Evening star., 1943-10-17
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star


ington, causing considerable damage.
The loss would
A Cyclone Strikes have been worse
The Copitol but for the good
work of the
Weather Bureau, which Issued ample
warning. 1t had prohted by the lesson
Of two months earlier, when another
cyclone had created havoc unnecessarily
great because the public had not taken
the warning seriously. The Star of
October a. 1893, related: Another de-
structive West Indian cyclone passed
over this city last night and ragged with
tremendous fury for several hours. 1t
was accompanied by heavy fall of rain,
and did considerable damage to trees,
houses, telegraph wires and, in fact, to
everything that was exposed to the
strength Of the wind. On 5-minute
averages the wind blew at the rate of
AZ miles an hour and the barometer
went down trifie below 90, a point
which 1t has not reached in this city
for a number of years past"
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The little house where Abraham
Lincoln died became shrine of the
Nation. AS mentioned in
A NotionoI The Star of October IA,
Shrine 1888: "As a result of the
patriotic efforts of the
Memorial Association of the District, an
organization which has already accom-
plished great deal in designating with
some permanent mark many of the
places of historic interest in this city,
the house where Lincoln breathed his
last will be opened to the public. The
formal opening will take place Tuesday
evening next in the presence OF a dis
tinguished company who have been in
vited by the association, of which Justice
Fuller is the president to be present on
that occasion. Brief addresses will be
made by several prominent men of
Illinois, among them the Vice President,
Senator Cullom. Senator Palmer and
Representative Springer"
Another memorial was dedicated at
Trenton. In a dispatch from that city,
The Star of October 10,
Trenton 1893. announced: The
Memorial Trenton battle monument
was dedicated today,
The pomp and splendor of the affair
were impressive. Governors of many
States participated and an impressive mil
itary display was one of its features.
Every workshop and factory was
closed and the entire population turned
out to witness the exercises and festivi-
ties and thousands of strangers swelled
the great throng of sightseers.!' Among
those present was the granddaughter of
Chief Justice Trent, the founder of the
city, once known as "Trentstown."
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Less happy was this death announce
ment in The Star of October IT, 1893.
Marshall Mcmahon
Deoth of is dead" read wire
Two Notobes. from Paris. This
was the French gen.
eral with the Irish name who 20 years
before had been elected President of
France by an almost unanimous vote
and occupied that Office for six years.
From the same city, Paris, came a report
the same day of the death of Charles
Francois Gounod, the composer, whose
opera Faust" is perhaps his greatest
claim to immortality in music.
Russians at Paris" read headline in
The Star of October II, 1893. France
Extends an Enthusiastic
kussIons at Welcome" The occasion
Paris was visit of the Russian
Admiral Avelan, who, with
party, was entertained by President
Carnot at the palace. The item is mem
toned as being in sharp contrast to most
of the other political news from Europe,
filled with hints of bad feeling and
threats of war.
The Star Of October 18, 1893, told of
the silver jubilee in honor of Cardinal
Gibbons, held in and around the Cathe-
dral In Baltimore. One Of the features
Of the ceremony was the reading aloud
of letter to the cardinal from the Pope,
felicitating him on hts long service to
the church. a.er'. .@