Evening star., 1944-06-25
Fifty Years Ago
The Star for June 13, 1894, devoted q
column and q half OF space to an ac-

AASO
The Star for June 10, 1894, devoted q
column and half OF space to an ac-
count Of the an
Columbian nual commence
Commencement ment exercises OF
Columbian UNI
versity. A speech by James c. Carter
OF New York was a featured part of
the proceedings. The orator, anticipat-
ing the franchise for women, demanded:
What will be your CONSERVATION when,
fully expecting to triumph for a right
eous cause, some fair Portia, fresh from
an American Padula and arrayed In
every charm, stands up to address the
jury against you'll" One of the graduates
was Corcoran Thorn; another was Harry
G. Surguy-both still usefully busy In
Washington after half century.
On June 15 1894, according to The
Star for that date, the House Com
, mittee on Public
Printing Office Buildings reported a
Project bill for new Gov
ernment Printing Of
flee to be erected on the south end of
the Armory Square, B street, between
Sixth and Seventh streets S.W. Con-
struction. 1t was stipulated, was to be
under the direction OF the oficer in
charge of the building OF the Library
OF Congress. But the plan failed and
the GPO was allowed to continue to be
developed on the site to which it was
accustomed, on North Capitol street
NV.
In The Star for June Is, 1894, the
State Department was represented as
being in position to throw
Pestilence light" on "the singular
in Chino plague which is now raw
aging China" The pes
thence, old records indicated, was sim
liar to the Black Death which devastat-
ed Europe in the Middle Ages 1t was
alleged that the disease was never
known before 1860, >when it appeared
during the great Mohammedan rebel
lion" In Yangtze, it was called the
"bubonic fever"
A conflagration of mysterious origin
destroyed the lexington Hotel, Third
and T streets NE, on the
lexington night Of June 10, 1894, and
Bloze The Star of the next day
expressed wonder that no.
body was injured in the blaze Com
the property, valued at between $4,000
and $4,000. One portion Of the burned
structure had been built by -Jaseph
Gales. jr., editor and publisher of the
National Intelligencer, in 1885.
The Star for June 81, 1894, gave
front-page prominence to a report that
President Cleveland had re-
koreon ceived the new Minister of
Envoy Korea, Ye Sung 500, former
counselor of legation. us
ual formal speeches." it was remarked,
were exchanged" Meanwhile, Japan
gradually was closing in" around the
Hermit Kingdom The complete de-
struction Of Korean independence, how
ever, was not accomplished until 1910.
DR.. Patrick Glennan, late surgeon of
United States Volunteers, who died
June II, 1894, was buried
Freedmen's at Mount Olivet Cemetery
Founder on June 81, and The Star
for June % printed a
sketch of his career, saying that he was
the organizer of Freedmen's Hospital
and It's executive officer for 26 years.
OF him, it added: He was faithful to
every duty in life, looking upon his
profession as sacred trust to be used
for the benefit of mankind"
The Star for June %, 1894 announced
the award of trip to Europe to the
most popular school
Most Popular teacher in Washing
Teacher ton" Given by the
Bradbury Piano Co., the
prize consisted Of a ticket covering
steamship fare to and from the Old
World and all expenses of visits so
England, Scotland and France. Final
count OF votes cast for the winner
showed him more the $4,000 ahead of
his nearest rival. The name of the sue
ceSsful contestant was Stephen Eliot
Kramer. He subsequently was the be-
loved principal Of Central High and first
assistant superintendent of schools in
the District of Columbia Readers who
would see his living monument are re-
ferred to Seventeenth and @ streets Sc.