Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-13
LEGAL CRIMINAL

Railroad Cbeys Alabama Law.
Governor Conner Of Alabama announc-
ed that President Emerson and Gen
eral Counsel Alexander Hamilton of
the Atlantic Coast Line had agreed to
put into effect the freight rate named
in the railroad rate bills and also the
2A cent passenger rate.
Decisions Of the Supreme Court
The United States supreme court at
Washington has handed down de-
cfsion favorable to the company in the
case of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad company against Marcus X.
Bitterman and others. The action was
to enjoin Bitterman ana other sca1pcrs
from dealing in non negotiable reduced
fare Louisville and Nashville tickets.
In the cases of the Webster Coal
company and the Pennsylvania Coal
and Coke company against the Penn
sylvania Railroad company, the action
!; being to recover damages alleged to
have been sustained by reason of the
roads discrimination in favor of other
| companies in the transportation of
| coal, the court decided that the officers
/. of the railroad could be required to ex-
hibit Its books for inspection by the
coal companies in advance of the trial
to assist the plaintiffs in the prepare
ton of their case.
In the case of Thomas Polk and 9th
ers Of Tennessee against the Mutual
Reserve Fund Life Association of New
York the court decided that the re-
incorporation of the company had not
violated any of the rights of the policy
I; holders and that therefore the state
law under which the company acted
| was not in contrayention of the federal
constitution.
Thaw Trial Over to Jan. 6.
Against the wishes and pleas of Har-
| ~ Thaw, the wealthy Pittsburg young
man held in the New York Tombs for
the murder of Stanford White, the
second trial, which had been set for
Dec. 2, was again postponed on mo-
|.tion Of District Attorney Jerome until
Jan. G on the ground that the jury
would have to be locked up during the
/ Christmas holidays. Martin w. Lit.
Teton appeared for the defendant and
bis wife, Evelyn Nesbit ,Thaw, was
the only member Of his family to at.
tend the session. Mr.. Littleton will be
assisted in the defense by his brother
Jesse NJ. Littleton, the mayor Of Win.
chester, Tenn.
Mrs. Bradley "Not Guilty"
i The trial Of Mrs. Annie Bradley al
1 CHI !,
ator Brown of Utah, with whom she
had been on intimate terms for years
ended with a verdict Of mot guilty
Dec. 3 after the jury had been Out
nearly all night. Only one juror had
held out against the verdict for hours
and he was for manslaughter. The
crowd in the courtroom oAplauded the
verdict. the technical ground Of which
was insanity induced by the i'll treat
ment of the defendant by Brown.
Powder Trust Denies 1t All.
n Thirty-clght OF the forty-three de
PENDANTS named by the government in
n Its charges of conspiracy and trade
restraint on the part of the powder
trust have filed answers in the federal
| court at Wilmington. all denying the
charges. The chief contention is that
The business is not unlawful because
large and that the company had a
right TO purchase other companies or
properties when considered good in
yestments. The answers show how
the smaller concerns were absorbed by
the voluntary consent of both parties.
\ clasins -Sands y Thsaters.
i Supreme Court Justice o. G5rnmr of
New York on the strength Of an old
but unrepealed lazy has decided that
leyery form Of play, concert or public