Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14

ment department actually asked for a
reduction in the
Fewer Government rfu I'M Der of en-
Printers ployes. The odd
phenomenon was
detailed in The Star of May IL, 1894:
There Is general CONSERVATION in the
Government Printing Office over the
report that about 1000 members of the
office force are to be dropped, owing
to the fact that the force Is too large.
A number of the employees take what
satisfaction they can out of the state
ment of the Government printer that
he intends to make all changes in the
office based on the principle of efici-
ency. A large number, however, are
relying upon political influence" In
consequence, Mr.. Benedict, the public
printer, had to hold his Office against
virtual siege of Congressman fighting
for their constituents.
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Gen." Coxey and his army of unem-
ployed were shunted around again, this
time to Bladensburg. AS
Coxey Moves reported in The Star of
Again May a. 1894; Early this
morning the Common
veal of Christ took up its half dozen
beds, and without ceremony, and not a
particle of regret, moved it's habitat
from the sandy shores of the Eastern
Branch into the historic town of Bla-
densburg and deposited itself in the
large yard attached to the George
Washington House. Never in it's history
has the hearty old tavern received such
number and wonderful variety of
guests" They were not, however, so
numerous as Mr.. Coxey had hoped. The
ragged army was dwindling by desertion.
Even less welcome to civic authorities
than Gen" Coxey's army was a case
of smallpox in the city
Case of Prompt action followed, as
SmoIInox told in The Star of Nav
IL, 1894: Yesterday eve
ming case of smallpox was discovered
at the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
Station, and the patient removed at
once to the Hospital for Contagious
Diseases, back of the Jail. The patient
was a colored man named Remus Nell
son, % years of age, and a native of
Virginia" The quarantine was effec-
tive and an epidemic was prevented.
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Latin America was disturbed bv a.
controversy between Brazil and Portu-
gal. The Star of May
Brozil Breaks IA, 1894, reprinting a
With Portugal telegram from Rio de
Janeiro said: "Presi-
dent Peixoto has broken off diplomatic
relations with Portugal. The President
has sent to the Portuguese Legation the
passports for Count de Paraty and for
the members of the Portuguese Lega-
tons staff" Trouble was caused bv
followers of the Brazilian rebel, Da
Cana, taking refuge aboard Portuguese
war vessels in Rio harbor and refusal
of the commanders to give them up for
trial in the courts of Brazil. In time,
the incident faded
The British Navy lost two men in an
accident that seems ironical today:
they were killed in the
ifoh'eoi act of firing a salute of
Accident honor to the German flag.
The Star of May IL, 1894,
told the details, in a dispatch from
Edinburgh: "A German squadron ar
rived this morning at Queens Ferry, on
the Firth of Forth, and the Galatea
fired salute to the German flag. After
the 10th round had been fired on board
the Galatea, there was an explosion. ="
An inquest showed that the charge had
gone off outside a gun as it was being
placed in the breech. Several men were
injured besides the two killed.
German claims in Samoa received at
tention and caused sharp comment In
The Star of May IL,
Sacred German 1894, the views of the
Treoty London Times Berlin
correspondent were
aired: AT meeting in Berlin, a resolu-
tlon was adopted declaring that Ger
many must maintain her rights in
Samoa. 1t is an unpleasant fact that
the situation of the Samoan problem
mas aroused most undesirable exhibit
ton of anti-English sentiment in Ger
many. Come what may England and
the United States may be assured that
Germany will remain faithful to the
treaty" The correspondent was right;
Tor years, day in and day out, England
the United States and all other nations
continually have been assured that Ger
many will remain faithful to treaties
maintenance and defended 1t in vigor-
Gus terms 1t is safe prediction, how
ever, that the fight is far from over. In