The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-14
STATE AND GENERAL ITEMS.

Augusta people claim the youngest
great grandmother in the State In
Mrs. Eliza Allen, who is only fifty
years old. Her great grandchild Is
Miss Inez Reella Currier, who is a
little over year old.
Miss Flora Mcclellan, daughter of
Wesley Mcclellan of Houlton, is in
serious condition as. the result of
embalming fluid. Two physicians
were called yesterday and after
administering emetics continued their
efforts to save the unfortunate young
woman for hours. Slight hopes were
entertained for her recovery.
Several armed bandits early Thurs
day blew up the safe in the Interstate
bank at Canova, S. D., secured $1,000,
and escaped. The occupants of
hotel which stood across the street
were aroused by the explosion, but
the robbers opened fire and drove
with bullets. Where lights were
burning in homes, the bandits at the
point of the gun forced the owners
to extinguish them.
At a meeting of the board of
directors of the jamestown Exposition
Thursday night, financial statement
was read showing the total liabilities
| to be 81, 10000 No statement was
rendered as to the assets but these
include $50, 200 estim ated value of the
sewerage, etc, with $500, 900 in
unpaid stock subscriptions collectable
which would leave debit of some
thing over 100000 if the assets are
realized upon as estimated.
The postofflce at Hampden Lower
Corner was entered early Fridae
morning by burglars and the safy
blown by the use of nitro glycerine.
Entrance was effected by prying
open the front door with chisel.
! Everything of value in the safe was
taken by the robbers who were
evidently old hands at such work.
The loss will amount to several
hundred dollars. No important clues
were found by which the robbers may
be traced.
Saturday afternoon notice was
given to 80 men in the Maine Central
repair shops in Waterville that their
services would not be needed after
that day. The notice came very
suddenly from the office of the
company in Portland and created
somewhat of a surprise among the
employees of the different departments
of the shops. Twenty five freight
repair men were let go, two black
smiths and the rest were from the
machine shops.
| The Waterville Iron works is plan
ming to ship large order of pulp mill
wood room machinery to Toxic,
Japan, and will probably start it next
week. This machinery is mostly tn
invention of A. o. Lombard of that
city, and is now controlled by the To-
cal firm. Big placards are being
printed to go with the shipment and
will read: From Waterville Iron
Works, Waterville, Me-, U. S. A,
manufacturers of wood room machin
cry for pulp mills"
Word comes to town of a tragic
shooting accident at Squaw mountain,
near Asauith, in which wellknown
Waterville and Shawmut men are
concerned. Through the accidental
discharge of rifle in the hands of
Joshua Emery, his friend James
Murry of Shawmut was shot through
the hip, Thursday, later dying in a
Bangor hospital, Friday afternoon.
James hurry was the foreman of the
grinding room of the Shawmut Man
ufacturing Co., at Shawmut.
The trial of Harvey A. Searles of
1 Chesterville for the murder of his
wife on Sunday afternoon, July IA last,
came to an abrupt termination in the
Supreme Court last week, when the
respondent retracted his plea of not
guilty and pleaded guilty to the
charge. He was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment in state prison. Searles
is about 30 years old while mis- wife
was 81. Jealousy was the cause of
the shooting, which also nearly re-
suited fatally for Jesse Searles,
younger brother of the prisoner.