Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-16
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

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Not much confidence wa. felt ATTY years
90 In .ha .,,oo... :, r..,,. w r,t.,a.. raw.
- - .''o Success 1870, u Syius 'u nc
A&,.4.. ~ broached scheme OF lay
ing an electric cable on the
Cable bed OF the Atlantic ocean
ba,we.n England and North
advocate Tho ,,oss,hlv did not fully realize
the effect hi. persistence would have upon
the courre of eivii,xa tim. Ths follnwiux
snsr.sr.ph av,rtea 4, Tn. sstar OF July ..
fsSs. q an interesting ifi.sstration OF the
state Of the enterprise then:
.An addatioaal sseo fsa,r the fScnaon
7.iunes az Tuna p, toward the esta bi,ahusent
of electric Communication between America
and europe In shout to be esfected In the
course of . few weeks. The submarine tele-
xrauh cable to connect Cane Breton Island
with Newfoundland IL in course of ship
ment on board the Sarah L. Byant. al the
roens VI c nups. - I..s thu
two months the line is expected to be In
operation The length of the cable is sew
enty-four miles. weighing 100 tons: ana Il
contains three conouGslng wass a "a I an
ninS and rvtn u,as ensa rod In lavfnr down
tta ,sa5,t.rr. a., :, ,;na froro s,nex.ia 10 Cor
sic. and Sard,nia is to snnerIntend the
wors
The full stretch Of the Atlantic cable was
coronIe,ad In fssS and Recommendations were
continned fnr a faw weeks Then fine cable
$3.50 T. n,.s not Will 1897 that the new
- bIa ,,,.s sraI,,, ostahIisbed and sfnce then
con,munication hetween the continents
has never been interr,,nted
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The wife beater was then in evidence, as
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o.. ~ .,.s,v,,,,. ro., q, a
Me tr,rnoc;al ~ =
- - means OF punishment as 'l'is
Troubles paragraph In the issue OF the
10th suggests:
"Rrian O,e,onnor wa, yeuteraav charcoal
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w MS "iie WIN Deauns her. ne was
taken before Justice Goddard, who held him
soon forget-subject, the proper treatment
OF Woodworking husband"
Crime news and court news filled an
inconspicuous space in the daily journal OF
half century ago. in comparison with to-
day. and in proportion to the political gos-
sip and the literary features then printed.
A suggestive instance is afforded by the
scant quarter-column accorded by The
star OF July IL to the conviction Of a
Of ctv IL,
Francis F;tzn,trick nr ~ ~ go tIe 49,
swipgle-tree so that he died. The trial
lasted two days. and The Stars print of
1uiy II covered II all. The story of the
off anra.r rI IS.
stable in which Fitznatrick was arnniovad
as a hostler: an altercatIon ensued between
them and a personaI rencontra when poo
Ian seized q swinpIe-tree and with n in-
fiicted the blows on Fitznatrick Altar tha
latter had been removed to the infirmarv
mania a potu seized mon him rnortiaca tjon
Of the wounda ensued ond he ,1;ed r. 10
surpassed nv ono ~ ~ nhys,o,... tha.
death was nrodnce6 hv tha ;oint n.v.s ~
the drinking habits Of tba dacea .ad and .ho
effect ar the hiovve Wa wera MT rr..ort
the facts.
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The mirage Is an exceedingly rare phe-
homenon IN TINS region ana there are no
MODERN reports OF sucn oo-
servations. Fernaps the at
Reported. mosphesic conditions were
dinerent In 1893 from those
that prevail now. OF maybe the local mag
nation was more acute AT all events mere
Is paragraph from the issue OF July II:
"A correspondent requests us to ask
whether any of our numerous readers saw