Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-30
CAPITAL CHAT.
High Promotions for Two Maine
Men in Washington.
A Supreme Court Case Of Interest ia
Maine People.
Gossip About Various Pine Tree State Visitors
10 Washington.

With the beginning Of May two good
Maine men and true will assume i'm
portant federal Offices in this city
One is Mr.. T.. y. Moore now one Of
thrty-sX principal examiners in
the Patent office at an annual
salary Of $500 a year. who
will become assistant commits
sioncr of the Patent Office at a sal
airy Of s3,co0. lie was born at North
Anson. Me. in 1851. but h@s lived most
Of His life in Washington and Michi-
gan. \ brother Malcolm NJ. Moore. re-
sides with him here and is an emp,oye
in the Pension Office. The other Maine
man is Mr.. Ashley NJ. Gould. whose
| family home was on the Penobscot.
rear Bangor. and who on May / will
9ssume the Office of United States Dis
trict Attorney for the District of
| Columbia at Il salary of s.. 900
| The Moore family has been dis
tinguished one in the kennebec valley
| and two or three of the old homcstcads
still stand on the road that leads from
| North Arson to Madison. Assistant
| Commissioner Moores father was
| William Moore. who used to transact
business extensively before the Civil
War at Mobile. Ala. 1t was his custom
TO come home with two or three negro
| slaves in his cntourag &c. something that
his neiShbors were inclined to resent
| They dubbed him Mobile" Moore He
raised family 90 nine children and
was well known to the prominent men
| of Maine. After his death the family
moved to Grand Rapids, Mich. where
| Mr.. Moore had made some invest
| ments. Coming 10 Washington later
to live. +. B. Moore obtained a position
as page in the United States Senate
| on his own initiative and efforts
| through the kindness of Senator Lot
| NJ. Morrill,. He served there till he had
passed the allotted age for pages. He
has been in the Patent office for about
| fifteen years and attained great
| efficiency as an examiner.
| The new assistant commissioner is
bachelor and jolly good fellow. lie has
not been back to Maine for many years
but his brother. Malcolm NJ. Moore fire.
quently returns to his old home. Their
mother was Miss Wyman before her
marriage and was horn ii house near
| the Cohurn hotel at SkowhcGan. AS Il
| principal examiner Mr.. Moore had practi-
| caily life position. He was not an APP
plicant for the new place which will even
tually nc. in all probability. stepping
stone 10 something better
\ celebrated case in the supreme court
Of the United States has just closed. in
which Miss Anna V Whitney. a resident
of the town of Newport Maine was the
appellant. and Col Edwin 3. Hay of the
City of Washington. appellee. Col. Hay
is IA very nopular man in Washington
| and was at one time head of the national
| organization Of the Elks.
| 1t appears that Richard l.. Piper. a de-
| PENDANT in the proceedings. on the 9Th
| of March, 1887, came to this city to re-
side in the home Of Edwin e. Hay. him
self and wife having conceived a great
| affection for Col. Hay. and in considera-
| tion of Hay furnishing and providing a
] home. and caring for Doctor Piper ana
his wife during the life of each Of them.
he aErced to leave by will or otherwise
| al of his property. real and personal.
| wherever situated to the Col. Hay, hi;
heirs and assigns forever. Col. Hay full
Tiled his part of the agreement. and Doc
| tor Piper complied with his part in the
| fact that lie did make "A will be 1uoathng
crty situated in Washington and Chicago.
Mrs: Piper died at Saratoga Springs,
n. Y; on the "a DAY Of january. 1872.
dureSs carried 20 Chicago by one G.. $.
| Thomas. former business agent of his in
that city: This it seems was done with
out the knowledge or consent of Col.
Hay. Doctor Piper was the uncle of Mis-.
Whitney. who SI.fScGuc ntiy Went To Chi
cago and brought him 70 her home, in
Newport. Maine. whore after few days
| Sniourn Doctor Piper executed "A will and
made a ':ced conveying TO Anna Whitnes'
thc. property in Washington which he
had agreed to give to Col. Hay in cor
Sidcra ton of the home and the comfort
| of home bestowed upon himself and wife.
AZ soon as Col l!av found that Doctor
Piper had done such q thing as this,
| which he did by seeing upon tire land re
cords OF the District Of Columbia the decd
| If the property 30 Anna V. Whitney, he
| lifetime of Doctor Piper, Guia timet.
| (which literally means because he
| fcaTsD. and set forth all of the facts per
| tanning to the relationship ard the agree
mentS. and his performance OF the con
tract. also Doctor PipcrS failure 10 keep
| his part of the agreement. and asked no
| that the deed be set aside. but tina: Anna
". Whitney should he decrced as trustee
holding the property in trust for him
| tHaH).
| In the equity court Hays position was
sustained in a very elaborate opinion by
Mr. Justice Hagner. From this Miss
Whitney appealed. but Col. HAY posi-
| ton was further sustained by the court
of appeals of the District of Columbia In
Not being satisfied yet as TO the rights
! of Col. Hay. Miss Whitney. by advice of
counsel, appealed the case to the Suprem,
court of the United States. which af-
tirmed tue decree of the courts below.
Judge Harlan delivered the opinion and
| in doing so. said: ....t
| In the allegations of his bill and in cv-
cry essential fact Hav is 50 Thoroughly
i sustained by witnesses that we 60 not
hesitate to declare that the agreement
with Piper e proved to have been just :
stated by him. There can be no reason
able DOUBT as to its subject-matter, or
its terms There was no element of fraud
or Misrepresentation on the rar. Of liaX.
The terms Of the agreement between him
and Piper were clear and definite: its
provisions fair. just and reasonable: the
consideration mutual and entirely adj
o,,ate What Hay asked was not in any
sense inequi.abie. That which he under
took to do in execution OF the agreement
was done bv him promptly and in such
way as TO give no cause for complaint o.
objection by Piper. And all that he did
had reference to and was consistent with
the agreement. and can be referred to
nothing else. His plans of life were ma
terially altered in order that he might
take care of Piper and wife during their
respective lives. Piper put Hay in actua!
possession Of the premises in question in
execution of his agreement with Hay.
Rp. he failed to do that which was vital
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