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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27
COULDN'T WEAR HER BLooMERs.
British Columbia Boobies Suppress BIZ
cycle Costumes.

cycle Costumes.
Victoria, 3. c., March 25.-The police
have decided that boomers are not suit
able for ladies' street wear, even when
worn as bicycling costume and have
taken steps to enforce this decision.
Miss Ethel belmont is an enthusiastic
wheelwoman, pretty and graceful Last
week she made her appearance in the
bloomer costume and if Lady Godiva had
herself essayed a repetition of her ia
NOUS ride the sensation could not have
been greater The town came forth to
gaze and for the moment the policemen
were petrified with amazement Then
they were aroused to action and Miss
Ethel received an official visitor who in
formed her that a repetition of her APP
pearance in her Objectionable costume
would court summons on a chare- of
creating disturbance on public stleet.
Miss Delmont's boomers are discarded.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27
LIMIT MUD-SLINGING.
Supreme Court will Consider Objection
able Newspaper Phrases.

able Newspaper Phrases.
Washington, D. c., March pa case
which has just been dOcketed in the Unit
ed States Supreme court will probably
test the question of the length to which
newspaper can go in the use of objec>
tionable language and still find access TO
the mails. The case is that of the Unit,
ed States against Dan X. Swearingen and
comes to the Supreme court on allegations
of error in the United States circuit court
of Kansas which found Swearingen, who
was the editor of a paper published at
Burlington, Kas., guilty of the improper
use of the mails. The offense consisted
in the publication of an article abusing
an employee of rival paper in which Ian
guage was used which the postal authori-
ties pronounced obscene.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27
BIG PROFITS IN SIGHT.
Superior Consolidated Mines Stock En-
ioying II Boom.

JOyl1lp Il 10UOIh.
Duluth Mimi. March 23--Stock in the
Lake Superior Consolidated mines is en-
joying a healthy boom. In December it
was quoted at IS per share Of 500, but
now it is difficult to get it at $3.50. The
advance is due to the prospects of big
saba & Northern railway, which is q
part of the consolidation. The railroad
expects to have 100000 tons of ore at
so cents per ton, which will bring in a
revenue of 100000, not to speak of
other earnings. The profit is 40 cents
and all fixed charges, or 81, 1851 900 on
the So COO, 900 of road stock, for interest
of the 81, 100000 OF bonds nearly all of
which are owned by Mr.. Rockefeller.
The road will pay $246,000. The earn
ings on stock and bonds will be over 20
cent
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27
FOOTPADS SHOT AN EDITOR.
San Francisco Newspaper Man Tries to
Defend Himself.

San Francisco, Cal, March 25.-
Walter L. Blake city editor of the Stock
ton Independent and one of the best
known newspaper men on the Pacific
coast, was shot and dangerously wounded
by footpad soon after midnight The
robber ordered Blake to throw up his
hands The editor struck the robber on
the head with his cane and the robber
retaHated with bullet, and then he and
his accomplish fed. The scene of the
robbery and shooting was in the very
heart of the city Blake's wounds are
not considered fatal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27
Ice (1OroeS Slide Ont.

Pittsburg, Pa, March 25-Two ener-
nous ice gorges which threatened the
safety Of a number of towns along the
river slid out quietly today. One was
near I<ittaning and the other three miles
in length in the Mahoning creek at its
junction with the Allegheny.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27
DISMISSES THE SUIT.
Judge Payne will Not AnnuI the 'sOgden'
Gas Franchise.

Gas Franchise.
Chicago, Ill, March 25.-Judge Payne
today dismissed the suit to have the
Ogden Gas and Cosmopolitan Electric
ordinance declared void, on the ground
that private parties could not legally Sc
cure an injunction restraining the city
from carrying out its contract with the
companies. The ordinances, which grant
very liberal franchises, have been the
cause of much sensational talk, direct
charges of bribery having been made in
court against the aldermen who voted
for them. Judge Payne's decision leaves
the matter open to action by the attor-
ney-general of the state.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27
BROUGHT HIM TO TIME.
Rainy Lake Laborers Threaten to String
Up an Employer.

Duluth, Mimi, March 21.aNews was vas
City that the settlers in the I new s0 ,lu
country came near stringlng up
the representative of the retlrlng
stockholders of the Little AMER
lean Mining company because ne pro
nosed to settle labor and other claims
at so cents on the dollar When he saw
the purpose of the men he came to time
and decided to settle. in full
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27
PROCTOR DOESN'T WANT CUBA.
Senator from Vermont Talks About An
nexation.

nexation.
Washington, D. c., March PSI do
not agree said Senator Proctor of Yer
mont today, with those of my colleagues
in the Senate who court trouble in Cuba
in the hope that we may have an oppor-
tunity to annex the island. The character
of the population of Cuba is such that I
would not consider it desirable as a state
of the Union, as it would necessarily be
come if annexed / consider Cuba of vast
Importance to this country commercially
but prefer that it should remain as it, is
or be an independent state to its becoming
part of the United States.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27
A FOnIER CREMATED.

Other Inmates of Michigan Hotel Have
Narrow Escapes.
Traverse City, Mich, March 25.--The
Waller house, a small hotel at Central
Lake. burned at midnight. James Miller,
the porter. was cremated and the other
inmates narrowly escaped with their lives,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27
ANTI-FUSION LAW HOLDS.

Michigan Supreme Court Renders a De-
cisiOn.
Lansing, Mich, March 25-The Su-
preme court has just rendered a decision
on the anti-fusion law. The court holds
that the law is valid, but that it does not
Peoples candidate for Congress in the
Third district, inasmuch as Todd was
nominated by one party and endorsed by
another before the law was passed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27
PART OF THE CREW RESCUED.
Efeh teen Others from the Steamer Bel


fast Are Missing.
Glasgow, March 25.-The British
steamer Durham City, Capt. Thompson
from Newport News March for elias
gov, arrived at Greenock today and
landed four seamen of the British steam
er Belfast, Capt Brown, which sailed
from Darien, Ga, on March 2 for Bel
fast and was wrecked on Iona island,
off the coast of Scotland. Eighteen 9th
ers of the crew are missing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27

A cable has just been laid between
the Canary islands and CadiZ.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-10

Next to Captain January it is the most
finisbed of Mrs. Richards's stories. RI ;s
a character sketch not to be forgotten
Our foreign sailor is SO blithe spirit
and "ze honorable captains and re
selected gentlemen" form such an excel.
lent foil to his classic propensiites.
Rethesda Pool is hardly as well done.
Here and there it is marred little by a
too unrestrained us of the Imagination.
which is true of some other OF this
writer's works. But it has what all her
stories have, episodes. character draw
mos. touches of fun and pathos as fine
as anything in our best transcribers Of
New England life. Miss Bethesda's
"belu @have!" "should!" are inimitable.
Boston: Estes & Lauriat; Portland:
Loring. Short & Harmon. Price 80
cents.
The Blue and Gray-Our Land. In the
Saddle, by Oliver Optic, author of-ask
the boys and girls what Oliver Optic is
author of, and we venture to predict
there will be less hating than if you
asked them what novels Scott and Kings
ley wrote; which shows that the young
folks at certain stage ia their juye-
nile careers want just the books which
William II. Adams knows how to write.
The present volume is I brightly
bound in the coIors of it's title,
with gold army badges stamped on the
outside cover. 1t details the adventures
of many of the characters who figured
in Brother against Brother" and deals
with a squadron of cavalry, protecting
railroad bridges, REFRESHING partisan at
tacks and guarding towns and villages
where citizens loyal to the Union reside.
A certain brisk. alert method. with
command of dialogue serve to fix the at
tention of the reader upon the narrative
and the story moves CALAMITY on from
opening to close. the close of this vol
ume being but the future opening of an
other of the series. Boston: Lee nd
Shepard; Portland: Loring, Short q
Harmon. Price S1.50.)
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-10
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Under the ManFig, by M. E. Davis,
author of In War Times at la Rose
Blanche, Winding the Gap, etc., etc., is
a story quite out of the common. It's
talent lies in dramatic feeling, quick
wit and gentle humor, which are quail
are here combined, and a pathos never
sentimentalized. The prologue gives
briefly the legend connected with the
river "los Brazos de Deos," as an intro
duction to the town in Texas that shall
be the scene of the story, before, after
and during our civil war. From this
center figure come forth the men and
women in whom the author bespeaks
our interest, nor in vain if the reader is
possessed of an average responsive SYM
pathy; and to very marked extent if
he be one of those foolishly tender heart
ed individuals from whom tear or a
smile is without difficulty evoked.
Mrs. Davis knows the South root and
branch, even to the root and branch of
the Man Fig Tree. The plot of this
story is quite positive and ingenious and
is built upon the mysterious disap-
pearance of an article whose value grows
steadily by descriptions from the lips
of sundry persons who know nothing
whatever about the matter, until
former lovers farewell visit to the lady
of his early choice becomes in the
mouths of gossips baleful influence for
i'll. Throughout the text are delight
fully droll incidents in which the colored
"pusson" often has a share. If the
Jollboys history is trife exaggerated and
over done it is amusingly SO, while all
the Other characters portrayed are en-
tirely real and satisfactory. For origin
ality we refer to the chapter entitled The
Palm Tree Girl. with Betty's deIiciously
naive reference later on, to young Mars
Dunes possible experience in Africa.
Quotations spring TO the pen. But the
whole story is what the lover of good
thing should seek. Boston and New
York: Houghton, Miflin & Co.; Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmon. Price
s1.25.)
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-10

The suit of Bearce & Clifford against
the Bangor Commercial to recover dam
ages for libel, which has ended in
the verdict for the plaintiff for $500,
grew out Of certain criticisms of the
construction of the Bangor city hall,
which was built by Bearce & Cliff
ford. While the criticism incidentally
affected this firm it was directed against
Mayor Beal, who was chairman of the
building committee, and a candidate for
reelection for Mayor. but the suit was
brought by Bearce & Clifford, they
claiming that their business reputation
had been injured by it, since it alleged
bad workmanship and unfair dealings
on their part. The defence was in sub
stance that the criticism was an honest
one, one that the defendant had a right
to make, and made without malice and
for the public good. They did not
claim that all their allegations were as
matter of fact true; they only claimed
that some of them were true, and that
all of them were believed to be true at
the time OF the publication and that
they were published in good faith and
without malice. The case turned practi-
cally upon the question whether as mat
ter OF fact the publication was in good
faith and purely with the purpose simp-
IL to protect tina public interest, or was
malicious. 1t was shown that the ar
ticle was written by the Hon. j. P. Bass,
the principal owner of the paper and it
was shown also that some personal i'll
feeling had existed between him and FIR.
Beal the party against whom the article
was really directed. The charge of
Judge Walton was devoted largely to
pointing out the distinction between
the newspaper article that is privileged
and one that rendered it liable for
damages. This is the judges language.
To draw the line between a publica-
tion which these defendants had d right
to make and one that they had no right
to make, is easy. They had Il right,
with honest motives, in good faith, to
publish what they believed to be the
Truth if they had probable grounds to
believe it. They were not obliged to be
absolutely certain OF it. 1t they honestly
bc4lCFSo ~ W b6 LEu6 anu Hdu SOOG anu
sutf1 c1ent grounds for believing it to
be true, and published it without malice
and in good faith, merely to make pub
lie what they thought the puh lic inter-
ests required to be made public, l in
struct you that it was privileged and a
complete defence.
Now you see the important bearing
Which the motive Of Mr.. Bass holds in
the matter. While say to you that he
had right to PIT blish the article in
question if he did it IN good faith, with
ont malice, honestly believing the charg-
es were true, and having reasonable
grounds for believing that they were
true, and that this would be iustifca-
tion or excuse in publishing the article.
say to you Oh the other hand that he
had no right, no privilege, either AS an
editor, or as citizen. or as a taxpayer
Of Bangor WS?,, to publish knowingly faisi-
truth and, even further than That to
publish what he honestly believed to- be
true, if his motives were not malicious
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-10
Messengers Notice.

Office of the Sheriff of Cumberland County.
State Of Maine, Cumberland. SIS, May I'd,
UHH nj is to give notice that!on the Both day of
AnriI. 4. d. 1896. a warrant in inSol-
vencv vas issued out of the Court of Insolvency
for said County of Cumberland, against the
estate OF
FRANK E. SARGENT. of Portland,
.dirdoed to be an Insolvent Debtor.
ON 'nefltion of said Debtor, which petition was
t I'll on The 3oth dav Of April, A. d. 1895,
t to Which hi dat' interest on claims is to be
oo That The payment of any debts to or by said
Deii ,t.,y and the transfer and de-
livery J1 of any property by him are forbidden by
law, 4o Of +bo o,oa;4
Dahtor TO prove their debts and
Choose Choose one or more assIgnees of his estate. will
t e P pTlJ court Room, in said Portland, in
s Sa "a Snmnty of Cumberland, on the goth day of
NV NV 4. b. 1926, at 10 O'Clock in the fore
noon. ~, hand tho do+o e4
,,r;tt.n G. J.. BUCKNAM
nassi, sheriff. as Messenger Of the Court of
<, soSs,,cu for said County of Cumberland
may3&10
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-10
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-10
FRIDAY. MAY 10.
ARBOR DAY.
State OF Maine.
Proclamation by tAe Governor.
hereby set apart.
State of naine.
FRIDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF MAY
AS Arbor Day.

recommend that the day be observed in
the planting of trees, shrubs and vines, in
the adornment of public and private
grounds, parks and ways; thus rendering
the homes of our people and our Common
wealth more beautiful and attractive.
'Heaven and earth helps him who plants a
tree
And his work it's own reward shall be-"
Given at tho Executive Chamber, in Au-
eusta, this nty-third day of
April, in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety
five, and OF the Independence of the
United States of America the one hun
bred and nineteenth.
HENRY 3. CLEAVES. :
By the Governor,
NICHOLAS FESSENDEN,
Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-10

Is there any corporation in this city
that employs large mum her OF laboring
men that has rule like that one which
Mayor Baxter vetoed the other night?
Does any corporation in this town make
a practice of discharging all it's laboring
men at the close of every month and
hiring new crew the next month? The
Portland Water Company employs a
great many common laborers; has this
corporation ever adopted the following
ruler
Men employed as common Iaborers;
shall not be continued on the pay roll
more than one month at a time.
If it is q good rule for street work,
when done under the auspices of the
city, why isn't it an equally good rule
for street work when done under the
auspices of the Portland Water Com
pany?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-10

The appointment Of Charles H. Pres
cott as judge-of the municipal court of
Biddeford, will be received with great
favor by the Republicans of York coun-
ty. Although Mr.. Prescott is better
known as the editor and proprietor of
the able Biddeford Journal, he is also a
lawyer, having graduated from one of
the leading Massachusetts law schools,
AS judge he will undoub tedly sustain
the high reputation which he has al
ready won in other fields.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-10

The income tax hearing is through and
the decision of the court will be an
nounced May 90. The result will turn
undoubtedly upon the opinion of Judge
Jackson. The impression prevails in
Washington that the whole law will be
wiped out. and while no very good reas-
on is given for it is entitled to some
weight inasmuch as Washington guess
ing as TO the result of the first hearing
turned out to be pretty accurate.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-10

or corrupt, he had no right to pi bl sh
what was not true knowingly. TIE nne
is perfectly plain. 1t is directly between
an honest publication believed to be
true, the belief being founded on prob
able cause, and wilful m alicious pu b.
lication, made public through bad mo-
tives, knowing that it was false.
If a man makes a publication know
ing it to be false, which is injurious to
another's business reputation the law
implies malice. No evidence other than
the article itself is needed to prove it.
because everyone is supposed to intend
the natural consequences of his action.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-10

writes, ito have Congress transplanted
for short time TO outside countries and
by observation get the thing we'll locat-
Ell in their heads, that something is
wrong in our currency scheme from the
standpoint OF bankers of other countries
wrote and cabled the department on
the 9th OF last month of an Incident here
which should think would be instruc-
tive. The largest bank in South
America, the branch here having so, 000,-
ooO (paper deposits) refused to buy an
exchange on the United States the Teas-
on being, as believe and as the sub
manager said, our silver heresiss. The
humiliation of an American who is re-
FUSED by London banking concern here
the courtesles extended to British mer-
chants need not be commented on. Every
graft that is drawn on the states that is
negotiated here must specify gold dol
lars. " Here the banks will not accept
silver on deposit in sums exceeding
ninety cents. The study of money rs
one sees it outside our country is in
tensely interesting, and I am ready to
state that my belief is that if we ever
expect to have any trade outside our
country that is worth talking about we
must have currency which is current
IN every country at par. and one which
will ena Die an American merchant to
carry letter of credit ON the States and
have it honored in any city of the world
Anything else is simply putting off the
question. This mark is current through
out the world. This dollar is not, and
as Americans we should, it seems to me,
make the latter symbol current on any
bank counter in the world"