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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10

Ellen Glasgow has joined the army
of tourists bound for Europe She ex-
poets to remain for some time and will
| carry on her literary work in some
quiet place in England. The compost
ton of her story THE Romance of
Plain Man." which will be published
the middle of May, occupied nearly 4
year and half. for Miss Glasgow is
a slow and steady worker.
Richard Harding Davis has written
a new novel called The White Mice"
which will be published this month 1t
is story of love and adventure and
revolution in one of those Central
American republics where revolutions
are everyday affairs. The hero is
Yale man. the son of millionaire con-
tractor and member of a quixotic
club called THE White Mice" He
manages to mix himself up in the re-
volution which his father is engineer
ing and in a love affair at the same
time, all of which adds to the amusing
complications of the story
Emily Post, the author Of 1.-The Title
Market" is making an extend ed
journey through the Western States to
gain familiarity with what she calls
the dominant American type" from
which springs the real strength of the
Lation. Her studies for THE Title
Market" now running serially in
Everybody's Magazine brought her in
close touch with the workers in ths
sulphur mines of Louisiana and the
copper mines of Michigan and later
t.yith the conditions under which
sulphur is produced in Sicily.
Irving Bachelors Hand Made
GentMnan" in his novel published
under that name was sketched from
the authnr's memory of an old school,
mate Mn. Bachelor recalls with a
! twinkle in the eye this same Pegleg
McCarthy's endeavor to conform him.
,, self to the exteVnal requirements of a
gentleman. But the resemblance
ceases there for, the rise of Mr..
| Bacheller's hero to'..an important in
dustral control in the great enter
prises of the last century in no way
resembles the career Of his school
| fellow.
Mrs. Rose Cecil O'Neill Wilson, tho
| wife of the novelist. Mr.. Henry Leon
| Wilson has written Il novel :. which
she will publish this month This lad%
| is fortunate in that she can illustrate
| her own stories and need not see the
glaring discrepancies between text and
picture in which the illustrators of the
day so often indulge.
Miss Margaret Morse, author of
| ''The Road to Arden" is Boston born
and bred the daughter of Hon.
| Robert NJ. Morse. Jr. From her home
| on the shores of Jamaica Pond she
can. moreover. look out upon scenes
of historic and literary interest. for
nearby are the Ticknor and the Park
| man estates, whence come recOllec-
tions of that past in American letters
| in which Boston played so distln-
guiShed a part.
Two of Lippincott's important
| spring books are to appear next week.
| One is Loves Privilege" by Stella NJ.
During. novel of mystery which re-
Gently won a $1,000 prize offered by a
| newspaper for the best contribution in
| the way of fiction. Later the same
paper offered a prize of an equal sum
! for the best solution of the problem
developed. Out of $500 answers re
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10

Police Constable H. Coles, stationed
at Calling, London, holds the record
among humane officers. having recent
ly brought his nine-hundreth case of
cruelty to animals before the Brent
ford bench Fines amounting to more
than $4,000 have been imposed on
drivers in these cases,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10

A meeting of the State Board of Ex-
aminers to Regulate the Practice Of
Embalming will be held at the State
House on Tuesday, May II, beginning
al 10 o'clock in the forenoon. The men,
bers of the board are: DR.. A. G.
Young of Augusta. eX-officO, DIR. r. H.
Stubhs of Augusta, J. Clark Flagg OF
Richmond and il. w. Rich of Port
land
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10
Thouqhts in a Library.

Speak low-tread softly through these
halls;
Here Genius lives enshrined;
Here reign, in silent ma jesty,
The mOnarchS of the mind
mighty spirit-host they come,
From every age and cline:
Above the buried wreck of years,
They breast the tide of Time
And in their presence chamber here
They hold their regal state
And round them throng a noble train,
The gifted and the great.
oh: child of Earth. when round thy path
The storms of life arise
And when thy brothers pass thee by
With stern unloving eyes
Mere shall the poets chant for thee
Their sweetest, loftiest lays;
And prophets wait to guide thy steps
In Wisdom's pleasant ways
Come, with these God-anointed kings
Be thou companion here
And in the mighty realm of mind
Thou shalt>go forth peer!
Anne c. Lynch
The 18th edition of Mrs. Jennette
Lees novel "Uncfe. William has lust
been sent out by the Century com
pany.
The Fleming H. Reveu company or
New York has been obliged to print a
second edition of J. J. Bills quaint
little story "Oh, Christina!" within
two weeks after the first edition was
offered
The Macmillan company is to pub
fish +. Marion crawfords posthumoas
novel, "The White Sister," next week,
1t has been running as a serial in one
OF the magazines, and the play made
from it has met with some success in
Chicago and the middle West where
Viola Allen has been playing the title
role
There is a movement in Baltimore
for the erection of a better monument
to Poe than the ugly thing which now
stands over his grave. Professor Tren.
is editing IA volume of papers contri-
buted by various writers, and the pro-
ceeds from the sale of this book win
be used as a monument fund The
book will be sold by subscription
Richard G. Badger will soon publish
"Dylges Corners" a story of country
life by f. Clarence Oakley, new
| author.
Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, the
| author of "The Romance of the
| Colorado River and 1.-The Canyon
Voyage" has just been appointed
secretary of the American Geogra-
phcal Society. A new and revised
| edition of The Romance Of the
Colorado River" is to be brought out
| soon.
Jason" is to be the title of the new
| novel to be brought out by Justus
Miles Forman this month Although
| the title has classic suggestion. the
actual setting is the contemporaries
| world of society in which Mr.. Forman
| finds such happy inspiration and in
| terest Jason lis said to read almost
| like a detective story.
Miss Alice Mcgowan and her sister
| Mrs. Grace Mcgowan Cooke, will pass
| the summer in camp in Yosemite
Park. Mrs Cookies two daughters
will be with them and they have
| Japanese boy as cook. Miss Mac
gowan's new novel, THE Wiving Of
| Lance Cleaverage," now appearing
| serally. will be published early in the
| autumn in a book.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10

may De found running over the trees
d. almost any time during, the summer
for TINS reason it is very difficult to
handle them. in fact almost an.impossi-
oliity. The only sure way is to have
all nursery stock subjected to the. hv-
drocyanic acid gas treatment before. he.
ing set.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10

Miss Mildred Low of Springvale has
accepted position as orgahlst at the
Sanford Congregational church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10

OdIte university. Later lie occupied
the same chair in the Catholic Univer-
sity in Monterey city, but gave up his
work on account of i'll health some time
ago, and returned to California to live
MI Stoddard's best known books were
those describing his travels in various
parts of the world.
David Graham Phillips, like Victor
Hugo and Montague, does great deal
OF his writing standing at a unique
writing desk, sort of table that he
found in France. Of this rather strange
mode of literary work. he says:
Il write standing because it is the
most healthful way to work, and feel
better afterwards. No, ! don't mind
the WEAKNESS incident to standing so
long, :or have become accustomed to
the position, and rather like it, / write
',OoG to 5000 words a day, or about
three and -onehalf newspaper col
umns.'
When Bailey Willard, who is an old
friend of Mr.. Phillips. and is writing
biographical article about him, asked
the author Of Joshua Craig if he had
intended to make that most unco{ven-
tional hero boor the immediate re-
ply was:
oh. no! Josh does strange things,
but he isn't a boor. There would be
no good making him that, for women
readers wouldn't go foot with him.
The women seem to understand Josh
better than the men They recognize
him as type of breezy Western mas
culinity. bluff, headstrong, self-center-
nd haf Sc
make him. Josh was easy for me to
white, as | know the West and it's peo-
pie, and in this particular case / want
ed to depict rough. strenuous, go
ahead sort of chap--the kind one often
sees in the West, and particularly in
political circles. 1t seems to me that I
have done that much. at least. but
What the rest of the story is worth re-
mains for the public to Judge"
Olive Logan, the American author,
actress and lecturer, who died recently
IN London, was born at Elmira, N. v,
April -, 1889. Her chfldhOoh was pass
ed in Philadelphia. She was the first
woman journalist ever employed by the
New York Herald. the elder Bennett
appointing her musical and dramatic
critic, which position she held for q
number of years. Afterwards she did
work for a number of other papers.
There are not many American writer's
VINO have been so honorcd abroad as
Mrs. Olive Logan. Empress Frederick
requested that she should be present.
ed to her; Empress Eugene caused
Mrs. Logan to be officially thanked for
copy Of her work entitled "Photo-
graphs of Paris Life" Alexander Du-
mas fills wrote a laudatory article to
her and presented her with a rare ed
ition Of his works. Her play, Surf
was the first of Augustin Days sue
cesses, and her metrical version of
Francois Coppees LIE PEASANT" was
successfully produced at the Princess
Theatre in London, and also played
throughout the British provinces
When only child Mrs. Logan went on
the stage, but in a few years she aban-
donec the footlights for the more con-
genial atmosphere of the platform. She
son became known as 4 fearless speak
er. and one that unhesitatingly advo-
cated the abolition of slavery at time
Whcn it meant the enlargement of
her own life to de- So
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10

ceived, only LOG were approximately
correct. The other novel is THE
Winning Chance" by Elizabeth De-
jeans, which is her initial plunge into
the field of fiction, and sets forth one
of the problems facing American girls.
1t is said that one of the most
amusing stories appearing as a part
of a work of fiction in recent seasons
will be that chapter of James Edmund
Buildings new novel. The Master
Builders" to be published shortly by
p. Appleton g. CO., which deals with
the recovery from the sea off the
Maine coast of a trained giraffe from a
travelling circus which had suffered
shipwreck. The story is founded on
fact, and explicitly upon the burning of
the steamship Royal Tar in New Eng
land waters, half a century ago, while
transporting q menagerie from Port
land to New Brunswick
Five years ago. when Truth Dexter
appeared. there was much conjecture
as to the author was much conjecture
as to the author of the book, who wrote
over the pen name of Sidney Mccall.
Senator Lodge, Prof. Percival Lowell,
the Hon. John ID. Long and Prof. Fen
oilosa were accused in turn of being
the authors of the tale. Now that it
is generally known that Mrs. Ernest
Fennollosa was responsible for that
story, much interest is manifested in
the new book to be published in May
by Sidney Mccall under the title of
Red Horse Hill" The scene is laid in
a South6 IN mill town but the book is
not a tract against child labor 1t is a
preSeEtnient of the conflict of human
intascsts, a deep love motive that runs
through four related lives among the
characters Of the story and the great
power for good or evil held in the
hands of the controller of Southern
mills.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10
THE REALM OF BOOKS AND AUTHORS

fessor of English literature in Notre
Dame University. Later he occupied
the same chair in the Catholic Univer-
sity in Monterey city, but gave up his
work on account of i'll health some time
ago, and returned to California to live.
Nh. Stoddard's best known books were
those describing his travels in various
parts of the world.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10

The Fleming H. Reveu company Of
New York has been obliged to print a
second edition of J. ]. Bells quaint
little story "Oh, Christna!" within
two weeks after the first edition was
offered
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10

The 18th edition of Mrs. Jennett,
Lees novel "uncfe, William" has just
been sent out by the Century yconl-
pany.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10

announcement was made Saturday of
me issuance Of the following special
orders from the office of the adiutant
general:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10

The Macmillan company is to pub
fish F. Marion crawford's posthumoass
novel, "The White Sister," next weetN
1t has been running as a serial in one
OF the magazines, and the play made
from it has met with some success in
Chicago and the middle West, where
Viola Allen has been playing the title
role.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-10

Richard G. Badger will soon publish
"Dylge's Corners a story of country
life by f. Clarence Oakley, new
author
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-15

JEFFERSoNvILLE, Ind, Nov. 12.-
A weak, pitiful wisp of humanity, his
brave y" gone, himself a sad exam
pie OF a youth led astray By cheap
yellow back novels. Thomas Jeffer-
son Hall. aged II, is held at the re-
formatory here after his attempted
robbery OF the Merchants National
bank at New Albany, Ind. and killing
OF Cashier Fawcett, and the fatal
wounding of J. w Woodward, the
banks president and James Tucker, a
negro chauffeur, yesterday
After being captured by men living
in shanty boats on the river. Hall
refused to tell who he was. but Ollie
Robinson identified him. Then Hall
admitted his identity
AT the home of the Halls. his father
William J. Hall at Louisville, the aged
was his son. According to the fathers
story the boys mother was a drunkard
and after getting a divorce from her
he took Tom with him to live. When
small the boy was hit on the head
with platter so that for some time
II was feared he could not live.
"Of late the old symptoms have man.
Tested themselves and ! have often
feared for his sanity" said the father
today. II am a cabinet maker and to
tell the truth the boy has not been
properly reared. He has been an in.
veterate reader of dime novels. and
I believe the tales he has read have
led him to do this"
WASHINGTON. Nov 12.-Thirty-six
million dollars for river and harbor
Improvements throughout the country
This is the enormous total Of expendi-
lures recommended for the next fiscal
year by Brigadier General Marshall,
chief Of engineers of the army in his
annual report. General Marshall rec
commended an appropriation of two
millions to continue improvement OF
the Mississippi river to the mouth OF
the Ohio.
PUEBLO, Nov 12.-Platt Wicks. for.
mer state senator from Pueblo. died
at his home in this city yesterday
afternoon. after an illness of five years
Funeral will be held Saturday.
Senator Wicks was born in 1882 and
Colorado in 1890 and located at Pue-
bio He was elected to the Ninth gen,
eral assembly. and led the fight for a
bill regulating tariffs Of railroads. lie
is survived by one son, Edward b
Wioks OF Pueblo.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-15

Friends of John Stewart Kennedy
whose estate was first put at 100000.
900 and now at $6O.O0O.OOo. declare
that it will be SlOO,00O,OOO unless he
made very large distributions before
his death. Although a public record
showed him the owner of $4,000 900
Northern Pacific and s7OO0.OO0 Great
Northern. his total Investments in
these stocks were about $4,000 900
for he had 1876, 900 shares of Great
Northern and l65,O00 shares of North.
ern Pacific, the latter bought from Mr.
Morgan at SIG per share. after the
reorganization. And still this man
was unknown. In fact, 1t is doubtful
II Kennedy was known TO the finan.
ciers of New York city to any extent
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-15
Begin Unwatering
Mine Tomorrow

Yesterday John r. Ball of the Ball
Foundry and Machine Works received
a telegram from Il. A. Norton, one of
the new owners of the Orc Fino mine.
flying him to start the pump 10 un-
water the mine at once and push de-
yelopment work as fast as possible.
All arrangement are now completed
and active operations will be com
menced Immediately.
r. II. Dorrance Cf Cleveland, o.. one
of the owners of the property, who
has been on the ground for some time
said this morning before leaving for
home, that barring accident the ma
chinery would not stop running, after
once starting up. 1t is not the inten.
ton of the men in charge to shut down
again--all of which is good news to
Durango and the people of this section
Mr. Ball left for the mine today
to make arrangements to start the big
pump tomorrow and to put everything
in good running order in accordance
with instructions received from Mr.
Norton. A big supply of wood. enough
to run all winter, is already on the
ground. A force of twelve men is em
ployed at the mine. and this number
will be increased in short time.
The rebuilding of the mill and other
plans pertaining to the development of
the property will come under consid'
Grafton when Mr.. Norton arrives.
The above item will not only be of
interest to residents of this county on
account of the past record of the Neg
lected as producer, but 1t is one
more piece of evidence of the wonder
full awakening along industrial lines
that is taking place in the country
around u.s. Men of standing and means
have confidence in this property to
invest their capital in II, and there
is little doubt in the minds of most
people that they will reap rich'returns
The operation of the Orc Fino means
much to Durango, for many reasons
outside of the revenue obtained from
the ordinary interchange of business.
We are pleased to know that all diff
culties have been removed and the
mine. which the old prospectors in the
region. have insisted for years, is the
best in the state, will soon be once
more in active operation
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-15
TELEGRAPH NEWS.


Under the law each commissioner
elected under Grand functions char
ter must put in eight hours work each
day.
Within ten or fifteen years the great
landlords Of Ireland will have been
deposed and half million Irishmen
will be lords of their own farms, says
Il. p. O'Connor, member of parliament
from Liverpool, at a meeting in aid of
the nationalist cause in Ireland in New
York.
Demands for uniform schedules and
a wage increase of about l2 per cent
are to be made by conductors and
trainmen on every railroad system
east of Chicago. The movement in.
voles 125,000 men and includes every
railroad east of the Illinois Central's
main southern line, and north OF the
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad.
Commander Robert e. Peary will re.
sign from the United States navy and
spend the remainder of his days lee.
turing and writing, according to his
friends in Washington. He will arrive
in Washington within the next two
months and place all his north pole
data In the hands of the superintend.
ent of the coast and geodetic survey
He will then return to the navy as a
civil engineer and tender his resigna.
tion. Commander Peary, according to
Frank W. Perkins, acting superintend.
ent of the coast and geodetic survey
was not asked to find the north pole
and has not made any report to the
survey, although for the last three
years he has been under that branch
OF the naval service.
Down In St. Louis deaf mute's wife
has applied for divorce from her
deaf mute husband, alleging that he
applied offensive epithets to her
through the medium of his hands. This
system has one marked advantage
family quarrels do not disturb the
neighbors. observes the Telluride Jour.
Genuine cases of tuberculosis have
been found by j. Il. Mcdonald OF Carls
bad, N. NJ, In his chickens. Mr.. Nc
Donald has been losing many through
strange disease. the chickens wheez
Ing and showing other asthmatic symp
toms. He dissected several and ply
sician pronounced the cause of death
tuberculosis.
Seventy-five years ago the first
Methodist missionary to invade Africa
started his work on the dark cont
nent." Sunday every Methodist church
In Chicago and the Rock River con.
ference celebrated the African dia.
mond jubilee. the anniversary OF that
event. The jubilee is being celebrated
this year by every Methodist church
In the world and great campaign to
raise 100000 as an extra fund for
African missionary work is being con.
Quoted. DR.. Joseph c. Hartzell. bish.
op Of Africa, is at the head of the
jubilee campaign. He started the cele.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-15

rect the Western Pacific and it Is re-
ported that he went into office on an
all-round reform policy The physical
condition OF the road Is also to be i'm.
proved materially.
Nearly $4,000 was distributed
among 500 beet growers at Fort Col
Inns Wednesday.
The school children OF Greeley have
saved s3l5 as the result of the saw
ings bank system inaugurated last Feb
ruary, making deposits of their pen.
MES.
After all reports afe in, the Pueblo
board of county commissioners has
figured up that the storms of last sum
mer did damage to roads and bridges
in excess OF 100000
John Geoskony probably fatally stab
bed Peter Gaycias In a fight during a
pool game in Mark Rahak's saloon at
Pueblo Geoskony is In jail and Gay.
cias in hospital with small chance
for recovery.
Alamosa papers complain of the
amount of money sent from that sec
tion to catalogue houses. No wonder
some or cur western towns do not
70 ahead faster when they are drained
of ready cash for the ten-million dol
lar corporation houses in the east.
As the result of the accidental over
turning of bottle of chloroform, Mrs
NJ. l.. Woods. a Victor dressmaker,
was near death when found in her
apartments She had been using the
choloform to clean a dress when the
bottle tipped over and she was over
| come by the fumes before she could
escape from the room. Physicians be
lieve she will recover.
An indignation meeting was held AT
| Boulder Wednesday night. protesting
against the action of the county com
missioners in granting licenses to the
brewers for establishing warehouses at
Marshall. where beer could be sold in
quantities of not less than dozen
bottles Three different warehouses
have been established. which, 1t is
claimed, serve the places of saloons
Prominent men spoke.
Governor Shafroth. Register of the
Land Board r. l.. Jefferson and all OF
the other delegates from Denver tc
| the Western Slope Development con
gress, were endangered by wreck
that occurred at 8 o'clock Thursday
morning to westbound Rio Grande No
near Leadville. The train carrying
| the state officials and the other promi
nent citizens struck n broken rail neal
Granite, and the baggage car. express
car and three coaches went into the
ditch None were seriously injured
/ although a number of passengers were
cut by flying glass. The state officials
We're occupying one of the Pullmans
and were rudely awakened by the
shock caused by the sudden stopping
of the train. 1t was twelve hours be
fore the wreckage was cleared away
and the train was allowed to proceed