September 16 Wednesday – Dorothy Butes wrote from England to thank Clemens for his autograph:

…my friend was delighted with it. I am sending you the long-promised snap-shot. If I have a better one taken I will send it to you. I am so glad I am a Jellyfish! An Anglican-American Jellyfish—it sounds rather sweet, doesn’t it! I am longing to see my badge of membership. Do you remember “The Human Race” club that you told me about?” She wrote on about her travels and sightseeing in England, then asked, “Were you really lost in the cave, as Tom Sawyer was, & did you really see Injun Joe murder the young doctor in the grave-yard? It must have nearly frozen ou with fright! Please tell me! [MTP; not in MTAq]. Note: most likely Clemens did not give Butes the full name of his “God Damned Human Race Club.”

Arthur G. Stedman, second and last son of the late Edmund Clarence Stedman, died in NYC of Bright’s disease. His father died on Jan. 18, 1908 [NY Times, Sept. 17, p. 7 “Arthur G. Stedman Dead”]. Note: Arthur had assisted his father on the Library of American Literature, a series that had taxed the bank account of Charles L. Webster & Co.