Evening star., 1943-03-14
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

cabinet meeting and
New Consulor schedule for two
Policy such meetings a
week - each Tues
day and each Friday. The Star of March
IA, 1893, printed forecast of reform as
follows: president Cleveland has de-
cided upon line Of policy to be pursued
in the appointment OF consuls which Is
expected to materially expand the trade
of the United States with foreign coun-
tries, especially with the South and Gen.
tral American republics His policy is to
select men for appointment to consul
ships who have exceptional business quail
ifications and possess sufficient trade in
stinct to recognize an outlet for American
merchandise and the ability to aid in
working up a market for the product of
American manufacture and farms.
The President said that, OF course, politi-
cal reasons cannot be entirely ignored in
the selection of consuls, but that particu-
lar stress will be laid upon the business
abilities of the men whose names are
presented to him" The President frankly
stated that this policy had been pursued
for some time by Great Britain, with sue
cess. and that it was time for the United
States to follow suit.
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The health of the City of Washington
was topic OF discussion in The Star of
March IS. 1893, in
Health Conditions connection with a
In Washington lecture at Columbian
University by DR.. j. S.
Billings on the objects and purposes OF
the Sanitary League of the District of
interesting talk giving much solid
information concerning the sanitary con-
dition and the death rate OF the city,
which made any argument as to the need
of such work as the league has in view
unnecessary. He used to illustrate his lee
ture several tables and charts and num-
Der of lantern slides were shown.
Several views were shown of photographs
taken recently in different localities in
Washington Of alley scenes, vacant lots
and other places not in the best Of order.
Some of these are reproduced in The
Star today" They were the worst. being
two views of a slum known as Phillips
court, which looked as If it might breed
crime as well as disease.
The Star of March IL, 1898, in a dis
patch from Boston, reported a disastrous
fire in the Hub City: "At this
Boston hour, am, no change is
Fire warranted in the estimates of
loss and insurance sent out
last night. OF the property loss of $4,-
100000, little over 81 900 900 is on build
ings and the remainder on stock. This
is covered by an insurance within $400 900
Of the total loss. Only three persons are
known to have lost their lives, but the
injured will number more than score.
Every street in the heart Of the fire dis
trict is covered with heap Of the widest
mass of destruction. =" The burned dis
trict comprises roughly the territory
bounded on the north by Essex street, on
the west by Kingston street to the main
building of the United States Hotel, on
the south side by the United States Hotel
proper and on the east by South street"
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A steamship was given up as lost with
all hands. The Star Of March 13 1893,
said: "A dispatch from Lis
AVessel bon states that the mail
lslost steamer just arrived at Lis
bon from the Azores brings
no tidings of the missing White Star Line
steamship Naronic. - - The general opin-
ion among shippers is that the Naronic
is lost" This opinion was strengthened
two days later in a wire to The Star
from New York: The White Star Line
freighter Naronic has been out just 80
days from Liverpool without being seen
or heard from, and the agents of the line
in this city admitted this morning that
they had given her up as lost"