Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29
Fifty Years Ago
in The Star

Fifty years ago great storm hit WASH
ington, sweltering then as now in the
grip of prolonged heat
Capital Hit wave. AS reported IN The
By Storm Star of August 20, 1898:
Barometer, 2s4; wind
velocity, AZ miles; rainfall, 13 inches.
1t was a hurricane. It was not a
tornado. AS hurricane it came up to
all expectations. It played its part to
perfection. Ordinary August breezes
were not to be compared to it. For hours
1t ragged all along the coast. The center
of the hurricane passed directly over the
fair City of Washington" Description of
damage followed, and also a whimsical
plea to the nuch-abused Weather BIZ
reau: at is to be hoped that the next
time the Weather Bureau attempts to
bring cool wave in summer and sur
cease from a condition of extreme hui
Nudity It will do it in reasonable man.
ner. To the ordinary mind there would
seem to be no particular use in tearing
up trees, uproofing houses and soaring
the timid half to death Just for the sake
OF the drop of few degrees in tempera-
ture. 1t is such foolish waste OF
energy"
"A Program Adopted" said The Star
of August 80, 1898, referring to the COM
ing Capitol Centennial
CopitoI celebration. 1.-THE first
Centennial meeting OF the joint COM
m1ttee of the Senate and
House was held this morning in
the committee room of Senator Voorhees,.
They adopted without dissent the
report of the general committee, which
gave an outline of the work so far
accomplished and detailed statement
of the intended plans"
Virtually a new church, on the site
OF an old one, was started, according to
The Star of August
St. Matthew'S 20. 1893: 1.-THE first
Church Started work on the new St.
Matthew's Church
(Catholic), to be erected on Rhode Island
avenue, was commenced this morning.
This work consists in the demolition and
removal of that part of the old building
which interferes with the portion of the
building now to be erected. The plans
for completed edifice !. . call for a
cruciform church, The building now
stands on Rhode Island avenue between
Seventeenth street and Connecticut
avenue.
1t was admitted that the Treasury's
cash was low, and alarm was felt,
particularly over the rising
Treasury cost of Government. 1.-THE
Gosh Low expenditures for the first
two months of the current
fiscal year." read The Star of August 81.
1893, amount to ST. 900, 900, or at the
rate of s426,000oOO a year, while the
expenditures for the corresponding
months Of the last fiscal year amounted
to $68, 100000, or at the rate of S4O8 oOO.-
600 year" 1t Is worth noting that the
s426.0oo,0o0 annual expense would, today,
be about enough to run the war for two
days, according to some published
figures.
A mystery was cleared up-why Presi-
dent Cleveland, on the very day when he
called for an extra session
Illness OF the of Congress, left WASH
President ington and left again
after Congress had met.
The explanation was given in The Star
of August 90, 1893: THE President suf-
fered from malady which caused him
much pain, besides greatly facilitating
him. When the President went away on
MI. Benedict's yacht he was attended by
surgeons and while on the trip was
subjected tc difficult operation, involv-
ing the eXcision of part of the Jaw,
which it is believed removed the source
of the trouble"