Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-11-18
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence OF the Alexandra Gsset'e.i
Washington, November is.

Ing negroes irou Va
have a hearing in Police Court next
Tuesday. The eendants gave bond
in $500 Tor their appearance.
Senator Mallory, who has been i'll
for several weeks at Providence Ho5pi-
tai 10 this city, left today for his home
in Florida. II is doubtful il he will re-
turn to W stiDgton before the 1st OF
January.
Senator John W. Tburston, of Ne
brasks, and Miss Lolo Purman. of this
CITY, we're married at the BRIDES home
on @ street at 8 o'clock this morning.
Oniy small family party among them
the Senator's son who came on from
Harvard attended the ceremony, which
was performed by Rev. Frank M.
Bristol, D. D., OF the Methodist Epis
copal Church. Senator Thurston has
apartments here at the Carlo and it was
here ne first met Miss PurmaD, who
caches a Kindergarten class in the
building. Alter the wedding breakfast
Senstor Thurstop and bride left in a
special car for New Orleans. They
will oe in Omaha Thanksgiving Day,
where they will be met by the Senator's
TWO daughters, who are at school there.
Sepator and Mrs. Thurton will return
10 this city before the opening OF Con-
gress.
Lieut.. Luna, reported drowned in
today's caolegram from O,is, served as
captain in the Rough Riders in Cuba
He was full blooded Mexican. His
home was in Santa Fe, New Mexico,
where his family is prominent. Lieut..
Arthur Thayer, who is reported miss.
lug, is an officer of the Third Cavalry.
He was appointed TO West Point fIom
Indiana IN 1882, was made second
lieutenant in 1856 and first lieutenant
in 1892. For some time be served as
instructor at West Point.
The Office of Naval Intelligence has
made public a translation of history
of the Spanish-American war by Severe
Gomez Nunez, who was captain of artil
lery nd served in the city of Havana
during the war. The war plans OF the
Americans were laid in advance, he
says, and the sinking of the Maine Was
simply pretext skilliuliy utilized by
the Americans for creating war. II is
fact, he says, that Spain really had no
SQUADRON worth mentioning. The
blockade of the coast of Cuba at times
assumed the character of veritable
farce, he says. The Spaniards through
their glasses from the batteries of Ha.
yaoa could see private tugs OF the
American press and pleasure yachts, on
board of some of which they could dis
tiuguish lady excursionists exercising
functions of vigilance and even chasing
coasting vessels. The so-called auXili-
ary vessels of the American navy, he
charges, were identical with privateers,
and the Spanish nation, he declared,
should bravely have resolved upon pri.
Watering. The issue of letters of
maroue and reprisal, by their moral
force alone, would have compelled
the United States to divide her
.qusdrop, and in that case. says
Nun,z, "Who knows whether our
defeat, if We had to suffer it,
would not have been less disgraceful ?"
From whatever point of view we may
ook at this question:" the author says,
",he mistake remaios apparent; there
is no possible excuse to justify our not
having taken advantage of this means
of warfare" Captain Nunez says the
United States cut cables which are pro-
tecled BIZ international law without
protest of tee powers of Europe, who.
says, Seemed afraid of what is called
the Colossus of the North" The e1-
plot of Lieut.. Hobson and the Merri.
mac be refers to as "the only act which
the Americans have to record in which
heroism was displayed during this cam
paign."
Mr.. Henderson, the coming Speaker
OF the House, called on the President
this morning ana spent half an hour
talking over legislation that will
probably come up in The next Congress-
He declined to be interviewed. x am
going to get down 10 hard work." he
said, land will decline all social invita-
tions this fall and winter" Its under
stood he will announce the committees
on the day the session begins. f
If the President in his message shall
support the absolute gold standard law
the republicans think such q measure
can be passed by the Senate, but they
think that il he is silent on the subject,
or intimates that the existing law is
sufficient, it would give o number of
waveriug republicans an opportunity to
oppose the bill that the finance commit.
tee may bring in. That committee will
be reorganiZed and be composed of nine
olicans aud four democrats politi-
cally, but economically and financially
it will stand to g. as Senator Wo)cott
is classed as bimetallist, and Senator
Jones OF Nevada is an ardent silver ad-
vocate. The four democrats on the
committee will be Vest, Jones of Ar
kansas, Daniel and Chiffon.
The commissioner of internal reve=-
nue. today overruled Judge Woolson. OF
the q. s. District Court OF Keokuk,
Iowa, in q decision relative to the
stamping of the assignment or trrnsfer
of mortgages. A man had given note
secured by chattel mortgage on some
cattle. The note pa ssed to bank.
The mortgage and note were duly
stamped when executed, but schedule
A OF the act of June Is, 1898, provides
that stamp duty is required on every
assignment or transfer. Judge Woolson
ruled the mortgage out of evidence be
cause the last transfer was not stamp.
ed. Commissioner Wilson in his opin.
ion says: ITO tax the implied transfer
of chattel mortgages, where it has be-
come the practice to go into the open
market aud sell the notes secured
thereby would render it necessary to
tax each and every transfer. 1