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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-12
Local and Business Tips.

Knowlton & Young have very choice
assortment of cod, bluefsh, salmon, had
dock, shad, founders and HOLSTERS. You
can give your order by telephone.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-12

Excursion Agent kimball of the Maine
Central. was here, yesterday, and said
that the next number of the Maine Cen
tral" will contain an account of the trip
from Rockland to Bar Harbor.
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avenue.

Col. A. s. Bangs returned from Bos-
ton. Yesterday afternoon, where he attended
thc meeting of the Golden Cross Com
,oan1ery
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-12

Benedict f. Maher arrived home,
Thursday afternoon, from Washington,
where he has been attending Georgetown
college.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-12

W. II. Holmes, Jr, has just finished
taking the census of the village district
schools and says that there are 2l59
scholars and the average age is about Is
years.
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Beecham's pills for consti-
patton zoe and 25f. Get the
book at your druggists and
60 by it.
.,nu.l.,,e, more than 6 ocoooc boxsa
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-12

The First Christian church will hold
prayer meeting, this evening, at the
house of John o. Boyes, 145 Northern
avenue.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-12

The bills for the AL &. Fields minstrel
troupe have been placed upon the boards.
The troupe will be here. Tuesday next.
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New England Order Of Protection
NOTICE.

hereby give notice in response to the many
INQUIRIES that the new lodge of the New Eng
land Order Of Protection will be organized in
Augusta, April IL. in A. o. Y. w. hall at $50
M, sharp. Average cost OF carrying : ss%o IN,
same rate. Sick benefit and other desirable
features. Fee very low to charter members
ANY information respecting the order cheer
fully answered. Address.
f. A. SIDELINGER,
Deputy Supreme Warden,
"a Sewall street.
anr1ld3tt
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AUGUSTA LOCALS.

Hon. Charles r. Wheeler of Lewiston
was in che city, Yesterday.
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EDUCATIONAL.
"BETTER TEAM EVER BEFORE"
GORHAM NORMAL SCHOOL.

TIE NRxT TERN Will BReISiAue. 70, 1854.
Text-b books q tuition free. Board very reason
able. One OF the best schools in New England
for real normal, professional training For full
particulars, address WI. CORTELL,
eod&wtf 0orham, Maine
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attention
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-06
Judge ErSkine M. Ross of Los
Angeles Listens to the
Arguments.
ATTORNEY JOHN CARRIER TALKS
FOR HOURS.
He Holds That Individual Stock
holders Are Not Liable for Pay .
ment of Bonds.

The battle for the Stanford millions has
commenced in earnest. Great legal guns
are arrayed against each other, and their
thunderings were centered in the United
States Circuit Court room yesterday, Judge
Erskine NJ. Ross of Los Angeles on the
bench.
All through the day, during both ses-
sions of the court, Attorney John CARRIER,
the heaviest piece in the ordnance of the
opposition to the Government claim for
fifteen millions against the estate of the
late Senator Stanford, centered his fire
against the Attorney-GeneraPs complaint,
and when the sun had gone down he had
not exhausted his ammunition. He will re-
sumo at the opening of court this morning,
and the battle will wage tiercer and hotter
as the hours progress.
Every Californian Is generally familiar
with the history of the transactions out of
which has grown this colossal litigation.
1t was started when Richard Olney, the
Attorney-General of the United States, in
stituted suit against Mrs. Jane L. STAN
ford, the widow and executrix of the late
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eminent will be handled severely in the
forthcoming report. The School Directors
will come in for their share of the censure.
The report will point out several mistakes
that have been made during the past year
and also make such recommendations as
they think are absolutely necessary. The
School Directors have been very careless in
some of their work. the jury will say, and
it is their purpose to make them little
more careful.
The City Attorneys Office will be one of
the very few departments to receive words
of praise from the jury. The work in this
Office has been systematically and con-
scientiously done, the report will say, and
then will follow few suggestions as to
possible improvement In certain direc-
tons. These suggestions, however, are not
TO be considered as unpleasant reminders,
but simply as a pleasant way of doing an
unpleasant duty.
The report promises to be lengthy and
valuable document, and probably one OF
the most interesting ever given to the pub
lie. The grand jurors are, of the opinion
that there is leak in nearly every City de-
partment, and they do not hesitate to say
so. Those high in power will feel the
wrath of this august body, while the lesser
lights will be looked after without fear or
favor.
The Grand Jury will go out of existence
as legal body next Thursday. 1t has
done vast amount of work since Deem
Der 8, 1894. The gambling houses are all
closed, while other places of shady repute
have been forced to comply with the law.
The jurors have worked for the good OF
the people They have not been biased in
personal interests to stand in the way OF
dutv
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the equitable intention and just purpose
that all of these citizens of the United
States, whether corporate or individual,
who were called upon or lent their aid in
response to this call for aid in the con-
struction of this great National work,
should stand upon the same footing and
equality-that every and all the rights and
privileges which had been conferred upon
one should be conferred upon all.
1.-THE Government of the United States,
in the plenitude of it's powers, in the
furtherance of great National work, had
called forth into existence these corporate
bodies. They were corporations, not SIM
ply in the State of California. clothed only
with the confined and limited statutory
powers set forth in the constitution and
laws of California. but the Government of
the United States infused into them the
breath of the higher life. 1t gave to them
greater and more extended powers.
which the State of California, if it
had wished, was powerless to empower
them to do. They we're, to all intents and
purposes, pro tanto, the creatures of the
legislation of the United States of America
and, by the reserve power contained in
that legislation, subject to alteration,
amendment or repeal by the Congress of
the United States"
Mr.. CARRIER amplified on the question of
individual liberty at great length and
quoted number of authorities. At the
end of two hours constant talking in the
afternoon his voice became husky and at
4 o'clock he asked the indulgence of the
court, as he was feeling i'll. An adjourn
ment was taken until II o'clock this morn
ing, when he will conclude. 1t will prob
ably take the remainder of the week to
finish the arguments.
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Leland Stanford, for the recovery of $15,-
900, 000 alleged to be due the Governm emit
by reason of the non-payment of bonds of
the Central Pacific Railroad of California
and the Western Pacific Railroad of Cali
fornia. When the bill was filed in this
circuit under the direction of Attorney
General Olney it created a great deal of
interest. No particular move was made
for several months, the attorneys for Mrs.
Stanford being, apparently. little worried
by the big suit. They paid enough atten-
ton to the suit, however, to file demurrer,
denying the liability of the estate of ex-
Senator Stanford, and setting forth the
want of ground in the complaint for equi-
table relief against the respondent.
Upon this demurrer the matter came up
in the Circuit Court yesterday morning.
The Government was represented by
United States District Attorney II. S.
Foote and Special Assistant L. D. Nc.
kisick. For the respondent was a particu-
larry strong array of legal talent in the
persons of Russell ]. and Mountford S.
Wilson, John CARRIER of the firm of CARRIER,
Boalt & Bishop, and f. E. Spenser, the
latter bearing most striking resem blance
to Justice Field, taking a side view of it.
Without ripple, with none of the pomp
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izing their incorporation under the laws
of the State of California for the corpora
tors to build lines outside of the State.
Under these laws the stockholders were
only liable for debts and liabilities which
might fairly be presumed to have been in
contemplation of the laws of California
when those laws were enacted.
"In this case" continued Mr.. CARRIER,
"upon these elementary principles, no in
dividual liability rests here upon any
stakeholder of any of these California cor
porations. It is not debt. If it be one,
this debt, which it is stated here was
created by the constitution of the United
States, it is not debt which can, by any
stretch of reason, be supposed to be within
the contemplation of the trainers of the
constitution of California or of the en-
actors of the statutes of 1861. They We're
legislating with respect to California and
California corporations. They were not
legislating in regard to the building of
transcontinental highways or to the max
ing of international roads to carry on oper-
atoms in China, or Peru, or Africa.
''Now, in this case there can be no pre-
tense that there was any power in the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad of California or the
Western Pacific Railroad of California, or
the Central Pacific Railroad Company, to
build one mile of road outside the limits of
the State of California. If ever thing could
be said to be ultra wires, in the absolute
sense of that phrase, the attempt of Cali
fornia railroad corporation to build road
from east of the Sacramento to Utah or to
the Missouri River would be ultra wires.
The men who took stock i'll such corpo-
ration could not be said to be iable-the
law of California, say again, cannot be
stretched to include such liability as that.
Taking into consideration these mat
tiers, it must certainly be held that what
ever liability vested upon the stockholders
of any of these corporations must arise
under the legislation of Congress and not
of that of the Legislature of California"
Turning again to consideration of the
act of July 1, 1862, Mr.. CARRIER pointed out
that it had been decided by the Supreme
Court that the stockholders of the Union
Pacific Railroad were not individually La
BILE for one dollar of the debts of the road,
while here was suit of the Government
to recover from the widows and orphans of
the stockholders of the Central Pacific the
money it had contributed in bonds for the
building of a road which it needed. 1t
was making fish OF one and fowl of the
other and was an entirely inexplicable pro-
ceeding from his point of view.
I'm this legislation" he went on, re-
not one word creating any liability upon
any stakeholder of the road 1t never was
the intention on the part of the United
States to exact or impose any individual
responsibility or liability upon any of these
stockholders in any of these companies.
The very legislation OF Congress makes
this so plain that it is impossible to hest
tate or doubt.
SIN every line and every feature of this
legislation stands out bold and apparent
above everything else the clear intention,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-06
GRAND JURORS At WORK.
DR.. Titus Undertakes to Ex-
plain Few Things to the
InQuiSitorS.
The School Directors and City OFF,
Gals in General VIII Be
CenSured.

The Grand Jury met at o'clock yester-
day afternoon, every member present ex-
cept two. The session was devoted almost
entirely to the reading of reports.
Outside of the reports, only one matter
came up for the consideration of the jury.
1t was the case of a downtown saloon
keeper, charged with stealing watch.
Attorney Barnes was on hand with several
witnesses, but after examining one or two
OF those present further consideration OF
the matter was postponed until Friday. It
is quite probable, however, that an indict-
ment will be found against the accused.
The forecast of the final report of the
Grand Jury, as published exclusively in
the CALL of yesterday, has created some
what OF stir in the various public offices
OF the City. DR.. Titus was so much dis
turbed over the publication that he asked
the Grand Jury to allow him few mo-
ments IN which to explain certain matters.
The jury finally agreed to hear the doctor,
though, If reports be true, he underwent a
sweating process that was not at all to his
liking.
DR.. Titus told the jury that it was mis-
take to suppose that the City and County
Hospital did not receive all the coal re-
celpted for. While he never saw the coal,
ne mad no reason to believe that the men
employed to do this particular work would
do anything that was not strictly honor
able: The same was true OF all the goods
received at the hospital. The men in
charge of each particular department were
selected for their known honesty and up
rightness.
Several jurors asked him what might be
called Leading questions, to all OF which
the gentleman in charge of the City and
county Hospital had ready reply. He
charge of the receiving department to act
IN collision with the contractors and he
know nothing about it. He did not think
case.
DR.; Titus was in the Grand Jury room
nearly an hour and a half, yet in spite OF
ali this the institution over which he pre-
sides will receive its share of the jury's at
tentlon, and that, too, in no pleasant way.
Nearly every department in the City gov
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LEGAL BATTLE FOR THE STANFORD MILLIONS

or circumstance which is generally sup
posed to follow in the train of millions, the
struggle began. The thunderings were
slight to start and it would not be possible
to tell from the calm demeanor of the
opposing forces that battle roval was in
progress. AS time wore on and the plans
of the respondent were developed, it was
easy to be seen that extensive preparation
had been made and that not step had
been or would be taken which had not
been carefully measured and considered
Mr.. CARRIER, in support of the demurrer,
opened the argument. He reviewed the
act of Congress of July l, 1862, to aid in
the construction of a railroad and telegraph
line from the Missouri River to the Pacific
Coast, and the acts amendatory thereof,
upon which the Government based all its
claims against the estate of ex-senator
Stanford. He then specifically attacked
the allegation in the complaint that the
stockholders were liable for the payment
of the bonds issued by the Government in
aid of the building of the road. Later in
the day he attacked the other allegation
that ex-senator Stanford, or his estate, or
any stakeholder of the roads was indi-
vidually liable for the debts of the roads.
Section 6 of the act of July 1, 1862, in
which the conditions subsequent to the
building of the road were set forth, as were
the benefits accrued and accruing to the
provisions. was cited.
Mr.. CARRIER then read several authori-
ties to show that it would be preposterous
to hold that, under the language embody-
ing these conditions, and the conditions
themselves, the stockholders of the road
would be forever liable to respond for the
faults of their successors in interest
~ say" he continued, ''that under the
authorities and these conditions if it had
been intended to create by these acts a
personal obligation, or agreement, or cove
nant, it should have been expressed in
unambiguous language; and a court can
not imply it from the language here used.
On the contrary, not only what the Gov
eminent did not state-as it did not state
in these acts-tends to the irresistible con-
cluslon that there was no contemplation,
or thought, or intention of creating any
personal agreement or liability to paw
these bonds. When the Government came
to express its intention it clothed it in
technical language. They use the word
'condition'-'it is upon condition that
this thing shall be. Is it conceivable that
if it was the intention that the parties
were to be personally bound, that the deed
or agreement would have been couched in
any such language as that?
There is no reason" continued Mr..
CARRIER, (which would induce any reason
able man, carrying himself back to the
year 1862 and casting his eyes around in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-06
HUNT-STUMP WEDDING.
A Daughter of the Manager of the Hearst
Estate Married to a Wealthy
Rancher,

Estate Married to a Wealthy
Rancher.
Miss Alice Stump, daughter of Irwin G.
Stump, manager of the Hearst estate, and
Avis G. Hunt, were united in marriage
yesterday. The ceremony took place at
noon at st. Johns Presbyterian Church,
Rev. D. Hanson officiating. The bride
wore white brocaded satin en- train and
white veil caught by beautiful diamond
snnburst. She carried bouquet of white
carnations. Her maid of honor was Miss
Sophie Boggs of Woodland, and her brides
maids Miss Maud Atkinson and Miss Ag-
mes Sadler of this City.
r. L. Ulch was the groom's best man
and Elmer de Pue and Harry Malone were
the ushers. The bride was given away by
her father. There were present only the
relatives and few intimate friends. After
the ceremony the bridal party drove to the
Palace Hotel, where the Stumps have been
staying since their arrival from New York
last week and where wedding breakfast
was served.
The groom is son of William CASTOR
Hunt, wealthy resident of Woodland
and pioneer of the State. The groom has
been for several years the manager of his
fathers ranches in Yolo County.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-06
MATTE MATHEWS GUARDIAN.
The Murdered Woman's Husband APP
pointed by Judge Coffey.

pointed by Judge Corey.
Judge Coffey has appointed Edwin s.
Mathews guardian of the estate of Martha
Cor "Mattie') Mathews, daughter of the
guardian and Mrs. Jennie Mathews, who
died under peculiar circumstances recently
after visiting one of the city cemeteries.
The child is a beneficiary of an insur-
ance policy of the Order of Chosen Friends
in the amount of $1,000, and Secretary Win
throp of the order is named in the policy
as her trustee.
The Order of Chosen Friends will now
have to decide whether they will pay the
amount of the policy to Winthrop or to
the child's father, yesterday appointed
guardian of her estate, which consists
chiefly of the policy referred to.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-06
Hamilton School Graduates.

In the list of graduates of the Hamilton
School which was published in yesterdays
CALL, the name of Miss May Ballinger was in
advertently omitted owing to typographical
error. Miss Ballinger was accorded much
credit for her standing in all that goes to make
up good scholarship.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-06
A New Mercantile Agency.

The Mutual Mercantile Agency has been in
corporated With the following directors: Will
liam L. Merry, Columbus Bartlett Albert Ger
berding, Charles Sanders, A. G. Mitchler. The
pital stock is 100000. of which $500 is
cpaid up.
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THERE is an article on tn market seldom
equaled and never exceiled-Jesse Moore Whis-
Ky. Moore. Hunt & Co. guarantee its purity.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-06

The amount of capital invested in tin
plate works in this country amounts to
fully $500, 600.
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Mems Furnishings

Here are few specials in this
department in addition to those
published in our advertisements
at first of the week. Don't OVER
look these:
MEMS OVERALLS, Boss Of the
Road make. heavy blue denim; OEC
only few dozen left; Kennedy's Oh
price Ioc; ours OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Pair
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S1.OO Each.

IL FUR BACK BEAVER ULSTERS, suita-
BILE to make over, sizes "a, SO and 3S;
color black; Kennedy's price used to be
$15 each.
4 JAPANESE WRAPS, fancy cloth, color
black, size "a: former price $25.
PRINCE ALBERT JACKETS, in navy
beaver, sizes 32 and "a; Kennedy's price
$16.
sleeves, size "a only.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-06
Weak Men andWomen

SHoULD USE DAnIIANA BITTERs. THE
Strength to the Sexual Organs >
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Dress StuffS.

seasons beautiful Crepons. Be
gains in Silk.
OUR Cue, 81 and ST 25 BLACK
CREPONS, they are SO and IL
inches, in many beautiful patterns z
and will please the most exacting, -
your choice Of these three lines. Y
OUR 81 50AND 81 rs TWO-TONED
CREPONS, 40 inches wide, some
all wool, some silk and wool, the Y
beauties of the season, now
marked $500.
B1LLOWY SILK AND WOOL GRE
PONS, DO inches wide, others o7
asked SIT to $21 the suit at East-.p i .
er time. we say now. Y
$50 YARDS FANCY SILKS, in two
toned effects, 1S inches wide, new
small designs, black and 81 4
bright colors, nice material for Il
waists. and only. Y
420 YARDS BLACK BROCADED
INDIA SILK, 81 inches wide, A
small, neat designs. and every 4
thread silk, worth &c.. Y
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-06

n ENG THE LAST WEEK OF THE SALE OF THE KEN
NEEDY BANKRUPT STOCK, determined, if low prices
would do it, close out article of that stock still
unsOd When advertised the hundred odd specials in
last Sundays supposed there enough of each
to last least three Before Monday, however,
several of the lines exhausted and Tuesday when
country orders pouring had to disappont
customers The prices wonderfully qualities
offered We advertise limited of prices
the There and
dozens of other bargains good these will
first because they mentioned the Therefore
early you 20 get n
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soc Each.

z FANCY CLOTH ULSTERS, sizes "a and
SO only.
8 CHILDREN'S listers, In black, green
and sapphire, ages 8, 10 and II years.
CASHMERE DOLMANS, beaded gimp
trimming, size "a only.
OTTOMAN SILK BRAIDED MANTLES
size a.
IL JACKETS, black cloth, assortment Of
styles, sizes 81 and 80.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-06

LADIES' Isle THREAD HOSE,
fast black, fine quality, military
rib, white tops, spliced heels, QO1
double toes, Kennedy's price soc, cO3
sale price. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Pa
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BORDER YELLING, single width, O1C
navy and ed only worth 20c Oh
yard ........................ Yard
COLUMBIA VEILING a novelty
Just received, fancy heavily dot
ted border and fine net scattered L &c
dots; regular 25c veil; black, 1U
white and colors only ............ Yard
COMPOSITION DOT YELLING,
white and colors no black; 81 J0C
inches wide; regular at SOC yard; IO
now. Observation-Disclosures. Yard
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ClOaks Csc Each.
Csc Each.

10 BLACK DIAGONAL CLOTH ULsTERs,
size "a only
4 CHILDREN'S PLAID CIRCULARS, ages
6:to years.
II LADIES' JACKETS, in navy, tan and
black cloths, assortment OF styles; sizes
81 and "a only.