Evening star., 1948-10-10
Fifty Years Ago

Inc spctllghted news in The Star of Octo-
Der !, 1893, concerned turmoil in the Flowery
Kingdom. A late despatch from
Trouble in Shanghai said that it has been
Chino economically announced" that
the Emperor of China had COM
mitted suicide on September 21. In London it
was understood that his imperial majesty had
died after signing DEGREES which placed the
Dowager Empress at the head of affairs"
Difficulties in Peking included arrest and ban
ishment Of 'all the English speaking secretaries
and the principal members of the Chinese For
eign Office" Mr.. Mortimer, belonging to the
British mission, was "insulted and attacked by
mob, which stoned him and covered him with
mud; and the Chinese secretary of the United
States Legation was similarly treated and had
several ribs broken. A cable from the American
Minister at Penang dealing with the situation
in China explained: six alleged consprators
executed by order Of the Empress yesterday.
kang, leading reformer, adviser of the Emperor,
escaped In British vessel" What actually was
happening was a conservative revolution. It
succeeded-without actually numbering tKuang
Hsu, the weak but literally inclined occupant
Of the throne. Kept prisoner he did not really
die until 1908. Meanwhile the Boxer Rebellion
and many other troubles developed.
A plague Of false alarms had been bothering
the Washington Fire Department, and The Star
for October 3. 1898. contained q
Folse lengthy story about how the police
AIorms had managed to catch some of
the mischief-makers The officers
nabbed three suspects in the act of pulling a
box about, 2:30 O'Clock in the morning. One
Of the apprehended men was drunk "and also
had an extra supply of liquor in his picket"
Each defendant was fined $40, with term Of
four months on the farm each in default Of
payment" Another individual before Judge
Scott on two charges of similar nature was
a 12-year-od colored boy, who admitted his
guilt but said: Some white boys told me to do
It," The judge, in consideration Of the boys
age" imposed q penalty of $40 or so days in
each case.
Many columns Of space in The Star for
October 5, 1898, were devoted to chronicling
the triennial convention of the
Episcopolions Protestant Episcopal Church in
Assembled America which opened that day
at the Church of the Epiphany.
The initial service was conducted by the Right
Rev. Henry B. Whipple, Bishop Of Minnesota,
famous as the Apostle to the Red Men," He
was assisted by the Right Rev. Henry D. Nicely,
Bishop of Maine; the Right Rev. Richard H.
Wilmer, Bishop Of Alabama, and the Right
Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, Bishop of Missouri.
Distinguished laymen in attendance included
J. Perpont Morgan of New York. Chief Justice
Melville Fuller, former Senator George F.
Edmunds of Vermont, Robert Treat Paine of
Boston and David B. Lyman Of Illinois. One
of the items on the agenda was q proposal to
change the name of the church to the American
Catholic Church.
X
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, opening his CAM
paign for Governor of New York at Carnegie
Hall, New York City, was re-
T. r. on the ported in The Star of October
Stump 6, 1885, as having SAID: Inc
guns of our warships in the
tropic seas Of the West and the remote East
| have awakened us to the knowledge OF new
duties. Our flag is proud flag and 1t stands
for liberty and civilization. Where it has once
floated, there must and shall be no return to
tyranny or savagery. We are face to face with
our destiny, and we must meet 1t with high
and resolute courage" tremendous crowd
= cheered every utterancs OF the gallant
Rough Rider"