The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-06-02
THE WEEK TN WASHINGTON.

THE WEEK TN WASHINGTON.
SUNDAY. MAY 22-Maj. Fred Brackett of the
I'd battalion, District National Guard, late
Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department,
who has been in Europe for several months
mast ia Inc interest of the Chicago World S
Fair returned home ia the evening and was
met al ,.e depot by the National teneioies,
of his hsi,alion. and the National uua.u
BAND. AID escorted to his home, where ne
thankoa lie company in neat ill II Speech
for the c IN ;5linent shown him. The MAJOR
will arr,rr,slany the Fencibles on their trip
10 Omaha this nopth.-The annual chill
6rens, .isy Festival was celebrated at ST.
Patrick Catholic Church to-day. process
sion hc;,.;,-,l by cross-bearers and acoiytes ana
some a. ra,- BOYS marched at the head OF
the co!,1nu, which numbered many hun
fred ri,! and boys some 450 of whom were
the chii.si.,m of ST. Joseph's and st. Nincents
Orphan AsYlHms.
HoxDav NAY 23-The Office of the American
Supply tompsny was raided to-day. and the
manager and two or three agents OF the COM
pany were locked Up in the station mousse
charer4i - th violation OF the lottery law.
The cnit.faay does business principally Win
Depart .as.-r,t clerks, and their plan was to get
n class o! - members, who put up 81 each,
mad cyr,y Saturday night drawing was
held ia baltimore, and the holder OF the
lucky number got $40 suit Of clothes. Any
rerson who had belonged to class IS Tunes,
and had thus paid in S3s, was also entitled 10
suit ot clothes. The company had head
quarters in Baltimore and has been Doing
quite IN extensive business IN washington,
as she Government clerks bit at the scheme
witt ayiditv. The manager and agents were
bailed out in the afternoon by the Baltimore
Company.
TrrsDsy. MAY o4-Tn the Supreme Court OF
the District of Columbia Judge Montgomery
presidjay the case of the United States eT
vel Samuel c. Reid, Administrator, etc, ss
James G. Blaine, Secretary Of State, rule
was granted to-day ordering the defendant
10 show cause before the Court IN General
Term, on or before the 9Th of June next,
why the writ of pandamus should not issue
MS prayed for. This is proceeding growing
ont of the celebrated claim of the private
armed brig Gen. Armstrong, which has been
before the Government in various forms Ter
over half a century The petition states that
the defendant illegally and arbitrarily re-
fuses ;oacknowledge the relstor as admins
TRAITOR OF one of the deceased claimants or to
nav TO him the moneys due, as provided Tor
under the act of Congress of May 1. 1882.
WEDNESDAY,, MAY 25.-A young couple hail
ing from Fredericksburg Va. were married
at the Hotel Oxford today. They left home
very Suddenly and without the knowledge or
consent Of their parents, who had objections
10 the marriage, the principal one being that
they were of opposite political opinions, the
father of the young man being prominent
Democratic politician, while the young lady's
father had been before his death Republican
member of the Legislature. The young
coupIe thought the best way to settle their
political di fferences was to pool their issues,
snd they consequently eleped to Washington
and were married They belong to wealthy
families. and have very little doubt but what
they will be forgiven when they return to
Fredericksburg.
THURSDAY. NAY 26.-0ne of the heaviest
storms of The season visited the city at 4:30
H. m to-day. The wind blew a gale and
rain fell in torrents, while hsil as large as
pigeons eggs covered the ground. The rain
gage at tile Weather Bureau showed that
two INCHES OF water fell in the short space OF
=. two ,hoari.. Much damage was done, many
cellars in the business part OF the city being
flooded A fash of lightning struck the
electric wires in q store On Market Space,
traversed the building and fired the insulat-
ing material, filing the building with smoke.
A fre-aiarm was turned in, bet the flames
were subdued without much loss. The
truck gardens were badly injured by the
hail. while merchants doing business in the
lower parts Of the city lost many goods by
cellars being flooded. the sewers not having
capacity to carry off the enormous fall OF
water.
TRIDAY MAY 27.-Samuel Masters, who killed
Jacob Keegan in Reeder's shoeshop in South
Washington in January last, was placed on
trial in The criminal court. the Indictment
being for murder in the first degree. The
Government closed its case in a couple OF
hours. and the prisoner was the first witness
called for the defense. He was asked if he
had not killed man in 1863 and answered
that in 1863 he was in the Union army, and
was captured and taken to Libby Prison. but
IN December of that year be was tried for
killing man, and sentenced to three years
IN the pcuitentiary; he did not XIII that man,
and that he was pardoned out before his se1-
teace expired. The trial was continued.
SATURDAY, MAY 2S-The house of Mrs. Gen.
John A. Logan has been undergoing repairs
for some time, and on Thursday. May ~,
when Mrs. Logan came to the house from o
visit down town, she was told that one of the
workmen was dying. She was much startled
mt this intelligence, but she FASTENED to the
room where the man was lying on the floor.
and found him rigid and speechless. Mrs.
Logan summoned the household, and
promptly applied the remedies at hand and
had physician summoned. When physi-
clan from Garfield Hospital arrived he said
that had il not been for the prompt and in
telligent action of Mrs. Logan the man would
undoubtedly have died from heart failure, as
he was suffering fromsl bad attack of that
disease The man is still pretty sick, but 10
fears are entertained as to his recovery.