Evening star., 1949-09-25

Exposition at Philadel
Notiono Export phia. Hundreds of dis
Exposition tinguished visitors from
all sections of the coun-
try were in attendance, including represen-
tatives of the diplomatic corps. officers of
the Army and Navy, scientists. business and
professional men. The exposition
grounds were opened to the public at 8
o'clock this morning, and before noon many
thousands of people had passed through
the gates" President Mckinley sent mes
sage of greeting and "The Star Spangled
Banner" was sung after it had been read.
Had he had recourse to the same procedure
at the Pan American Exposition at Buffalo.
September 6, 1901, he might have lived out
his second term of Office and perhaps many
years beyond its termination.
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"a lion, which was being shipped with two
others from Omaha to Philadelphia by the
Hagenbeck Co. got loose in Bal
A Lion timore g. Ohio freight car yester-
Loose day near Cumberland, Md, and
for time was monarch Of all he
surveyed" Thus began a story in the Star
of September Is, 1899. The remainder Of
the account explained how the car was
brought to Washington and j. c. Blackburn.
head keeper Of the Zoo, enlisted for the job
of putting the king of beasts into the cage
from which he had escaped. In the car
with the animals were several coops of chick
ems, and one after another was smashed
and the fowls devoured by the lion.
Two dogs in the car were not dis
turbed When Mr. Blackburn opened the
car, the lion and dogs were lying on the floor
apparently happy and on the best OF terms.
-. Mr. Blackburn lassoed the lion.
The task was accomplished in short time"
In the society column of The Star for Sep
tember Is, 1899, it was reported that: "Mr.
and Mrs. William Fem
Albert fendersons derson gave their son
Party Albert birthday party
last night. In the
donkey game Miss Fannie Linsey won the
first prize - After the games dainty re-
past was served. Among the guests were
Elsie Moore, Helen Henry. Emma Hinke,
Theresa Murphy Dory Hughes, Robert Cook.
Carol Moore, Joe Murphy Half century
later the lad these friends gathered to honor
is veteran Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. engineer, preparing to retire from
active service. He resides in Chevy Chase
and has dial number so much like WE-1234
that at least three or four persons every day
call it expecting to hear the weather report.
Charles M. Pepper, writing in The Star on
September 49, 1899, said: "a friend in one
of the South American capitals re-
imPenol Gently sent me clipping, which.
U. s.? he explained, was the source Of
4 much distrust. . It was an arti-
Gle headed Pretensions Of the United States"
This article purported to look into the future
and show how this country would spread its
territory. The following were given as the
prospective annexations: 1900-St. Thomas.
Jamaica, Haiti and San Domingo; 1910
Martinique, Santa Lucia Isthmus Of Panama
and Central America; 1912 Mexico; 1916
Columbia, Venezuela, Ecuador; 1929-Chile.
Peru, Bolivia; 1940-Argentine Republic,
Uruguay Paraguay and Brazil. The article
closes with the query whether the United
States will not fall before 1940." .r,
Front page space was accorded in The
Star on September 81. 1899. for statement
saying: "The Post Office De-
Sold Cons partment has been notified
From Cubo of the safe arrival in New
York City Of F. w. Nicely of
the Subtreasury with $1,400,0 900 worth Of
specie to settle the international money
orders that had been issued from Cuba.
The money arrived on the transport Buford.
It was shipped from Havana by Director
General Rathbone, in charge Of the postal
service, and is for the most part, in gold
coins. It was estimated that there was at
least ton and half of old copper pennies.
Numismatists from all over the country
are interested in portion of this treasure.
There is at least $5500o in old gold coifs
dating back centuries. Some of the pennies
show remarkable state of preservation for
the hundreds Of years they have been in
circulation. . Much Of the gold gives indi-
cation Of having been buried, and it is pre-
s,lmed that when war was declared it was
dug up from queer hiding places and carried
to the post offices and exchanged for money
orders"