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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-16
Hearing In Famous Druce
Case Is Resumed.
Robert C. Caldwell Gets Bad
y Tangled on Dates.
On the Witness Stand All Day..
Cross.examinatlon.

London. Nov 15-The dingy Marylc-
pearancc of q theatrical matinee today
when the hearing of testimony was re-
sunetl in the proceeding brought by
George HoIlamby bruce. grandson OF
the lat. Thomas G. bruce, against Her.
bert bruce. who is charged with per
ury Nv the former in stating that he
saw the body of his father. Thomas
Charles bruce lying in a coffin on Dec
2s. 1864. and that heattended the fun
eral. the case being an outcome of the
contest for the Duke of Portland's
estate.
Horace Avery for the defence. con-
tInucd his searching crosS-cNaminatlon
OF Robert G. Caldwell of Staten Island.
New York. who got tangled up with
dates He SwOre he was married III
ireland. after returning from India ~.
1861. willie Mr. Avery produced Ger
tificatc showing the ceremony occurred
in 1861.
Mr.. caldwell. who was in the witness
box all cay. swore that Thomas Charles
prucc lid not die in December. 1864.
rs. ale srd by the defendants. other
wise the developments in court today
W"rc not interesting.
The DISCRIMINATION of the witness
nv Mr. Avery was confined to plnnlnS
him down to specific statement. winch
the dcfccne evidently hopes to prove
could rot be true. thus discrcdltiilE
the entire story told by Mr. Caldwell
At the close of the days proceedings
the case was again adjourned Tor q
wool,
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point AMI "urly today was lutte i'll
cincd to drop it altogether The only
remaining feature of his direct prcscn
t#tinn If the case is that relating to
threats which it * claimed Mrs. Brad
ley had mad" against Ny. Brown while
She was still in Salt LAX" CITY and
Air.. Baker notified Mrs Bradlry's at
tnineys cnrly t"Hay that very little
time would be consumed on this fca
turc of the case.
1t WIS stated on behalf "f Mrs.
Bradley that tho dcfcnc" w,,uid be be-
gun with tho presentation Of tcsti-
muny t. sustain her p.na that she was
in$an" AID irresponsible" when the
shooting Incurred. but that this would
be preceded by ii statement from Mr..
IE"ovcr outlining in detail the EVIL
dcncc upon which this plea would be
made.
There We're u number % witnesses,
mostly from til" West. present in the
court room ready to testify to occur
rcnccs relating to the alleged intimacy
between Senator Brown and Mrs.
bradley. which. it was believed by the
dcf"ncc, would 20 far to SuhStantiato
their contention that their client was
Irrational when the shooting occurred.
TIL" district attorney finally decided
| to mako :; further effort to bring ont
| IA" facts concerning Mrs. Bradley 5
statement at tn" police station in
which he was successful.
| The first witness of the dav WAS Ms
Marlll:, Th"rnhrrC. n.a:r,n IT police
| station 80. /. Whcrt Mrs. I.raiIcv W.:
taken after the tragedy. Sh" told g..
:, visit e. the prison hv Senator s>u;il' T.
| Ian i. whose conversation WAS not iIc;' =:
by I'll" witness and also OF Il visit b..
| Detective" Grant OF the local police for.
Sh" said She heard tho detective tol
Mrs. Bradley that anything stlc Nigh,
say would be used against Her.
| Lieut.. liar,f' y Of II" police farce cor
| reiterated Mrs. Thornbur2's testimony
concerning; tn" visit of Nj. Grant ann
! his warning. but hc said Mrs. BRADLEY
! had t"li tho d"t"cfiv" Sl," did not MS.
| to Wak" = statement.
Dctectiv" Grant wa then called t.
the .>tard, but Mr.. H"nrtr nI.'d" Obj
lcyS statement was not voluntary ant
| therefor" not admissible.
.Iiidg" Stafford d",.idcd, how..t tr. .h;i
|
| Mrs. Bradley todd me that she VA.
a nmnAni"I "f Mr.. browns Sh" ha'
| lived with him for :, long tim" and ln'
| children ny MIN. | asked her how she
came l" shoot him. but size would no
| ;nsWcr that. | asked her if Sh" li@.
| brought til" pistol with her il u roo
bag She said she had rot acted 81
| impulse. hut had thought oyer the d"cC
| for :, long time and had made up h."
mind that il Mr. Brown cid not d'
right ~ l,cr. She was going - xii
him
Practically all the testimony nrol-h
ont at III" forenoon session WAS 1ioE.
The sam" Lin" aS Mr. Grant, state
ncnt and WIS intended to show pre-
| meditation on the part of Mrs. Brad
| ley.
Albert II Drlcv If Salt Lake. VIII
said he had known Mrs. bradley Cor ::
| years. testified that she had tllrcat"n"
Continued on Page Tcn)
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NATIONAL GRANGE.
Reception rendered by
Governor Of Connecticut.
Business Considered In Morn
ing Degree Work Later.
Reports Are Seseived ard ResoIu-
lions Are Considered.

Hartford c., Nov t5.--The great
Granger army assembled here in an
r;laI convention. inv2ded the state
capitol today where "a reception was
rendered by Governor and Mrs. Wood
run. assisted hy Ex-Gov. ami Mrs. Sell
of Ne,mont and EN-Gov. Bachelor of
New Hampshire. The asscmblaec was
one OF the most picturesque seen at
he state house in years.
The regular business session of tho
convention was held in the House of
Representatives. this morning and was
devoted to hearing reports from the
various states and at the afternoon SeS-
sion the comforting of the seventh de-
gree in full form, took place at Foot
Guard hall Several hundred Connec
ticut members of the order received
this. the highest degree of the Grange
and it will again be conferred tnmor-
row on candidates from outside Of this
state.
on the rnl Of state; for the intro
d,lctinn OF new business, State Master
W u. Griffith of California introduced
II resolution concerning the enactment
of Il rational good roads law, also fav-
oring L postal savings bank and par
GELS post law.
Strte Master Patterson of Maryland
Introduced Il resolution concerning pos
tai savings banks.
RrnortS were made by State Masters
Griffith Of california, j. A. N"wcomb of
Colorado: Henry Walker of Delaware,
II. q. Had!ry of Now Hampshire, Mrs.
Sarah G.. Baird of Minnesota, a. r.
.Iud:on of Iowa and A. r. Buxton of
oregon. All reported til" Oranges of
their perspective states in fiourishine
condition. Degree work was carried on
this afternoon and il is estimated that
300 candidates will receive the Seventh
rank
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A VERY OPTIMISTIC FEELING
Is Reflected In Address OF Nations Chief
Executive and Other Eminent Speakers
at Howard University Friday.

advised t. reflect upon the history If
the race If mankind
"ruo thousand years ago the anccs-
tors IF the EEelishmen. Dutrhinen.
irsliine II and Germans who now dwell
here. were wild trbeSmen. living in til
woods without cities, ana :cemin@ly
SO low in the scale of ceration that
the Greeks who had advanced much
faster talked of the harbarianS as he
ing slaves by nature and only fit to
serve u civilized race Ike themselves.
And it had taken these ancestors of
ours thousands of wears tn rise from
the S;,vag" state of primcval man u
tiiat s,arbariouS state which the Greeks
dcSpied and thought would be i,erpct-
u,l"
Tie ambassador predicted that the
negro race would he q great accelerated
by the influence of a rapid development
| of civilization especially contemplating
| the tendency OF that race to rise. a
borne ont Ivy its record since tho Eman-
cipation Proclamation.
! Dr. Thirkell devoted his rcr3@rkS t.
/ the places and missions held by ~
university in developing the negro. Ht
| advocate An education that could Il,
| translated into action: that would de
| V, Top 1n"u. wise. sane. conscientious ant
| fearless; His doctrines was that every
' man had Il right t" equality and OPP
I pprt'lnity.
/ just before President Roosevelt
! reached Andrew Rankin. the cement
flooring If the vc,tibu!c entrance t.
. tho chapel gave way and precipitatcc
I ahn,: % pC'.,uitS to tilr ground, ten fee
/ below.
! !; WIS u! FIRST thought several per
sons HAD been severely injured and :
nuilncr worn taken to Frgodman'S hos
piial ci.,.Sn by j. W. Crowcll. teacher
IN = ptl'lic school sustained an abrasion
Of tho ankle. AMI Thomas Austin. {
I student at the university was Sligntl,
Injured "a tnmp' rHry plank walk wa
nut ir place Just az the President an'
Andrew Carnegie. who accompanies
him. arrived and tn" ceremonies Wer
proceeded with.
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WIRELESS STATION AT SIAS.
C0NSET DESTROYED BY FIRE.

vas maintained IL Il New York paper
until t--o years ago Wncn the govern
mcnt established it, nwn wireless plant
on tho li.htShip with Newport as the
shore station.
Since then tn" SidsConsct stat Jon has
been used ny tn" Marconi comi,any for
conm,,ni~aticu directly with incoming
and outgoing steamers. the ordinarily
speakirg distances ny wireless being
about 1ta miles
The Marconi company also nnintain.'
:, station, at South Weltleet. Mass. on
tic forearm If Cape Cod. for its press
service to transatlantic steamers.
The SiasCorset station has proved Of
great value in picking NJ steamers after
trey have lost touch with the stations
at ,'ara Race and Cape Sable. and tn"
LARGEST amount OF commercial business
to ard from passengers on board has
heen carried OF through that station.
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Nantucket. Mass. NrV. i'.-T'ie Mar
conf wireless station at SiaSconSet was
destroyed by fire at $50 y. NJ. today,
and il is expected that il "ill he several
weeks before operations are resumed.
The SiasconSet wireless station was
the first to be established on this side
of the ocean for commercial purposes.
principally for reporting vessels APP
preaching the American coast.
During the first years of its service.
its sphere extended only to the Nan
tuckct Shouts lightship anchored Il
miles :, the southeast. Ocean steamers
bound from European ports to New
York turn the lishtshin close aboard
ard upon their being sighted from the
lishtship report was made by wire
less telegraphy to Siasconset. From
that point it was sent by ordinary tel
egrnr!l lines to New York. This service
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[fEoa| st
| Necessary

Bangor Me, Nov. 1a.--tornlirr Fin
heEan and Deputy Sheriff Spratt. VIII"
went to Garland to investigate tn" cir
cumStanccs of the suicide of Daniel \
boSworth Of that town. whose body
was found hanging to tree this
morning. returned late tonight. and
after Il consultation With County At
torncy Pattcn il was decided that II"
inquest will be necessary.
B"Sworth was somewhat unbalanced
mentally and had made several pre-
Slous attempts at suicide. He disap-
peared on the morning of oct. "A from
The house Of w. w. Dobie. where he
mad boarded. after an unsuccessful at
Tempt to hang himself in the barn. and
nothing was known Of his fate until
m's morning at $50. when II gir
named Mildred Brown. discovered his
"dy hanging from a tree about a mile
nom the house. Bosworth WAS a vet
eran of the Civil War. aged about -.
TIE PUREST GINGER
qua The only safe one to use is Sanfords
SooH for the owl when you purchase.
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!" CIGAR factory output now at rate
~ sixteen million annually. Leads all
NV England competitors. R. q. Sullivan.
-snchester. n. II.
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EVIDENCE AGAINST HER ALL IN,
Mrs. Bradley's Attorneys Fight Against
Admission OF Confession Said to
Have Been Made After Shooting.

Washington, Nov. 15.-That the h"
in the criminal court No. on the
charge of numbering former senator
Brown. would hn insanity, was na,:t,
- idcnt beyond question by the pro
liminnrE statement mad" to ;lic colii:
today by her attorney. MIR. Hoover.
The prosecution consumed tho entire
forenoon concluding; the examination Of
its witnesses in chief to prove The fact;
OF III" killing and when it rested tiir
case. Mr.. Hoover followed with his pre-
lin.inarS outline OF the case for the de-
fence. tle detailed the principal cv, EtS
Of Mrs. l5radley'S life and entered min
utcly into the circumstances OF her il
timary with Mr.. Brown saying that i
would be proved that she was comYlc:c-
~ under his domination and forecast
ing testimony which would be :llduCrd
To show that She was mentally ir-
csponsiblc when she fired tn" fatal
shot. II" also said that i would be-
shown that Nj Brown had performed
more tiida one criminal act upon i,"i
with his own hands and taht he had
presented !Icr With the pistol with
hich Size hal Killed h,n. telling h"!
that She s,iou'd use il upon us VIII
if sh" ever gave her trouble. accord!
irg to Mr.. Honvcr'S statcnIcu; it wi!
also h" Shown that there is Il tHini -
insanity in Mrs. BradleNs family.
| IN" testimony presented today by the
| prosecution was all intended to show
| .rrf meditation on the part ~ Mrs
| Bradley in killing senator Brown. /
VA, stated that Sh" had toiG j'i"mhcr'
of the tolire fore" III this city i:nncd
lately aitcr her arrest that si," had IL,
acted upon any sudden Impulse and oH'
| witness from SILT Lake ciTy was intro
duCcd to testify to the circumstance
that she had told him six months before
| the tr c"dy that she intended to xii
Mr.. i;roWn if he did not icciti.Ia;i2" h"l
children by marrying her. Another
| Witness from that city told of tN" ei-
! forts by Mrs Bradley to invade Mr.
| Browns house supposedly with h"sti''
| intent The Senator's son WAS on :ir'
stand foi II few minutes during the LAY
| The court adjoirn"d at ""'o"k unit
! next Monday. IT is understood tia
| 4 hen the trial is RESUMED the state vii
| tuhb"rn'y antaSOnize Mrs. Bradley!
no, Of lySniiy and thai much rycutti,;
testimony Will hc introduced.
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Washington. Nov. 15.-Nhcn til"
trial of Mrs Bradley was resumed to-
day it WAS apparent that the pr"S"cu-
ton would soon complete Its testimony
and the attorneys for the dc:cnr" Wcrc
prepared to present their sid" Of the
cas-" as speedily as possible When
court adjourned yesterday. District
Attorney Baker and his assistants
were attempting t" obtain from the
police the details of the confession
said to have been made by Mrs. Brad
Icy Immediately after her arrest on
the charge of shooting former Senator
Brown. but ua Ia that time Mr.. Hoover
had successfully opposed this purpose,
because as he claimed. it was under
the false assumption on Mrs. Brad
ley's part that what it said would not
be used against her.
The district attorney WIS not cs-
pecialIy persistent in pressing the
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FAIR WEATHER.

Washington. Nov. 15.-Forecast for
New England: Fair Saturday and
Sunday; not much change in telnpera-
turc; light to fresh southwest winds.
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Boston Forecast.

Boston, Nov lo.-!'"rccast for Bos-
ion and vicinity: Fair Saturday and
Sunday. slight changes in tempcrt-
turc. west to southwest, winds.
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other spout through which the grain gar
nered In the Northwest Provinces may flow
eastward to the Atlantic seaboard to be
carried across the ocean to hungry Europe.
In the score OF expeditions sent out in the
autumn Of 1904 to find a way for the new
transcontinental railroad we're more than
1000 white men. They entered the wilder
ness from the east by way Of Quebec and
Ottawa, from the south by way Of a little
railway running a few miles north from
Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, and from
the west by way of the great gateway TO
the wheat felds-the city Of Winnipeg.
Going as far az the rails would carry
them, they made ready for the long trail.
which meant taking not only clothing warm
enough for the Arctic winter and cool
enough for the Arctic summer. but also
tons Of canned and dried food. bedding and
blankets, tents, knookdown houses which
could be packed in wagons and put together
without the use Of nails. The equipment
OF one party which has spent nearly W
years in the country west Of the st. Maurice
River will give an idea OF what these pioneers
required, Besides bedding and clothing.
they carried snow shoes. canoes, sledges
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months. or at a place where the packers Of
the surveyors could get them after they
had been toted out from the settlement.
The line of the Transcontinental from
Winnipeg to Moncton in New Brunswick is
to be about / 800 miles in length. Much of
the country is covered with woodland and
frequently all the members Of a party were
obliged to WELD axes until the trees and
underbrush could be cleared away suf-
fciently to secure accurate measurements
with Instruments.
As the winter is so long in northern
Canada that the ground is snow covered
half OF the year, more work has actually
been lone in winter than in summer. the men
travelling on snowshoes and carrying their
outfits on sledges drawn by the dogs known
as huskies, or by human beaSs of burden.
The frozen surface Of lake. river and creek
often afforded the only pathway.
With the mercury as low as 40 de grees
below the zero mark the survey did not
cease. Only when a heavy snowstorm
made it impossible and dangerous to re-
main out were operations suspended.
Such was the fall Of snow. especially in
New Brunswick and Quebec, that its weight
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would often break down one OF the portable
huts. Then the comrades OF the inmates
generally had to dig them out.
On this part of the survey winter camps
were erected in several places. made like
the provision caches, Of logs fitted together
and the spaces between filed with dried
clay. Only these structures would protect
the men sufficiently in stormy weather.
In the many thousands OF miles which
have been covered by the p%athfnders the
lakes and rivers which form a network OF
waters in far Canada have greatly aided
them, sometimes afording the only route
which they could take from one point to
another, Journeying over the ice by sledge
and snowshoe in winter. they have padded
and poled along the open water in summer,
making portages from one stream 20 an
other where they could not run rapids or
shoot small cataracts.
Most Of the accidents that have occurred
have been due to the upsetting Of canoes
or to having them dashed against rocks in
the effort to go through dangerous rapids,
Beaver dams have been one of the obstacles
TO navigating these waters Of the wilderness.
Dams have beenfound where trees two feet
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POLO PLAYERS ANDONWENTSIA
EASTERN TEAMS BACKWARD
IN MAKING ENTRIES.
Two LOng Island Clubs Announce Tourna-
ments 20 Conflict With the Champions.
ships Secretary Hazard Hopeful of a
successful Meeting at Chicago.

Having voted the annual championship
10 the West, is the Polo Association TO sup
port it? Will the Eastern teams make en-
tries or not? The tournament is now only
a month away. the exact dates being July
10 to q. but it is still impossible to answer
the questions in anSoptimistic a The
captains Of the Eastern teams are hanging
fire as to their intentions, or. to use a simile
from the game. they are dwelling or the
bit" That the majority of the answers will
be in the negative is TO be conjectured from
the announcement OF two tournaments on
conflicting dates In Long Island. The tour
naments will be at the Southampton and
Great Neck fields. The promoters Of these
tournaments at least, evidently do not pro-
pose to go West,
Although ~inaugurated in 1895, the cham
pionship has always until this year been
held on the Atlantic seaboard. Buffalo is
the point furthest away from salt water that
has been represented in the entries, and then
only in the early years. Practically the
Boston. Philadelphia and New York players
have had a monopoly OF the competition.
The relative form OF these teams is so we'll
established that each year the entry has be-
come smaller and the championship has de-
creased IN interest. In lpbo the champion
ship did not fl at all, and last year at New
port, when Meadow Brook again gained
the cup after a lapse Of eight years, there
were but three entries. To play in the West
at least once in three years, with an entry or
two from the East. would have a stimulating
effect on the game and transfer it from a
local to a sport OF national interest. An
Eastern representative this year will open
the door 10 such an amicable rivalry in the
opinion of many followers of the game.
0nwentsis, the field selected FOR the
championship. is equal in turf to any in
the East and the stable and club house
accommodations are unsurpassed, The
matter OF transporting the ponies is a
detail hat should not balk the enthusiastic
and wealthy supporters OF the game in the
East. II is probable hat the Eastern play
ers are better than those in the West, but
a practical demonstration OF the fact would
be the most interesting happening Of the
polo year. Barring IN Eastern entry, it
may be pre- yumed that there will be COM
peting teams engaged from Onwentsia,
the Missouri Hunt. Of Kansas City; the St.
Louis Country Club, Buffalo Country Club
or the Country Club Of Rochester, all being
members OF the Polo Association.
william A, Hazard, secretary Of the Polo
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playing ability is his one asset. When he
permits himself for any reason whatever
To go back in his work he's simply handing
himself a personally conducted wallop.
and you've got to show me the ball player
thatll do that. The ball player accused OF
laying down has in every case that l know
anything about simply gone on his form
for a spell. He's just lost his keen edge
for a bit, and this fact being taken into
account with the knowledge that some
other club would like 10 get such a player
the knockers instantly fix it all up in their
down with the c~onnivance. they often add.
of the manager of the team that wants him
and that he wants 10 go with.
Ball players, i say, don't take chances
OF this kind. And ball managers don't
fix it up with the players they banker for
TO get them TO lay down on their employers.
II either party in such a fool transaction
as this could be even half a nailed at
such a game he'd be ruled out OF the game
for life. and everybody in the game knows
this as well as he knows that he's alive.
And the manager who'd induce a wanted
player to lay down, wouldn't that sa me
manager know that the player after being
secured would lay down on him too, in
case he ever experienced a bunch TO do the
repeating thing in the cheating liner? liz IL
common sense 10 suppose that any manager
wearing anything larger than a four
three-eighths hat would care TO get hold Of
such a slippery proposition as a laying down
ball player for his own club?
The r~eorganizing fans who sit back in
their deep chairs blowing smoke rings at
the ceiling n wondering why the home
club doesn't get this boy or snag that one
are all r light. They mean we'll and they
sure have the best interests OF the home
team at heart.
But it's a whole lot easier to blow smoke
rings than it is TO snag."
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for dog teams and, Of course. rifles and
shotguns, as we'll as fishing nets n lines.
Each party was organized into a division
in charge of a field engineer. 1t was as
signed TO cover a certain area and was
made up OF several assistant engineers,
each Of whom had under him. a transit
man. ~leveller. chairman, rod man. picket
driver and axemau. A map maker and
recorder went with each party.
These formed the white contingent, but
with them went Indians and half breeds to
pack the supplies over portages, and where
there were no streams on which they could
travel by boat. With each party were one
or two feet footed natives who were used
TO keep up communication with the rest of
humanity. They carried letters between
the stations Of the engineers and from them
to the nearest post office.
As fish and game we're the only God to he
obtained in this country, it was necessary
to keep each party supplied with provisions,
which were sent from the border towns
and usually delivered at supply depots.
Stoutly built of logs these depots were
sometimes located in the territory where a
party would be obliged to remain several