Evening star., 1943-10-31
Fifty Years Ago
in The Star

Fifty years ago the biggest controversy
in Congress was settled-the special ses-
sion Of Congress
Congressional called to legis-
Controversy Settled late relief meas
ures for the
panic of '93. Repeal Now a Fact"
blazed the headlines in The Star Of No
vember l, 1898, the repeal referred to
being that of the Silver Purchase Act.
William Jennings Bryan, given a final
opportunity to speak, warned against
repeal. but declined to sponsor any fur
ther fillbuster The motion was then
put on concurring in the Senate amend
ment. The yeas and nays being ordered
at 2:27, the calling of the roll was begun.
The Senate amendments to the repeal
bill were concurred in. Yeas, 1877; nays,
"a. Later the President signed"
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The breakup OF the Chicago Worlds
Fair was symbolized by the return to
Philadelphia of It's
The Liberty Bell most historic exhibit,
Comes Home the famous Liberty
Bell. In a dispatch
from Dayton, Ohio The Star of No
vember !, 1893, told "Old Liberty Bell
was given royal reception all along the
line this morning. Crowds clustered
railroad stations" The special train,
with the Mayor of Philadelphia aboard
remained in Dayton for three hours. and
for lesser periods of time at other sta
tons on the line. until it reached Phila-
delphia.
An unexpected and tragic climax to
the Chicago Fair was the assassination
Of Carter Henry Harri-
Assassination son, Mayor of that city.
Of "a Mayor Mr.. Harrison had just
begun his fifth term,
having served four successive ones be-
ginning in 1879, and another after an
absence from the position The assassin,
named Prendergast, was political crank
who had already tried to tell the Secre-
tary of the Treasury how he could con-
troll the panic.
The Star Of October 81, 1893, called
attention to an epidemic of such cranks,
and cited an instance in
An Epidemic New York of the arrest
Or Cronks of one Henry Frank, who
expressed regret that
Prendergast had assassinated Mr.. Harri-
son in Chicago before he, Frank, could
do it. Unfortunately, however, according
to his account, he had had to stop over
In New York first to murder the Cuban
consul, an assignment given him by a
prominent general In New Haven. to
whom he had sold his soul. Franks
arrest took place by lucky chance, oc-
curing as result of heated argument
he had on the street with an Italian
frult peddler over the merits of an apple
he had bought claiming 1t was not fit to
eat because 1t was a part OF the moon.
To complete the picture, The Star of
November l, 1893, In wire from Port
land, Greg, gave
Dangerous Monioc an account of the
Apprehended arrest of Charles
LuIlScuucT, Ger
man with divine mission, according to
his account, to rule the United States.
He had planned to run for President on
an independent ticket, but before that
had a few other details to take care of,
Including the murder of Senator Mitchell
OF Oregon. Later, in a more peaceful
moment, he intended to effect a union
of Great Britain and the United States
by marrying Queen Victoria.
The Star of October %, 1893, printed a
quaint prophecy on the development of
aviation: "IF-and you
Aviotion notice the size of this
Versus War If aerial navigation
were proved posi-
bility, tried certainty, at 80 miles an
hour for long distances, it would not
take many words to point out ad-
vantages =. 1t would be the most
powerful agency for the suppression of
war shifting the settlements of
international disputes from brute force
to diplomacy and international law that
can be imagined this side Of the millen-
mum. OF what use would be the stand
ing army Of Germany, if few ships
could cripple 1t and demolish Berlin, by
circling above and dropping dynamite or
inflammable torpedoes or bombs, while
themselves beyond the reach OF the most
powerful suns"