Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22

abundance. and above his head read
ing lamp In old days he had heartily
cursed all chambermaids because OF
their hostile ideas Of tid1ness. He lay
today among all the luxuries of dis
order that he loved. Death, that
stamps some faces with indignity, left
nothing but nobility on his. There were
no lines Of pain. no hint of sadness
nothing but large and serene ben1gn1ty-
New York, April 22.-Friends OF
Mark Twain announced today that ar
ranRements are being made for great
public memorial service here. Tributes
will be paid by men prominent in pub
liz life and the world Of letters. Sew
eral pastors have announced that q
part Of the Sunday services will be de-
voted TO q eulogy Of the humorist Ex-
pressions OF rsSret from men Of let
ters. statesmen, lawyers. clergymen
scholars and business men from the
Atlantic to the Pacific are published
here today. The tributes are more
numerous and varied than offered upon
the death Of any other public man Of
prominence in years.
Funeral Services TO Be Simple.
A simple funeral service over the
body Of Samuel L. Clemens will be
held in this city tomorrow afternoon
The body will then be taken to Elmira
N. T.. for burial beside his wife and
children. It is the wish of the family
that the services be as briefsas possi-
BILE. DR.. Henry Vandyke, Of Prince
ton University, will preach the funeral
sermon at the service tomorrow in the
brick Presbyterian church. The fun
eral will be Of a semi-pubic nature,
attended only by relatives and close
friends OF the dead author. There will
be no pail bearers. The body will be
brought here onxa special car. After
the funeral the body Will be taken to
Eln,ira, where another simple service
will be held
The body Of Twain will find last
resting place in the family lot, where
already have been buried his wife.
daughters Susan and Jean and infant
son.
Twain's Last Hours.
Redding. Conn, April 22.-Samuel L.
Clemens mark Twain) died painless
" late last night.
For long hours the gray, aquiline
features lay moulded in the inertia of
death, while the pulse sank steadily.
but late at night Mark Twain passed
from this stupor into the first sleep he
has had for weeks.
Mr.. Clemens died Of angina pectoris,
which is . paroxysmal trouble, caus-
ing severe pain, faintness and depres-
eion of spirits The attacks are Of long
duration, somet1meswith q fatal termi-
nation.
Mark Twain did not die in pain
Sedatives coothed his last moments.
-.5 Came Homo to Die.
On shore once more after his trip to
Bermuda and longing FOR the scenery
OF the New England hills, he said to
those who noted his enfeebled condi-
tion: "A little bit Of Redding air once
more and this will pass" But it did
not pass.
It IS ia, be recalled that Mark Twain
Was for more than fifty years an in
sveterate smoker and the opinion of the
lay man To;::i.aa a 10 that he had been
weakened in the heart by this excess.
Some constitutions, doctors say, seem
immune from the effects of tobacco.
This was one Of them. Yet it is true
that since his illness began the doctors
have cut down Mark Twain's daily al
lowailce Of twenty cigars and countless
pipes to four cigars day.
NO 0epr1VaLlOn was greater source
Of annoyance on the steamer. Even on
his death bed, when he had passed the
point Of speech and it was no longer
certain that his ideas were lucid, he
would make the motion OF waving a
cigar, expelling empty air from under
the moustache still stained with smoke.
Where Mark Twain chose to spend
his declining years was the first out
post Of Methodism In New England
and 1t was among the hills Of Redding
that General Israel Putnam of revolu-
tionary fame mustered his sparse
ranks. Putnam park now encloses the
memory Of hisscamp.
Mark Twain first heard Of It at the
: dinner given him on his seventieth
birthday when q fellow guest who
lived there meukioned Its h4enties.
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