The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-11-29

ueF us his WlIc
and promised to Mrs. Annie Bradley.
make her such when he could get d.
vorce from his legal wife and Of her
great grief and shame when finally he
turned against her. During this pitiful
recital Mrs. Bradley was manifestly
distressed and often on the point Of
physical collapse. AS to the circum-
stances of the shooting, she said, she
remembered little. UDbidden and I'M
expected she had come on to Wash
ington to see Brown and in his room
had seen the letter from Mrs. Annie
Adams, mother of Maude Adams, the
noted actress, showing expectation Of
her marriage to the senator, and then
when she confronted him there all that
followed was blank until she heard
him calling for help. She knew he had
seized her in his anger.
Adams Pleads an klibi.
Steve Adams. the Western Fedora
ton miner on trial at Rathdrum, Ida.
on the charge of murder, took the
stand by direction Of his counsel, Clar-
ence barrow, and set up an alibi by
saying he was never in the Marble
creek country after date prior to the
dynamiting of the cabins there. The
first he knew Of that was in the cell
with Orchard at Boise in 1906. Adams
testified that while In that cell both
Warden Whitney and Detective Nc
Parland had told him he "would be all
right" If he would corroborate Or
chards confession duplicating fedora
ton officials. The statement then
made by Adams, but which he later re-
pudiated so that 1t was not used in the
Haywood trial, is now brought up as
evidence to show the part Adams took
in the murder of Fred Taylor. claim
jumper.
Hearst Recount Act Void.
The special New York state law
which was passed on recommendation
of Governor Hughes providing for q
recount of the votes in the election
which resulted in the seating of Mayor
Mcclellan was declared demonstrations
al by the court of appeals in ~unani-
court finds the recount act unconstitu-
tional on three technical grounds first
in that it provided for an original can
vass of the ballots cast at the election
Of 1905 by others than the bipartisan
boards of canvassers prescribed by ar
ticle of section 2 of the constitutions
second, in that as judicial determine
ton of the title to Office it fails to ac-
cord to Mcclellan his constitutional
rights to trial by jury; third. in that
1t implies the right of the legislature
to legislate a man into office.
This leaves Mr.. Hearst, the claimant.
with nothing but the original quo war
ranto proceedings to depend upon and
which are thought to be too costly
and long drawn out to be effective be-
fore the expiration of Mayor McClel-
lan's term.
Federation Defends Boycott.
Argument before Judge Gould in the
supreme court of the District of Column
bia has been made In the case brought
by the Bucks Stove and Range COM
restrain the American Federation of
Labor from boycotting the firms prod
ucts. The tenure of the argument for
the defense was to ask the court TO
judge the acts of trades unions on the
principles of common law, whereas the
plaintiff has invoked the Sherman
antitrust law, holding that the boycott
is a conspiracy and combination in re-
straint of trade. Counsel held that the
federation had right to do in com
bination what an, individual might do
namely;surge others to buy particular
product.
Greater Pittsburg LOCALIZED.
The fight over the consolidation OF
Pittsburg and Allegheny ended in the
supreme court Nov. 1S when Justice
Moody handed down the decision sus-
tanning the supreme court Of Pennsyl-
vania. which had upheld the consolida-
ton which majority of the people
of the two cities voted under a legisla-
tive act. The consolidated city has an
area Of thirty eight square miles. an
estimated population of $4,000 and
will contest with Boston the sixth
place among American cities for pop
ulation, a position also claimed by Bal
timore.
Powers Objects to Jury.
Caleb Powers, on trial at George
town, KY, for the murder Of Goebel.
petitioned Judge Morris Nov. IS to dis
miss the whole venire Of jurymen, in
Guiding the seven already In the box,
charging the county officials with i'm
fair methods. He alleges that when
the talesmen were chosen by the sher-
iff Of Scott county in Harrison county
a Democratic deputy was sent along
to point out men known to be friendly
to the Goebel side.
The defense won vital point on
Nov. 81, when Judge Morris set aside
the second venire from Harrison coun-
ty and ordered the sheriff Of Scott
county to 60 into Grant county and
select 300 men. He also allowed two