Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-03-16
The Telephone Investigation.


when the telephone investigation committee
met today, at the request of Mr.. Ranney, J..
harr,s Rogers was recalled to the stand. He
said that the parties forming the original Pan
Electric Co. paid nothing for stock in addition
u .he price nxed In the contract. Before
gong to New York it had been understood
that they were to issue stock based on patents
and future possibilities of electricity. The
gentlemen were to give their names 40 A
guarantee to outside parties that the COM
pany would be honorably and fairly con.
ed. Enterprise based upon future possible
Ties required guarantee of men of national
reputation. That was the consideration for
which they were gwen their respective ln-
terests,
Inc gentlemen agreed to get the charter
and gave their names and they had broken
the bargain. The men selected we're also
snrewd lawyers as litigation was looked for,
lhese things formed the general tenor of the
conversation among the parties before they
went to New York and while there When
the question Of issuing stock was raised Mr..
Young suggested that written statements be
used
Mr., Ranney asked if anything was said
about their occupying official positions in
connection with the enterprise.
Nltness-Not at that time.
The witness said that A. S. Hewitt had de-
clined to take the stock reserved to him on
the ground of failing health and accumulated
business. The interest reserved for him had
been divided and sold. Senator Vest bought
some and two lady acquaintances of Senator
Harris also bought stock. 100000 in stock
was received by Governor j. C. Brown.
Senator Harris said that the ladies bought the
q 4 n inv H.
| sales OF the stock was divided among the
gentlemen. The witness got his share and
supposed the others got theirs.
Mr.. Ranney inquired whether the witness
knew of any effort by the Pan Electric Co. to
sell or give stock to congressman, and if so,
when and where.
The witness replied that at the meeting at
which Senator Harris, Gen. johnson, Mr..
Young and witness and possibly Col. Looney
| were Mr.. Young stated that a number OF
| members wanted to become interested in the
Pan Electric Co..
| After furter questioning the witness was
released and the committee adjourned until
Wednesday.
Death of Representative Michael Hahn.
Ex-Gov. Michael Hahn, representative in
Congress from the second district of Louis
| lana, died suddenly this morning at Willard's
Hotel, of hemorrhage ofsthe lungs
The autopsy showed that death resulted
from the rupture of blood vessel near the
heart, produced, 1t is believed, by excessive
coughing. The remains will leave here to-
morrow afternoon at five o'clock for New
| Orleans.
A Bill to Appropriate 100000 for the
Extension OF the Executive Mansion.
Senator Morrill, today introduced bill to
| appropriate 100000 for the erection of an
| extension of the executive mansion in the
south Of the present structure of equal and
| similar exterior character and to be connected
with the executive mansion by corridor.
Dividend Declared.
| The acting comptroller of the currency hal
| declared the first dividend of % per cent in
favor of the creditors of the Lancaster Ma
tional Bank of Clinton, Mass.
To Test the Validity of Patents.
1t is now believed that the suit to test tht
validity of the patents of the Bell Telephon,
Co. will be instituted during the presen
week and most probably al Columbus, Ohio
| British Vice Consul for Maine.
The President has recognized Geo Herber
| Stan as British vice consul Tor various port
in the State Of Maine, to reside at Portland
| Maine.