The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-27


 agents that will gather at Hartford on that date will be over 300. Birmingham will be we'll represented at the meeting.
 One of the leading insurance weekles points the many curious accidents for which the insurance companies are com pelled to pay policies. Here are few of them:
 A Massachusetts dentist sprained his shoulder In pulling a tooth and got Tour weeks indemnity An actor in San Fran cisco broke his leg while pulling on boot A bachelor in Iowa, while sitting on d stool and endeavoring to sew but ton on his trousers. tried to pull the needle through with his teeth. His teenth slip ped and he fell backwards on the floor, breaking his neck. Other parties got in surance for such mishaps as kicked at water bug under sink and broke toe on lead pipe;" 'laeerated thum while cut ting coupons;" bitten by lobster.' The owner of a treacherous automobile, while wiping off his machine, brought his hand into contact with an electric current which fused gold ring on his finger. The melted gold burnt through to the bone. A certain lover of luxury in an Ohio town placed an electric fan by his bedside at night. He woke up in a night mare minus three toes. Another night mare that caused the loss of a toe occur red in Maine, when man in kicking at an imaginary mad bull struck the wall violently breaking his right great toe." Many more as unusual accidents have occurred in all parts of the country, and in each of the instances related, the vic- tim has secured an indemnity.
 It has been proposed that a standard life insurance policy be adopted and agents write with this as a guide. The fad dnAC r,nt fa 1aat with the approval of either the people or the companies If the underwater is deprived of the use of ingenuity in writing a policy, both policyholder and company will suffer In addition there are so many various forms of policies that standard series would have to be adopted.
 Out of total fire loss in the United States in July, the south contributed only S3,196,000 worth of property to the ash heap
 Of that amount Texas took the lead in a contribution of s1,139.000 the greater portion of which was caused by the disastrous fire at the Humble oil wells Alabama's share in the loss was s274, GOO, and Birmingham's loss amounted to s137,- coo.
 The following are the losses in the south In each of the last seven months: January losses, S2,09O.000 February, ST. 3s0OO0; March. s2,525,Oo0; April. s1,712ooO; May, s1,720oO0; June, s219s.ooo; July, B. 196000; total for seven months in the south. s2o, s16,Oo0 Grand total throughout the United States and Canada since Jan uary l, $106.2s515o.
 The following states are the heaviest losers in last month:
 Texas-Humble, oil tanks and we'll rigs, S20000; Jefferson. ice and electric plant, s13,OO0 Beaumont, apartment building, S50,000; Geneva, general store and other. $l3000; Greenville, hardware store and other, So0, 1000; Jefferson, laundry and oth- CT $10.000; Humble, oil tanks and we'll rigs, ss75. GOO: whitewright. dry goods store and other. ss5 900: Huntsville. peni- tentiary building. s50,ooo; San Antonio, meat packing plant slo,o00; Sour Lake, oil tank, ss3,Ooo; Palestine, saw and plan ing mill $1O000; Clarksville, cotton gin, s11, ,0o0 total, s1,139,00o.
 ennessee-Nashville, barn and stock. SIG. .OO0; Nashville, church. s60,000: Nash vile, railroad round house, s150000; Nash vile, wholesale grocery, $14OOoo; Ripley, dry goods store and other. s27,000; Sweet water, various. s6o.o0o; Knoxville grocery store, se0, 900; Ripley flour mill and other, s9o.ooo Newmarket, general store and other s2o000; Nashville, box factory, s20- coo; total. s567 900.
 Kentucky--Law flour mills, s25. 900: Louisville, cigar factory s14.0oo; Louisville, grain warehouse. s14,O00; Owensboro. wagon works, s42,00o; Louis- vile, railroad depot. ss5o.oo0; Louisville, drug store and other. s12,00o; Caneyville, department store. s140o0: total. s23S,0O0.
 AIabama-B Birmingham. wholesale gro- cery and other. s1S70o0; Talladega, school machine shop. s25ooo: Guntersville, sew araI sforas s5O OOO. Albertvlle several business houses. s22. 600; Tarnet. saw mill.