Evening star., 1943-11-21

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then as now out of Office, made a far
reaching deS
Republican Headquarters cision-to
Established Here establish per-
manent ma
tional headquarters in Washington on
the assumption that since the party
sought national as we'll as local control,
the directing organization might as well
be in the Capital of the Nation. The
Star of November 81, 1898, commented:
Joseph Manley of Maine dropped into
the city Sunday and left for New York
last night. During his stay in Washing
ton he consulted with some of the party
leaders here, and as a result of these
conferences it was decided to establish
permanent headquarters for the Repub-
lican National Committee here This
move had long been wish of Gen. Har-
rison, especially while he himself was
President, but, as The Star said, for
some unknown reason his plan was not
adopted. Now the clever men of the
party believe that the time has come
when 1t should be-
r
Jack the Slasher," mysterious burglar,
was at it again, in activities char
acterized as virtual reign
An Elusive of terror. The police were
BuroIor working overtime to appre-
hend him. as described in
The Star of November 20, 1898: The
police force of the District are apparent
ly as deeply ignorant as to his identity
and whereabouts as ever. This, too, de-
spite the fact that of late many persons
upon whom at least suspicion rested
have been placed behind the bars. 1t
is very doubtful if ever before the force
was so greatly aroused as at the present
time in the case of the daring marauder.
Jack has now been at work for
more than month, and as the days
pass and no tangible clue to the bold
rascal is discovered, the local detective
force are growing desperate in their
effort to catch the burglar" The article
went on to describe attempts being made
to catch him and public indignation
over failure to do so. To make matters
worse, he had a host of imitators. He
was known as the Slasher from his habit
OF wrecking furniture and household ef-
fects that he did not carry off.
With no premonition of it's future i'm
portance, a proposed income tax was dis
cussed. According to The
Income Tex Star of November %, 1898:
Proposed Representative McMillin
OF Tennessee, Representa-
tive Tom l.. johnson of Ohio and
Thomas G.. Shearman OF Brooklyn were
closeted at the Treasury Department for
some time today discussing the question
OF an income tax. A stenographer was
present and notes were taken of the
discussion, to be presented to the Ways
and Means Committee to aid in the
consideration of the question of an in
come tax" President Cleveland was
noncommittal, and it was in fact many
years before the tax actually was levied
The name of the lay member of the
commission, Shearman, would seem es-
pecially apt
The Lehigh Valley Railroad was on
strike, only partially effective. The Star
of November 20, 1898, gave
Roilrood some details. Few freight
Strike cars moved-only 81 in Buff
falo, loaded with perishable
goods or livestock-but passenger trains
ran very late. Little if any violence was
reported. The strike did not last long,
and was ended with concessions on both
sides. The main point was not money,
but desire on the part OF the strikers
to have their union recognized.