Evening star., 1946-01-06


A Writing sages to Congress as all
President his predecessors COM
bined. He set the pace
during his first term with his numerous
vetoes of pension bills and easily broke
all previous records for a corresponding
period. Although less prolific in this
respect during his present term, he has
frequently found it necessary to COM
municate his views in writing to Con-
gress upon important affairs of state"
The Chief Executive personally wrote
his letters; he did not dictate them to
a stenographer; his style was his own:
his ideas of Government no other mans.
Two aides-Major o. L. Pruden and
Warren S. Young-were his copyists,
both expert penmen."
On the first page of The Star on De-
cember 80, 1895, there appeared the full
text Of letter writ
Bishop SotterIee ten by the Rev. DR..
Accepts Henry Yates Satterlee
to the Rev. DR.. John
H. Elliott, indicating that he had decid-
ed to respond afirmatively to the invi-
tatlon of the new diocese of Washing
ton to be its head. He had been duly
elected at the primary convention of
the diocese on December 6. Now, after
having considered at length the grave
responsibilities to God and man" be-
longing to such high position in the
church, he was yielding to the convic-
tion that this summons has come"
to him from our assembled Lord and
King" He confessed his own utter in
sufficiency for the Office and the work"
yet ne consented to attempt them with
the unceasing prayer that the blessing
OF Christ may rest upon the new diocese"
and Its principal leader.
The Star for December 81, 1895. re-
ported that bill for a free public
library in Washing
Free LibroY Bill ton, prepared by the
introduced Library Committee of
the Board of Trade.
had been introduced in the Senate -,
Senator James Mcmillan of Michigan
and IN the House by Representative
Joseph Weeks Babcock of Massachu-
setts. In the opinion of the latter mo
one can for minute doubt the abso-
lutte need for such public library in
Washington. = = This bill makes the
proposed public library practically a
part OF the educational establishment
OF the District, as it should be- It is a
good bill, for good purpose and think
1t will be speedily adopted by Con-
gress." The members of the SPONSOR
ing committee were: Theodore w.
Noyes, chairman; j. T. Du Bois. A. T.
Britton, B. H. Warner, M. M. Parker,
Daniel Murray, j. B. Larner, Weston
Flint and F. B. Mcclure.
company, it was announced in The
Star of January 2, 1896, had been or
ganized at Rich
Gold in the mond, with a
Hills Of Vireinio capital stock of
$4,000, ,000 "for the
purpose of developing on a very ex-
tensive scale large gold mining prop
critics covering several thousand acres in
Buckingham County, Va" Northern and
Western businessmen, allegedly, had
made thorough investigation of the
gold-bearing ores of that territory and
found such favorable. conditions
that they ''have secured control of the
entire district" The samples tested
were supposed to give "a much better
percentage of gold than either the South
African or the Cripple Creek" areas.
A rush" to the neighborhood of Buck
ingham County was indicated, but per-
haps 1t never developed.
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New Year Day, 1896, was chosen by
the society editor of The Star for lectur-
ing offenders against
Young Men standard practices in
Misbehovinq this fashion: Nearly
every one likes to see
boys have good time, and the op-
portunities given them for enjoyment
nowadays are good deal greater than
in years gone by. The holiday season
is pre-eminently the young folks time,
when John and Harry have returned