Evening star., 1946-06-16
Fifty Years Ago

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The Star for June ! 1895, chronicled
the death of Princess Angeline, "one of
the most picturesque
A ReoI American figures of pioneer
Douohter days" She had sue
cumbed to pneu-
monla in the city named for her father,
Chief Seattle, Duwamish worthy whose
aid to the white settlers of Washington
still is commemorated in that way. Sew
entV years of age, she had suffered
greatly for the last few weeks, but
fought like a tiger when an effort was
made to force her in a hospital
where her life undoubtedly could have
been prolonged
An editorial in The Star of June 3.
1896 discussed movement allegedlv
getting started to Or
New York City ganize Greater New
A AStote9 York as State
separate and distinct
from the remainder of what is now the
Empire State" One reason for the aei-
tation, it was supposed, was that: There
are IN New York City very many people
whose desires and profits have of late
been seriously interfered with bv the
rural legislator who has recently been
much IN evidence at Albany From the
supervision of the agriculturist there is
no present promise of esca De: the hope
OF the gambler, the saloonkeeper and
many others engaged in collateral in
dustries lies only in complete emancipa-
ton and unquestioned legislative inde-
pendence.' Since both the Nation at
large and rural New York would be op-
posed to any such isolation, the ele-
ments referred TO" really had no hope at
all. The Star did not imagine that the
movement would be successful Half a
century later, the campaign still is
fruitless of results.
First page position was accorded to
telegram from Milwaukee. published
IN The Star on June 5,
trouble on 1896, reading in part:
Trolley Line "A trolley car on the
Cudahy line OF the Mil
Waukee electric railway was ambushed
last night at point 2 miles north of
the city and fully 20 shots fred into it
Two men were shot, one fatally. They
are: John Breen, motorman
shot through the abdoman. will die:
Adolph Schwartz, conductor
shot through the leg, condition not Sc
rlous.' The car, it was reported. had
been halted by log of wood laid across
the tracks. When the crew attempted
to remove the obstruction they were
wounded by supposed sympathizers with
strikers. Other cars, running on the
south side of the city, were stoned and
there were several clashes between Of
lcers and rioters.
Most governments" The Star of
June II, 1896, represented the New
York Evening Tele-
Olympic Postage gram as saying, ARE
Stomps more or less like in
dividualS, trait
which is shown in the fact that most
governments have hobbies. One illus
tration of this is found in the fashion of
nations to celebrate extraordinary events
by the issue of extraordinary postage
stamps. The United States did this at the
time OF the Chicago Fair. The Pope, even.
has yielded to the insidious temptation.
AS rule, the smaller the country, the
longer the list of stamp issues, since
tSequent variation creates scarcity. and
scarcity is the cause of the philatelist
reaching deep into his pocket. Some
rather obscure states have been accused
OF having deliberately traded on the
passion of the collector for the sake of
increasing their revenues. But in the
present instance Greece has the best
of excuses for issuing a series of stamps
to commemorate the games which have
aroused the profound interest not only
OF athletes, but of all lovers of classic
history. The designs of the stamps have
been made altogether appropriate to
the character of the events, and the
result is an issue which is of much more
than ordinary interest
More than column of small print
was required to tell in The Star for
June 9, 1896, the
Breoeh Of Promise story Of hearing
Proceeding before the chief
justice, Baron Rus
sell of Kilowen and special jury
wherein May Gore, the actress, asked
damages in amount of $4,000 pounds
of Viscount Sudley, lieutenant in the
Royal Horse Guards and heir to the Earl
of Arran. The case attracted a great
throng of London's idle fashionables,
of the men and women of about-town
class, as we'll as number of people of
decidedly aristocratic standing" Wis.,
count Sudley was described as "fair,
sunburned, about 49, and Miss Gore
as "a remarkable pretty, plump and at
tractive girl dressed in black
velvet, richly embroidered' and wearing
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