Evening star., 1925-12-13
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

During the latter part of 1875 the
departmental hours were heightened.
Department Hours the change was
Heightened. werE " q atscoan,
noted in The Star Of December s,
1875:
THE late order directing the Gov
ernment departments to extend their
office hours until pm. instead Of
PM. as heretofore, Is inconvenient TO
clerks who live along the line Of the
Washington and Ohio Railroad in Vir-
ginia. A committee of clerks has
already waited on President McKen-
zie, who agreed TO change the time
of the departure of his afternoon
train to accommodate them. The
Washington and Alexandria Railroad
authorities state that they have no
authority to change the schedule and
that the authorities in Baltimore must
be consulted in reference to it before
any change can be made. The clerks
will. therefore, send committee to
Baltimore to consult with the Balti-
more and Potomac officials. Should
they not succeed in effecting the
change proposed most of them will
ton"
Half a century ago William NJ.
Tweed, better known as Boss"
Tweed. escaped from
The Escape the Ludlow street Jail
of Tweed in New York, where
Va he was held under s3,-
600. 900 bail pending the settlement of
civil suits against him for the recovery
of money alleged TO have been unlaw-
f,,l nj IN, 1yoio
graft. His fight created a Nation
w:de sensation and was the subject
of much discussion. In The Star OF
December 7. 1875. is the following:
"One report in regard to Boss
Tweed is that he Is at sea. At any
rate, his pursuers seem to be at sea
so far as a knowledge OF his where
aboUts is concerned. II he really
reaches a foreign country the ques-
ton of his extradition will be an in
teTesting one. There seems to be
some doubt whether he could be
brought back from anv Of the coun-
tries with which the United States
Government has treaties for the
crime of statutory forgery, with
which he is charged in the existing
indictments against him. The United
States has extradition treaties with
nearly all European governments, eX-
cept Spain, and consequently should
Tweed reach Cuba, a Spanish posses
sion, he could put his thumb to his
prominent nasal protuberance after
the manner Of the commander of
Beaver Island in the Hudson when
called upon by Anthony Won Corlear
to yield to his high mightiness the
Governor of New Amsterdam. 1t is
said the great criminal would also be
safe in Belgium, where the extradi-
ton treaty covers only the crime of
murder, and in several of the South
American states with which we have
no treaties
Tweed in fact did so to Cuba and
thence to Spain. In the latter coun-
try he was arrested by the Spanish
government, and, notwithstanding
the lack of a specific eXtradition
treaty, he was delivered to officers Of
the United States, was returned to
New York and recommitted to Lud-
low street jail, where he remained
until his death, April II, 1873.
Fifty years ago there was no such
arrangement for the regulation Of the
Fake Newspaper the he's House 20 and I'd
Correspondents. Is selate todav as and ,dein in
consequence the place available for
the reporters and correspondents was
often trespassed upon by unauthorized
representatives of the press" who
were not entitled to such positions of
advantage. In The Star Of December
s, 1875, is the following on this sub
ject:
"As usual, the reporters galleries
at the Capitol are crowded with per-
scns representing themselves as con-
nected with the press. but who In
reality have no legitimate claim to a
seat. The Bung Town Bugle Of Free
dom, the Hard Scrabble Gazette. the
Jonesville Meat AK and the Smithville
Weekly Clothes Wringer are invari-
ably represented by able-bodied and
cheeky department clerks, who man.