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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1895
Page
3
Across November 6 elections in thirteen states and one territory, Republicans lead or win in most results. Mississippi and Virginia are Democratic holds. New York and New Jersey show strong GOP margins. Maryland and Kentucky favor Republicans with changes in governorship and legislature.
Nebraska concedes a Republican edge for T. L. Norval to the supreme court bench. Ohio Republicans claim Bushnell leads Campbell by as much as 110,000 with Democrats conceding 80,000. Bushnell may surpass McKinley’s total by 10,000 when returns finish. Utah leans toward statehood and a Republican ticket. Illinois Cook County shows GOP judicial and drainage wins, Democrats gain in Chicago but lag behind past GOP majorities. W. F. L. Hadley, Republican, claims 3,000 vote lead in the Eighteenth district.
The Massachusetts election result was expected as Frederick T. Greenhalge, the Republican candidate for governor, and the entire state ticket were elected by about 70,000 votes. Democrats made slight gains with little change from last year.
Mississippi voters favored the Democratic slate, carrying the state by 35 000 to 50 000. Republicans ran no ticket while populists fielded a full slate. The Quay Hastings clash kept many GOP voters home. Haywood the Republican for state treasurer likely trails by about 175 000. Democratic gains continue in Virginia where three fourths of the legislature remains Democratic.
Cincinnati dispatches report Gen. Hardin conceding defeat to Bradley in Kentucky and Bradley carrying Jefferson County with a 4,160 plurality. Ohio and Maryland results favor Republicans. Bushnell, McKinley and Lowndes gains noted. Brooklyn and Utah races lean Republican. Campbell accepts defeat with calm. Greenhalge leads in Massachusetts with 64,499 plurality.
Pittsburgh unveils its new Carnegie library music hall art gallery and museum in a grand opening. Crowds flood the spaces as organ recitals by Frederick Archer begin the program, with Damrosch orchestra concerts and Mozart Club performances to follow.
The text outlines contract formation rules including misrepresentation sufficient to affect a contract, and material facts. It covers damages for personal injuries, delivery to a consignee, and compounding interest with consideration. It notes corporate assets not being a trust fund unless insolvent, equitable title in insurance, and negotiability of corporation bonds secured by mortgage.
Reports from England state Mary Anderson Navarro is in broken health and wheeled in a bath chair each sunny morning. A London boy, about one year old, killed himself with cyanide of potassium after losing hair to fever and wearing a wig during growth.
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