Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-02-04

| Count Won Waldersec. Pierre Waldeck
| Rousseau. Antonin Dvorak. George Fred
| erick Watts, Maurus Jokai. William 9.
| Whitney, and George Frisbie Hoar.
Scarce a land but has heard the cold
swish 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 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 Ionian
| islands at least one OF the countrys
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 Amanach 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 PENN
sua, 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
| u. Letter of Chicago. W. j. 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 $25 900 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 Plehve,
and eight former governors and sover-
| eign states of this republic-Bushnell
and Nash of Ohio, Pattson 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 Admrals
| Makaroff and Without in the navy,
| Kirk and Won Hoist and Edwin Arnold
and Samuel Smiles in literature. Parke
Goodwin and John Hollngshead in jour
| nalism. Mrs. Gilbert and Janauschek in
| the drama. Theodore Herzl and Edna
| Dow Cheyney in philanthropy.
| Notable Sporting Events.
| 1t was dull day in the sporting world
| Of 1904 that failed to produce new rec
! ord OF some kind Track athletes left
scarcely mark of 1908 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 patronized so literally before. Fol-
| lowing are the most notable achieve
| ments
Jan. sd. w. King Jr., establishes
new worlds record for ri1emen. scoring
| 917 points in 40 consecutive shots.
| Jan. CIV. X. Vanderbilt drives his
| automobile over mile course at Day
tona in O:39. new worlds record.
| Feb. st. A. Marshall, Rolla, o.
| Heikes. Charles w. Budd, William II.
| Heer and Turner E. Hubby establish new
worlds record for inanimate targets at
Corsicana. Texas, with score Of 4S3 out
Of possible 500.
Feb. 10-John A. Leavitt sets 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
| mark of 22S feet for the amateur under
| water swim at the Central Y. M. &. A,
| Chicago. Victor Rice makes fifty yards
| in 0:05 Us, worlds record time, in Chi
| cago- Wisconsin meet.
| Feb. 21-Dave and Frank Woodbury.
| set worlds record for two-men bowling
| teams, scoring 1923 in match with the
| Wolf brothers.
Feb. 2l-G 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 a new swimming record for twenty
| five yards-time. OLE 1-5.
March 9-Harry lie Moyne lowers the
record for swimming fifty yards to
| 0:27 is. Leslie G.. Rich OF Brookline
wins 44O yards in 6:O5, clipping five
| seconds off the record.
March 12-John J. Joyce breaks the A.
| A. u. record for the ten-mile run by go
'ng the distance in 5S:34 1-5. John Flan-
| agan throws the 5G-pound weight 20 feet
| ~ inches and breaks the record.
| March 27-George Slosson sets
| worlds record at 1872 billiards with a
| un of 29l in New York.
May 3-James Shea makes new
| worlds record for 3-cushion billiards.,
scoring so points in forty mine 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. X. Thomas Hermis wins
| the Suburban handicap in 2:05, a new
| record for the event.
July IL. j. Scholes. Toronto, wins
| the Diamond SOULS 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-mile trotting record to
| O:5Se, at Cleveland. Charlie Mac trots
| a mile under Mr.. Billings in 2:13A, also
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