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The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
Mine OFFICIAL
CRUCIFIED BY
A mob AS SPY
Crown of Thorns Placed On Vic
TINS Head and Spikes Driven
Through Hands
Crowd Dances Around Cross
and Slashes Dying Foreman's
Body With Knives
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

AvELLA, Pa, April 23.-The bar
barity of old biblical times and tales of
cruelty of the middle ages were
eclipsed today when George Babish, a
mine official of the Pittsburg and
Washington coal company, was dragged
from his bed and crucified. His body
bleeding from many wounds, the man
was cut down in dying condition by
Mine Superintendent Boggs and a de-
tail of police from Washington, Pa.
and death came in little while after
the man was taken to a hospital
AS Babish was leaving the mines
yesterday afternoon lie was pounced
on by d crowd of angry foreigners and
dragged to the ge of town where he
was beaten and stoned but was res
cued by Day superintendent C. E.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
Thief SHOT in
RUNNING Fight
Citizen Severely Wounds Bur-
glar, but Companion in Crime
Makes His Escape
Especial Dispatch to The Call

Especial Dispatch to The Call
STOCKTON. April 2S-A badly
wounded burglar occupies a cot at the
receiving hospital. the result of a
battle tonight with the police and
citizens.
The wounded thug and his partner
yesterday robbed the home of Mrs. H.
E. Hobbs. 227 South American street.
and after ransacking the place tied the
silver ware and other loot in two
packages. Knowing Mrs. Hobbs was on
vacation and not expected to return
for several days. they left the booty
in the house with the intention of re-
turning tonight.
The burglary was discovered today
and Policeman Dutschke was detailed
on the case. The officer locked himself
in the house and awaited results. The
housebreakers appeared about $50 and
sat on the fence in front of the house
Sam McCloud. who resides next door
heard them and made an investigation.
AS he stepped outside the burglars
opened fire on him.
Herbert Tucker, another resident OF
the neighborhood. rushed out of his
house, revolver in hand and Joined In
the fight He fired at one of the rob
bers as he was running away and
struck him twice. Several officers were
soon on the scene.
The wounded man was found near the
Hobbs house and was hurried to the
hospital. One bullet struck him In the
back near the shoulder and the other
in the thigh. He has a good chance to
recover. The burglar Is about % years
of age. He refused to make a state
ment. The other man is still at large.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
Reverence Tempers RidicuIe

Mark Twain laughed many of the
worlds false claimants out of court
and entangled many of the worlds
false witnesses in the net of ridicule.
He touched the absurdities of life
with not unkindly mockery and made
US feel somehow the infinite pathos of
life's realities. No man can say that
he ever failed to reverence the purity,
the frank, joyful, genuine nature of
little children. of whom Christ has
said, "Of such is the kingdom of
heaven.
A hearse among the green leaves of
spring is sad thing TO see, and as
those waiting al Redding station today
saw the white horses and the black
van now and again between the pen
ciled tracery of the willows, there rose
the memory of how the same hearse
had last wended the same winding
road from the same house on Christ
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
DAYS OF go" RETURN TO
BONANZA MINE OWNERS
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

MARYsvILLE. Cal, April 23.-Ed-
ward Page and George veazis. owners
of the Bonanza mine at Dobbins
ranch, which netted $4,000 from one
pocket. believe they have found a
ledge of quartz which will yield big
returns. The excitement in that neigh
borhood is the greatest since the gold
dayS
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the blood coursed down his body from
which the clothing had been stripped,
the mob dug a large hole in the ground
and an improvised cross of mine timber
made
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
LAST JOURNEY
Of MARK twain
TO GODS ACRE
Brief and Simple Funeral Serv=
ices Held in Old Brick
Church, New York
Princeton Professor Pays Trib=
ute to Writer and Man
Known and Loved

NEW YORK, April 23.-The body of
Mark Twain began today it's last jour
ney from the sunny chamber where it
had lain in Stormfield to the spot in
Gods Acre where it shall rest at last
beside those whom he loved long
since and lost awhile
Funeral services were said in the
old Brick Presbyterian church at Fifth
avenue and Thirty-seventh street, this
city. by DR.. Henry A. Vandyke. pro-
fessor of English literature at Prince
ton university. this afternoon. The
prayer was pronounced by Dr.. Joseph
II. Twitchell of HARTFORD Conn, Mark
Twain's old friend and pastor.
Early tomorrow morning the body
will leave for Elmira over the Lacka-
wanna railroad
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Have You Been Counted
By the Census Man ?

II not. or if you have any
doubt. fill out this coupon and
mail it to c. B. Bdldpm, super
visor of census. 507 Chronicle
building, phone Suffer 55l.
On April Is, 1910, 1 was living
at address given below, but to
the best of my knowledge i have
not been enumerated there or
anywhere else.
Name ---.--''.-.--..
street and No. ......-...-........
City ...-...t..-..... ..-..-....-...
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Asks for Inquiry Report

WASHINGTON. April 23.-Represen-
tative Francis Burton Harrison of New
York today introduced resolution
calling on the president for all the facts
in connection with the investigation
and report of Solicitor William p. Hep
burn of the treasury department upon
alleged frauds at New York in 1891.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
"PIay Ball" Gets Senator's

WASHINGTON, April 23.-As has
been the case on several occasions of
late the ball game today proved a
greater attraction to senators than the
discussion of the railroad bill and an
adjournment of the senate was forced
at 4 o'clock because of the absence of
a quorum Senator Borah contended
that the adoption of the Elkins -Craw-
ford provision would mean the repeal
of the Sherman antitrust law, so far
anpIfas fo railroads
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
Republics on Trial

Re made his auditors clearly realize
that he considered republican institu-
tions sum on trial both in America and
France.
The distinguished personages oceu-
pying seats on the estrade. who includ-
p ed. besides the deans of the various
faculties Of the universities, Premier
Brfand and his entire cabinet and such
men as Leon Bourgeois, former Pre-
mier; Anatole Leroy Beaucaul, director
Of the Institute of France; Jules Poin-
caire. Jules Claretie, Gabriel Hantotaux.
MARQUIS de Seguer, the historian. and
Paul DeschaneI. were evidently quite
as much impressed as the students and
other auditors in front. joining heartily
in the applause. especially when Roose-
Welt spoke against race suicide and the
necessity for a nation to perpetuate it
self as one of its principal duties.
Following the lecture, Vice Rector
Lizard. in behalf OF the university, pre-
sented Roosevelt with a bust of Jeffer-
son and two vases made at Sevres. A
c,-ious mistake had been made in the
b,,st A bust of Lincoln had been or
de-ed from the government factory at
Sevres. but in some way one OF Jeffer-
son was made. NJ. Jusserand, the
.French ambassador. has arranged TO
nave the original order executed.
In replying to M. Boutroux before
the Academy of Moral and Political
sciences. Roosevelt spoke in Frenh.
He said that he would not dare to do
so If he were not among conferees,
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24

Eighth annual breakfast and reunion Of alum
nae OF girls high school Page 80
Property owners west of Powell street suggest
change in building laws. Page 23
Miss LuciDe Finch will lecture on negroes
past and At the later day. Page 20
Panama Pacific exposition will be boosted by
businessmen throughout city. Page "a
City's Hetch Hetchy water brief was forward
ed 10 Washington yesterday. Page 20
Charles ". Reeds malady is Inert mole
eules" says his wife's lawyer. Page 80
Census count in san Francisco lacks about
5000 names Of being complete. Page 23
y. NJ. c. A. collects $53. sos for furnishing
fund and campaign viii continue. Page "a
Miss Mary Fairbrother is guest of honor at
California club luncheon at Argonaut Page 20
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
Mark Twain's Last Christmas

Jeane Clemens had died on Christ
mas eve, while her Christmas tree
stood in the living room at Stormfeld
fully garnished and untouched. Her
body was sent to Elmira on Christmas
night.
That was Mark Twains last Christ
mas.
No news of the death had reached
the few scattered houses that are in
Redding. That Christmas night was
furiously stormy and the snowfakes
drove like shot.
The first intimation the village had
of Jeane Clemens death was when a
tardy passenger, opening suddenly the
door of Redding station, found him
self confronted with four tall, silent
men in black, struggling in the snow
with coffin.
Contrast of Funerals
1t was on this night that the news
papers heard that Mark Twain was
dying and sent him kilograms of in
quiry.
Il hear" he wrote in reply, that
the newspapers say 1 am dying. /
would not do such a thing at my time
of life. I am behaving myself as well
as / can. Merry Christmas to every
body"
The storms beat upon the daughter
the sun shone today upon the father. s
The hearse plodded through the
lanes: after it followed Albert Bigelow
Paine. the cherished friend and
biographer, with Jarvis Langdon. the
favorite nephew, and in a closed car
riage at the rear the only living daugh-
ter, Clara, and her husband, Ossip Cab
rilowitsch; Claude, the faithful butler.
and old Katie Leary, the house keeper,
on the front seat.
There was no procession of mourning
neighbors, no demonstration along the
way. The shining rosewood coffin
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The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
POLITICAL
CITY

Red Hayes fears vile plot has bee
hstched against him by Eddie Wolfe. Page 2
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
WEATHER

Storm king and Jack Frost firmly grip lake
region Of middle west. Page "a
Old Sol shines some and makes new heat
records in sunny California. Page "a
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
TELEPHONE KEARNY So
SUNDAY, APRIL "a. 1910
EDITORIAL

jenkins on scheme Of education. r. Sc
Bogglng over an absurd conclusion. II. 80
Vicissitudes Of an unfortunate myth. T.. 36
Extraordinary cnrontery Of a lawyer. i. 80
Guessing at [. 5. supreme courts mind. p. SO
Contrast between Garfield and Ballinger. p. SO
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
SUBURBAN

Many fair daughters Of Alameda county TO be
June and July brides. Page 80
Niles couple htdngly observe sixtleth ami
versary Of wedding day Page3O
Marvin ". Bell and wife hle suits for divorce
in an hour Of each other. Page 30
Noted lecturers 10 teach at summer session at
University of California. Page 80
Rev. J. whitcomb Brougher of Los Angeles
viii fill Oakland pulpit. Page 80
Miss Doris Schnabel. soprano, 10 give half
hour Of music at Greek theater. Page 81
Five students. including Miss Edna Watson.
10 take examination for degree. Page 81
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
Brief and Simple Service

In accordance with the wishes OF the
family the. services today We're brief
and simple. The only music was an
organ prelude, the Death of Ase," by
white lilies, lilies of the valley, white
and red roses. orchids and sweet peas
about the coffin.
Those who wished were permitted to
view the features. Invitation was by
card. but after the friends and the fam
lily had been seated the church was
well filled by the general public. In
all the services took but half an hour.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
Touch of Grief Upon All

In his address Doctor Van Dyke said
in part:
This is not the place nor the time
for an eulogy of the famous writer,
the honored and representative Ameri-
can. Here we are all of us simply
human. The touch of gsief is upon us.
We think of Mark Twain. not as the
celebrity, but the man whom we knew
and loved.
Those who know his work as a
whole know that under the lambent
and irrepressible humor which was
his gift there was a foundation of
serious thought and noble affections
and desires. The mark of his highest
hnmor is that it does not laugh at the
weak, the helpless, the true, the inno-
cent-only at the false. the pretentious,
the vain, the hypocritical
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
EASTERN

Brief and simple funeral services held fo
Mark Twain in New York Page q
Miss Houlihan. nurse. proves good witness fo
Doctor Hyde i'm murder trial. Page 2:
Girl who mssqueraded boy wishes entir
world 10 forget that episode. Page A
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
COAST

Young girls death results from poison, taken
by mistake two weeks ago Page 80
Northern San Mateo county delegates favor
annexation 10 San Francisco. Page 25
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-24
FOREIGN

prosecution by Mrs Paine. Page 80
Mrs. Sterling resumes stage and revives ro-
nance Of the earl and the girl. Page 20
Roosevelt in lecture in Paris speaks against
race suicide and scores idle rich. Page 20
9 Irish party and liberals unite in support Of
budget before attacking lords veto. Page 20
Mrs. william r. Leeds. American beauty.
under social tutelage of Lady Psget. Page 20
SPORTS
Baby Seals beat Baby Senator's in great 10
inning slugfest. Page 43
Mccarthy and Moran figure to put up great
fight Friday night. Page 43
Suggest Of Senators ends with Seals on short
end Of 6 TO 4 score. Page 43
Pittsburg champions rally and take another
game from st. Louis Page Al
Sinners open two days auto meet with great
program at Tngleside. Page Is
an star Rugby team of America will leave for
Australia next month Page AZ
Big JEFF omits usual training routine for row
on San Lorenzo river. Page Al
Mickey Cannon Of Pittsburg floors Frank Picato
in fifth ROUND Of bout. Page Al
Baby Seals make it three straight from the
Senators at Sacramento. Page 43
Vamps and Burns evenly matched for final
game Of soccer season. Page A
Chico high school event annual interscholastic
track meet at Stanford. Page al
Young Oaks lose out in eleventh spasm. 6 TO 4
against San Jose StsterA Page AZ
St Msry's college track team easily heats the
University of the Pacific. Page Al
Walter ]. Travis wins chief cup in open golf
tournament at Lakewood. Page 42
Hazel Hotchkiss downs May Sutton In ojai
valley tennis tournament Page Al
stockton Millers win from Fresno by daring
base running, score 2 to 1. Page 43
Northwest league opens season at Seattle and
Spokane before big crowds. Page Al
Unusually full calendars of amateur sports
scheduled for coming week. Page A
Raleigh heavy third choice, romps home win
ner in the Vallejo handicap. Page AZ
Catholic league tossers on both sides of bay
awaiting championship series. Page "A
Corinthian yacht club matches Discovery and
Ruby 10 decide cup defender. Page "a
Central California league will open new
grounds across the bay today. Page a.
Handsome prizes orerea for victorious crew,
in regatta to be held next Sunday. Page A
MARINE
Floating hotel for dredger crew will have all
the comforts OF home. Page 80
LABOR
Clarence Dsrrow tells work hen they can't get
! wages raised fast eassgh. Page go
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THE WEATHER

YESTERDAY-PUt cloudy: northwest
mind; maximum temperature. SO; minimum
temperature. 81.
FORECAST FOR TODAY-Far: cooler,
Nth fog; light north mind. changing TO Dest.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

house has been out about a dozen times
within the last six months. call up the
police station every time the light goes
out, but it does not make any differ
epce. There is no gas lamp or other light
to take its place, so we have to remain
in the dark. large number of lights
have been out at different times in the
south side of the city. NOW what would
happen If all the electric lights went out?
Omaha would be in the dark If a great
flood should put out the fires in the power
houses of the Electric Light company and
the Street Railway company of Omaha we
would have to walk home in the dark and
great deal of business would stand still.
Twenty-Five years ago there was a great
explosion and fire in the old gas plant,
and Omaha was in the dark for several
nights The city council passed resolu-
ton declaring the necessity OF having two
gas plants, so that one might take the
place of the other in case of accident and
the gas company promptly responded by
locating plant No. 2 on South Twentieth.
1t might be a good idea to have a provi-
sion for duplicate power plants in any
franchises that may be voted hereafter
so that Omaha would never be in danger
Of having to walk home in the dark,
MICHAEL LEE.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
BRANDEIS
STORES

reports of crop damage resulting from the
return or winter weather have resulted i'll
dulling fall trade, pending the ultimate
crop outcome. Taken as whole the re-
ports from jobbing and wholesale trade
lines and industries point to slowing
down rather than quickening of demand,
ana the downward tendency OF many COM
modities does not seem to have brought
out much new business, the feeling beng
apparently that buying only TO fill actual
needs is now the part OF conserVatio
pending clearer views of crop and price
over the country. The textile trades fail
to reflect much expansion of demand. The
tension of curtailment Is being advocated
while the wool market Is easier both for
old and new supplies. In the iron ard steel
trades pig iron production is in excess of
demand and some furnaces are blowing
out. The inclement weather temporarily
checked building operations, but activity in
that line is still manifest The leather and
shoe trades are Guiet, but eastern shoe
shipments are equal to a year ago
Prices of commodities have tended down
ward, which is possible reflection OF talth
in future supplies and Of crop damage be-
ing exaggerated Food products are gen.
orally lower at wholesale
Business failures in the United states
for the week ending with April 2S were lS9
against 1913 last week, 26S in the like week
of 1903, 2S2 in 1908, 1863 in 1907 and l39 in 1906
Business failures for the week in Canada
number twenty-one, which compares with
fifteen last week and twenty-One in the
corresponding week of 1909.
Wheat, including flour, exports from the
United states and Canada for the week
against ], ,2S9 272 bu. last week and S9j3l2 bu.
this week last year. For the forty-three
weeks ending April % exports are 122, 23l 43I
bu., against $50, ,534 295 bu. in the correspond
, ing period last year, Corn exports for the
week are 5lS,Sl4 bu., against 462, ,04 bu, last
week and 64431S bu. in 1909. For the forty
three weeks ending April % corn exports
are 25 292,SSl bu., against %2IS,5H bu. last
year.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Our Letter Box
RIOT Exceeding Two Hundred Words,
Are Invited from Our RSaderB.
DemocrntIc De1usIon.

kEARNEY, Neb., April 29.-To the Editor
Of The Bee: At present when real or mag
mary dissatisfaction with the admnistra-
tion and republican leaders in congress
exists or is supposed to exist, it is some
what amusing to observe the democratic
press eagerly holding out landing nets to
capture the dissatisfied ones. Come into
our fold" they cry, "all ye disgruntled
republicans! We are still the same old
party OF reform and stand for those prn-
ciples that you advocate"
This is amusing because so utterly bare
faced. History as recent as the last con-
gress refutes it. When Aldrlch needed
votes to carry his tariff measure, which is
the measure that is supposed to be the chief
cause of dissatisfaction in republican ranks,
he found no difficulty in securing enough
democratic support to carry it, And to.
think of Roger Sullivan, Tom Taggart of
French Lick Springs fame or Tammany
Murphy at the head OF u reform party is
to smile. OF a certainty it is to smile
The somewhat vacillating Peerless One,
who has sporadlcally stood for various re-
forms, is discredited by, his own party,
And passing back only a few years to
the time when the democrats were safely
entrenched in the administrative and legls-
4
spectacle of such eager reformers, that
even the most faithful democratic news
paper passes by that period in the utmost
silence.
There is, however, no doubt in my mind
that the party label Of any party Is less
venerated today than in any previous time
Of our history. Appeals to the voters in
the name OF this grand old party that
Lincoln founded or the glorious party Of
Thomas jefferson has no longer power
to stir the heart throbs OF the average
voter. and that this is so is a healthy in
dieation of a more intelligent grasp Of
public questions 1t is this growing intel
ligence that must be reckoned with by
those who aspire TO public eminence in
the future. The most intelligent voter is,
after all the Independent voter, who weighs
all questions of public policy and casts his
vote in accordance with his judgment. This
class has grown sufficiently large in the
last ten years to act as a safety valve on
any party in power. May his tribe in
creased N. ii. JOHNSON.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
IRON WORKER FOUND DEATH
IN STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCES
Joseph BELT Found Dead I'm Aetna
Hotel with Head Buried In
BlOOd-COvered Pillow.

John Belt, a structural iron worker was
found kneeling, with his head buried in a
blood covered pillow, dead in a room at
the Aetna hotel Thirteenth and Douglas
streets. yesterday afternoon. There was no
wound perceptible on the mans body or
evidence in the room to indicate how he
had come to his death, Apparently he had
suffered a hemOrrhage.
Joseph White, day clerk in the rooming
house, discovered Belts body when the
clerk led a patron to the room, thinking it
was unoccupied and intending to rent It.
A chair was propped securely against the
doorknob in such a way as TO hold It
secure against entrance from the outside.
White and his patron looked through the
transom and upon seeing the PROSTATE
form, forced the door in. Belt had been
dead several hours.
other roomers at the house said they
had known Belt for over a year. during
which time he lodged off and on at the
Aetna. EIe was 81 years old and unmar-
ried, He seemed always to be cheerful and
without worry. The mans relatives are
said to live in a town in Missouri
Belt was robbed of his clothing by a
roommate about week ago He reported
the incident 10 the police. but said the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
SAY GOODBYE TO OLD FRIEND
Farewell Reception rendered 60
Isaac BRttin by His Former
AAaOclntea.

All of the employees OF the Omaha Gas
company assembled in the office of the
gas company on Howard street shortly
before G o'clock on Friday evening to say
farewell TO Mr.. Isaac Battin, the retiring
treasurer and engineer Of the company.
Every man and boy in the employ of the
company was present. Mr.. G.. W. Cla-
baugh, the vice president and secretary
paid a beautiful tribute to the character,
fidelity and faithful service Of Mr.. Battin,
who had been with the company for nearly
a quarter of a century On behalf of the
employees he wished Mr. and Mrs. Battin
a quiet, peaceful and happy life during
their remaining days. In token OF their
affection and esteen theyl presented him
with an elegant rocking chair, and in ae-
eepting same he expressed his great ap-
probation Of their earnest cooperation
with him in the upbuilding OF the Omaha
Gas company. Mr.. and Mrs. Battin leave
for Philadelphia Saturday evening on the
Burlington.