Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-18
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

AcOut tuie tiIHe uIty years ago tho
police detectives made raid on a gam
bling establishment at the
Gambler southwest corner Of 14th
n..a4 street and Pennsylvania
0s' avenue, and rounded up a
number Of players and cap
tured a quantity Of equipment. In Tho
Star Of June Is. 1866. is this about the
disposition Of the contraband:
1T consists OF one silver, or heavily
plated. deal box; one card box, contain
ing eight packs Of cards. fifteen stacks
Of white chips. twenty in each: ten
stacks of red chips, five stacks Of blue
chips. thirteen splits. one sponge and
glass. one layout board and cue box.
The whole establishment is valued at
over $500. and the neatness with which
the pieces were finished by the makers
indicates that they were intended for a
permanent institution. The ivory chips
Will probably be ground up in a bone
mill or scattered in the Potomac, the
deal chopped to pieces. and the articles
of mahogany. cloth and paper will be
consigned to the flames"
The problem Of the proper location OF
Center market gave rise to much dis
cussion at this time
Center Market fifty years ago. In
a.. -. The Star Of June
Site Discussed. IA, 1885. i, the fol-
lowing paragraph:
"The House committee on public
buildings and grounds yesterday, ac-
companied by the mayor, visited sew
eral localities proposed as sites for the
new market house to take the place Of
the present Center market. The choice
of sites seemed to lie between the
ground between Missouri avenue and
tho canal at 9Th street and the ground
at the Intersection OF 10th street.
Louisiana and Ohio avenues north OF
ter site seems to be thought the most
eligible, both from the ample space at
command and from the convenience Of
access from all directions. The only
drawback would be in the market
house being in some degree an OBJ
struction to the view of the smithson-
ian Institution from the Avenue. Al
together, however, no site suitable Tor
the accommodation Of the bulk Of the
people Of the city seemed so little OBJ
that Congress will not give permission to
erect market building upon the pres
ent premises the sooner the dilapi.
dated old sheds are vacated and pulled
down the better. When these are re-
moved it is proposed to extend the
Smithsonian park to the Avenue. TAX
ing in all the ground now occupisd
by the present market between 7tn
street and 9Th street. the Avenue and
the canal. This ground. being hand
somely improved and connected with
the smithsonian park by graceful foot
bridges, would certainly make this part
Of the city much more attractive to
the eye. however much it may diminish
it's business Importance"
In The Star Of June Is. 1856. is the
following editorial comment on the
death of William w.
w w SAaton,. seaton. for many
years one of the
OeatA. Ieadin ing citizens Of
Washington:
"At 10 o'clock this forenoon our well
known and universally beloved fellow
citizen, William Winston Seaton. died
at his residence in this city. in the
eighty second year of his age. His
which he was an intense sufferer In
the past year. He came to Washing
ton and became a partner of his broth
er-in-law. the late Joseph Gales. esq.
In the proprietorship of the National
Intelligencer. in October. 1912. since
which period, until increasing age and
infirmities rendered him incapable OF
active business labors year or two
since. he was more thoroughly identi-
metropolis than perhaps any other Of
it's leading citizens AS will be well
remembered by thousands around US.
his administration Of Washington's mu-
nicipal affairs while the city's mayor
resulted in great and many lasting
withstanding his prominent position
for nearly half a century in connection
with national and municipal public az
fairs. he lived as he died. literally.
spoke i'll OF him. for he never earned
the i'll will Of any man. No other citi-
zen OF Washington was so public
spirited throughout career of such
more charitable to all without regard
to party. sect or color, and none has
died in this city more universally re-
GREETED than William Winston Seaton."
In view of the present military
situation in Europe, with twelve nations
engaged in the most
European desperate stru e
the world has ever
"dI OlouOs. known, the following
paragraph from The Star of June 10,
1866, under the head of War in Eu-
rope" has an exceptional interest:
The proposed European peace con-
ference has dropped through. in con-
sequence of the refusal of Austria to
submit to the arbitrament of the plen-
ipotentiaries of the principal European
powers, except on condition that she
should lose none Of her territory. AS
the maintenance of peace was hopeless
without some concessions on her part
the failure Of the peace congress has
only precipitated crisis which was
inevitable. sooner or later. Austria.
while threatened by Pussian army
on her northern frontier because she
will not surrender to that power the
territory conquered by them jointly.
and menaced on her southern border by
the italian army because she will not
loose her hold of Venetia, coded to her
by treaty, half a century ago. stub
bornly resists all demands. relying upon
her army OF 100000. with which she
thinks herself more than a match for
her adversaries. With the southern
wing of his army in the Quadrilateral,
acknowledged to be one Of the strong
est positions in Europe, and the north
ern wing, under Field Marshal Benedek,
looking toward the capital of Prussia.
she seems to feel herself equal to the
cha &c hr.f Of oV