Evening star., 1943-10-24
Fifty Years Ago
in The Star

The Fight Is Over ran a headline
III The Star Of October "a 1898. It an
nOunced the ending
Silver Purchase of no war. but merely
Repeal the Senate 1libuster
against the Voorhees,
Act, TO limit silver purchases by the
Government. II mad been bitter battle.
The long feht in the Senate was be-
lioVed today 10 be practically AT an end.
II is expected that vote Will soon be
taken by which the Voorhees, bill
will be passed without amendment"
The Star was substantially correct. if
the words practically over be taken TO
mean within eight days. There were
further delaying tactics and ATTEMPTS
at more flibustering, but on November
I the bill was passed, and President
Cleveland wasted no time in signing it.
FINANCE experts were alarmed over
the condition OF the Treasury, alarmed
over an alleged
Government Bond shortage Of cash in
Issue Proposed vaults that would
be regarded as
mere petty cash today MI. Sherman
'ot the Finance Committee, called the
aVeh1lon OF his Democratic colleagues"
sad The Star of October 25. 1893 "to
the as ne termed it, alarming condition
OF the Treasury. He referred TO the fact
that the gold reserve had been en-
trenched upon to the extent of 10 mill
lions, the money being used for current
expenses and not redemption purposes
as was required by the law, and asked
the Democratic Senators what they nro.
poSeo TO DO to remedy this condition of
analrS. Mr.. Sherman himself proposed
the issue of bonds to raise 5000 600 ono
Inc great World Fair at Chicago was
drawing TO an end. as described j., rr,,o
Star of Monday, Oc-
The Worlds tober %. 1893: In
F DIR Ends many respects this week
is the most important
OF the talr. II is the last full week
within the official limit. The clos
ing scenes will be enacted. so far as
statutory regulations are concerned. and
the last look must be taken at the most
marvellous exhibition of human skill ever
known. The authorities have sought
TO make the last days interesting, and
have crowded a number of special events
into them 1t developed that the big
gest money-making concessions were the
ferris wheel, then an extreme novelty.
and Buffalo Bills Wild West show, held
just outside the fairgrounds because
according to the president of the Fair
committee, it was not refined enough
1ood news was the report of Surg.
Gen. Wyman on the yellow fever situa-
ton III the South. In
Yellow Fever The Star of October
Controlled 90, 1893, he expressed
himself as highly salts
fed with the efforts being made by the
officers of the marine hospital service,
and thinks that the thoroughness of the
quarantine is preventing the spread of
the disease" The trouble was localized
at Jesup and Brunswick, both in Georgia.
He naively added that trains through
Jesup went so fast that mot even the
most able-bodied yellow fever germ
could get footing aboard"
Quaint reading today is a suggestion in
The Star of October 25, 1893, that the new
metal. aluminium, might
Aluminium be useful some day in war:
In War aluminium -" has late
" received a new applica-
ton The idea was suggested by Ger
man soldiers complaining that their
baggage was too heavy for them to carry
on the long excursions which they were
forced to make accounted for by
the weight of their cooking utensils.
Several years ago aluminium cups, frying
pans, etc, were introduced, and the ex-
pertinent was so successful that they
are coming into use there to replace the
older iron utensils"