Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-22
WILL BE NO PALLBEARERS
.Body 10 be Buried at Elmlra, N.
Y. Beside Those Of Wife
And Children.
o,e of Great Writer'S Last Acts Was
To Draw a Check for Hcdding
Free Public Library.

Padding. Conn. April 22.-News OF
- death last night OF Mark Twain
A. stormfeld did not reach the coun-
,-y side until the morning papers
drought % up from the city.
expressions Of grief were then heard
IN an sides. for Mark Twain was not
,rfv psrsonally dear 10 his close friends
bgt he was generous 20 his large ac-
euaintance, shared the beauties of his
handsome new home with the neigh
borr and took a lively interest in the
saairs Of the town.
several Of his nelghbors who stood
close to him i'm life were permitted 20
view the body Mr.. Clemens ala much
NJ his work in bed and in death hc
saB seemed a part OF the surrounding
NJ bis active life. Ranged about him
were his books Beside him was his
,abouret set with a tobacco jar, a col
lsrtion OF pipes. stand Of cigars and
matches In abundance. Above his head
vas a reading lamp.
I'M old days one OF his worries had
been the chambernaids.
They always put the pillow ON the
opposite end OF the bed from the gas
burner he wrote, so That while YOU
read and smoke before sleeping. az ls
tbe ancient and honored custom ~
bachelors. you have 20 hold your book
aloft I'M uncomfortable positions TO Keep
ths Hcht from dazzling your eyes.
They always put your books into
Inaccessible places. They always put
The matchbox in some other place
They hunt up a new place Tor Do every
dav and put a bottle or other perlshablc
class things where the box stood be-
fore This is 20 cause you 10 break
hat glass thing. They always save up
ell the old scraps OF printed rubbish
y5u have thrown on the floor and stand
ihem up carefully on the table and
start the fire with your valuable man
us1ripts"
IN later years. when successive sor-
rows descended heavily upon him,
Marx Twain had been spared all such
small discomforts. He lay today among
an the Injuries OF disorder that he
loved Death that stamps some faces
with indignity, has left nothing but
nobility on his. There were no lines or
pain. no hint OF sadness-nothing but
large and serene benlgnity
MEMORIAL LIBRARY.
The free public library which the
literary colony here Is building, will
stand as a permanent monument OF
the towns most distinguished
citizen" The building is to be known
as The Mark Twain Memorial
one OF Mr.. Clemens last acts was 10
draw a check for 50, 600 as his con-
trlbuton toward the building fund.
Dan Beard. Ida Tarbell, jeanette
Glider and DR.. W. G. Deming, whose
wife is great-granddaughter OF
Nathaniel Hawthorne, have raised
$1,000 more, and the work Of erecting
building is TO begin at once. Besides
bis financial assistance. Mr. Clemens
gave a great part OF his private IL
brary 90 the institution.
Mark Twain died in the room IN
which he had done most of his writ
ing in the last three years Here,
propped up in his bed. with volumes
Of smoke issuing from his cigar or
pipe, he scribbled or dictated his
autobiography and other works.
A few hours before his death. he
conversed at some length with his
literary executor. A. Bigelow Paine,
regarding his manuscripts
There Is a large amount OF un-
published work besides his autobio-
graphy, which Is a collection Of Incl
dents and short stories Of his life. Ac-
eording 70 Mr.. Paine. there are many
short stories. several longer works and
an odds and ends OF a lifetime OF
literary activity
There are stories which Mark Twain
began and cut short, either from
fatigue, or lack of interest. Then
mere are others which he finished,
put discarded because he thought
them unit
Mrs Ossip Gabrilowitsch. Mark
IWains daughter, will retain storm
held as a home and will live here az
ieast during the summer months.