The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-01-01


Meadowbrook. N. Y. 1t was made pub
lie on June "a that Mrs. Morris X Jesup
had bequeathed $500, 900 to public in
situations. The American Museum OF
Natural History was a beneficiary to
the extent of $5.O00,O00 That also.
was the day on which the reconstruct
ed Kiel canal was opened by the Ger
man kaiser. The international Eucha-
ristic congress opened at LOurdes.
France. July 20.
On September Cardinal Giacomo
della Chiesa archbishop of Bologna,
WIS elected pope to succeed the late
PiuX Y. The new pontiff assumed the
title of Benedict XIV. The government
crop report. made public October 3. an
nounced a record wheat harvest OF
S92. 900. 900 and a normal corn crop OF
2,676. 000 600 The worlds championship
series was won October 10 by the Bos-
ton National league baseball team.
On October IA one of the most com
prehenslve financial schemes on record
formulated by bankers at New York
city involved the raising by the banks
of a fund of $150.000.000 which was to
be loaned upon warehouse receipts for
cotton. On the last day of October the
Panama canal was closed for tire He 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-
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 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 l6. The New York stock ex-
| change, which was closed at the break
! Ing out of hostillties. was reopened for
restricted trading November IS A red
letter event In the history of American
athletics was the formal opering CT the
! great Yale bowl. seating 60. 900 persons.
November 81. The annual Yale-Hnr-
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 II contains
! the names of many who had achieved dis
| tinction.
Among the famous men who died In
| January were DIR. 5, Weir Mitchell Of
Philadelphia scientist and novelist:
DIR. Edward Spitzka, allenist and ncu-
roloEist: Count Yuko Ito, admiral OF
the japanese fleet; Shelby NJ. Cullnm.
30 years United States senator from
Illinois, author of the interstate COM
merco law Paul Deroulede, French poet
and political agitator; the venerable
James Adams Beaver. Civil war hero
and ex-governor of Pennsylvania. and
Simon Boliver Burliner, whose name
and fame have been familiar to the Amer
lean public for more than half century 90
az a lieutenant general In the Confederate
army, governor of Kentucky, Candidate
for vice-president ON the Gold Democrats
ticket In 1896.
February's contribution to the list
includes Alphonse Bertillon. whose
clever system of measurement made
him the terror of criminals; The odnre
l.. De Winnie. whose artistic efforts
revolutlOnzcd printing; Henry NJ no.
Ter. United States senator from colo
RADIO for 30 years. Secretary of the In
terror under President Arthur; We
count siuzo Aolii, first japanese am
, bassador to the United States and the
earl of Mimic. former governor genera
of Canada. In March Cardinal Kopp. at
the head Of the Roman Catholic hierurhy
| VI NfllllhuN VIC NtlltIhNf i'IFiliNN INV
man. senior bishop of the Methodist
church, and two Protestant Episcopal
bishOps--John Scarborough uf New
Jersey, and William Woodruff Niles OF
New Hampshire passed away Amer'ci
also lost George Westinghouse whose
air brake II reputed 10 have saved
more lives than were sacrificed In the
Napoleonic wars. April marked thu
passing OF the dowagcr empress ~ IN
pan the well-beloved Ilaruko; George
Alfred Townsend known widely as a
war correspondent; George f. Enrr
president of the Reading railroad and
Samuel r. Crockett, who created "the
Stlcklt Minister"
Mai. Gen. Daniel T.. Sicklcs, hero NJ
the Civil war. died early In May. Among
the other famous men aud women who
died during the month were Lillian
Nordicn, daughter of n Maine farmer.
who became one of the world's most
successful opera singers. especially e. =
nous In WaGnerlan roles; Francis KOS
suth, son of the great Hungarian pt-
triOt; Charles Scaddng. Episcopal
bishop of Oregon; Sir Joseph ". 81 m,
inventor OF the ncandescent lig',t;
Paul Mauser, inventor OF the rife
bearing his name; william q. Bradley,
/ United states senator from Kentucky,
and the duke Of Argyll.
Adlni T.. Stevenson, vice. president oC
the United Suites during the second
Cleveland administration, died Juur IS.
Grand Duke Adollh Friedrich ot Meek
lenburB -Strelitz, George II, grand auie
OF -Meinngen. and Archduk"
Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne OF
Austria Hungary. the victim of an as
sassin, are some of the men OF Toyll
blood who died In that month Josspn
Chamberlain. long eminent AS a British
statesman. died early in July Among
other distinguished mes who died that
month were Horace H. LurtOn. associ-
ate justice of the United States Supreme
court; Melville Il. ingalls, of tho Rig
Four" railroad system; Augustus Smith,
oldest graduate of Yale university. AMI
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 ~'atho-
lie church John Philip Holland in
/ ventor of the submarine; Gen Powell
Clayton. ex-governor ex-senator and
for half n century the most prominent
Republican Of Arkansas; Robert Mo-
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 fla
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