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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-06
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT
Law Term-Western District.

+. ozlas Leayitt against the Bangor &
Aroostuok Railroad Company is an action
10 recover damages for the loss of his
mill, buildings and machinery by fire.
The plaintiff claims that they were set
on nre through the carelessness and neg
Agence of the servants of ths defendant
company in placing a cooking car for
railroad laborers too close to the plain
tiH's buildings. The verdict was for
5000, and the railroad company claims
that it ought to be set aside because it
Is against evidence.
Gillie & Hutchings for plaintiff.
Appleton & Chaplin for defense.
ss5Norris L. Grindle against a Alexander G..
Hagerths, from Hancock county, is a
suit to recover damages sustained by the
plaintiff, as he claims, in horse trade
He bought the stallion Sultan" and
claims that the defendant represented
him free of all membranes, whereas
the defendent had not good title. and
the plaintiff was obliged to pay off a
mortgage upon him. The verdict was
for the plaintiff for $500, and the defen.
dant filed motion to set it aside.
L. e. Chase for the plaintiff.
J. A. Peters, Jf., for defendant
KaUie A. Ekstrom against Cyrus j.
Hall and others is an action of trover
to recover the value of two houses, built
as the plaintiff claims, on another's land
by consent of the mortgagor in posses
sion. The defendants claim that the
houses..are not sufficient to have the con-
sent of the mortgagor; that unless the
consent of the mortgages was obtained
the business became part of the realty
and one therefore the property of the
defendants who hold the mortgage.
Hale q Hamlin for plaintiff
A. w. King and Q. W. Fellows for de-
PENDANT
The following decision was announced.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-06
ANDROSCoGGIN COUNTY.

John ]. O'Rourke VS.. Lewiston Sun
Publishing Company.
Resoript-The Lewiston Sun accused
Mr.. John j. O'Rourke (then superinten
dent of the poor farm of the city of Lew
lston). with cruelty to an insane pauper.
Mr.. O'Rourke brought suit against
| the Sun Publishing Company or nbel'
The suit was defended by able and elo-
quent counsel, and the charge of The pre-
siding justice was as favorable to the
defense as the rules of law wouldsallow
The jury were instructed that the people
of our towns and cities have right to
know how their municipal affairs are be-
| ing conducted, and how the duties of
their officers are being performed, and
| that it is one Of the privileges Of news
papers to give the people this informa-
| ton; and that, If the information SO Civ
en- is true, or, If the publishers believe it
to be true, and have reasonable and prob
able cause for SO believing, the law pro-
tects them; that the papers must lot be
muzzled; that the public good requires
that it be allowed to speak; and that, all
which the law requires Of its editors and
publishers in good faith, and an honest
belief that their articles are true. and
that such belief be founded on reasonable
and probable grounds. And the jury
were adnonished if they came to the
question of damages, etn exercise cool,
| careful and impassioned judgment
And still, with these instructions for
their guide. the jury returned verdict
for the plaintiff, and assessed his dam
a ges at $685. 80 Can the court rightfully
SIT this verdict aside2 The court feels
compelled to answer this question in the
negative. The right of trial by jurysis
guaranteed by the constitution. 1t is
a right belonging to plaintiffs as well as
defendant. And when the court is asked
to set aside and grant new trial, the
rights Of both parties must be considered.
And in libel suits, 1.-THE facts must not be
overlooked that while our constitution
guarantees the freedom of the press, aand
the right of every citizen to freely speak,
write, and publish his sentiments on any
subject. it is also guarantees redress to
those who are injured by the abuse Of
this liberty. In the present case. the evil
dence is voluminous and conflicting, aid
we shall not attempt to analyze or re-
view it. 1t is sufficient to say that a
careful examination ofEit fails to satisfy
the court that the verdict is one which
can rightfully be set aside.
Motion oyerruled.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-06
Your BoyWont Live a Nj ontf1

So Mr.. Gilman Brown of "a Mill ST.,
South Gardner, Mass, was told py the
doctors. His son had Lung trouble,
following Typhoid Malaria, and he spent
three hundred and seventy-flve dollars
with doctors. who finally gave him up,
saying: Your boy won't live a
month" He tried DR.. Kings New Dis
.oovery and few bottles restored him to
sheslth and enabled linn to 80 to work a
perfectly well man. He says he owes
his present good health to use of DR..
Kings New Discovery, and knows it
to be the best in the world for Lung
trouble. Trial Bottles Free at H. P. S.
Goold's, 677 Congress street, under Con-
gress Square Hotel
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-06

Wholesale agents, Cook, Everett & Per
nell, j. w. Perkins & Co. and j. Il. Goold
s. Co., Portland RIe.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
TWELFTH DISTRICT.
llENAR

San Antonio-The count in is city and
county precincts gives Slayden. for con
sress, 'o3 Noonan G95; McRac co.
san Automatically ana county precincts
heard from give Slaydcn 15l7 Noonnn 1870
Iotal returns comprising nearly half iho
vote of the district give Slayden G663
Noonan 1928 Sayden's majority 7GS
san Antonio,-The count in BoXar coun-
~ VIII not be completed until tomorrow.
though many of the county precincts and
several OF the citY precincts have Anishe l.
Returns from sixteen precincts give Bry-
an 1872; Mckinley 1875. \ conservative
estimate places Bryans plurality in tho
county at 1000. For congress. twenty three
precincts, including five city precincts.
give Noonan, rep. 1897; Slaydeu, dem.
lac Twenty precincts give Culberson
2l37: Kearby 1892. Culbcrson is running
behind his ticket Blair, dem. and O'Con-
nor, pop, are elected to the legislature
San Antonio Total returns from
Twelfth district at midnight give Slayden
Goes Noonan 5925. Slayden's majority 73S
Both sides claim election by 500, though
democrats seem to be most confident.
San Antonio The count in fourteen city
and county precincts gives Culberson 125.
Kearby $50.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
TROUBLE WITH NEGROES.
They Engage in n Fight with Police mud
Are Worstcd

they Engage in Fight with Police nut
| Are Worstcd
Cincinnati, Ohio. November "A spe.
clal to the Commercial Tribune from Win
chester Ky. says:
This afternoon the police fired upon n
squad of negroes in the streets in tho city
and in the fight seven men wore wounded
Of which three will die. The police say
they were trying TO arrest Il negro boy
who snatched papers from n ncwshoy and
trampied them under foot The negroes
resisted and ropu'scd the police, but they
returned with reinfofcements. Fifty shots
were fired by both sides. OF the police John
and Luther Jones and WIN Anderson were
wounded slightly OF the negroes the
wounded are Conlcy Murphy.
Henry Young and Henry Brunch. The less
seriously wounded arc Charles llagRnyd
Jay Iiodgkln. John Givens and Bob iIag-
gard
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
BY a THOUSAND.
Republicans Claim They Have Keptucrv
BY one Thousand

/
hepubilcans Claim They Have Kentucl,
by One Thousand.
Louisville. XIV. November IN , -,
The repubIic,n c,,,o o,,.,,.,..
rtor,r.i.,. ,ooa 'oA'"''''oo ciahns
W i"oV majority IL wired Its
county chairmen today for complete cor
rected footines by oountIcs and roc.,,,o,
fron, all but Nv, ,,o,,,,,,. T..
/ 49,, ~ t"c mountain
'e'''on' iheSe uho'iicial returns were
| classified by districts with this result. Tho
democrats viii 20 To tbo J,lovo,,h ,,.,u,.,
the republican Gibraltar mith ~ ,nn , w.
jorlty in their favor THIS ,nn,,ntoJn 40
trict gave Goyernor Rradlo,' I'LL, "'s
! = 900 majority last vnar md hos ,,',,,'
counted on ali along fnr IL ono ,hi, @
Returns from over halr the co,,,tas 81, , a.,
district already nssure cor.i1orahI,, Wv,
II 600 ropublican r,oinritv ~, ,hioi
basis the committee 10 ins,,fod ~ ,Iai',,
ing the STATE Inv nrnro.tma,,,,. iooo NJ,
official couut vim he ,,adn r,,rs,,a,, "n
Irridnv ""'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
M,KINLgY STATES.

Chicago. November AT 4 p. m. iron
returns received by .be Associated Press
the following States may be counted foi
Mckinley.
California 0; Connecticut G Delaware 3
illinois "a: Indiana 10. Iowa IL. Mime.
sofa 8 Massachusetts IS, Michigan IA, Nov
Hampshire 4 Maine 6 New Jersey 10; New
York SO, North Dakota 3; Ohio 90, oregon
g. Pennsylvania 49, Rhode Island s. South
Dakota 4: Vermont 4 West Virginia 6; Wis
coDsin IL. Total 26S.
Kentucky, with It's ~ votes, IS very oiosu
ana Is claimed By both sides. Reiurns from
North Carolina, Washington and Wyoning
are meagcr and arc also claimed by both
qtfCR
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05

diana VIII give 2soco majority for McI<,n.
/ ICY. j. X. Gowtiy, chairman State repub-
loan committee
Louisville. Kentucky Is surely dem.
oeratc by MOI less than Sep, The oppo-
i,,vu 'i's rIsortri 10 every political CON
,rlNance TO keep out the returns, il. "A
sonmers, chairman State committee.
Acknowledgment returns from l7aS
nut OF 2.,.. precincts give Mckinley, 10 90
liryan. ll2,Sso. In 1879 the Sss mlssiug nr..
cincis gave Harrison el,On: Clcvelaml "
COL ''''''''' st.
canton. phio--A telegram has been re-
ceNed from Senator quay of pcnnsyl-
VaNla SAYING that he hal Jus, been adj
v,seu ~ chairman liolion of North Caro-
ilnl that that state httd hoen carried by
NlchInley by plurality of 10000
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
HOW TO KEEP BUNCH VANS.

! Rural World.
see. In late issue OF your valuable
paper, Few lines from Judge Miller about
the bunch yam sweet potato, from which
as uoual.' he has nothing but roots and
strings on September 3. Now. Bro Mil
Ter the bunch yam is all right Yhe only
trouble is you do not know how TO grow
| men, or. as ! sometimes speak II. YOU ara
short ON sweet potato sense.
rake land that is clear of weeds aud
| rubbish or that has been burned of. pul-
Nor'Rc 1T thoroughly four inches deep, mako
rldEe as high as possible with base not
over siNteen inches Wide. Let rain on ito
setile) before setting slips Us. Young
slips, and plant shallow Cultivate 50 az
TO not break the ridge or draw dirt to slips
ana reat assured you win have fine potatopa
aud n hat full TO the hill
believe IL is given up that the Jersey
is tue best all round sweet | have Ava
acres OF them this season that viii nat
ray TO dig, only for seed; they ara rroolted
rooty and stringy. did not have rain to
fe'tle ground after ridsing and settins for
sixty days. have ten acres Of the Lea.
soys that were settled 10y good rain ba-
fore setting slips. but had ITO rain for nine
ty days. after. and they will make 100
bushels OF understandable potBotes TO tho
acre.
Have the bunch yams In the Same oonal.
tlon as the Jerseys. Those planted ON snt-
tied ridges are hne; those on fresh bed
not settled are roota and strings ! grow
nom 81 To 100 acres annually and believe
thoy cost me Az little per bIahel as any
one say from TO II cents, not counting
icut. to grow and put in cellar ! would
ho' nave man get out ON ridges not set
tird by rain. If set on freshly bedded
JllErk, ana IL Iaiua n ar an
right but II not for two or ttroc weeks.
you VIII have roots aud crooked potatoey
sure at digging time.
! believe know how TO grow sweets. and
know tina, | know how TO keep them,
''h Keep them two years as easily az
one 10 keep sweets you must have a
cellar that win stay nj i5 or 80 degrees
above zero when closed When digging,
cni the potntoes eggs and handle MS such.
race IN cellar as fast as You dix putting
VI hlhs four to ilvo feet deep aud avs wide
Hs cellar VIII admit. Tho hallway may be-
nn ono eide or In center. Put three or four
floors above each other, If cellar wallg ara
llsh enough. Leave four to six inches he
.wceh top OF potltocs ard the floor above
MY cellar has four floors on each side. with
wallis Thirteen feet high
Hitrf lointocs are IN collar, and when
putting In. give all The ventilation possible.
Nchtiinte at nlHht, unless the thermometer
uhN below 40 degie OF zero Close tight
" during the day. You can not drive tnui,
.nrr out OF cool place by letting air In
mat Is warmer, but You can run moisture
'ni or cool place by letting air In That
n colder. II was to catch a man IN nv
'ellar with stove to drive out mpisture
would shoot him with IS Wlnchestor
IN conclusion ! viii state TINT to keen
"ce.S hN my plan you must have pota-
oes TOUR or five feet deep. with pernondIc-
ldC NllIN. so GUITAR pJppq b.. "a,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
LEvERING,s VIEWS.

Baltimore. November i.-Mr. Joshua Lev
ering. the prohibition candidate for presi-
dent of the United States. was this morn
ing asked his Views as to the result of
yesterdays elections:
Il think II settles for coed" he said.
"tho enucstion as TO the sort OF money
standard which shall be used In this copr:ry.
II seems to me thal the verdict is so en-
phatio that the question can not longer
bo considered open. There will be a return
of business confidence but whether here
will be an immediate Improvement In busi-
ness | cnn moi saw"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
pALLAs IS DEMOCRATIC.

Dallas, November i.--The count in the
city of Dallas is very slow and no wards
have been heard fron. The heavy vote
and the large ticket is making the work
very hard on the judges Out OF over forty
voting procinct5 In the whole county only
twenty-on have been heard from. The Of
ucial figures Of those are as follows: Pry-
an and Sewall 1896. Bryan and Watson 2s0
Mckinley $50. Culberson 1880, Kearby i13s
congressman, Burke fDem) 1872. Gibbs
Pop Fusion) 1854 The county VIII go
democratic.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
LETTERS TO THE NEWLY MAnnIcp.

| asked clever. well known doctor only
'ou"S what advice he would give tho newly
married. II would tell the woman h,.
shld' never TO let her husband think ho
hnd qnlte won her. that there was not still
something held IN reserve 10 glvc him A
woman never Hccns TO think she ought tn
ne fascinating TO her hueband after mar.
! llaEc.' lie lecturcd the women of course.
: thcro is a universal tendency IN mankind
to do this Yet another doctor | know
once said in my hearing that he believed
from all hc had seen that the happiness
OF marriage depended primarily upon the
man. Were he worth anything the peace
of tho household was assured
Letters to the newly married then should
be addressed to both. There Ia much that
might be aaid. First Of all that neither take
the devotion Of the other for granted,
making no effort 10 cultivate or retain
what oach felt to De a due. There Is moth
Ing one should kill quicker in marriage
than the first tendency In either 10 discuss
the peculiaritles OF the other before n third
person. Nothing is more fatal and nothing
IN more vulgar No one can ever take a
greater liberty with tho other. These per-
Honalities are never funny though they arc
often made 10 do service ms family Jokes
brought out for the entertainment OF the
stranger. Were I TO write such "A letter
as that mother described | should like TO
beg that nagging be prohibited, and teas
nus h''l'tss thSN MUTUAL concessions be
indulged; that every disappointment In the
other be regarded AS an opportunity for
helping that other. and not as an excuse
for alienation; ana should beg that the
one who had trouble share II with the
other, 80 that neither go about with evil
dences OF worry while declaring that moth
ins whatever Is the matter. "oh. nothIng,"
In answer TO loving inquiry from husband
or wlfe sensitive to disturbed conditions In
one loved is often the first wedge which
ultimately drives both apart.--Harper's Ba.
gar.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05

Berclair-Bryan and Sewall 70; bryan
and Watson G; Mckinley II; Culberson IS;
kearby 10. Congress, Klehurg, dem. 20:
Grass, rep. 10; Smith. pop. II. State sen
ate, Linn. dem. 81: Damon, pop, 7G. Rep
resertative. Bailey, dem. 20: Franklin.
rep. 10
Golad-Bry and Sewall 49, Rryan
and Watson III. Mckinley 400 Cubcrson
431; Eearby sea Congress-. Kleborg, dem.
@l7: Grass. rep. io9; Smith. pom. 2l7
State senate. Linn. dem. 759: Darmon,
pop. 2S5- Representative. Bailey dem.
ESQ: Hollowell rep. Sc; FRANKLIN pop,
37S, Incomplete returns Of Goliad coun-
~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05

Midland. Bryan and Sewal 269; Bryan
and Watson Q; Mckinley and Hobart ~
Culberson for governor 2il kcurbby 81,
Clark, pro. L. Slayden for congress 18th
district 2iS Noonan A. McRae 9; Zane for
district attorney 1871; Doutht III; Tillctt
for senator 247; Bryant q, Crowley for
representative 2s2; Patton is. The follow
inc were elected for county officers, to-
wit; Il. X. Bryan, judge; l. IL Bell treas
urer; W. u. Allison, sheriff c. Is. Melton
agill clerk; w. G. pemhcrton, assessor;
w. Driver. inspector; W j. Mosely. coun-
~ attorney; T. T. Bowen, surveyor. |. b.
Rose, commissioner. j NJ. Johnson. jus
tico of the peace precinct Nal, one pre-
cinct not heard from which Will increase
democratic maioritics about 10
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
KARNTS.

kencdy-Bryan and Sewall lis: BRYAN
and Watson &c; Mckinley 100; Culberson
222; kearhy 81. Attorney General. Grain
226. Congress, Kleberg, dem. 100: Smith.
rep. IS; Grass, pop. a. State senate,
Linn. dem. 22l; Damron. rep. "a. Repre-
sentative, Bell, dem, 1885, Mcneil, pop.
1i2 ''''
karncs City-This county gives Culbor-
son 1876; Kearby S05
karnes City.-SiX boxes with three to
hear from shaw BRYAN and Sewall 1876;
Bryan and Watson 267; Mckinley 1s2, Cul-
berson iPh: kearhy ISL, Congressman. Kle-
berg, dem. 39i Grass. rep. lN: Smith.
pop., 327 State senate. Linn. dem. 53o.
Damron ass Representative, Boil 555;
Cone, pop, i9i.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN JONES
Says Bryan Is Elcctod-"No Repetition OF
Seventy Six"

Seventy Six"
Chicago, Ill, November s--ChairmaS
Jones has JUS; issued this statement:
From tho returns to date we have cur
rled all of the South but Maryland aud
everything west of the Missouri river
with the one vote we get IN Delaware
we have 2lo votes certain. Either Indiana
or Michigan VIII elect. Indiana. he suys,
is certain for Bryan Michigan Is probable.
lie says Bryan Is elected.
a big Bryan procession Is organizing In
the sreet with banners bearing mo repe-
titon of soventy-six."
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05

Chicago. November 1.-The managers OF
ono of the largest department stores in this
city wrote TO Mr. Bryan Offering him a
salary OF $.5. 900 per annum TO become man
ager OF Its legal department. No reply has
been received.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05

indianapolis Ind. November Tx
President Harrison was seen at his RESI-
denco tonight. Asked for an expression
az 10 the result OF the election. he said: ii
have nothing 10 cay now VIII have TO
w~FsfeVcr."
Governor Matthews refuses TO give any
expression whatever tonight. fex-Con-
gressHnan Bynum. The leader OF the gold
sisA11ard movement hero. IL absent from
the city. lie did not even vote
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
MAVERICK.

Eagle Pass Bryan and sewall 49l;
Bryan and Watson none Mckinley BOB;
Culberson GIG, Koarby 1874 congressman,
Saydcn. dem, $40; Noonan, rep. 325 State
senate Turner, dem. 500. representative.
two to elect Thompson. dem. 224; Badger,
DEM. lG5. Welsh, ind, l4S.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
CONSUL LEE ARRIVES

New York. November a.-ConsnI Cercra,
Fitzhugh Lee was passenger ON hoard
the Ward limo steamer viglluncia which
arrived nj quarantine at II p. M from
Havana Owing TO the lateness the general
could not bo seen
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
coNPEssED no MT,ppnp

Corpus Christi, Texas. November A.
conslante Para, the Mexican who was as
Hapltetl and shot through the abdomen by
unknown parties several days ago. died
rested as being the perpeirator OF the
deed, and today admitted his guilt
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
GEADAIEnE.

segu!n-Guadalupo county gives spooner
for district Judge, 1870 majority over Ken
ncn; Grass about l7i majority over Kle-
berg Mckinley probably carried county;
also Culbcrsou. Weinert. for county judge.
beats Mckee bv over to /. All old coun-
ty officers rc-olocie1. Race for legislature
close between Vaughan, rep, and Cook,
dem. Today the vote of the county is $3.50.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05

Rockrort-Dryan and Sewal 2s3: Bryan
and Watson /: Mckinley $50; Culherson
2l6 Kcarby ?07 Congress, Kleberg. dem,
222 Grass. rep. &c: Smith, pom, Go state
senate. Alice, has no opponent, Represen
tative. d. Mcneil Turner DEM, %; J. s.
Brady pom. 3l2. Two more boxes voting
about so votes to hear from.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-05
KERR

Kerrvillc.- Bryan and sewall $50; Bryan
end Watson p, Mckinley 1G7: culbcrson
204' Kearby 80; congressman. Slayden,
dem. iel; Noouan. rep. lS2; Mcitae, pop.
&c; Stctc senate, Perry Lewis dem. 20S;
Felix Greenwood, pop 1iG; representative
Geo. Fee. dem, loi, Jesse Durnoy, pop.
go