| Redding, Conn., 21. April. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), der bekannte Humorist und Schriftsteller; der seit Wochen krank an seinem alten Herzleiden darniederlag, ist heute Abend 6:30 Uhr eines sanften Todes gestorben. Seit 3 Uhr war er bewußtlos. | Redding, Conn., April 21st.; Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), the noted humorist and writer, who had been suffering for weeks from an old heart complaint, died a gentle death at 6:30 o'clock this evening. He had been unconscious since 3 o'clock. |
| Der Verstorbene, weltbekannt unter dem Pseudonym Mark Twain, wurde am 30. November 1835 zu Florida, Mo., geboren; er wurde Buchdrucker in St. Louis, dann Pilot auf dem Mississippi, später Journalist in Virginia City, San Francisco und Buffalo; 1867 machte er eine Fahrt nach Aegypten und Kleinasien, deren Frucht sein Buch „lnnocents Abroad“ war. Dem köstlichen, auf scherzhafter Uebertreibung beruhenden Humor, welchen er schon hier bewies, hat er seither in seinen zahlreichen Schriften, die fast in alle europäischen Sprachen übersetzt wurden, an den verschiedensten Stoffen entfaltet. So u. A. „The celebrated Jumping Frog“ (1867); „Roughing it“ (1872); „Adventures of Tom Sawyer“ (1876); „A Tramp Abroad“ (1880); „The stolen White Elephant“ (1882); „Life on the Mississippi“ (1883); „The American Claimant“ (11892); „Joan of Arc“ (1896); „The Man that corrupted Hadleyburg“ (1900); „A double-barrelled Detective Story“ (1902); u.a.m. Für über 10 Jahre, 1890 - 1900, lebte Mark Twain, gesundheitshalber, in Europa, wo er auch später des Oefteren vorübergehenden Erholungsaufenthalt nahm. | The deceased, world famous under the pseudonym of Mark Twain, was born at Florida, Mo. on Nov. 30th 1835. He became a printer in St. Louis, then a pilot on the Mississippi, later a journalist in Virginia City, San Francisco and Buffalo. In 1867 he made a trip to Egypt and Asia Minor, the result of which was his book “lnnocents Abroad.” Since then, he had developed the delightful humor, based on jocular exaggeration, which he already demonstrated here, in numerous works on a wide variety of subjects, which have been translated into almost all European languages. Among those works are “The celebrated Jumping Frog” (1867); “Roughing it” (1872); “Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876); “A Tramp Abroad” (1880); “The stolen White Elephant” (1882); “Life on the Mississippi” (1883); “The American Claimant” (11892); “Joan of Arc” (1896); “The Man that corrupted Hadleyburg” (1900); “A double-barrelled Detective Story” (1902); et al.. For over 10 years, 1890 - 1900, Mark Twain lived in Europe for health reasons, where he afterwards took frequent temporary recreational stays. |
