STILL INVISIBLE l
OF A BROKEN HEART
Farmers! Attention ! !
Act Quickly and Snap Up this Splendid
Subscription Bargain.
America's Fa-mous Humorist, Sad
dened by Loss of Daughter and
Friends, Givcl Up Dght.
Snow and Cold Affect Wide Section,
with Truck Gardens, Orchards
and Farms Devastated.
ins ENDING IS WITHOUT PAIN
fill lil 1
Cad Event Occurs at His Home Near
Redding, Conn. Angina Pec
toris tba Cause.
Mark Twain, brloved the world over
because he made It laugh, Is dead. 119
passed away without pain nt 6:22
o'clock Thursday evening In his coun
try home, "Stormfltdd," back In the
wild Camarack 11111s, from Redding,
Conn. For five hours he had been un
conscious and the end was almost un
noticeable. It was simply a cessation
of pulse and respiration. At his bed
side were his only living child, Clara,
who Is the wife of Osslp Gabrllowltsch,
the Russian pianist; Albert Bigelow
Paine, his secretary and literary ex
ecutor, who was almost a son to him:
Drs. Edward Qulntard and Robert Hal
sey, the heart specialists, who had kept
him alive by stimulants for nearly
twenty-four hours, and his servant-?,
headed by "Old Katie," who for thirty
yeurs has been his housekeeper.
Angina pectoric, the doctors have !t,
ended the life which every ono who
had ever known Samual Langhorno
Clemens hoped might bo spared longer.
That malady was coupled to so.mo x
tent with asth..na of tho hearH, brought
SAMUEL t. CLEMENS.
about by excessive smoking. But what
laymen call a broken heart was moro
responsible than tho world in general
knew. When his chum, Henry II. nos
ers, died last year, those closo to Mr.
Twain saw that his grief was lnten30.
The odd companionship humorist and
multimillionaire was a nearer and
dearer thing than any save they alona
realized. When his only unmarried
daughter, Jean, wag drowned In her
bath during an attack of epilepsy Just
before Christmas his nearest remain
ing tie was severed. lie was a lone.
aorrow-strlcken man. After tho pass
ing of his friends William Laffan of
the Sun and Richard Watson Gilder,
editor of the Century ho Bald sadly
'How fortunate they are! No good
fortune of that kind somes to me!"
8amuel Langhorne Clemens, Ameri
ca's foremost humorist and known tho
world over as Mark Twain, was born
In the little town of Hannibal, Mo., on
November 30, 1835. Early in life he
worked in the printing office of his
older brother and learned the trade at
a compositor. For a time ha was a
pilot upon Mississippi River steam
boats. But he drifted back into news
paper work and made a modest success
as correspondent for various papers in
. Nevada and California. He published
his first book, "The Jumping Frog of
Calaveras County," in March, 1867. Two
years later a aeries of letters he bad
written as a correspondent were coV
lected and published under the title,
"The Innocents Abroad." The book
bad a record ule and bis fame as
humorous writer was secure. Other
books appearing later were "Roughing
It," "The Gilded Age," "Tom Sawyer
"Huckloberry Flan," "The Prince and
tho Pauper," and "Pudd'nhead Wil
son."
3 DIE IN BIQ FOUR ACCIDENT.
Wisck Near Banford, Znd.. Cost
Lives of Engineer and Others.
Three men were killed and eight
probably fatally Injured when a train
of empty express cars on the way from
St. Louis to Indianapolis, ou the Cleve
land, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Loul
Railroad, struck a defective switch and
smashed the car of an Interlocking
switch construction crew on a siding
at Sandford, Ind. Engineer R. E. Ely,
of Mattoon, 111.. II. Drlscoll and L. B,
Donnelly were killed. Conductor H
Sbiptnan, Indianapolis; Samuel Mof
lett, Dallas Sprigs; Charles E. Jones,
Harry Clark, Fred Riley, Harry Gul
lett and T. D. Griffith were probably
latally hurt. The men were asleep in
their car when it was crushed by the
Impact of the locomotive of the ex'
press train.
I -Ire Kill 'I h r-- Falbrr .Near Ileal
The wire ana two uuugtiters, 7 an
9 years old, of Agent G. A. Krueger,
were burned to death In a fire whi
destroyed the Soo line depot in Edg
land, N. D. Krueger Is near death from
burns received while trying to reseus
lis family.
liirkman ! C. A . W.
Announcement Is made of the resig
nation of Marshall M. Kinkman, vlco
president of the Chicago and North
western Railroad and in charge of the
accounts of the company. Several oth
tr changes are also announced.
Foul Hall o Ilor'a Life.
Louis Rose, a 10-year-jld boy of Jer
sey City, running valiantly to catch
foul tip in a baseball game, fell head-
orenioBt Into a shallow pond and stuck
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CROPS RUINED IN MIDDLE WECT
Sudden Blizzard with Below Freez
ing Temperatures teavc3 De
struction in Its Walre.
BOTH GRAIN AND FRUITS SUFFER
Contlpnnnce nf Ilnln mill Colli, with
terminal rhnniip, Hritnrilcd
Only Xalvnllon.
Prematurely budding crops of thn
middle West have been swept away
In the most disastrous and far-reach
ing Btor.m experienced In a genera
tion. Tho disturbance has wrought
more than J.IO.OOO.OOO damage to fruits
and vegetables and has started an up
ward shoot in the price of fresh food
stuffs that prolnibly will be felt during
the entire season. The Michigan fruit
belt tho burkbono of tho fruit district
Is described as aknost wholly wiped
out for the season, while the freezing
temperature In Illinois and Iowa not
only has killed buds, (lowers .and fruits,
but threatens to ruin oats. '
In and about Chicago truck garden
ers have seen all hopes of early vege
tables blasted In a single night. Veg
etables and flowers that had promised
huge profits trad low prices because of
the early spring have been damaged be,
yond hope. All that can bo done Is to
replant, where this is jiohhIMo, making
tho season several weeks behind rather
than early. But in the end it will bo
the housekeeper who will feel the effect
of tlie storm. The expected early vege
tables and low prices, promised beeausa
of the lamb-like March, have given
place to promises of such high prices
for green foodstuffs as have not ob-
alned in years.
The story of the storm Is told best In
the weather bureau reports that show
ed freezing temperature In practically
all of tho points that have been touch
ed by tho storm. Here aro some of tho
temperatures reported.
Chicago 20 above aero
Kansas City 30 above zero
Keokuk 8 above zero
ndlanapolis SO above zero
l)es Moines 30 above zero
Davenport 26 abovo zero
Oalegliurg, 111 18 above zero
Dubuque, Iowa 25 above zero
St. Louis 28 above zerj
Unlonvlllo, Mo 26 abovo zero
Milwaukee 22 above zero
In the central and southern districts
of Illinois the temperature tell to a
fraction below 23 degrees, with the re-
ult that fruit growers announced that
h. i..i nttin hnnn nt onv rmn tit nil I
this season.
Paradoxically enough, tho only miti
gation in the bad news was in the fact
that rain and low temperature al
though not freezing temperatures pre
vailed throughout the whole Mlddlo
Western section. Had tho snowstorm
been followed by a bright, warm sun,
nothing could have saved fruits and
berries now In blossom from complets
ruin. As matters stand, while many
of the buds will be killed, the cool
weather and rain of tho next few days
may save the others.
What effect the damage will have on
prices this summer is problematical.
The indications up to tho day before
the storm fell were that the fruit crop
would break all records. Fruits, grains
and garden truck were from two weeks
to a month ahead of their usual tlrao.
The question now is whether enough of
the crop will bd saved to make the har
vest next fall something like normal.
' Even if the fruit crop of the Mlddlo
West were half destroyed, prices might
not oe seriously affected, for reports
from other fruit sections indicate
bumper crops. It seems certain, how
ever, that the loss on apple, plum, cher
ry and peach orchards will be so seri
ous as to make prices for those fruits
higher this summer.
Grains are reported to hive suffered
severely everywhere, tho loss on oats
being particularly hea-vy. In some sec
tions the entire oats crop will have to
be resowed. Wherever the first Joint
was out of the ground tho frost killed
the growing grain.
OHIO MINE EXPLOSION KILLS 18.
Disaster Near Steubenville, O., En
tombs 25 Victims In Shaft.
Eighteen of a lilght force of twenty
five machine men employed in the
mine of the Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal
Company, near Amsterdam, Ohio, are
thought to be dead, as a result of an
explosion In the mine late the other
night. Seven men were taken from
the shaft alive, but unconscious. Res
cue parties began work a few minutes
after the explosion. About 200 men
are employed in the ml no during the
day time. They quit work between 3
and 4 o'clock In the afternoon. The
machine men work nights, preparing
the work for the day shift. It Is be
lieved that tho explosion was cuusud
by coal gns,
MAN KILLED BY BEEF.
Trie to Swallow Strip NK Inches
Lou aud luel Tblt-k.
John S. Uoyd, of Dayton, Ohio, died
of strangulation while attempting to
swallow a piece of raw beefsteak six
inches long and an Inch thick. Doyd
had been drinking considerably lutely,
it Is said, and It is thought that Is
tried to swallow th w beefuteak to
"sober up." He died before a phyal
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WOLTER FOUND GUILTY.
Youth Who Killed Fourteen-Year-Old
Stenographer Must Die.
Albert Wolter, a 19-year-old youth,
was found guilty of murder in the first
degree by a Jury in the Court of Spe
cial Sessions In
New York, and by
the verdict the
contention of the
State that Wolter
on March 24 la.-it
strangled
and burned u
death 14-yar-oll
RuthWheeler was
substantiated. Tho
boy's counsel said
with eloquence
thnt Wolter was
too tender-hearted
to harm a cat, but
twelve mem. decid
ed that he had
Rtraneled Ruth
Wheeler, whom he
had enticed to bis room by a promise
of work, and thrust her while yet allvo
In his fireplace, where, soaked who on,
ner crumpiea nouy wruuu
su. witn me same waxeu-incu in..
ference that he bad shown throughout
the trial. Wolter evinced no emotion
when tho verdict was announced. IUs
fate will be the electric chair.
The law was quick to deal with tho
youtihful degenerate, who was "crazy"
about women. It was one month ago
that Ruth Wheeler left her home,
where Bhe lived with her widowed
motker and two sisters, to answer au
advertisement for a position as steno
grapher. She never returned, and
when her movements were traced It
was found she met her death in a
struggle to save her honor. Falling to
dispose of her body in the flreplaco,
Wolter cut it apart and left the bust
ana heaa wrapped in ouriaps on im
fire escape from where it was pushed
into the yard below. He was arrested
on Saturday, March 20.
lUiscbulls and moth balls are in sea
son.
However. It's a little early yet to
pick straw bats.
Is the "lamp-shado" hat for the
light-headed woman?
Pittsburg grafters come In packages
the sume as stogies.
They seem to be catching a lot of
steal men in rittsburg.
The Socialist victory wasn't the flrit
thing that inn do Milwaukee famous.
Hulley's comet is helping a lot of
people to learn bow to got up early.
Astronomers say the comet Is losing
some of Its coiffure as It Bpeeds along.
A New York clerk has Just died leav
Inx $2,000,000. Ho also loft the bunk.
It seems wicked to spoil perfectly
good spring weather by cleaning house
In It.
Still, tho "exposures" are not likely
to make Andrew Carnegie proud of his
1'iltBljUlrf.
Mr. Roosevelt continues his philan
thropic work of Kiviim Europe an ln-
tcroMtliig time.
Indianapolis coal gru rters made a
mistake In hiring a stenographer with
eyes and ears,
Tho rullman company will not be
able to pull a man so much for upper
berths hereuller.
Ity gettlnn up us early as It doe the
comet Is helping along the mora-day.
light movement.
It was time for the interstate com
merce commission to do somethlrg
about that upper berth.
Next thing the country will have to
form a Boclety for Helping Ulch Men
ta Oat Hid of Tholr Wealth.
If all they say about that Kani
City doctor la trus he was almost any.
iMrisr clx than tns ldi'u.1 famllv nhv.
few ' "
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ENORMOUS STORM LOSSES IN v
STATES OF THE MIDDLE WEST
Illinois Greatest damage was caus
ed by the blizzard that covered the en
tire State. Early vegetables on the
truck gardens in the northern districts
and berry patches, where buds had
reached an advanced stage, are report
ed as total losses. Damage, $6,000,000.
Iowa Storms' in Iowa have contin
ued with greater eless vigor for near
ly a week, but the frigid atmosphere
and enows of tho last two days have
done the greatest damage. Not only
fruits and vegetables, but even the oats
crop is threatened. Entire damage,
110,000,000.
Indiana Apple orchards and truck
gardens that supply Chicago were the
greatest sufferers. The damage, which
was confined to tho northern and cen
tral districts, amouiits to f2,000,000.
Michigan Fruit belt almost entirely
gone for the season. All that remains,
according to expert growers, is the
grape crop, which has been damaged
to a great extent. Da,mage, $4,000,000.
Wisconsin It is estimated that 60
. f . . , .. .
eariy vegetable and green stuffs intend-
ed for the Chicago market have been
killed. Damage, $2,000,000.
Kansas Snow and low temperatures
have killed the buds and, in many in
stances, even the leaves on the trees.
The corn crop, however, is safe. Dam
age, $1,000,000.
Kentucky All the fruits and vegeta
bles, as well as budding plants and
flowers, have been damaged by the cold
weather and flurries of snow, largely
because of the fact that they had
reached an abnormally early develop
ment. Loss. $1,500,000.
Missouri Clouds and favorable con
ditions saved much of the fruit FrI
day nlghti but the clear weatner and
continued cold of last night completed
the damage. Estimated losses, $2,000,
000. Ohio Early fruit, particularly wat
ermelon and other vines, have been
killed by the snows and freezing weath
er. Grain has not been hurt. Loss,
$500,000.
Nebraska Small gardeners and
truck farmers were the heaviest Iosj'.'b
in the storm that. It is believed now,
has not damaged the early wheat. Loss,
$1,500,000.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
froBrea ot the l'rnnant II ace la
Base Ilall Lkdci,
KATIOKAL LKAGUE.
w. u w.
Philadelphia .6
1 Cincinnati ..3
1 IloBton 2
1'ittaburg ...5
Chicago 4
New York .. .5
2 Urooklyn
3 St. Louis
,.2
,.2
AMERICAN LEAQVE.
W.
w.
..4
..4
..2
..3
New York ..4
2 Boston ....
3 Cloveland ..
3 Chicago ...
2 Washington
Detroit 5
Philadelphia .5
St." Louis ..3
AMEUICAN ASSOCIATION.
W. L. W.
raul ....6 3 Kansas City .4
St.
Minneapolis .6
Toledo 6
Columbus ...6
4 Indianapolis .5
4 Louisville ...4
4 Milwaukee ...1
WESTEBX LEAGUE.
-W. L. W. L.
Sioux City ..3 I Wichita 2 2
St. Joseph
.3 A Omaha 2
Denver 2"
Lincoln 2
2 Topeka 1
2 Des Moines ,.t
Valuable l.aud llbilraim,
Secretary Ballinger of the Depart
ment of the Interior has withdrawn
from entry approximately 13,500.000
. i l .... l - i
acres ot coai lauus in southeastern
Montana, believed to contain valuable
deposits, pending examination and clas
sification as to their values.
S 15,000,000 U from New T.
Corporation tax assesnments uo to
date amount to $15,052,156. Only $132,
047 has been paid into the treasury oo
account of the tax. Corporations liavs
2,000 HOMELESS IN FIRE.
Blaze Sweeps Over More than 2C
Blocks In Lake Charles, La.
Fanned by a high wind, a fire li
Lake Charles swept over more that
twenty blocks of the city, destroyinf
several hundred buildings and result
Ing in a property loss estimated a'
more than $1,000,000. More than 2,00(
persons were made homeless. The may
or called 'out the local militia companj
to preserve. order. Many offers of finan
cial aid have been received: Within i
shore time the wind had driven thi
fire over a spaco two miles in length
leaving a mass of ruins in its wake
While many of the buildings destroyet
were merely frame cottages, scores o,
handsome structures also fell prey
tho flames. The city hall, the hand
some Calcasieu parish courthouse, tht
Claif hotel, churches, stores, and ware
houses were reduced to bare blacl
walls and heaps of ashes within tw(
hours after the fire started. The Cath
ollc convent was destroyed. All thi
sisters escaped.
ENTOMBED IN A MINE.
Men Imprisoned by Explosion a.
Mulga, Ala., All Dead.
Forty men were entombed In th!
Mulga mine of the Birmingham Rail
way Coal and Iron Company at Mulga
Ala., by an explosion at 9. o'clock th
other night and it Is believed that all
are dead. Fifteen white men and
twenty-five negro laborers are in the
mine. The foreman, who Is entombed
with the others, ha3 the only list ol
those working at the time. When tht
first crew ot rescuers reached the bot
torn of the shaft the following morn
ing the bodies of two miners were
found. On returning to the surface the
rescuers expressed the opinion that
all the men were dead.
After the explosion flames shot up
the shaft for about 400 feet and the
ground is covered with charred tim
bers, which are blown up from the bot
tom of a 350-foot shaft by the force ot
the blast. Every window in the vil
lage was broken.
Prince Joachim, the youngest son of
the Kaiser, following the example of
his brother Adalbert, will enter the
navy as soon as his studies are com
pleted. Admiral Montecuccoll of the,, Aus
trian navy, with his staff of experts,
has completed the plans for the new
naval base at Sebenlco, on the Dalma
tian coast.
The administrators of the Carnegie
hero fund have decided to make awards
to the widows of three soldiers who
lost their lives In rescue work at tho
recent floods In Paris.
Tho IUiBso-Flnnlsh bill giving tho
do ma authority over Finland has been
Introduced In tho duma. After debate
the measure was referred to a commit
tee of twenty -one members.
A thousand weddings In one city In
one day should come near breaking the
record, yt the reports show tbut there
was slightly In excess of this number
In Vienna on the Sunday before Lent.
Tho prolonged negotiations over the
new wage agreement between tho
South Wales coal owners and miners
have been broken off and a strike of
200,000 miners is regarded as Inevita
ble soon. This strike will affect
altogether 1,000,000 workers, Including
railway and dock employes and others
dependent upon the collieries.
Dr. Sebastian Albrecht, who was
graduated from the University of Wis
consln In the class of 1900, and for
some years has been connected with
the staff of Lick Observatory, has re
cently been appointed first astronomer
In the National Observatory of the Ar
gentine republic.
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