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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
W0LTER ON THE STAND
Young New Yorker Charged With
Atrocious Murder of Ruth Wheeler
Testifies in Own Defenso-Betrays
No Emotion-Dcnies Ever Seeing
Girl.

New York. April 22--Two witnesses,
the young prisoner himself and the
woman relied upon by Albert Wolter's
counsel, were examined today to con-
trovert Ire mass of evidence the prose-
cution has piled up against him and
clear him from the charge OF having
strangled Ruth Wheeler. and burned
her still living body in the e-place OF
his apartment Wolter took the stand
at noon in his own defense.
Wolter betrayed no emotion. He
cody declared that he had never writ
ten Ruth Wheeler IN his life. had not
even seen her had only written her
nnno in his memorandum book, at the
request of n waiter. who, he said.
wanted to start a German stenographic
school
Early in the morning of March 81.
woltcr said, he left his room. bought
n paint brush and. after loafing all
day In Central park. returned home in
the evening and painted the fire place.
Some t'me during tho hours that Wof-
ter said he spent In the park Ruth
Wheeler met her death In his room.
That night / was awakened by the
falling OF the fire place. glibly test
,fied the witness Twice Il fell and
each time | arose and fixed it, Did
YOU ever write 70 Ruth Wheeler" was
asked Dy council NO sir" Did YOU
ever sec the girl called Ruth Wheeler
| in Your life?" II did not" els that your
/ shirt?" Wolter looked il over carefully
! and replied: Yes" How did it get all
that blood grease on it?" Il don't
| know
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
TAFT HAS TIRED
OF BALLNG[R ROW
SENDS SECRETARY KNOX TO
URGE COMMITTEE TO CLOSE
HEARING.
FRIENDS OF SECRETARY f.
SAY COMMITTEE WILL AccEf :
Significance Of Move Not Appar
Assistant Secretary Finney Gro K
amned Regarding Letters All ; &
Contain Misstatements-Tet : phi
News:

Washington, April 22.-An effort viii
be made by the administra ton to bring
the Ballnger Pinchot investigation
speedily to a close. 1t is believed by
the friends of the secretary of the in
terror that this will meet with the
ready acquiescence of all the members
Of the congressional committee. Sec
retary Knox yesterday conferred with
several members of the committee to
urge that the inquiry be expedited. He
is said to have spoken for Taft.
In the Ballinger- Pinchot investiga-
ton today counsel for Pinchot cross
examined Assistant Secretary of the
Interior F'inney regarding certain let
ters in which the prosecution" Is
charged with misstatement In connec-
ton with the restoration of water
power sites.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
Roosevelt Greatest Living Figure.

Washington, April 22.-Quoting from
the annual message Of President
Roosevelt in 1906 in support of the
proposition that the railroads should
be permitted to enter into traffic agree
ments, Senator Crawford. of South
Dakota, today asserted that Roosevelt
was still living force notwithstand-
ing he may not be president
st makes no difference" he said,
whether he is in the jungles of Africa
or in some discussion in Rome. or in
Vienna, Paris or London. he still is a
living force, and believe he will con-
tinue TO be so as long as he lives
Crawford spoke in support of his
own amendment to the railroad bill
permitting the entering into OF such
agreements. Crawford further asserted
that Roosevelt was the foremost figure
in the United States.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
FORTUNE SWEETHEART
Former Mason City Man. Dr.. Steven
Bailey, Wills Iowa Farm and Large
Amount Of Cash to Woman He
Loved in Her Youth But Now tho
Wife of Another-A Romance of
Fifty.thr Years.
to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Franklin, n. H., April 22.-In 1857
dentist of Franklin named Steven
Bailey fell in love with a pretty little
girl named Etty Burbank. He was
crossed in love and went west and set
tied IN Cerro Gortfo county. Iowa. Last
winter he was found frozen to death at
Juniper Springs, Colo in all these
fifty-three years he had not forgotten
pretty Etty Burbank, and when his
will was probated here few days ago
it was found he had left her forty acres
of land and dwelling house near
Mason City, Iowa, and thousands of
dollars in cash. Etty Burbank is
married now and is Mrs. Osgood, OF
I,.,,, fl,;TTS ire Mass Her brother is Alonzo
Burbar nix. president of the Information
al Paper Company. of New York.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
SECOND HORROR KILLS
EIGHTEEN MINERS
=
NIGHT FORCE IN coLLlERY NEAR
AMSTERDAM KILLED BY Ex-
.PLosIoN.
SEVEN TAKEN OUT ALIVE
BUT BADLY INJURED
Six Bodies Recovered and Twelve Men
Missing Are Supposed to Be Dead -
Explosion Shocks Country For
Miles, Breaking Windows IN Passing
Trains.

steubenville, O., April 22-Eighteen
of the night force of twenty five ma
chine men employed in the mine of the
Youghiogheny, Ohio, coal company,
near Amsterdam, are thought dead as
the result of an explosion at the mine
last night. Six bodies were recov-
cred and seven men We're taken from
the shaft alive but unconscious Twelve
are still in the mine, and it is believed
they perished. 1T is thought the ex-
plosion was caused by coal gas being
ignited by 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.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
KILL ALL FOREIGNERS

PIacards to That Effect Posted Thru
out Human Province-Women and
Children Fleeing For Their Lives
Native Villages Burned and Many
Chinese Slain.
Hahkow, April 22.-The situation in
Human province is reported as critical.
Women and children are fleeing for
their lives from Changsha. A number
Of native villages near that city have
been reduced to ashes by native Mon
golians. The country is placarded
with threats to kill all foreigners.
This disquieting news was brought
by missionary refugees today. Their
houses have been burned, and their
personal effects lost. Many Chinese
were killed.
Notwithstanding this condition Of
affairs the viceroy of Human province
asserts thatc order Is practically re-
stored. ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
CAREER OF L. o. BLISS.
Was Prominent in Hardin County Pol
itics and Mercantile Business.

Special to Times-R Republican.
Iowa Falls, April 22.--L. o. Bliss,
who died here this morning. was for
many years a leading politician in this
county and prominent in the county
councils of the republican party. In
conjunction with William Wilde, Mr..
Bliss opened the first exclusive grocery
and crockery store in Iowa Falls. in
1854. After the death OF Mr.. Wilde Mr..
Bliss continued in the mercantile trade
cher for many years. retiring some
years ago because of his advanced age.
He moved, to Ohio when q lad and later
came west, locating in Wisconsin and
Minnesota and finally here. He was a
member of the Masonic fraternity for
many years. The surviving children
are Miss Mary Bliss. OF this city. and
Frank E. and ByronsB. Bliss. of Jen-
'nings La.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22

Mark Twain, was born Samuel Lang
horne Clemens in Florida, MO, NOV. SO'
1885. my parents he writes in his
own burlesque biography. ''were
neither very poor nor conspicuously
| honest. The earliest ancertor the
| Twains have any record of was
friend of the family by the name OF
| Higgins" The county chronicles have
! 1t that the elder Clemens failed in
| business and died, leaving his SON the
ample world to make his fortune In.
Educated only in the public schools,
| he was apprenticed to printer at 13
and worked at his trade in St Louis,
Cincinnati, Philadelphia and New
| York, until at 1S he could crafty
| boyish ambition to become cub to a
| Mississippi river pilot.
| In due time Mark Twain became
! full f1edged pilot. He tells the rest,
| himself in chapter Of Life On the
| Mississippi" "By and by the war
| came, commerce was suspended, my
| occupation was gone.
| ST had to seek another livelihood. SO
| 1 became a silver miner, in Nevada;
| gold miner, in California; next re-
porter in San Francisco; next, spe-
cial correspondent in the Sandwich is
| lands; next rowing correspondent IN
| Europe and the east; next an instruc-
| tional torch bearer on the lecture plat
form, and finally, became a scribbler
| Of books, and an immovable fixture
among the other rocks Of New Eng
/ land"
| This was in 1872, a year after he had
married Miss Olivia L. Langdon, of Ell
mira, N. Y, who brought him an inde-
| pendent fortune. At that time his
i IN orr
had an assured income. his own home,
4 and seemed indeed fixture. But in
| 1885 his popularity as an author and
his acquaititancs with the mechanics Of
| the publishing trade drew him into the
| firm of C.. l.. Webster e. Co., publishers.
4 The firm brought out the memoirs of
General Grant" and paid his widow
| $35O,000 but its prosperity was short
lived and it failed with liabilities of
| $4,000. The failure had already taken
| $65,000 of Mark TwaiA's cash, but he
| determined also to shoulder the debts
and to pay them off, and undertook, in
1s95'96, a lecture trip around the
| world.
Yale gave him the degree of NJ A.,
| and later Of L. H. D., in 1901 the Uni
versity of Missouri, his native state.
followed with an IL. D., in 1902 and
| in 1907 the University of Oxford, with
great ceremony, made him Lift, D.
Four children were born to Mark
Twain, of whom two, a son and a
daughter, died early. One other daugh-
| ter, Jean, who had been an invalid for
| life, was found dead in her bath tub
| last fall in her home at Redding, Conn.
| Her tragic death greatly saddened her
father, who declined in health from
that moment. A third daughter,
Clara, is Mrs. Ossip Gabrilowitch wife
Of the pianist, whom she married last
yeaR
Mark Twain's first book was the
jumping Frog" His best known book
in this country possibly was "Innocents
Abroad" His surest title to fame gen.
orally is believed to be tom Sawyer"
and it's companion volume, the "Adven-
| lures Of Huckleberry Finn" In all, his
books had sale of more than 100000
copies and were translated into six
languages.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
ANOTHER CONFEDERATION IN
STANDARD LUMBER YARDS
AT DUBUQUE.
SERIES OF SEVEN FIRES
DURING EVENING AND NIGHT
Lumber company's Second Disaster
Within Fortnisht-Evident That In
cendiary Gang Seek Destruction of
Manuf facturins and Business Dis
tricts, But Purpose is Not Disclosed.
tricts, But Purpose is Not Disclosed
Special to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Dubuque. April 22.--Fre last night,
believed to be of incendiary origin.
destroyed $4,000 worth of lumber in
the Standard Lumber yards here. burn
ing four hours. The amount OF insur-
ance Will not be known unIll the in
ventory has been completed.
Fire broke out at o'clock this morn :
ing in the Grand opera house, but was
extinguished with small loss.
There We're five other fires in the
manufacturing sections of the city dur
ing the evening and night.
Industrial District Menac
This series of fires, following the
5000 900 conaagration of about two
weeks ago. in which the Standard
Lumber Company. the Julian hotel. and
the Bijou opera house were the princi-
pal sufferers, leaves no doubt in the
minds OF the authorities that an in
cendiary gang is bent upon the de-
structon of the industrial district, and
probably other business portions OF the
city, buth with what object is matter
of wide conjecture.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
RUSHING HOTEL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Burlington Stockholders Get Busy and
Raise $4,000 in Fifteen Minutes.

Special TO Times-Republican.
Burlington, April cs.-Stockholders
of the new hotel here. finding that $685.
900 Is needed In additional to the $780,
600 already subscribed, raised $4,000
in fifteen minutes. The balance will be
forthcoming.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
Bank Exchanges Decrease.

New York. April 22.-Dun's Review
tomorrow VIII say: Bank exchanges
this week in the leading cities Of the
United States amout to s2,Tso. .s4&52s,
d loss of "A per cent compared with the
same week last year and 80 per cent
for the correspondents week of. leoS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
D. A. r. CONGRESS VOTING.
Session BaIIotine For Vice President
GeneraI=loNan Candidate.

Generai-lowan a Candidate.
Washington, April 22.-Delegates of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton were again intent upon political
affairs when the congress was called
to order this morning.
Because Of the election two days
previous failed in the selection of an
hnorary vice president general and one
of the ten vice president general, an
other day of balloting was in order.
f. The following candidates We're voted
on to-day for vice president general:
Mrs. Charles Russell Davis, of Mime
sofa: Mrs Bertha H. Heustis. Iowa:
Mrs. c. Hamilton Tebault, Louisiana:
Miss Anna Caroline Pennlg, Georgia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
corToN MARKET SHOCKED.
Discovery of Forged Bills Of Ladins al
LIVERPOOL of Many Thousand Bales.

London, April PA severe shock
was experienced in the Liverpool cot
ton market, according to today Ship
ping Gazette, in the discovery of forged
bills Of lading for cotton purporting to
have been shipped from the United
States The quantity involved is be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 bales.
This afternoon two of the three al
legged co-conspirators, the Bedells. were
arrested. The prisoners were held In
$4,000 bail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
PAGE oNF

FA0E OTNT
TeIeeraphic News:
Mark Twain Dead.
Mourned by Whole World.
Hyde Case Battle Between Women
Mine Horror in Ohio.
FirebugS Menace Dubuque.
Administration Tires of Ballinger
Row.
Man Leaves Fortune to Old Sweet
PAGES TWO AND THREE.
Iowa News:
Standpats Clubbing Local Candidates
Guthrie Acquitted of Murder Charge.
Death of l.. O. Bliss.
Slippery Elm Patrons Petition in
Vain.
PAGES FOUR AND FIVE.
Iowa and General News:
Plenty of Tested Seed Corn,
Garfield Warns Republicans.
Mark Twains Greatness.
PAGE SIX.
Editorial:
Mark Twain.
Aldrich and Other Bosses.
Wilson Off His Base.
Topics of the Times.
Iowa Opinion and Notes.
Sunday School Suggestions.
LOCKER On In Iowa.
PAGE SEVEN.
Story:
The Guest of Quesnay.
PAGES EIGHT AND NINE.
City and County News:
Jennings Reunion June II.
Club Census is Completed.
Henry Hull. Former Resident Dead.
News OF County Towns
General News Of the City.
PAGES TEN AND ELEVEN.
City News:
Progressive Republicans Organize.
Baptist Church Contracts Let.
Program For County Preachers.
Post Mortem on Rev. Mr.. Plumb.
General and Brief City News.
PAGE TWELVE.
Markets and General;
Bulls Dominate Wheat.
Corn and Oats F'luctuate.
No Demand for Cattle.
Packers Buy Hogs at Advance.
Missouri May Follow Indiana.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
canfifnea t.e, Creditor.

Mobile, Ala, ADrif s2.-E. y. Buck, a
creditor of the bankrupt cotton firm
of Knight. Yancey & Company, is
authority for the statement that the
alleged crooked transactions in con-
nection with the failure Of the firm
were due to forged bills of lading.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
LICENSE ORDERED FORFEITED.
Minnesota Supreme cour. Bars IIlinoi

Minnesota Supreme Cour. Bars Illinois
Creamery Package Company.
st. Paul, April 22.-The Minnesota
supreme court today held that the
Crea merry Package Company, incorpo-
rated in Illinois, is a combination in
restraint of trade and ordered its IL
cense to do business in Minnesota for
feited.
The company deals in butter making
machines and general creamery sup
p1jaS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
Meet Whisky TRUST Cut.

Cincinnati, April ga cut of 8
cents per gallon was made by the in
dependent distillers. This meets the
cut by the so-called whisky trust"
made several days ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22

has been supposed is indicated by the
course of events yesterday. The grand
jury stopped work until next week, af-
ter, it is said, it had secured possession
of a document having an important
bearing on the case.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
ROOSEVELT IS eRlEvED.
Says Twain's Work is One of Ameri.
cas- Literary Assets.

Cd GItSTaTy ASSSt8.
Paris, April 22.-Roosevelt was
greatly panied to hear of the death of
Twain. He said:
"His position is unique in the liter
ature world. His writings form one
Of the assets of American contribu-
tions to the world achievements OF
which we have a right as a nation to
be genuinely proud
Roosevelt carried thru Africa
"Huckleberry Finn and tom Saw
yer" and read both several times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
customs Clerk in Draanet.

New York, April 22.-George f. Be
dell, chief clerk for James Vail, former
ly deputy surveyor Of the port, was ar
rested today, on an Indictment charg-
ing conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment out of customs duties.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
Vote on Rail Bill Tuesday.

Washington. April 22.-Republican
members of the house have been in
.structed by Dwight. the majority
whip to be in their seats Tuesday
prepared to vote on the administration
railroad bill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
TEACHER LOSES JOB.

Miss Marion Todd, burlington, Re.
fused Re-eieetion--Aetion in Election.
Special to Times Republican.
Burlington, April sa.-Miss Marian
Todd, for years principal OF the Pros
pect Hill school, was refused re-elec-
ton by the school board because OF
her activity In the recent school eiee-
ton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
Cotton Failure a Bad One.

Decatur, Ala, April 22.-Federal
Judge Crubbs appointed receiver for
the bankrupt firm of Knight. Yancey
& Company, cotton dealers. It is be-
lieved that the liabilities are $5.700,000,
with assets Of $1,000 .ss.a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
COTTON PROBE TO Be DEEP.

Federal Grand Jury Secures Important
Document and Temporarily Stops.
New York, April 22.--That the gov
ernment's investigation of the cotton
speculation will go much deeper than
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
BRIBERY JURY DlSAGREEs.
Council man Simon, Alleged Pittsburs
Crater, Will BE Tried Again.

Pittsburg, April 22.-EThe jury IN the
bribery case against former SSoufSc.:!!
man simon was discharged today, af-
ter failing to agree upon q verdict.
Simon will be tried again.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
T..R. BULLETIN
Noticeable News Of Today
The Weather.

Sun rises April 23 al sos. sets at 6:s9
Iowa--Generally fair tonight and
Saturday: colder tonight, with heavy
frost: warmer in the northwest Sat
urday.
Illinois--Threatenin and colder to-
night with rain in the north; Saturday
partly cloudy and colder.
Missouri--Partly cloudy and colder;
robably frost; Saturday fair.
Soupth Dakota--Iralr and colder to-
night; heavy frost; Saturday fair ana
warmer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
Anre. +n Arhi4ra+e

New York, April 22.-Arbitration Of
the wage demands of trainmen and
con ductors of the New York Central
lines. west of Buffalo, was agreed upon
here today
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
coNvlcTS STILL AT LARGE.
Two of Six Escaped Federal Prisoner:
In Il Aidinn-E r.,n RI , Lln ca,.nL

m HidIn9-F ormIdabIe Search.
Leavenworth. Kan. April 22.-Frank
Grigware and Theodore MurdocK, TWO
of the six convicts who escaped from
the federal prison yesterday, We're still
at large this morning. Twenty five
armed guards and 200 farmers are
searching for the fugitives, who are
believed to be hiding in the rough dis
trict eight miles northwest of the city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
,F-;sco In Reminiseent Mood,

San Francisco, April 22.-"old tim
ers" are cenjuring up "reminiscences
galore OF the days, fifty years ago,
when Twain was plain Sam Clemens
and the name Marx Twain" had little
Significance to anybody except the
steamboat msn.of the Mississippi,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
ROOSEVELT IN PARIS.

Visits Tomb of Napoleon and is Ac-
corded Ovation.
Paris, April 22.-Roosevelt began his
program today with a visit to the tomb
of Napoleon in the Palais des Invalides.
When the Roosevelt party arrived in
an automobile he was acclaimed by
a great crowd. Many photographers
took snap shots of the party.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
BAD BIG FOUR WRECK

Probably Fatally Injured in smashup
at sandford, Ind.-Ensine and Ex-
press Cars Overturned.
Terre Haute, Ind, April 22-Three
men were killed and eight probably ia
tally injured when a train of empty
express cars on the Big Four railroad
struck defective switch and smashed
a car of the interlocking switch con-
struction crew on a siding at Sandford
today.
The dead are: Engineer r. e. Ely,
of Matoon, ILL.,; H. Drscoll and l.. B.
Donnelly.
The locomotive and. one of the ex-
press cars were overturned and the
engineer and conductor were caught
under them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
THINK HUGHES WILL GET IT.
Washington Expects Governor to Sue.
ceed Brewer.

Washington. April EN- admins
tration circles fine belief appears to be
growing stronger that Governor
Hughes, of New Yor, may yet be the
late Justice Brewers successor on the
supreme court bench.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
MOURNING IN EUROPE.

Foreign Press Adds Tribute to Work
Of Great Humorist.
Berlin, April 22.-Extended appreci-
alton of Twain appear in today's
journals. The Anzieger says: "Not
only the English-speaking people, 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 litera-
ture.
Rome, April 22.-The whole press
Of Rome gives much space today of the
death OF Twain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-22
SORROW EXPRESSED BOTH IN
AMERICA AND EUROPE OVER
HuMoRlsT's DEATH.
GREAT PUBLIC MEMORIAL
BEING PLANNED IN NEW YORK
Men Prominent in Public Life and
letters to speak-simpIe Funeral
Services to be- Hold Both in( New
York and Elmira-RooseveIt De-
cIares Works Are Among Americas
Literary Assets.

Redding, Conn.,, April 22.-News Of
the death last night Of Mark Twain at
Stormfield did not reach the country
side until the papers brought 1t up
from the city. Expressions of grief
were heard on all sides, for Twain not
only was personally dear to close
friends, but a generous large ac-
auair.. .s-ce. He shared the beauties Of
his handsome new home with the
neighborhood, and took a lively interest
in the affairs Of the town. Several
'neiehbors close to him in life were
permitted by the old country custom to
view the body as it lay in the carven
bed Clemens did much of his work in,
and In his death he still seemed
q part Of the surroundings of his active
life. Ranged about him were his books;
beside him his tabourett set with a
tobacco Jar and a collection of pipes,
4 stand OF cigars, and matches in
abundance, and above his head read
ing lamp. In old days he had heartily
cursed all chambermaids because OF
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, left
nothing but nobility on his. There were
no lines Of pain. no hint of sadness
nothing but large and serene benignity-