The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-06-13
STATE AND GENERAL ITEMS.

State Superintendent of Schools
Stetson of Maine has been elected to
/ a professorship in the Nebraska state
normal school at Peru. He will as
sumo part of the duties of Professor
Hart who goes to Amherst college.
A telephone message from Green's
burg, KY, reports cloudburst at
Gradyville, Ky, early Saturday in
which 10 or Is persons lost their lives.
Five bodies have already been re-
covered. Eighty houses are reported
washed away.
Joseph Lovejoy of Madison while
saving lathes in Rand Brothers saw
mill at Vests Mills Wednesday got
his left hand in contact with the saw,
cutting and decorating all of the
fingers and breaking the bone of one.
1t is thought that the hand can be
saved.
Bridgton Academy, of Bridgton,
Me-, losses a bequest of upwards of
$50, 900 if the verdict of jury in the
Superior Court in Boston, Thursday
stands, Geo. II, Ingalls, of Boston died
recently leaving an estate of 100000,
the most of which was left to Bridg-
ton Academy. Relatives contested
the will on the ground that Ingalls,
was of unsound mind, The jury de-
cided that the will is invalid. An APP
peal may he taken.
Meagre details from West York,
II Is, tell of destructive tornado
W hich visited the village of York, To-
Gated on the Wabash river southwest
of Terre Haute, Friday night. The
number of injured is placed at 30. A
despatch from West York Saturday
stated that wires were down and
bridges washed away, communication
with York was impossible. 1t was
further stated that 40 or so houses had
been demolished. The tornado struck
the village shortly after the supper
hour and ragged for several minutes.
Miss Eva l.. Shorey of Bridgton has
rendered her resignation as private
secretary to Congressman +. G. Bur
leigh of Augusta and has been home
several weeks preparing for trip
abroad. Miss Shorey left Bridgton
Monday for Boston; and took pas
sage from there June 5, for Europe
with one of the parties of the Univer-
sity Travel bureau of Boston. The
itinerary includes Scotland, the Eng
/ lish cathedral towns, London, Paris
and the principal cities of Germany,
Switzerland and Italy, sailing for
home from Naples the last OF August.
! Memorial exercises for the late
chief Justice of Maine, Hon. Andrew
p. Wiswell of Ellsworth, whose death
occurred in Boston last December,
were held at the closing session of the
Maine law court at Bangor Saturday.
Chief Justice Emery and Associate
Justices Whitehouse, Savage, Pea
body, Spear and Cornish occu
pied tho bench. The speakers
were Hon. Oscar F. Fellows, Gen.
/ Chas. II. Hamlin, Hon. d. n. Snow
OF Portland; Hon. Frederick A. Pow
ers of Houlton, former associate JUS
/ tice; Hon. Orville d. Baker of Angus
ia and Chief Justice Emery.
One of the oldest musicians in the
state died Friday when Prof. Horatio
Fales, who had almost reached the
age of 80 years, died at his home in
Waterville. His death was the re-
suit of a shock early Wednesday
morning, from the effects of which he
never recovered. Horatio Fales was
a native of Dedham, Mass, where he
was born Feb. s, 1918. He was the
son of Nehemiah and Mary Fales.
Horatio's father was soldier in the
War of 1912. The father was a vio
linist and the mother was of a musical
temperament, and played several mu
steal Instruments with much ability,
becoming a famous violinist of her
day.
A frightful accident happened at 8
O'Clock Saturday morning when Ar
mold Davis, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Davis of Canaan, who is employed at
the plant of the Pittsfield Manufac-
turing Co., at Pittsfield lost his left
hand, the member being completely
severed a few inches above the wrist
joint, by coming in contact with cir
cular saw. The plant had just start
ed up for the day and it is thought
young Davis was trying to put
a belt on pulley and his hand got
caught in or near the snap dragon
through which the saw revolves.
Young Davis has been employed at
the mill for the past six months.
Justice Day, president of the Ma
tional Mckinley association, said last
week that Mrs M. @. Barber of Can
ton, Ohio, sister of Mrs. Mckinley,
intends to donate the homestead of
the late President and his wife to the
Memorial association If it could be
purchased from the brothers and sis
tiers of President Mckinley and their
representatives, to whom it passed
under the will. Justice Day said he
had no doubt when the association
met in Canton on June 10 Mrs. Bar
ber's proposition would be accepted
and arrangements perfected for keep
ing the homestead and its belongings
in the same condition in which the
President and Mrs. Mckinley left it.
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