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THE - SCRAXTON . TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY. MORNING, MAT 20,. .1896.
PAST BUTCHERIES
BY THE SPANISH
Tl Track Ead of Lopez and til Fellow
Patriots.
AMERICAN HEADS WERE BLOWN OFF
In fke Two Revolutions im Cba im
. YVkick the Valiant Lopes Figured
Many American Were Shot Down.
The Leader Chased by Bloodhoandi
nnd GarrotedThe Capture of the
Virginias and the Killing of Fity
seven Innocent Men br the Butcher
Barirl, Whom vYevler Has 8nc
ceededAmerican Citizeni Shot
Down Like Dogs.
From the New York Herald.
Forty-five year, ago the Interest of
the American people In Cuban affairs
was quite as intense as it is today. In
1851 thrre was, as usual, since the begin
nlnff of this century, a revolution ram
rant in the Island. It was the most im
portant up to that date, excfd.ng in its
scope even the conspiracy of the "Black
Kagle" in 18:". and the m'gro uprlsh g In
1841 General Narclso Lopea was at its
head and In Ks ranks were hundreds of
Americans.
In 1S4S Lopes had headed a conFplracy
of Cubans In their own inland. He was
himself a Spaniard, but most of his fol
lowers were the native blacks. He
failed, and made his escape to the
United States. There he f iund ready
sympathy. This country was rife In
1848. with a sentiment favoring the ac
quisition, by purchase or otherwise, of
the queen of the Antilles. It was In
that voar that President Polk pr posed,
through the American ambassador at
Madrid, to purchase Cuba for $1,000,000.
The proposal was renewed In the I'nl ed
Htatbs senate, ten years later, but by
this time the price offered had ad
vanced .to. $30,000,000. .
Lopez was able to organize In this
country a force of 600 men, with which
he sailed for Cuba in 18.10. He effected
a landinpr and wi Joined by the native
sympathizers. For months he wage 1 a
ilrsultory guerilla warfare, achieving
ut times a passing success, but for the
most rnrt confining his efforts to the
mountains. He pventually failed and
withdraw from the llxand. but In the
next vcar made the third attempt. Llue
the others. It was unsuccessful; It cost
the life of the loader nnd most of his
followers, Americans among the rest.
Lopez was garroted, according to tne
custom which still prevails In Cuba,
und which has been exemplified more
than once in the Castle Moro during the
present war. His head and face were
enclosed in a cap, an Iron collar was
Pluced around his throat and the Bcrew
was turned until.the collar slowly tight
ening, he was choked to death. The
capture of Lopez was due to the separ
ation from the main body of troops
which he commanded, of Colonel Crit
tenden and his forces. Colonel Critten
den was an American. The natives,
upon the approach of the Spanish
forces, deserted their leader and tied to
the mountains. Lopez was left with
thirty followers, and even these finally
deserted him. He wandered about In
the mountains alone until he was cap
tured with the aid of bloodhounds. His
last words were "Adieu, dear Cuba!"
GALLANT BUT FUTILE RAID.
The last attempt made by Lopez to
secure Independence for Cuba resulted
In much the same sort of warfare as has
been Inaugurated by General Weyler.
Lopez and his followers took ship at
New Orleans, on board the Pampero,
on August 3, 1851, In Colonel Crltten
dent's regiment. On the 11th the Pam
pero stood off Havana. Lopez took the
captain and mate out of a Spanish
schooner and compelled 'them to act as
pilots. Despite this precaution the
Pampero a few hours later, running
under full head of steam westerly along
the coaBt, ran upon a coral reef. The
men and arms were thereupon taken
ashore In smalt boats. In the cargo
were 100,000 cartridges, 3,000 muskets
and several hundred kegs of powder.
Lopez sent a pronunclamento to the
village of Las Pesas demanding sur
render. Later he marched upon the
town lwth 323 men, leaving Crittenden
on the coast at Cabanos with 130 men to
guard the ammunition nnd stores.
.Crittenden followed soon after, having
found carts In which to carry the stuff.
After skirmishing with the Spanish
along the road Crittenden formed a
Junction with Lopez at Las Pesas and
an engagement took place with the
Spanish, under Genral Enna; The
Americans were victorious, losing but
thirty men to the Spaniards' two hun
dred, Including many officers. Lopez
rode about the field during the engage
ment wholly . unarmed, except for a
rawhide, which he pitilessly laid upon
the backs of such men as he thought
might be Incited to firing faster.
The Spanish again attacked and were
again defeated two days later at a ha
cienda not far from Las Pesas. This
action was one of the hottest In the re
bellion. The Spanish lost 320 men. Lo
pez thereupon actually made a forced
march of eighteen miles over a moun
!?Jn r2ad ln five hurs. A turn in the
tide of success occurred on August 20
when Lopez, his ammunition having
been greatly damaged by rain, was
taken by surprise by a superior force of
the enemy, about two leagues from Ba
hla Honda. The leader lied with his
surviving followers to the top of a
mountain and then encamped In most
appalling surroundings.
DEFEAT OF THE REBELS.
The weakened forces of the Invaders
remained In the mountains for nearly a
week, subsisting upon roots and ex
posed to the most dretfdf ul extremes of
weather. At length their sufferings be
came so severe that they decided to de
scend to the plains and risk battle with
superior forces, preferlng death on the
Held to the slow torture thev were en
during. At San Cristobal they learned
pf an order by the government promis
ing Immunity to all the filibusters ex
cept Lopez if they surrendered. Soon
afterward they were surrounded by a
force of Spaniards In a house, where
they had been offered hospitality, and
taken to Havana. They were by this
time reduced to 160 men, the others hav
ing fallen ln battle or succumbed to Ill
ness and fatigue. Twenty-two had es
caped to the mountains. Of the prison
ers only two Americans were pardoned
The others were sentenced to twenty
years' penal servitude ln Spain.- Lopez,
as told above, was taken by blood
hounds and publicly garroted. .
More than twenty years later the
hearts of Americans were once more
profoundly stirred by a "Cuban Inci
dent, In which their compatriots were
again Interested, and In which once
more American citizens lost their lives,
lhls was the celebrated Vlrglnlus af
fair, which occurred in 1873.
The Vlrglnlus. an American ship, un.
der Captain Joseph Fry, an American,
was chased by the Spanish cruiser Tor
nado and captured at the east end of
the iBlond of Jamalcn, within sight of
the Morant Point lighthouse. She was
tewed Into Santiago de Cuba, and there,
after trials' lasting In some Instuncps
only ten minutes, flfty-threo of those on
board weie shot ln the publlo square,
near the slaughter house. Among
them were Captain Fry, Vernande Va
rona, W. A. C. Ryan, Jesus de Sol and
Pedro . Cespedes. Both the United
States and England at once entered
vehement protests against this atrocity
on the part of Hurler, who was the
"butcher" of the day, and both govern
ment! sent men-of-war to protect the
other prisoners. The latter, who came
to be known as the "Survivors," were
delivered up to . our government and
brought to New York on the Juniata.
The Vlrglnlus Anally tank off Frying
Pan Shoals, v. .,;,.-:
.' ' V.''A .'
The VIrginiu, left Kingston, Jamaica,
on Oct 23, 1873. with 15C souls aboard,
bound, according to advertisement, for
Port Limon. After putting to aea she
sprang a leak. Proceeding to Jeremle. a
Don of HavtL for renalra. she subse
quently touched at Port au-Piincj and
Caymites. On Oct. 31 she was signtea
by a Spanish cruiser, which proved to
be the Tornado, and. after a chase, c p
tured off the Jamaica coast. The Amer
ican ship waa boarded by two officer
and thirty men. Ceptain Fry han'ed
his papers to the former, who Insolent
ly crumpled them in their hands and
proceeded at once to haul down tne
American flag and hoist that of Spain
ln its place. Within thirty minutes all
hands were bound and transferred to
the Tornado. wMch out for Santiago
de Cuba with the Vlrglnlus in tow.
jn this passage every possible indig
nity was offered to the American cap
tives. The American flag was PTd
upon the deck and Spanish soldiers
danced and spat upon It- The Virgin
ius was gutted. Lockers were broken
open and the Spaniards made them
selves drunk on the wines of their cap
tives. Upon arriving at Santiago that
town was speedily en fete. The streets
were aflame with lights, the Cubans
embraced each other in delirious Joy
Drunken revelers shouted before the
American Consulate: "We'll soon have
plenty of American steak!" If Fry and
his men had been sent ashore that night
It la said that they would surely have
been torn limb from limb.
Two courts were constituted one for
the trial of the captives, the other for
the disposition of the ship. Appeals for
aid were vain. The American Consul,
Schmidt was bullied and insulted. On
November 4, when the procession of
captives waa marched past the Consul
ate, a guard was placed at the door to
prevent the Consul from leaving to pro
test against the proceeding. "Burlel,
the Butcher." superintended all. The
prisoners were arranged before a self
styled Court of Marine and confronted
with documents, which they were or-J
dered to sign, setting forth that the Vlr
glnlus was a privateer and that they
were pirates. Those who refused to
sign were menaced with swords. A few
weakened and signed. The prisoners
were sentenced after a farcical trial, to
death, and the execution was set for
November 8.
It was learned that the British war
ship Nlobe was due at Santiago on No
vember 7, and the day of execution was
accordingly pushed forward to that
date. Fifty-seven were publicly shot
before the Nlobe arrived, among them
sixteen claiming British citizenship.
The fury of the populace displayed It
self In the most revolting form. The
bodies of the dead were thrown into a
trench, nnd horsemen galloped over
tlu-m as they lay fostering In the sun.
Some of the heads were cut oft and car
ried through the streets on spear heads.
It Is said that the troops In execution
of the sentence of their superiors, thrust
the muzzles of their guns Into the pris
0"e,rs', mouths and literally blew off
their heads.
FLIGHT OF THE BUTCHER.
Upon the nrrlval of the Nloble Burlel
tied to Havana, mad with rage at hav
ing been batlled of the full measure of
his cruelty. The Juniata came upon
the scene, sent from this port In answer
to the popular Indignation aroused by
the reports of the butchery. Two other
American men-of-war ln the harbor of
Santiago, three American, two British
and one French. Their presence served
in a measure to curb the mad Insolence
of the Spanish loyalists on shore.
Commander Braine, of the Juniata, as
soon as possible arranged a conference
with the acting governor of the prov
ince. He was received with cool polite
ness. The commander made formal de
mand for the surrender Into his charge
of the "survivors." This was refused.
Then ensued a tiresome series of diplo
matic negotiations, which lasted until
nearly the end of the year. Commander
Braine succeeded In exacting from the
governor a promise that no action
would be taken In respect to the surviv
ing prisoners without due notification
to him; that meantime the men would
be treated with the consideration due to
prisoners of war, and that the wounded
would receive humane treatment.
This promise was broken. On Dec. 4
Commander Braine received informa
tion that the prisoners had been re
moved from the prison of Santiago and
were on their way to the dreaded Castle
Moro, In the harbor of Havana. The
acting governor for this act of perfidy
gave the same excuse that there was no
lonirer room In t)i KunHoim ..!o..
The theater of negotiation was then re-
inoveu 10 Havana, vice Consul A. N.
Young removed from Santiago to the
capital, and all the forces of diplomacy
were brought to bear upon the Spanish
nfflrinlfl ill ftpnifro tha HHnfattr,, nf V. a
survivors. While the negotiations la t-
ca war seemed imminent from day to
day. The American people clamored
for revpniro. the Snanlai-r'a for tho hlnml
of the surviving captors.
All tne world knows that at length,
on Dec. IS, the captives were set free
from Castle Moro, and taken aboard
the Juiilota. Their cord tlon was a Bt'f
ficient index to the treatment they had
received from their Spanish Jailers.
They were In rags. They were filthy
beyond belief. Many of them were s nt
at once to the hospital. The surrender
of the survivors, reluctantly conceded
by the Spanish officials, roused the
loynl poulace to a frenzy. Burlel, es
pecially, is said to have paced up and
down like a hyena robbed of his p-ey.
The long and tedious delay, ending at
length In the partial requital by Spain
tf the injury and Insult to the United
States, forrrs a chapter by Itself In the
diplomatic history of both countries.
HE TRIED TO HELP BILL.
But the Game Did Not Work nnd the
Family Would Now Sing Low.
From the Detroit Free Press.
One of the most Innocent-looking old
men I ever saw came down the other
day from his farm ln Pennsylvania to
deal with green goods men, and, of
course, he got left. Fortunately for
him he couldn't raise but $150 and there
fore he lost only that amount. I met
him at the depot as an officer had him
in tow to see that he got away safely,
and when he had told the story of how
he had been done for I asked:
"You didn't expect to get $500 In good
money for $lf0, did you?"
"No, I can't say I did," he replied.
"But you thought it would be money
good enough to pass?"
"Yes. They sent me two $1 bills, and
they looked alt right and passed all
right."
"But you would be passing counter
feit money on your neighbors and
causing them a loss."
"No, I wasn't goln' to pas any of It
off on the nayburs. I wouldn't do slch
a thing as that. ' I might hev got rid ot
some of It to chicken buyers and tin
peddlers, but I wanted most of it fur
my son BUI. Bill Is into politics and
poker till you can't rest, but he hain't
had a fair show;' That's what I was
goln to gin him!" I
"Just how, do you mean?" I asked.
"Well, when BUI goes about sayln1 as
how he'll bet $50 that so and so will be
nominated for president somebody
yells at him to put or shet up. Ho
hain't got nuthln to put up, and so he
has to shet. If he's In a game of poker
and got a good hand he's got to call
Instead of raisin' the other fellers out
o' the game. I've knowed him to lay
down with three aces because he hndn't
a dollar more to put up. Oh, no, I
didn't mean nuthln' wrong. I wasn't
goln' to beat the nayburs nor pass any
of It off at the Btores, but beln' B'll la
the laziest and most shiftless critter In
our country I wanted to gin him a show
at politics and poker and make him
aim his board and clothes."
"But you lost your mosey?" .
, "Lost 'er slick and clean, and It was
all I could raise, and from this tlm on
Bill and me and the old woman will hev
to take everybody's bluff and make the
best of It It'll come hard, but some
muat bluff and some must be bluffed,
and I I'pose we'll aomehow live
through it"
QUOTATIONS IN THE
LITERARY MARKET
They Are, ai a Oeaeral Rule,Very Steadily
oa the Asceat
GOOD PRICES PAID TO AUTHORS
"TrilbT" Has Brought Du Maurier
About 100,000 Rates for Kip
ling and Other Start Whittier a a
BargainerThe Outlook Tor Writers
Is Better Now Thau Ever Before.
The New York Sun recently made a
careful Inquiry among publishers with
a view to ascertain how it stands with
the literary wage-earner in this coun
try. The result was encouraging. The
Sun found as a rule that prices for liter
ary work are steadily on the increase.
"It Is absolutely necessary," says the
Sun, "to distinguish, as Brander Mat
thews recently aald. between literature
and Journalism. It is also necessary to
distinguish between what may be called
freak prices, also prices due to corners
In the product, so to speak, and the reg
ular market rates. Thus the differences
between literature and Journalism,
though easily found by one who looks.
Is not commonly made. It is by no
means the contents of a monthly maga
zine on the one hand and a
dally newspaper on the other, nor Is It
found by comparing a product
that is bound In boards and cloth
and sold for a dollar and a half
with a conglomeration of acts hawked
on the streets at two cents a copy. 'The
monthly magazines.' said Mr. Mat
thews, 'are often a liner form of Jour
nalistic product finer, on the whole,
because the producers have more time
for considering and completing their
work.' One may find one always does
find literature of more or less intrinsic
worth In the magazines, but there Is
rarely a respectable newspaper offered
for sale of which the same may not be
truthfully said.
"Strictly speaking, literature, as It is
understood in this market report, Is the
written expression of an original Idea.
It is a navel, a poem, or a message that
was in an author, and either birth or
death had to follow Its conception.
Whether It be good or bad civilized or
savage depends on the qualities and
circumstances of the author, whether or
not the man be 'sent on an errand he Is
too weak for by a path he cannot yet
find.' Mr. Howclls once described jour
nalism very well when he complained
that 'two-thirds of the magazines are
made up of material which, however ex
cellent, is without literary quality
poular science, politics, economics, and
the timely topics which I will call con
temporanlcs.' The article in which these
words appeared was an excellent piece
of 'contumporanlrs' Journalism but it
appeared in Scribner's Magazine. The
Century company when it brought out
the 'Life of Lincoln' was not only print
ing 'contemporanlcs,' but It was getting
a right good 'beat' on Its esteemed con
temporaries. SPECIAL PRICES.
"And this statement leads naturally
to the matter of prices for the various
kinds of products of artists in letters,
for the Century company paid a n table
priee tar Its 'beat' and It l as since paid
n notable price for one bit of literature
pure and simple. Moreover, this Is a
good place to explain the difference be
tween a freak or phenomenal pries and
a market rate. The Century company
paid $50,000 for the 'Lire of Lincoln.' It
13 no disparagement to the authors of
the Century's life of Lincoln to say that
theirs was a freak price. The authors
hud Information for sale that no one
else possessed. They had a corner on
facts about Abrahm Lincoln, and the
public demand for these facts was so
great that a high price would have
been paid for them even If told much
less gracefully than the authors told
them. The motive of the Century com
pany In giving $50,000 for this beat was
precisely that of any enterprising
newspaper in buying exclusive news. It
Is not by any means an unheard-of oc
currence that the managing editor of a
newspaper should pay $100 for ten
'words of Information and then spend
as much more in sending reporters to
verify the facts and 'get all there is of
It.' Of course, there is nothing in e'ther
the $50,000 check or the $100 in cash to
indicate the market value of literature.
"On the other hand, a novel Is now
running In the Century Magazine, un
der the title of 'Sir George Tressady,'
which was written by Mrs. Humphrey
Ward. It is unquestionably a literary
product, an original conception of an
author. The price paid for the serial
right was $118,000. This gives one a
start In the search for the market rats
of literature, but no more. It certain
ly does not prove, however, that the
market is firm and prices rising. On
the contrary, large as the sum may
seem at first thought, It Is relatively
small; It Is much smaller than other
sums paid for the product of other II t
evay workers. Thus Scott got $40,000
for 'Wodstock,' while Moore got 3,000
guineas for "Lalla Rookh.' Anthony
Trollope receive! In all $330,000 for 'Vir
gil.' Tom Moore got 15,000 for his
Irish melodies. George Eliot did not get
less than 8,000 for any of her novels,
and one brought 15,000, It Is said. Mr.
Howells once pointed out that these
old-time prices were worth at least 50
per cent, more to the recipient than the
same sum would be now, but this de
pends on the point of view. A man
could get more of some desirable things
In those days for a guinea than he can
eet now, but a deal less of other things
equally desirable travel, for Instance.
However, the relative purchasing power
of a guinea Is a matter of secondary
consideration to the artist, for the fa
son that the best things ln life, that is
the things that the artist consider best,
go by favor only.
OTHER BIG BIDS.
"However, It Is not necessary to go
back to the time of Scott to find prices
exceeding that paid Mrs. Ward. Robert
Bonner, of the Ledger, paid Charles
Dickens $5,OC0 for 'Hunted Down, a
story of 7.000 words. It Is currently re
ported that Charles Scribner's Sons paid
f5 000 for 'Sentimental Tommy, which
Is now running in their magazine. Ar
thur Scrlbner. when aaked about this
rumor and a further rumor that a bar
gain at $50,000 had been made for the
next story by the same author, declined
either to affirm or deny. The great
success of 'Sentimental Tommy' prob
ably originated an exaggerated rumor,
but that higher prices have been paid
than what Mrs. Ward received need not
be doubted.
"It Is the common rule of publishers
and It Is a rule that Is particularly rasp
ing to the writer with any Instinct of
an artist in him to pay by the yard; at
leaBt by the thousand words. It was
with this rule In view that the fact of
Charles Dickens receiving $5,000 for 7,000
words was mentioned. Anthony Hope
refused, not long ago, an offer of $750
for a short story. Here is another
gauge of market rates, for 'a Bhort
story' means from 3,000 to 4,000 words.
It is fair to Mr. Hope to say that he
was priced at $200 a thousand words.
"That gives us the first Intimation
that the market Is rising, for something
less than thre years ago (October, 1893)
Mr. Howells wrote that three American
men were commonly paid at the rate of
$100 a thousand words for their contri
butions to the magazines, while ono
woman received $160. Nationality has
nothing to do with prices, of course, so
the Inference la that the market for
strictly first-class writers ot magazine
stories haa hardened to the extent of
at least 33 1-3 per cent. .
"Poetry Is priced, It appears, in a
somewhat different fashion, and yet
when one talka about the market the
pace rate fjs Invariably mentioned. For
Instance, at well-known writer In talk
ing about poetry recalled the fact that
the editor of an English periodical once
wrote to T. B. Aldrlch and asked what
he would charge to write a sonnet of
a page and a half. Harper size. Aid
rich grinned at the yardstick, but re
plied that his price was a guinea a line.
He didn't write the 'page and a halt,'
but he sent a poem that is, something
that had not been written either to or
der or to measure and got his guinea
a line. Longfellow sold 'Hanging of the
Crane' for $4,000, or $20 a line, and Ten
nyson received $12 a line for .'Revenge.
At the office of the Century, when Kip
ling's poetry was mentioned, one who
was authorized to speak said that Kip
ling would undoubtedly demand and re
ceive 'from $250 to $750. according to
length," for any poem he might write.
It Is not so long since $25 was considered
a very good price for a very good poem
of the magazine sort
WHITTIER'S DEAL.
"The best story of the prices of poetry
which the reporter heard was one of
Whlttler dealings with the Harpers.
It waa in the days when the lamented
Conant was editor of Harper's Weekly.
Abbey had painted a picture entitled
'The Expulsion of the Quakers from
Massachusetts.' It was a work of art,
and that Is all that need be said in
praise of It Mr. Conant. with the pic
ture In mind, wrote to Whlttler to ask
him tf the title of the plcure could not
Inssplre accompanying verse. The poet
replied that he thought not. However,
Conant was not discouraged. He had a
counle of the best prints that could be
prducod made of the ) anl ot
them to Whlttler with a compltmenary
letter and a suggestion that perhaps a
sight of the work of art might inspire
where the cold title had not done so.
After a time came a letter from Whlt
tler, and enclosed with It were two son
nets, now to be found In any edition of
the poet's work.' But for the purposes
of this article the letter was of more Im
portance than the poems .It said (quot
ed from memory): 'If thee does not
teel disposed to pay one hundred dol
lars for each of these, please send them
back, for I can get that rearer home.'
He got the $200 by return mall. Mr.
Whlttler was an interesting man In a
variety of ways.
"But it is by no means Improbable
that Mr. Kipling would receive $250 for
twenty-eight lines, and nothing could
show a bull tendency ln the market
more clearly than that statement.
However, the top price paid for poetry
was when the Century company gave
Mr. Tennyson (as he was then) $1,000
for two short poems for St. Nicholas.
"Of course-none will overlook the fact
that what may be called the personal
equation enters largely Into the price
paid to a writer. That Is to say, an
author's popularity influences the price
more than the Intrinsic worth of the ar
ticle purchased. Thus, 'Hunted Down,
already mentioned, was by no means
among the better products of Dlcken's
pen. The Cosmopolitan recently offered
Mr. Gladstone a dollar a word for an ar
ticle, but no one familiar, for Instance,
with what Mr. Gladstone wrote for the
North American Review, would say
that his writings were worth that, aside
from his fame as a man.
DU MAURIER'S PROFITS.
"The Harpers have not told anybody
what they will pay Du Maurier for his
next story. If is for this reason, prob
ably, that the rumor Is current that
$50,000 is the sum. Rumors are aston
ishingly common In the book trade
astonishing, considering the reputation
of the craft for conservatism. Indeed,
one man told the reporter that the Mac
millans had been making a number of
'plunges' recently, when one who wns
authorized to speak for them Bald they
had not bought anything outright, and
that tewnty per cent, was the limit ot
the royalty. However, to get back to
Du Maurier, it was said by one In a
position to know that he has received
so far about $100,000 for 'Trilby.' This
Includes theatrical royalties, as well as
sums received for serial rights and roy
alties on books 'sold. But the bald
statement of this sum 1b the least Inter
esting fact about Du Maurier's pay.
The Harpers after reading 'Trilby' made
him a royalty offer for the book along
with another offer for serial rights and
another for the pictures. Du Maurier
wanted instead a lump sum, and named
his price $10,000 it Is said. The Har
pers were not very anxious to pay so
much, but they did It. Later when it
was found that the book had made a
hit when 100,000 copies or thereabouts
had been sold the Harpers, although
under neither legal nor moral obliga
tions to do so, figured up the sum which
Du Maurier would have received had
he accepted their original royalty otter,
and found that he would have been $40,
000 better off. So they sent him a check
for $40,000. It Is suggested that this
check of all others ever used In litera
ture is the one best worth framing for a
wall ornament In a club of artists ln
letters.
"In view of the prices recently paid
for current literature. It is worth re
calling the fact that Robert Louis Stev
enson received but $7,000 for a serial he
sold to the S. S. McClure syndicate.
This Is not a reflection on the syndicate
It Is said to emphasize the fact that
intrinsic merit does not make the price.
UNKNOWN WRITERS.
"The most satisfactory indication of
the state of the market, however is
found In the quotations for the work of
the unknown writer. Here nothing Is
considered but the work Itself, it has
often been said, but it ought to be re
peated on every proper occasion, that
the publisher Is eager for a good un
known. It Is worth while adding, as a
hint to ambitious unknowns, nn old
newspaper mot: A good introduction
will carry a dinged poor story.' We
have ample proof that the unknown Is
wanted In the price now paid as com
pared with what was paid only three
years ago when Mr. Howells wrote that
they pay from live to six dolars a thou
sand words for the work of the un
known writer.' But every publisher of
magazines to whom the reporter talked
said that no matter was rated at less
than $10 a thousand and very little Is
rated below $15. Instances in which
wholly unknown writers have received
from $125 to $175 for a short story (4,000
or j.000 words) are common enough, and
1 ,ssafe t0 sa-y that If any reader of
the Sun has a classic of that length, a
tale that can lift the reader out of his
chair, he can get even $250 for It. It
ought not to worry the author of the
classic to think that Kipling would get
$50, maybe $1,000. for the same story,
because Mr. Kipling's name is worth
the difference as an advertisement to
the periodical.
"Passing from literature to what
Rrander Matthews calls the Journalistic
features of magazines, It Is found that
the price runs from $10 to $50 a thousand
words. The Century rarely. If ever,
pays less than $20. Scribner's not long
ago paid $20 a thousand for a travel
sketch of no great merit. Prof. Shaler,
who writes about coral reefs and sub
marine volcanoes in a way to enchain
a reasonable mind more effectually
than any living author of novels can do,
very likely receives from two to three
times that sum.
SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
"When inquiry wns made fop the rea
sons governing the editors who fix
prices on the products of the men and
women of leters the reply was precisely
what might have been expected, but It
was In several cases emphasized ln a
way that must amuse the average
newspaper publisher intensely. The
magazine essayist has for many years
been telling the newspaper publishers
that It was very, very sinful to print
the news of certain events, even though
the public demanded the news. It was
not only utterly Belfish to consider the
publlo demand for news of, say a prize
fight; It was also utterly debasing. But
now comes the publisher of the maga
zine to say that it Is the public demand
for this or that writer which regulates
the price paid. Mr. Howells . referred
almost pathetically to the worry that
cornea to the magazine editor through
the fickleness of public taste. "Some
times It may be years before he can sat
isfy himself that his -readers, are sick
of Smith and Dining for Jones: even
then he cannot know how Ions ttalr
mood wll last Smith; who has
been boring his readers to death for a
year, may write tomorow a thing that
will please them so much, etc., etc.
"Even the foul thing who edits his
sheet with a stable fork 'may wipe his
grimy paw on his trousers and. hold
ing It out. say 'Shake, pard. that's me.
too, but what fell? If a new Milton
with a new Paradise Lost waa to appear
he would receive from a cent to a cent
and a half a word reia'lve'y speaking
h would get Milton's 5 because the
public is not howling for the work of
the unknown writer, and all editors
must there Is no evading this must
consider the public howl. That Is the
unavoidable necessity of business. This
Is by no means to apologize for the
editor who uses the stable fork. Every
editor chooses his constituents. Some
prtfer readers who find pleasure in
libraries, others prefer readers who find
pleasure in a dime museum's chamber
of horrors.
"It is a curious feature (curious from
a commercial point of view) that sup
ply has nothing to do with prices in
this market. There Is of course a to.
limited supply of classics of literature
that has long life in It There Is not
even enough of really good literature to
keep the space devoted to It In maga
zines full. One has only to try to re
member what the stories or the poems
In the magazines of the month before
last were to be convince 1 of this. Ftlll.
that fact does not tend very much to
put un the price. On the other hand,
the offerings of stories, poma, and
contemporaries from unknown writers
aie so great as to be positively aston
ishing. A hundred manuscripts a day
is the average of all the New York
magazines that hase a first class stand
ing. Not a half of one per cent, can be
accepted for sheer lack of sonce. of
course. The editor, to the best of his ,
ability, picks out the best. It is almost
unnecessary to say that many stories
as good as the ordinary ones that ap
pear are necessarily rejrct"d. And, I
that Is to say, the supply of good stuff j
rrom tne unknown writer very greatly
exceeds the demand. Neve-theleBS the
prlo has been rising steadily.
"The rle in price of this mental prod
uct Is easily explained. It is due pri
marily to the Increase In the number
of people Intelligent enough to appre
ciate a good magazine. Tha mar a-lues
have Increasing prosperity. an1 art they
are able to pay better prlcea the king
Is furnishing more gold to those who
cater to his desires. Every writer who
counts his dollars must rejoice In the
ever wFe-i'-g et c lation of tve month
ly magazine. He must also rejoice ln
the number of magnclne publishers,
for that creates' competition and adds
to the number of stalls In which the
beauties of art may be exposed."
MARKETS AND STOCKS
Wall Street Review.
New York, May 19. Buatness at tha
Sto.-k Exchange was quiet again today,
the dealing ln atocka amounting to only
lltl.uOt) shares, of which Sugar alone fig
ured for 52.7W share. The ton of the
market at the opening was churacterlztd
by firmness, the comparatively small ex
ports of gold by today's Uurnian steamer
and a belief that the recept sale of Ameri
can securities abroad will furnish sulll
dent exchange to keep shipments of the
metal within moderate bounds having con
tributed to the strength of the market at
that time. The' Improvement, however,
was conlined to narrow limits save In the
case of the Rubber stocks, which gained
l'iaiVa per cent, on the statement submit
ted to the stockholders at their annual
meeting at New Brunswick, N. J., toduy.
Mr. Uuntyun, who was said to be op
posed to the present management, atatdd
ut the meeting that he was not Interested
in a new company, as published some time
ago, and that he would support and co-op-eiute
with the trust directory. Thi also
had a strengthening Influence. The re
port submitted waa considered favorable.
Soon after the opening Sugar and Man
hattan weakened. The former fell from
:', to 120 and the latter from 101 to H'v
Sugar's weakness was due to the reduc
tion In the priee of refined, which has led
to realizations by the brokers alleged to
have Inside connections. Manhattan waa
again sold on the unfavorable report for
the March quarter and on an unfounded
statement that Its chief competitor had
obtained control of the Madison Avenue
Horsecar line. Metropolitan Traction, on
the other hand, was In request and ad
vanced from 100-4 o 108. Friend of the
stock say that the forthcoming quarterly
report will be favorable. Tobaoeo was
bought on early Rdviees from the west that
eoffrts wer making to bring about a set
tlement of the trad war. The railway list
moved within a very narrow ralus and et
the close showed declines of 'iaH per cent,
as compared with yesterday' finals. The
loss In the Industrials was equal to ia
per cent, outside ot Tobacco und Rubber,
which scored pains of Haft per cent.
Am. Tobacco Co 65 63T1 V C3
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN. At,
t.RN A Co., correspondent for A. 1.
CAMPBELL, stock broker, 412 Sprue
street
Op'n- High- Low- Clos
ing, est. est In.
Am. Srnrar Ref. Co..l2Ii 122'i 120 120
Ateh.. To. & S. Fe. . la 15 15 15
Chicago Gas BS Sl 67H
Chic. & N. W 10414 HilH I01i 1044
Chic., B. & Q 79 79'4 79 79K
C. C. C. A St. L S 33'i 33 S3'i
Chic, Mil. & St. P. .. 77',i 7"',j 77 77V
Chic, R. I. & Pac ... 70 70 694 WVs
Dlst. C. F 18 18 17 18
Gen. Klectrlc S4 34 33H 33
Lake Shore 149 149 149 149
Louis. & Nash B0?i n0 494 4
M. K. Texas, Pr. . 25 25 244 24
Man. Klevated 1014 1"" MU4
Mo. Pac 26 25 24J 25
Nut. Lead UT 97 9H:V4 W4
Nor. Pac, Vr 12 12 12 12
Ontario Sr. West 14 14 14 14
Phil. A Reading 11H 11', lot, 10
Southern R. It, Pr. . 30 30 3D 30
Tenn., C. Iron .... 2s 2IP4 2(1 26
1'nlon Pacific Vk Vk 7 Vk
Wabash 7. 7 7 7
Western Union 84'4 81 84 84
W. L 9T4 10 t4 9
U. S. Leather, Pr. ... 6514 6''4 64 ei
U. 8. Rubber 21 24 24 24',i
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE PRICES.
Op'n- High- Low- Clos
WHEAT. Ing. est. est. Inf.
July 6m 6is4 60 61
September til 62'i 61 62j
CORN.
July 19'4 194 19-
September 19? Wt Wt
OATS.
July 29'4 29 29 29
September 30 30 30 30
LARD.
July 4.62 4.62 4.60 4.60
September 4.77 4.77 4.75 4.73
PORK
July 7.67 7.75 7.62 7.72
September 785 7.87 1.71 7.87
Scrnnton Board of Trade F.xclinngc
Quotntion"AU Quotation Based
on Par of 100.
Name. BM Asked.
Dime Dep. A DIs. Bank 140
Scranton Lace Curtain Co ... 60
only awaits your invitation to
bring into your home healthful,
palatable and economical food.
Bm that tea li lh gtaahubM tnda-aiarlt
"OiiMtm.," an aterr'i ktaa la mun-pfnl mala
eamrrtia.
THI N. K. MIMA" COMPANY.
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National Boring Drilling Ce.
First National Bask
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SOS
Boat Plat Glass Co
Scranton Car Replacer Co......
Bctantoa Packing Co
Weston Mill Co
Lackawanna Iron aY Steel Co..
Third National Bank
Throop Nevelty M'f's. Co.
S5
Bcranioa Traction Co 17.
BONDS,
acrantoa Glass Co
Bcrantoa Pas. Hallway, m-st
mortgage due Itll....
Ptole'a Street Railway, first
mortsas duo ISIS
Ecrantun A PltUton True. Co..
People' Street Railway. Sec
ond mortsaga du 1!0
Dlrkton Manufacturlne; Co....
l-eka. Township School S....
City f Scranton Street Imp i
Vortmrh of Wtnton f
Mt. Vernon Coal Co ,
Sorantoa Axle Works
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New-York Produce Market.
New Tork, May 19. Flour Pull, essy;
unchanged. Wheat Spot market dull,
firmer; f. o. b, "5c. to arrive; unKraded
red, 3o74c.; No. 1 northern, 70',c. ; op
tion opened and declined, V4a"iJ., closing
firm at 'c. over yesterday, with a fairly
active trade; July and September most ac
tive; No. z red May 6SV.; June.
July, tisc. ; September, 6So.; December,
Sc. Corn Spots dull, firm: No. 2 at
3. 'o. elevator; afloat; options wera
dull and firm and partly M,c. advance; M v,
35 c: July, SiV; September, JK'to- Data
Spot fairly active; easier; options dull;
firmer; May and July, 24'4e.; spot prlcea.
No. 2 at 21V,c; No. 2 white, 2fV.; No. 2
Chicago. SSc; No. S at 23ic; No. S
white, Si'ic: mixed western, 25a:Ke.;
whit do., 2ta?Sc.; white state, 2tia2c. Ileet
Dull; uiichuneed. LarJ Vuint, weak;
Western steam, H.S5: city, May, U So;
rellnod. slow: continent, $3.15; South Amer
ica, JJ.f.0; compound, 4Hai!4c. Pork Dull,
easy; unchanged. Butler l.ar- receipts,
weak; stjte dairy dairy, Halie.; rlo. cream
ery, Hali'te.: western dalrv. 7allc; do.
creamery. Ila15iic.; do. held. Dalle; do.
factory, "alile.: filgina, l.iair.'iR.: Imtatlon
creamery, lOallo. Cheese Moderate de
mand, freely offered; state lnviw old, fia
ft'ic.; do. new, ".tSc.; do. small old, Via
Wic; do. new, 7nSt4c; pnrt rklms o'd, .la
4, :c; do. new, 2ac; full skims, 2a24o.
Egg Choice, fairly active; unchanged.
Philadelphia Provision Market.
Philadelphia, May 19. Provisions were
In moderate Jobbing demand at generally
unchanged prices. We quote: CUv
smoked beef, ll'va 12c.; beef hams, S15al5.Sn;
pork, family. $10.5oall; hams. 8. P. cured,
In tierces, 8a9e.: da. smoked, 9Aalo'4e.,
as to average; aides, ribbed, in salt, 5c.;
10. do. smnked, 6a5c. ; shoulders, plck-le-cured,
SVa5c; do. do. smoked,
6c.: picnic hams, R. P. cured, 6a5'V'.;
do. de. smoked, (i'ia'c. ; bellies, ln pickle,
according to average, loose, 4s4a5,c.:
breakfast bacon, 7a9c. for round and job
bing lots, aa to brand and average; larl,
pure, city refined. In tie roes. 5a5e.; do.
do. do.. In tubs, 5.pa6e.: do. butchers',
nose, 4'a4v.c. ; city tallow, in nogsheaila,
3ic; country, do., 3a3e. as to quality,
and cakes, Sc.
Toledo Grain Market.
Toledo. O., May 19. Close Wheat No.
S soft, 65c.; caah. 67c; June, 67c; Julv, 64c;
August, 63c; September, 64a. Com No.
S yellow. 29c; No. 3. 2Sc: No. 4 at 24c
asked. Oats No. 2JO'c : July, 2lV,c. Tim
othy seed October, ?4.55. Recelnts
Wheat, 2.196 bushels; corn, 3.000 bushels;
oats, 1,200 bushels. Shipments Wheat,
22.700 bushels; corn, 1,800 bushels; oals,
none.
Chicago Live Stock.
fnlon Stock Yards, III., May 19. Cattle
Rei-eipts, 2.500 head; market steady; com.
mon to extra steers, fci.60.i4.30; stockors and
feeders, $2.85a3.U0; cows and bulls, $1.5a.
3.25: calves, $X50a5; Texan, S2.25u4. Hums
Receipts, 18,000 head; market nrm; heavy
packing and shipping lots, 3.25a3.47i; coin,
mon to choice mlved, W.25a3.50; choice as
sorted, S'i.iVJa&ou; Hunts, S3.3oa:.r; nkrs,
I2.50a3.50. Sheep Receipts, 14,000 head;
market strong; Inferior to choice, S2.50a
3.90; lambs, S3a5.
Bnllalo Live Stock.
Buffalo, N. Y., May 19-aCttle-73 cars
through, one on sale; markot quiet anJ
easy; a few odd head of cows sold ut $2. 75a
I; stockers, $3.a3.60; calves nominally,
!8.50a4. Hogs 9 oar J through, 4 on sale;
market active and stronger; Yorkers,
S3.G0a.1.6o; mediums, $3.50a8.55; mixed, 13.55a
3.60; heavy grades, t3.45a3.50; rough, 11a
3.10; (togs, SZai.SO.
Scranton, Tuesday, May 26.
Qreunas oath Providence Road, Opposite Base Ball Park. Take Providence,
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