Evening star., 1947-03-23
Fifty Years Ago
The Star on March IA, 1897, reportet
the elimination Of a marble tablet ant

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The Star on March IA, 1897 reported
the elimination of marble tablet and
brass star which
Reminder OF had been placed in
r.,.IvG... the Baltimore e. Po-
tomac Railway de-
pot ito mark for all time the spot on
which President Garfield fell when as
sassinated" 1t was limited that: "A
superstitious dread on the part of the
travelling public Of constant reminder
of an awful tragedy seems to have led
to the removal" but officials at the
station said that fire on March
had damaged the monuments" ir-
reparably.
President Mckinley it was an
nounced in The Star of March Is, 1897,
will attend tn e
Chief Executives Metropolitan M. E.
rLu~.h Church during his
administration Ar
rangements had been made to that ef-
feet with Col. T. H. Anderson. While
the new tenant of the Executive Man.
sion and his wife had worshipped at
Foundry Church. The change was
decided upon largely because the Metro
politan was a national church of the
Wesleyan denomination. Also it already
had a presidential pew. used by U. S.
Grant when he was Chief Executive.
Half a century later this historic piece
of furniture, bearing an inscribed sill
yer plate, may be seen in the beautiful,
modern home of the Metropolitan con-
gregation at Nebraska and New Mexico
avenues NV, opposite American Uni
versity.
Front page space was employed In
The Star for March Is, 1897, to chronicle
the nomination of
Three Importont Col John Hay to be
Annointments Am assador to
Great Britain and
Gen. Horace Porter to be Ambassador
to France. The former had been as
sistant secretary to President Lincoln
and an editorial writer for the New
York Tribune; the latter had served as
an artillery officer in the Civil War, as
Assistant Secretary of War when Grant
was Secretary and as president Of the
West Shore Railroad and vice president
of the Pullman Car Co. subsequently.
Mentioned in secondary connection
in the same news article was Henry
INF 10 hA of
American Embassy in London. He aft
erwards was Ambassador to Italy, Am
bassador to France and member of
the United States Peace Commission in
1918. Dying in 1927, he is remembered
in an inscribed panel at Washington
Cathedral which ne helped to build.
The Star on March II, 1897. issued
two extras to tell the full and complete
story of the fight for
Carson the heavyweight cham
Prize Fiqht pionship of the world at
Carson, New. Robert
FitzsimmonS was the victor, but his
opponent, James J. Corbett, carried
away $4,000 as a side stake George
Sier was referee. William A. Brady,
later to win fame as theatrical mana
ger in New York, appeared as one Of
the sponsors of the event John L.
Sullivan, "the noblest Roman of them
ALL went into the ring to say few
words and take bow. Thomas Sharkey
and William Muldoon were in the audi
ence. Kinetescope pictures were made
of the IA rounds of battle.
A long dispatch from Newport, KY,
describing the hanging of Scott Jackson
and Alonzo Walling in
Murderers the Jail yard there that
Executed morning was published ,' III IN
The Star of March 20,
1897. The two men died for the killing
of Pearl Brown IA months earlier.
Much mystery surrounded their crime
and was not cleared away by their
deaths. The head Of the dead girl never
was found. Some observers Of the trial
and execution believed that physician
had been involved in the Staying and
that the dissecting Of Pearls body had
been done by professional hands.
Wallings sweetheart sent him message
assuring him of her love few minutes
before he went to the gallows. jackson
might have saved his companion by con-
Tossing exclusive personal responsibility
for the killing, but he refused. The
crowd "cheered loudly when the black
flag went up"
The Star for March 20, 1897, explained
that G. w. Couldock, "the oldest actor
now on the English
veteruR Thespion speaking stage"
Coming t.s.s ~. hosrd.
with wilton Lackaye's company ut the