The National tribune., 1892-07-14

man of the National Committee. He says,
| however that under the authority vested In
him by the National Committee, he will proba-
bly announce the Executive Committee in a
few DAYS; which Committee will shortly meet,
and he will then tender his resignation of the
Craftsmanship and the Executive Committee
will select his successor, as authorized by reso-
| luton of the National Committee. When Mr..
| Campbell arrived in Washington he was met
by Mr. Kitchener, of Indiana, President Harri-
sons personal friend, and they drove to the
Arlington Hotel, where they were met by Mr..
Carter Secretary of the Republican National
Committee In q short time they left the
hotel and went to the White House, where
they held consultation with the President,
Secretary Elkins, Secretary Rusk, and ex-Sena-
tor Spooner, of Wisconsin, which lasted several
hours
The executors of the estate of the late John
Roach, the Chester pa ship-builder, have en-
tered suit in the Court Of Claims at Washing
ton against the United States to recover $204,-
1854, amount alleged to be due and unpaid
for building the ships-of-war Atlanta, Chicago.
| and Boston. All these vessels were contracted
| for when Senator William E. Chandler, of New
! Hampshire, was Secretary of the Navy, and
the amount claimed, it is alleged, properly
accrued because of changes of the plans and
| specifications by order of the Secretary of the
Navy. The amount sued for on each one of
the three vessels is: Atlanta, $32, 69l.6o; Bos-
ton, $S5. s6S24; Chicago, S55,S6S44.
There is considerable alarm felt by some of
the Cinnamon of Washington regarding the
safety of their lives, as rumor is in circula-
ton that the much-feared society of the High
binders are after them. Laundryman Leo
Wong thinks he is misused man and he is
| literally trembling in his sandals. On the
Fourth Of July Lee heard two shots fired from
the rear Of his house, and two bullets whizzed
uneomfortably close to his head, and the bull
| lets were subsequently picked out of the wall.
Wong and delegation of pig-taiied friends
visited the Chief of Police and asked for pro-
| lection against the Highbinders, as they felt
assured that another attempt will be made on
some of the Cinnamon. Detectives made an
investigation of the shooting. and while there
is evidence that Lee Wongs life was attempted
| there is not the least possible clew to the
| woud-be assassin.
President Thomas W. Palmer, of the Worlds
| Columbian Commission. and Col. John T.
| Dickinson, Secretary of the Commission, ar
| rived in Washington on Wednesday even
| ing. July 6. There are quite number of the
| members of the Board of Control Of the Ex-
position now in the city. and they are here,
| of course, for the purpose of inducing Con.
! gress to be liberal in their appropriations for
the Worlds Fair, which they promise to make
the greatest exhibition the world ever wit
| messed. President Palmer speaks hopefully
| regarding the prospects of an appropriation,
| allnding to the fact that the great undertak-
political parties in their National platforms,
which seemed to him to be recognition of
| the National character of the Exposition.
So
Quite a number of the members of the
Board Of Lady Managers Of the Worlds Fair
were in Washington last week. These ladies
were members of the Committee on Federal
Legislation. appointed by Mrs. Potter Palmer,
President of the Board of Lady Managers,
Of Mrs. Palmer at the Arlington Hotel, and
discussed matters affecting their branch of
the Worlds Fair. Mrs. Palmer stated that
the ladies were not here for the purpose of
lobbying or log-rolling. They, however ex-
pected that the Congressional Committees in
charge of the appropriations for the Worlds
Fair would desire information as to how the
money appropriated for the Woman's Depart
ment viii be used, and the members OF the
Committee on Federal Legislation were here
for the purpose Of answering questions and
giving explanations to the Congressional Com
mittees as to the needs and projects of their
Department. The committee consists of the
| following ladies: Mrs. Trautman, of New York,
the Chairman Miss Katharine s. Minor, of
New Orleans, La; Mrs. F. w. Gould, of Mo-
line, H.; Mrs. J. E. Cantrill, of Kentucky
Mrs. Kidder, of Wilmington, N. c.; Mrs.
Alice Houghton, of Spokane Falls Wash,
and Mrs. Palmer, of Chicago.
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A desperate negro named Frank Blackstone
was shot. and it is thought fatally wounded, by
Policeman Carson, of the Second Precinct. on
Wednesday morning, July 6. while eludine
| AhS PoAiSS soy DiaShStoaca udH1o uds
appeared at regular intervals on the register Of
every station in the city. and he has served
several terms In the Jail and workhouse He
was recently sent to the latter place, but sue
ceeded in escaping on the following day Since
then the police have been looking for him
He was at last seen in an alley by officer Carson
when he started to run, paying no attention t.
the officers orders to halt. Carson shot at him
the bullet striking the shoulder blade, rangint
downward. he was taken in an unconsciou
condition to Freedman's Hospital. The bal
could not be located, and the attending physi
clans expressed the fear that the wound ma,
prove fatal.
The power-house of the Washington ani
Georgetown Street Railroad Company is rapidly
nearing completion, and the management o
the company are using every exertion to hav,
the cable cars in good running order by tn,
time the Encampment meets. The building i
yet Incomplete, but workmen are busiIy engaged
in putting in place the monster engines ant
the other paraphernalia of cable power-house
regardless of that fact and the engines viii
begin running the cable by tho middle o
August, it is said by those in authority, whethe
the building is completed by that time or not
The NJ machinery for running this cable line
the most massive that has ever been put il
position in this part of the country, and tn