Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-12-31
federacy in the national cemetery at
Arlington was unveiled June L.

On June liz England captured the in.
ternational polo championship at
| Meadowbrook, N. Y. It was made pub
| lie on June "a that Mrs. Morris K. Jesup
had bequeathed $s.5o0.0O0 to public in
situations. The American Museum Of
| natural History was beneficiary to
the extent of 100000. That, also.
| was the day on which the reconstruct
| ed KEEL canal was opened by the Ger
| man kaiser. The International Eucha-
ristic congress opened at Lourdes,
France, July %.
On September Cardinal Giacomo
della Chtesa, archbishop of Bologna.
was elected pope to succeed the late
Piux K The new pontiff assumed the
title OF Benedict XIV. The government
crop report, made public October 8. an
| nounced record wheat harvest Of
Ss2,OO0.O00 and normal corn crop OF
| 2,676.000.000. The worlds championship
series was won October 10 by the Bos-
ton National league baseball team.
| On October IA one of the most com.
prehensive financial schemes on record
| formulated by bankers at New York
city involved the raising by the banks
of fund of $150.00O.000 which was to
| be loaned upon 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 Culebra cut.
yards were closed on account Of an
epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease
which had already led the federal au-
thorities 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 itO
seventh annual session at Madison.
| WIS. November 10.
After period OF suspension covering
| 10 weeks. brought about by the war,
the cotton exchanges Of New York end
New Orleans opened for trading on Mo-
vember 16. The New York stock ex.
change. which was closed at the break
ing out Of hostilities was reopened for
restricted trading November %. A red
letter event in the history Of American
athletics was the formal opening Of the
great Yale bowl. seating 10000 persons.
November FL. The annual Yale-Har-
ward football contest resulted in @ Har.
ward victory. SO to o.
Among the Eminent Dead.
The record of those who have passed
out OF the worlds activities during the
year is of unusual length, and 1t contains
the names of many who had achieved dis
tirction.
Among the famous men who died In
January We're DR.. 8. Weir Mitchell Of
Philadelphia. scientist and novelist:
DR.. Edward Spitzka. alienist and neu-
rologist; Count Yuko to- admiral OF
the Japanese fleet: Shelby M. Cullom.
80 years United States senator from
| Illinois. author Of the interstate COM
merce law; Paul Deroulede. French poet
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 century
as lieutenant general in the Confederate
army. governor Of Kentucky, candidate
for vice-president on the Gold Democratic
ticket in 1896.
| includes Alphonse Bertillon, whose
clever system OF measurement made
him tbs terror Of criminals; Theodore
l. De Winnie, whose artistic efforts
| revolutionized printing; Henry M. Tel
Ter, United States senator from Colo
RADIO for 80 years. Secretary OF the In
terror under President Arthur; Wis.,
count siuzo Aoki. first Japanese ann
bassador to the United States. and tho
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 tho
Napoleonic wars. April marked the
passing of the dowager empress Of Ja-
pan. the well-beloved Haruko; George
Alfred Townsend, known widely as .
war correspondent; George r. Baer,
president of the Reading railroad, and
Samuel r. Crockett. who created 1.-THE
| Stickit Minister"
Maj. 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 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 Adclph Friedrich of Meek
lenburg-Strelitz. George II. grand duke
of Saxe-Meiningen, and Archduke
franz Ferdlnand, heir to the throne OK
| Austria-Hungary. the victim of an as7
sassin. are some of the men Of royal
blood who died in that month. Joseph
Chamberlain. long eminent as British
| statesman, died early in July. Among
other distinguished men who died that
month were Horace H. Lurton. associ-
| ate justice Of the United States Supreme
court: Melville e. ingalls, of the 'Big
-Four" railroad system: Augustus Smith.
Oldest graduate of Yale university. and
Paul Reclus, brilliant tEench 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 the submarine; Gen. Powell
Clayton. ex-governor. ex-senator and
for half a century the most prominent
Republican of Arkansas: Robert Nc
Intyre. bishop of the Methodist church:
Father Francis Xavier Wernz, general
of the Jesuits, and Margaret Newton
| Van Colt. known everywhere as an
evangelist. were also among the ia
poua dead nj ANp1,St