The Yale expositor., 1914-12-31

cotton. On the last day of October the
Panama canal was closed for traffic a
second time on account of an earth
slide into Culebra cut.
On November the Chicago stock
yards were closed on account of an
epidemic OF foot-and-mouth disease
which had already led the federal au-
thorties to establish quarantine in
eight states against the shipment of
cattle. Later this prohibition was ex-
tended to several other states. The So
called "house OF governors" met in it's
seventh annual session at Madison,
Wis, November 10.
After period of suspension covering
Is weeks, brought about by the war.
the cotton exchanges of New York and
New Orleans opened for trading on No
vember 16. The New York stock ex-
change, which was closed at the break
ing out of hostilities was reopened for
restricted trading November rs. A red
letter event in the history of American
athletics was the formal opening Of the
great Yale bowl, seating 10000 persons.
November 81. The annual Yale-Har-
ward football contest resulted in a Har-
ward victory. SO to 0.
Among the Eminent Dead.
The record of those who have passed
out of the worlds activities during the
year is OF unuSudl ltIlBll, anu II CpIldiIiS
the names of many who had achieved dis
tinction.
Among the famous men who died in
January were DIR. S. Weir Mitchell of
Philadelphia. scientist and novelist;
DR.. Edward Spitzka, alienist and neu-
rologist; Count Yuko Ito, admiral OF
the Japanese fleet; Shelby NJ Cullom,
80 years United States senator from
Illinois, author of the interstate COM
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and political agitator; the venerable
James Adams Beaver Civil war hero
and ex-governor of Pennsylvania, and
Simon Boliver Buekner, whose name
and fame have been familiar to the Amer
lean public for more than half n century
as a lieutenant general in the Confederate
army, governor of Kentucky, candidate
for vice-president on the Gold Democratic
ticket in 1896.
February's contribution to the list
includes Alphonse Bertillon whose
clever system of measurement made
him the terror of criminals; Theodore
l.. De Winnie, whose artistic efforts
revolutionized printing: Henry NJ. Tel
Ter, United States senator from Colo
RADIO for so years, Secretary Of the In
terror under President Arthur; Wis
count Siuzo Aoki, first Japanese am
bassador to the United States, and the
earl of Mimic, former encouragement
of Canada. In March Cardinal Kopp at
the head of the Roman Catholic hierarchy
of Germany; the venerable Thomas Bow
man, senior bishop of the Methodist
church. and two Protestant Episcopal
bishops--John scarborough of New
Jersey. and William Woodruff Niles Of
New Hampshire passed away. America
also lost George Westinghouse, whose
air brake is reputed to have saved
more lives than were sacrificed in the
Napoleonic wars. April marked the
passing of the dowager empress of ia
pan. the well-beloved Haruko; George
Alfred Townsend. known widely as
war correspondent; George +. Baer,
president of the Reading railroad, and
Samuel r. Crockett, who created The
Stickit Minister"
Mai Gen. Daniel e. Sickles. hero of
the Civil war. died early in May. Among
the other famous men and women who
died during the month were Lillian
Nordica. daughter of a Maine farmer,
who became one of the worlds most
successful opera singers, especially ia
nous in Wagnerian roles; Francis Kos
suth, son of the great Hungarian pa
triot: Charles Scadding, Episcopal
bishop Of Oregon; Sir Joseph w. Swan.
inventor of the incandescent light;
Paul Mauser, inventor OF the rifle
bearing his name; William o. Bradley,
United States senator from Kentucky.
and the duke of Argyll.
Adlai E. Stevenson. vice-president OF
the United States during the second
Cleveland administration. died June Is.
Grand Duke Adolph Friedrich OF Neck
lenburg- Strelitz. George II. grand duke
Of Saxe-Meiningen, and Archduke
Franz Ferdinand. heir to the throne or
Austria Hungary. the victim Of an as
sassin. are some of the men of royal
blood who died in that month. Joseph
Chamberlain. long eminent as a British
statesman. died early in July. Among
other distinguished men who died that
month were Horace II. Lurton, associ-
ate justice Of the United States Supreme
court; Melville r. ingalls, of the big
Four" railroad system; Augustus Smith.
oldest graduate of Yale university. and
Paul Reclus, brilliant French scientist.
Two names among the August dead
stand out with especial prominence
Ellen Louise Arson Wilson, wife OF the
president OF the United States and
Pope Plus X head of the Roman catho-
lie church. John Philip Holland in
ventor of Che submarine; Gen. Powell
Clayton, ex-governor, ex-senator and
for half o. century the most prominent
Republican of Arkansas; Robert Nc
Intyre. bishop of the Methodist church:
Father Francis Xavier Wernz, general
Van Colt, known everywhere as an
evangelist were also among the ia
nous dead of August.
The September list includes the names
of Edward J. Hall, the father of the
long distance telephone" Mrs. Frank
Leslie Baroness Bazus), who revived the
practically defunct publishing business
left by her husband and bequeathed ST.
OoO, 900 to the woman suffrage movement,
and Rear Admiral Herbert Winslow, Uni
ted States navy, retired. On October 10.
the aged king of Roumania. Charles /,
who maintained the neutrality of his
kingdom to the very last in spite of pow
erful opposition. died at his capital. The
Right Rev. Charles william Smith. Meth
odist Episcopal bishop Of st. Louis, died
on the last day of the month.
Among the eminent dead of Novem-
Der are Lieut.. Gen. Adna r. Chaffee.
who was chief of staff of the United
States army from 1904 to 1906; John
Kean, former senator from New Jer-
sey; Caroline NJ. Severance, "the
mother of womens clubs" Field Mar
shall Earl Frederick s. Roberts, most
famous of British soldiers. and Robert
]. Burdette. American lecturer, humor-
list and preacher. December marked
the passing of Americas most eminent
naval expert and writer, Rear Admiral
Alfred Il. Mahan.