The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-01
T1HE RECORD SMASHERS
= OF 1904 -. -. =. -.
a few medals 70 Joe and Carl.

~ hAoN'A lhAg gwen ny olUlt HNllfN
in the South OF France. On Jan. p she
gave birth TO a boy, the fourth to arrive
on the same date at exact intervals Of ono
year Men Of science regard this a. a
remarkable record and great curiosity ia
felt as to whether the woman will again
bring of the feat in January, 1905
All hands agree to place the terpsiohorean
pennant over the domioile Of Mrs John
Polinsh, a Jersey City bride who danced
siXty-seven times at her wedding reception,
and then fell in swoon. She had kept
her feet twinkling from p NJ. until long
after midnight. and it took quick and
clever doctor TO pull her back to conscious
meas
QUICK MARRIAGE, DEATH, DIVORCE.
At South Bend. Ind. Miss Mary Mamie
Tut, a saleswoman. married George T.
Morehead. well 10 do merchant. in haste,
but subsequent events came 80 swift that
she never thought Of repentance. few
minutes after the ceremony Mr.. Morehead
wied his bride $4,000 two hours later he
was dead.
At4l5 o'clock one afternoon r c. Dobhins
OF Chicago was closing up a sl6.o 900 business
deal for big department store; ut All hs
slipped out 10 a justice shop and at iIs was
married to Miss Esele; al 40 o'clock he
was back in the treadmil engaged in an
other big transaction.
NO time for sentiment in this great age
OF civilization and progress he said.
But it remained for David Metcalf, Chi
cago printer to experience all the degrees
Of matrimonial ENHANCEMENT in a shorter
time than any other man in history.
Ia Gret cd -, uA
separated from his wife and last septen-
Der. when, entering the sere and wrinked
period. oourted and won Miss Lucy Rounds.
aged 20; applied for divorce and supposed
it was granted: married Miss Rounds, who
learned he had not been legally divorced.
and had him arrested for bigamy; holo TO
the Grand Jury, divorce given TO tho first
wife on cross bill. bigamist released on
writ Of habeas corpus; five minutes later
remarked TO Miss Rounds in the presence
Of first wife, Slow music and curtain on the
love affairs OF Dave, all these later events
having occurred within few weeks.
Deserted fourteen times ia tTenty-thrce
years was record that didn't suit Emma
Larsen Of Chicago. and with the courts
aid she let Carl GO for keeps
1t seems almost incredible. said Judge
Brentano of this city. when Mrs Cosen2o
told her tale Of woe and asked for divorce,
that this slip of a girl should have had
such marital experience
Il was married at "A, she said. and nov
I'm almost 10. My husband. Sayeri1.
beat mo morning. noon and night, aud
don't want to 90 back TO him any more.
She didn't have to
The speed record for divorce Was awarded
10 Mrs. May NJ. Roach, who was act free
from Frederick l. Roach. son of tho presi-
dent Of the Chicago Union Traction Com
pany, in proceedings lasting twenty min
utes
Leo Peltz also Chicagoan. achieved the
high water mark in making threats
-On sso different occasions since our
bridal trip in 1888 the wife declared. LEO
has Inenaced me and warned me that !
would soon SEQ my finish.
The Judge sssented when she added
This is where / get Of
After twenty-five unsuccessful attempts
Cecil Davis of Cadillac Mich. committed
suicide at Milwaukee, by taking poison. She
had tried almost every known method, in
Guiding bridge jumping, and was afflicted
with suicidal mania. The final blow fell
when she was reproved for complaining
about the color Of the curtains IN her room
THE BIGGEST LOBSTER
The biggest lobster ever seen in Chicago
arrived from the Atlantic coast In Nover-
Der Ii weighed eighteen pounds and eight
ounces. was over eight feet long and had
claws fifteen inches in length The dealers
estimated its age at 100 years. AS It died
on the way, a fine lot Of salad was missing. I
Monster, a ribbon bedecked Iowa steer
weighing 5000 pounds, broke all records for
beft at the live stock show in Chicago.
Beef at go centa a pound -on the hoof-
was tho unprecedented price paid at this
show for the champion steer, Clear Lake
Jute. exhibited by the University Of Mime
sofa.
The largest rabbit hunt Of the year took
place in Oregon in january, when it was
reported that 10 600 cottontails were killed.
some 100 men and women participating in
the slaughter.
RRcoRDH IN WRITING.
Miss Mae Darlington Of Springfield, Mass,
in a typewriting contest at Madison Square
Garden, New York, made a record Of 100
words a minute blindfolded. At the ST.
Louis fair S. f. Cole OF Catskll, \. Y,
broke the worlds record for tho greatest
NUMBER oil WOTClS IN seven CONTINUOUS NOuIS
of typewriting, His total was 1904 words.
an average of nearly dIty-eight words n
minute.
Mayor Mcclellan Of New York set lively
gait in autograph work by signing bis name
81. 900 times on a new Issue Of city bonds.
Mr.. Armstrong, Assistant Secretary of tho
Treasury at Washington. has signed his
name 70 official documents more than 6o00
times a day with pen. but often he had
TO resort 10 massage 10 keep his arm IN
working order.
In a contest by Chicago bank CLERKS,
Lemoyne s. Hatch proved the adage that
practice makes perfect by counting total
OF 50 900 in notes Of various denominations
in the record breaking time Of 2l:o6 40
MONEY.
The total number Of postal orders issued
by the Government during the last fiscal
wear passed the 5oooO,Ooo mark for the
fir time in history, the gross revenue OK
tho business being t3o28676.
Records for coming gold currency az the
mints in Philadelphia. San Francisco and
New Orleans exceeded all former marks,
the output Of Philadelphia alone aRgre Rat
ING nearly s.. 900 OOO day at times The
latter mint, being the only one which makes
oap,s md uiCkels also turned out 81. 900 900