Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-03-17
News Of the Day.

The report of the United States Steel
Corporation for 1905 shows gross earn
ings of $685., SSl, 1856, the largest in its
history.
Martha Wolfenstein, talented au-
thoress and daughter Of DIR. Wolfenstein,
died at the home of her father, in Cleve-
land, O., today.
James NJ. Spottswood was yesterday
appointed foreman of printing, to sue
ceed Oscar j. Ricketts,, whose resigna-
ticn takes effect today.
The House engaged in flibustering
tactics for hours yesterday over a prop
osilion to abolish the grade of lieuten-
ant general of the army.
The official returns of the census TAX
en- December |, 1905, show total pop
ulation of 60.605, 1873 in Germany,
against Sc, 967, 17S in 1900.
A number OF German millionaires
have organized a company to put into
practice Emperor Williams suggestion
that airships be devised for war pur-
poses.
St. Vincent's Academy at Shreveport,
La, one of the most widely known
Catholic institutions in the South, was
destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss $780,
900; insurance, $12, 800.
Lewis G.. Tewksbury, who, it is al
legged, fed from New York 10 Mexico
leaving behind debts aggregating hun
dreds of thousands OF dollars, was ar
rested in Philadelphia yesterday and APP
piled for habeas corpus.
The scale committee of the miners
convention Endorsed the action of Presi-
dent Mitchell in calling convention at
the request of President Roosevelt, and
declared readiness to meet the operators
and endeavor TO settle the wage question.
Col. William Elliott of Beaufort, S.
c., formerly a representative in Congress
from that State, has been appointed by
Secretary Taft TO be commissioner to
mark the graves of Confederate soldiers
who died in northern prisons. There
has been keen competition for this place
on The part of the Confederate veterans.
On the basis of past experience it has
been figured at The government printing
Office that if there are no more appoint
ments made at the big printery the pay
rolls will be reduced by 1925. 600 per
annum at the end of this year, and the
following year the estimate is reduc-
ton OF $1,000 Removal from the
service from deaths, designations and dis
charges for cause are said TO average one
a day.
Representative Williams, of Mississip-
pi, introduced a bill yesterday fixing a
uniform ad valorem duty of per cent.
on paintings, statuary and other art OBJ
iects. He slso introduced a bill admit
ing hides and sole leather free, making
the duty on upper feathers a per CEN
tum ad valorem and fixing the duty on
boots and shoes at 10 per centum ad va
loren and cents pair. This bill re-
duces the duty on all other leather OBJ
jects 20 per centum.
F. n. Everett, cashier Of the First
National Bank of Freeland, Pa, WAS ar
rested at HazIeton last night on the
charge of embezzling 500, 800 from the
institution. William Beckley, lawyer,
Of Bloomsbury, was arrested at about
the same time on the charge of conspi-
racy. Both warrants we're sworn out by
A. Oswald, president of the bank, before
United States Commissioner G. +. Hill,
of HazeIton, who committed the accused
men without bail for further hearing
today when national bank examiner
will be there.
An unknown tramp, who had eaten
half of his shirt to keep from starving to
death, was rescued from box car in
the freight yards at Cincinnati yesterday
afternoon. The car had arrived from
the North and WAS being switched about
the yards, when yard men heard faint
pounding on the sides OF the car. They
found the door tightly bound by coat
ing of seet and ice and had difficulty in
getting it open. The tramp said he had
been four days without anything to eat.
He was given food and hot coffee and
allowed to depart.