The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-03-07


Scarce a land but has heard the cold
swish OF the scythe Of the grim reaper
announcing the erasure from the roster
Of the living Of some name now ancient
in history. now new. though honorable.
In the doings of to-day. In this coun-
Try there have been 122 such deaths
with sixty in England. AID an even
score in Germany. France has lost six
teen, Russia and Austria ten each, and
Italy four One finds three japanese
names on the long roll. three Spanish.
three Belgian and three Danish. while
in Canada and the United States Of Co
lumbia. Venezuela and Peru. Turkey and
Poland. South Africa. and th1 Ionian
islands at least one Of the .tuntry's
foremost citizens has been carried to his
last. long rest
Monarchs of Title and Of W saIth.
Loss has come to every waltz Of life.
If one considers royalty and nobility,
there is Duke Frederick of Anhalt, who,
with seventy titles following his name.
headed the mousse which comes first in
Europes Almanach de Gotha: or the
Duke of Cambridge a grandson OF
George Ill. Of England; or Isabella of
Spain. who reigned thirty-eight years
and then spent thirty-six in exile. Spain,
too, has lost the Infanta Maria, the sis
ter of the present monarch Of the penin-
suia. who ruled six months in her own
right before the coming of Alfonso.
L
the titled dead, though he ruled scarce
three drunken months before his twenty
eight years Of imp isonment were tnrust
upon him.
What men Of affairs have died? Levi
H. Letter of Chicago, w ]. Lemp of St
Louis. Edward w. Clark Of Philadelphia
Henry w. Oliver of Pittsburg, James ].
Belden of Syracuse. w. r. Grace and
Ashbel p. Fitch Of New York. and more
than dozen others, though these seven
names alone represented s25, 600, 900 and
the widest of commercial and public in
terests.
From various fields of diplomacy and
politics death has called Paul Kruger.
Postmaster General Payne. Senators
Quay and Vest. Golden Rule Jones Of
Toledo. Mayor Robert McLane of Balti-
more. President Candamo Of Peru. the
Russians de Pleske and Won Piehve,
and eight former governors and soyer-
eign states Of this repubiic-Bushnell
and Nash Of Ohio Pattison Of Pennsyl-
vania, Lewis Of Wisconsin, CARMEL Of
New York, Kinkead of Alaska. Louns-
bury of Connecticut. and Thompson of
South Carolina.
The Protestant Episcopal church has
been deprived since January of the ser
vices Of Bishops Huntington and Dud-
ley; the Church Of England. Dean Hole
and Bishop Machray. prelate of all Cam
ada. The Oldest priest in the Roman
, Catholic faith in America. Archbishop
Elder, died in November, and John A.
| Seiss. the grand old man of Lutheran
ism" in June.
So might one run through the death
roll Not a vocation through which men
help to do the worlds work but would
| be found the poorer-Generals Thomas
and Ruggles in the army, Vice Admirals
Makaroff and without in the navy,
/ Kirk and Won Hoist and Edwin Arnold
in I3arl -a.
] Goodwin and John Hollingshead in jour
nalism. Mrs. Gilbert and Janausehek in
/ the drama Theodore Herzl and Edna
Dow Cheyney in philanthropy.
Notable Sporting Events.
1t was dull day in the sporting world
| ord of some kind, Track athletes left
/ scarcely a mark Of 1853 unclipped and
on the turf, in the harness horse world.
| and, in fact, every line Of sport, unusual
! performances were seen. 1t is doubtful
if athletics and sporting events we've
/ ever patronized so literally before. Fol-
lowing are the most notable achieve
ments:
Jan. sd. W. King. Jr.. establishes
new worlds record for rifiemen, scoring
917 points in 40 consecutive shots.
Jan. 27-W. k Vanderbilt drives his
automobile over mile course at Day
tona in 0:Ss, new worlds record.
=
/ Heikes, Charles W. Budd William H
Heer and Turner E. Hubby establish new
worlds record for inanimate targets al
| Corsieana, Texas, with score of 4S3 out
| of possible 500
Feb. 10-John A Leavitt sets new
American swimming record for two
/ miles indoors at Brookline, Mass.-time
/ 1925. Harry LIE Moyne lowers record
for eighty yards to 0:4S.
Feb. 20-Frank Sullivan establishes a
mark of 22S feet for the amateur under
water swim at the Central Y. NJ. c. A,
/ Chicago, Victor Rice makes fifty yards
in 0:05 2-5. worlds record time, in Chi
| cago- Wisconsin meet.
Feb. 21-Dave and Frank Woodbury.
set worlds record for two-men bowling
teams. scoring 1923 in match with the
Wolf brothers
Feb. 24-G. W. Cooke of the Sheridan
Bowling League makes high average rec
ord for three games, counting 24S.
Feb. 2I-Harry LIE Moyne of Brookline
sets new swimming record for twenty
i've yards-time. 0:12 lis.
March 9-Harry lie Moyne lowers the
ecord for swimming fifty yards to
):27 LIS. Leslie G. Rich of Brookline
Wins 40 yards in sos. clipping i've
seconds of the record.
March 12-John ]. Joyce breaks the A.
\. U. record for the ten-mile run by go-
g the distance in 5S;34 Is. John Elan
| agan throws the 56-pound weight % feet
y inches and breaks the record.
March 27-George Slosson sets a
worlds record at 1872 billiards with a
un of POI in New York
May 3-James Shea makes a new
worlds record for 3-cushion Billiards,
| scoring so points in forty-nine innings
at Mussey's.
May 12-Arthur Shrubb breaks five
mile running record at Stamford Bridge
London, doing distance in 24:33 rs.
June ICE. R. Thomas Hermis wins
the Suburban handicap in 2:05, a new
record for the event
July IL ]. Scholes Toronto, wins
the Diamond SOULS at Henley defeating
Clouette in S;23. record for the course.
Sept. 5-Rausch of Germany breaks
the worlds swimming record for one
mile at St. Louis. covering the distance
in 27;1S Is.
Sept. 17-Lou Dillon reduces the
worlds half-mile trotting record to
0:5s2, at Cleveland. Charlie Mac trots
a mile under Mr.. Billings in 2:1SA. also
a worlds record.
Oct. 6-Sweet Marie won the fastest
five-heat race ever trotted in the Tran
sylyania stakes at Lexington. The times
We're; 2;o5s4. 2;0454, 2:o5. 2:OS5 and
2:09.
Oct. S-Maior Delmar sets new mark
for mile without wind shield at Mem
phis, trotting in 2:01S