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CENTS X 6 PAGES LOS ANGELES HERALD CrVTTT f 1OI»I DAILY ON* trains Be. ft Ijf-Lil V>l/I 11110 M NDAYBe. ON TRAINS lOob NOMBXR 203 1 XVIV-<Jrj . O\t KjlliiM 10 rjj|| MONTH FRTDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1910. STOLEN EVIDENCE HINT CAUSES STIR AT HYDE'S TRIAL Prosecutor Starts Investigation After Hearing of New Developments AfllSS KELLER FINISHES STORY Efforts of Defense to Develop Contradictions in Testi- mony Fruitless [Assoclate4 Press] KANSAS CITY. April -Rigorous Investigation of the disappear- ance of the state's documentary evidence In tho Hyde murder case, which fell into tho hands of the de-I fenses counsel was ordered by Prose- cutor Virgil Conkling today. New developments In the case, the most Important of which was tho state- ment of Rubin B. Garrctt, the man who lost tin, papers, that ho did not drop them at the point where they are said to have been found, moved the prosecutor to renewed action. "1 am far from satisfied these papora were lost," snld Mr. Conkling tonight. 'Neither do I want to say they were stolen. lint i have several men Inves- tigating the matter and sensational developments are likely to follow." mlijh Pearl Keller, a nurse, was the only witness fit the trial today. She completed her direct testimony at the ill of tho morning session. Attorney Walsh, for Dr. Hyde, cross-examined her iii the afternoon. Ha was unable to shake her testimony except on a. few minor details. Miss Keller was allowed to tell of the typhoid epidemic In the Bwopa resi- dence. Tho court promised to order It stricken out If litter developments prove it Irrelevant. SSI KTMI'TOMS WERE snill*\R The most Important feature of her testimony was that Miss Margaret Swope's symptoms on the morning Dr. Hyde is said to have poisoned her wore similar to those of Col. BWOpa Just be- fore he died. On cross examination , Mr. "Walsh proved that shortly before the typhoid epidemic in the Swopo residence the plumbing which was supposed to carry away tho waste was torn out. because it did not •work. Dr. Hyde's attorneys today made an- other unsuccessful attempt to secure the letters and documents that paused between John O. Paxton and the chem- tuts who made tho Swope analysis. Mr. Walsh said these papers would prove lila contention that no poison was found in "the ejecta of Margaret Kwopo or In the capsule \u25a0 which Dr. Hyde threw away when ho left the Swope residence December 31. On December 11, said Miss Keller in the course of her testimony, she wont to the Bwope house and took charge of Miss Sarah Bwope. Th« Sunday following, she testified, she heard that Dr. Hyde hud riven Miss Margaret Swope a hypodermic Injection. Dr. Hyde asserted, she said, that ho had ' given a harmless Injection of camphor- ated oil for Intermittent pulse. "On the day following tho Riving or tlie Injection." testified the witness, "I m Margaret'! arm. It was badly Hwollen. The girl appeared to bo in great pain." On December 18, shortly after Dr. Hyde had left the house, said the nurse, Margaret Swope passed Into a convulsion. Miss Keller related how at the be- hest of Dr.' Twyman all of the medi- cine in tho house was destroyed im- mediately after Margaret Swope suf- fered a convulsion. M KMW «K> ON STRIKE This was the day the nurses struck in the Bwope residence, and the start* made every effort to Inject the story of the uprising of^the nurses against nr. Hyde. Amid a storm of objection from tho defendant's counsel the witness man- aged to tell that the i:urses held a pri- vate meeting in Gal. Swope's room. For what purpose this meeting was held she was not permitted to . say. The state managed to show, how- ever, that Dr. Hyde and his wife left the house on December 18 and the wit- ness said there was no new sickness after he left. , Miss Kelley closed her testimony for the state by telling briefly about Miss Lucy Lee Swope being attacked by typhoid fever four days after her re- turn from New York in the company of Dr. Hyde. « When Attorney Walsh began the cross-examination of Miss Keller he Immediately delved Into the typhoid fever feature of the case. - Mlsa Keller had previously testified that Dr. Hyde brought a bottle of dis- tilled water to the Swope house for tho use of himself and his wife. Cross-examination developed that she only heard they brought the water to the house and she did not see it. Reading from the. grand jury notes which recently fell into his hands, Mr. Walsh asked Miss Keller if she made the statement that "Mr. Hunton had a violent twitching and jerking." Tho witness testified she did not re- call her exact testimony but she did say, substantially, that Mr. Hunton ' was Buffering from a convulsion. - - *\u25a0 .—\u25a0 COUPLE TO REMARRY AFTER 17 YEARS OF SEPARATION SAN DIEUO, April 21.—Mrs. Amanda Hamilton, former wife of J. "W. Hamil- ton a well known tobacco dealer of San' Diego, has arrived here, from South Haven, Conn., after a separation last- ing seventeen yearn, and a marriage license for the couple to rowed, has lioen Issued. . <\u25a0>. The couple was accompanied to- the office of the county clerk by. their two children, one of whom is nearly of age. The similarity of names aroused the curiosity of the license clerk, and when he asked If the couple were In any- manner related the story of the mis- understandings of seventeen years ago that resulted in a separation was read- ily told by the man. , INDEX OF HERALD'S NEWS TODAY FORKCAHT I'or la>h Angeles unil vicinity—Fair 1 rl- ilaj! ronliniicil warm; light north wind, changing to south, Minimum temporal urn yesterday 87 degrees; minimum SO degrees. LOS ANGELES Judge Ktephe.ns urged to be candidate for re-election to bench. PAGE 13 Out* thousand to go on auto club run to Mallbu ranch. PAGE 1 Orange growers protest to Assessor Hopkins against propound Increase In valuations, PAGB 7 Pioneers want names of Downey avenue and Buena Vista street restored. I'AUB 7 Open safety pin Is removed from bu-hy'i* stomach. PAOB 1 President of TV. C. T. V. Is candidate In Herald's voting content. PAGE 13 Harbor commission to begin campaign to ««ure lower freight rate* between ceti- t»r of Ij"m Ani?"l'-» and water front. PAOB Dick Ferris ku«!< for 1100.000, alleging he has hern slandered. PAGES 16 Pasadena boostings committee urges build- Ing of eleetrlo line tapping many small \u25a0 towns and giving better car «erv|ro,to them. PAGE 14 Feud In lomii fire station ends with forces' resignation. PAUK 9 M'wrvn named by O. O. P. leajler m party's candidate /or U. 6. senate. PAOB 9 Engineers eagor to begin work on the harbor project. PA';l: ' N'cws of th" waterfront. PAGE 10 Editorial, letter box. PAOE 4 Society, dubs and music. . 1*I'l i Marrtagn licenses, births, itnath.i PAOJS 14 City brevities. PAGE 5 Some men, some women. PAGIS In the hotel corridors. PACK 6 News of the courts. PACK 7 Municipal afTalrs. PAGE 7 Sports. PAGK 10 Markets and financial. I'AOB 12 Mines and oil 'fields. PAOB 13 \u25a0 \u25a0lii-sllir.l advertising. PAGES 14-15 Citrus fruit report. PAOK 12 Theaters. PA(ii: : SOUTH CALIFORNIA Pasadena y. M. C. A. arranges splendid program for annual "gym." show. Young tumblers will he stars. PAOB 1'". Whirlwind finish marks closing days of "wet" and "dry" campaign In San Ber- nardino. PAC3I3 14 Long Beach will vote on location of high school unless school trustees are unani- mous on site. \u25a0;•'\u25a0'. I'AGR 14 FlrebUßß Fttempt to "destroy cannery of California Fish company at East Pun Pedro. PAGE 14 COAST Jealousy cause* Oakland girl to betray sweetheart. PAGE 2 Agreement to distribute 1501,000 estate left by late "Lord" Browne ends legal flght at SantA Barbara. PAOB 1 Oil In great tank at Point Richmond catches (In*. Flames spread despite ef- forts of 600 firefighters. PAOB 1 EASTERN Six convicts escape from fe/lera! peniten- tiary at Fort l*avenworth; i four are recaptured »nd posses trail other two. PA OR 1 Prosecution In Hyde murder case marts rigid Investigation of disappearance of evidence. Finis It may have been stolen. FAGFJ 1 Government pure food board rescinds or- der as to port and sherry labels ut re- . quest of California, wlnemakers. PAOB 1 Representative Fowler offers resolution providing new method of selecting mem- bers of house, committees and depriv- ing Cannon of more power. PAGPI 5 Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) dies at Redding, Conn., of angina, pectoris. PAUB 1 Fear rich man Is victim of thugs. PAGB i Rmigh Riders, military, civil and other organisations by the score seek places In parade to be held in New York In i Roosevelt's honor. PAOR 2 WINE MAKERS WIN IN FIGHT AGAINST LABELS WASHINGTON, April 21.—California wino makers won a victory before the government pure food board today In th« matter of the labeling of port and sherry wines. The board had previous- ly ruled th;it California port and sherry wines should lie labeled "California port type" and "California sherry type," and the wine makers of that state vigorously objected, declaring It injured its business. Representatives Kahn, Hayes, Need- ham and Knowland of California aiul Bert Schlessinger appeared before the board and argued against the former ruling of the board. Without leaving their Beats the board, which was presided over by Secretary \u25a0Wilson, voted to reverse Its former ruling and not insist on the word "type" on the label. ZEIGLER TO GET $100,000 FOR CARE OF MRS. M'VICKER CHICAGO, April 21.—Dr. h, C. H. Zeljler, by a. supreme court decision rendered today, Is entitled to $100,000 from the estate of Mrs. J. 11. McVlcker, as provided by the contract he held to render her medical attendance dur- ing her life. Dr. Kelgler lived up to his part of the contract for five years, when Mrs. McVicker died. Her heirs attacked the contract and won in tho lower courts, but this decision was reversed by the Illinois supreme court at Springfield today. Mrs. McVlcker died in Pasa- dena, Cal., August 24. 1904. YOUTH WHO KILLED UNCLE WHILE DRINKING CONVICTEC IK HILTON, Me.. April 21.—Just .six hours to the minute after it had re- ceived the case, a jury in the supreme court early this morning found Charles R. Friel of Amity, guilty of the mur- der of his uncle, John Friel, of the samn town. The 19-year-old prisoner wept bit- terly when the verdict, which means life Imprisonment for him, was an- nounced. The. youth shot his uncle with a borrowed rifle, after a sniffle that terminated a drinking bout on the night of November 1. HAVOC WROUGHT AS FLAMES FROM OIL TANK SPREAD Five Hundred Fire Fighters Throw Up Embankment, But It Fails as Barrier LOSS WILL EXCEED $200,000 Traffic Over Santa Fe Tracks at Richmond Is Blocked by Great Blaze [Associated Press] OAKLAND, April 21.— a late hour tonight the fire In tho Standard OH company's petroleum reser- voir at Point Richmond, which had Its mysterious origin In tho early hours j of the morning, hud consumed almost . the entire contents of the huge tanks and had spread beyond the embank- ment reared by the 600 volunteer fire- fighters In the hope of checking it. Flames leaped several hundred feet Into the air and the great shaft of Ore Illumined the skies lor miles In every direction. A dense volume of smoke hung over the bay and was blown into the foothills like a thick fog. As tho fire left the Standard's In- closure It traveled rapidly and de- scribed a ieml-clrclar path about half a mile in width. The fire has crossed the Santa Fe tracks, crippling the traffic on that line. The Southern Pacific tracks are still open, though the blaze is In close proximity. Both systems are using the one track and the few trains on schedule at late hours are being moved. Volunteers have been at work slnco the lire was discovered, the forces be- ng divided into shifts that remain at the task as long as the intense heat Will permit them. It Is estimated by the officials of the company here that the damage will amount to $200,000. This is the most disastrous tire of its kind that has ever occurred In California. Fully 350,000 barrels of oil in its crude state were in the reservoir when tho fire broke out. The tank was nu'.k in the ground, projecting only about five feet above tho surface, but the progress of the names was bo great that the fire fight- ers could not gain headway. It \u25a0will be fully three days before the. fire exhausts the supply in the tank. Just how the vast quantity of oil caught tire no one seems to know, and tho Standard officials have no theories to advance as yet. A night v itcliTinn Is maintained In the vicinity of tho reservoir who keeps a lookout for any danger that might threaten the reser- voir or tank on the hills above San Pablo. \u25a0It Is reported that the watchman stated that the flames were high In the air In a moment and he discovered I no one In the vicinity. It is stated that such fires sometimes Ignite from spontaneous combustion, which might ; have been the case with this lire. COMPROMISE ENDS SUIT OVER $500,000 ESTATE SANTA BAKLARA. April IL A control of the half million dollar es- strugßle between mother and son for tate left by the late "Liord" Broome, was ended today by a compromise, through Which the widow, Mrs. Fran- ces Broome, who has been admlnlrtra tor of the estate, accepts a proposition for an lmmedi&ta distribution. Tho son, Thornhill Broome. sought to have his mother deposed from the administratorship, on the grounds that she had shown inefficiency when she lost, the palatial Broome residence, by her refusal to submit to a $625 street tax. Mrs. Eroome's other two children, a son and a daughter, stood by their mother In the legal struggle. The estate consists chiefly of extensive ranch holdings In Santa Barbara and Ven- tura counties. GROVE L. JOHNSON HITS EDITOR INSLEY IN FACE SACRAMENTO, April 21.—Grove I-. Johnson, dean of the California legis- lature and attorney for P. F. Heed, manager of Racrarnento-RoehdaW> com- pany, now seeking $50,000 for publica- tion of an alleged libelous article in the Sacramento Union, mado a tistic attack c|n Edward Insley, managing editor of the paper, today in Judge Post's court room, during a recess of the trial. For a time all attorneys and principals in the easo were fight- ing a battle royal. The trouble started when Insley re- fused to apologise to Johnson for re- marking in court last Tuesday that the venerable barrister's sickness, which delayed the trial, was probably faked, Johnson struck Insley in the face. A newspaper man placed his hands on the latter, who is past 72 years old, when Reed attacked Insley. Former Appellate Justice C, K. Mc- LaughUn and Attorney J, W. 8. But- ter for the Union, mixed into the light, as well as clerks from law offices. It was .sometime before Deputy Sheriff McNamara restored order. (Special to The Herald.) FORTY-SEVEN MINERS DEAD .BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April 21.— A bulletin - issued at midnight from the scene of the accident at Mulga places the known dead at Jive, with forty-two miners still -in the workings, all of wVmin it i< r\rart\o.n\\v rfirtain are dead. CREW RESCUED NEWCASTI.K. -N. B. W.. April 31. Tha crew or the British India Navigation com- pany's steamer ~Satara, which .went ashoro on the shoal , rocks yesterday, Wai rescued by the steamer ' Arara anil landed here j to- day, . \u25a0 ... ; , Samuel L. Clemens, One of His Residences and an Extract from His Autobiography 6 FELONS BREAK PRISON; 4 CAUGHT Two Convicts Still at Large and Guards and Citizens Follow Trail LEAVENWORTH, Kan., April 21. Two of the six convicts who escaped from the federal prison at Fort Leav- enworth today by seizing a switch en- gine and threatening the prison guards with dummy revolvers made of wood, are being sought tonight by a pone of forty armed giiards and scores of citizens. Four of the convicts were re- captured. The men who got away, Theodore Murdock and Frank Grigware, are sup- posed to be in a wooded section known as Hunn's valley, six miles west of tho fort. They are said to have one gun, taken from a sentry, but practi- cally no ammunition. Their capture Is looked for hourly. In solitary confinement tonight are the f<nir who failed to elude the search which started when the prison siren announced there had been a jail deliv- ery. These are Thomas Katting, Ar- thur Hewitt, Robert Clark and John Gideon. Clark and Gideon separated from the others after the escape and were, soon captured. Katting and Hew- itt wore caught this afternoon. The escape of Murrtbek was not no- ticed until the calling of the prison rcll disclosed his absence. All but Mur- doch are serving life terms. Murdock wiis sent up from Chicago for counter- feiting. When the men made their dash for liberty they covered Harry Reed, a guard, with dummy "puns" and fot-ced him to enter the engine cab with them. But another guard named Burnett was in the vicinity. He rushed up and struck Katting over tho head, causing a wound from which blood2flowed free- ly. Katting was only stunned and running after bis confederates he scrambled into the engine just as it was getting under way. Tho guard* lnilde the prison do not carry weap- ons. Katting was employed for five years as an engineer on the Lake Shore and he assumed the leadership when the engine started. When the' engine had arrived at a point six miles northwest from the prison the egineer and lireman were in.strui ted to "kill" the engine. Then the desperadoes forced the engine crew to disrobe and two of the con- victs appropriated their garments . MINE OWNER'S CHARRED BODY IS FOUND IN CABIN C'ENTRAIj CITY. <"<ilo.. .April 21.-- The body of William H. ChlttMlden of Denver, president and genera] manager of a mining- company, was found burnod to a crisp today In the ruins of a. frame cabin in RUMeli gulch, half a mile from the Hampton mino. Whether Chlttenden was a \i«-tim of foul play cannot be told, .-is the body was con- sumed, rhittenden was to have tes- tlHed today in the trial of a miner charged with stealing a drill. REMOVE PIN FROM 'TUMMY' OF BABY Nevada Parents Rush Offspring to Los Angeles Hospital. Operation a Success Pin, pin, who has the pin" Little George Moore of Searchlight, Nev., had the pin, but now it is an honored relic at the Sisters' hospital, and thereby hangs a tale. Little George Moore, the It-months- old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Moore of Searchlight, Nev., felt like "eating tacks." In the vernacular of his elders, but failing to find those articles con- venient picked up the next best—an open safety pin. An open safety pin is! not recom- mended as a safe diet even by the most devoted devotee of breakfast foods, and when George's mother missed one of the pins from the clothing of her little son a frantic search was instituted, but the pin was safely tucked away in the anatomy of the young hopeful. Mr. Moore was hastily summoned, and again th« house was searched from top to bottom, but no pin was to be found. Baby George seemed delighted with the funny little tickly feeling near his spinal column, and crowed and laughed all day, thinking that some unknown friend was playing with him. Baby George finally became tired of being tickled—anyway it didn't seem so funny to be tickled from the interior as from the exterior, and so he made his displeasure known. The safety pin that had once served in the clothing of the baby was yet missing, . and no clew to its where- abouts had been found, so the fond father and mother decided that baby must have swallowed it, and took the next train for Los Angeles. On arriving in Los Angeles yesterday morning the baby was rushed to the Sisters' hospital, where an X-ray photograph was taken, plainly reveal- Ing the lost safety pin lodged in the cartilidge near the vertebrae. At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Dr. James F. Holleran operated on the baby, performing an extremely delicate and critical surgical operation, and suc- ceeded in securing the safety pin, which the baby had swallowed open. Late last evening the baby was rest- ing easily, and it is confidently ex- pected that he will recover, notwith- standing his penchant for pins and the hurried trip . made from Nevada. Mr. and Mrs. Moore are both at the hospi- tal and are anxiously watching their young son. # TWO REPORT THEFTS OF THEIR AUTOMOBILES Q. H. Narbonnc. 2428 Juliet street. reported at police headquarters last night that hin automobile, known ax "IHs Six," was stolen from In front of the Clara Barton hospltul. Bdward Herwick. 123 East Fourth street, re- ported his Chalmers-Detroit automobile was stolen from In front of Ills residence, but liit.-r notified p-'li™ headquarler» he had re- covered th« machlns FEAR RICH MAN IS VICTIM OF THUGS Former Real Estate Dealer Living in Los Angeles in Winter, Missing [Associated Tress] CHICAGO. April 21.—Norman P. CummlngS, 48 years old. a retired real estate dealer, who owns a million dol- lars' worth "f property here, but re- sides in Los Angeles, Is mysteriously missing. He had just returned from a business trip to Detroit and when last seen had $37,000 in jewelry, $3r.f10 in currency and other valuables. Mis wife tonight made frantic appeals to the police. voicing fear her husband had been waylaid, robbed and murdered. Officers made the round of all the hospitals, but could find no trace of Cummings. Since His retirement Cummings and his wife have spent much lime in travel, making California winter head- quarters. Ho is a member of tho Chi- cago Athlotic association and retained a residence hen', which he and his wife used on brief visits to Chicago. Police share the fear that someone saw Cummings display a large amount of money and jewelry or knew he car- ried it and sought opportunity to strike him down, the theory being that he was thrown into a cab and hurried oft the crowded streets THREE TRY TO ROB BANK: ONE WOUNDED BY POSSE MITCHELL, S. Dm April 21.—About 2 o'clock this morning an unsuccess- ful attempt was made to rob the State Bank at Kay lor. a small town on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- road, by three yeggmen. They wore tired upon by Cashier George Cartwrlght. One was hit, as was shown by blood stains on tno out- side of the building. The men stole a team and started toward Scotland. At the same tlmo a sheriff's posse started for Scotland. The posse came upon the men and opened fire. The (Ire was returned and the robbers* .started to run. One fell, however, before he had gone far. He. proved to be the man whom the cashier had hit. The other two succeeded in escaping. Bloodhounds have been put on the trail. The captured bandit Is seriously Injured, IDENTIFIED AS BANDITS (>AKtiAND, April 21. -With the more positive identification by Engineer Qeorge Marab. of James Franklin and Fred H;insen as the two bandits who held up and robbed the. China-Japan lust mail train near Benlcla, last. Sat- urday night, Captain of Detectives Pet- erson is confident that ho has the per- petrators of the crime In eiMtody. Marsh saw 111• - men again tonight and stated that in every way their features are similar, j MARK TWAIN DIES OUTWORN BY GRIEF AND ACUTE AGONY End Comes Painlessly After Sev- eral Hours of Coma; All Restoratives Fail DAUGHTER AT HIS BEQSIDE "Give Me My Glasses," Last Words of Noted Humorist; End Comes at 6:30 p. m. [Associated Press! REDDING, Conn., April 21. Samuel Langhorn Clemens (Mark Twain) died painlessly at 6:30 tonight of angina pectoris. Ho lapsed Into coma at 3 o'clock this afternoon and never recovered consciousness, It whs tho and of a man outworn by grief and acute agony of body. Yesterday was a bad day for the lit- tie knot of anxious watchers at tlio bedside. For long hours the gray, aquiline features lay molded in the In- ertia of death, while the puke sank steadily, but at night ho passed from stupor Into tho first natural Bleep lie had known sinco ho returned from Bermuda, .mil then he woke refreshed, even faintly cheerful, and In full pos- session of his faculties. He recognized his daughter Clara (Mrs. Ossip Ga- brilowitsch), spoke a rational word or two, and feeling himself unequal to conversation, wrote out in pencil: "Give me my glasses." These were his last words. Laying them aside, he sank, first into a rev- erie and later into final unconscious- ness. Them was no thought at. the time, however, that the end was so near. At 6 o'clock Dr. Robert Halsey, who had been continuously In attendance, i aid: \u25a0Mr. Clemens is not so strong at this hour as he was at the corresponding: hour yesterday, but he has wonderful vitality and ho may rally again." Albert Bigelow Paine. Mark Twain's biographer and literary executor. Bald to a caller who desired to inquire for Mr. Clemens: ••I think you will not havo to call often again." RELATIVES FAIL TO SEE HIM Nevertheless, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Loomls, who had come up from New- York to give their love in person, left Stormfleld, Mr. Clement's house, with- out seeing him and only heard of his death as they were taking the train to- New York again. Mrs. Loomis wan Mr. Clemens 1 favorite niece and Mr. I.odinls is vice president of tho Lacka- wanna railroad. Similarly, Jarvis Langdon, a nephew, who had run up for tho day, left wholly uninformed. At the deathbed 1 were only Mrs. Gab- rllowitsch. her husband. Dr. Robert. Halsey, Dr. Qulntard, Albert. Rlgelow Paine, who will write Mark Twain's biography, and two trained nurses. Restoratives— digitalis, strychine and camphor—were administered, but the. patient failed to respond. A tank of oxygen still stands, uncalled for, at Redding station. Oxygen was tried yesterday and the physicians ox- plained it was of no value, because the valvular action cf the heart was so disordered. There was only an ex- treme and increasing debility, accom- panied by labored respiration. Angina pectoril is a paroxysmal af- fection of the chest, baffling and ob- scure of origin, characterised by severs pain, faintness and deep depression of spirit. The pain is severe and of a. crushing, or stabbing character. Th« attacks increase in frenquency and severity with uncertain intermissions, some times of long duration, to a fatal termination. SHOWED MUCH DEPRESSION Mark Twain did not die in anguish. Sedatives soothed his pain, but in bis moments of consciousness the mental depression persisted. On the way up from Bermuda, he said to Albert Bil- low Paine, who had been his constant companion in Illness: "This is a bad job; we'll never pull through with it." On shore once more, and longing for the serenity of the New England hills, he took heart and said to those « bo noted his enfeeblement: "Give mo a breath of Redding air once more and this will pass." But it did not pass. and, tired of body and weary of spirit, the old war- rior against shams and snobs, said fin- ally to his nurse: "Why do you fight to keep me alive? Two days of life tat as good to me as four?" It is to be recalled that Mark Twain was for more than fifty years an In- veterate smoker and the first conjec- ture of the laymen would be that ho had weakened his heart by over Indul- gence In tobacco. Dr. Halsey said tonight ho was un- able to predicate that the angina pec- toris from which Mark Twain died was in any way a sequel to nicotine poisoning. Some constitutions, he said, seem Immune to the effect of tobacco. This was one of them. Yet it is a fact that since his illness began the doctors had cut down Mr. Clemens' daily allowance of twenty ci- gars, and countless pipes, to four cigars a day. smoked IV rAMToacm No privation was a greater sorrow to him. He tried to smoke on the steam- er while returning from Bermuda and only gave it up because he was too feeble to draw on his pipo. On his death bed, when ho had passed the. point of speech and it was no longer certain his Ideas were lucid, he would make the motion of waving a cigar and smilingly expel the air from un- der the mustache, still stained with smoke. Where Mark Twain ohose to spend, his declining years was the first out- post of Methodism in New England and it was among the hills of Redding that General Putnam, of revolutionaryl fame, mustered his sparse ranks. Put- nam park now encloses the memory of his camp. Mark Twain first heard of it at th« dinner given him on his seventieth (Continued on r««o Thce«} \u25a0 mil II . i \u0084 . ''" .. 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Page 1: X PAGES ANGELES HERALD...by late "Lord" Browne ends legal flght at SantA Barbara. PAOB 1 Oil In great tank at Point Richmond catches (In*. Flames spread despite ef-forts of 600 firefighters

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NOMBXR 203 1 XVIV-<Jrj . O\t KjlliiM 10 rjj|| MONTH FRTDAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1910.

STOLEN EVIDENCEHINT CAUSES STIRAT HYDE'S TRIAL

Prosecutor Starts InvestigationAfter Hearing of New

Developments

AfllSS KELLER FINISHES STORY

Efforts of Defense to Develop

Contradictions in Testi-mony Fruitless

[Assoclate4 Press]

KANSAS CITY. April -RigorousInvestigation of the disappear-ance of the state's documentary

evidence In tho Hyde murder case,

which fell into tho hands of the de-Ifenses counsel was ordered by Prose-

cutor Virgil Conkling today.

New developments In the case, themost Important of which was tho state-ment of Rubin B. Garrctt, the manwho lost tin, papers, that ho did notdrop them at the point where they aresaid to have been found, moved theprosecutor to renewed action.

"1 am far from satisfied these paporawere lost," snld Mr. Conkling tonight.'Neither do I want to say they werestolen. lint i have several men Inves-tigating the matter and sensationaldevelopments are likely to follow."

mlijh Pearl Keller, a nurse, was theonly witness fit the trial today. Shecompleted her direct testimony at theill of tho morning session. Attorney

Walsh, for Dr. Hyde, cross-examinedher iii the afternoon. Ha was unableto shake her testimony except on a.few minor details.

Miss Keller was allowed to tell of thetyphoid epidemic In the Bwopa resi-dence.

Tho court promised to order Itstricken out If litterdevelopments proveit Irrelevant. SSI

KTMI'TOMS WERE snill*\RThe most Important feature of her

testimony was that Miss MargaretSwope's symptoms on the morning Dr.Hyde is said to have poisoned her woresimilar to those of Col. BWOpa Just be-fore he died.

On cross examination , Mr. "Walshproved that shortly before the typhoidepidemic in the Swopo residence theplumbing which was supposed to carryaway tho waste was torn out. becauseit did not •work.

Dr. Hyde's attorneys today made an-other unsuccessful attempt to securethe letters and documents that pausedbetween John O. Paxton and the chem-tuts who made tho Swope analysis. Mr.Walsh said these papers would provelila contention that no poison wasfound in "the ejecta of Margaret Kwopo

or In the capsule \u25a0 which Dr. Hydethrew away when ho left the Swoperesidence December 31.

On December 11, said Miss Keller inthe course of her testimony, she wontto the Bwope house and took chargeof Miss Sarah Bwope. Th« Sundayfollowing, she testified, she heard thatDr. Hyde hud riven Miss MargaretSwope a hypodermic Injection. Dr.Hyde asserted, she said, that ho had

' given a harmless Injection of camphor-ated oil for Intermittent pulse.

"On the day following tho Riving ortlie Injection." testified the witness, "I

• m Margaret'! arm. It was badlyHwollen. The girl appeared to bo ingreat pain."

On December 18, shortly after Dr.Hyde had left the house, said thenurse, Margaret Swope passed Into aconvulsion. •

Miss Keller related how at the be-hest of Dr.' Twyman all of the medi-cine in tho house was destroyed im-mediately after Margaret Swope suf-fered a convulsion.

M KMW «K> ON STRIKEThis was the day the nurses struck

in the Bwope residence, and the start*made every effort to Inject the story

of the uprising of^the nurses againstnr. Hyde.

Amid a storm of objection from thodefendant's counsel the witness man-aged to tell that the i:urses held a pri-

vate meeting in Gal. Swope's room.For what purpose this meeting washeld she was not permitted to . say.

The state managed to show, how-ever, that Dr. Hyde and his wife leftthe house on December 18 and the wit-ness said there was no new sicknessafter he left. ,

Miss Kelley closed her testimony forthe state by telling briefly about MissLucy Lee Swope being attacked by

typhoid fever four days after her re-turn from New York in the companyof Dr. Hyde.

« When Attorney Walsh began thecross-examination of Miss Keller heImmediately delved Into the typhoid

fever feature of the case. -Mlsa Keller had previously testified

that Dr. Hyde brought a bottle of dis-tilled water to the Swope house fortho use of himself and his wife.

Cross-examination developed thatshe only heard they brought the waterto the house and she did not see it.

Reading from the. grand jury noteswhich recently fell into his hands, Mr.Walsh asked Miss Keller if she madethe statement that "Mr. Hunton hada violent twitching and jerking."

Tho witness testified she did not re-call her exact testimony but she didsay, substantially, that Mr. Hunton

' was Buffering from a convulsion.- - *\u25a0 .—\u25a0

COUPLE TO REMARRY AFTER17 YEARS OF SEPARATION

SAN DIEUO, April 21.—Mrs. AmandaHamilton, former wife of J. "W. Hamil-ton a well known tobacco dealer ofSan' Diego, has arrived here, from SouthHaven, Conn., after a separation last-ing seventeen yearn, and a marriage

license for the couple to rowed, haslioen Issued. . <\u25a0>.

The couple was accompanied to- theoffice of the county clerk by. their twochildren, one of whom is nearly of age.

The similarity of names aroused thecuriosity of the license clerk, and whenhe asked If the couple were In any-manner related the story of the mis-understandings of seventeen years ago

that resulted in a separation was read-ily told by the man. ,

INDEX OF

HERALD'S NEWSTODAY

FORKCAHTI'or la>h Angeles unil vicinity—Fair 1 rl-

ilaj! ronliniicil warm; light north wind,changing to south, Minimum temporal urnyesterday 87 degrees; minimum SO degrees.

LOS ANGELESJudge Ktephe.ns urged to be candidate

for re-election to bench. PAGE 13Out* thousand to go on auto club run

to Mallbu ranch. PAGE 1Orange growers protest to Assessor

Hopkins against propound Increase Invaluations, PAGB 7

Pioneers want names of Downey avenueand Buena Vista street restored. I'AUB 7

Open safety pin Is removed from bu-hy'i*stomach. PAOB 1

President of TV. C. T. V. Is candidateIn Herald's voting content. PAGE 13

Harbor commission to begin campaign to««ure lower freight rate* between ceti-t»r of Ij"m Ani?"l'-» and water front.

PAOB i«Dick Ferris ku«!< for 1100.000, alleging he

has hern slandered. PAGES 16Pasadena boostings committee urges build-

Ing of eleetrlo line tapping many small \u25a0

towns and giving better car «erv|ro,tothem. PAGE 14

Feud In lomii fire station ends withforces' resignation. PAUK 9

M'wrvn named by O. O. P. leajler mparty's candidate /or U. 6. senate.

PAOB 9Engineers eagor to begin work on the

harbor project. PA';l: 'N'cws of th" waterfront. PAGE 10Editorial, letter box. • PAOE 4Society, dubs and music. . 1*A« I'l i

Marrtagn licenses, births, itnath.i PAOJS 14City brevities. PAGE 5Some men, some women. PAGIS .»

In the hotel corridors. PACK 6News of the courts. PACK 7

Municipal afTalrs. PAGE 7Sports. PAGK 10Markets and financial. I'AOB 12Mines and oil 'fields. PAOB 13\u25a0 \u25a0lii-sllir.l advertising. PAGES 14-15

Citrus fruit report. PAOK 12Theaters. PA(ii: :

SOUTH CALIFORNIAPasadena y. M. C. A. arranges splendid

program for annual "gym." show. Youngtumblers will he stars. PAOB 1'".

Whirlwind finish marks closing days of"wet" and "dry" campaign In San Ber-nardino. PAC3I3 14

Long Beach will vote on location of highschool unless school trustees are unani-mous on site. \u25a0;•'\u25a0'. I'AGR 14

FlrebUßß Fttempt to "destroy cannery ofCalifornia Fish company at East PunPedro. PAGE 14

COASTJealousy cause* Oakland girl to betray

sweetheart. PAGE 2Agreement to distribute 1501,000 estate left

by late "Lord" Browne ends legal flght

at SantA Barbara. PAOB 1Oil In great tank at Point Richmond

catches (In*. Flames spread despite ef-forts of 600 firefighters. PAOB 1

EASTERNSix convicts escape from fe/lera! peniten-

tiary at Fort l*avenworth; i four arerecaptured »nd posses trail other two.

PA OR 1

Prosecution In Hyde murder case martsrigid Investigation of disappearance ofevidence. Finis It may have beenstolen. FAGFJ 1

Government pure food board rescinds or-der as to port and sherry labels ut re- .quest of California, wlnemakers. PAOB 1

Representative Fowler offers resolutionproviding new method of selecting mem-bers of house, committees and depriv-ing Cannon of more power. PAGPI 5

Samuel T» Clemens (Mark Twain) diesat Redding, Conn., of angina, pectoris.

PAUB 1Fear rich man Is victim of thugs. PAGB i

Rmigh Riders, military, civil and otherorganisations by the score seek placesIn parade to be held in New York In

i Roosevelt's honor. PAOR 2

WINE MAKERS WIN INFIGHT AGAINST LABELS

WASHINGTON, April 21.—Californiawino makers won a victory before thegovernment pure food board today Inth« matter of the labeling of port andsherry wines. The board had previous-

ly ruled th;it California port and sherrywines should lie labeled "Californiaport type" and "California sherry

type," and the wine makers of thatstate vigorously objected, declaring Itinjured its business.

Representatives Kahn, Hayes, Need-ham and Knowland of California aiulBert Schlessinger appeared before theboard and argued against the formerruling of the board.

Without leaving their Beats the board,which was presided over by Secretary

\u25a0Wilson, voted to reverse Its formerruling and not insist on the word"type" on the label.

ZEIGLER TO GET $100,000

FOR CARE OF MRS. M'VICKER

CHICAGO, April 21.—Dr. h, C. H.Zeljler, by a. supreme court decisionrendered today, Is entitled to $100,000from the estate of Mrs. J. 11. McVlcker,as provided by the contract he heldto render her medical attendance dur-ing her life.

Dr. Kelgler lived up to his part ofthe contract for five years, when Mrs.McVicker died. Her heirs attacked thecontract and won in tho lower courts,

but this decision was reversed by theIllinois supreme court at Springfieldtoday. Mrs. McVlcker died in Pasa-dena, Cal., August 24. 1904.

YOUTH WHO KILLED UNCLEWHILE DRINKING CONVICTEC

IKHILTON, Me.. April 21.—Just .sixhours to the minute after it had re-ceived the case, a jury in the supremecourt early this morning found CharlesR. Friel of Amity, guilty of the mur-der of his uncle, John Friel, of thesamn town.

The 19-year-old prisoner wept bit-terly when the verdict, which meanslife Imprisonment for him, was an-nounced. The. youth shot his unclewith a borrowed rifle, after a snifflethat terminated a drinking bout onthe night of November 1.

HAVOC WROUGHTAS FLAMES FROM

OIL TANK SPREADFive Hundred Fire Fighters Throw

Up Embankment, But ItFails as Barrier

LOSS WILL EXCEED $200,000

Traffic Over Santa Fe Tracks at

Richmond Is Blocked by

Great Blaze

[Associated Press]

OAKLAND, April 21.— a late hourtonight the fire In tho StandardOH company's petroleum reser-

voir at Point Richmond, which had Itsmysterious origin In tho early hours jof the morning, hud consumed almost .the entire contents of the huge tanksand had spread beyond the embank-ment reared by the 600 volunteer fire-fighters In the hope of checking it.

Flames leaped several hundred feetInto the air and the great shaft of OreIllumined the skies lor miles In everydirection. A dense volume of smokehung over the bay and was blowninto the foothills like a thick fog.

As tho fire left the Standard's In-

closure It traveled rapidly and de-scribed a ieml-clrclar path about halfa mile in width.

The fire has crossed the Santa Fetracks, crippling the traffic on thatline. The Southern Pacific tracks arestill open, though the blaze is In closeproximity. Both systems are using

the one track and the few trains onschedule at late hours are being moved.

Volunteers have been at work slncothe lire was discovered, the forces be-ng divided into shifts that remain at

the task as long as the intense heat

Will permit them.It Is estimated by the officials of the

company here that the damage willamount to $200,000. This is the mostdisastrous tire of its kind that hasever occurred In California. Fully350,000 barrels of oil in its crude statewere in the reservoir when tho firebroke out.

The tank was nu'.k in the ground,projecting only about five feet abovetho surface, but the progress of thenames was bo great that the fire fight-

ers could not gain headway.It \u25a0will be fullythree days before the.

fire exhausts the supply in the tank.Just how the vast quantity of oil

caught tire no one seems to know, andtho Standard officials have no theoriesto advance as yet. A night v itcliTinnIs maintained In the vicinity of thoreservoir who keeps a lookout for any

danger that might threaten the reser-voir or tank on the hills above SanPablo.

\u25a0It Is reported that the watchmanstated that the flames were high Inthe air In a moment and he discovered Ino one In the vicinity. It is statedthat such fires sometimes Ignite fromspontaneous combustion, which might ;

have been the case with this lire.

COMPROMISE ENDS SUITOVER $500,000 ESTATE

SANTA BAKLARA. April IL Acontrol of the half million dollar es-strugßle between mother and son fortate left by the late "Liord" Broome,was ended today by a compromise,through Which the widow, Mrs. Fran-

ces Broome, who has been admlnlrtrator of the estate, accepts a propositionfor an lmmedi&ta distribution.

Tho son, Thornhill Broome. soughtto have his mother deposed from theadministratorship, on the grounds thatshe had shown inefficiency when shelost, the palatial Broome residence, by

her refusal to submit to a $625 streettax. Mrs. Eroome's other two children,

a son and a daughter, stood by theirmother In the legal struggle. The estateconsists chiefly of extensive ranchholdings In Santa Barbara and Ven-tura counties.

GROVE L. JOHNSON HITSEDITOR INSLEY IN FACE

SACRAMENTO, April 21.—Grove I-.Johnson, dean of the California legis-lature and attorney for P. F. Heed,manager of Racrarnento-RoehdaW> com-pany, now seeking $50,000 for publica-tion of an alleged libelous article inthe Sacramento Union, mado a tisticattack c|n Edward Insley, managing

editor of the paper, today in JudgePost's court room, during a recess ofthe trial. For a time all attorneys

and principals in the easo were fight-ing a battle royal.

The trouble started when Insley re-fused to apologise to Johnson for re-marking in court last Tuesday thatthe venerable barrister's sickness,which delayed the trial, was probablyfaked, Johnson struck Insley in theface. A newspaper man placed hishands on the latter, who is past 72years old, when Reed attacked Insley.

Former Appellate Justice C, K. Mc-LaughUn and Attorney J, W. 8. But-ter for the Union, mixed into the light,

as well as clerks from law offices. Itwas .sometime before Deputy SheriffMcNamara restored order.

(Special to The Herald.)

FORTY-SEVEN MINERS DEAD

.BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April 21.—Abulletin -issued at midnight from thescene of the accident at Mulga placesthe known dead at Jive, with forty-twominers still -in the workings, all ofwVmin it i< r\rart\o.n\\v rfirtain are dead.

CREW RESCUEDNEWCASTI.K. -N. B. W.. April 31. Tha

crew or the British India Navigation com-pany's steamer ~Satara, which .went ashoroon the shoal , rocks yesterday, Wai rescuedby the steamer ' Arara anil landed here j to-day, .

\u25a0 ... ; ,

Samuel L. Clemens, One of His Residencesand an Extract from His Autobiography

6 FELONS BREAKPRISON; 4 CAUGHT

Two Convicts Still at Large andGuards and Citizens Follow

Trail

LEAVENWORTH, Kan., April 21.Two of the six convicts who escapedfrom the federal prison at Fort Leav-enworth today by seizing a switch en-gine and threatening the prison guardswith dummy revolvers made of wood,are being sought tonight by a poneof forty armed giiards and scores ofcitizens. Four of the convicts were re-captured.

The men who got away, TheodoreMurdock and Frank Grigware, are sup-posed to be in a wooded section knownas Hunn's valley, six miles west oftho fort. They are said to have onegun, taken from a sentry, but practi-cally no ammunition. Their captureIs looked for hourly.

In solitary confinement tonight arethe f<nir who failed to elude the searchwhich started when the prison sirenannounced there had been a jail deliv-ery. These are Thomas Katting, Ar-thur Hewitt, Robert Clark and JohnGideon. Clark and Gideon separatedfrom the others after the escape andwere, soon captured. Katting and Hew-itt wore caught this afternoon.

The escape of Murrtbek was not no-ticed until the calling of the prison rclldisclosed his absence. All but Mur-doch are serving life terms. Murdockwiis sent up from Chicago for counter-feiting.

When the men made their dash forliberty they covered Harry Reed, aguard, with dummy "puns" and fot-cedhim to enter the engine cab with them.But another guard named Burnett wasin the vicinity. He rushed up andstruck Katting over tho head, causinga wound from which blood2flowed free-ly. Katting was only stunned andrunning after bis confederates hescrambled into the engine just as itwas getting under way. Tho guard*lnilde the prison do not carry weap-

ons. Katting was employed for fiveyears as an engineer on the LakeShore and he assumed the leadershipwhen the engine started.

When the' engine had arrived at apoint six miles northwest from theprison the egineer and lireman werein.strui ted to "kill" the engine. Thenthe desperadoes forced the enginecrew to disrobe and two of the con-victs appropriated their garments .MINE OWNER'S CHARRED

BODY IS FOUND IN CABINC'ENTRAIj CITY. <"<ilo.. .April 21.--

The body of William H. ChlttMlden ofDenver, president and genera] managerof a mining- company, was foundburnod to a crisp today In the ruins ofa. frame cabin in RUMeli gulch, half amile from the Hampton mino. WhetherChlttenden was a \i«-tim of foul playcannot be told, .-is the body was con-sumed, rhittenden was to have tes-

tlHed today in the trial of a minercharged with stealing a drill.

REMOVE PIN FROM'TUMMY' OF BABY

Nevada Parents Rush Offspring

to Los Angeles Hospital.Operation a Success

Pin, pin, who has the pin"Little George Moore of Searchlight,

Nev., had the pin, but now it is an

honored relic at the Sisters' hospital,

and thereby hangs a tale.Little George Moore, the It-months-

old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mooreof Searchlight, Nev., felt like "eating

tacks." In the vernacular of his elders,

but failing to find those articles con-venient picked up the next best—anopen safety pin.

An open safety pin is! not recom-mended as a safe diet even by the mostdevoted devotee of breakfast foods, andwhen George's mother missed one of thepins from the clothing of her little sona frantic search was instituted, but thepin was safely tucked away in theanatomy of the young hopeful. Mr.Moore was hastily summoned, andagain th« house was searched from topto bottom, but no pin was to be found.

Baby George seemed delighted withthe funny little tickly feeling near hisspinal column, and crowed and laughedall day, thinking that some unknownfriend was playing with him.

Baby George finally became tired ofbeing tickled—anyway it didn't seem sofunny to be tickled from the interioras from the exterior, and so he madehis displeasure known.

The safety pin that had once servedin the clothing of the baby was yetmissing, . and no clew to its where-abouts had been found, so the fondfather and mother decided that babymust have swallowed it, and took thenext train for Los Angeles.

On arriving in Los Angeles yesterdaymorning the baby was rushed to theSisters' hospital, where an X-rayphotograph was taken, plainly reveal-Ing the lost safety pin lodged in thecartilidge near the vertebrae.

At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Dr.James F. Holleran operated on thebaby, performing an extremely delicateand critical surgical operation, and suc-ceeded in securing the safety pin, whichthe baby had swallowed open.

Late last evening the baby was rest-ing easily, and it is confidently ex-pected that he will recover, notwith-standing his penchant for pins and thehurried trip .made from Nevada. Mr.and Mrs. Moore are both at the hospi-tal and are anxiously watching theiryoung son. #

TWO REPORT THEFTS OFTHEIR AUTOMOBILES

Q. H. Narbonnc. 2428 Juliet street. reportedat police headquarters last night that hinautomobile, known ax "IHs Six," was stolenfrom In front of the Clara Barton hospltul.

Bdward Herwick. 123 East Fourth street, re-ported his Chalmers-Detroit automobile wasstolen from In front of Ills residence, butliit.-r notified p-'li™ headquarler» he had re-covered th« machlns

FEAR RICH MAN ISVICTIM OF THUGS

Former Real Estate Dealer Living

in Los Angeles in Winter,

Missing

[Associated Tress]

CHICAGO. April 21.—Norman P.CummlngS, 48 years old. a retired realestate dealer, who owns a million dol-

lars' worth "f property here, but re-

sides in Los Angeles, Is mysteriouslymissing.

He had just returned from a businesstrip to Detroit and when last seen had$37,000 in jewelry, $3r.f10 in currency andother valuables. Mis wife tonightmade frantic appeals to the police.voicing fear her husband had beenwaylaid, robbed and murdered.

Officers made the round of all thehospitals, but could find no trace ofCummings.

Since His retirement Cummings andhis wife have spent much lime intravel, making California winter head-quarters. Ho is a member of tho Chi-cago Athlotic association and retaineda residence hen', which he and his wifeused on brief visits to Chicago.

Police share the fear that someonesaw Cummings display a large amountof money and jewelry or knew he car-ried it and sought opportunity to strikehim down, the theory being that hewas thrown into a cab and hurried oftthe crowded streets

THREE TRY TO ROB BANK:ONE WOUNDED BY POSSE

MITCHELL, S. Dm April 21.—About2 o'clock this morning an unsuccess-ful attempt was made to rob the StateBank at Kay lor. a small town on theChicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail-road, by three yeggmen.

They wore tired upon by CashierGeorge Cartwrlght. One was hit, aswas shown by blood stains on tno out-

side of the building. The men stole ateam and started toward Scotland. Atthe same tlmo a sheriff's posse startedfor Scotland. The posse came uponthe men and opened fire. The (Ire wasreturned and the robbers* .started to

run. One fell, however, before he hadgone far. He. proved to be the manwhom the cashier had hit. The othertwo succeeded in escaping.

Bloodhounds have been put on thetrail. The captured bandit Is seriouslyInjured,

IDENTIFIED AS BANDITS

(>AKtiAND, April 21. -With the morepositive identification by EngineerQeorge Marab. of James Franklin andFred H;insen as the two bandits whoheld up and robbed the. China-Japanlust mail train near Benlcla, last. Sat-urday night, Captain of Detectives Pet-erson is confident that ho has the per-petrators of the crime In eiMtody.Marsh saw 111• - men again tonight andstated that in every way their featuresare similar, j

MARK TWAINDIESOUTWORN BY GRIEFAND ACUTE AGONY

End Comes Painlessly After Sev-eral Hours of Coma; All

Restoratives Fail

DAUGHTER AT HIS BEQSIDE

"Give Me My Glasses," LastWords of Noted Humorist;

End Comes at 6:30 p. m.

[Associated Press!

REDDING, Conn., April 21. SamuelLanghorn Clemens (Mark Twain)died painlessly at 6:30 tonight of

angina pectoris. Ho lapsed Into comaat 3 o'clock this afternoon and neverrecovered consciousness, It whs thoand of a man outworn by grief and

acute agony of body.Yesterday was a bad day for the lit-

tie knot of anxious watchers at tliobedside. For long hours the gray,

aquiline features lay molded in the In-ertia of death, while the puke sanksteadily, but at night ho passed fromstupor Into tho first natural Bleep liehad known sinco ho returned fromBermuda, .mil then he woke refreshed,

even faintly cheerful, and In full pos-

session of his faculties. He recognizedhis daughter Clara (Mrs. Ossip Ga-brilowitsch), spoke a rational word ortwo, and feeling himself unequal toconversation, wrote out in pencil:

"Give me my glasses."These were his last words. Laying

them aside, he sank, first into a rev-erie and later into final unconscious-ness.

Them was no thought at. the time,however, that the end was so near.At 6 o'clock Dr. Robert Halsey, whohad been continuously In attendance,i aid:

\u25a0Mr. Clemens is not so strong at thishour as he was at the corresponding:hour yesterday, but he has wonderfulvitalityand ho may rally again."

Albert Bigelow Paine. Mark Twain'sbiographer and literary executor. Baldto a caller who desired to inquire forMr. Clemens:

••I think you will not havo to calloften again."

RELATIVES FAIL TO SEE HIMNevertheless, Mr. and Mrs. E. B.

Loomls, who had come up from New-York to give their love in person, leftStormfleld, Mr. Clement's house, with-out seeing him and only heard of hisdeath as they were taking the trainto- New York again. Mrs. Loomis wanMr. Clemens 1 favorite niece and Mr.I.odinls is vice president of tho Lacka-wanna railroad.

Similarly, Jarvis Langdon, a nephew,who had run up for tho day, leftwholly uninformed.

At the deathbed 1 were only Mrs. Gab-rllowitsch. her husband. Dr. Robert.Halsey, Dr. Qulntard, Albert. RlgelowPaine, who will write Mark Twain'sbiography, and two trained nurses.

Restoratives— digitalis, strychine andcamphor—were administered, but the.patient failed to respond.

A tank of oxygen still stands, uncalledfor, at Redding station. Oxygen wastried yesterday and the physicians ox-plained it was of no value, because

the valvular action cf the heart wasso disordered. There was only an ex-

treme and increasing debility, accom-panied by labored respiration.

Angina pectoril is a paroxysmal af-fection of the chest, baffling and ob-scure of origin, characterised by severspain, faintness and deep depression ofspirit. The pain is severe and of a.crushing, or stabbing character. Th«attacks increase in frenquency andseverity with uncertain intermissions,some times of long duration, to a fataltermination.

SHOWED MUCH DEPRESSIONMark Twain did not die in anguish.

Sedatives soothed his pain, but in bismoments of consciousness the mentaldepression persisted. On the way up

from Bermuda, he said to Albert Bil-low Paine, who had been his constantcompanion in Illness:

"This is a bad job; we'll never pullthrough with it."

On shore once more, and longing forthe serenity of the New England hills,

he took heart and said to those « bonoted his enfeeblement:

"Give mo a breath of Redding aironce more and this will pass."

But it did not pass. and, tired ofbody and weary of spirit, the old war-rior against shams and snobs, said fin-ally to his nurse:

"Why do you fight to keep me alive?Two days of life tat as good to me asfour?"

It is to be recalled that Mark Twainwas for more than fifty years an In-veterate smoker and the first conjec-ture of the laymen would be that hohad weakened his heart by over Indul-gence In tobacco.

Dr. Halsey said tonight ho was un-able to predicate that the angina pec-toris from which Mark Twain diedwas in any way a sequel to nicotinepoisoning. Some constitutions, he said,seem Immune to the effect of tobacco.This was one of them.

Yet it is a fact that since his illnessbegan the doctors had cut down Mr.Clemens' daily allowance of twenty ci-gars, and countless pipes, to four cigars

a day.smoked IV rAMToacm

No privation was a greater sorrow tohim. He tried to smoke on the steam-er while returning from Bermuda andonly gave it up because he was toofeeble to draw on his pipo. On hisdeath bed, when ho had passed the.point of speech and it was no longercertain his Ideas were lucid, he wouldmake the motion of waving a cigar

and smilingly expel the air from un-der the mustache, still stained withsmoke.

Where Mark Twain ohose to spend,his declining years was the first out-post of Methodism in New England andit was among the hills of Redding thatGeneral Putnam, of • revolutionaryl

fame, mustered his sparse ranks. Put-nam park now encloses the memoryof his camp.

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