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' VOL. XXXIX-NO. 204.
OMAHA, FIJI DAY MORN1NO, AP1UL 22, 1910 TWELVE PAGES.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS,
CONVICTS MAKE
DAltIM ESCAPE
Five Train Robberi at Fort leaven
worth Prison Leave Yardt by
Switch Engine;
TWO OF THEM ARE RECAPTURED
Frank Grigware, Omaha Bandit, Still
at Liberty. ,
Young Farmer
in Charivari
Party Killed
Henry Swanson, Living Near Ber
trand, Falls Dead from Shot
Fired by One of Party.
MISS KELLER
MARK TWAIN IS
CROSS-EXAMINED
CALLEDM DEATH
Attorney for Dr. Hyde Tries to Show
Famous Humorist and Author Passes
Typhoid Epidemic "Was Due to
Defective Plumbing.
Away at Home in Redding,
Connecticut.
DEATH OF JAMES H. HUNTON
SUDDEN END COMES AS SURPRISE
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X
A posse closing in on others
' Men Are Unarmed and Are at Mercy
of Gnards.
JAIL BREAK CLEVERLY EXECUTED
Imitation Pistols Vaed
I.oromotlve Crew
oner Berrla
Terms.
to Frlahte..
All Prls
Llfe V BULLETIN.
'l.AVEN WORTH, Kas.. April 21
Thle afternoon Rating and Hewitt were
captured and at 8:30 were being taken buck
to the penitentiary.
' Grlgsware at that time was still at large.
Roll oall this afternoon developed that
Theodore Murdock, serving ten years for
counterfeiting, was also missing. There is
no trace of him.
LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. April il.-FJve
train robbers serving life sentences es
caped from the federal prison near here
early today. Within a short time two of
the men were recaptured. At 11 o'clock
the three others were surrounded In the
brush: within a short distance of the
prison, and it was believed all would be
taken, '
The mn recaptured are Bob .Clark,
sent up from Tyler, Texas, and John
Gideon ot Moscow, Idaho.
The three others are: Thomas A. Rat
ing, sent up from Allen. Okl. ; Arthur
Hewitt, from CaddO) Okl., and Frank
Orlgware, one of the men who held up
a Union Pacific mall near Omaha last
fall.
riot Cleverly Executed.
The break for liberty was made about
8 o'clock this morning and was the re
suit of a cleverly planned plot upon the
-'part of the five convicts. The execution
was most daring. Two of the convicts
wire at work In the carpenter shop and
the others were In the tailor chop.
A Union Pacific switch engine had
backed Into the,., prison yard. At the
sound ot the .engine, whistle, the men
dashed Into thea-ifard and made, toward
the engine. .Leveling what Is believed to
-have, been dummy gun; at the engineer,
the nun climbed Into the cab and com
pelled him to reerse his machine. ;-
The engine rushed thHtuch. tin west .gate,
Into the open country and soon was speed
ing toward the woods. ' v ' "'
When 'the escape' became known a few
moments later, the ' Blren ' whistle at ".the
prison'-was sounded as a warning to farm
ers In the surrounding country to be on
the lookout. The whlHtle may be heard
for tnlies and Its use caused consternation.
At the same time heavily armed guards
were thrown around 'the gates to prevent
any further attempt at escape, while others
started In pursuit of the fleeing men In
the engine. '
Men Snrroonded In Woods.
When the engine had reached a point
ix miles from the prison the five- men
Jumped to tne ground and made for the
woods. Claik ami Gideon separated from
the others and soon were captured. They
were taken -without much show of . resist
ance and landed safely in the cells.
Then every available guard, led by Dep
uty Lemon, started In pursuit of the other
three men. A half mile further on the
trio were surrounded In the woods. No
hot hud been fired on e ther side up to
U o'clock, when the guards began to close
In on the convicts. Although the convicts
were all desperate men. it was believed
that their only weapons were guns made
of wood and painted In the carpenter shop,
Fake weapons taken from Clark and
Gideon had been Ingeniously made. Even
the cylinders showed Imitation bullets
protruding."
When the men made their dash for
liberty they covered Harry Reed, a guard
with their "guns" and forced him to en-
ter the engine cab with tnem. But one
othOr guard, named Burnett, was in the
Mtfinlty. He rushed up and struck Rating
over the head, causing a wound from
which blood flowed freely. Rating was
only stunned and. Running after his con
federates, he scnn.bled into the engine
Just as It was getting under way. The
guards Inside : the prison did not carry
weapons.
Clothes of Trainmen Taken.
Rating was employed for five yiars as
an engineer on the Lake Shore railroad,
and he assumed the leadership when the
engine started. He directed Charlea Cur
tain, the engineer, to "throw her wide
open." and told Ftieman Millard Heeter
to shovel coal "as he had never ahoveled
before."
When the engine had arrived at a point
tlx miles northwest of the prison, whore
the road was skirted on both sides by
heavy timber, the engineer and fireman
were instructed to 'kill" the engine.
Then the desperadoes forced the en
gineer and fireman to disrobe, and two of
the convicts appropriated their garments.
The men started to force the guard to
, fllfrobe, also, but Hewitt said enough time
had already been wasted, and the men
plunged Into the woods.
The trainmen then fired up the engine
nd rushed It back to the prison.
Clark and Cldeon were placed In soli
dary confinement when returned to the
rtson.
Clark Leader of Mutiny.
Bob Clark, one of the five who escaped
from the federal prison Thursday, is con
sidered one of the must desperate and In
genious cnrvlct that the pcnltntlary ever
held. While serving a short term sentence
from Oklahoma Clark assumed leadership
In the gieat prison mutiny at Leavenworth
when twenty-three convicts escaped from
tho stockade about the lt of the present
prison. The mutiny Involved the murder of
I guuid. When Clark was recaptured nrd
lent to trial In federal c.iurt he received
ft sentence of life Tom Hating, another
Oklahoma convict Involved In the mutiny
a. -id ho eseaptd with Clark Tuesday, re
ceived t sentence at the saute tr.aL
HOLDRKQE, Neb., April 21. (Special
Telegram.) Late lost nlht, shortly after
the marnuKe of H. C. Llndstens to the
daughter of Victor NordVnHtam at the
bride's home, several miles north of Bert
rand, Henry Swanson, who, In company
with about forty other young men of the
neighborhood, was charlvarlng the newly
married couple, was shot In the abdomen
with a (tun discharged by one of his party,
The young man fell Immediately, dying In
l'ss than fifteen minutes without retraining
consciousness. There were only two guns
' the crowd, both shotguns,' but In whose
vis they were at the time of the accl-
f. . no one seems to know. The members
"y charivari party seem to be unanl-
'n the opinion that the shooting was
iccldental, but no one has so far
to tell who were the owners of
th& v '. nor any of the details preceding
ThA
.'.' was a young farmer, close
'd, who has been working on
to SO
a farm
Llndenstam's on which he
has beef.ivlng alone for some time. A
father and sister living at Cortland, Kan.,
are his only surviving relatives.
Coroner Palmer of this city was called
caiiy this morning, but detailed Dr. W. A
Shreck of Bertrand to Investigate the
shooting and decide as to the necessity of
an Inquest. Dr. Shreck thought It best
to wait until Hwanson's father could be
communicated with, and until his arrival
here no steps will be taken. All of the
parties concerned In last night's tragedy.
Including tho wedding party, the guests
and tho charivari crowd are among the
most prominent furmers and their sons in
Phelps county.
1
Forty Miners
Entombed at
Birmingham
Cages Block Shaft and Entrance is
: Sealed to Prevent Spread of
Flames All Probably Dead.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April 21.-Llttle
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
bo rescued alive.
When it was learned that it was impos
sible to gain entrance to the mine through
the shaft, becauso the cages were sprung
in the passage, the entrance was sealed to
prevent. If possible,, the spread of fire.
; Shortly, after mldfllght,. the. h.Q;;nltal car.
of the Tennesee company was rushed to
the acsita,. equipped with helmets and 'all
other necessary ' appliance for entering a
gaseous' mine. Ambulances also were sent
from Ensley and Birmingham to tho scene,
which ik about twelve mi.es 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 ganc.at work, who
Is among the' entombed. It is believed,
however, there are about fifteen white men
and twenty to twenty-five negroes.
The mine has been In operation about
two years. The chaft Is 350 feet deep and
the fact that flames shot to a height of
100 feet leads to the belief that the ex
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 ot two miners were found. The
rescuers upon returning to the surface ex
pressed the opinion 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. (Sp-iMal Tel
egram.) An attempt was made to rob the
bank at Rayler, 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. The captured robber was
placed In Jail 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
Mtaunderstandlnic to Terms
Cleared Away and Men
llrtnrn to Work.
PHILADELPHIA, April 21.-The strike
ef the motormen and conductors of the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company be
came merely an unpleasant memory today
when, with, all .misundervtandlni,'a regard
ing the termB of the settlement removed,
the strikers returned to work.
Bllbr Will Succeed Marahull.
WA8ltlVr,T()X. Anrll SO f'nlnnnl VVI1
Hum H. Hlxby, the ai-nior colonel of ths
corps er enginer stationed In Ht. Lu a
as presldr-nt of the M.ssistppi river com-
mint-ion, will be ainlut-d chief of cn-
rinrers to succeed Kriut tiler General Wil-
ham L. Marshall, who retires in June.
Boosters' Club
Started by
City Clerk Butler haB started a l;ttle
Omaha Rojster'a club of his own, and In
the course of a year ho expects to at least
help In rvne degree to keep the name eif
Omaha heforo the public. From tho city
e'erk'a ofl'tca about IO.0OU letters go out
every year. Mr. Butler ha adopted three
Miih sljctifc to be printed In red Ink on all
his off.cial envelopes.
"Mention Omaha" will appear on the
cotiu-r cf one-t!i!rd of the clerk's envelope,
"Omaha is Growing- Every Minutu" on an
Nurse Says His Body Did Not Twitch
and Jerk.
POISON FOR DOGS AND FROGS
Experiments on Animals to Be Part
of Exhibits in Case.
FIGHT FOB" LETTERS BENE WED
Defense Will Not De Allowed to Hare
I'axton'a t'orreapondenre with Ex
pert a Dr. Hyde Conches
Attorney.
RANSAS CITY, April 21-Vnder the at
tentive prompting of Dr. Hyde, Attorney
Frank P. Walsh began the cross-examina
tion of Miss Pearl Keller at the opening
of tho afternoon session of the Swope
murder trial. -
Mr. Walsh immediately delved Into the
typhoid, fever feature of the case.
"Is it not true that when you went to
the Swope reslder.ee there was trouble with
the plumbing which carried away the
waste and that the pipes were being torn
out?" he asked.
"The plumbing was being removed, but
I 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 apopleptlc
cae. She said she had not.
"The body continued to twitch and Jerk
until bleeding started, did It not?" asked
Mr. Walsh.
Miss Keller was slow In answering, and
Mr. Walsh, who was standing, asked sev
eral eiuestlons with much rapidity.
"Please treat this young woman with
courtesy," Interposed 'the court, firmly.
"Take a seat at, the counsel table." ":.
"I am trying to treat her courteously,"
said 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,"
said 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.
"Ho tied a band so as to regulate the
pulse."
Reading from the grand Jury notes which
recently fell Into his hands, Mr. Walsh
aske'd Miss Roller If she made the state
ment "that Mr. Hunton had a ' violent
twitching and Jerking." ; . '
The witness testified she did not recall
her exact, testimony, but she did not say,
substantially, that Mr. Hunton waa Buffer
ing from a convnlHlon.-
Miss Kellei said she did not know" of
her own knowledge that Mr. Hyde visited
tho room of Margaret Swope on the morn
ing she Is alleged to have been poisoned.
The court ordered any reference the wit
ness had made to the physician's alleged
visit to the girl's room, stricken from the
evidence, as It wns only hearsay testimony.
Poison for Dogi nnd Frogi,
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
poisoning a live frog with the drug before
the eyes of the Jurymen. '
Toxlcologists 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-tifteenth of a grain of
strychnine four times a day. Othera re
ceive a smaller amount of poison.
Some of the dogs will be permitted to die
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 veterinarian,
has been retained by a 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
garding the examinations of the viscera
of Colonel Thomas and Chrisman Swope,
which passed between the state's scientists
and John G. Paxton, was renewed today.
The opening move was 'an attempt to put
Mr. Paxton on the stand, but this 'was
overruled by the court.
Italian Against Hyde.
The court notified the defense's attorneys
at the opening of court that it would hot
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 ot the criminal court to order
them produced.
Attorney. Walsh offered to p'ace several
witnesses on the stand to prove he had a
right to the documents, but Judge Latshaw
refused to permit them to take the stand.
The tilt of yesterday, which arose over
the di-f:nse coming . Into possession of
grand Jury notes relating to the Swope
case, was recalled when Judge Latshaw
spoke of a law book disappearing from his
library.
"It did not disappear during the last
week, however Judge Latshaw, said,' sig
niflcantly. . '. f' : '
Mr. Walsh made a Joking remark about
the grand jury notes, and the court said
seriously:
"You not only had notes. Mr. Walsh, but
other papers and evldonce belonging to the
; state."
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It was luck, answered Attorney Walsh,
i
' (Continued on Second Page.)
for Omaha
the Gity Clerk
other third, and "Yes, Omaha is the Best
City" cn the balance.
"It has occured to me." said Clerk But
ler, "that some good opportunities for ad
vertising aie being neglected, considering
tho wasto space on all business envelopes
and letterheads. Hereuttcr I propoie ti
have soma . uieseage of a boosting nature
on all the fctntlunery this office sends out.
We can easily get up some telling statis
tics In shoit space, as weU as these hail
ing shjua." " '
L v I! f ,a ! QQ'-.1 '
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The Census taker: "And
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"INSURGENTS" BACK DOWN
Fowler Has Resolution to Have
House Appoint Committees.
SPEAKEE PULES; AGAINST IT
' '' - ' : '
He Bare He la Willing: to'ltenr Arma
ments, nnd 'After Bom Tnrinoll
the Resolution la "I'nt in
the llnsket."
WASHINGTON. April ei.-A- movement
was launched today by the "insurgents" re
publican members of the house to take
away from the speaker the power to ap
point the house committees, ,
Soon after the house meta.t 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 committee, one Jo be composed
of republicans and the other- of democrats,
the duty of which would be to, designate all
members of house eiommltteef.,," ,. , ;
Immediately the house becme scene of
confusion, member anticipating a reptltlon
of the atlrrlng soenes ttreUd aeveral.-weeluJ
ago. ", '
Majority Leader .Payne asose to the situa
tion and made a point of order .against tha
Fowler resolution as not "prlvlltged." Be
fore the speaker : could rule Mr. Hard wick
of Georgia made a point of no quorum.-The
doora were closed and there Immediately
was a call of the house, .i .
The speaker finally obtained some semb-
lanoe of order and announced that 275 mem
bers were present.!
Mr. Fowler was again recognised to speak
on his resolution. He announced that he
did not wish consideration of the resolution
until May f. but desired to have it referred
to fhe committee on rules and to have It
come up before the house 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 relieved by Mr. Fowler
saying he would withdraw the resolution
and "deposit it In the basket."
The hopper system for bills and resolu
tions prevails In the house.
Mr. Fowler,' hie resolution In . hand,
walked to the clerk's desk and placed it In
the basket, tho speaker having Informed
him that not being privileged it would have
to take the regular course. Derislvei
laughter from the regular republicans l
greeted 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 saya he
puts it In the basket."
The emphasis which "Uncle Joe" put on
the "saya" he" agln provoked laughter. In
which both the republicans and democrats
Joined.
After several minutes the excitement sub
sided and the house proceeded with other
business. v
BIG OIL PLANT BURNING
Three Million Dollar Receiving Sta
tion nt Richmond, Cel., May
' Be Destroyed.
OA IC LAND, Cal.. April a. Ignited, ac
cording to the suspicion of the authorities,
by some Incendiary, the mammoth receiv
ing reservoir of the Standard Oil company
at Richmond, Contra Costa county, caught
fire this morning at 1 o'clock and prac
tically the entire population of that' place
Is engaged In fighting the flames.. It Is
feared that should the fire spread the
entire plant, valued at r.,000,000 may b
destroyed.
You have done
your best when you
use a Bee want ad.
Bee want ads me treasures.
They bring buyers and sellers face
to free.
Tbey find homes for people.
Fosltlons for people.
Servants for people.
They find what Is lost.
Give value to thlnga grown old
faahloned, and vigor to whatever la
llfeles".
; If you can't come down to
the office, call Douglas 238,
and a cheerful staff will write
your ud and take care of it.
.
your husband, madam, is he deaf,
Fire Wipes Out
Railroad Round
House and Yards
Fanned by Terrifio Wind, Burlington
Sustains Heavy Loss at
Lincoln.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, April 21. (Special 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 flre-flghtlng
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 line of the road, this was accom
plished. The fire continued to spread and
there was no certainty ' that It would be
put' out until the material to feed It was
all burned, , '. . 1 ' . ' " , ' .'
Fortunately) outside the 'rallroa-prop1
eh-ty' there are not .many homes Imme
diately 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 diffi
cult to estimate at midnight. Hugh piles
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 waa set on fire and burned.
Fay and Harris
Plead Guilty
Ken Who Sobbed Postoffice at Kich-
mond, Va., Are Given Ten Years
Each and Fine. '
RICHMOND, Va., April a.-Pleadlng
guilty to , tho robbery of the Richmond
postoffice on the night of March 127, when
?S5,000 was taken, Eddie Fay and "Little
Dick" Harris today were sentenced to ten
years In the Atlanta penitentiary and fined
6,000 each.
LEPROSY CASE IN NEW YORK
Woman with IMaeaee In Advanced
Stage Found In Crowded
Tenement.
NEW YORK. April 21. Suffering from
what is believed to be leprosy In an ad
vanced stago. a 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 squalid Kast Side
tenement house, which fairly swarmed
with lodgers. .
In the three-room tenement were flv
children, besides the victim's baby, a
young woman, two men and their wives.
Ten days ago, a woman with leprosy
came to thin city from Baltimore. She
was lost track of. I' '
How Big is Omaha?
What Some People Think About It
10.rJ W. E. Reynolds. 1513 N. DO
H2.o;i ;.C. I-. Eaton. St. Mary s
US, 7x9 J. F. Trayner, 3324 Myrtle
li"!i,fih2 Wm. R. Hamburg, SMU Atlas
173.t7 W. H. Long, Zi) N. U
175.000 A. O. Ilohtiert, Wayns
148,533 jHmes Madison, C. II.
lHJ,4t Hatlle Brown. TM N. 13
154.321 Mildcrd Wilcox, 1812 Lothrop
14.i W. It. .Milllman, Missouri Valley
l-.7,niO J. II. Guiding. Fremont
1M.W3 Axel Plerson. Uees
147. 7T7 C. K. Fltael. Rcnnon
lti2 ,V Andrew Chrlstcnst n, 1518 Center
HO.iax) Robert. Inkstcr, 1515 Georgia
Wil.O.'l K. A. Marsh, Moberly, Mo.
17H.3 W. H. Fordyce. Slrelilow
)mi.7o.").. Charles R. Courtney, 17 Douglas
170311 Jessie O. Blake. 42.1 I'ewey
1M.8.4 George K. Williamson. C. M.
142,555 J. L- Heisel. IfciiO N. 13
155,565 Claire Kweney. Atlantic
I 8,(M2 Len Cohen, 404 N. Ill
114. 75 A. C. Jenkins. Corning
15Z.S2.1 Mrs. J. H. Wlilte. Fremont Motl
157. 352 James II. Kverhon, hXi5 Mapl -
15D.&4 C. K. Kmlth, Bpriiirf.fld
lM,6-ia Mina McKlnsle. Lincoln
lril,74i F. Ilulifr, O. H.
i7,t5 R. Scott Hyde, 3WJ paclfie
I'AW...'. W A. Bowman, K .
158.C40.,..., B. Wlenehl, Z7U7 N. 11
I'i.OW) Kate r,uill, 1C13 Corby
The Census Man
dumb or blind!"
BRYAN LONELY- AT STATION
Erstwhile Worshipers Conspicuous by
Absence at Eailroad Depot.
GLAD TO SEE ALDRICH QUIT
Proprietor of Commoner Talks of
Recent Congressional Elections nnd
Predicts Majority for Ilia
Party la Next House.
Dahlman and his lariat, and several other
democratic leaders, were conspicuous by
their absence yesterday afternoon when
William Jennings Bryan passed through
Omaha on his way to his Lincoln home.
There was no brass band, no aggregation
decked out in bright colored 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 said that he was glad to get back
home again, but refused to discuss the
question of county option until after he has
reached Lincoln. .Speaking of the arUde
which appears in' -the -enrrent Issue of the
Commoner, he said that whatever appeAra
In Jhe Bryan magazine Is authetio, whether
William 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 hesitancy-in letting Aldrlch retire from
the senate. Speaking of this he said:
"I think there ,1s every evidence that
unanimous consent will be given when Aid
rich asks to retire. The general acqui
escence to his retirement reminds me of a
story I heard many years ago. A man when
Informed of the death of a man with whom
he radically differed on ; Important ques
tions said that while one could not prop
erly rejoice at the death of another, this
waa one of those dispensations of Provi
dence to which one oould easily reconcile
himself. I think that a great many people
feel that way about Mr. Aldrlch retiring."
When asked If this applied equally with
Senator Hale, he replle'd, "I think Mr.
Aldrlch ti good man for Mr. Hale to re
tire with, although he was not so con
spicuous In the tariff fight."
Foreseea Democratic House.
Concerning the Insurgent movement, he
said that he was always glad to see op
position to wrong policies, 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
tions lately. One was In Missouri, where
DeArmond's successor was elected by the
largest democratic majority the district
ever has given; In Massachusetts, where a
large republican majority was overturned
and a democrat was elected. The other
was in Rochester, N. T.
'"The election in' New York Involved a
personal fight against the republican can
didate on account of his personal record
In the legislature. It would not bo fair
to attribute the result entirely to a growth
In democratic sentiment, although I think
a part of the result should be credited to
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END, HOWEVER, NOT UNEXPECTED
Old Age of Writer and Failing- Health
Made Demise Certain,
N0TABL CAREER AS AN AUTHOR
Real Name Waa Kamnel I.. Clemens,
but na Mark Twain He Won Dis
tinction for llomor Tales
nd Witty Speeches.
REDDING, Conn., April 21. Samuel L.
Clrmens (Mark. Twnln), probably the
world's premier humorist and writer of
human Interest stories, died at his home
In Redding tills evening at 6:30 o'clock.
The end came as a surprise, for his con
dition tarller In the day- Indicated im
provement. He was conscious up to
within a short time before the summons
came. At noon " physicians In attendance
at the author's bedside pronounced hla
case as satisfactory, but stand that his
Illness was critical. They would make no
promises as to the outcome.
Yesterday the author took a dolded
turn for the better and Insisted on sitting
up In bed to wilte a few letters. Hit
condition then was better than it had
been any time since his return from Ber
muda, where he went In quest of health.
The direct cause of death was angina
pectoris. Ills daughter, Clara, was among
those present at the bedside when he
breathed his last.
Burn In Missouri.
If one were to ask of the first dozen
persons one met on the street, "Who Is the
greatest of American humorists?" probably
no one would answer "Samuel L. Clemens,"
but not one Intelligent American would fall
to allot that distinction to Mark Twain.
Samuel Longhorne Clemens was born In
the town of Florida, Monroe cunty, Mis
souri, November 80, 1S35. Ills father had
been a slaveholder and had met with re
verses, he died a bankrupt, and when the
boy had scarcely reachtd his 12th year. Hla
mother was a superior and handsome wo
man, and it is from her that Mark Twain
Inherited some of his most admirable qual
ities. She waa Intelligent, extremely so,
and could write well. She was also given to
dreamy speculations. One of the boy's,
kinsfolk once sa:d of him, "He la a perfect
little human kalldoscope." "Yes," spoke
up another, "and he gets that from hla
mother,' Mrs Cleraons waa looked up to In
Florlda-and In "Hannibal., -aa a-very ob
servant woman, who waa Interested In all
that waa going on around her, and who
kept poated on the news of the day, so far
as ono could in Missouri sixty years ago.
The boy had had a little schooling in the
hamlet of his tlrth, and his good mother
had aided him to learn, and in Hannibal
his studies were continued in a little
weather beaten frame schoolhouae,- 20x40
feet in ' dimensions, where a Miss Lucy
Davis taught the young Idea how to shoot.
Thtre It was, while under the administra
tion of Miss Lucy, that the budding hum
orist made his first acquaintance with the
persuasive power of the hickory switch,
and lie is on record as saying that he dis
tinctly remembers that the ''dressing
downs" he got were no Jokes.
Gets ' Idea for . Pen Name.
Mark began his serious work In life
shortly after his father's death as an ap
prentice in the local printing office, that
cf the Hannibal Courier. Three years ha
servtd 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
did odd Jobs at the cuso nnd press as he
Journey td along. At length he reached
Philadelphia, but finding tho town too slow
for his Ideal he tarried but a while, and
contlnurd his Journey to New York.
But the east did not hit his fancy and he
long(d for the old friends and scones of
the "wild and woolly west.". -At 17 he
turned up again in Hannibal, out of work
and out of means.
The "Father of Waters" had a fascina
tion for him about that time, and he won
dered if he were not cut out for a pilot.
He did not ponder this new idea long, but
forthwith looked for a Job, and quickly
found it, as roustabout on a steamboat
plying between St. Louis and New Orleans.
In due time he became a pilot, and for
reven year he stuck to his new calling.
He has told how he liked It and all about
It in his "Piloting oil the Mississippi." His
picturesque life, and the strange and inter
eating people and things lie came In con
tact with while piloting aroused his liter- -ary
faculth s, and all the while he was
steering those pine and rosin fed craft up
and down the great river lie scribbled for
the papers. Busy as he was, exacting aa
were his duties and ho was one cf the
best pilots the old Mississippi ever knew
he found time to cultivate the art of writ
ing. And It was while piloting that he got the,
pen name by which he has ever since been
known to tha world of letters and to the
wor d at large. This Is how it happened
He had been signing his sketches "losh," a
name which came to him he knows not
how, but which he never cared for. One day
while in the pilot house pondering aa to
what name he could substitute for "losh"
he heard a "big buck nigger" who waa
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 "stories" with the pen name "Mark
Twain."
It waa not, however, until U'3, while act
ing as city editor of the Virginia City En-
I terprlse, that the humorist made use of hla
new title.
Mark Twain got his first step In "Rough
in It" about this time. . Ht shies editing a
lively paper in a rapid town, he acted aa
cltrk to Ills bro'uer, whom President Lut
ein bad applnttd secretary of the tcrrltorj
of Nevada.
atrr he worked for day's wages in
quarts mill, passed through many strange
expcrlei.cea and helped others to get riot