CUNNINGHAM, HON. JAMES, 277 Congress Street, Portland, Me., is a member of the Executive Council of the State of Maine, one of seven whose duty it is to advise the governor in all appointments and State affairs; was born in Manor Hamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland, May 8th, 1839, of Irish parents, and arrived in Portland, Me., October 23, 1863, and worked as a journeyman mason for five years; he was the first Irishman allowed to lay bricks in Portland, and as soon as possible became an American citizen and cast his first vote for himself for the office of city councilman, being the first foreigner to serve in the Portland city council. His membership lasted eight years, the longest period of continuous service to that time of any citizen, either native or naturalized. Has been prominent in Catholic work, and is a warm friend and associate of Bishop Bacon, Bishop Healy, Archbishop O’Connell of Boston, and the present Bishop Walsh, and was the first Catholic to hold office since Maine became a state. He started several branches of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in Pennsylvania, and stood by the organization in different parts of the country during its darkest days, and has always been interested in the Irish Land League. Has been very successful in all the business affairs he has ever undertaken, and six years ago built the Lafayette Hotel, the finest hostelry in Maine, which he still continues to own and manage. Is the Vice-President of the Society for Maine. CURLEY, MICHAEL H., merchant, 115 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. (Life member of the Society.) CURRAN, PHILIP A., of the Curran Dry Goods Company, Waterbury, Conn. CURRY, EDMOND J., 69–71 East Eighty-ninth Street, New York City. CURTIN, DANIEL I., 332 East Twenty-fifth Street, New York City, was born in that city May 21, 1880, son of John J. Curtin (born in Tallow County, Waterford, Ireland, in 1849; seaman United States Navy 1861–65), and nephew of Daniel Curtin, who constituted part of the bodyguard of General Nathaniel P. Banks and was killed at the Battle of Antietam. Was educated in the New York public schools, from which he graduated in 1895; studied for five years in the Scientific Department of Cooper Union, New York; has been engaged for the past nine years (1900–09) in civil engineering pursuits as assistant to the chief engineer Standard Gas Light Company of New York (1900–02), assistant to the chief engineer Jersey Central Railroad on re-survey of line (1902–04) and (1904–09) assistant to chief engineer, Department of Water Supply, Borough of Brooklyn. DALY, EDWARD HAMILTON, attorney at law, 54 Wall Street, New York City. DALY, JOHN J., 833 Longwood Avenue, Bronx, New York City; foreman, U. S. Immigration buildings, Ellis Island.