The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-01-13

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swish Of the scythe of the grim reaper
announcing the erasure from the roster
OF the living Of some name now ancient
III history, now new, though honorable,
III tn" d"!ngS of to-day. In this coun-
Try thor" have been j.! such deaths.
with sixty in England, ana an even
score IN Germany. France has lost six
teen Russia and Austria ten each, and
Italy four one finds three JapantSe
names on the long roll. three Spanish.
three Belgian, and three Danish while
in Canada and the United States Of CO.
lumtia. Venezuela and Peru. Turkey and
Poland, South Africa, and the Iouiau
islands at least one Of the country's
foremost citizens has been carried to his
last. long rest
Monarchs Of Title and Of Wealth.
Loss has come TO every walk Of life
II one considers royalty and nobility,
there is Duke Frederick Of Anhalt who.
with seventy titles following his name.
headed the mouse which comes first in
Euiopes Almanach de Gotha: or the
Duke of Cambridge. a grandson of
George III. Of England; or Isabella of
Spain. who reigned thirty-eight years
and then spent thrty-six in exile Spain,
too, has lost the Infanta Maria. the sis
ter OF the present monarch Of the PENN
sula. who ruled six months in her own
night before the coming Of Alfonso.
MuIad V. Of Turkey is yet another Of
the titled dead, though he ruled scarce
three drunken months before his twenty
eight years Of Imprisonment were thrust
upon him.
What men Of affairs have died? Levi
Il. Letter Of Chicago, W. J. Lemp Of St.
Louis. Edward W. Clark Of Philadelphia.
Henry W. Oliver Of Pttsburg, James J
Bclden 0! Syracuse, W. X. Grace and
Ashbel P. Fitch of New York. and more
than dozen others though these seven
names alone represented $25 GOO. coo and
the widest Of commercial and public in
tereSts
From various fields OF diplomacy and
politics death has called Paul Kruger.
Postmaster General Payne. Senators
Quay and Vest, Golden Rule" Jones Of
Toledo, Mayor Robert McLane of Balti-
more. President Candamo OF Peru. the
Russians de Pleske and Won Plehve,
and eight former governors and sover-
eign states Of this republC-BuShnell
and Nash Of Ohio. Pattison Of PennSyl-
New York, Kinkead of Alaska. Louns-
South Carolina
The Protestant Episcopal church has
been deprived since January Of the SER
vices of Bishops Huntington and Dud-
ley; the Church Of England, Dean Hole
and Bishop Machray. prelate of all Cam
ada. The Oldest priest in the Roman
Catholic faith in America. Archbishop
Elder, died in November, ard John A.
Seiss, the grand old man of Lutheran
ism" in June.
So might one run through the death
roll. Not a vocation through which men
help to do the worlds work but would
be found the poorer-GeneralS Thomas
and Ruggles in the army, Vice Admirals
Makaroft and Without in the navy.
Kirk and Won Hoist and Edwin Arnold
and Samuel Smiles in literature. Parke
Goodwin and John HOllingshead in Jour
nalSm. Mrs Gilbert and Janauschek in
the drama, Theodore Herzl and Edna
Dow Cheyney in philanthropy
Notable Sporting Events.
1t was duh day in the sporting world
Of 1904 that failed 10 produce new rec
ord Of some kind. Track athletes left
scarcely-%a mark Of 1903 uncipped, and
on the turf IN the harness horse world
and. in fact. every line of sport, unusual
performances were seen. 1t is doubtful
if athletics and sporting events were
ever patrOniZed so literally before. Fol-
lowing are the most notable achieve
mentS:
Jan. sd. w. King. Jr. establishes
new worlds record for rifemen. scoring
81 points in 140 consecutive shots.
Jan. CIV. X. Vanderbilt drives his
automobile over mile course at Day
tona in 0:39. new worlds record.
Feb. ST. A. Marshall, Rolla, o.
Heikes. Charles W. Budd. William H.
Heer and Turner E. Hubby establish new
worlds record for inanimate targets at
Corsicana Texas, with score of 4S3 out
Of possible 500.
Feb. 1O-John A. Leavitt sets new
American swimming record for two
miles indoors at Brookline. Mass.-time.
1926 Harry lie Moyne lowers record
for eighty yards to O:l3.
Feb. 20-Frank Sullivan establishes a
mark Of 22S feet for the amateur under
water swim at the Central Y. NJ. c. A.,
Chicago. Victor Rice makes fifty yards
in Cos 2-5. worlds record time, in Chi
CagO- Wisconsin meet.
Feb. 2l-Dave and Frank Woodbury.
set worlds record for two-men bowling
teams, scoring 1923 in match with the
Wolf brothers.
Feb. &C w. Cooke of the Sheridan
Bowling League makes high average rec
ord for three games. counting 243.
Feb. 27-Harry lie Moyne Of Brookline
sets a new swimming record for twenty
i've yardS-time, 0:l2 l-5.
March 9-Harry lie Moyne lowers the
'ecord for swimming fifty yards TO
OPT is. Leslie G. Rich of Brookline
>wims $40 yards in sos. clipping five
seconds off the record.
March 12-John J. Joyce breaks the A. |
A. L. record for the ten-mile run by go.
ng the distance in 1884 Id. John Flan-
agan throws the 56-pound weight 90 feet
~ inches and breaks the record.
March 27-George Slosson sets a !
worlds record at 1872 billiards with a
IN of POI in New York.
May 3-James Shea makes new
worlds record for 3-cushion billiards..
scoring so points in forty-nine innings
at Mussey's.
May 12-Arthur Shrubb breaks five
mile running record at Stamford Bridge, |
London. doing distance in 24:33 %,
June lie. r. Thomas Hermis wins
the Suburban handicap in 2:05, a new
record for the event.
July IL. J. Scholes, Toronto. wins
the Diamond SOULS at Henley, defeating
Clouette in 8:23. record for the course
Sept. 5-Rausch Of Germany breaks
the worlds swimming record for one
mile at st. Louis, covering the distance
in 0T.1S Tt