Evening star., 1943-11-28
Fifty Years Ago

Roce Trock Followers into the winter,
Ma. W.,t.I and as a result
many touts and
race track hangers-on planned to make
Washington their winter residence. The
police had other ideas AS The Star of
November %, 1893, related: The depart
ment concluded to begin operations at
the race track, and either lock up or
drive from the city persons found on
the track who were known to have no
good reason for being there, including
the touts and small gamblers. Most of
these persons do not belong here, but
make business of following the races.
1t is known that on every race track
robberies are committed" The first
series of arrests turned out to be some
thing Of a fizzle, due to premature publi-
cation of intent. Eight small fry were
picked up and given terms in the work
house. Others were let off with warm
ing and on condition that they would
leave town before dark.
Democratic House leaders were girding
for battle to put through their liberal
tariff bill and, although they
Ioriff had control by virtue of
R,ttl. Grover Cleveland's election
year before, anticipated
hard fight The reason was explained
in The Star of November %, 1898: The
Republicans condemn the bill without
qualification, but express satisfaction at
its being SO radical as to unmask any
pretense on the part of the Democrats
OF purpose to preserve the protection
of American interests. They regard the
bill as making square issue between
protection and free trade, and it is very
satisfactory to them to have the issue
come in this form" The article went on
to list great number of businesses
which would be dissatisfied with the
proposed tariff and could be counted on
to agitate violently against it.
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The strike on the Lehigh Railroad was
virtually settled but not without violence.
Stones had been thrown
tno or through train windows, tele-
A Str;ke graph operators driven from
their posts of duty and
other acts of disorder had been COM
mitted-to no avail. The Star of No.
vember 20, 1893, said: THE Lehigh Valley
Railroad Co. has practically won
the battle which its employees have
waged against it for two weeks. So far
as this end Of the line Il. e., Jersey City,
is concerned, the strike is thing of the
past. Full passenger train service is in
operation very nearly on schedule time
and freight is moving without him
drance.' Police travelled for a while
longer on trains, even freight trains, but
eventually discontinued the practice.
Unusual honors were rendered by Great
Britain to a foreigner-the American
poet, James Russell Lowell
Aroet IS AS described by The Star
uonored of November 28 1898, in a
cable from London: THE
ceremonies attendant upon the unveil-
ing Of the memorial to James Russell
Lowell in the chapter house of West
minister Abbey began at noon today. The
memorial consists of two stained glass
windows. At the bottom of one is
a medallion portrait of the diplomat,
author and poet" AS our Ambassador
Bayard pointed out in speech, this was
the second such honor to be given a
distinguished American, the other being
the presentation of bust of Longfellow
to the same double sanctuary of reli-
gion and renown"
Other foreign news was slim. A French
anarchist sent two bombs through the
., mail, one addressed to
a Wouio-be Chancellor Won Caprivi
Assossin FoiIs of Germany and the
other to the Kaiser
himself. Accompanying letters falsely
described them as packages of wonderful
new seeds that would sprout quicker
than any others known and urged that
they be tried out. Careful handling,
however, prevented them from sprouting,
and no harm was done. Diplomats hur-
riedly worked to prevent the incident
from developing into serious misun-
derstanding, and the French Ambassador
promised to assist in tracing the culprit
choice in the matter, he would have
been born to be something elsa quiet