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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22

20 cigars and countless pipes to four
cigars a day.
No deprivation was a greater sor-
row He tried to smoke on the steam
er while returning from Bermuda, and
only gave it up because he was too
feeble to draw at the pipe. Even on
his death bed, and when he could no
longer speak, he would make a motion
of waving a cigar and putting.
Twain lived at Buffalo, Tarrytown,
Hartford, and then at Redding, where
he built a fine country home.
Life story Soon Told.
The mere chronology of Mark
Twain's life is soon told Like most
dwellers in the Imagination, his sig
niflcance to posterity lies not, as with
men of action, in how he wrought upon
events, but rather in how events
wrought upon him; for from such re-
actions resulted his imaginative out
put-one of the most considerable of
his time and, as it now seems, one of
the securest
Briefly, then, Mark Twain was born
Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Flor
ida, Mo, on Nov. 30, 1885. MY par
ents." he writes, in his own Burlesque
Autobiography, were neither very
poor nor conspicuously honest.
The earliest ancestor the Twains have
any record of was a friend of the fam
lily by the name of Higgins" The
county chronicles have 1t that the eld-
er Clemens failed in business and died,
leaving his son the ample world to
make his fortune in.
Began ns Printer.
Accordingly, Mark Twain's acquaint-
ance with literature began in putting
words into type, not ideas into words
Educated only in the public schools,
he was apprenticed to printer at IS
and worked at his trade in St Louis
.(COnffDIIa1 On
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
OHIO MINE is
DEATH SCENE;
MANY KILLED

Steubenville, Ohio, April 22.-Eigh,
teen of the night force of % machine
men employed at the mine of Youghi-
ogheny Ohio Coal company near Am
sterday are thought dead as the result
of an explosion in the mine last night.
Six dead bodies were recovered
Seven were taken from the shaft alive
but unconscious. Twelve are still in
the mine and are believed to have
perished. 1t is thought the explosion
was caused by coal gas being ignited
by the lights on the helmets of the
miners.
The shock of the explosion was felt
for miles. Every window in a passing
freight train caboose was shattered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
CLERK In REVENUE
OFFICE ARRESTED

New York, April 22.-George e. Be
dell, chief clerk for James Vail. for
merly deputy surveyor of the port. was
arrested today on an indictment charg-
ing conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment out of custom duties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
DEFECTIVE SWITCH
SPREADS DISASTER
Three Killed and Eight Probably
Fatally Injured on Big Four
at Sanford, Ind.

Terre Haute, Ind, April 22.-Three
men were killed and eight probably
fatally injured when a train of empty
express cars on the Big Four railroad
struck a defective switch and smashed
a car of an interlocking switch con-
struction crew on a siding at Sanford
today. The dead:
ENGINEER RELY, Mattoon, III.
H DRISCOLL.
L. B. DONNELLY.
The locomotive and one of the ex-
press cars was overturned. The engi-
neer and conductor were caught under
them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
TAFT FOR HASTE
IN BALLINCER
INVESTIGATION

Washington, April 22-An effort
will be made by the administration to
bring the Ballinger-Pinchot investiga-
tion speedily to a close. 1t is believed
friends of the secretary of the interior
will meet with the ready acquiesccnce
of all members of the congressional
committee Secretary Knox yesterday
conferred with several members of the
committee and urged that the inquiry
be expedited. He Is said to have
spoken for Taft
In the Ballinger-Pincnot investiga-
ton today counsel for Pinchot cross
examined Assistant Secretary of the
Interior Finney in regard to certain
letters in which the prosecution"
charged misstatements in connection
with the restoration of water power
sites.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
CREAMERY PACKAGE
COMPANY HELDTRUST

st. Paul, Mimi, April 22.-The su-
preme court today held the Creamery
Package company, Incorporated in
Illinois, a combination in restraint Of
trade and ordered the license to do
business in Minnesota forfeited
The company deals with butter MAX
ing machines and general creamery
supplies
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
Wife Counted Upon to
Offset Testimony of
Pearl Keller.
LATTER STATES STAR
Investigation Made of Loss of
Notes Taken at the Coro-
ner'S Inquest.

Kansas City, Mo, April 22.-The
cross examination of Miss Keller,
Colonel Swope's nurse. was finished
by Attorney Walsh today. Attorney
Reed took. the witness. Miss Keller
is recognized as the states premier
witness. Mrs. Hyde will be used by
the defense in the attempt to refute
Miss Keller's testimony. Thus the
hole fight centers in the battle be-
tween the two women. Mrs. Hyde
is well versed in the angles of her
husbands case.
story COrrObOrated-
Albert OFT, attorney and banker,
succeeded Miss Keller on the stand
and corroborated her story of the
bleeding of Hunton. Cross examina-
ton developed the fact that Mrs.
Hyde held Hunton's head in her arms
tn ou6hout the operation. The re-
cital Of the death scene moved Mrs.
Hyde to tears, the first time she has
given way to emotions since the trial
opened. Between Mrs. Hyde and
HINTON there was a peculiarly strong
bond Of friendship.
Said People Were Murdered.
Miss Anna Houlihan, who led the
strike against Hyde at the Swope
house in December, testified. She
vividly described the death of Chris
man Swope.
People are being murdered in this
house." she is said to have declared
to Twyman, in speaking of her sus-
picions of Hyde. And after she stated
her position firmly, she put on her
coat and hat and said she or Hyde
must leave the house Hyde left and
Mrs Hyde went with him.
Orders Investigation.
Kansas City. April ga rigor-
Gus investigation of the disappear
ance of the state documentary evi-
dence in the Hyde murder case,
which fell into the hands of the de-
fendant's counsel was ordered by
Prosecutor Conkling yesterday. The
new developments in the case. the
most important of which was the
statement by Ruby B. Garrett, the
man who lost the papers. that he did
not drop them at the point where
they are said to have been found.
moved the prosecutor TO renewed &C.
.tion.
Nurse Completes Testimony.
Pearl Keller, the nurse, completed
her direct testimony. Attorney
Walsh, the counsel or Hyde was un-
able to shake her testimony. She
was allowed to tell of the typhoid -
epidemic in the Swope residence. The
court permitted the jury to hear this
testimony but promised to order il
out if later developments prove IL ir-
relevant to the death of Colonel
Swope.
Daughter Had Same Symptoms.
The most important feature was
the testimony that Margaret Syope's
symptoms on the morning that Hyde
is said to have poisoned her were
similar to those Of Colonel Swopo
just before he died. Hyde's attor-
neys made another unsuccessful at
tempt to secure the letters and docu-
ments which passed between John G.
Paxton and the chemists who made
the Swope analysis.
Walsh said these papers would
prove the contention that no poison
was found in the ejecta of Margaret
SwOpe or in the capsule which Hyde
threw away when he left the Swope
residence on Dec. Is.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
HUGHES
WILL GO ON BENCH

Washington, April 22.-In admins
tration circles the belief appears grow
ing stronger that Governor Hughes of
New York may yet be the late Justice
Brewers successor on the supreme
court bench
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

From noon today to noon tomorrow
Sun sets Gal, rises 5:O5; moon sets
SOP a. m; 10 a. m, planet Venus at
greatest elongation west of the sun, 46
degrees 13 minutes: II a. M, planet
Venus at descending node, crossing
suns path downward.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
LANDS ARE WITHDRAWN
Secretary BalIinger's Order Affects
Over 10000. 900 Acres.

Washington, April 22.-Secretary
Ballinger of the department of the in
tetior has Withdrawn from entry ap-
proximately 13,5O0,COO acres of coal
lands in southeastern Montana, be-
lieved to contain valuable deposits.
pending examination and classification
as to their values.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
FORCE A VOTE ON
RAIL BILL TUESDAY

Washington. April 22.-Republlcan
members of the house have been in.
structed Dy Dwight. the majority
whip" to he in their seats Tuesday
prepared to vote for the administra-
lion railroad bill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
HALLEYs COMET BULLETIN.

April 22-Halley's comet rises today
at 500 a. m; rises tomorrow at 3:15
a. m. Sun rises 5: 06 a. m. To be seen
daily growing more and more immense
in the east before daybreak and stead
lily approaching the earth. The comets
speed today about 1,S43 miles per
minute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
NO RECEIVER
FOR u. S. LIFE
ENDOWMENT co.

Chicago, April 22.-Judge Dupuy in
the superior court today denied an
application for a receiver for the
United States Life Endowment com
pany Application was made by the
state insurance superintendent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
42 Victims in Snuth-

Birmingham, Ala, April 22.-The
latest bulletin issued from the scene
of the mine accident at Mulga places
the known dead at five, with ~ miners
still in the workings, all of whom. it as
practically certain, are dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
RIVER BULLETIN,

A falling tendency in the Mississippi
will continue from below Dubuque to
Muscatine
J. NJ. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
Agree to Arbitrate.

New York, April 22.-Arbitration of
the wage demands of the trainmen and
conductors of the New York Central
lines west of Buffalo was agreed upon
here today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
SEPTIC TANK PATENT NIL
Federal Court Decision Against Cam
erOn Company FavOrs Cities.

erOn Company FaNOrs OltIeS.
GrinneIl, Iowa, April 22.-Federal
Judge Mcpherson has broken the
back of the prosecution by the Cam
eron Septic Tank company of those
cities of Iowa which have septic
tanks. He holds that the Cameron
company's patent has expired. The
decision is in connection with the
Cameron company's suit against the
city of Knoxville.
The Septic Protective league, of
which cities in Iowa, Minnesota and
South Dakota are members, aided
in the defensa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22

Temperature at a. M, SO. Maxi
mum temperature IN last "a hours, 5S;
minimum in II hours, So. Velocity of
wind at Z a. m, miles per hour. Pre-
cipitation. 04 inch. Relative humid
ity, at I p. m. IS, at a. m. Co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
WORLD SADDENED WITH
THE PASSING OF twain
THE WEATHER

Showers this afternoon; generally
fair tonight and Saturday; colder to-
night, with heavy frost.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
Work of Day in Congress

Washington, April 22.-Following is
a summary of the proceedings of the
two houses of congress yesterday,
taken from the official records:
SENATE - The Lodge resolution to
appropriate S65.0OO for the expenses of
tn, cost of living inquiry was under
consideration in the senate. but no aC-
tion was taken. The traffic agreement
of the railroad bill was under consid-
GRAFTON nearly all day.
HOUSE - Representative Fowler OF
New Jersey introduced a resolution in
the house designed to take away from
the speaker the power to name all COM
mittees. For a time everybody thought
the recent insurrectiOn against Cannon
ism was TO he renewed and the excite
ment continued until Mr.. Fowler an
nOunced that he did not intend to press
the resolution until MAY 2. 1t was sent
to the new committee on rules res
oIution was passed which calls on the
attorney general for information re-
garding the trial of Antonio l. Nillar
cal r. Flores Magon and Liberado Ri
vera. now in prison at Florence. Ariz,
having been convicted of violating the
neutrality laws between the United
States and Mexico. Mr.. Russell of Tex
as made a speech in favor OF the rail-
road bill. The house held night ses-
sion on the railroad bill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22

ago. when Twain was plain Sam Glenn
ems and the name Mark Twain mad
little significance to anybody except
steamboat men on the Mississippi.
Death Painless.
Redding, Conn, April 22.-Mark
Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
died painlessly at $50 o'clock last
night of angina pectoris. He lapsed
into coma at o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon and never recovered con-
sciousness. 1t was the end of a
man outworn by grief and acute
agony of body.
Wednesday was a bad day for the
little knot of anxious watchers at
the bedside. For long hours the
gray, acquiline features lay nodded
in the inertia of death. while the
pulse sank lower and lower, but late
at night Mark Twain passed from
stupor into the first natural sleep
he had known since he returned from
Bermuda and yesterday morning he
woke refreshed. even family cheer
full, and in full possession of all his
faculties.
Wrote Last Words.
He recognized his daughter Clara
Mrs. Ossip Gabrilowitsch; spoke a
rational word or two, and feeling
himself unequal to conversation,
wrote out in pencil: "Give me my
glasses" They were his last words.
Laying them aside, he sank first in
to reverie and later into final un-
At the deathbed were only Mrs Ga
brilovitch (Clara Clemens), her hus-
band, DR.. Robert Falsey, Dr. Quin-
tard, Albert Bigelow Paine, who will
write Mark Twain's biography, his lit
erary executor, and the two trained
nurses.
Recently Returned Home.
Twain had just returned from Ber-
muda, whence he had gone in search
Of his health. On the return trip he
said to Paine, his constant companion:
This is hard job; we will never
pull through it."
On shore once more he took heart, |
but when sinking said family to the
nurses, why do they fight to keep me
alive? Two days of life are as good |
20 me as four" Twain was for more |
han so years an inveterate smoker.
Not Due to Tobacco.
DR.. Halsey said that he was unable |
o predict that the fatal heart trouble |
was in any way a sequel to nicotine |
poisoning Some constitutions seem to |
)e immune from the effects of tobacco. |
This is one of them. Yet it is true that |
since mis- illness began the doctors had
ut down Twain's daily allowance of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
HYDE'S FATE HINGES ON
STORIES OF TWO WOMEN
Remember

The census enumerator
is not an assessor.
An interview with him
does not cost anything.
What you tell him IL
strictly confidential under
his oath.
See
That he lists every mem
ber of your household.
That he has not missed
your neighbor.
Every citizen owes it to
his town to have an honest
census.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22

Simon was discharged today after fail
ing TO agree upon verdict. Simon
will be tried again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22

Council Graft Jury Disagrees.
Pittsburg. April 22.-The jury in the
bribery case OF former Councilman
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22
Began ns Printer.

CONTINUED on Page Nine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-22

ago, when Twain was plain Sam Glenn
ems and the name Mark Twain mad
little significance to anybody except
steamboat men on the Mississippi.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-18
Rats Are o BE-; J; :,
Much Cheaper

New York, Dec. 17.-Acordins to
: d New York dealer and importer OF
human hair, the women of the conn-
try will receive a Christmas gif5. in
the way of a substantial reduction
in the price OF rats" puffs, switches
and other devices for adding to the
crowning glory of feminity.
The reason for thesH reduction is
that the market has become gluttcd
with hair, following the wholesale
amputation of queues and top Knots,
which has been inaugurated in China
and Korea. 1t is estimated that near
ly a million Koreans have visited
the barber since their country was
annexed by Japan, and nearly all the
hair has been shipped to America
and Europe.
During the last few weeks hun
dreds of New York Chinese have
parted with their queues, and this
has also served to augment the sup
ply of human hair to be used in the
manufacture of rats" switches and
puffs for the adornment of the ladies
of the land
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-18
State Mii,sia
IL Interested
abates.

Brunswick militiamen are deeply
interested in the Senator Boise Pen-9
rose ILL, just introduced in congress,'
which provides for the permanent
pay Of the national guardsmell
throughout the country The meas.
ure furnishes pay the year rouni /
for all officers and enlisted men Of
the guard. under\its provisions cor.
missionea oflicers draw IS per cent
of the sallry which regular army Of
fcers receive and enlisted men 25
Gcr cent 2f the salary which the reg-
'lan receives.
Conn AtiDg on the bill introduced.
2 c"t!em y who is interested in the
crCmC Id he believed that The
n~c"S re is n excellent one from
every a..ai oint. Continuing, no
said:
They viii have check rein on
t1em. They can secure better dis
cipline. If they courtmartial ma
tional gu3rGsman and fine him. ia
cau be Gocketed on his regular
monthly allowance. If ne loses any
Of his clothes or equipment he can
he made 10 pay for it out OF the sal
cry which he gets Then, roo, TO
pay the n emf ers of the militia is an
incentive for them to do good work.
even taoueh the compensation be
small. They can have more drills
and better benefits can be derived.
They can exact more Of tire men in
military way although they need
not be severe.
at looks as though it would cost
the government q big sum of money
to pay the national guard, but | think
the money will all so back into the
treasury, to a very large extent, in
the saving t6at will be made in
equipment, because the men will
have to take better care Of the stuff
furnished to them by the govern
ment or else be fined when they do
not"
Under the resent regime, nation-
al guardsmen receive the pay of reg.
ular soldiers only when in the field.
Under the Penrose till they will coE
tinue to receive such compensation
when on the field, but they will draw
regular monthly salaries.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-18
PRES. RHODES
PAYS A VISIT
TO THE CITY
HEAD OF BRUNSWICK TERMINAL
AND RAILWAY SECURITIES
COMPANY is HERE
Taey Are Owners of Trolley Line
and Mutual Light and Water Co.
Is Fiaesed With Improvements in
Rrunswick-No Significance in Visit

T. D. Rhodes, president of the
Brunswick Terminal and Railway Sc
curities company, holding company
for the City & Suburban Raiiway
company and the Mutual Light and
Water company, arrived in tae city
Friday night and viii spend few
days here during the coming week
Mr.. Rhodes is accompanied by his
son, L. Rhodes, 10th of whom haze
visited the city before and are very
much pleased with it. Mr.. Rhodes
says there is no special significance
attached to his visit at this particu-
time He had promised the local Iii
come down on little trip during
the winter, and selected this season
for the visit He says ne and ais
company are both satisfied with tn cir
Investments in Brunswick and that
as soon as conditions will warrant
the Improvement, the lines of the
City and Suburban will be extended.
]. Speaking of the general business
outlook for 1911 President Hhodes
was inclined to take a very CHEEKY
view of the situation and 1t Yis dis
opinion that a general revival 81
business conditions generally is ao~
under way. He noted the improve
,ments in Brunswick since his last
visit and was very. much pleased
with them.
He will return to New York early
in the week.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-18
$4,000 FOR A WOMAN
A SERVANT 35 YEARS

New York. Dec. 17.-With the filing
today of the will of Geo. l.. FoX.~ a
wealthy lawyer of Brooklyn, it became
known that not only had Mr.. Fox lett
more than 100000 to public and
charitable institutions, including sew
eral hospitals, but that the will also
gives $50,000 to Elizabeth A. Kane,
a woman servant, who was employer
for So years in the Fox household.
An additional 100000 will be pad
under the terms of the will to Mark
Kane, her nephew, who has also been
employed in the Fox household For
years as a servant.
Jas. Jelsson, a hostler, who was
kind ct various times to Henry A
Fox. brother of the deceased, re-
ceives $4,000.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-18
CAN ENDURE HARDsHiPs.
Gen. Bliss Defends TROOPS Against
Unjust ImPutations.

Washington, Dec. 1T call at
tention to tie marches and emergcn-
cy work done by these troops as re-
futation of any impression that may
have prevailed that our troops are
not in condition to meet unusual con
ditions of aardships and depriya-
tions," says Gen. Bliss, commanding
the department of California, COM
menting upon the splendid services
rendered by the coast artillery troops
in fighting forest fires in California
last August and September.
The general had in mind tne reports
of some of the inspectors genera 70
the effect that the American soldiers
did not size up to the European
standard of physical endurance
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-18
F|ENDS ROB AND
THEN BURN THE
VICTIMS BODY
IN A NEW JERSEY CITY
YESTERDAY.
After Robbery cuiprits Set Fire to
the Helpless-Victim Becomes un.
conscious Before Having Time to
Furnish Names of Guilty Parties

New York, Dec. i7--Burned and
tortured by band of robbers who
hoped to silence their victim, Edward
Dillcher this morning staggered into
a small hotel at Granton, A. J., re.
lapsing into Inconsistencies soCn
afterward
He revived long enough to tell dis
name and murmur, Burned in fire
by men,
Posses are now securing the coun
try in the hope of catching the men
who committed the inhuman crimc,
but they are at a disadvantage, he.
cause Dillcher was unable to describe
them before sinking into uncon-
sciOusness.
A lynching may result if the fiends
IRE caught
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-12-18
GAR
DEATH FOLLOWS
IN HOSPITAL
SAD FATE OF J. A. BURLINGTON,
SECTION FOREMAN ON TIE
A.. 3. C A.
Dashed From Moving Lever Car In
der Wheels He Is Fatally Injured.
Was Penoved 20 Brunsw;c< and
Died in City Hospital Yesterday.

J.. A. Burlington, for some time
section foreman of the A.. g. & A
railroad. with headquarters at BAN
hoo, II way station about 25 miles
from this city. died at the city cos
pitai at PAS o'clock yesterday after
neon as result of injuries received
in an accident at that point on Thurs
day Mr. Burlington was working his
gang as usual on Thursday, when
in some way he lost. his balance and
fell from lever car on which he
was riding, falling directly in ne
path of the car, which passed over
his body, inflicting serious wounds.
He was Immediately brought to the
city and taken to the hospital. Dr.
G. W. BIanton, division surgeon Of
the A, B. & A., was called and tue
wounded man was made as comfort
able as possible. DR.. Blanjon, how.
ever. r1ali2ed l. at his patient was
critically injured and while every
tl.ing possitle was done for his re-
lief, re did not thoroughly recover
from the shock of the accident and
died at the hour named Mr.. Baf-
ington was some so years old, was
married and had one son, and Wes
we'll Known in this city, where lie
was I, frequent visitor. The remains
were carried to the undertaking par
lors Of the Moore Undertaking com
pany, where they were prepared for
burial, pending information from
Superintendent Smith, at Fitzgerald,
who was promptly advised of the
death of Mr. Butfington.ss~ ssslsl
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