Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-09-16

sizes once more the necessity for more
comprehensive extradition treaty between
Great Britain and the United States.
Canadians do not yearn for the company
of fugitives from the United States.
These men are by no means desirable
emigrants. If any complaints should arise
at their presence here, they should come
from Canadians, who have such society
forced upon them. rather than from our
American neighbors at whose doors lies
the responsibility for the narrowness of
the present extradition arrangements.
There has been quite movement in
registering to become voters among the
women belonging to the Roman Catholic
denomination in Boston. The cause is a
determination on their part to exercise
the rights of suffrage extended to all VIC
men to vote for members of the school
committee. 1t is denied IN certain quar-
tiers that such movement is taking place,
but the facts presented in the case show
otherwise Last week two Irish women
were naturalized in the United States dis
trict court. and these may be regarded as
the first of very large number who will
follow their examples The majority of
the women will simply be required to reg
lister in order to vote, as the naturaliza-
ton papers of husband include his wife
and daughters, while brothers. papers
include his sisters Already about 400
women of all denominations have been as
sessed within two or three DAYS for the
purpose of registering as voters. The OBJ
ect of this movement is to endeavor to
have Roman Catholic women vote for
those candidates for members of the school
committee who will be liberal minded in
their views, and will see to 1t that the
Catholic children attending the public
schools will be justly considered and paid
as much consideration as children of any
other denomination.
A decision of considerable interest to
foreign money-loaning companies has
been rendered by Judge Gresham in the
case of the United States Mortgage Com
pany against Arson Sperry of Chi
cage. the former Receiver OF the
Kingsburv estate. The suit was
bill filed by the mortgage COM
pany to foreclose three mortgages given
bv Sperry. as guardian, and his successor,
aggregating s34O. 900, all secured on the
property of the Kingsbury estate and run
ming at 10 per cent interest. In deciding
the case Judge Gresham said there were
the county court had power to authorize
the execution Of mortgages to secure
money borrowed for making repairs and
rebuilding; and secondly. whether the
United States Mortgage Company could
demand 10 per cent interest, it being a
corporation Of New York. where per
cent was the legal rate. Answering both
questions in the affirmative. the Judge
dealt with the latter at some length.
The mortgage company, Judge Gresham
said. was organized in 1871. under char
ter which provided that no loan should be
made at rate of interest exceeding the
legal rate. and it was claimed by the de-
Tense that the company should not demand
more than per cent interest. which was
the legal rate when the mortgages were
executed. Usury laws, the court held.
were local. having no extra territorial
effect. and each State might be safely
trusted to determine what was Just com.
pensation for the use of money within its
own territorial limits, and to protect its
own citizens against avarice. The people
of Illinois did not need the protection oil
the laws of New York in that respect, and
il could not be assumed. without the mos,
explicit expressions, that the New York
Legislature undertook to afford protection
to citizens of Illinois. or to prevent one OF
its own corporations from employing its
capital i'm other States on terms less fav-
orable than the laws of such other States
allowed as Just. 1t was for the State OF
New York to deal with the company if it
had violated its charter. and even if such
violation had occurred that did not excuse
the mortgagors from performing their
part of contract the benefit of which they
had enjoyed. A decree would therefore
be entered in favor of the company.
Rrper,s from Indiaupoiis say: The train
record. sh,w that last week there were 492
fewer loaded csrs handled At this poirt than
Ii, Thap -
old corn going forward than 10 DAYS ago.
.-h;la shinnaanfs of nafs haze fallen off LARGE.