The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-04-29
MARK TWAIN CALLED
NOTED AUTHOR AND HUMoRIsr
PASSES AWAY AFTER LIN.
oERlNo ILLNESS.
Man Beloved by All the People, Who
Had Delighted Millions with His
Quaint Humor, is Worn Out by
Grief and Agony.

Rodding Conn Samuel Lang.
horne Clemens MARK Twaln) died
palnlossly at $3.50 o'clock Thursday
night Of angina pectorls ! lie lapscd
into coma at o'clock Thursday
afternoon and never recovered con.
scIousnoss II was the gnd OF man
outworn by grief and acute agony Of
body
At the dcathbcd were Mrs. Gabrilo.
wilsch (Clara Clomonsl. her husband.
DR. Robert Halscy. ~. Quintard. Al.
bert Blgelow Paine. who will write
Mark Twain's biography. and the two
trained nurses.
Mark Twain wasI born Samuel
Langhorno Clemens. In Florida. Mo.
November 20. 1886. MY parents"
he writes In his own burlcsquo auto.
biography. were neither very poor.
nor consplcuously honest The ear
Hest ancestor OF the Twains have any
record Of was q friend Of the family
by the name OF Higgins"
The county CHRONICLES have IL that
the elder Clemens failed In business
and died, leaving HIS son the ample
world to make his Fortune In.
Accordingly. Mark Twains nc.
quaintance with literature began In
putting words into type. not ideas
into words Educated only In public
schools. he was appointed TO n
printer at ~. and workd at his trade
In st. Louis. Cincinnati. Philadelphia
and New York. until. lG. he could
crafty boysh ambltin To become
a cub To a Mississippi RIVER pilot
Both these happenings reacted pro
foundly In his later life. His knowl
edge OF river life. acquired when he
was a pilot. took form In TON Saw.
yer" "Iluckleborry Finn" and Life
on the Mississippi regarded abroad
as his first title to fame. even sug
gcsted his pseudonym. Tor Mark
Twain" Is lcadsman'B cry to the
pilot In shallow stages
And his familiarity with printing
turned him naturally first into news.
paper work, then into creative writ.
ing, and finally into the publishing
business. wherein. like Sir Walter
Scott. he suffered bankruptcy dis
astrous to everything but his honor,
and, like Sir Walter again. paid OF BY
his Pen debts not of his own max ng
Mark Twain has been, as described
In his own words, "a silver miner Ia
Nevada. a gold minor In California,
next reporter In san Francisco,
next a special correspondent IN the
Sandwich islands; next a rowing cor
respondent In Europe and the east;
next an Institutional turchhoaror ON
the lecture platform. aud, finally, |
became u scribbler OF books and an
immoyablc fixture among the other
rocks Of New England
lie was married In 1872 10 olivia l..
Langden OF Emira, y. y Fuur chit
dren we're born, Of whom Two, a son
and daughter, died early One other
daughter. Jean, who had been AN In.
valid for life. was found dead IN her
bath tub last fall In her home az Red
ding. Conn, Her tragic death greatly
saddened her father who declined In
health from that moment \ third
daughter. Clara, is Mrs Oss.p Galbri.
lowitsCh. wife OF the pianist whom she
married last year,
Mark TVaiu's first book was THE
Jumping Frog" Ills bust known IN
this country possibly was 'lnnoconts
Abroad" His surcst title 10 fame
generally Is believed To be Tom Saw
YER and IFS companies volume, "Thc
Adventures OF liuckleberry Flnu' IN
ali his books had a sale Of more than
100000 copies and were translated