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Mems SIS. So and ST Sample Oxfords. $685.

MY niece, Miss Laura Fraser, in 190s,'
said Mrs. Fraser, land on leaving in
sisted upon hin visiting again his old
home in Hannibal. He replied, sadly:
Laura. I guess the next extended trip
i will take will be up yender; l can
hardly expect to visit the scenes of my
childhood again, as much genuine
pleasure as it would give me.
"On the morning of our departure l
found on a table in my room a splendid
steel engraving of himself. n written
above it these words: TO Laura fraser,
with love Of her earliest sweetheart,
He was one of my dearest friends and
1 cannot express my great sorrow al
his death"
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here that his first writing of a public
nature was done. His lack of duties
gave him ample time for idling, and he
took to discussing political and public
matters through the columns of the
Virginia City Enterprise. His letters
were brimful of satire, his humorous
perception made them most interesting
and his instinct of Disgusting a thought
with humor became apparent. Here
also he got his name Mark Train"
which is known better and farther than
that of Clemens. MARK Twain" was
sung out on the boats OF the Mississippi
to let the pilot know the sounding was
two fathoms. when the river trade was
at it's zenith. and with a memory of
the monotonous song OF the men heav-
ing the lead he adopted it as a nom
de-plume. His casual correspondence
to the Enterprise was signed with 1t,
and in 1867. when he wrote his first
story, 1.-The Jumping Frog of Calaveras
County, the author was known as
Mark Twain. and, without quotation
marks, it has become his name to the
greater portion of the world. His
books have been translated into Ger
man. French, Italian, Norwegian and
Danish to a great extent n into
other languages to a lesser degree.
Reporter In Nevada.
He became a reporter on the Enter
prise, a silver miner, then a gold miner
in California, a reporter in San Fran
cisco, special correspondent In the
Sandwich Islands, next a rowing cor
respondent in Europe and the East
then a lecturer and a great author.
The frontier atmosphere of the bis
river during a most picturesque perioo
and the polyglot and homogeneous col
lection of humanity in the silver ano
gold rushes gave him an insight into
human nature tina few men have en-
joyed. His life covered a world, as ht
was one of the most widely Travelled
men of history. 1T am contented any
where II l do not have to move" HI
used to say. From many sources NJ
gathered threads of TIT
jumping frog story was told him IL
the soft glow OF a campfire by miners
in the Sierra Nevadas. His easy grace
which made him a charming orator
came from his knowledge Of men. ant
the history of Mark Twain from tn
banks of the Mississippi to the court
of Europe makes a story as interesting
az any written.
The title THE Prince and the Pau
per-" written in 1880, suggests his LII
In itself. From tho rude mining cam
structures described in his "Roughini
It," written in 1872, to the " home
at Hartford, with residence
at Elmira and in the Adirondacks, j
a far call. but suggestive of the varies
conditions through which he passed il
a most eventful life.
Characteristic of the mar was his re
marks to his wife's father, when il
1870, he married Olivia l.. Langdor
daughter of Jervis Langdon. Mr.. Lang
don had secretly furnished a house 70
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BURIAL OF MARX TWAIN
IN ELMlRA CEMETERY.

ELMIRA, N. Y, April 22.-The body
of Mark Twain will fine its final rest
ing place in the family plot here, where
already have been buried his wife, his
daughters Susan and Jean, his in
FAINT son Langhorne.
A simple marble stone marks the
graves in the cemetery here. On it is
the little epitaph which Mark Twain
wrote some time after his wife's death
1t reads:
Warm summer sun
hin kindly here.
Warm Southern wind.
Blow softly here.
Green sod 0
Lie light. lie light.
Good night, dear heart,
Good night, good night"
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MARK TWAlN'S
FUNERAL TO BE-
HELD IN NEW YORK
CONTINUED from FIRST paGe.1

and even tried to joke about 1t, He
made a gallant fight for the sake of
the game. He had never been the
same after recent bereavements that
seemed to bow him down in immeas-
urable grief. Few persons had suf-
fered such overwhelming sorrows in
private life as this man. who had made
the whole world laugh for so many
years, and who was the greatest hui
morist this country has produced.
A son he lost in infancy, a daughter
in her teens, one in middle life. and
finally a wife who had been a con-
slant and sympathetic companion.
Then there was the more recent and
tragic death of his daughtec Jean. who
had been closest to him in his later
years. Besides this, he lost some Of his
oldest and most intimate friends,
among them II. II. Rogers. William NJ.
Laffan and Richard Watson Glider.
His heart seemed to go out of him
when Jean died, and he had practically
written nothing since he gathered his
energies to write a last chapter memo
rial Of her in his autobiography.
Mr.. Paine and Mr.. Clemens's daugh-
ter are his literary executors, and have
many unpublished manuscripts left by
him. His daughter will live at storm
field during the summer, and will
always retain it as a home.
WINS Born In Missouri.
Mark Train started a most remark
able career in Florida. Mo-. on Novem-
Der 80, 1885, when Samuel Langhorne
Clemens was born. His father, John
Marshall Clemens, of Virginia, had gone
West In search of fortune, and one OF
the sons statements is to the effect that
he found it in marrying Jane Lambton
q sprightly Kentucky girl of English
extraction and much refinement. This
was the principal wealth of the father
who, during the early life Of the famous
author. was a justice of the peace al
Hannibal, Mo.
Samuel was a delicate boy, without
taste. for study, and his early education
was CLEANED mostly from the bottom OF
Bear creek and the Mississippi river
The Father of Waters with his tortuou'
channels, snags and derelicts, always
picturesque and changeable moods, and
the procession of v~ariegated aft com.
ing from the mystic @ortn and passing
away to a promised lane in the south
fascinated the boy, and his work show
that he loved the great river.
Nine times he escaped drowning
though he was q good swimmer, AM
elderly neighbors shook their head
and vowed that he was born to b
hanged. From all accounts gathere
from old residents and those who kneN
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HOW TO AVOID
KIDNEY TROUBLES

There is so much kidney and bladder
trouble lately that many will be glad
to have the following prescription: Go
to any well-stocked drug store and get
six ounces good pure gin and mix with
one-half ounce fluid extract buchu and
one-half ounce murax compound. Shake
these well together and take one or two
teaspoonfuls three times a day after
meals. 1t will quickly and permanently
cure lame back, rheumatic pains in tha
joints. highly colored urine, frequent,
scanty or burning %urination. dizziness,
pains in the head. all of which are due
to weak or deranged kidneys. bladder
or urinary passages.
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PRESIDENT TAFT HAS
PRAISE FOR MARK TWAIN.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-President
Taft. when informed of the death of
Mr.. Clemens, wrote this statement:
Mark Twain gave pleasure-real in
tellectual enjoyment-to millions, and
his works will continue to give such
pleasures to millions yet to come. He
never wrote a line thai a father could
not read to a daughter. His humor
was American, but he was nearly as
much appreciated by Englishmen and
people of other countries as by his own
countrymen. He has made an endur-
ing part of American literature"
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the pair and while Mark Twain was
being taken through it by his bride
and curious as to the new house ana
the large gathering of friends his beau
tiful bride exclaimed, Its ours, yours
and mine, a gift from father"
Tears filed his eyes as he conlsm-
plated the donor and then quietly he
said: "Mr. Langdon, whenever you are
III Buffalo. whether its ~ ice a year,
come right up here and bring your bag
with you You may stay over night
if you want to. 1t shan't cost you a
cent"
He never smiled when telling a story
and would have been a great actor had
he not been an author. Delighting his
friends he read many times in private
and was a magnificent exponent of
Browning.
In his sixtieth veal he failed in bust
ness, the firm of c. L. Webster & Co,
which he founded, going under. After
a life of many vic~issitudes and hard
work he set himself the great task OF
earning 800, 600 to pay off the debts
of the defunct firm. He crossed the
continent westward. ~lecturing every
night. shipped from Vancouver to sgd
ney. Australia: visited Tasmania, New
Zealand. Ceylon. Bombay. India, South
Africa. London and Vienna, and paid
his debts in two years. He dreaded the
exactions of the lyceum stage and got
out of ~lecturing as soon as possible.
Most remarkable in his career is the
fact that from the time of his first story,
the Jumping Frog" there has been
no lack of interest in his works. Great
demand has been made for them at
libraries, many editions have been
published, and as a speaker and writer
he enjoyed a crescendo of popularity.
His books can be taken up at any, time
and will live as masterpieces of Amerl-
can humor for all time.
Worked Long to Pay Debt.
The character of the man is seen in
his work. in his action in setting him
self the task of discharging a debt
which might have been legally avoided,
but which he regarded as a debt of
honor with all the staunch honesty
of the Southern gentleman before the
war.
Following his jumping Frog" which
attracted attention and would nave
made his name famous in American
literature had he written nothing else,
he brought out, in 1853, "lnnocents
Abroad" Annually. from 1871 to 1873,
he wrote one work.. the three being
autobiography and First Romance
THE Gilded Age and "Roughing 1t.
In writing THE Gilded Age" he col
Elaborated with c. D. Warner.
other works and the dates of their
publication are as follows: Sketches,
New and Old" 1873; Adventures of
Tom Sawyer" 1876: "Punch Brothers"
1878; "A Tramp Abroad" 1880; THE
Prince and the Pauper.' 1880; THE
Stolen White Elephant" 1882; Life on
the Mississippi" 1888; THE Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn" 1885; "A Yankee
at the Court of King Arthur" 1889;
1.-The American Claimant" 1892; Merry
Tales 1892; THE FL 900, 900 Bank Note"
1893; 'Puddinhead Wilson," 1894; tom
Sawyer Abroad" 1894; Joan of Are
1896; Following the Equator 1898:
1.-THE Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,'
1900; "A Double Barrelled Detective
story 1902, and christian Science"
1908.
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Baptist Church. THE whole world
knew him and loved him"
President Woodrow Wilson, of Prince
ton. voiced a similar sentiment-that
the death of Mark Twain was more
than a national loss. "All the world
knew him. He spoke the spirit of
America. He interpreted human life
with a flavor all his own
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Ex.MAYOR OF TOLEDO vANIsHEs

TOLEDO. o., April 22.-Police of To-
ledo and surrounding cities have been
asked to assist in trying to find Robert
II. Finch, former mayor of Toledo, who
has been missing since Tuesday. OF
health.
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B0YHOOD SWEETHEART
OF AUTHOR SORROWFUL

HANNIBAL, Mo, April 22.-Mark
Twain's first sweetheart, Mrs. Laura
Fraser, told last night of a visit she
made to the humorist's home in Con-
necticut a couple of years ago.
II visited Mr.. Clemens at his home in
Redding, Conn, at his request, with
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-08

ling. Nr Haywood and Miss Loose are
not Murmous
when asked for statement COM
corning The matter. Governor Spry.
who returned from thc east ycstcr-
dav said.
There nave been no meetings of the
committee that were not regularly
called ir J.ciSiiug was always pres
Ont af thae. meetings Three mem
hcrs OF tlr committee are not Nor
mons. -u. tncrc have been mo- secret
nicotine.
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sALr LAKE. THEATRE.

Next week at the salt Lake theatre
will be a sort of reunion week with
salt Lake theafrcEOers and their old
time stage favorites. The event viii
Doe the enua cement OF Charles Froh-
mans uhonomenallv successful musical
comedy. "rhe Dollar Princess In its
cast are number OF western actors.
who heretofore have been seen in salt
Lake in stellar roles. Heading this list
is John T. kearncy. an cN-Denverites
Cd close second 10 him i'm popularity is
1ovablc old Fred Lennon. while close
third is VIII g.. Vaudeville. others are
Franklin Farnum and Eddie German.
two western boys. and little Teddy
Buckley. native daughter Of san
Francisco. Others I'm the cast are the
three most successful actresses in the
London company Of ''The Dollar prin-
cess" Daphne Glenne. Eileen ClanfOrd
and Barbara Darlington.
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REPLY OF GENERAL WOOD
Western Lumbcrmen Requested That
Forests he PatrOllcd by Soldiers
During Summer.

Spokane. Wash. Dec. THE recon-
mendation Of President Taft is believed
TO have been responsible for the COM
promise request OF western lumber
men for summer posts for troops in
the national forests. The original re-
quest Of the lumbermen was FOR a reg
ular patrol Of troops during the sum-
mer months. General Leonard Wood.
chief of staff. replied that the govern
mcnt troops we're not laborers
The Western Forestry and COnserva-
ticn association. which Mas just com
pleted its semi-annual meeting here. is
known TO have received a long tcie-
gram from President Taft on the sub
ipct Of tho use OF troops in subduinu
forest fires. The contents OF this telo-
gram were not made public. but the
recommendation OF the lumbermen that
no patrol duty be asked. but that sum-
mer camps be established near the
forests. followed
other resolutions OF the association
ask that appropriations OF the forest
service be increased to provide ade-
quate protection to government timber
that adequate provision be made by the
states Of Washington. oregon. CalifOr-
MIA Idaho and Montana for the apDre-
hepsion "of offenders against the vari.
Gus state laws. that funds be provided
for patrols and fire fighting and tina
! a reforestration policy be adopted
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STORMY MEETING
OF LAND BOARD
Proposed Opening of Land
Under Piute Canal Project
Causes Protests.
UNFAIRNESS IS CHARGED
Claim That a Portion Should Not Be
Thrown Open Until the Opening
Of Ten Thousand Acres.

The proposed opening OF 1000 acres
Of land under the Piute canal project
on the Piute reservation. in SEWER
county. called for lively meeting Of
the state board Of land commissioners
at the city and county building yester-
day. 4 division of opinion made II
impossible to reach a fuil understands
ing. and nothing could be Consummat-
ed regarding the opening OF the at
tractive Piutc land.
some members OF the board held
that IL unfair to open the 2.0oO acres
OF land under the canal at present and
give those who have already entered
/ into land speculatiOns an opportunity
TO get the cream Of the irrigation
project. They contend that the land
opening should not take place until
I 10 is time FOR q final opening OF the
Z 10000 acres of land under the canal
when everyone viii be given an equal
opportunity TO make selections with
| out encumbrsnces.
Meeting Today.
The matter will be threshed out at
I the meeting of the board today Those
/ opposed TO opening 1000 acres OF the
I land before the ultimate opening OF
! 10000 acres are OF the belief that
I they can induce other members OF the
] hNhlN 10 NNlUk llleiF way ana prevent
what they believe 20 be an injustice
+ TO prospective buyers OF land under
the Piute canal
w. y. Candland OF Mount Pleasant.
one OF the members OF the board.
stated last night that ne was decided
ly in favor Of opening the 2.0O0 acres
] OF land at once and have n public auc-
ton at the SEWER county court house
. nc such time as members OF the land
I board might see fit to designate. He
held that II was a progressive move
ment and sternly questioned the
/ charge OF unfairness I'm opening tho
] proposed 1000 acres prior to the
/ opening or the 10.OO0-acre project
A contract to furnish water from
the Piute canal project at $50 per
acre. payable within ten years. was
unanimously decided upon at the
meeting and present owners Of land
under the canal will at once be In
{ formed regarding the action In ac-
Cordance with canvasses made several
months ago this seems favorable TO
present land owners
Those attending the meeting were
/ w. D. Candland Of Mount Pleasant.
I w. j. Lynch of salt Lake. w. II. THAN
fof Logan. NJ. NJ. steele Of Pauguitch
and a. q. GiauQue Of salt Lake
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inches in diameter. il was Intended to
put q design of the Brigham Young
monument. the view showing the
mountains in the background. and L
don't think that that feature has been
definitely decided upon as yet
There have been three meetings
since the committee made the selec-
ton last June. The service is being
made bv the Gorham company OF
New York. and while I WAS I'm the
east the committee wired me to notify
the company to GO ahead with the
work am in receipt Of q letter
from the Gorham company to the eff
feet that a woman giving the name OF
Mrs. owen called at the Office in New
York and asked 60 see the service.
stating that there was going TO De a
strenuous protest against the use Of
Che figure Of Brigham Young. The
woman was not shown the service FOR
the simple reason that IL was then i'm
the factory ar Providence, r. I.
No secret Meeting.
''The statement that there was a SEE
crot meeting s. absolutely false. The
meeting in October was for the pur-
pose Of telling me to order the Cor
ham company to go ahead with the
service
Another thing: In AN Of the 200
pieces OF more there is not n design
hy a Mormon artist. as this work was
done entirely by the Gorham people.
The figure OF the Pioneer monument.
which. or course. shows Brigham
Young. was from "a photograph. and
IF used viii be ON small fruit dish.
s0 there is no truth whatever I'm the
statement that Brigham Young was to
De the dominating figure OF the design
/ ON the service"
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CoIoNTNL THEATRE.

Under the auspices of Rocky Mount
tain lodge No. 3. Knights Of Fythias,
iast nirht al tho Colonial theatre a
new version Of Damon and Pythias-
It is "a historical drama in five acts
which is said TO powerfully nluStra s,
place is Syracuse in Greece and the
period about f95 r. G.
The story of the play Us that well
] known one OF the brothcrly love exist
/ ing between Damon and Pythlas. IL ls
! the classical example OF Irlenqsnlp' anu
as arranged under Mr.. keenes person
/ a1 direction. the play has strong dra-
matte interest, which the principals OF
the company give creditable inter-
At the period the play opens. the
struuglc for governmental supremacy
between the Grccian general Dionys JUS
and his devoted soldiers on one size.
and Damon and other patriots on the
opposing side. has become most acute.
The followers OF DiOnysius want him
l AS ruler. "a king. The followers Of Da-
mon want him to keep alive their pres
/ emit form of government The curtain
I rises just after philistius ttho riEht
hand Of Dionysius) has just been made
I president Of the senate.
/ Damon is condemned 20 death by
/ Dionysius and is not permitted TO bid
pledges himself as hostage Tor the
/ return OF Damon. takes his place IN
/ the prison. and the condemned man Is
I allowed six hours OF freedom At inc
Z end OF that time one of the two must
die. and through intrigue on the part
/ Of Dionysius. designed 20 prove their
I friendship. each Of them is tempted TO
hotray his friend Neither yields TO the
I temptation and at the final moment as
I pythias ascends the scaffold, Damon
/ anDears Dionysius discards his dis
Z guise. and i'm commencing the friend
T shin between Damon and Pythias. beEs
for a share Of its privileges
The roles of Damon and Pythias arc
/ acceptahiy taken by Mr.. keemc and a
! s Jackson. William Hutchinson. who
I plays phiiistius. gives the part Wig
l orous Interpretation an6 Lusullus j.
I also well done by Edward Winters
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AInITnISIIM VI.

This evening the operators OF the
salt Lake exchange OF the Bell Tcie-
phone company viii be guests at the
Auditorium roller skating rink. By in
vitatiOn OF Manager Omara. ana II l-
expected that about thirty OF them VIII
spend the evening on the little wheels
The twO-stcpUing contest begun Mon
day evening and viii emo saturday,
when those who qualify viii compete
in the finals Those who have quail
fled so far are Helen Mead and Earl
Lamont. Minnie Howells and $. Is
MumfOrd. Laura Madsen and Allen
Ayers. Vera Leatham and l.. MartncW
Iva Larsen and II. r. HapEood. Ellen
Belmont and J. Mclaughlin. one or
more couples will be selected each
evening to enter the finals.
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COLONIAL THEATRE.

William Faversham viii present
"The World and His Wife" at the COL
onial for three performance. startinc
tomorrow night. tt was general
recognized in New York that this plan
is one OF the strongest acting dramas
seen I'm several seasons. As an actor
manager Mr.. Favcrsham has proved q
novelty. inasmuCh that he did not take
advantage or his privilege Of suhmerg-
in- his supporting company lie an
nounCed TO begin with that 1t was his
purpose 20 present fine plays I'm q fine
way without regard to his own appear
aucc in them. This laudable purpose
has been lived up 60 by Mr.. Faversham
with the result that he has been warm
ly commended. The fine company in
cludes Julie OPP. ~. Cooper Cliffe. Har-
r. keddinE and Lionel Eelmore.
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STEAMER MISSING.
London Dee. THE American
steamer Arlsadfa. from New Orleans
October II FOR san Juan. has been
posted at TIovdS as missing.
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Few comedians are better or more
faTOrdbly known than Jefferson be
Angels, who viii appear here at the
Colonial for four nights and a Wednes-
day matinee starting next Sunday
evening. Mr.. De Angels viii DE sup
ported by that fine baritone singer.
George MaCFarlane and salt Lakes
Viola Pratt Gillette. The entire COM
pany supporting jefferson DE Angels
if Of the best and almost identical with
the one that opened i'm this opera at
the Herald Square theatre. New York.
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story-the doubts. the shadows. the
dramatic moments when Polly's heart
is in the balance. hut IL rs enough TO
say that the last splendid stage picture
when the circus moves off i'm the dis
lance and Polly stays Clasped in the
arms of the pastor-that one scene
alone is worth a trip to the salt Lake
theatre
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ORPHETM THEATRE.

In spite Of strong counter attractions
tho Orpneum bill Is proving strong
enough this week 20. retain a big per-
cemtage OF the theatre patronage OF
the city. The weeks bill a. exception
ally entertaining and is universally
praised by those who have seen IL.