Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-25
GREAT FEATS OF 1901.
ODD AND REMARKABLE THINGS
OF LAST YEAR.
Kentucky's High Slaughter and High
Whisky Marks-Wonders of Matr1-
mony, Divorce, Travel and Produc-
tion-Record Breakers.

mony, Divorce, Travel and Produc-
tion-Record Breakers.
The first year Of the twentieth century
saw many new records established IN
various lines Of human activity. New
Years day there were thirty deaths from
violent causes in various parts OF Ken
lucky. The record set high slaughter
mark kentucky also eclipses all records
In another direction. Jan. 20, Kentucky
firm sold a Chicago house $500 barrels
of whisky, which is the largest single
transaction in liquor ever known. There.
seems to be no trustworthy way to esti-
mate the total number of jags contained
in all this whisky. or its fecundity In
snakes.
The matrimonial mart usually has big
things to show in year. All nuptlal
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 minister who IN
1901 claims the record with reference
to the grand total of marriages and fu-
nerals, connected with a long ministers
life, is Rev. j. NJ. Naughty Of Mason
City, Ill. During his career as preach
er, q period of some forty years, he has
married 1857 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.
It took this lady a trife 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
" 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 a mile in 81 As seconds on the
Coney Island boulevard, in November,
was most noteworthy.
The long distance record for horseless
vehicles was broken by Arthur ]. Eddy,
of Chicago, a former president of the
days, from Aug. / to Sept 80, he covered
1900 miles, travelling through Michigan,
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania New York,
New Jersey, Massachusetts and part Of
Canada He averaged about 100 miles
a day, and at times maintained a speed
of forty miles an hour.
Wonders incident to travel were pro-
claimed in other classes; for example,
81
lamy, Burlington Railroad fireman,
who in eleven years of faithful service
Travelled 606,84O miles and shoveled 3d.
sol tons of coal on the way. He never
lost trip or received a scratch through
accident. Railroad men say that it is a
case of physical endurance never equaled.
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-
complshed in the world was that Of the
consignment which left Sidney, Australia,
Oct. 10, for London, England, by the
American route. A distance of 1926
miles was covered in thirty-one days, a
saving Of four days over the Suez canal
route.
Around the world in sixty days, thir-
teen hours and thirty minutes is the new
globe girdling record, which was complet-
ed last July by Charles G. Fitzmorris, a
Chicago high school boy This beats the
best previous fast circuit Of the world
by several days.
Harry S. Black of Chicago and New
York recently made the largest con-
science contribution to Uncle Sam known
in the history of the government. He
sent to the proper officials $1S,669.60,
representing the duty on jewels imported
by his wife, which had escaped the Wig
lance of the inspectors.
1t was a fruitful year in unprecedent-
ed financial, commercial and industrial
transactions. The largest shipment Of
gold which ever left New York in a sin
gle day was sent to Europe Nov 10 on
the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. The sum was $7,0S2 1888. 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 it's possession
the largest fund of gold held by any ma
ton in the world and the greatest ever
owned by this government, the amount
being 1904 ,354,279.
Wall street had a record-breaking day
on Jan. 7, when for the first time in the
history of the New York Stock Exchange
more than 100000 shares were traded
in on it's floor during the five hours of
business.
The largest single order ever given for
watches was received by an American
manufacturer from a 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 1900 bushels a
yield Of little over seventeen bushels to
the acre. 1t cost him SIT an acre to
raise, sort, shell and pay ground rent.
The winter wheat yield of Kansas for
1901 was 9O,O45,514 bushels, valued at
$60,479,5 $40; and breaking the preceding
years record by 13,45O,O7O bushels
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