Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-16
News Of the Day.

| PRESIDENT castro, OF NeueLueld, has
settled his differences with France.
Turkey has formally surrendered 10
the demand of the powers for financial
control Macedonia.
Booker Washington is in the embar.
RAISING predicament of having recon-
mended two colOred men for the same
place under the government-that OF
Register of the Treasury.
It's probable that the midshipmen at
Annapolis who assisted in the hazing OF
Midshipmau Kimbrougb, the plebe who
was compelled TO stand on his head I'M
Ill he was unconscious, will be prose-
cuted under the laws of Maryland.
They will be dismissed from the acad-
envy, either summarily by Secretary
Bonaparte or as the result of court
martial, which will be convened if Attor-
ney General Moody decides that the Sec
rotary has not the authority TO dismiss
them without trial as officers of the
navy.
Regarding his testimony before the
legislative insurance investigating com
mittee in New York yesterday, Mr.. E..
II. Hartman issued the following state
ment this morning: al have been sur
prsed to see that some Of the papers
have treated seriously my remarks that
Mr.. Odell has political influence because
of his relations with me. Had | regard
ed Mr.. Hughes question seriously ]
would have denied the imputation indig-
nantly instesd Of making facetious
answer, as | did, and which was so ac-
cepted, as shown by the laughter which
followed"
John d. Rockefeller yesterday drew
s., 900, 900 as his share of dividend OF
$40 a share declared last month by the
Standard Oil Company. This is the
last quarterly dividend of the year, and
brings the total up to 40 per cent, or
$40, 900, 900, 900. OF this Mr.. Rookie
ieller's share is 800, 900, 600. 1t is es-
timated that his income from his rail-
way, gas, subsidiary oil companies and
other investments will be at least
$40, 900, 900 more, so that his income
for the year, on the most conservative
estimate, reaches the enormous total of
$40, 900, 900.
Announcement that preparations to
handle big printers strike have been
completed by the employing printers of
New York was made Yesterday by the
fypothetae of that city. The eight-hour
workday, which the International Typo
graphical Union has declared shall go
into effect on January /, is declared to
be the cause for issuing this statement,
which is in part, as follows. "The
closed shop and the eigbt-hour day de-
manded by Typographical Union, No 6,
cannot and will not be granted. The
members OF the typothetae are prepared
to install competent non-union machine
operators and other printers in their
various composing rooms"
Bound.and gagged and tied to her bed,
Miss Fttie Cutchall, aged 30, of Napoleon,
Pa, was found by neighbors this morning al
most strangled and terribly exhausted Two
masked robbers had entered the house last
night and, finding the Young woman awake.
tied her up before searching the house. They
got SOL. Miss Cutchall is rich and the burg
lars doubtless anticipated good haul.
one man was killed and another seriously
hurt in collision between freight train and
an engine this morning at Perkiomen june
ton on the Philadelphia 4 Reading Railroad.
The storm which struck the Delaware
Breakwater on Thursday night was severe
one, but no damage has been reported to
shipping.