The Elbert County tribune., 1905-01-12

OF the living OF some name now sncient
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. and 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 the Ionan
islands at least one of the country's
foremost citizens has been carried to his
last. long rest.
Monarchs Of Title and Of Wealth.
Loss has come to every walk OF life.
II one considers royalty and nobility,
there is Duke Frederick of Anhalt. who.
with seventy titles following his name.
headed the mouse which comes first in
Europe's Almanach de Gotha; or the
Duke OF Cambridge. 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-
sula. who ruled six months In her own
right before the coming of Alfonso
Murad v. 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 died? Levi
T. Letter OF Chicago, w. ]. Lemp OF St
Louis. Edward w. Clark OF Philadelphia.
Henry w. Oliver OF Pittsburg. James j.
Belden OF Syracuse, w. II. Grace and
Ashbel p. Fitch OF New York. and more
than a dozen others. though these seven
names alone represented s25.0O0.oo0 and
the widest OF commercial and public in
terests.
From various fields OF diplomacy ard
politics death has called Paul Kruger.
/, Postmaster General Payne. Senators
Quay and Vest, Golden Rule Jones Of
Toledo. Mayor Robert McLanc OF Balti-
more. President Candamo OF Peru, the
Russians de Pleske and Won Plehve,
egn states of this republc--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 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
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
Makaro1 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
| Dow Cheyney In philanthropy.
Notable Sporting Events.
It was duh day in the sporting world
OF 1904 that failed to produce new rec
ord OF some kind Track athletes left
| scarcely a mark OF 1908 uncipped, 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 patronized literally before. Fol-
| lowing are the most notable achieve
ments:
Jan. SD. w. King. Jr., establishes
new worlds record for rinemen. scoring
s17 points in 140 consecutive shots.
Jan. 27-W. X. Vanderbilt drives his
automobile over n mile course at Day.
tona In 0:39. new worlds record.
Feb. st. A. Marshall. Rolla, o.
Heikes. Charles W. Budd. William II.
Heer and Turner Il. Hubby establish new
| worlds record for inanimate targets at
| Corsicana. Texas. with score OF 4S3 out
| OF possible 500.
Feb. 1O-John A. Leavftt sets new
American swimming record for two
miles Indoors at Broolkline. Mass-time.
|
for eighty yards to 0:43.
| Feb. 2O-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 nifty 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 3.023 in match with the
| Wolf brothers.
Feb. &C. w. Cooke OF the Sheridan
| Bowling League makes high average rec
| ord for three games. counting 243.
Feb. 27-Harry lie Moyne OF Brookline
sets new swimming record for twenty
five yards-time. 0:12 1-5.
| March 9-Harry lie Moyne lowers the
record for swimming fifty yards to
| 0:27 1-5. Leslie G. Rich Of Brookline
swlms 44o yards in sos. clipping five
| seconds on the record.
March 12-John ]. Joyce breaks the A.
| A. u. record for the ten-mile run by CO.
Ing the distance in 5s:34 1-5. John Flan-
agan throws the 56-pound weight 20 feet
w inches and breaks the record.
| March 27-George Slosson sets a
| worlds record at 1872 billiards with a
run of 291 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 2-5.
June 16-E. II. Thomas Hermis wins
the Suburban handicap In 2:o5. a new
record for the event
July IL. ]. Scholes, Toronto. wins
the Diamond sculls at Henley. defeating
clouette in 1923. 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 1-5.
Sept 17-Lou Dillon reduces the
| worlds half-mie trotting record to
| 0:58% at Cleveland. Charlie Mac trots
a mile under Mr.. Billings In 2:13A. also
a worlds record.
Oct. 6-Sweet Marie won the fastest
| fye-heat race ever trotted in the Tran
sylvania stakes at Lexington. The times
were; 2:o5A. 2:o4A. 2:o5. 2;osh and