Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
Tributes Paid in Many
Lands to Celebrated
HumOrist.
END COMES IN PEACE
Painless Death Ends Career
After Battle of Months to
Keep Strength.

Redding, Conn, April 22.-News of
the death last night of Mark Twain at
Stormfield did not reach the country
side until the morning papers brought
1t up from the city. Expressions of
grief were heard on all sides, for
Twain was not only personally dear to
close friends but generous to a large
acquaintance, shared the beauties of
his handsome new home with the
neighborhood and took lively inter
\ est in the affairs of the town.
: Several neighbors, close to him in
life, were permitted by the old country
custom to view the body as it lay in
the carven bed.
Seems Part of Surroundings.
Clemens did much of his work in
bed and in death he still seemed a
part of the surroundings of his active
life. Ranged about him were his books
and beside him his tabouret set with
tobacco jar, collection of pipes,
stand, cigars and matches in abund-
ance. Above his head was his reading
lamp.
As He Would Have Had 1t
In the old days he had heartily
C0duDGIHdlu6
their hostile ideas of tidiness. He lay
today among all the luxuries of dis
order that he loved. Death that
stamps some faces with indignity had
left nothing but nobility on his. There
were no lines of pain, no hint Of sad
ness, nothing but large and serene
benighty.
Memorial Service Planned.
New York, April 22.-Friends of
Twain announced today that arrange
ments are being made for great pub
lie memorial service here. Tributes
will be paid by men prominent in pub
tic life and the word of letters. Sew
eral pastors announced that part of the
Sunday services will be devoted to a
eulogy of the humorist
Expressions of regret from men Of
letters, statemen, lawyers. clergymen.
scholars and business men from the
Atlantic to the Pacific were published
here today. The tributes are more
numerous and varied than have been
offered upon the death of any other
public man of prominence in years.
Bury In Family Lot.
Elmira, n. Y, April 22-The body
Of Twain will find a last resting place
IN the family plot here where already
have been buried the wife. daughters,
Susan and Jean, and the infant son.
Funeral Void of Show.
New York, April ga simple
funeral service over the body of Sam
uel L. Clemens will be held in this city
tomorrow afternoon. The body will
then be taken to E1mira, n. Y, and
buried beside the wife and children.
1t is the wish of the family that the
services be as brief as possible. DR..
Henry Van Dyke of Princeton univer
sity will preach the funeral sermon
service tomorrow at the Brick Presby-
terian church.
semI-PuhiIc in Nature.
The funeral will be of a semi-public
nature. attended only by relatives and
close friends of the dead author.
There will be no pallbearers. The
body will be brought here on special
car. After the funeral the body will
be taken TO EImira, where another sim
pie service will be held.
D A r
The following candidates were voted
on today for vice president general:
Mrs Charles Russell Davis of Mime
sofa. Mrs Bertha L. Heust of Iowa,
Mrs. c. Hamilton Tebault of Louisiana
and Miss Anna Caroline Benning of
Georgia.
Tributes from Abroad.
Berlin. April 22.-Extended apprecia- |
tions of Twain appear in today's jour-
nails Anzieger says: "Not only the |
English speaking peoples, but the
whole world of culture, grieves that he /
is gone
London, April 22.-The American
Chaucer'' is the Evening Standards /
estimate of Twain's position in Htera-
ture.
Rome, April 22.-The whole press of
Rome gives much space today to the |
death of Twain
Roosevelt Adds word.
Paris. April 22-Roosevelt was
greatly pained to hear of the death
of Twain and said: His position is
unique in the literature of the world.
His writings form one of the assets
of the American contributions to the
worlds achievement which we have
a right as nation to be genuinely
proud Roosevelt carried through
Africa "Huckleberry Finn and tom
Sawyer" and read both several times.
ConJure "Reminiscences.
San Francisco. April 22.-"Old
timers are conjuring up remin-
iscences galore of the days, 90 years /