Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-05-08
FROM WASHINGTON.
+ Correspondence OF the Aexandris Gasette.J
WASHINGTON, May s.

Great Britain. The dispatch adds that
there is no indication of revolution
and that everything is tranquil. Inc
salute by the British warships on their
departure from Corinto to the Nicara-
guam flag was very gratifying to the
Nicaraguan people, and is regarded by
them as indicating a restoration OF
friendship between the two countries.
Acting Commissioner of Indian At
fairs Smith to-day received telegram
from Major Ralph Hall, agent for the
Turtle Mountain Indians, stating that
everything is peaceable on the reserva-
ton and the people have returned to
their work.
Ex-Governor Northen, of Georgia, is
the city as one of the delegates to the
Baptist convention. 1t was to Governor
Northen that President Cleveland
wrote his famous letter of year ago,
but the Ex-Governor now declines to
discuss politics in any form. He says
he is out OF politics for all time and his
sole ambition now is to do what he can
to develope tn resources of the South.
BE is disinclined to talk about silver
further than to suggest that both silver
| and anti.silver men in the South claim
to be in the majority. Governor
Northen makes no predictions, butsays
the people of his State are unit IN
hoping for the return of good times, al
| though they are divided as to how this
| NAV be best brought about.
The delegates to the Southern Bap-
fist Convention have commenced to
arrive. Their headquarters will be al
the Ebbitt House, but most of them
will stop at boarding houses.
Racehorse men here to-day say
the attendance of both horses and men
at the race tracks in Alexandria coun-
ty has decreased considerably in view
of the commencement of the racing
season in New York.
For lack of o market some of the
cargoes of herring sent here have spoil
ed and had to be thrown overheard.
The channel of the river between here
and Alexandria this morning was mark
ed by a silvery line, made by the dead
fish floating down with the tide.
Mr.. Thomas, father of one of the two
young men no recently left the Uni
versity of Virginia to join the Cuban
insurrectionists, says there is no truth
in the cock and bull newspaper inter-
views about that affair with him and
his son. The young men, he says, did
90 to Cuba, but at his instance were
not allowed TO land there, and conse-
quently don't know as much about
Cuba as he does, and that no news
paper man has interviewed him or his
son on the subject. His son, he says,
is living quietly at his home in Alexan-
dria, and as college vacations are about
commencing, will probably do so until
next fall.
Ex-Congressman Henderson of North
Carolina is here and is an applicant for
the vacant internal revenue collector
ship in his State, but as he is free sill
yer man his chances of obtaining it are
said to be small, that's, unless he keeps
mum or shall change his opinion on the
silver question.
An ex-Commonwealth's Attorney Of
Alexandria county, here to-day, talking
about the race track at AleXander's
Island, said that liquor selling and
gambling, from square faro, down to I'M
fair shell games and three card monte,
were carried on at Jackson City long
before the race course referred to was
established, and would be if that course
were abandoned, provided the execu-
ton of the laws against them be
not intrusted to men who will execute
them. He says horse racing hos always
been popular sport in Virginia, and
that that in Alexandria county is con-
Quoted under charters granted by that
State. 1t is not the race courses, he
says, that are Objectionable to the right
thinking men of the county, but their
parasites, such as those referred to, but
they attach themselves to all other pub
lie resorts, even to religious camp meet
ings, and that such meetings might just
as we'll be charged with stimulating
the vices referred to as race courses.
Almost Immediately upon the assem-
bling of the Supreme Court of the
United States at noon today, the
chamber being filed with spectators
drawn there by the announcement that
be was to speak, Mr.. Joseph 81.
Choate resumed the closing argument
in the income tax cases. Prior to the
resumption of proceedings, Mr.. Sam
uel Shellabarger, counsel for John G.
Moore. in his suit for an injunction
against Internal Revenue Commission
er Miller, in the District Courts, asked
leave to make brief oral argument at
the close of Mr.. Choate's remarks, to
be largely devoted to the question of
uniformity; but the chief justice stated
that it would be impossible to grant
the application at this time. Mr.
Choate said he would devote himself
10 the consideration of certain gu s.
tons asked yesterday by the attorney
general. He wanted to know, said
Mr.. Choate, how the exemption claim
ed for rentals lasted. Was it |
one year, or five, or ten? Did it fol-
low the money after its investment in
new forms of property? The law taxes
receipts from rents ct the time they
c,me into possession Of the owner, and
Mr.. Choate said he would not be so
foolish as to claim that rent money af-
ter the year it was received could not
be made the subject of taxation by
either the State or United States. A
suggestion made by the Assistant At
torney General, Mr.. Whitney. Mr..
Choate said, was worth notice. It was
that the tax was assessed upon the rent
received the year before. In answer to
that the speaker said it was well set
tied that what could not be done di-
rectly could not be done indirectly.
The issue could not be evaded by
showing the time back year, and tax.