Evening star., 1915-09-19

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IN THE STAR.
Artemus Ward became . great favor
lite on the lecture platform after the
civil war, his quaint huTnor
ArtemuS giving the people occasion
w.-5 for hearty laughter. In The
"u' Star OF September II, 1885.
is this description Of him:
''The Washington Theater was 3ammed
to sunocation last night, the attraction
being the renowned traveller ana show
man. Artemus Ward. otherwise Charles
F. Browne. Some folks-deceived doubt
less by the pictorial representations
afoat-expected to hnd In Mr.. Ward q
stout. jovtal. loud-voiced parsonage. as
was presented to them = thin. pensive-
looking young gentleman in black. Of
hesitattng utterance, and who clasped
his hands before him In sort Of deprs-
eating bashfulness Ct times, quite ir,e-
and gestures addressed to the audience
when they persisted In laughing at re-
marks he distinctly Informed them
were not Of a facetious nature won i'm
mensely upon a matter of fact old lady
seats. and her glances Of sympathy to-
ward the seemingly embarrassed young
lecturer and her indignant frowns d.
rected to the rude audience who per-
pense We're smons he BEST BEST Of q tho ,s By By
play of the evening. The lecture.
though mainly involving design upon
the risibles,' furnishes also some Of his
descriptive matter concerning Salt
Lake City. and pictures are apparently
mondom"
The trial Of Henry WIrz. the keeper
of Andersonville prison, continued to
be the main feature Of in
Henry Wirz terest in washinston
A++eoLoa Much excitemen mt was
"' caused by an episode that
Is described in. The Star Of September
IA, 1865:
Tuesday afternoon. after the COM
mission for the trial of Wirz had ad-
journed and the prisoner was being
taken to his quarters at the Old Capt.
tol; in charge of the guard. an elderly
lady. aged about fifty or sixty years,
stepped up to one of the guards and
inquired If the prisoner was the Ander-
sonville butcher. She was answered in
the affirmative. when she flew into q
to strike him with her umbrella, ex-
claiming. You wretch. you butcher!
You murdered my son at Anderson
ville! Being unable to reach him, she
s Eat her 1Fsk s at s1d Sm the WITH aars sas to
difficulty that she could be restrained
and the prisoner conveyed to his quar-
ters. It was ascertained that she was
an Ohio woman. who is here for the
purpose Of procuring the back pay Of
her sons, all four OF whom had been
in service-one having been killed in
battle, one murdered at Andersonville,
another made hopelessly insane by the
treatment there. and the fourth only
Of the war"
Washington. is now SO free from
dsfguring and dangerously obstruct-
ing electric poles
Protest Against of all kinds that it
c.n is difficult to re-
oeAeet 4oAeS' member the aspect
of the city when it was filled with
them In The Star of September Is.
1865, is the following:
new lines of telegraph or the expansion
of old lines, the streets of Washington
just now bristle with telegraph poles
of the most awkward and unshapely
sort. whereby the appearance of some
of our finest streets is greatly disflg-
ured. The frightful looking poles. old
and new, at the intersection Of c street
and Az street afford an illustration Of
what we may expect elsewhere
throughout the city If some restriction
is not put upon the telegraph pole
nuisance. AS usual, the unfortunate
city authorities come in for the blame,
but the difficulty is that the city au-
thorities have no control in the matter,
and the result is that the telegraph
companies can plant these rough. un-
painted logs in front of any private
residence, tearing up the sidewalks to
do so. and the citizens injured and
gress by it's law gives sole control In
the matter to the Secretary of the In
terror and the commissioner of public
buildings. We learn that Mayor Wal
ZACH has laid before Secretary Harland
schedule of restrictions that he
deems should be laid upon telegraphic
through the streets Of the city, SO that
they shall not be disflgured, and it is
not to be doubted that Secretary H.,
kindly disposed toward the city, will
promptly cause the grievance to be
checked in accordance with the sug-
gestions of the mayor"
After the war some difficulty was
found in making some of the southern
former slave owners
An Obstinate realize that the slavery
cr system had been abol-
oouIneAA AeA' ished for all time. In
The Star of September Is, 1865, is a
news item illustrating this condition:
Maj. W. B. Sargent, in charge of the
offlce of the Freedman's bureau in
Arkansas. in an official communication
to Gen. Howard reports a case where
a former slave holder refuses to receg-
nize the emancipation act. 1t appears
that a freedman had made an effort to
get some things belonging to him from
the premises of his former master,
named Bird, and failing to do so made
application to the provost marshal of
freedman refugees and abandoned
lands for assistance, when circular
of the Freedman's bureau, bearing the
following endorsement of the provost
marshal was furnished the colored
man: The bearer Of this circular will
be allowed to take from the premises
where his family resided everything
that belongs to him. Any person inter-
fering with him will be held account
able for the same
1.-THE colored man thus armed repaired
master, who, on reading the circular.
returned it Endorsed as follows: The
bearer of this circular l consider my
property still, having seen no enact
ment of the federal Congress nor OF
our state government authorizing any