October 15 Tuesday – The New York World ran a piece about the Earl of Galloway rape case in England, in which the earl was acquitted on Oct. 14. Sam made an entry about it in his notebook. The article implied that the earl was found not guilty because of his power and wealth [MTNJ 3: 523n135].

Joseph T. Goodman wrote from Fresno:

Dear Mark — your favor was received yesterday. I congratulate you upon the success of your invention….I shall start East within a week, not that I have much confidence I can accomplish the ends you propose; but I desire to see you all again, and the doctors have been telling me for a year that I better get away from the ranch a while. [Goodman noted his wife was in Paris] [MTP].