Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-20
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Explosion Serious-Three men

Explosion Serious-Three men
were seriously burned early yesterday
morning by the explosion OF several
hundred ponds of molten brass in
crucible In a foundry in West Two
Hundred and Fiftieth street, New
York. One man was burned SO badly
about the face that he will lose the
sight of both eyes. The explosion was
caused by the presence of some for
eign substance in the hot metal
To Announce Prize-The Lac
by the faculty of Notre Dame univer-
sity Sunday morning. The faculty
established the custom of giving
medal in 1883, determining to choose
every year from the ranks of the
Catholic laiety of the United States
man or woman conspicuous for further
ing the interests of morality, education
and citizenship and to confer on that
person a special mark of honor.
To Try Officer-A courtmar-
tial has been appointed at Manila to
try Capt. H. A. Sievert of the Ninth
cavalry for alleged Irregularities in his
accounts while he was post quarter
master at Camp McGrath. Col. Jacob
A. Augur will be president OF the
court The court-martial which has
been sitting in the case of Maj. Chas.
]. Clarke, Twenty-sixth infantry, has
resumed the taking of testimony, and
it is expected the trial will be con-
cluded shortly.
Collar Explodes-David Wat
son, a plumbers apprentice at West
Orange, N. j., is recovering from the
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the explosion of his celluloid collar
yesterday. He was handling some gas
oline when the flames leaped up
around his neck, and in moment the
collar was ablaze. Fortunately he was
next door to fire headquarters and
rushed in. Firemen stripped the youth
of his burning clothing and he was
sent to hospital unconscious.
Resigns and Dies - William
Mccarthy, "a battalion chief of the
New York fire department, dropped
dead late Thursday night, with his
resignation in his hand. He was 62
years old and had been member of
the department for thirty-six years.
He was waiting for a superior officer
in order to hand in his resignation
when the fire alarm sounded. The old
man tottered and fell dead. He had
many medals for bravery. He is sur
vived by his widow and six children.
Pastor Enjoined-To clear the
way for holding services in the Chris
tan church of Erlanger, KY, next
Sunday, Judge Harbeson of Covington
has announced he will hold court Sat
urday night and hear arguments in in
junction proceedings brought by mem
bers of the church against it's pastor,
the Rev. S. H. Lapit. Last week MEM
bers of the church voted to GUST the
Rev. Mr.. Lapit from the church, and
they secured a temporary restraining
order preventing him from holding SER
vices.
Student Missing-Miguel La
pac, the son of a well-to-do Cuban
sugar planter, is missing. He was a
student at Columbia university and
boarded in West Forty-third three,
New York. He has not been seen since
last Sunday. The fact that he has dis
appeared came out last night through
the inquiries of two young women who
visited the morgue, Bellevue hospital
and police headquarters. They said
they feared the young man had COM
mitted suicide. He is 25 years old and
served during the Cuban war Of indie
pendence.
To Tag Horses - All of the
horses driven over the streets of San
Francisco, from the plodding dray ami
NAL to the housekeeping carriage
horse, will be compelled to wear tag
if an ordinance prepared by the tax
collector meets with the favor of the
board of supervisors. The tags, like
those worn by dogs, must be displayed
on the left-hand side of the headstall
and the horse that appears without
this decoration will be summarily re-
moved from the vehicle which he is
drawing and removed to the pound.
The license fee will be $1.50 year.
Firemen Honor Woman-The
firemen of the burned district of San
Francisco have presented Mrs. Linda
Hoag Hale, a society leader of that
city, with a magnificent silver flower
basket. The gift was in appreciation
of her services to their wives and chill
dren while they were busy fighting
flames during the great confiagration
of April, 1906. A delegation of brawny
fire fighters appeared at the home of
Mrs. Hale, and when they found she
was not in the leader carefully depos-
tied the gift, and with the laconic,
For her." led his plainly relieved fell
lows away.
Pensioned by England = Six
years before Victoria assembled the
throne of England Patrick Webb en-
tered the British army He served
twenty-one years, and as a result of
his service he has been drawing a
pension from the British government
for fifty-Seven years. He Is now So
years old and resides in Chicago. Be
sides Mr.. Webb there are about 12O
English pensioners in this vicinity, ac-
cording to Mr.. Erskine, British consul
here, who is aiding the United States
Civil Service Retirement association In
it's efforts to induce the government TO