Evening star., 1949-01-23

dispatch from Albany printed in The Star
on January 10, 1899, forecast the election of
Chauncey M Depew as a Senator
Depew for from New York. Members Of
Senotor both houses Of the State Legs-
lature had met in a caucus and
decided that the gifted orator, then IS, should
be chosen. His management of the Vanderbilt
railroad properties had earned him the respect
OF his solid" contemporaries, and his skill as a
public speaker had endeared him to thousands
of other people He had spoken at the dedica
ton of the Statue of Liberty in 1886 and at the
opening of the Chicago Worlds Fair In 1893.
Other great addresses for which he was respon-
sible were those at the unveiling of statues to
Christopher Columbus Alexander Hamilton
and Maj. Andre. He had been president of the
Union League Club and director of a long list
of corporations. For his knowledge of business,
law and history and especially for his eloquence
and wit, he was assured of welcome in Wash
ington He served in the Senate until 1911 and
died, at SO, in 1928.
The Star on January IA, 1899. presented
feature story on the millions of dollars worth
of gold and silver believed to
Treasure in be awaiting recovery in the
The Sea waters surrounding the island
of Cuba map illustrating
the story listed: Several galleons sunk west
of Florida in 1876; five other Spanish ships
with 81 900 900 on board sunk near Key West
in TIT; the so-called "Phipps fortune" includ-
ing $4,000 900 in jewels and 80 tons OF silver,
lost in the strait between Cuba and Haiti; the
shin of Capt. Jeminez with IL tons of silver,
lost off Santiago in 156O galleon sunk south
of the Isle of Pines in 1879; so tons OF silver
thrown overheard from ships from Caracas on
the west coast of Cuba in 1850, and many
other wrecks mentioned in the history OF the
Caribbean area. Some Of the wealth, G. NJ
Stevans, author Of the article believed, could
be recovered by modern methods OF salvage.
"Jananese was the first foreign language
talked into terphone." This statement, made
by Alexander Graham Bell to
BeII on reporter for The Star was pub
Ionon lished on January 16, 1899 The
famous inventor had just returned
from "a journey of several months duration
through the dominions of the Mlkado.' Mr.
Bell declared: II cannot begin to express my
wonder and admiration at what saw in Japan.
The idea so prevalent that the Japanese
are semibarbarous nation, is entirely erro-
neous. They are the most courteous and
hospitable of people. Mrs. Bell and myself
were simply overwhelmed with social atten-
tions and courtesies, at once delicate and
hearty and most gratifying, assure you. Ihe
first japanese to speak over telephone wire,
the inventor explained, was Suji Isawa, MEM
ber of the House Of Peers in Tokyo. He had
been at Boston University in 1875 or 1876 and
had used Mr.. Bells experimental setup.
The death of John Russell Young, librarian
noI IN
Star of January II, 1899. He was
librorion a native of Ireland who was
Dead brought to America as an infant.
Educated in Philadelphia and New
Orleans, he served as q reporter under John
w. Forney on the Philadelphia Press ana won
fame for his account of the battle at Bull Run
in 1861 When only 26 he was named manag-
ing editor of the New York Tribune, then
owned by Horace Greeley. Having been IN
Paris during the commune in 1872, he toured
the world with Gen. Grant in 1877 ana 16'S.