Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-23
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Under a gray sky from which a
drizzling rain descended, men and wo-
men representative of New York q
generation ago, gathered in Stuyve-
SAINT square, New York City, Friday,
for the funeral services at st. Georges
Episcopal church over the body OF
John Rigelow whose long life as
diplouaatist and author ended, Tues
day last. Previously to the ceremony
at the church, brief services attended
by members of the family only were
held at the old Bigelow residence in
Grainmerey Park.
The jury at New York that has been
hearing the suit of Therese Hakanson,
former domestic, to recover $4,000
from Hope Kingsley, the 14-year- old
daughter of Darwin p. Kingsley, pres
ident of the New York Life Insurance
Co, Friday. returned sealed verdict
in favorsof the voting defendant. The
plaintiff alleged that while she was
adjusting a curtain in the kitchen,
Hope. then II years old. pulled her
skirt and caused her to fall from the
sink, OH which she was standing, in
juring her seriously. s%ts
Z Columbia and Harvard maintained
their respective positions in the 10th
annual intercollegiate chess tourna-
sment. as a result of the play. Friday,
in the second round Columbia de-
feated Princeton by the score of 3 1-2
to IL, while Harvard accounted for
Yale by precisely the same score. The
tie between Harvard and Columbia
was, therefore. unbroken, each univer-
sity being credited with totals of 1-2
points out of a possible s. The final
round. Saturday, In which Columbia
must meet Harvard. will determine the
championship for 1912.
Henry J. White of Baltimore, an ap-
pointment to the Naval Academy at
Annapolis. qualified as an aeroplane
pilot, Friday at the conclusion of a
spectacular flight of % minutes dura-
ton in a hydro-aeroplarie at Salem,
Mass. White, who will enter the Naval
Academy, next spring, had previously
made a flight with passenger. AL
together his experience in the air
covers a period of less than four
hours. Friday afternoon he ascend
ed alone from the aviation school al
bitlttdd, Itsc l3pV Etet III Tic I'LL
flew over Salem bay, circled the cts
several times and then yolplaned 150t
feet to the waters of the bay, alight-
ing easily. White, who Is ~ years old.
hopes to be able to specialize in air
navigation while at the. Naval Acade-
my. l.s = ss.ncts i
When George A, Weary, musician
living at No. 1920 Thirtieth street, in
Sacramento, responds to the call of
the muse he carries with him a violin
he holds priceless. The instrument is
a genuine Cremona purchased by
Marcus Weary, a Greek gentleman and
musician, in the year A. d. 1900, Weary
was great-great- reat-grandfather to
the present owner and the violin has
been continuously in the possession of
the Yeary family since it's purchase
by Marcus from the conservatory of
the famous Banker. 1t was made by
Francisco Reggerri in Cremona, Italy.
1t was worm-eaten and broken for
several years until q few months ago
when Weary had it repaired by a
carefully selected expert, who after
ward declared that it was one of the
most valuable instruments he had
even had in his shop. Weary uses the
violin when he engages in orchestra
work and refuses to put a price on his
cherished heirloom.
Three foreign missionaries arriving
in New York, Monday. on board the
Minnewaska of the Atlantic transport
line, told stories of cannibalism iii
Africa and of the rebellion In China.
For more than rs years the Rev. w.
7. Currie and wife have spent their
lives preaching to the heather in the
Portuguese provinces in Africa. I'VE
were making 14-months trip into the
interior of Angola, on the west coast
of Africa" said Mr.. Currie, Monday,
when he encountered a group of
armed cannibals, who prepared to STAY
us for feast. I made the greatest
plea / ever made in my life and final
ly persuaded the chief that it would
be 20 his Interest to let my wife and
myself live. The episode ended by the
chief giving us a pig and a crude cur
filled with native beer" Mrs. Law.
renee Thurston of Hartford, Conn.
was another passenger. She had Just
returned from China, where she mar.
rowly missed being attacked in a vii.
lage where several foreigners were
slain the day after she left. She said
the rebels treated foreigners with the
utmost consideration.