Evening star., 1943-01-03
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

ANY SSoi . dSO tliClC " do llo 1NSW 1SdI
issue of The Star. inasmuch as the year
1893 came in on a Sunday
congress and The Star was not then
Reopens published on SUNDAYS. The
times were quiet and there
was not much news. On January 4. 1893,
an account was given of the reopening
OF Congress-a rump Congress due for
alteration on March 4, when the second
Cleveland administration was due to take
over: The holiday recess of Congress
ended at noon today wednesday,, and
at that hour the session Of the Senate
was opened with prayer by the chap
lain The most urgent business were
bills representing different methods Of
dealing with the apprehended cholera
one total suspension of immigration for
one year and the other increased uuaran-
tine powers to the executive branch of
the Government"
An item of interest to philatelists oc-
CURED in The Star Of the same date:
Going like hot cakes
Commemorative gives some idea of
Stamps ,he demand which
has sprung up for the
new Jubilee stamps Orders for large
amounts have been received at the Post
Office Department. They were stamps
issued especially for the Chicago E1posi-
ton, marking the 50Oth anniversary of
the discovery of America by Christopher
Columbus Anybody who bought COM
plete set in 1893, for SIG, can now sell it
for approximately 1925.
Much space was devoted In the jan
uary 2, 1893, issue of The Star to a
resume of the events
Local Events Of of the year lust con-
Tho Pact Yeor cluded, entitled The
Year al Home" Ran
dom sentences will give an idea of the
contents: The idea that Washington is
not business city was pretty thoroughly
exploded by a census bulletin issued dur
ing the early part of the year. The
showing made in that official document
exhibits remarkable increase in nearly
all branches of manufactures in the Dis
''NSS' NoiioA Soo ASkoSllALCQ lllC ca
lstence Of the District in several ways,
but was not overliberal. District appro-
pratlons were cut down as far as DOS
siEle and concerned finally to the ex-
tremely economical ideas of the House
Committee on Appropriations. The
Emergency Hospital was located in its
new home early in the year and in No
vember the Homeopathic Dispensary and
Emergency Hospital was formally opened.
The most notable feature in the
history Of the real estate market during
the past year has been the large and
unprecedented activity in building op-
eratlons 80 The work of advancing the
lines Of the population beyond the city
limits has been going steadily on with the
help Of suburban railroads, and the ad-
vance made during the year in this di-
rection is one of the notable features in
the history Of the year. Religious
work has proceeded without hindrance
or commotion. One of the assured re-
suits is the establishment here of great
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral, probably
to be the largest and finest in the United
states. Washingtons claim to being
the convention city of the country was
materially strengthened during 1892.
Police work during the year has
been more than ordinarily satisfactory,
not single murderer having escaped ar
rest, while large proportion of those
who committed burglaries and similar
desperate crimes fell speedily into the
clutches of the law The Fire De-
partment had but little time in which
to become rusty, for during the year
there were 465 fires reported, alarms be-
ing sounded for 239 separate blazes. :. :.
Satisfactory progress has been made on
the foundations of the new City Post
Office. There was no lack of sport
irg attractions throughout the entire
year. On the dark side, District
courts have, for many years past, been
overcrowded with work"