The Lamar register., 1905-01-11

s.ish 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 hohorapIe'
in the doings of to-day. In this couh
try there have been lZ2 such 80,
with sixty in England. and an even
score in Germany. France has lost siN
teen. Russia and Austria ten each anu
Italy four. One finds three japanese
names on the long roll. three spahisI'
three Belgian. and three Danish wn4e
in Canada and the United Stans OF co,
lumbia. Venezuela and Peru, turkey anu
Poland. South Africa, and the iona. ,
islands at least one of the country
foremost citizens has been carried 10 MS
last. long rest.
Monarehs Of Title and Of Wealth:
Loss has come to every walk OF mie'
II one considers royalty and nopIlity'
there is Duke Frederick OF Anhalt' VINO
with seventy titles following his name
headed the mouse which comes hrst IN
Europe's Almanach de Gotha; or tine
Duke of Cambridge. grandson OF
George Ill. of England; or Isabella OF
and then spent thirty-six In exile. Spain
too. has lost the Infanta Maria. the SIS
ter of the present monarch OF the PENN
sula. who ruled six months in her own
right before the coming OF Ahohso;
Murad " of Turkey Is yet another OF
the titled dead. though he ruled scarce
three drunken months before his twenty
eight years OF Imprisonment were thrust
upon him.
What men of affairs have diedr Levi
r. Letter of Chicago, w. ]. Lemp of st
Louis. Edward W. Clark OF Philadelphia
Henry w. Oliver of Pittsburg. James J:
Belden of Syracuse. w. r. Grace ana
Ashbel p. Fitch of New York, and more
than a dozen others. though these seven
names alone represented s25. 100000 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 PlehYe.
and eight former governors and sover-
eign states OF this republic-Bushneli
and Nash of Ohio. Pattison OF Pennsyl-
vania. Lewis of Wisconsin CARMEL OF
New York. Klnkead 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 Can
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
So might one run through the death
roll. Not vocation through which men
help to do the worlds work but would
be found the poorer-Generals Thomas
and Ruggies in the army. Vice Admirals
Makarof and Without in the navy
Kirk and Won Hoist and Edwin Arnold
and Samuel Smiles In literature. Parke
Goodwin and John Hollingshead in jour
nalism. Mrs. Gilbert and Janauschek in
the drama. Theodore Herzl and Edna
1heNnpN philanthropy.
Notable Sporting Events.
It was n dull day in the sporting world
Of 1901 that failed to produce new rec
ord of some kind Track athletes left
scarcely mark of 1903 unciipped, and
on the turf. IN the harness horse world.
and. in fact. every line Of sport unusual
performances were seen. 1t Is doubtful
II athletics and sporting events were
ever patronixcd so literally before. Fol-
lowing are the most notable achieve
ments:
Jam a7-w X. Vanderbilt drives his
automobile over n mile course at Day
tona in o:39. new worlds record.
Feb. 1o-John A. Leavitt sets new
American swimming record for two
miles indoors at Brookline. Mass.-time.
57:2s. Harry lie Moyne lowers record
for eighty yards to o:4s.
Feb. 21-Dave and Frank Woodbury.
set worlds record for two-men bowling
teams. scoring 3.o23 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 243.
Feb. e7-Hnrry lie Moyne of Brookline
sets new swimming record for twenty
FIVE yards-tlme. O:l2 1-5.
March 9-Harry lie Moyne lowers tho
o:e7 Is. Leslie C. Rich OF Brooiline
swins 4i0 yards In sos, clipping five
seconds OF the record.
March John ]. Joyce breaks the A.
IT,. I..r
ing the distance in 5s:34 1-5. John Flan-
agan throws the 5s-pound weight 20 feet
sIs inches and breaks the record.
March 27-George Slosson sets a
worlds record at 1s-a billiards with
run of 2s1 in New York.
May 3-James Shea makes new
worlds record for 3-cushion Billiards.
scoring 30 points in forty innings
at Mussey's-
Nav I.-Arthur Shrubb breaks five-
mile running record at Stamford Bridge.
London doing distance in 2i:33 2-5.
June 1s-E. r. Thomas Hermis wins
the Suburban handicap in 2;OS. a new
record for the event.
July IL. ]. Scholes. Toronto. wins
the Diamond sculls at Henley. defeating
Clouette in s:23. record for the course.
Sept 5-Rausch of Germany breaks
;he worlds swimming record for one
mile at st. Louis. covering the distance
in cI:1s 1-5.
worlds half-mile trotting record to
O:5ss, at Cleveland. Charlie Mac trots
! a mile under Mr.. Billings in e;lsH. also
a worlds record.
Oct. 6-Sweet Marie won the fastest
aye-heat race ever trotted in the Tran
sylyania stakes at Lexington. The times
We're: e:o5a. e:oih. s:o5. e:osis and
e:0e.
oct. s-Major Delmar sets new mark
for mile without wind shield at Mem
phis. trotting in e:ois4.
oct. 2i-E. f Smathers drives The
Monk and Equity to wagon in 2:o7a. n
new record.
Oct. 2i-MaJor Delmar lowers record
made Oct. S to 2:0lh.
oct. 25-MorninG Star and Prince d.
rect lower the pacing record to pole to
Oct. es-Dan Patch PAGES mile in 1;56
at Memphis. new record for all harness
Nov. 11-Lou Dillon is credited with a
mile In 2:ol at Memphis. breaking Ma
ior Delmars record.
Dec. l3-Barney Oldfield captures all
| automobile race records from fifteen to
| ffty miles inclusive at Fresno. Cal.
Dec. 2l-Barney Oldheld lowers all au-
tomobIle records from two TO nine miles
| at Los Angeles. Cal Following are the
records: Two miles. 1:i6 rs: three
| miles o:se As; four miles 3:5o. five