Evening star., 1934-01-07

Babcook is guilty he must suffer. But I will
not believe without evidence that he has done
the thing that Is charged against him. will
not even think Of it,
"Referring to the congressional investiga-
ton, Mr.. Shepherd said:
"s"The investigation lasted four months.
The committee indicated us, reporting that we
had been guilty of no evil practices. etc.. and
the report was sustained by the House in open
session. We set at work anew, and We worked
through the whole year. 1872, with q great
deal of vigor Most of the time we had
5000 men employed. In March, 1879. Con-
gress showed its appreciation Of what We had
done by voting about $500 900. In the
course Of the work We had, by filling up OF
the old Washington Canal, reclaimed and made
available some 81 500 900 worth Of Government
property. During the rest Of 1873 the improve
ments were pushed hard We made our re-
port in December. In February, 1874. another
Congressional Committee Of Investigation was
ordered, and 1t sat for FIVE months. About
1000 pages Of testimony were taken. The re-
suit was the abolition Of the District govern
ment on the ground that we had exceeded our
authority in making these improvements.
That was the ground Of my rejection by the
Senate rs Commissioner under the new form
Of government. For this rejection I am now
devoutly grateful"
And this win give an idea to the newcomer
to Washington why there is q monument to
Alexander r. Shepherd, q native son, in front
of the Municipal Building, at Pennsylvania
avenue and Fourteenth street.
D oBsoN and Crane also delighted the early
N theater-goers at the National as did Nine
Janauschek, Clara Morris; Around the World
in 80 Days." by the Kralfy Brothers, producers
Of elaborate spectacular plays. Then came
Carncross Dixey's Minstrels in Around the
World in Fifty Minutes; the steamer Indiana
starting the trip by way Of Delaware Bay and
concluding it at Philadelphia. The first of
these performances was more in line with
the record time actually consumed at that
period in circling the globe. and So minutes
no doubt. seemed just as ridiculous then IS
eight days would have. and yet. Wiley Post
made record flight around the earth not
long ago in . little less than that time, though
It does not seem possible that the globe could
ever, under any conditions, be encircled in
less than an hour. for. after al, We must not
forget that it takes the earth just a hours
to make one complete revolution
Maggie Mitchell, Lotta, Lydia Thompson,
John 7. Raymond, T. s. willard. Mr. and Mrs.
Ezra Kendall were always favorites with the
public. and in the early sos. 30 was De Wolfe
Hopper In wang" The Bride-Eiect" PAN
tand Rum; Evans 4 Hoey in "A Parlor Match"
and "A Midnight Bell; and still later many
Of US saw at the National Mrs. Leslie Carter
in "zaza" and "Du Barry; Nat C. Goodwin
and his wife at that time, Maxine Elliott. in
when We Were Twenty-one" and Nathan
Hale" Joe Jefferson played there with Anne
Sutherland in rip Van Winkle." the Bos-
tonians in Robin Hood" and The Serenade,"
with Barnabee, Philip, Macdonald Eugene
Cowles George Frothingham-the fellow who
put the, rat in the soup In the fermer play:
Fitzgerald, Hilda Clark, Miss Quive. and Jessie