Evening star., 1945-10-28
Fifty Years Ago

The Star on OCTOBER ~, 1910, gave
prominent position to lengthy account
of . national conference
UnitoFions IN Of Unitarian "and other
r.w. Christian churches at
wv" Metzerott Hall. "As
religious gathering" it was explained,
"the meeting was rather out OF
the ordinary in that fully three-fourths
OF the delegates present are women, and
q more attractive or more intellectual
looking audience has rarely gathered in
this city The Rev. Or. Robert Coilyer
being absent, the Rev. Dr.. Charles Car
roll Everett, dean and Bussey professor
OF theology at Harvard University,
preached at the opening service. An
address by the Rev. George Bachelor.
also Of Cambridge, Mass, was described
a "by far the most important matter
OF business on the program for the
morning" session. His speech included
a report on the American Unitarian
Association, of which he was secretary.
IS
"A correspondent" said The Star Of
October %, 1895, editorially, "has writ.
ten to suggest that .
Big Celebration great international
p,.....I exposition be held in
this city In 1900 to
celebrate not only the beginning of the
20th century but also the birth
Of the National Capital. The idea is ex-
cellent inasmuch as 1t calls attention to
tk> Nv,sA fAa Aat hat S~ % kA
any exposition held in this country in
that year Washington is re-eminently
the place at which it should occur" But
plans already were known to have been
made for comprehensive world fair
at Paris in 1900, and the author of the
editorial expressed doubt that Con-
sress could be persuaded to grant suf-
ficient financial aid" to make rival
attraction in the District of Columbia
feasible. The comment closed with the
admission that: "Ths matter is worth
discussing, however"
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The Star for October "a, 1895, an
nounced that Acting Secretary OF the
Navy William Nc
srck sattieship Adoo "laas written to
Sold? the Governor OF I'LL.
nois," inquiring about
the alleged sale of "the brick model OF
the battleship Illinois" exhibited at Chi
cago during the Columbian Centennial.
Some of the oficials of the department
are inclined to believe that the Gov
ernor exceeded his powers, If, as re-
ported, he has sold the model rs old
junk. They assert that it was trans
ferred to the State in order that 1t
might be used by the Naval Militia of
Illinois rs an armory or otherwise and
that on the disbandment of that Or
sanization it should properly have re-
verted to the Government instead OF
being sold and the proceeds turned into
the State treasury"
In the annals Of the Smithsonian In.
stitution. under date Of October 25, 1895,
1t Is recorded that there
Sea Lion was received from the
cs,uaI,v, National Geological Park
on that date the body OF
. female California sea lion. Back OF
the entry thus summarized there was
d story told In The Star Of exactly half
Z century ago last Thursday which
perhaps should be repeated briefly az an
example OF how the modern atomic age
IVES forecast. The sea lion, it seems,
died as the result Of an accidental ex-
plosion OF dynamite in the neighborhood
Of Its summer home near Rock Greek.
Following the occurrence Of the blast.
the animal-a Handsome beast-ap-
peared to be normal In every disceznible
respect. But after several hours its
keeper noticed that 1t would not eat