about the building
/ at the time had the least oppor-
tun!ty of saving one iota contained
/ In the building
They were extremely lucky In
getting out without serious injury
to themselves. In referring to
the origin of the FIRE he stated thai
1t was directly caused by an over
loaded gas pipe, which bursted
In front of lighted jet, so that the
full escape of gas was Immediately
ignited causing a tremendous fame,
which immediately ignited the pa
per and boxes surrounding 1t.
| When asked where the News
would be issued today, the official
of the News company stated that 1t
would be published from the In
telllgencer Office, and that ali bust
pess could be transacted from that
Office.
The entire loss of property Is
nearly, If not fully, covered by In
surance.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-18
Rev. NJ. A. Summers, of Park.

Rev. M. A. Summers, of Park.
ersburg, addressed large congrega-
tions In the Baptist church here
twice yesterday on the subject OF
State Missions. Rev. Summers Is
a Vest Virginian, but recently re-
turned to this State after an absense
of several years as a minister In
Minnesota. He was selected to fill
the important position of State
Superintendent of Baptist Missi; rs
and Is now actively engaged In the
work. He Is a man we'll qualified
In every way to arouse the churches
and to create enthusiasm In chris
tian living and giving. This wa:
his first visit here and he made an
excellent impression.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-18
MRS. LUCY KASTER DEAD

ter. She was a member Of the
Presbyterian church, and always
took great interest In the cause. of
religion.
Deceased Is survived by a hus-
band and FIVE children, two Of
whom reside In this city-Mrs. n.
L. Clepdenning and Mrs. Blaii
Anawalt. Mr.. and Mrs. Auawalt
went to Wheeling this morning on
the 1855 train and will accompany
the remains to this city, which will
arrive on the S:4r train this eve
ming.
The date ofthe obsequies has not
been set yet, bat Ia all probability
will take place Wednesday morning
at 10 o'clock.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-18
$4,000 OIL DEAL

One of the most important oil
deals that has Seen closed In sever
al months was on Saturday BY
which the production 10 the shal
low sand develop nent Of Peasants
county changed hands.
The consideration In the sale
was In the neighborhood ofS5o, 900,
that being near the amount paid
By ]. c. Dinsm0re and sons to
Mallory Bros. & Stewart for the
latter's holdings In Pleasants, which
Is So producing wells with a daily
and steady production Of 4S bar
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-18

The sad intelligence reached the
city this morning at few minutes
OF 8 o'clock of the death of Mrs
Lucy Kaster, which occurred at
Haskin's hospital In Wheeling at
7 O'Clock. Deceased was the wife
of Contractor Seal Kaster, of Work
street, and was In the 63rd year of
her age.
Mrs. Kaster was taken to the
hospital a week ago last Saturday
for treatment, but owing to her
weak condition she was unable to
Withstand an operation which was
performed. She was Q most highly
esteemed christian lady and pos
sessed many noble traits of charac
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-18

Early yesterday the Ohio took on
a stationary stage, and at noon 1t
began to rise. During the after,
noon 1t gained two inches, when
the stage was 4 feet 3 inches. The
rise Is said to be due to the recent
thaws, bat there will not be any
great stage at the present time,
Judging from the very sudden
change In the temperature of last
evening.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-18

The weather man was quite &C
tive Sunday. After a clear night
Saturday until after midnight, he
ordered up clouds and subsequently,
1t showed a few lines, while the
thermometer took a drop. At
o'clock 1t went as low as IS. while
In the country 9 above was record
ed. The day was bright one, the
sky being clear. particularly In the
afternoon, and the drop In the tenn
perature made the walking fairly
good, especially where the side
walks had boen cleared of snow and
Ice In the central portion of the
city.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-18

rels.
The property sold Is most valu-
able because Of the fact that the
production has settled thoroughly
and Is steady, and promises to re-
main about the same as 1t Is for al
indefinite period The production
Is from the Cow Run sand.
The property sold by Mallory
Bros. & Stewart Is only a very
small portion of their holdings and
the deal was made because the con-
sideration Is about the exact value
of the property. the purchasers pay
ing what 1t Is wsrth, but getting
full Value.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-18
INSURANCE CLAIM
Declared no Good BY Adiuste'
interesting Question

Raised by " A. ke1m UruS S'ote i"S
Chemicals Were Damaged BY Intense
Heat Room was not AbIaze- Result Of
Claim OF Public Interest
The FIRE In W. A. Ream's drug.
store near the Baptist church on
the morning of December 2s, 10 g,
has raised a question which will be
of interest to all business meu who
carry insurance on their stock Of
goods. Mr.. Ream Is not at all
pleased with the treatment which
he thinks he Is about to receive.
The stock of goods in the store
Is iosured for $1,000 In the Provi'
dence Washington Insurance com
pany. Au insurance adjuster was
here yesterday, and although he
claimed not to repr esent the COM
pany In question, he Informed Mr.
Reau that there was nothing due
HIM on the loss because of fire.
The facts in the case as stated by
the owner of the store are these:
Mr. Ream has his residence above
the store, and his attention was at
tracted to the FIRE by smoke pour
Ing through the foor. He hurried
down stairs and attempted to enter
When he opened the door, ho
blast struck him In the face arc
threw him back Twice he tried tt
reach the stove to turn off the gas
and twice he was thrown back
Even after he turned the fire OF, Il
was too hot for the two other mer
who tried to get In.
The intense heat spoiled large
amount of chemicals and furniture
The paint was burned from th'
walls and ceilings, and 1t Is under
stood that the owner of the store
was allowed $25,, by an Insurance.
company which protects the build
ling, to repaint 1t.
The damage was caused by a,
increased pressur- Of gas. Mr.
Ream kept the FIRE going to keel
the chemicals and water pipes tr' q
freezing. During the night th'
gas came on strong and the room
became heated to the ignitini
point. An alarm was TUNED II
and the FIRE company responded
but 1t was not necessary to turr
the water into the room.
This Is the first happening of the
kind since the new gas and wateI
contract was adopted by the Onion
Utility company, and the result o
the claims will be noted With inter
est on the part OF the public.-Mor
gantown Dominion.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-18

See regular ad on
last page. We will
tsaye you money, so
he sure and attend
the sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-03
Dunkard Colonies for Texas.

CHICAGO, March 3.--The Record-Herald
today says: Arrangements have been made
by the Santa Fe railway for the establish
ment of two large Dunkard colonies in
northern Texas, and in the Pecos valley.
Between 800 and 800 families are expected
to locate in the colonies.
Through Philip Swihart of Typpecanoe,
Ind, the Dunkards OF many states have
agreed to sell their homes and recolonize on
a large scale in the sections named. Con-
tracts have been signed by the Dunkard
committee and the land agents of the Santa
Fe whereby the railway has reserved 1900
acres of land in the Pecos valley, between
Carlsbad and Roswell, and $1,000 acres in
northern Texas between Hereford and Bo-
vina. On the latter will be colonized the
Dunkards who desire to engage in cattle
raising mainly, and on the former tract
those who desire to engage in fruit raising.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-03
RACE RIOT DOWN SOUTH.
Fatal Fight Between Whites and
Blacks at Bokashe, I. T.

FORT SMITH, Ark, March 3.-1t is re-
ported here that two white men We're killed,
one white man and two negroes seriously
wounded in a race riot at Bokashe, l. T.,
last night. The dead: John Hopper, Paris.
Ark; ]. c. Butler, McCurtafn, l. T. The
wounded: Charles Blevins, white, Harrison,
Ark; Walter and John Jackson, negroes,
Little Rock, Ark.
White laborers on the Midland Valley rail-
road, at a camp short distance from
Bokashe. tonight attempted to drive the
negro laborers from the town. The negroes
resisted and pitched battle followed, in
which Hopper and Butler were killed and
three others wounded.
Great excitement prevails, and further
clashing Is feared before morning as the
negroes are reported to have fortified them
selves In strong position in the woods and
seem determined to resist to the uttermost
all efforts to dislodge them.
The white laborers are frenzied, and wild
threats of vengeance are heard.
SOUTH McALESTER, l. T., March a.
George X. Pritchard United States marshal,
left tonight for Bokashe, In the eastern part
of the Choctaw Nation, where 1t is reported
q fight between whites and blacks Is in
progress. A telegram received here said
that three men had been killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-03
Bradford Streets Under Water.
Cloudburst at Steubenville.
THE IRON TRADE.
Speculation on Steel Trusts Purchase
of Bessemer Pig.

NEW YORK March 3.-In it's issue to-
day the Iron Age says the trade is search
ing for the motive for the purchase by the
United States Steel Corporation of upward
of 100000 tons of standard Bessemer pig
iron for March and April delivery at $l3 at
furnace, or at an advance of Is cents per
ton.
That so large and desirable buyer should
pay an advance in times like these is, the
review continues, in itself surprising 1t is
difficult to understand that the buyer should
purchase at all, when it has an abundance
of ore in stock on which the cost of min
ing and transportation has been paid an
ample capacity of ovens idle for the manu-
facture of coke, a considerable number of
idle blast furnaces In the very districts in
which these sellers are located and no anX-
iety as to supply of labor. The trade is I'M
der the belief that there must be indirect
though important considerations. When the
announcement was made the transaction
was coupled with the pending ore negotta-
lions. and 1T is limited that even now this
and possibly further purchases are con-
tingent upon a satisfactory issue. 1t has
been suggested that existing sliding scales
with consumers of billetS and of rolled prod
uct, since they are based on the Bessemer
pig iron quotations. make 1t desirable to
put backbone into the market. But this as
1t may, the support by so powerful an in
terest must tend to check the natural de-
moralization in the Bessemer branch, which
may be mildly reflected in other depart
ments of the pig iron industry.
The negotiations over the allotment and
over the prices of lake ore for the coming
season have as yet not led to any agree
ment. but while the outcome is even more
dubious than 1t was there is still a chance
that the principal interests may get to.
gether at meeting scheduled for tomor.
row. The proposals made look to a reduce
ton in the price of 80 cents ton on old
range Bessemer ores and IS cents ton ON
Mesaba Bessemer.
Some very low prices are being made on
the whole line of products which go into
railroad consumption, with the exception OF
steel rails Goods are being delivered at
far distant points on some of the systems
which are lower than the base prices at
mill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-03
EASILY PROVEN.
There is Not the Slightest
Necessity for Leaving
w a S him gton to
Look for Proof.

The experience given below by
this well-known citizen of Washing
ton is easily proven The proof he
offers for his convictions can safely
be left with the reader. 1t is a diff
cult matter to describe an aching
back or any of the ills caused by dis
ordered kidneys. How to cure the
trouble is of much more Importance,
and the most exacting resident OF
Washington cannot ask for any bet
ter authority on this point than that
given by
Mrs. James Keister, wife OF James Keister, en-
ployed in a government department, residing at
III It'll st. NV, says: II used Doan's Kidney
Pills for my kidneys and back and found them all
you claim for them. 1 also used Doan's Ointment
for of the purposes for which it's is ad-
vised and it gave relief than anything
else l had hitherto used. l cannot say enough In
favor OF both Doan's Kidney Pills and Doan's Oint-
ment l procured them at Stevens Pharmacy, 9th
and Pa. ave.
For sale by all druggists. P:ice,
so cents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buf-
falo, N. Y, sole agents Tor the
United States. Remember the name
-DOAN'S-and take no other.