Evening star., 1945-10-07
Fifty Years Ago

GSptCHiItI ou, 1850. d1lIlOuIlCeu, Will
succeed 1t. Gen. Schofeld
Gen. Miles in the command Of the
Chosen Army" The new COM
mander, native of Massa-
chusetts, born August 8, 1889, it was
suggested, lis gallant soldier, with an
exceptionally fine record, and will re-
ceive a cordial welcome in this city,
where he has many stanch friends and
admirers" It was emphasized in this
connection that he lis the first COM
mander of the Army since Gen. Scott
who is not graduate of the Military
Academy. Three times wounded in ac-
tive service, he was brevetted for gall
1antry at Charlottesville, the Wilder
ness and SpottsylVania Courthouse"
Only 81 years of age, he will be the
youngest officer that has ever been at
the head of the Army with the excep-
lion of Gen. Sheridan"
Under Fair Skies" was the headline
used in The Star for October /, 1895, to
describe the weather,
Mcmahon Hall if not the ceremonies
Dedicated whic h distinguished
the dedica ton Of Nc
Mahon Hall at the Catholic University
of America that day. The story filled
two columns and gave many interesting
details about the new building con-
structed and set apart for the study of
philosophy and the social sciences, but
u el,~ ~
in Difference to his expressed wish.
He was the Very Rev. Msgr. James
Mcmahon and is remembered as one of
the great philanthropists of his genera
tion. yet: ITO newspapermen he says that
he has retired from the world and that
there is nothing about him which can
be regarded as of the least interest to
newspaper readers. All he asks is to
be let alone"
According to The Star of October 2.
1895, there should be a statue of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart in in the Library of Congress.
Bronze 1t was cast at Providence,
r. l., by the Gorham Co.
after a model by the well-known
sculptor, Charles Henry Niehaus. The
same hands created ef1gies of Hahne-
mann, the founder of homeopathy;
John Paul Jones, the naval hero;
President James A. Garfield, Edward
Gibbon, the British historian of Rome;
Moses, the lawgiver, and many less i'm
portant worthless, all Of which may be
viewed in Washington. But the 6-foot-
6-inch metal portrait of the celebrated
Austrian composer-where is it? There
is no trace of the work where The Star
said it ought to be-namely, in the
worlds greatest photographic establish
ment. Does any reader know what be-
came of it? "The expression of the face"
allegedly shows power with nobility Of
nature and refined intelligence"
Fifty years ago last week, Col. William
F. Cody and ''his great aggregation of
novelties and wonders"
Buffalo Bills were in Washington, and
Wild West thousands of citizens
fiocked to witness the
customary street parade which notified
the public of the presence of the most
famous of all Wild West shows in town
The procession included cowboys, de-
tachments of the I'd and 7th United
States Cavalry. Cossacks, Arabs and
Indians. and The Star of October 2,
1895, said that everywhere expressions
were heard commendatory of the
spectacle Buffalo Bill himself was the
best feature of all. He looked the part
as no other plainsman or mountaineer
ever did.
En- route to Atlanta, Ga, a train of
five Pullmans, a combination and a
specially-b fiat
Liberty Bell car arrived at the
In WASHINGTON Pennsylvania Sta
ton on October 4,
1895. In The Star Of the date men,
toned 1t was related that the train ar
rived at 1928 and left at 1:58 Mean
while, Charles F. Warwick, Mayor of
the Quaker City, and his travelling COM
panions headed South were entertained
at luncheon by the Board of Trade. at
seems strange that this mass of metal
so intimately associated with the ex-
istence OF the City Of Washington could
have lain for so many years at such a
short distance without having been