Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-28
GREAT FEATS OF 1901.
ODD AND REMARKABLE THINGS
OF LAST YEAR.
kentucky's High Slaughter and High
Whisky Marks Wonders of SIatri-
mony, Divorce, Travel and Produc-
tion-Record Breakers.

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mark. Kentucky also eclipses all records
in another direction. Jan. %, 4 Kentucky
firm sold Chicago house 5000 barrels
of whisky. which is the largest single
transaction in liquor ever known.
The matrimonial mart usually has big
things to show in year. All nuptial
speed records were smashed Sunday,
Aug. 10. at st. Joseph. Mich, ChicagO's
Gretna Green, when twenty-seven couples
from Chicago were deftly spliced in one
hour and three-quarters, each couple thus
having less than FIVE minutes to go
through the mill. The miaister who in
1901 claims the record with reference
to the grand total of marriages and fu-
nerals, connected with a long minister's
life, is Rev ]. VI. Naughty of Mason
City, Ill. During his career as preach
er, period of some forty years, he has
married 1851 couples and conducted
1900 funerals.
Turning to the divorce side of matri-
mony-a side peculiarly rich in speed
records-one naturally would look to Chi
cago. Oklahoma or the Dakotas for win
ners. The Chicago speedy divorce calen-
dar for the year found its stellar per-
Torrance in the case of Mrs. G. Kruger.
1t took this lady a triie less than ten
minutes to convince Judge Dunno that
she ought TO be cut loose from her hus-
band. Henry William Kruger
Referring to feats in travel, it certain
ly was a great year for the automobile.
Even in these days of chronic record
breaking such a performance as that of
Henri Fourier the French chauffeur,
who drove a heavy French racing ma
chine mile in 81 40 seconds on the
Coney Island boulevard, in November.
was most noteworthy.
The long-distance record for horseless
vehicles was broken by Arthur j Eddy,
of Chicago, a former president OF the
Automobile Club of that city. In sixty
days, from Aug l to Sept. 30, he covered
1900 miles. travelling through Michigan,
Indiana. Ohio, Pennsylvania New York
New Jersey, Massachusetts and part of
Canada. He averaged about 100 miles
day, and at times maintained speed
of forty miles an hour.
Wonders incident to travel were pro-
claimed in other classes; for example,
the unchalenged record Of Charles Bel!
lamy, a Burlington Railroad fireman,
who in eleven years of faithful service
| Travelled G06,S4O miles and shoyeled b.
sol tons of coal on the way. He never
lost a trip or received scratch through
accident. Railroad men say that il is Il
case of physical endurance never equalcd.
An engine on the Great Northern Rail-
way. in England. which was built in
1870, completed in August an aggregate
of 100000 miles, breaking the English
record in this respect The sPeedieSt
long-distance delivery of mail ever ac-
complished in the world was that OF the
consignment which left Sidney. Australia.
Oct. 10, for London. England by the
American route A distance OF lD.2 -
miles was covered in thirty-one days. Il
saving of four days over the SJez canal
route.
1t was a fruitful year in unprece9ent-
ed financial. commercial AMI industrial
transactions The largest shipment of
gold which ever left New York in sim
gle day was sent to Europe Nov. ID u
the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse The sum was $T,0S2. JS3. 10 No
other ship in the worlds history has ever
been so richly laden. Another record
is noted in the statement that at the
opening Of business on July 81 the Unit
ed States treasury had in its possession
the largest fund of gold held by any nj
ton in the world and the greatest ever
owned by this government. the amount
being $504.334. 2T9.
Wall street had mountaineering day
on Jan. {. when for the first time in the
history of the New York Stock Exchange
more than 100000 shares were traded
in on its floor during the five hours of
business.
The largest single order ever given for
watches was received by an American
manufacturer from London firm. the
former agreeing to deliver to his custom
er 100000 timepieces within twelve
months. A. L. Schaeffer of Edgar Coun-
ty, H., harvested the largest crop of
popcorn ever gathered in the world. From
his 102 acres he had 1880 bushels,
weld Of little over seventeen bushels to
the acre. 1t cost him ST. an acre to
raise, sort, she'll and pay ground rent.
The winter wheat yield of Kansas for
1901 was 90,045,514 bushels, valued at
$50, AIS, $40; and breaking the preceding
years record by 13,450,010 bushels.
These two were the largest wheat crops
ever grown by any State. The first year
of the new century was an all-around rec
ord breaker for the farmers of the Unit
ed States. The entire years surplus Of
the products of field and farm sold
abroad amounted to no less than $780,,
100000.
Charles NJ Schwab, president of the
United States Steel Corporation, is au-
thority for the statement that steel has
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that it exceeded the cotton industry in
1900 by more than $100000,000 and for
1901 win exceed it by more than $780,
100000.
Reports of pig iron manufacturers COW
ering production in October show that
the month was a record breaker The out
put reaching the great total OF 100000
tons, or 81 the rate of 16.S00. 900 tons a
year All previous tonnage records were
broken during December at the Carnegie
steel mills in Homestead. the total out
put for the month being S25,S01 tons. ex-
elusive Of armor and all other govern
ment plate. The distribution of wages on
Dec Is, covering three weeks. aggre-
gated 100000, the biggest pay day ever
known at this plant.
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1875 miles long-numbering 1897 cars
and containing 81. 7S5 head Of cattle 3S,
456 hogs and 1924 sheep and YOU will
have scme idea OF the record-breaking
day for receipts at the Union stock
yards. Chicago, on Wednesday. July -,
1901 Ii was the biggest day ever known
in the history Of this big live stock mart.
The drought in the Middle and Western
States caused this unprecedented rush OF
stock to the market. The total value Of
the days receipts was over $500. coo. The
cattle alone consolidated in one NAM
moth animal would have made steer
seven times as high as the Masonic Tenn
pie or in a single file drove would have
reached from Chicago 70 Milwaukee,.
This herd weighed about 10000. 600
pounds on the hoof. and furnished beef
eaters with about 20O00000 pounds OF
meat. The value OF cattle shipments for
that entire week was estimated al over
SI.o00.U00. The worlds sheep record
was smashed at these yards on Monday.
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