'The libel suit brought by Mr. Samson Fox, the promoter of the Water Gas" and other companies, against Mr. Jerome K. Jerome, as Editor of To-day, has resulted in' a verdict for the plaintiff with a farthing damages, each side havin; to pay its own costs. The hearing last over an extraordinary number of sittings, and Mr. Jerome's exposure of some of the shady sides of company-promoting must have cost him a pretty penny. But he has
doubtless killed Mr. Fox's chances of the satisfaction of Knowing that he has securing the baronetcy to which he is said to have aspired. But hardly any prominent person is free this year from the charge of scheming to secure a place in the list of "Diamond Jubilee" honours, Lith May.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.