Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 22, 1910, Page 1

SEE THE BEE'S NEW HOME MAGAZINE PAGE THE OMAHA [ - Y ST DAILY BEE e WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska-—Partly cloudy, For lowa—Fair and warmer. For weather report see page 2 'VOL. XXXIX-—-NO. 264. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, =y APRIL 22, CONVICTS MAKE DARING ESCAPE Five Train Robbers at Fort Leaven- worth Prison Leave Yards by Switeh Engine. TWO OF THEM ARE RECAPTURED Frank Grigware, Omaha Bandit, Still at Liberty. POSSE CLOSING IN ON OTHERS “len Are Unarmed and Are at Mercy of Guards. JAIL BREAK CLEVERLY EXECUTED to Frighte, Prine Imitation Pistols Used Locomotive Crew — All ers Serving Life Term BULLETIN. \‘Luvnmwon-m, Kas, April 21— This afternoon Kating and Hewitt were captured and at 2:30 were belng taken back to the penitentiary. Grigsware at that time was still at large Roll eall this afterncon developed that Theodore Murdock, serving ten years for counterfelting, was also missing. There is no trace of him. LEAVENWORTH, K train robbers serving caped from the federal prison near here early today. Within & short time two of the men were recaptured. At 11 o'elock the three others were surrounded in the brush within a short distance of the prison, and it was believed all would be taken. The men recaptured are sent up from Tyler, Texas, Gldeon of Moscow, Idaho. The three others are: Thomas A. Kat- ing, sent up from Allen. Okl; Arthur Hewitt, from Caddo; Okl, and Frank Grigware, one of the men who held up a Unlon Pacific mall near Omaha last fall. April 21.—Five lite sentences es- Bob _Clark, and John Plot Oléverly Exccuted. The break for liberty was made about 8 o'clock this morniug and was the re- sult of a cleverly planned plot upon the ~part of the five conviets. The execution was most dating. Two of the convicts were at work In the carpenter shop and the others were in the tallor shop, A Union Pacific switch engine had backed into tl prison yard. At the sound of. the ipe. whistle, the men dashed into thés yard and made. toward the epgine. Leveling what is believed to have. been dummy Funp at the engineer, the men climbed into the cab and eom- pelled him to reverse fils machine. a 6h. the west gate into the open country and soon was speed- When 'the 'eschpe’ bécame known a few moments later, the siren wWhistle at ‘the prison-was $ounded as a warning to farm- ers in the surrounding country to be on the lodkout. The whistle may be heard for milés and its tse caused consternation At the same time heavily armed guards Weré thrown' around the gates to prevent any further atteropt at escape, while others started in pursuit of the fleeing men in the engine. Men Surrounded in Woods. When_the engine had reached a point six miles from the prison the five men gumped to the ground and made for the Woods. Clatk &nd Gideon separated from the others and foon were captured. They were taken withiout much show of resist- ance and landed safely in the cells. Then every available guard, led by Dep- uty Lemon, started in pursult of the other three men. A half mile further on the trio were surrounded in the woods. No shot had been fired on either side up to 11 o'clock, when the guards began to close in on the conviefs. Although the convicts were all desperate men, it was belleved that thelr only weapons were guns made of wood and painted in the carpenter shop. Fake weapons taken from Clark and @ldeon had been ingeniously made, Even the cylinders showed imitation bullets protruding,” When the men made their dash for Iiberty they covered Harry Reed, a guard, with thelr “guns” and forced him to en- tor the engine cab with taem. But one guard, named Burnett, was in the ‘n@m He rushed up and struck Kating over the head, causing a wound from which blood flowed freely. Kating was only stunned and, yunning after his con- federates, he scrurbled into the engine just as It was getting under way. The Buards inside 'the prison did not carry ‘weapons. ' Clothes of Trainmen Taken. Kating was employed for five years as an enginesr on the Lake Shore rallroad, and he assumed the leadership when the engine started. He directed Charles Cur- taln, the engineer, to ‘“throw her wide open,” and told Fireman Milard Heeter o shovel coal ‘&8 he had never shoveled before.” » When the engine had arrived at a point six miles northwest of the prison, where the road was skirted on both sides by heavy timber, were instructed to * Then the desperadoes forced 11" the engine. the en- ginter and fireman to disrobe, and two of | the conviets, appropriated their garments. fhe men started to force the guard to Qlgrobe, also, but Hewitt said enough time had alréady been wasted, and the men vlunged into the woods. The trainmen then fired up the engine and rushed it back to the prison. Olark and Gideon were plaged in soli- Wry continement when returned (o the yrison, & 4 e Olark Leader of Mut! Bob Clark, one of the five who escaped from the federal prison Thursday, Is €on- #idered one of the must desperate and in- lous eanviets that the penitsntiary ever E. While serving & short term sentence m OKlahoma Clark assumed leadership In the great prison mutiny at Leavenworth when twenty-three convicts escaped from the stockade about the site of the present prison, The mutiny Involved the murder » gudrd. When Clark was reeaptured ana rent 0 triad in federml court he vecelved wentence of life. Tom Kating, another Okishoma “cosviet Involved In the mutiny 430 ‘Who eseaped with Clark Tuesday, re- celved & sentance at the same traal N the engineer and fireman | of! Young Farmer in Charivari Party Killed trand, Falls Dead from Shot Fired by One of Party. HOLDREGE, Neb., Telegram.)—Lato last the marriage of B. C. Lindstens to daughter of Victor Nordenstam at the bride's home, séveral miles north of Bert- rand, Henry Swanson, 'who, in company with about forty other young men of the neighborhood, was charivaring the newly married couple, was shot in the abdomen with a gun discharged by one of his party, The young man fell immediately, dying in 188 than fifteen minutes without regaining gpnsclousness. There were only two guns Jp\the crowd, both shotguna, but th whose @)1= they were at the time of the acc "\ no one seems to know. The members o charivari party seem to be unani- %1h the opinfon that the shooting was ' ccidental, but no one has so far to tell who were the April 21.—(Special night, shortly after owners. of was a young farmer, close %14, who has been workifig on Lindenstam’s on which he has beef aVing alone for some time. A father and sister living at Cortland, Kan, are his only surviving relatives. Coroner Palmer of this city was called early this morning, but detalled Dr. W, A, Shreck of Bertrand to Investigate shooting and decide as to the necessity of an inquest. Dr. Shreck thought it best to wait until Swanson's father could be communicated with, and until his arrival here no steps will be taken. Adl of the parties concerned in last night's tragedy, including the wedding party, the guests and the charivarl crowd are among the most prominent tarmers and their sons in Phelps county. Forty Miners Entombed at Birmingham Cages Block Shaft and Entrance is Sealed to Prevent Spread of Flames—All Probably Dead. BIRMINGHAM, < Ala, April 2L—Little hope was expressed this morning that any of the thirty-five or forty miners entombed in the Mulga mine of the Birmingham Coal and Iron company as the result of an explosion about 9 o'clock last night will be rescued alive. ) When it was learned that it was impos- sible to galn entrance to_the mine through the sbaft, becauso the cages were sprung in the passage, the entrance was sealed to prevent, It possible, the spread of fire. H "r% of the Tennesee company was rushed to the' scene, equipped ‘with' helmets and’ail | other necexsary ' appliances for entering a Easeous' mine, Ambulances also were sent from Ensley and Birmingham to the scene, which is about twelve miies northwest of Birmingham. The only list of names of the miners at work at the time of the explosion was held by the foreman of the gang.at work, who is among the entombed. It Is belleved, however, there are about fifteen white men and twenty to twenty-five negroes. The mine has been in operation about two years. The shaft is %0 feet deep and the fact that flames shot to a height of 100 feet leads to the belief that the plosion occurred near the bottom of the main shaft. When the first crew of rescuers reached the bottom of the shaft this morning, the bodies of two mipers were found. The rescuers upon returning to the surface ex- pressed the opinlon that all the impris- oned men were dead. Attempt to Rob Bank at Kayler Citizens' Posse Captures One of the Men and Wounds the Other Two. MITCHELL, 8, D., April 21.—(Spe: egram.)—An attempt was made to rob the bank at Kayler, south of here, by blowing up the safe. It aroused the citizens and they armed themselves and went after the robbers. One of the robbrs was captured after a chase of a mile and two othets were wounded. placed in jall at Scotland. Sheriff Plotner of this city ctarted at 4 o'clock this morn- ing to drive to Scotland with the blood- hounds to track the two wounded robbers. PHILADELPHIA STRIKE ENDS Misunderstanding as Cleared Away and Return to Work. to Terms Men of the motormen and conductors of the Philadelphla Rapid Transit company be- came merely an unpleasant memory today | when, with. all ‘misunderstandings regard- ing the terms of the settlement removed, | the strikers returned to work. Bixby Will Succeed Marshail, WASHINGTON, April 20.—Colonel m H. Bixby, the senior colonel of corps of enginoers stationed in St as president of the Mississippi river mission, will be appoluted ahief of o gineers 'to succeed Brigzdler General Wil- liam L. Marshall, who retires in June. Wil the Lou's com- Henry Swanson, Living Near Ber- | |DEATH OF JAMES H. HUNTON the | the | Jtter, midglght. the hospital car| ex- | The captured robber was | PHILADELPHIA, April 21.—The strike | 'MISS KELLER CROSS-EXAMINED | Attorney for Dr, Hyde Tries to Show Typhoid Epidemic Was Due to Defective Plumbing. | Nurse Says His Body Did Not Twitch and Jerk. | | POISON | | Experiments on Animals to Be Part [ of Exhibits in Case. |FIGHT FOR LETTERS RENEWED FOR D0OGS AND FROGS Defense Will Not Be Allowed to Have | Paxton's Correspondence with Ex- perta—Dr. Hyde Coaches Attorney. | KANSAS CITY, April 21—Under, the at- tentive prompting of Dr. Hyde, Attorney Ftank P, Walsh began the cross-examina- tion of Miss Pearl Keller at the opening |of the afternoon session of the Swope | murder trial Mr. Walsh immediately delved Into: the typhold, fever feature of the case. “Is it not true that when you went to the Swope residence there was trouble with |the plumbing which carrled away the waste and that the pipes were being torn out?”’ he ask “Thé plumbing was belng removed, but 1 do not know why she answered, Turning to the death of James Moss Hunton, Mr. Walsh asked the nurse if ever before she had attended an apopleptic | caso. She sald she had not. “The body continued to twitch and ferk until bleeding started, did it not?" asked Mr. Walsh, | Miss Keller was slow iIn answering, and Mr. Walsh, who was standing, asked sev- eral questions with much rapidity. “Please treat this youns woman courtesy,”” Interposed 'the court, “Take a seat at the counsel table.” “I am trying to treat her courteously,” sald the attorney, warmly. Proceed,” replied the court and Mr, Walsh sat down. “Mr, Hunton's body did not convulse, but moved as if breathing was difficult,” sald Miss Keller. “Is it not true that Dr. Twyman tied a string around Mr. Hunton's arm to stop! the flow of blood?" the witness was asked. “He tied a band so as to regulate the pulse.” Reading from the grand jury notes which recently fell Into his hands, Mr. Walsh asked Miss Keller if she made the state- ment “that Mr. Hunton had a violent twitehing and. jerking." The witness testified she did not recall her exact. testimony, but she did not say, substantially, that Mr. Hunton was suffer- tofg, from a eonvmlsion. Miss Kellen, said she @l not "know’ or} Her own knowl that Mr. Hyde visited the room of Margaret Swope on thé morn- ing she is alleged to have been poisoned. The court ordered any reference ihe wit- ness had made to the physiclan’s alleged visit to the girl's room, stricken from the evidence, s it was only hearsay testimony. with | firmly. | | Poison for Dogs and Frogs. Dogs and frogs are expected to play an | important part in convicting or clearing | The state has announced its intention of demonstrating the action of strychnine by polsoning a live frog with the drug before the eyes of the jurymen. Toxicologists employed by Dr. Hyde are| maintaining a “poison squad” of six dogs for the purpose of studying the effects of strychnine upon them. Some of the canines are being given one-fifteenth of a grain of | strychnine four times a day. Others re | celve a smaller amount of poison, Some of the dogs Will be permitted to dle from the effects of the drug. Others will be killed. The digestive organs of the ani- mals will be used by the defense in pre- senting its case to the jury. % Hans Jensen, a prominent veterinarl has been retained by , Dr. Hyde to assist in the experiments on the dogs. He will also testify at the trial. Dr. B. C. Hyde's fight for the letters re- gurding the examinations of the viscera of Colonel Thomas and Chrisman Swope, which passed between the ‘state's sclentists and John G. Paxton, was remewed today. The opening move was an attempt to put Mr. Paxton on the stand, but this 'was overruled by the court. Rultng Against Hyde. The court notified the defense's attorneys at the opening of court that it would sot grant the motion for the production of the | papers, as they were concerned in a civil suit which Dr. Hyde had filed against Mr. Paxton and therefore it was not in the Jurisdiction of the eriminal court to order them produced. Attorney Walsh offered to p'ace several | witnesses on the stand to prove he had a | Fight to the documents, but Judge Latshaw | refused to permit them to take the stand. The tiit of yvesterday, which arose over the defsmse coming . into possesslon of grand jury potes relating to the Swope case, was recalled when Judge . Latshaw spoke of & law book disappearing from his Hbrary, “It i not disappear during the last week, howevery” Judge Latshaw, said, sig- niticantly. ¢ ¥ Mr. Walsh made & joking rerark about the grand jury notes, and the court said seriously : “You not only had notes, Mr, Walsh, but other papers and evidence belonging to. the | state” | It was luck,” answered Attorney Wal (Continued on Second Page.) Boosters’ Club City Clerk Butler has™ started a little Omahs Booster's glub of his own, and In the course-of & year ho expects to at least help In wome degreo to keep the name of Omaha hefore the public. From the clty clerk's office about 10,000 letters go out every ‘vear. Mr. Butldr has adopted three high signs to be printed in red Ink on al his officlal envelopes, “‘Mentior. " Omaha™ corner of one-thind “Omaha is Gro! will” appear on the the clerk’s eavelopes, Every Minute' Started by for Omaha the City Clerk (ofher third, and “Yes, Omaha is the Best Oity” on the balanze, | "It bas occured to me,” sald Clerk But-' ler, “that some good ppportunities for ad- vertising. are -being neglected, consldering | the wasto space on"all business envelopes |and letterheads. Hereatter I. propose to have some message of & boosting nature on all the stationery this office sends out, We can easily get up some telling statis- ties in sherk space, as well as these hail- lng sty (.4 r | BIG 1910-TWELVE PAGES SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS I y * o The densus taker: “And your hmb.nnd, madam, is he deaf, dumb or blind?” From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. {“INSURGENTS” BACK DOWN Fowler Has Resolgtion to Have House Appoint Comntittees. SPEAKER RULES AGAINST IT He Says He is wnu,’- to'Hear Argn- ments, and ‘After ' Some Turmotl the Resoliition 1s “Put in the Basket.” WASHINGTON, April 21A moveme: was launched today by the “insurgents’” r'zf publican members of the house to take away from the speaker the power to ap- point the house committees. Soon after the house met'at noon, Rep- resentative Fowler of New.Jersey, one of the insurgents, asked immediate considera- tion of a resolution-providing for the selec- tion of two committees, onedo be composed of republicans and the other of democrats, the duty of which would. be to deésignate all members of house éommittes Immediately the house @ neene of ‘confusion, members anticipating a reptition | of the stirring scenes several: tion and made a point of order against the Fowler resolution ‘as not “privileged.” Be- fore the speakericould rule Mr. Hardwick of Georgia made a point of no quorum. The doors were closed and there immediately was a call of the house. The speaker finally obtalned some semb- 1ance 'of order ‘and announced that 275 mem- bers were present. Mr. Fowler was again recognised to speak on his resolution. He announced that he aid not wish consideration of the resolution until May 2, but desired to have it refer to fhe committee on rules and to have it come up before the hause as a privileged matter on the date mentioned. The speaker promptly decided that- the resolution was not in order, but raid he was willing to hear arguments on the point. The tension was relleved by Mr. Fowler saying he would withdraw the resolution and “deposit It In the basket.” The hopper system for bills and resoiu- tions prevails in the house. Mr. Fowler, his resolution In hand, walked to the clerk's desk and placed it in the basket, the speaker having informed him thdt net being privileged It would have to take the regular course. Derisive laughter from the regular republicans greoted this action. “Some forty minutes of the time of the house have been consumed at this stage of the session,’ shouted Speaker Cannon above the confusion, “and now the gentle- man withdraws his resolution and says he puts it in the basket.” The emphasts which “Uncle Joe" put on the “says'he” again provoked laughter, in which both the republicans and democrats Jolned. After several minutes the excitement sub- sided and the house proceeded with other business. v B OIL PLANT BURNING Three Million Dollar Receiving Sta- tion at Richmond, Cal, May Be Destroyed. OAKLAND, Cal, April 21.—Ignited, ac- cording to the suspicion of the authorities, by some incendiary, the mammoth récelvs ing reservolr of the Standard Ol} company |at Richmond, Contra Costa eounty, eaught tire this morning at 1 o'clock and prae- tically the entire population of. that’ place is enguged in fighting the flames. It is feared that should the fire spread the entire plant, valued at $3,000000 may bg. destroyed. You have done your best when you use a Bee want ad, ads They bring buyers and sellers face to fece. Bee want wie treasures. They find homes for people. Positions for people. Servants for people, They find what is lost, Give value to things grown old- fashioned, and vigor to whatever is lifeless. If you can’t come down to the office, call Douglas 238, and a cheerful staff will write your ad and take care of it. Fire Wipes Out Railroad Round House and Yards Fanned by Terrific Wind, Burlington Sustains Heavy Loss at Lincoln, (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April #i.—(Speclal Telegram.) ~ire, starting, it is thought, by an ex- plosion of gasoline In the roundhouse of the Burlington road, located in the ex- treme northwest portion of the city, early this evening, fanned by a terrific wind, wiped out the roundhouse, the coal chutes, the ‘Ice house, the material yards and then spread to a number of small houses ad- Joining. All the available fire-fighting apparatus of the city was put into service and, though it was necessary to carry the lines of hose across the main yards and main Mne of the road, this was accom- plished. The fire continued to spread and therd was no certainty that 4t would be put out’ untll the material to feed 1t was all burned, 0 NG Fortunatoly, ‘outside’ the ‘rallroRd prop* 6ty there are not.many bomes Lmme~ ‘aiately adjacent. Showers of sparks fell over a large num- ber of small houses in a nearby portion of the city occupied by hundreds of small house-holders. and laboring men and the extent of the possible damage was Aiffi- cult to estimate at midnight. Hugh plles of stored coal near the roundhouse are on fire. Several long strings of boxcars standing near the roundhouse burned and a number of locomotives were destroyed. Lincoln is a big division point and the equipment for the greater portion of the line in eastern Nebraska is cared for here. Yesterday the Burlington depot at Have- lock was set on fire and burned. | Fay and Harris Plead Guilty Men Who Robbed Postoffice at Rich- mond, Va., Are Given Ten Years Each and Fine. | | RICHMOND, Va., April 21.—Pleading guilty to .the robbery of the Richmond postoffice on the night of March!2l, when $85,000 was taken, Eddie Fay and ‘“Little Dick” Harris today were sentenced to ten years in the Atlanta penitentiary and fined 96,000 each. LEPROSY CASE IN NEW YORK with Disease in Advanced Stage Found in Crowded Tenement. NEW YORK, April 2L—Suffering from what is belleved to be leprosy in an ad- vanced stage, & woman with an 8 months old baby at her breast was found by Dr. Trask of Bellevue hospital early today. The woman was living In a squalld Bast Side tenement house, which fairly swarmed with lodgers. In the three-room tenement were five children, besides the victim's baby, a young woman, two men and their wives. Ten days ugo, a woman with leprosy came to this ecity from Baltimore. She was lost track of. it Woma BRYAN LONELY AT STATION Erstwhile Worshipers Conspicuous by Absence at Railroad Depot. GLAD TO SEE ALDRICH QUIT Proprietor of Recent Congressional Electio: Predicts Majority for Party im Next House, Commoner Talks of and His Dahlman and his larlat, and several other democratic leaders, were conspicuous by their absence yesterday afternoon when Willlam Jennings Bryan passed through Omaha on his way to his Lincoln home, There was no brass band, no aggregation decked out In bright eolored ribbons and no democratic leaders to grasp the hand of Mr. Bryan when he alighted from the Pullman car at the Burlington station to stretch his legs and walk awhile. Bryan sajd that he was glad to get back home ‘again, but refused to discuss the Question of county option until after he has reached Lincolri. .Speaking of the grtigle Which appears in the current fssue of the Commoner, he sald that whatever appgars ifi the Bryan magagine is authetic, whether Willlam Jennings Bryan is in Lincoln or in South America. “The editorial,” he said, “was written in reply to an article which a saw in a Boston paper, and I wrote it to set myself clear upon the question,” . The proprietor of the Commoner shied clear of the question of his now running for the United States senate, saying that he had nothing to add to what had already been said, but he thinks that there will be no hesitangy-in letting Aldrich retire from the senate, Speaking of this he sald: “I think there Is ever evidence that unanimous consent will be given when Ald- rich asks to retire. The general acqui- escence to his retirement reminds me of a story 1 heard many years ago, A man when informed of the death of a man with whom he radically differed onimportant ques- tions sald that while ome could not prop- erly rejoice at the death of another, this was one of those dispensations of Provi- dence to which one could easlly reconcile himself. T think that a great many people téel that way about Mr. Aldrich retiring.” When asked if this applied equally with Senator Hale, he repliéd, “I think Mr, Aldrich ‘a good man for Mr. Hale to re tire with, although he was not so con- spicuous In the tariff fight Foresees Democratic House. | Concerning the Insurgent movement, he sald that he was always glad to see op- position to wrong policles, whether within the republican party or outside of it. Then he predicted a democratic house, saying: “Indications point to a democratic house. Elections show democratic gains, There have been three such congressional elec- tlons lately. One was in Missourl, where DeArmond's successor was elected by the largest democratic majority the district ever Hias given; in Massachusetts, where a large republican majority was overturned and a democrat was elected, was In Rochester, N. Y. personal fight against the republican can- didate on mccount of his personal record In the legislature. It would not be fair to attribute the result entirely to a growth in democratic sentiment, although I think @ part of the result should be credited to (Continued on Becond Page.) How Big is Omaha? What Some Peop! .W. ‘E._Reynolds, 28 N, 2 /. L. Eaton, 268 St. Mary's .. F, ‘Trayner, 3324 Myrte ‘Wm, R. Hamburg, %4 Atlas “W. B. Long, 2% N. 13 .A. G. Bohuert, 2 ‘Jumes Madison, C. .....Hatlle Brown, 72 N, ‘Miiderd Wilcox, 1812 Lothrop UR..Milliman, Missouri Valley J. H. Golding, Fremont ‘Axel Plerson. %22 Rees C.. B. Fiteel, Benson Christenscn, 1518 Center Inkster, 1515 Georgia A, Marsh, Moberly, Mo, W. B. Fordyce, Strehlow ourtney, 17 & Douglas : 426 Dewey iamson, C, B, Beisel, %% N. 19 re Sweney, Atlantic Ben Cohen, {04 N. 16 ‘A C. Jenkine Corning \H. White, Fremont Hotel H. Everson, 1005 Mapie .C. E. Smith," Springtield “Mina McKinsle, Lincoln . Hober, C. B. aé, 3119’ Pacifie EEEEEZZ EE5 EE3REERREIREEREAREEERE) § The Census Man le Think About it {162,706, dcien Qarrow g XYerk Finn, 4 e ‘B, C. Smith, 1085 N .G, R Ki Thomas Moumrf'," Thomas MecGrath, R, M. Henton, N, Marsh, “minis “Winden . Lincoln 416 N, uz N, unm N 816 8. 'll!flll Loeu: olt, (. T. Bchmidt, 1668 % N, Grant, ‘407 N 3 il Cumming, u s, -Helen Kubat, 234 N <Ruth Mackintosh,’ H2 s Jd; B. Pharo, N, ¥, B, J. Krahulik, o W, H. Btewar! nng K. Sorenson, Anna H.' Peternon, § Mrs, . J %% 2 1 19 1 |}T ('y:ru;ufi t, G- nev, 811 Dodye A eldl, Donald MeCormitel. © @ imerson Westgat d .. Puilip And Mra. O, I, Carsl g jCramer, . M. Jackson, 2719 1 LI Barker, 519 e " rickson, i B A Post, i M. te bl 2 Meredith The other | "“The election In' New York Involved a | 417 Farnam | MARK TWAIN IS CALLED BY DEATH Famous Humorist and Author Passes Away at Home in Redding, Connectiout, SUDDEN END COMES AS SURPRISE {Only a Few Hours Before Patient | Had Written Letters in Bed. END, HOWEVER, NOT UNEXPECTED 01d Age of Writer and Failing Health Made Dem{le Certain, NOTABL CAREER AS AN AUTHOR Real Name Was Samuel L. Clemens, mt an Mark Twaln He Won Dis- tin, Tales and Witty Speeches. fon for Humor REDDING, Conn, April Clemens (Mark, Twain), probably the world's premier humorist and writer of huinan interest stories, died at his home in Redding this evening at 6:30 o'clock, The end came as a surprise, for his con- Adition carlier in the day indicated Im- provement. He was consclous up to within @ short time before the summons came, At noon physicians in attendance at the author's bedside pronounced his case @s satistactory, but statcd that his lliness was critieal, They would make no promises as to the outcome. Yesterday the author took a decided turn for the better and insisted on sitting up In bed to wilte a few letters. His condition then was better than it had been any time since his return from Ber- muda, where he went in quest of heaith, The direct cause of death was angina pectorls. His daughter, Clara, was amon those present at the bedside when he breathed his last. Born in Missourl, It one were to ask of the first dozen rsons one met on the street, “Who Is the greatest of Amerjcan Humorists?" probably no one would answer “‘Samuel L. Clemens,” but not one inteliigent American would fall to allot that distinction to Mark Twain. Samuel Longhorne Clemens was born in the town of Florida, Monroe cunty, Mis- sourl, November 8, 1835. His father had been a slaveholder and had met with re- verses, he died a bankrupt, and when the boy had scarcely reached his 12th year. His mother was a superior and handsome wo- man, and it is from her that Mark Twain inherited some of his most admirable qual- itles. She was Intelligent, extremely wo, and could write well. She was also given to dreamy speculations, One of the boy's kinsfolk once sa:d of him, “He is a perfect litle human kalidoscope.” ‘“'Yes," spoke up another, ‘@pd he gets that from his mother,!” Mrs Clemens wag lgoked up to tn Florida-and -in Hanhibal, a8 - very. ob- servant woman, who \as interested in- all that was golng on around her, and who kept posted oh the news of the day, so far as one could in Missourl sixty years ago. The boy had had a little schooling in the hamlet of his Birth, and his good mother had aided him to learn, and in Hannibal his studies were continued in a little weather beaten frame schoolhouse, x40 feot In dimensions, where a Miss Luey Davis taught the young idea how to shoot. There it was, while under the administra- tion of Miss Lucy, that the budding hum- lulh(l made his first acquaintance with the | persuasive power of the hickory switch, and he is on record as saying that he dis- tinctly remembers that the “‘dressing 1downs he got were no jokes, Gets Idea for Pem Name. Mark began his serfous ‘work in life shortly after his father's death as an ap- prentice in the local printing office, that of the Hannibal Courler. Three years he served as “devil” and typo, and at odd times wrote something for publication. At the end of his apprenticeship he considered himself a competent printer, reporter and editor. Without compass or cash he set out on foot for the eastern country, and aid 0da jobs st the case and press as he journeyed along. At length he reached Philadelphia, but finding the town too slow for his ideal he tarried but a while, and continued his journey to New York. | But the east 1d not hit his fancy and he | longea for the old friends and scenes of the "wild and woolly west.”. At 17 he turned up again in Hannibal, out of work | ana out of means. | The “Father of Waters'” had a fascina- | tion for him about that time, and he won- |@ered 1f he were not cut out for a pliot. { He dia not ponder this new idea long, but forthwith looked for a job, and quickly found it, as roustabout on & steamboat plying between St. Louls and New Orlean In due time he became a pllot, and for seven years he stuck to his new calling. He has told how he liked it and all about lit in his “Piloting on the Mississippl.” His pleturesque life, and the strafige and inter- | esting people and things Le came in com- tact with while piloting, aroused his liter- |ary facultics, and all the while he wak steering those pine and rosin fed craft up and down the great river he scribbled for the papers. Busy as he was, exacting were his duties—and he was one of the best pilots the old Mississippl ever knew-— | he found time to cultivate the art of writ- | ing. And it was while plloting that he got the pen name by Wwhich he h T since been | known to the world of lstters end to the { wor.d at large, This fs how It happened— He had been signing his sketohes “Iosh,” & name which came to him he knows not | how, but which he never cared for. One day while in the pllot house pondering as to { what name he could substituté for “Iosh’* |he heard a “big buck nigger” who was | taking soundings of the ~river call out | “Mark twain!", The phrase caught the | young writer's fancy, and he determined |then and there that henceforth he would | sign his “storles” with the pen name “Mark Twaln. It was not, however, untl 188, while act- ing as city editor of the Virginia City En- | terprise, that the humorist made use of hig new title. Mark Twain got his first step in ‘‘Rough- lin 1v" about this time. Besldes editing o lively paper in & rapid town, be acted as clerk to his brothier, whom President Lin- cln bad appinted secretary of the territory 21.—8amuel L. 6| ot Nevada. Is Counting Now. ater he worked for day's wages In @ quarts mill, passed through many strange .1elmliel.cen and helped others to get rich . s