The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-18


whitney and George Frisbie HoaT.
Scarce a land but has heard the cold
swish of the sCytho Of the grim reaper
the yrasurC from the roster
of the living Of some name now ancient
in history. now new, though honorable,
i'm the doiugs Of tuadty. In this cUuu-
try there have been 122 such deaths
with sixty I'm 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
lumba, Venezuela and Peru, Turkey and
Poland, South Africa aud tbs loninn
islands ut least one of the sCuntry's
foremost citizens has been carried to his
last, long rest.
Monarchs Of Title and OF Wealth.
Loss has come to every walk pf life.
II 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
Europe's AlmauaCh de Gotha; or the
Duke of Cambridge, grandson of
George Ill Of England; or Isabella Of
Spain, who rcgncd thirty eight years
and then spent thirty-siN In exile. Spain,
too has lost the Infautu Maria, the sis
ter of the present monarch Of the pcnin-
suln, who ruled six months In her own
right before the coming of Alfonso.
Murad v Of Turkey IL yet another OF
the titled dead, though he ruled scarce
three drunken months before his twenty
eight years Of Imprisonment We're thrust
upon him.
What men Of affairs have died? Levi
u. Letter OF Chicago, w. j. Lcmp Of St
Louis. Edward w Clark Of Philadelphia
Henry w. Oliver Of PittsbutE, James J.
Bcldcn of Syracuse. W. II, Grace and
Ashbcl r. Fitch of Now York. and more
than dozen others though these seven
names alone represented S25, OOO, 900 and
the widest Of commercial and public in
tCrcsts.
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 plcskc and Won Plehve,
and eight former governors and sover-
cign states of this rcpubliC--Bushncll
vania Lewis of Wisconsin, CARMEL Of
New York Kinkoad 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 prclate 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" I'm 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 poOr"r-Gencrals Thomas
and Rugglcs in The army, Vice Admirals
Makaroff ana without In the navy,
Kirk and Won Hoist and Edwin Arnold
and Samuel Smiles in literature. Parke
Goodwin and John Hollingshcad in jour
naism. Mrs. Gilbert and Jauauschek in
the drama, Theodore Herzl and Edna
DOW Cheyney in philanthropy
Notable Sporting Events.
1t was a duh day in the sporting world
of 1904 that failed to produce new rec
scarcely mark OF 1903 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 were
ever patronizod so literally before Fol-
lowing are the most notable achieve
ments:
Jan. sd. w. King Jr., establishes
new worlds record for rinemen, scoring
9l7 points in 40 consecutive shots
Jan. 27--W. X. Vanderbilt drives his
automobile over a mile course at Day
iona III UsbJt new "ollu y record.
Feb. ST. a. Marshall, Rola, O..
Ieikos. Charles w. Budd William II.
Iieer and Turner II. Hubby establish new
worlds record for inanimate targets at
Corsicana, Texas, with score Of 4S3 out
of possible 500.
Feb 1O-John A. Leavitt sots new
American swimming record for two
miles indoors at Brookline, Mass.--time,
57:26. Harry lie Moyne lowers record
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 fifty yards
in O:O5 2-j, worlds record time, in Chi
caEo- Wisconsin meet.
Feb 2l-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 243.
Feb. 27-Harry lie Moyne of Brookllne
sets a new swimming record for twenty
i've yards-time, 0:l2 1-6.
March 9-Harry lie Moyne lowers the
record for swimming fifty yards to
O:27 1-5. Leslie G. Rich of BrooBlne
,wims 4iO yards in sos, clipping five
seconds off the record.
March John j. Joyce breaks the A.
\. U. record for the tcn-mie run by go
ng the distance in 5S:34 Is. John Elan
agan throws the 56-pound weight 30 feet
3 y inches and breaks the record,
March 27-GeorEe Slosson sets a
worlds record at 1872 billiards with a
run of 29l in New York.
May 3-James Shea makes a new
worlds record for 3-cushion Billiards,
scoring 80 points in forty-nine innings
at Musseys.
May 12-Arthur Shrubb breaks five
mile running record at Stamford Bridge,
London doing distance In 24;33 2-5.
June Ice. r. Thomas Hermis wins
the Suburban handicap in 2:O5, new
record for the event.
July IL. j. Scholes, Toronto, wins
the Diamond souls at Henley, defeating
Clouctte 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:lS Is.
Sept. l7-Lou Dillon reduces the
worlds half-mile trotting record to
O:5S% at Cleveland. Charlie Mac trots
a mile under Mr.. Billings in 2:l3h, also
a worlds record.
Oct. 6-Swcet Marie won the fastest
flve-heat race ever trotted in the Tran
sylvania stakes at Lexington. The times