The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-01-20

OF the living Of some nar1e nov ancient
in history nov new though honorable.
try there have heen 123 such deaths.
with sixty in England. md an even
score IN Germany France has lost six
teen. Russia and Austria ten each. and
Itaiy 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
luubia. Venezuela and Peru. Turkey and
Poland. South Africa. and the IOnian
islands at least one OF the eountry's
foremost citizens has been carried 20 his
last. long rest.
MOuarchs Of Title and Of Wealth
Loss has come to every walk Of lie
If 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 AlmauaCh de Gotha; or the
Duke Of Cambridge. grandson Of
George III OF England: or Isabella OF
] Spain. who reiEued thirty-eight years
and then spent thirty-siN in exile Spain,
! too. has lost the Infanta Maria the sis
| ter Of the present monarch OF the PENN
] sulG- 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
I eight years of Imprisonment were thrust
upon him
What men OF affairs have died2 Levi
/ L Letter Of Chicago. ". J. Temp Of St
/ Louis Edward W Clark OF Philadelphia.
Henry ". Oliver Of Pittsburg. James J.
/ BeIden Of Syracuse. w r Grace and
| AshbeI =. Fitch Of New York. and more
/ than dozen others though these seven
names alone represented S@5.00o.O00 and
the widest o. commercial and public in
terests-
From various fields Of diplomacy and
/ politics death has called Paul Kruger,
( Postmaster General Payne. Senators
Of
Toledo. Mayor Robert AICLane OF Balti-
more. President CandamO Of Peru. the
Russians de PleSlSe and Won Plehve-
and eight former governors and sover-
! eign states Of this republic-Bushnen
and Nash of Ohio. Pattisou Of Pcnnsyl-
vaufa- Lewis Of Wisconsin CARMEL OF
| New York. Ein6ead of Alaska. Louns-
I bury Of Connecticut. Gnd Thompson OF
/ South Carolina.
/ The Protestant Episcopal church has
| beer 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
I 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 arvOcatiOn through which men
| help to do the worlds work but would
! be found the pOOrer-Generals Thomas
]
/ MakarGh and Without IN the navy.
/ Kirk and Won Hoist and Edwin Arnold
| and Samuel Smiles in literature. ParlSe
| Goodwin and John HOllingshead in jour
nalism. Mrs Gilbert and Janauschek in
! the drama. Theodore Herzl and Edna
! Dow Cheyney If philanthropy.
Notable Sporting Events.
] 1t was a dull day in the sporting world
/ Of 1904 that failed 10 produce a new rec
ord of some kind Track athletes left
] Hrann
on the turf. III the harness horse world.
and. in fact. every line Of sport, unusual
/ performances were seen 1t is doubtful
l If athletics and sporting events were
/ ever patrOnized so literally before Fol
/ lowing are the most notable achieve
ments-
Jan. CIV X Vanderbilt drives his
/ automobile over a mile course at Day.
/ tona ia O-39. new worlds record
Feb IO-John A Leavitt sets new
American swimming record for two
miles indoors ut BrookIine- Mass--time.
I 57-26. Harry lie MOyne lowers record
| for eighty yards TO 0-43-
Feb 2I-Dave and Frank Woodbury.
set worlds record for tvO-men bowling
| teams. scoring 3,o2S in match with the
| Wolf brothers
Bowling League makes high aTcIsise rec
/ ord for three games. counting PAS
Feb. 2T-TIarry lie MOyne Of Broolline
sets a new swimming record for twenty
five yards time. OLE ID
March 9-Harry lie MOyne lowers the
record for swimming fifty yards TO
O-z7 Is. Leslie c. Rich Of BrOOkline
I syrfns 40 yards in sos. clipping five
! seconds OF the record
/ a L. record for the ten-mile run BY go
I ing the distance in 1874 1-5- John Flan-
agan throws the 56-pound weight % feet
| ca inches and breaks the record
March 2T-GeorEe SlOssOn sets a
q
run OF 291 in New York
May flames Shea makes a new
I worlds record for 3-cushion Billiards.
/ scoring 80 points in forty-nine innings
at Mussey's-
Nav ls-Arthur Shrubb breaks FIVE
/ milo running record at Stamford Bridge,
London. doing distance in 24:S5 20
June I6-E- r Thomas HeTUis wins
the Suburban handicap in 2-05, a new
/ record for the event
| J11Iy III. !. SchoIes. Toronto. wins
! the Diamond souls at Henley. defeating
! Clouette in 8:23. record for the course
sent 5-Rausch Of Germany breaks
;be worlds swimming record for one
mile at St Louis. covering the distance
seDf Lou Dillon reduces the
| cords half-mile trotting record to
I 0-5Szt at Cleveland Charlie Mac trots
/ a mile under Mr. Billings in 2-l5A, also
/ a worlds record
] fve-heat race ever trOtted in the Tran
/ ~-l,-anfa stakes at Lexington The times
wee 1861. 2-O41z. 2-05. 2-0Slz and
2.02-
/ oct S-aIaior Delmar sets new mark
| for mile without wind shield at Mem
| phis trotting I'm e-ol%s
/ oct s1-E r Smathe-s drives The
Monk and Equity 70 wagon I'm 2-01Ss,
/ rev record
oct 24-NIa5or Deimar lowers record
| made oct 10 2-O1E-
OF. a5-AIorning Star and Prince Di-
\ rect lower the pacing record 70 pole TO
OCT aG-Dan Patch PAGES mile in 1-56
/ m Rfeuphis. a new record for all harness
SSov- Lou Dillon is credited with
/ nile in 2-01 at Memphis. breaking Ma
| s0r Deirnar's record
ne 1s-Barney OIdfeId captures an
/ automobile race records from fifteen 10
aftv miles inclusive at Fresno Cal
/ Dec. g1-Barney Oldfeld lowers ali au-
1 romoble records from two to nine miles
I at Los Angeles. Cal Following are the
records Two miles 1-E6 z-5- three
miles. R.a9 As. four miles. 5-55, FIVE
miles. s-o9- six miles so 40 seven
miles. els IS. eight miles 7-es 10
rfne miles. 8-04-