Connecticut western news., 1910-09-01
DEATHS OF NOTED PEOPLE.

rIorGG' died at his home In St. John. N. B., after long Illness fol- lowing critical operations for internal trouble. Mccormick first appeared on the ice as a skater in 1883 and after defeating many Canadian competitors went 10 New York, where he made several records. In 1890 he defeated AXel Paalsen, then champion speed skater of the world, In Minneapolis.
 William Brown Glasby. chief of DO lice of Newark from ISIS to 1872 and who served as a bodyguard for Abra ham Lincoln when he was en route from New York to Washington to take his first onth of office as president, fell dead at the door of his home In that city from henrt disease. He was eighty-one years old
 Wilkinson Call. for eighteen years member of the United States senate from Florida. died at the Emergency hospital in Washington. He was sev' enty-six years old and was a preslden tial elector at large in 1872 and 1sTe and also n member of the Democratic national executive committee in 1876.
 Professor William James, of Har yard university. one of Amerlca's fore most philosophers. died suddenly m his summer home in Chocorun, N. II, Although he had been i'll fo some time his death was unexpected. He was sixty-elght years old.
 r. n. Warner. father of Governor Fred NJ. Warner, former speaker Of the Michigan house of representatives and a member of the constitutional convention of 1867. died at his home ip Pennington, Mich. He was eighty eight years old.
 Paul Mantegazza. the we'll known anthropologlst, died at his home In spezzia. Italy. He was seventy-nine years old.
 eaoa-,a Hugh Mcintosh. the
 Australian prize fight
 promoter. held con ference in Seattle. Wash. with Tom my Burns regarding the proposed bout between Burns and Sam Langford. "I have virtually closed arrangements for twenty round bout between Tom my Burns and Sam Langford for Lon don next December" said Mcintosh. "I want also to bring Burns and John son together again. Johnson promised Burns and myself at Reno that he would give Tommy another chance"
 In sculling race which proved that professional oarsmen over sixty years old can "come back" James A. Ten Eyck, coach of the Syracuse univer slty crew, easily defeated James IT Riley of Saratoga, N. l., over three mile course on Lake Lonely. Although both men are over sixty years of age they finished strong, and the time, 2S minutes and 13 seconds, was consid. cred good
 John Ennis, the aged pedestrian. has completed his long tramp across the continent from New York to San Francisco. Although Ennis is more than seventy years of age, be made the trip from New York to San Fran cisco in eighty days. or twenty-five days less than his rival Edward Pay. son Weston. thus breaking all records for across continent walk.
 William A. Larned. national lawn tennis champion, successfully defend ed his title at Newport by defeating his challenger, Thomas C. Bundy of California, by the score of 6-1, 5-7 GO, 6-s. 6--1, By his victory Larned becomes the holder of the honor for the sixth time. .....#
 With 324 victories to his credit out Of a total of 331 matches, Frank Gotcb has decided to quit wrestling. In a let. ter to Kansas City sporting writer the champion declares that he has. all the money he needs and that he has grown tired of the game .#