Evening star., 1941-12-21
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Fifty years ago Congress was sad
dened by the death Of Senator from
Kansas, Preston B. Plumb Funeral
services were conducted in the Senate
chamber, with the
ktes for President attending.
Senator Plumb Said The Star of De-
cember 81, 1891: TO
day the U. S. Senate, the House of Rep
resentatives, the executive and judicial
departments of the Government, the
representatives of foreign powers and
his many friends among the Washing
ton public paid the last tribute Of af-
fection and respect to the memory of the
late Senator Plumb
Half q century ago, as now, Russia
was receiving aid from the United States.
Then it was for famine relief. Said The
Star Of December 81, 1891: Alexander
Greger, first secretary Of the
AID TO Russian Legation, says I
p,..;. have not been instructed to
open subscriptions nor ap-
peal to the help Of the citizens of your
great and noble country, but you may
be sure that every cent sacrificed . =
for the relief of our sufferers will help
and will bring everlasting gratitude
from my countrymen. am quite ready
and willing to see that such aid is prop
erly directed and delivered in Russia
where it is most needed"
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Common enough now as headline
The Star of December %, 1891, car
ried one considered then as big news:
"A Steamship Burned" The account
continued: "The Guion Line
Ship Loss steamer Abyssinia, which
nve;,. sailed from New York De-
cember 13 for Liverpool, has
been burned at sea. All on board were
saved.
The news of the burning of the Abys-
sinia was brought by the steamer Spree
which passed the Scilly Islands this
morning She signaled that the Abys-
sinia had been burned at sea in lati-
tude 40 north, longitude 29 west.
At the Office of the Guion Line Gin New
York; it was said that all passengers and
crew of the burned steamer were prob
ably on the White Star liner Teutonic,
tude on her course to Queenstown, where
she is signaled to arrived at noon to-
day." This report proved true.
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Just as there is now no italian Minister
here, curiously enough the same was
true so years ago, due to his recall by
Italy as a protest against the New Or
New aTarsd ~ n,.r,hers ~ ~.
itoiioh Malta were lynched The
Minister Star Of December 10, 1891
had this to say: Italy is arranging to
send Minister to Washington in place
of Baron Fava. The name of the
proposed Minister has not been an
nounced. The government has concluded
to take this course without waiting fol-
an assurance from the American Presi-
dent that the Constitution will be
changed so as to afford more protection
to foreigners, Rudini having learned
semi officially that 1t was beyond the
power Of the President to give such
assurance"
At that time certain Mexican revolu-
tionaries were using parts Of Texas a.
refuge when hard pressed, sometimes re-
sulting in turning them into a battle.
ground. It was part ol
lrouble on the American Army:
p..I. job to chase them acros:
the border wherever
found. and this was not always accom-
plished without fight. The Star o1
December %, 1891. gave an account Of
one such skirmish: Capt. John G
Bourke, with 10 cavalrymen and In
fantrymen, yesterday morning met 6(
revolutionists at a place called the
Retained In Starr County, seven mile:
from where Catarino Cara crossed into
Mexico. Corpl. Charles Edstrom was
killed in the fight" There were otheri
wounded, but the guerrilla band wa
driven across the line.