The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-01-23

twenty minutes for the legal separation
of San Francisco couple, in 1900.
Referring to fesSs in travel, it GER
tainly was great year for the auto
mobile. Even in these days of chronic
record breaking such a performance as
that of Henri Fournier, the French
chauffeur, who drove a heavy French
racing machine a mile in 81, 4-5 sec
onds on the Coney Island Boulevard,
in November, was most noteworthy.
The long distance record for horse
less 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, Penn
sylvania, New York, New Jersey, Mas
sachusetts 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,
the unchallenged record of Charles Bel
fanny, a Burlington railroad fireman,
who in eleven years of faithful service
Travelled $685. miles and shoveled 3d. sol
tons of coal on the way. He never
lost a trip or received a scratch
through accident. Railroad men say
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never equaled.
An engine of the Great Northern
Railway in England, which was built
in 1870 completed in August am aggre-
gate of 100000 miles, breaking the
English record in this respect.
The speediest long distance delivery
of mail ever accomplished, in the world
was that of the consignment which
left Sydney, 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
completed last July by Charles c. F'itz-
morris. n Chicago High School boy.
This beat the best previous fast circuit
OF the world by several days.
The champion gornand of the year
was Elmer Pfeifer an Arcola, ILL.,,
youth with an elastic stomach-a chap
that Carlyle probably would have cali
ed patent digester-who one hungry
day in February devoured twenty-four
fat ham sandwiches in exactly forty
eight minutes. thereby winning a
wager, with side bets of $75 and estab-
fishing a record which undoubtedly was
q world beaetr.
Harry S. Black of Chicago and New
York. recently made the largest con-
science contribution to Uncle Sam
known in the history of the govern
ment. He sent to the proper officials
SIS. 669.60. representing the duty on
jewels imported by his wife, which had
escaped the vigilance of the inspectors.
1t was a fruitful year in unprecedent-
cd financial, commercial and industrial
transactions The largest shipment of
gold which ever left New York. in a
single day was sent to Europe Nov. 19
on the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. The sum was S7,0S2, 1913. No
other ship in the worlds history has
ever been so richly laden. Another rec
ord is noted in the statement that at
the opening of business on July 81 the
United States Treasury had in its pos
session the largest fund Of gold held
by any nation i'm the world and the
greatest ever owned by this govern.
ment, the amount being 1904. sb4,279.
Wall street had record breaking
day on Jan. :, when for the first time
in the history of the New York Stock
Exchange more than 100000 shares
We're traded in on its floor during the
five hours OF business.
The showing OF national banks in
the country at large was far in excess
of anything of the kind ever before re-
ported; the controllers statement in
Washington in June accounted for q
total of 4O64 banks with otal resources
OF s., $50, 794267.
The largest single order ever given
for watches was received by an Amer-
can manufacturer from London firm.
the former agreeing to deliver TO his
customer 100000 timepieces Within
twelve months.
A. l.. Schaeffer OF Edgar county, H.
linois harvested the largest crop OF
popcorn ever gathered I'm the world.
From his l02 acres he had 1900 bushels.
"a yield over a little over seventeen
bushels "a the acre. - cost him 81
an acre Ia raise, sort shell and pay
ground rent.
The winter wheat yield Of Kansas
Zoe 1901 WAS 9O0i5,jli. bushels. valued