Evening star., 1942-01-25
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

the Nation were saddened by the death
of a member of the Su-
Deofh OF preme Court. The Star
L,..;-. of January %, 1892, car
ried his picture in judi
cial robes and gave the following ac
count, in part: Associate Justice Jo-
seph P. Bradley Of the Supreme Court
of the United States died at his resi-
dence, 2o1 street NV, at O'Clock this
morning. His death was not unexpected;
in fact, no one acquainted with his con-
dition has hoped for his recovery since
Wednesday 1.-TWO days previously. +.
The Supreme Court adjourned inmedi-
ately after assembling until Tuesday
next, the Chief Justice announcing the
loss which had been sustained by the
court and country. Justice Brad
ley was appointed to the Supreme
bench by President Grant in 1870
He took an important part in the
work of that court since then. . His
penetration, concentration of mind and
occult reasoning made his work on novel,
intricate and difficult questions of very
great value to the court. He showed
ability in nearly every branch of the law
and was regarded as a great authority
on railroad, patent and maritime cases.
In 1877 he was member of the Electoral
Commission and did much by the power
of his argument to sustain the conclusion
reached by the ajority Of the commits
sion in the Hayes s-Tilden contest"
The Chilean controversy dragged on,
Chile showing no disposition to apologize
for the attack on Amer
Ihe Chilean ican sailors at Santiago
Att,;. The Star of January %,
1892, in a dispatch from
New York, summarized the situation:
Information has been received here this
afternoon from Santiago de Chile that it
is announced there that the government
has received a strong ultimatum from
the United States, and that no further
delay in the settlement of the dispute
between the two governments will be
tolerated" AS stated previously in this
column, an amicable settlement was
reached later
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Prospects for political peace in Ireland
were discussed in The Star of January Is.
1892: Notwithstanding at
Irish Ennis yesterday, John E..
p.E.:.. Redmond, the newly elected
member of the House of
Commons for Waterford, while he denied
the actual existence Of overtures for
reconciliation between the two sections
of the Irish party, indicated that there
was some ground for the rumors and that
the Parnellites were willing to receive
such overtures. He said that the Parnell-
ties are in favor of peace, but added that
it must be peace with honor" But this
was not to be; the factions of the Irish
party continued to disagree.
The German genius for stirring up
trouble was evidenced by dispatch in
The Star of January Is, 1892,
SeImo" from London: "Disquieting
Eost rumors are in circulation re-
Africo garding the situation in Ger
man East Africa. 1t is said that serious
disturbances have occurred along the
coast. Reports of threatened risingS
and open rebellion are received from all
parts of the German territory. The at
tempts of Baron Won Soden, the German
civil governor of East Africa, to levy taxes
have provoked the natives. He has also
become embroiled in quarrels with the
Arabs and Indian tribes"
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On January 26, 1892. an entire business
block in Columbus, Ohio, was destroyed
by fire. The Star Of that
Columbus date reported: "The most
E.. disastrous fire that Column
bus ever experienced oc-
Cured in the block OF buildings at the
northwest corner of Rich and High
streets. Before noon the entire
block had been gutted by the flames"
Only one life was lost. however, in sharp
contract to q later Columbus fire, when
the State Penitentiary was destroyed by
fire on April 81, 1880, resulting IN the
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