The Holly chieftain., 1908-07-17

Right Rev. Alfred A. Curtis, Roman
Catholic bishop Of Wilmington. Della
ware, died at Baltimore on the 11th
inst
John d. Rockefeller quietly cels-
brated his sixty-ninth birthday at For
est Hill. Cleveland, on the Sth inst,
To the friends who called he declared
that he never felt better.
Fire at Grand Fork, British ColuIn-
bia, on Tie 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.
H. G. d. 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.
The bodies OF H. D. Everett, a gov
ernment forester and T. E. Wakeley. a
school teacher, who were murdered sew
eral weeks ago by tribesmen while on
an expedition into the unexplOred
mountain regions Of the Island of Ne
gros, have been recovered by Lieut.
Ahern OF the constabulary forces, after
a difficult and dangerous search.
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 SAB nautical miles a day, ac-
cording to information received by
the Cunard line officials in New York.
However, the Lusitania has merely
moved her own record a couple of
notches higher, as she previously held
the speed record at GAL miles per day.
Gen. Erasmus Blakeslee. soldier,
minister, author and editor and proml-
nent in the Sunday school world as the
author, editor and publisher of the
Graded Sunday School Lessons, died
at his home in Brookline, Massachu-
sets, on the 18th inst. after a brief ILL
ness. He was many times commended
for bravery during the Civil war and
was brigadier general.
A lake of oil covering an area of
more than one square mile, and of un-
known depth, in the state OF Vera Cruz,
Mexico, is on fire 1t has been burn
ing for five days and has created the
widest terror among the natives Of
that section. The blaze is seen for
more than 200 miles at sea, according
to navigators who have arrived at
Vera Cruz and Tampico.
Four hours of heroic work on the
part of a physician resulted Tuesday
in the resuscitation of Miss Isabel
Hannah, pretty sixteen-year-old girl
who was apparently drowned while
bathing at Rochester beach, Maryland.
Hypodermic injections and massage Of
the body were continued by DR.. H. 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. q. Smith, a Stanford
student, had run down to Smiths
Creek and telephoned to the sheriff 8
office at San Joe for officers who came
and arrested him
The government of Honduras has in
stituted suit before the Central Amer
lean court of justice, which was for
mally opened at Cartago, Costa Rica,
May 25th, of this year, against the
| governments of Salvador and Guate.
mala, charging violation of the treaties
signed by the states Of Central Amerl.
ca at Washington last winter. 1t
charges that the governments speci.
fled have promoted the revolution un.
der way within the republic of Hon.
duras.
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 over
correspondence, and the rest Of tire
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.
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