Evening star., 1946-05-19

Elght columns OF cloSely-Set small
size type in The Star Of May 8, 1896
reported the ar
Suspect rest and alleged
Confesses Crime confession Of
Irving L. Ford, a
Negro who was captured at Harper's
Ferry and brought back to Washington
charged with the murder of Elsie Kreglo.
why did you kill that poor girl?" he
was said to have been asked "Just
cause she made me mad" was the
answer supposed to have been given by
the prisoner. A little backbone pen
knife" it was contended, was the
weapon employed. Rape was not the
intention of the killer. His purpose
merely was to avoid being accused OF
rape. The frightened prisoner expected
TO be lynched at any moment.
-. Under the heading Of Herndon corr
respondence, The Star on May 8, 1896,
-@sF, ~ reported: Full houses
Two Weddings witnessed the mar
Reported riages of Charles F.
Cumnins and Miss
Edith Dyer at the M. E. Church We'd
nesday at II o'clock and of E. L. Robey
and Miss Edith Bready in Congrega-
tional Church at II noon. Rev. Mr.
Stallings performed the ceremony at
the M, E., and Rev. DR.. Mason at the
Congregational Church. Immediately
after the marriage of the first couple
the company started for the other
church, which was soon filled to over
flowing. Both churches were profusely
decorated with plants and flowers, each
having a beautiful arch of arbor vitae
and snowballs, with suspended floral
bells. The uShers at the M. E. Church
were E. L. Garrett, jr., and Ira Schooley;
at the Congregational Church, Dr. Rozier
Middleton OF Washington, and Guy E.
Mitchell After the close of the cere-
mony, Mr. and Mrs. Robey held a re-
ception at the house of the brides
father, Isaiah Bready. A large number
attended and very happy hour was
enjoyed. Bountiful refreshments were
served, after which all repaired to the
station, where both couples took the
1:42 train and started on the tour to
Old Point Comfort and Norfolk"
Featured on the editorial page OF The
Star for May IL, 1896, was a personality
sketch from the New
Mr.. Mckinleys York Sun which read
Manager in part as follows:
This private citizen,
who is as little known in the everyday
political life of Washington as it is
possible to be, and who nevertheless has
been one of the leading spirits in man.
aging the Mckinley campaign, is John
Hay, author, poet and diplomat, and
those whose opinions are worthy of
respect declare him to be McKinleys
closest personal and political friend, and
certain to be Secretary of State in his
cabinet should the Ohio man be elected
President. Col. Hay has lived in
Washington almost continuously since
he was Assistant Secretary of State in
the Hayes cabinet, and here he has
done his important literary and journal
istic work. His wife was the daughter
Of the late Amasa Stone of Cleveland,
one of the richest men in the United
States, and they live in a beautiful
house on the corner Of Sixteenth and I
streets, just across Lafayette Square
from the White House. Here Col Hay
put the finishing touches to the life of
Lincoln, which he and John G. Nicolay
published few years ago. 1" = He and
his family are among the best known of
the fashionable set of Washington
society, and with the political leaders
and the administration officials he is
on terms of the closest intimacy"
Under clear sky and beneath
burning sum-" explained The Star on
May II, 1896.
Honcock Monument the heroic
Ceremony eques strian
statue" of Gen.
Winfield Scott Hancock at the juncture
OF Pennsylvania and Louisiana avenues
and Seventh street was unveiled. Presi-
dent Cleveland, Vice President Steven
son. the cabinet, the justices of the
Supreme Court, Senators and Represen-
tatives. Army, Navy and Marine officers
in throngs and civilians in multitudes
attended the ceremony in homage to
the memory of the "illustrious COM
mander Of the I'd Army Corps" The
principal orator Of the occasion was