Evening star., 1945-06-10
Fifty Years Ago
The much-discussed proposal to sep
arate the District of Columbia and

Inc mucn-olscuSsed proposal to sep
arate the District of Columbia and
Prince Georges, St.
New Diocese Marys, Charles and
Voted Montgo merry Counties
from the diocese of
Maryland finally was accepted by the
annual diocesan convention, meeting at
the Church of the Epiphany and copi-
ously chronicled in The Star of May 30,
1895. One OF the purposes of the plan,
as explained in an editorial paragraph,
was that: Here will be the great Epis-
copal cathedral and around that mag
nif1cent ediflce will cluster buildings in
which many good works will be done
and from which shall issue influences
potent to hasten the coming of that
ideal civilization for which so many
earnest men and women tirelessly
strive"
A short reference to Representative
elect Oscar w. Underwood of Bir-
mingham, Ala, distin-
Underwoods guished the first page Of
Debut The Star for May 81,
1895, wherein it was
mentioned that he was stopping at the
Metropolitan Hotel and that he was
quite young man in appearance, not
having yet reached a quarter of CEN
tury in years" No prophet existed at
the moment to tell how this energetic
Democrat" was to become Senator, an
authority on tariff legislation, floor
leader of his party, contender for the
presidential nomination against Bryan,
Wilson, McAdoo and Smith. There still
must be at least a few old-timers who
have not forgotten the cry: Twenty
four for Underwood" repeated again and
again In the deadlocked Madison Square
Garden convention in 1924.
Hall century ago it was a prevail
ing American habit to be direct and
Direct foreign nations 4 'front.'
DinIomorv page story in The Star
of June 8, 1895. ex-
planned that two men-of-war flying the
Star Spangled Banner had appeared in
Syrian waters, and the admiral sent
for the Turkish pasha to come down
from Adana to Mersine to meet him
and gave him very plain talking to
about respect for American citizens"
The officer thus referred to was de-
scribed as "a big, bluff old fellow, Just
the one to bulldoze the Turk and he
did it in style" People at Beyrouth,
meanwhile, had fears of a massacre"
and thought that the arrival of the
frigate prevented it." Nothing was said
about what was likely to happen if the
vessel were to depart.
Two great churchmen met in Rome
for the first time since 1886 when, &C
cording to The Star of
Noroinol June 4, 1895, James
sees pone Cardinal Gibbons was
received in private audi
ence by Pope Leo XIII. Interviewed
after the audience by a represent
ative Of the Associated Press, the
visiting prelate said that he was
astonished at the mental vivacity'' of
the Holy Father who, "in spite of his
age. has the strength of his intellect
unimpaired." A direct quotation from
the cardinals comment was: He showed
surprising freshness of memory, recall
ing even the small details of religious,
social and scholastic matters concerning
the United States and especially the
diocese of Baltimore" The pontiff
then had held the throne of St. Peter
since 1878. He continued to occupy it
with distinction until 1908. Cardinal
Gibbons, grocers clerk in his youth,
survived him 18 years
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How much gypsies were feared in the
days of yore was Illustrated by report
in The Star for June S,
A Missing 1895. wherein it was de-
rh;Id clared that the l3-year-
old daughter of Mrs. Vir-
ginia Moran of 1924 L street. Sc, was
missing and that her mother, learning
that band Of the strange nomads was
encamped at Congress Heights, had
complained to the police and the police,
needing the complaint. had chased the
gypsies away, nobody knew whittier. But
subsequent developments exonerated the
gypsies, and The Star of June 6, 1895,
chronicled the sending of whole flock
OF members Of family known as
Lively to the workhouse because, &C
cording to the evidence, they begged
and were bother to the community
Meanwhile, Mary Moran the wanderer,
who had been the guest of the poverty
stricken Lively clan, got home to her