Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-09-26
FROM WASHINGTON
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
Washington. September &c.

| There was hut one session OF the
Schley court of inquiry today, that the
members OF the court might attend
the fuueral OF Judge Wilson, leading
counsel for Schley. who death occurred
| Tuesday. Admiral Dewey called the
court to order at IL o'clock. Captain
Wise, Of the Yale, was recalled. He re-
| lated having taken the Merrimsc 10
tow when the retrogrsde movement
from Santiago was begun, and the sig
nal asking the ships II they had enough
coal to reach Key West. The Yale an
sWered yes Three cables were run to
the Merrimac and parted before success
wss attained. Later the Merrimac sig.
| nailed that she could make five or six
knots on her own power. Admiral
| Scblev ordered the tow continued by
The feet. Then he was sent to Port
Antonio with dispatches and reported
to Admiral Sampson. The latter asked
the whereabouts OF the flying squadron
aud Captain Wise told him 80 miles
west of Santiago" Sampson asked what
IL was doing there aud witness could
cot tell him. The trouble 10 towing the
Merrimac was due TO improper fasten-
ing OF the cable and not to tempestuous
weather. 81 desire to ask you II you
gave Admiral Schley any Information
concerning Cervera's feet" said Mr.
Hanna. mo Dir, except through Cap
tain 5igsbee." The was in answer TO
request made by Admiral Scbley 10
which he said Wise. among others, told
MIN be had been of Santiago for week
withou discovering any signs OF Ger
vera's feet. Witness also said IL vas
Capt. Sigbee's duty to convey the de.
psrtmenl's Information 10 Admiral
Schley. Witness further said he gave
Scnley no Information to the effect that
the Spanish fl .et was 10 Santiago. "Did
you or did you not direcl Captain Sgs-
bee to deliver to Commanders Schley
me information you received from the
Navy Department ?n was the next ques.
ton proposed to the witness, who an
swered. II did not"
Admiral Cotton then corrected bis
testimony OF yesterday. None of the
changes we're material. He stated that
on the 3lst of May the Harvard was
bound for Santiago arriving same day.
He went aboard the Brooklyn and
talked with Schley, who told him that
the Spanish ships were inside the haI-
Dor ard the fact that one was then In
sight. He said: "Aiter dinner l will
host my flag on the Massachusetts and
will take her and the Iowa and go in and
have pot shot at the fellows." Lieut..
Spencer 5. Wood, who commanded the
torpedo boat Dupont during the Span
ish war, testified: admiral SchleY
asked me what Admiral SampsoD's
plans we're. l told him | did not know.
He then said to me he bad heard firing
and believed the Spanish feet to be
10 CieDfuegos. l asked him for coal
and he doubted whether he could spare
any but he afterwards gave me 9 sup
ply. | never saw Admiral Schley be-
fore that time. He paced back and
forth and seemed to be nervous"
Court subs quently adjourned for the
day with Lieutenant Wood still on the
stand.
President Roosevelt yesterday after.
noon observed that the flag on the
Waite House Was flying from the top
1
way down to conform with the other
banners throughout the city. When |
President Mckinley died the flag was |
dropped to halt staff with those upon |
the other government bulldogs |
throughout the country. Three or four
days before President Roosevelt's To-
stsllation the flag was taken down |
altogether, and the pole remained bare |
for a couple OF days after his arrival.
Then some one called the attention OF |
Col. Bingham, superintendent of public
buildings and RronOds, to the fact that |
for years the presence or absence OF the
flag upon the White House has ind-
Gated the presence or absence of the
President beneath the roof, and that
therefore the fact that there was DO
flag flying would lead SOME to believe
that the President was not here. A
brand new flag was then hoisted to the
top of the pole. The flag will be kept
at half staff TIL October IA, thirty days
after President McKinley's death.
During this period OF strict official
mourning all letters sent out from the
White House will be upon black
bordered paper. The regular social
season at the White House will begin
about January /.
Kermit aud Ethel Roosevelt, the two
II the Presidents children who reached
Washington last night with their
mother, started out early this morning =
% tour of inspection of the White :
House and grounds. They raced :
trough the big East Room, the Red
nd Green psrlors and the dining halls
{ the lower floor aud then had great
port with the electric elevator that
aries passengers to the second floor. :
he Gift" is controlled by buttons that 4
70 pressed either at the floor by the :
passenger or in the cage by :
be person riding. Kermit's fret ex- 4
erience brought him with a bump to =
he roof but be soon learned to control :,
1e machinery and was disposed to
pend the rest OF the day In the
evator. The children were shown
trough the conservatory and the 81
rounds and at once decided that the q
tile lake in the rear OF the mansion d
'ould be famous place for small sail Il
oats. Kermit and Ethel Roosevelt q
ought brsOd Dew bicycles this morn. Il
u for nse on the splendid asphalt u
avements OF Washington. @
Funeral services over the remains of 81
Ie late Judge Jeremiah NJ. Wilson, fr
lief counsel for Rear Admiral Schley p
the court Of inquiry, were held this pr
ternoon at the Church Of the Cove Ia
INT, the interment taking place 10 Rock IN
-eek Cemetery. Among the honorary th
'lIbearers were Admiral Dewey, Rear IN
dmirsl Schley, Attorney Isidor Ray bs
n, Mr.. Justice Brewer Of the Snnreme rR