Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-06-11
MARK twain BURIED.
FUNERAL OF NOTED MAN WAS
HELD SATURDAY.
Services Were Very Simple and Held in
the Presbyterian Chrrch-Muaic Was
Brief and Was Only Modest Display
of Flowers Many Distinguished
People Were Present.

New 0rk, April 24.-The body of
Mark Twain began Saturday its last
journey from the sunny chamber where
it had lain in Stormfeld to the spot
in God IS acre where it shall rest at last
beside those whom he "loved and long
since lost awhile
Funeral services were said in the
old brick Presbyterian church at
Fifth avenue and 37th street, this city,
by DR.. Henry A. Vandyke, professor
of English literature at Princeton
university. The prayer was pronounced
by DR.. Joseph II. Twitchell of Hart
ford, Conn, Twain s old friend and
pastor. The body was taken to Ell
mira.
They All Knew Him.
Most of those who gazed at the dead
humorist in his coffin had never be-
fore seen the creator of "Tom Saw
yer' and Huckleberry Finn but
they felt that they knew Mark Twain
intimately because of the humor and
wisdom of his simple philosophy of
life.
of mourners-they We're sincere mour-
ners-was expressed in one of the few
floral pieces that lay about the caslet
in the quaint old brick Presbyterian
church. 1t bore no name. Instead it
carried the simple legend:
4" From one who has read Pudd n
head Wilson, 1t was the tribute of
the world to man it knew most by his
written words.
The body reached New York shortly
before noon in a private car in which
rode Mrs. Ossip Gabrielovitch, Samuel
Clemens only surviving daughter, and
her husband; Dan Beard, the artist.
Twain s lifelong friend, James Lang
don of Elmira; Katie Leary, for 30
years the housekeeper at Stormfeld,
and the other house servants. At the
head of the coffin stood Claude Ben
toilette, for many years Twain Is valet,
who refused TO move from the side of
his dead master.
Only a handful of people met the
body at the grand central station. No
loving hands lifted il from the car to
the hearse. That task was delegated
TO the undertaken and his assistants.
Slowly the eortege drove TO the old
brick church, where the body remained
until the funeral service began at
3 o clock.
Services Are Simple.
ln accordance with the wishes Of
the family the services We're brief and
simple. The only music was an organ
prelude. There Was modest display
of white lilies of the valley, white aud
ied roses 0rchidf aud sweet peas about
the coiiin. Those who wished were per.
miftod 10 view the features Invita-.
ton was by card, but after fhe friends
and tho family bad been seated the
church MAS well hlled by fAe general
public.
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