Evening star., 1945-09-30
Fifty Years Ago
The Star for September 40. 1895. con-
tanned = telegraph report from McKin-

ney. KY. to the effect
Fotol Come that i've men sat down to
OfPokes play poker in . distinery
in Pulaski County, Is
miles north Of this place" and n dispute
over the game arose" with the result that
four Of the i've were killed. A man,
appropriately named Cain. allegedly did
the killing and Is eyading arrest"
Meanwhile. his erstvhile eompanions in
gambling lie side by side" IN the d.
tillery meahoom. awaiting identinca-
ton and the order of friends."
At the top Of the society column in
The Star Of September Al. 1895. it was
set forth that: The
Society agony Is over at last, and
kononea the ofneiA announee-
ment Of the eng2gement
Of Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt and the
Duke of Marlborough comes 1T a most
opportune moment. provided it IS not
followed by > denial Every a hours
lately has seen . new set of plans form
ulated for the youthful duke. One day
he Is to accompany his future mother-in
law and hAnoee to Atlanta, and the next
whisked or for = season Of travel IN
another direction. In the meanwhile.
like any other sensible fellow, the duke
kept right On laying siege to the heart
Of the fair young lady. Who has much to
recommend her to . good mans fancy,
outside Of her fortune. The an
nouncement has certainly been received
with great JOY among that part Of the
dukes eeuntrymen who happen also to
be his tenants and employees, to whom
the expected stream of shining gold
will give new heart" Miss Vanderbilt
was the daughter Of w. K. Vanderbilt.
The duke was Charles Richard John
Spencer Churchill, ninth Of his line in
the British peerage. A divorce ended
the marriage in 1920.
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The famous author of the Waver3ev
novels spent . god part q his lie de-
veIopkne . palat31l
Descendonts of residence known as
Scott Abhotsford. near Mel
rose In Scotland, but
when he died In 1a37 Il seemed Mew
that his property soon would pass into
the hands of strangerA 8tx decades
later. however. it sttll was In the pos
session Of the family. The Star for Sep
tember 23, 1ao6, referred to his great
granddaughter, Mr. MaxWe0-Scott, a
being in charge 0 the estate and ex-
planned: Sir Walters daughter Sophia
married John Lockhart, the historian.
They had three children, the youngest
Of whom, Charlotte, married James
Hope. who by act Of Parliament took
the name Of Hope-Scott They also had
three children the eldest Of whom, Mary
Monica =" was sole heireag of Abbo&s-
ford and other large estates. In 1874
she married the Hon. Joseph Maxwell.
Mr.. Maxwell also legally took the
name Of Maxwell-Scott and the fiYyt
child born was named walter Scott."
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Halt . century ago, those individuals
who desired what commonly 10 called
'melodramA" were
Exciting obliged to 20 to the
Entertainment theateT for It. They
could not turn q
dial and have their parlors or satting
rooms-as well as the surrounding At
mosphere for hloeks-Tesosmd with the
screams Of people being slaughtered.
On September =, 1sos, the old-styis
equivalent Of . modern radio Or movie
who dunnit" was "shaft No. T." which
The Star for that date said was play
ing to capacity audiences ut the Acad-
envy Of Aus5c. The plot featured e,ee-
tricity, and 'the hero and heroine are
saved from death In the mine, the de-
struction Of the villain Is effected by .
bolt x hshtuingA and the hero, after
being convicted Of the murder Of the
villain, = saved from death by cleo
trocution.' Thus WAS the inevitable ne
tionabae application Of the atomic bomb
Anticipated.
A long dispatch from Lucerne, pub.
lished In The Star Of September a.
1895. reported: '.Ihe
HsIvetieR Hers fact that certain his
hoNofed torians have discred-
tted the story of W.
liam Tell In nj manner dampeus the
ardor with which the Swiss regard tlesr
hero. On the CONTRARY, thsy have Is-
affirmed IT. truthfumsss h1 ersstine, ct
m szDenss q soaae 4ee,0oo. . colossal
seatus Of the finest marble. sEeeutsa ~