The Ordway new era., 1908-07-17

I Right Rev. Alfred A. Curtis, Roman
| cathoiic bIshop OF Wilmington. Della
ware. died at Baltimore on the ii'h
inst.
Fire mt Grand Fork. British Coiuih'
bia on ,l, 10th inst. destroyed the
buildings on two blocks and caused
loss of nearly 100000. Barnaby Maio'
n guest of the Vanhalia hotel WAS
burned to death.
| H. G.. Il. Alexander. president OF the
Continental Casualty company oil
Chicago, was reelected president OF
the International Association OF Acci-
dent Underwriters at It's closing SEES
sion at Atlantic City. Mr.. Alexander
has already served two terms.
A glass company at Pittsburs an,
! nounces that II has received seVerai
[ orders and will begin at once 10 manu-
! fgcture headstones of glass 10 harh
graves. A unique feature OF the ne"
/ tombstone will be that there can DC
| blown in the glass photograph oi the
I deceased person.
! Two carriages followed TO the Mount
Prospect cemetery, Asbmry PARK, New
Jersey. Thursday afternoon, all that
was left of Miss Edith Clarks $ pet Duii
terrier. Monte Cristo In the car,
riages were Miss Clark. her sister ana
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 Gi3 nautical miles day. ac'
cording to information received by
the Cunard line officials in New YORK.
However. the Lusiuunia 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 physician resulted Tuesday
in the rcsuscitatiOn of Hiss Isabel
Hannah. Il pretty s!Nteep.year-old girl
who was apparently drowned while
bathing at COLCHESTER besoft, Maryland
Hypodermic injections and massage oil
the body were continued by DIR. II. l.
I.insky of Baltimore after her friends
had given her up for dead.
Joseph Duff. Mount Hamilion's 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 II. F. Smith. Stanford
student. had run down TO Smiths
Creek and telephoned to the sheriffs
office at San Joe for officers who came
and arrested him.
Commander Peary was given n good
sendoff on starting on his North Pole
search Tuesday. the 1il 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 1t 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 wee president,
At Utica. New York, visits him twice |
Inily. Mr.. Sherman Is permitted TO
spend two hours each day in going oyo>
and the rest OF tl., |
line his physician declares must be |
spent In rest. II Is said that Mr.. Sher. |
nan has recupcrated more slowly than |
IfieT ms previous attack. While IL is |
admitted that he will ultimately have |
o be operated on for the trouble, /: |
"ill not be until he has gained his |
strength.
John c. Pollock in the Federal |
Court at Kansas City has ordered that |
he property OF the Great Western
Life Insurance Company be disposed
lf and that the policies, amounting to
over S.0.OO0,00O, be re-lnsured In some
reliable company. II possible. The re.
port of the Missouri Insurance depart
nent 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 Janu.
airy LIST. the first made. had been fal.
sified. The business written by the
company cost 1t over 100000 more
thon the entire premium income.