The Springfield herald., 1908-07-17

Right Rev. Alfred A. Curtis, Roman
Catholic bishop of Wilmington, Della
ware, died at Baltimore on the 11th
inst.
Fire at Grand Fork, British Colum-
ba, on he 10th inst. destroyed the
buildings on two blocks and caused a
loss of nearly 100000. Barnaby Malo,
guest of the Vanhalia hotel, was
burned to death.
II. G.. B. Alexander, president OF the
Continental Causualty company OF
Chicago, was reelected president OF
the International Association of Acct
dent Underwriters at its closing ses-
sion at Atlantic City. Mr.. Alexander
has already served two terms.
A glass company at Pittsburg an
nounces that it has received several
orders and will begin at once to manu-
facture headstones of glass to mark
graves. A unique feature of the new
tombstone will be that there can be
blown In the glass a photograph of the
deceased person.
Two carriages followed to the Mount
Prospect cemetery, Asbury Park, New
Jersey. Thursday afternoon, all that
was left of Miss Edith Clark's pet bull
terrier, Monte Cristo. In the car
riages were Miss Clark, her sister and
four friends of Monte Cristo. who had
travelled from New York especially to
attend the remarkable funeral.
The swift Cunard liner Lusitania
has broken another speed record by
logging G43 nautical miles day, ac-
cording to information. received by
the Cunard line officials In New York.
However. the Lusitania has merely
moved her own record couple OF
notches higher, as she previously held
the speed record at GAL miles per day.
Four hours of heroic work on the
part of a physician resulted Tuesday
in the resuscitation of Miss Isabel
Hannah, n pretty sixteen-year-old girl
who was apparently drowned while
bathing at Tolchester. beach, Maryland.
Hypodermic injections and massage OF
the body were continued by DR.. II. l..
Linsky of Baltimore after her friends
had given her up for dead
Joseph Duff, Mount Hamilton's only
carpenter, became insane, routed the
astronomers, large number of San
Jose state normal school students who
were there on an excursion and kept
control of the Lick observatory several
hours until H. E. Smith, a Stanford
student, had run down to Smiths
Creek and telephoned to the sheriff's
office at San Joe for officers who came
and arrested him.
Commander Peary was given good
sendoff on starting on his North Pole
search Tuesday. the 7th inst His
steamer, the Roosevelt, was at anchor
near the presidents yacht, in Oyster
Bay harbor. and was inspected and
greatly admired by the man it was
named after. The president shook
hands with the exploring party and
wished all good luck. Commander
Peary said: ITS North Pole or bust
this time
The physician Of James S. Sherman,
Republican nominee for vice president,
at Utica, New York, visits him twice
daily. Mr.. Sherman is permitted to
spend two hours each day in going ovo>
correspondence, and the rest of tir,
time his physician declares must be
spent in rest. 1t is said that Mr.. Sher.
man has recuperated more slowly than
after any previous attack. While 1t Is
admitted that he will ultimately have
to be operated on for the trouble, IL
will not be until he has gained his
strength.
John c. Pollock in the Federal
Court at Kansas City has ordered that
the property of the Great Western
Life Insurance Company be disposed
of and that the policies, amounting to
over $2O,O0O,OO0, be re-insured in some
reliable company. if possible. The re-
port of the Missouri insurance depa---.
ment has now been made public, not
only showing that the entire capital
stock was wiped out, but that the an
nual statement of the company JaIu-
ary 1st, the first made, had been fall
sified. The business written by the
company cost it over 100000 more
thon the entire premium income.