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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-13
Local Matters.

The Journals Telephone Call-136.4.
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Rev. FIR. Lacroix of the church Of No
tire Dame lie Lourdcs, is passing his
three weeks vacation in Canadian cltie.
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New Advertisements To-Day

Aliens Foot-case.
Dingley & Decker.
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Wrapping paper syllable for sheathing
pa per or putting under carpets. Also old
papers. Apply "a Journal Office.
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TO LET.

Cottage for rent at Lake CObboSsec-
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FOle SALE.

Good business. centrally located in the
booming city of Bah, Me. Reason:
Going out of the United States. Box so!
Bath. Me. july12d1w"
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We will sell OUR night lunch cart 1t =
good business for =, man who can CIV.
it his personal attention. our other bust
ness requires all Of our time. T. NJ.
Hayes * son. Augusta, Me juiylld1w+
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For month of August, furnished cot
tagc at Ocean Point. Apply to G. H.
BlaisdclI Augusta, Me. JuiyS,dtl
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-02-18

OGDEN GAS COMPANY.-An or.
dinance passed Feb. %. 1895. granting
a fifty-year franchise. subject to all
general ordinances regarding gas com.
panies then in force. the company
agreeing to charge fixed maximum
price of 30 cents per loo cubic feet
to general consumers and IS cents to
the city, or $40 per annum for each
street lamp consuming four cubic feet
per hour, including the labor of light
ing and cxtinguishing the same. the
city expressly reserving It's require
ments Of this labor as part Of the con-
sideration for the ordinance: also that
the company shall pay the city not less
than 49, per cent. of its gross receipts:
make a statement annually under oath
of It's gross receipts to the Comptroller.
who shall have free access to It's books
Mt all times: submit It's meters to in
spection and quality of gas to test, as
prescribed: expcnd on It's works at least
100000 within twenty.four months
from acceptance of ordinance: manu-
fncture and distribute five million feet
VI gus eNets Unity uusS WN"h sh'SV
years from date of acceptance: and the
ordinance prcscribes as accepted that
the price to consumers shall never ex-
coed the rate prescribed by the ordin-
ancc; that the company shall not
charge any person for service pipe, but
shall lay the same mt its own expense.
and the company agrees and did give
bond of 100000 as surety that all the
provisions of the ordinance shall be
faithfully carried out. under unlimited
liability for damages, and that ut the
expiration Of the life of the ordinance
the city shall have the right Of fran
chisc at an agreed appraised value.
CHICAGO ECONOMIC FUEL GAS
COMPANY.--An ordinance passed
July 81. 1891. conveying franchise for
fifty years for the supply Of both man
ufactured and natural gas. upon the
same general provisions and require
ments governing the other companies,
especially the provision of Section II.
which provides that In case the said
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-02-18

company should at any time In any
manner enter into combination di.
rectly or Indirectly with any other gas
company, Its ordinance and privileges
should become null and void and all
rights revert to the city without refer.
ence to any court or legal appeal. The
company agreed to charge for illumi-
Mating gas $40 per 1000 cubic feet,
with 10 cents reductions per 1000 feet
for prompt payment, ana 20 cents per
1000 for natural ana fuel gas, with
10 cents reduction for prompt payment;
agreeing ana contracting also to pay
the city 3 per cent. on gross receipts
from illuminating gas and per cent.
on gross receipts from sale OF natural
or manufactured fuel gas. ana to fur
nish gas to the city for $3.50 per street
lamp post per year.
on THE 10Th DAY OF FEBRU-
AIRY, 1892, a preamble ana resolution
was passed by the City Council, re-
pealing the above Chicago Economic
Fuel Gas Company ordinance. ana
declaring all pipes and connections In
the streets of the city to be city proper
~. in accordance with the provisions
of the ordinance regarding forfeiture,
and upon the ground that a majority of
the stock of said company had passed
into the hands of the Gas Trust.
THE OGDEN. IL Is now currently
reported, ana there are grounds for be-
lief, that the Ogden Gas Company has
entered upon contract with the Gas
Trust agreeing not 10 extend It's plant
or pipes any further for period OF
three years.
ALL ENADl THE LAW. All of the
above companies ana corporations
have cyaded the plain letter and legal
requirements of their franchises and
by the terms of said franchises have
forfeited every right AMI privilege con
tractcd for with the city ana conveyed
professionally by ordinance.
VIOLATE FRANCHISES. 1t is pro-
vldcd in an ACT regulating the cOndi'
tions for the granting of rights and
privileges for lighting and heating pur'
poses by cities, also passed by the late
! 10TH ASSEMBLY, that no gas com
| pany in future shall ne granted prlyl
lcges of building or extension of mains
ana pipes, except they secure petitions
signed by owners of more than one
half the frontage of each mile and frac
ton of a mile Of any street or alley
which requirement Is designed to pro
tect the merge companies in their He
gal evasion of contract obligations
and prevents any competition, through
the organization and operation of new
companies, now and forever in the fu
ture, and said ACT Is directly in con
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-02-18

ner ana to the same extent rs II the
companies had remained individual and
distinct" and, providing. however.
strued as extInguishing said companies
entering into the agreement or agree.
ments mentioned, or annulllng or I'M
pairing any Of their respective fran
chises, licenses or privileges. but that
they shall severally be regarded rs stlll
subsisting, SO far as their continuance
for the purpose of uphOlding any right,
title or interest, power. privilege or I'm.
munlty ever exercised or enjoyed by
any Of them, may be necessary for the
protection Of their respective creditors
or mortgages, or any of them'-and
SECTION 10. Of the ACT, which Is u
violation of the letter OF the COnstitu-
ton, In that Is attempts to supersede
the rights expressly vested In the City
Council by the Constitution, In relation
to grant privileges In the streets of the
city, and would destroy the vested
rights ana property interests of the
city ana liabilities and obligations to
the city and its citizens assumed by
the gas companies, under their Ordl-
nances ana franchise contracts, by pro-
vlding that The purchase ana sale or
lease, or consolidation and merger,
| shall not he held or construed rs Il vio-
latlon of the provision of any ordinance
or bond given hereunder thereby en-
deayOrlng To protect the evasive and
| Iisl N
| pense of the legal AMI equitable rights
of the city and It's citizens.
READ AND PONDER. This same
CONSOLIDATION ACT, in SECTION
10, provides that "in case the property
sold, or leased, or acquired through
consolidation or merger, i subject IN
mortgage OR OTHER LIEN, such
mortgage or other lien shall he and re-
main II lien upon ALL PROPERTY
50 sold, purchased, leased or AC-
| CURED, so that the same shall he
liable for ana respond ito the payment
| of such mortgage or other lien exist
ing at the time of such sale or lease"
and "Any corporation purchasing or
leasing the real estate ana personal
property OF any other company or com,
panes shall PAY AND DIS,
CHARGE all debts ana LIABILITIES
OF each of the companies, and
actions may he brought ana maintain
ed and recovery had therefore against
the company so purchasing or leasing,
or against such consolidated corpora.
ton" andln SECTION II 1t is provided
that the consolidated corporation, OF
GAS TRUST, "shall furnish gas to con-
sumers as good in quality as 1t fur.
nished previous to such purchase OF
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-02-18

fict with the ordinances passed and
franchise contracts mutually entered
into by the city and gas companies.
which latter gained valuable rights
and privileges thereby, and whose du-
ties and obligations. as well as the
rights of the city anu Of Its citizens. are
therein specified. reserved and pre-
scribed.
CAN RAISE THE PRICE. The IN
FAMOUS "GAS CONSOLIDATION"
ACT provides that after one year the
GAS TRUST may charge any rate
charged by any company with which
merger or consolidation Is made. as.
for instance, with the PEOPLES GAS
LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY.
which, has a perpetual franchise from
the State and may charge as much as
1915 per 1000 cubic feet tO the city
and $3 per 1000 feet to general con
s,mers, thenceforth and forever.
PRE- II T. COURT AGAINST
THEM. The Illinois Supreme Court
has held anu decided that an ordinance
granting franchise privileges Is u con-
tract by mutual consent, AMI the rights
and privileges so granted are consider
ations In the same. and evasion or re-
pudiation Of the spirit and letter of the
contract or any change thercfrom I'M
less by consent constitutes forfeiture
of rights. AMI. as 1t has always been
held proposition in both English and
American law that ACTS comforting
special privileges upon or granting pub.
lie property to private individuals or
corporations are construed strictly
against the grantees and in favor of
the state" or the municipality.
MENACE TO ALL. section o Of
the GAS CONSOLIDATION ACT
Is retroactive, and provides that
"any corporation purchasing or leas
ing the property Of any other com
pnny shall he subject to and perform
for each of the companies SO entering
into said agreement the legal OBLIGA
T1ONS now resting upon each Of them
respectively under their charters and
! ordinances . "in the same man
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-02-18

The Gas Trust had an awful nerve
to buy up the Legislature and to Sc
cure the passage Of a measure killing
all opposition to 1t when It had no fran
chise from Chicago to do business It.
self.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-20
OPEN
TF1E 4'44t NEWARK AVENUE

Mr.. Duysters was accused of embezzle-
ment, although the funds were in a bank
over which he had no control. This was
followed by Mr.. Duyster's Indictment for
perjury on the allegation that in his APP
plication for a receiver he had sworn
falsely as to the company's condition.
The indictment was found on the state
ment of Wolcott c. Foster, Horatio
Southworth and Addison Ely.
Who is this Mr.. Southworth? ex-
claimed Justice Potts. getting warmed
up. .fHe is the president of the COM
pany,' Mr.. Potts continued, answering
his own question, "and he Is also under
indictment in Bergen county and a fugf-
tive from Justice. He does not dare to
go to Bergen county to confront the in
dictment. A lawyer made an application
in his behalf to nave the Indictment
quashed, but the Judge said that Mr..
Southworth would have to appear in per-
son before n action would be taken.
This man does not dare to come into
court. ask this Court not to lend itself
to the promotion Of the schemes of this
Indictment against Mr.. Duyster. Mr..
Duyster has no objection to being tried,
but his enemies have no intention of
having him tried. They simply want to
hold this Indictment over his head"
Prosecutor Erwin said that 1t seemed to
be a personal fight and he had entered
the nolle pros because he had been Unable
to get the officers of the compa to ap-
pear to prosecute the case or produce the
books.
Judge Blair said he would fix a day to
hear Lawyer Wilcox on the. subject be-
fore giving a decision.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-20
is ANYTHING BEHIND THIS7

In the selection of the board that will
have charge of the Peoples Palace for
the ensuing year, it was noticed that all
the members of the old board were re-
tanned except Theodore Parker, a Taber-
nacle man. 1t was rumored that this was
the result of trouble hat probably existed.
One well versed in the matter said this
morning that the only reason why the
name of Mr.. Parker was dropped was be-
cause it was customary to have a dea-
con on the board. Mr.. Parker, who is
neither a deacon nor trustee, was selected
last June to fill the vacancy caused by
the removal to Montclair of Deacon Hunt.
DR.. John C. Parsons was a member of
the Board of Trustees last year, and was
also a member of the board in charge OF
the Peoples Palace. He declined to run
for trustee this year, but agreed to stay
on the board in charge of the Peoples
Palace. The selection Of Deacon Myon
Kelsey In place of Mr. Parker, is merely
10 carry out the original purpose Of hay
ing 4 deacon Gu the board.
Tnis charge, however, leaves only one
member of the Tabernacle on the board
in charge of the Peoples Faiaee alIalrs-
He Is Mr.. Sydney Gould.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-20
M'cUE ASSOCIATION BALL.

The annual ball of the James j.. McCue
Association took place last evening at
Imperial Music Hall on Gregory street.
The grand march was led by the standard
bearer, Mr.. James J. McCue and Miss
Della Burke. Among those present were:
Misses Mamie Madden, Maggie Garland,
Maggie Hyland, Hamburger, NJ. j. Daily,
James Hogan, Miss Lille Feenan, T. F.
Duffy, ]. F. Kelly, Charles Black, Joseph
Hamilton, Miss Maggie Kent, John F.
Connolly, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Reilly,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas McCabe, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas McCue, Mr.. and Mrs. Jas.
Dunn, Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick McGovern,
Mr.. and Mrs. James King, Mr.. and. Mrs.
William Mahoney, Miss Mamie Carley,
Mrs. John Dunn, Edward Flanagan,
Joseph Sherry, Robert Waddell, Thomaa,
Mooney. Michael Kane, Henry German,
Denis McInerney. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Brandon, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Eizler,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mournes, Hugh
Meehan, Joseph Mccormack, John Allen.
The officers of the association are
John f. Connolly. President; James B.
King, Vice-President; Patrick McGovern,
Second Vice-President, James J. McCue,
Treasurer; Daniel Qualey, Financial Sec
rotary; Edward Flanagan. Recording
Secretary, Thomas Reilly, ~Sergeant-at-
Arms; and Thomas McCue, Assistant
Sergeant-at-ArmS.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-20
SEWER BILL READY.
Colonel Price Has Prepared
the Measure for the
Legislature.
Especial to .The Jersey city News.''l

Especial to 'Ihe Jersey city news.
NEWARK,Ja Jan. 20, 1S99.-City Counsel E.
L.. Price has completed the bill which 1t
is proposed to introduce into the Legisla-
ture for the purpose of securing the ne
cessary authority for ele construction of
a joint trunk sewer. In the project which
calls for the measure, Newark, Walls
burgh, South Orange Township, South
Orange Village, Millburn, Irvington and
West Orange are interested, but to make
the proposed law general in character it
has been drawn ito authorize two or
more municipalities in this State to joint
ly construct and maintain outlet or trunk
sewers to tide water"
The particular object sought to be at
tanned is the building of a joint outlet
sewer which would empty into Staten
Island Sound below the city of Elizabeth.
In its first section the bill declares that
it shall be lawful for any two or more
municipalities to enter into a joint
project and authority is vested in the
interested corporations 70 DO all thu .,--
cessary preliminary work; enter upon n
and all lands and waters to make sur
veys; locate disposal works or pumping
or other stations and NJ grades and
levels. Estimates of the probable cost of
the sewer must be furnished each of the
governing bodies interested, according to
the terms of the bill, and any municipali-
ty might then withdraw by adopting a
resolution and furnishing copies of the
same to the other interested municipali-
ties. On the other hand, should it be de-
sired to carry out the work, the same
must be provided for by ordinance.
The method suggested for carrying out
the project to have a Joint Committee,
consisting of one representative of the
governing board of each interested muni-
fcipality. These men shall organize and
have charge of the construction Of the
sewer, the bill provides. There would be
nothing, however, to prevent the respec-
tive municipalities from changing theis
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-20
CONSPIRACY ALLEGED.
Garfield Water Company
Directors Trying to Use
the Courts.
REVIYING AN INDICTMENT
Herbert Potts Uses Strong
Language = Says South
worth Is a Fugitive
From Justice.

The internal dissensions which have
troubled the Garfield Water Company for
some time had another airing in the
General Sessions Court yesterday after
noon. The company's affairs have been
before the Chancery Court, the Grand
Jury of this county and Bergen county,
and are now before the United States
Supreme Court. Some arrests have been
madeA some indictments found and alto
gether it is one of the most complicat-
ed cases that has ever engaged the at
tention of the courts. The story has been
told several times. 1t was recalled yes
terday by an application made by a New
York lawyer named Wilcox to reinstate
an indictment against A. G. Duysters for
perjury, which Prosecutor Erwin nolle
pressed about two months ago.
Police Justice Herbert Potts was in
Court yesterday to oppose the application
and he used some very vigorous Ian
guage in his argument against it. The al
legged perjury was in an affidavit made by
Mr.. Duysten in an application to the
Chancery Court for the appointment of a
receiver for the company. After Mr..
Wilcox had made the application to Judge
Blair to ave the Indictment reinstated
the Judge notified Prosecutor Edwin. Mr..
Erwin explained to the court yesterday
that he had entered the nolle pros be-
cause the complaining witnesses had
shown no inclination to prosecute it, and
he had been unable to secure their attend
ance.
This whole proceeding is a highland
ed outrage said Justice Potts in his
argument against the application, "and
the effort to have the nolle PROS set aside
is for the sole purpose of ~prejudicing the
case before the United States Court.
These schemers and promoters desire to
hold the indictment over his head.
This Is a corporation fight in which
Mr.. Duysters was frozen out of the COM
pany because he refused to consent to
some OF the schemes OF the promoters.
Mr.. Duysters was vice president and
treasurer and one of the directors of the
company, and has $4,000 invested in the
plant. He refused to consent to a pro-
posed bond issue for speculative pur-
poses and was removed from his position
on the technical ground that as a direc-
tor he had no right to participate in his
own election. Mr.. Duysters, realizing
that his colleagues were not strictly non.
Chancellor Pitney for the appointment OF
a receiver and retained the books of the
concern to prove his case. His OPP
IN a suit for 81 .0M for retaining
the books. The capias was set aside and
when the case was tried in the Bergen
County Court. in Hackensack, Mr.. Duy-
stem was required to pay the small sum
OF SIS. Because he withheld the books
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-20
ST, AL0YSIUS' LyCEUM RECEIVES
Annual Dance Wednesday Night in
St. Boniface's Hall.

The annual reception of st. Aloysius'
Lyceum was held Wednesday evening at
ST. Boniface's Hall, on First street. The
decorations were the National colors and
the colors of the club, which draped the
walls of the spacious hall, and also hung
from the chandeliers, which held fancy
colored electric bulbs. The orchestra was
seated on the stage at the far end of the
hall, to make more room for the anc
ers, and the front of it was covered with
large potted palms, which added greatly
to the appearance of the interior.
Those in charge were:-Floor Manager.
George J. Hollerieth; Assistant, H. C.
Ficke; Floor Committee, l.. Muller, C. F.
Trapp, A. Drexler, A. Jansen, H. A.
Bloss, VIM. Bohlinger; Reception Com
mittee, F. Henning, George E.. Moersdorf,
w. G.. Strenkert, G.. H. Vanderminde, ].
Jakobi.
Officers:-Geo. E.. Moersdorf, president;
Joseph Kunz, first vice president; An
thony Drexier, second vice president;
George j. Stortz, treasurer; F. Henning,
financial secretary; w. G. Strenkert, re-
cording secretary; Charles Trap, SER
geant-at-arms: John Jakobi, librarian.
Those present Were:-Mr. ana MIS-. w
Trap, Mr.. and Mrs. A. S%chaedler, Mr..
and Mrs. A. Wright, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Lynch, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Ebel, Mr.. ano
Mrs. c.. Metzger, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Way
lett, Mr.. and Mrs. F. Kleinhauz, Mr.. s,
Patterson and Miss Irene Du Bois OF
Brooklyn, Miss C. Trap, Miss K. Kuntz
Miss A. Drexler, Miss E. Schmitt, Miss
A. Schmitt, Miss N. Wardley, Miss M
Wardley, Miss M. Hill, Miss P. Bauer
Miss C. Schaefer, Miss NJ. Ryan, Miss M
Fahlusch, Miss ". Ezell, Miss L. Wander
minde, Miss A. Bellman, Miss A. Muller
Miss l.. Libbet, Miss S. Dunn. Miss K
Schmitt, Miss M. Murphy, Mr.. George
E. Moersdorf, Alderman George Dittmar
Counsellor D. Griffin, L. Muller, G
Stortz, Dr.. Kristen. f. Christell, H. Van.
derminde, R. Hillman, F. Muller, G. Ruff
w. Bohlinger, P. E. Bolton, G. Dreher
A. Keegel, NJ. Grove, c.. Bigalki, C.. Davis
NJ. Block. R. Brauman, D. Merino, NJ
Zimmerman, A. D. Jansen, W. Dey, ]
Pagan, J. Jakobi, C. Trap, f. JOSEPH
Henning, Anthony Drexler.
Mr.. George Hollerieth was floor manage
and H. c.. Ficke was his assistant. The
floor committee was L.. Muller, c.. Trap
A. Drexler, A. d. Jansen, H. A. Bloss AND
w. Bohlinger. The reception committed
was F. Henning, George E. Moersdorf
H. Vanderminde, W. Srenhert and J
Jakobi.