Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1915-01-14
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ternalonal polo champlonbnip at
Meadowbrook N. Y 1t was made pub
lie on June "a that Mrs Norris X. Jesup
had bequeathcd $500. O00 to public in
situations. The American Museuil of
Natural History was beneficiary to
the extent OF $1,000. 600 That also.
was the day on which the reconstruct
cd KEEL canal was opened by the Ger
man kaiser The International Eucha-
ristlc congress opened at Lourdes,
France. July %
On September 3 Cardinal Giacomo
della C.iraa, archbishop Of E1'1Tna,
was elected pope to succeed the late
PluX X. The new pontiff assumed the
title Of Benedict XIV. The government
crop report made public October s. an
nounccd n record wheat harvest Of
Ss2,hC00o0 ana normal corn crop Of
2G7G,O0O. 600. The worlds championship
series was won october 10 by the Bos-
ton National league baseball team.
on october "A one Of the most COM
prehcnsivc financial eohCmes on record
formulated by bankers at New York
city involved the raising by the banks
OF "a fund OF 100000 O00 which was to
be loaned upon warehouse receipts for
cotton ON o.. last day NJ October the
Panama canal was closed for traffic a
second time ON account Of an earth
slide into Culohra cut
on November g t.. Chicago stock
yards were closed on account OF an
epidemic of fo1t-au1-m0uth disease
which had already I.I the f.rar.I au-
th.rtD 30 establish quarantine in
cight stHtDa against the shipment u
cattle Later this prohibition wr. exc
tended 90 several otU.. states TH. goo
called "Lou7o Of governors met iu rs
seventh annual Sc. ion at Madison
Wis November TO-
After period OF suspension covering
r. weeks brought about by the war,
The cotton exchange OF New York and
New Orleans opened FOR tr1diuE on Mo-
yruhar 10 The Now York stock eye
change which was closed AZ tho .ail-
ing ont OF hostlitios was reopencf for
restricted trading November g. a rcd
letter event IN the history Of American
athletics was the formal opening o. tho
great Yale bowl, seating 10000 persons,
November o. The annual Yale-Har-
ward football contest resulted in a Har-
ward victory. 80 to 0.
Among the Eminent Dead.
The record OF those who have passed
out Of the worlds activities during the
year 70 Of unusual length, and Il contains
the names Of many who had achieved dis
uncton.
Among the famous men who died in
January were DR.. g. Weir Mitchell OF
Philadelphia, scientist and novelist:
DR.. Edward spltzka. alienist and neu-
rologist: Count Yuko Ito. admiral OF
the japanese feet Shelby NJ Cullom.
80 years United States senator from
Illinois, author OF the interstate COM
mcrce law; Paul Derouledc French poet
IL Aeff "a
James Adams Beaver, Civil war hero
and ex-governor OF Pennsylvania. and
Simon Bolyer Buekner, whose name
and fame have been familiar 10 the Amer
lean public Tor more than half n century
as n lieuteuH general In the Confederate
army. governor OF Kentucky. candidate
for vice-presdont on the Gold Democratic
ticket in lsal
February's contribution TO the list
includes Alphonse Bertlllon, whose
clever system OF measurement made
him the terror Of criminals; Theodore
l.. De Winnie. whose artistic efforts
revolutlonlzed printing; Henry NJ. TEL
Ter United States senator from Colo
RADIO for 30 years. Secretary OF the In
terror under President Arthur. Wis.,
count Siuzo Aoki. first japanese am
bassador 20 the United States. and the
>
Of Canada. 10 March Cardinal Kopp. az
the head u the Roman Catholic hierarchy
~ Germany. tho venerable Thomas Bow
man. senior bishop % the Methodist
church. and two Protestant Episcopal
hishops-John Scarborough OF New
Jersey and william Woodruff Niles Of
New Hampshire passed away. America
also lost George Westinghouse. whose
air brake is rcputcd TO have saved
more lives than were sacrificed In the
Napoleonic wars. April marked the
passing 10 the dowagcr empress OF ia
pan. the wcil-bcloved Hlruko; George
Alfred Townsend known widely as a
war correspondent: George +. Bacr
president 81 the Reading railroad. and
samuel H. Crockett. who created The
Sucl,it Minister"
MAJ. Cen. Daniel T. slrklcs. hero o.
the Civil war. died early In May. Among
tho other famous men and women who
died during the month were Lillian
Nordlca daughter " n Maine farmer.
who became one Of the worlds most
successful opera singers especially IA
nous To Wagucrnn roles. Francis Eos-
futh son ~ the great Hungarian pa
triot: Charles SrtddIng. Episcopal
bishop ~ oregon, Sir Joseph W. Swan.
inventor ~ the incandescent light;
Paul Mnuscr inventor % the rife
bearing bis name, william o. Bradley.
United states senator from Kentucky.
and the duke Of Argyll.
AdlJl T.. Stevenson, vicc-prcsldcnt ot
the United states during the second
Cleveland administration. died June 10.
Grand Duke Adolph Friedrich OF Mcck-
lcnburg- Strclitz George II. grand duke
ot SaNc-Mviningyn, and Archduke
rr1uE Ferdinand heir To the throne OF
Austria-Uuugary the victim OF an as
gHssin, Hrc some % the mon OF royal
blood who died In that month Joseph
Chamberlain Tong eminent ~ a British
statesman died early IN July. Among
othrr distinguished men who died that
month were Horace ~ t.urton assocl-
Ute Justice of thr United states supreme
COURT Melville T. Ingalls, 90 the Big
-Four railroad system, Augustus smith.
oldest EDduutr 10 Yale university and
( rIal g,Uiga. brilliant French scientist
Two names among the August dead
. struj ont with especial prominence
Ellen Louise Arson wilson wife 0f the
president ~ the United States and
Pope Plus y. head % the Roman Cstho-
Die church. John Philip Holland In
, NUntnr 10 the submarine, Gen. Powell
clayton. ex-governor ex-senator and
Tor lIlf o. century che most prominent
Republican 40 Arkansas. Robert Me-
iutyrJ. bishop NO the Methodist church,
Father Francis Xavier W,rnL general
~ che J,sults. and Margaret Newton
, Won Colt known everywhere ns an
, evangelist were also among thg "a
NOUS dead Of August
The september list inolurs. tU. r 4
, OF Edward J, Han, the tl,r 20, ,1t