Evening star., 1914-12-31
Fu11 Details of Many Activities

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nounced a record wheat harvest OF
| ss2.000,000. and a normal corn crop OF
| 2676 00O, 900. The worlds championship
series was won, October 1S. by the Bos-
| ton National League base ball team.
| The Braves defeated the Philadelphia
| American League team in four stralght
| games
| October IL one Of the most compre-
hensive financial schemes on record was
| formulated by a conference OF bankers
| at New York city. 1t involved the rais-
ing by the banks OF fund Inan, OF siOo,, oon
warehouse receipts for cotton. On the
last day Of October the Panama canal
was closed for traffic second time on
!, account of an earth slide into Culepra
cut.
| November the Chicago stockyards
were closed on account of an epidemic c
of foot and mouth disease. when hao
already led the federal authorities to
against the shipment of cattle. Later
/ this prohibition was extended TO sev
eral other states. The so-calleo
| "House of Governors met in Its sew
enth annual session at Maolson' wis.,
After a period of suspension covering
fifteen weeks, brought about by the
war, the cotton exchanges OF New YORK
and New Orleans opened for tradine
November 16 The New York Stock Ex-
change, which was closed at the break
ing out of hostilities, was reopeneo iof
restricted trading November 2s. A RED
letter event in the history of American
athletics was the formal opening OF .ne
November 81. The annual 1a!e-Har-
ward foot ball contest resulted IN a
Harvary victory, SO to 0.
On the List of Eminent Dead.
The record Of those who have passed
out of the worlds activities during the
year is Of unusual length, and 1t con-
tains the names of many who had
achieved distinction. Among the famous
men who died in January were DR.. 3.
Weir Mitchell of Philadelphia, an octo-
genarian. who continued to add TO ms
reputation as scientist and novelist as
long as he lived; Simon Bolivar BUCK
ner, whose name and fame have been
familiar to the American pubic 1or
more than half a century-as heu-
tenant general in the Confederate army.
Governor Of Kentucky. candidate for
Vice President on the gold democratic
ticket in 1895, ETC.: DR.. Edward Charles
Spitzka. alienist and neurologist.
conspicuous figure in more than one
cause celebre: Count Yuko Ito. admiral
of the Japanese fleet, with brilliant
Russo-Japanese war record; Shelby M
Cullom, thirty years United States SEN
ator from Illinois, author OF the inter
state. commerce law: Paul Deroulede;
French poet and political agitator. and
the venerable James Adams Beaver.
civil war hero and Ex-Governor OF
Pennsylvania.
February's contribution to the list iu-
cludes Gen. James Grant Wilson, vet
eran of the civil war and famous his
torian: Alphonse Bertillon. whose ciev-
er system of measurement made MIN
the terror of criminals; Theodore L.
De Vinne, whose artistic efforts reVo-
lutionized printing; Mrs. Louis Steven
son. devoted wife and travelling COM
panion of the most gifted story teller
of his day; Henry M Teller, United
States senator from Colorado for thirty
years, Secretary of the Interior under
President Arthur: Viscount Siuzo Aokf.
first japanese ambassador to the United
States, and the Earl OF Minto, former
governor general of Canada.
In March four eminent religious lead
ers passed from the church militant to
the church riumphant-Cardinal Kopp.
at the head of the Roman Catholic
hierarchy of Germany: the venerable
Thomas Bowman, senior bishop Of the
Methodist church. and two Protestant
Episcopal bishops-John Scarborough
OF New Jersey and William Woodruff
Niles Of New Hampshire. At this time
also, America lost one of her greatest
men-George Westinghouse, whose air
brake Is TepuCeQ 10 nave saved liiOIS
lives than were sacrificed in the Ma
poleonic wars. April marked the pass
ing of the Dowager Empress of Japan.
the well beloved Har1lko; George Alfred
Townsend, known widely as a war cor
respondent; George F. Baer. president
Of the Reading railroad, and Samuel
r. Crockett, who created The Sticket
Minister"
The nonagenarian veteran, MAI. Gen.
Daniel E. Sickles, hero of the civil war,
died early in May. Among the Other IA
nous men and women who died during
the month were Lillian Nordica. daugh-
ter of Maine farmer, who became one
of the worlds most successful opera
singers. especially famous In Wag-
merriam roles Francis Kossuth, son of
| the great Hungarian patriot: Charles
Scadding, Episcopal bishop Of Oregon:
Sir Joseph w. Swan. inventor of the
| incandescent light; Paul Mauser, in
| ventor of the rife bearing his name; (;
William o. Bradley, United States sena-
| tor from Kentucky, and the Duke Of
Argyll.
Others Who Died.
| Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice President of
| the United States during the second
Cleveland administration, died June l3
| Grand Duke Adolph Friedrich of Neck
| lenburg- -Strelitz. George II. grand duke
| cf Sake Mein 'ngen. and Archduke
Franz Ferdinand. heir to the throne Of
Austria Hungary, the victim Of an as
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 H. Lurton, asso-
ciate justice of the United States Su-
| mr. ~. AIa1x