The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-23
TWAIN FUNERAL
|. WITHOUT P0MP
humOrist Wishes Observed
By Those In Charge.
HIS VIEW OF EPITApHs

Close Friends Say That He Was Far
From Being a Millionaire and That
Daughter Clara VIII Get Bulk Of
Estats-Left Several Unpublished
Manuscripts and Unfinished Bloe.
raphy, Which Are In Hands of Ex-
seutors and Publishers.
New York, April 23.-The funeral
Of Samuel l.. Clemens, who died at
his home outside of Redding, Conn,
will be held at o'clock this after
noon at the Brick Presbyterian
church. at Fifth avenue and Thirty.
seventh street. The Rev. DR.. Henry
Van Dyke Of Princeton, who was a
= close friend OF the humorist for
many years, will conduct simple
service. after which the body will be
taken to Elmira for interment
The second service at the home OF
General Langdon In Elmira, tomor-
row afternoon, will be simple as the
first. The Rev. Joseph Twitehell OF
Hartford. to whom Mark Twain used
to refer az the only pastor he ever
had, win conduct the service, at
which only Mrs. Ossip Gabrilowitsch,
the sole surviving member of Mark
Twain's family; her husband. mem
bers Of the Langdon family and the
closest friends of the dead writer
will be present. The interment will
be in the Clemens plot, where Mrs.
Clemens and the children Of Mark
Twain are buried.
|'Epitaphs are cheap, and they do
o poor chap q world OF good after
he's dead" Mark Twain once wrote,
but to some of his dearest friends he
said many times before he died that
he did not want any epitaphs or
eulogies when the time came for him
to pass out II was with these things
!. In mind that those Of the dead
writer's closest friends in this city
who undertook the arrangements for
the funeral Topped all pomp OF pa
rade and excess OF ritual from the
service planned for today.
Following Mark Twalns express
wishes, those who had the arrange
ments for the funeral In hand have
dispensed with pallbearers. Besides
the simple service at the Brick
church there will be some time with
In the next 10 days memorial ser.
vice held by the many prominent
men, In all walks OF life who desire
TO show their respect for the dead
writer.
Those who are acquainted with the
business AFFAIRS of Mark Twain be-
iieye' that the first accounts OF the
size of the estate which he has left
were exaggerated. A close friend of
his said that although the author
possessed comfortable fortune, in
the latter years he was far from be-
ing a millionaire.
What the amount Of Mark Twain's
royalties and other profits from writ
ings have been during the last 10
years IL not known outside the circle
of his immediate friends. A repre-
sentative Of Harper 4 Brother, who
have been his publishers In recent
years. said that all OF Mark Twain's
books are selling at present in great
or numbers than ever before.
1t became known that Clemens left
unpublished several manuscripts be-
sides that Of his unfinished biogra-
ply. These, which are in the hands
of a few close friends, publishers and
editors. had not even been offered
for publication. Together with sew
eral fugitive scraps and pieces of .un-
finished material, the author had
given these manuscripts over into
the hands of these literary executors
to Re disposed of after his death as
they saw fit
Those acquainted with the authors
business AFFAIRS said that, with the
exception of a few minor bequests to
close friends and relatives, his will
provides that his daughter Clara.
Mrs. Gabrilowitsch. shall be the leg
Atee OF all his estate.