Evening star., 1941-10-05
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Fifty years ago disastrous bank fall
ure occurred at Kingston. n. Y. SAYS
The Star of october g. 1891: The Ulster
County Savings Institution
Bonk has closed its doors and is
r,;I,,,. in charge of Bank Supt.
Charles NJ Preston. Expert
examiners have been at work since
Tuesday and have found already that
the enormous sum OF S463 900 has been
stolen by Treasurer OStrander and Mat
thew T. Trumpbour, assistant treasurer.
and it is feared that the Stealings will
reach over that amount" The account
runs on to tell of the methods used by
the criminals, over period of 20 years,
and of the great distress of GepoSitors,
most of whom were poor folk with their
life savings IN the bank. The article
closes; The city officials, fearing that
threats to burn the Jail where Trump
bour and Ostrander are confined would
be executed. summoned Chief Engineer
Mooney of the fire department, who is
now watching the bank building and
the courthouse and Jail opposite"
A warlike touch appears in reprinted
article by Col Theodore A. Dodge, sug-
gesting trouble with Great
Wor Is Britain and the possibility
Puthtsee of the capture or lombard
ment of Chicago. Some of
his comment is interesting in the light
of present knowledge: Some people
imagine that modern war has been
humanized out of such measure as
bombardment. But Paris was bombarded
in 1870; so was Strasburg, and its beau
tiful cathedral spire was seriously in
jured. War has no aesthetic maxims."
Of local interest is an item about the
Washington Rod and Gun Club. also
appearing in The Star of
Rod and October 3, 1891: Shoot
Gun Club ing at clay pigeons is
rapidly becoming one of
the most popular amusements known
to those men who believe in educated
muscle. But few years ago there was
an entire absence of anything that looked
like an organization for the promotion
of shotgun skill Now there are many
such scattered all over the country.
"One of the most hourishing of these,
even if it is only a Juvenile, is the Wash
ington Rod and Gun Club, and it has
suddenly become prominent by reason
of the fact that its enterprise has planned
and provided for quite an elaborate series
of competitions, commencing next Mon
day morning"
lished October S, 1891, says, referring to
plans for the following
6. A. R. years G.. A. R. en-
Enoompment campment: "Col. Phis-
terer, the adjutant
general of the Grand Army, stated to
a Star reporter that it was probable the
meeting of the Executive Committee of
the council of administration, which
selects. the date of the encampment,
would be had in this city about the
time Of the assembling of Congress. 80
1t is generally thought that the date of
the encampment will be fixed in the
latter part of September" In actual
fact. the official parade was held on
Monday, September 10, 1892.
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This week, this year, New York has
been jammed with spectators of the
World Series, for the
Series first time in ages a
p,ed.....o. subway" contest. Half
century ago there was
no such thing as world series, but
according to The Star for October 5,
1891, there was Series" of a sort, in
the form of cricket matches: "A large
audience greeted Lord Hawkes. cricket
team on the beautiful grounds of the
Staten Island Cricket Club at Livenpton,
Staten Island, this morning. where the
English gentlemen commenced a three
days match game with q picked team
composed from the various clubs Of this
city"