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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19
LIABILITY OF EMPLOYERS.
Bill introduced in Congress to Protect
Railway Workers.

Railway Workers.
Washington.-A comprehensive en-
ployers' liability bill has been intro
duced.in the Senate and House by Sen
ator La Toilette of Wisconsin. and Rep
resentative Sterling of Illinois.
The authors say the bill has the
Endorsement of the Brotherhood OIL 10
connective Engineers. Brotherhood Oh
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen'
and Is intended to meet the recent de-
cision of the Supreme Court, by which
the employers liability act OF June H.
1906, was declared unconstitutional
Every common carrier, while en-
gagged In interstate or foreign coih'
merce, or commerce between the pos
sessions of the United States, Is mace
liable to its employees who are injured
while employed in such commerce
when such injuries are due to the negii-
gence or mismanagement of any Of
fcer or employe of such carrier, or
when due to defects or !nsuhiciencies
in equipment
This provision is made equally ap-
plicable to carriers in the territories,
the District of Columbia and the Pan
ANA canal zone, and carriers engaged
in the TRANSFORMATION of United States
mails
The bill recognizes the doctrine OF
comparative negligence. as 1t is now
recognized in the states OF Wisconsin.
South Dakota, North Dakota, Ne
braska, Nevada, Georgia and Florida,
and in the act of Congress which was
declared unconstitutional
1t permits an employe to recover
damages II he has been guilty OF con
tributory negligence but says the Jury
shall diminish the damages In accord
ance with the amount of negligence
they may find is attributable to such
employe-
1t is provided that an injured en-
pioye shall not be held to be guilty OF
contribu:ory negligence in any case
where the violation Of the law by the
carrier contributed to such injury
also that questions of fact relating to
negligence shall be for the jury to de-
termine.
In the event of verdict in favor OF
the employee, 1t is required that the
court shall allow as part OF the costs
a reasonable attorneys fee, not exceed
ing an amount equal to twenty-three
per cent. of judgment recovered, and an
additional fee equal to five per cent OF
the amount finally recovered for each
appeal
An injured employe shall not be held
to have assumed the risk Of his en-
ployment In any case where the viola
ton OF law by the carrier contributed
to such injury One section of the bill
specifically makes void any contract.
rule or device whatsoever, the purpose
OF which is to exempt the carrier from
liability under the act. The statute OF
limitations within which suit can be
brought is fixed at three years.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

Valparaiso. = The great American
fleet of sixteen battleships. under the
command of Rear Admiral Evans.
passed Valparaiso Friday afternoon
and continued on its voyags northward
for Callao. Peru. the next stopping
place. All Valparaiso and thousands of
persons from every city in Chile wit
messed the passing of the fleet.
President Montt and other high off,
Gals of the republic came out from
shore to greet the battleships and al
most the entire Chilean navy ex-
changed salutes with them as they
swung around Curaumilla Point and
into Valparaiso bay in single file. head
ed by the Chilean cruiser Chacabuco
and five Chilean torpedo boat destroy
ers.
Swinging around the presidents ship
firing salutes as they passed. the war
ships headed for the open sea without
stopping and went north. t1
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19
HIS ONE AVAILABLE ASSET.
Mr.. johnson Willing TO Give Well-Writ
ten Note Of Hand.

The financial prospects Of Mr.. Wash
ington Lafayette johnson were decid.
eddy clouded. but he still preserved a
sanguine spirit, which his friends did
not always appreciate.
I'D like to borrow jes' little
money OBJ you." said Mr.. Johnson. con
fidentially. to friend. Il wouldn't
ak you TO- 1t. but ! ain got a single
cent left in de worI.'
What security can you glib me?'
asked his friend, without any enthusi-
asm.
why. glib you my note OBJ hand!"
and Mr.. johnson looked panied and
amazed at such a question. Il reckon
you don know what good. clear
handwriting I got in de ebening
school."-Youth's Companion.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

Laramie. wyo.-The Army and Navy
Journal announces that one regiment
of the Colorado National guard. one
regiment each from North and South
Dakota and the entire national guard
of Wyoming and Utah will participate
In the army maneuvers on Crow creek
forest reserve next August. The Colo
RADIO. Wyoming and Utah troops will
be in camp from August list to 18th,
and the other two between August 18th
and 31st. There will be fourteen
troops of cavalry from the regular
army. three batteries of field artillery
and twenty-eight companies of infan-
try.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

Society" says the Lady's Pictorial.
'is looking for novel form of enter
tainment. Let hostesses issue invita-
lions bearing the request that every
lady shall bring her pet aversion" The
only obstacle we see in regard to our
contemporaries proposal is that SO
many ladies would have difficulty
in getting their husbands to come
along.-Punch.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

Denver.-David l. Farr. state game
and fish commissioner, has received a
draft for $1,000 from the St. Paul Fire
& Marine Insurance Company. in pay
ment of the insurance on the Del Norte
fish hatchery. which recently burned. A
new hatchery has now been built at a
cost OF something over $4,000. making
the actual loss to the state on the fire
only $3.50. The capacity of the new
hatchery is 100000 eggs at a time.
with three hatchings a year.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19
Peru win Welcome Fleet.

Lima. Peru.-The American fleet,
which is steaming up the west coast
of South America. is expected to ar
rive at Callao Thursday. and the gov
eminent has ordered that Rear Ad-
miral Evans be rendered the honors
of vice admiral. The cruiser Coronet
Bolognsi left Callao Sunday for this
port. Everything is in readiness in
Lima and Callao for a glorious well
come to the American visitors. The
official program includes great ban
Duet which will be given by President
Pardo to the officers In commemora-
ton of Washington's birthday.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19
Large Shipment Of Lambs.

Denver-The largest consignment of
fat lambs which has come to the Den
yer market this year arrived at the
stock yards Friday from Romeo, in the
San Luis valley. The lambs were fed
on field peas by the Conejos County
Land & Investment Company and in
the consignment are 5000 selected
lambs. averaging between so and go
pounds. The bunch is in charge of
Homer Neel. the company's superinten-
dent, and came through from Romeo in
record time. being just twenty-four
hours on the road.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati
father of the duchess of Manchester
who already owns two historic castles
in Great Britain. is said to be negoti
ating for two more. Well. II Mrs
Burnett. the novelist. is to believed
there is no greater esthetic joy than
that to be derived from the restora.
tion of an English estate and no better
place for the expenditure of American
money. regardless of financial strin.
gency at home. In such case, after
the restoration of all his estates. Mr.
Zimmerman ought to know joy in a
Quadruple form.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

Science should ''experiment "a few
thousand years more with alcohol and
be certain that 1T is food before let
ting the world in on the secret. II
the past is anything to Judge by. man
will use plenty of 1t without any In
formation from science as to its
merits.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

An English ''suffragette," now in
New York. has persuaded some Amer
lean advocates of woman suffrage to
engage in an aggressive campaign.
and to that end street corner speeches
have been arranged for. 1t will not
be worth while for the aggressiveness
of the suffragists to- continue. after
the English fashion, to the point of
making violent attack upon unfriendly
legislators, for. remarks the Indian
apolis Star. at the very first move in
this direction those wise and wary
gentlemen will take to the woods to
remain until the danger is past.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

Harden. the German editor, was in
nocent once and guilty the next'time
of practically the same offense.
Whether he was more innocent than
he WAS guilty. or more guilty than
he was innocent is question which
Germany will long debate in private
over its beer stein.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

1t is mainly from Africa, America
and Australia that the world draws its
supply OF gold. some $500. 900. 900
worth. won regularly every year. Al.
RIGA leads with about $15O.OO0, 900;
next comes the United States with
about $95.000.00O. Australia ranks
third with some $4,000 900; while Rus
STA. both in Europe and Asia. Mexico,
Canada and several other countries
also make up the balance.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

An optimist club in New York
which is tryig to get members all
over the country is sending out verses
to the effect that the optimist sees
the doughnut while the pessimist sees
only the hole. Several learned ply
sicians agree that the pessimist will
feel more like an optimist and the op-
timist more like a pessimist few
hours later If each eats only what he
aeeS
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

Cats have been made to exchange
livers under the skillful manipulation
OF the surgeons in the Rockefeller in.
stftute. After this grand work is
more nearly perfect possibly when
two old men meet one will say to the
other: ''What'll you give me to boot
II trade livers With your"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

Starch. like everything else. is be.
ing constantly improved. the patent
Starches put on the market rs years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est discovery-Defiance Starch-all in.
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, in
vented by us. gives to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

A German military man says the
American army lacks discipline. Per
haps he made his observations in the
vicinity of Fort Sheridan before the
Highwood saloons were transformed
into ice cream parlors.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

It is evident that the young Mis-
sourian who fell heir to a fortune the
day after he enlisted is going to be
one OF the most popular recruits the
army has ever possessed.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

The Keats-Shehey Memorial asso
citation is of English origin. formed to
do honor to two English poets. The
society has succeeded in raising ST.
500 for its purpose. and Of this sum
81. 500 comes from the United States
II seems to be pretty evident which
country has the greater admiration
Tor the brilliant eeniuses in question.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

The Boston Herald points out that
It is difficult to kiss a girl who wears
one OF the present fashionable hats.
The thing for the true gent to do in
such a case is ito give the lady proper
warning SO that she may remove her
headgear In as dignified manner as
haste permits.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

Seventy.five thousand people turned
out In New York to attend the funeral
of Yiddish poet. We are not sure
whether this Is an indication that the
Tiddish hold poets in great esteem or
whether the demonstration WIS in
tended as an indication OF the tri-
umph they felt In having one less
poet among them
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

The total arrivals at the Ellis is
land immigration depot In New York
during the present year were 1885,
ga. The figures from other points
bring the aggregate to more than
100000. Classified by countries, II
is seen that the largest contributors
to the immigration host were Austria.
Hungary. Italy and Russia and Fin
Land
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

The fishermen flowed to sea at
Ocean City. N. j.. by a whale are prob
ably not at all in sympathy now with
the movement to preserve the biggest
of all animals from extinction.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

Over in Germany our skyscrapers
are referred to as cloud scratchers.
Will the time ever come when 5eal-
GUS Europeans will quit trying to be-
little our institutions?
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

It Is useless for hold-up men, when
they have to give up their revolvers.
to ask that the women be deprived OF
their hat.pins.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

Boston will sink into the sea this.
year. says a calamity prophet. This
will be fine for the sacred Goldfish on
top OF Faneuil han.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

Europe will regard II as q shabby
trick II Japan and the United States
insist on being good friends.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

He hastens to repentance who hasti-
ly judges.-Syrus.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.
From October to May, Colds are the most fire.
quent cause of Headache. LAXATIVE BROMO
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

It -fs- a lucky fceman who owusa
Few ponds somewhere near the north
pole this winter.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

fault. But we are determined to give
such people no just complaint.
PERUNA Is A GREAT MEDICINE.
It has become a household word in
millions of homes. Our faith in the
remedy is stronger than ever. Every
wear We expect to establish new plants
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-02-19

A rural melodrama should at least
have a grass plot.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-09-01

a very light crop, and Iowa has few
er apples than a year ago. The North
west generally has no more fruit than
last season, and probably not so much.
Illinois has less, so has Indiana, Ohio
and Pennsylvania; Michigan is in the
same boat, and the New England
States make much the same report.
From New York State reports vary,
but we think the conservative esti-
mates are that there are fewer APP
Piles in New York than there were
year ago, although the quality, TAX
ing the state over, is perhaps better.
In few places have any prices been
made Buyers are very shy about
making any price, but the growers are
not uneasy, for they know the general
crop is short, and therefore expect
to realize at least fair prices for the
fruit which is fit to market.
There are many inquiries on hand
that we must answer in later issues.
The many letters that have come to
the editor of this department as the
result of an eXtravagant article by a
man named Willetts which appeared
in the Christian Herald June 10, 1908,
remain unanswered. AS stated in
previous issue, we shall attempt to
answer them through this paper, but
cannot yet get to them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-07
new GUNS ON WAY.
General Hughes Receives Notice OF
Shipment.

Adjutant General J. w. F.. Hughes
today received word Of the shipment
from the Rock Island government
arsenal to Kansas of 2S3 boxes weigh
ing 16 tons containing 1880 Springfield
rifles and half a million rounds OF am
munition for use of the Kansas Ma
tional Guard
These new guns and ammunition,
which are exactly the same as those
used in the regular army, will be is
sued as soon as they ARRIVE to the Ma
tionaI Guard companies. Each COM
pany, on the receipt of the new guns.
will send in their old Krag-Jorgensen
rifles and all Krag ammunition on hand.
and these will be returned to the gov
ernment in even exchange for the new
supplies.
This shipment of guns and ammuni-
ton will be followed by another ship
ment in a few days of 1880 of the new
gun-slings, and by another half mil
lion rounds of ammunition. This am
munition is of four kinds; first the reg
ulation service cartridge with steel
bullet about the size Of a small lead
pencil, which will carry 31a miles: then
there are blanks for use on Decoration
day and similar occasions for salutes;
third are the 22-caliber cartridges for
gallery practice, and fourth are what
are called guard cartridges, otherwise
known as multi-ball, for riot use. The
multi-balI cartridge contains two round
balls instead of one long ball. as are
used for close range in checking mobs.
The shipment Of rifles and anmuni-
ton will arrive the latter part Of the
week and will make a carload. The
members of the National Guard are
very anxious to get the new guns so
that they can begin their spring target
practise in preparation for the national
rifle match to be held next fall. The
government allows Kansas one rifle for
each enlisted man. plus ten per cent for
reserve The reserve guns are held at
topeka.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-07
STATE OWNS ITS WATER
And No Other State Has a Right to
Take 1t Away.

Washington. April Tin an opinion
by Justice Holmes of the supreme
court of the United States, that court
holds that the state of New jersey
has the right to prohibit the diversion
Of the waters of her streams to another
state. The decision was rendered in
the case of the Hudson County Water
Company VS.. Robert NJ. McCanter. at
torney general of New Jersey in which
under the law of 1905, the state sought
to restrain the company from supplying
water from the Passaic river to Staten
Island, New York. The company took
the position that the law prohibiting
such diversion was unconstitutional he
cause it interfered with interstate COM
merce and also because it interfered
with property rights, but the New Ter
sey courts upheld the law as in line
with the states right to control its own
natural resources. Justice Holmes de-
cision sustained the state view. and
his decision was against the water
company. The opinion asserted in posi-
tive terms the right of the state to
control the waters within its borders.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-07
WRECK ON THE''L'
Forward Car Jumps Track and
Falls Into a Yard.
Eight Persons Seriously Injured
and Others Slightly So.

Chicago, April Eight persons were
seriously injured, one probably fatally
and nearly score of others were more
or less seriously hurt today when the
south side elevated railway jumped the
track a few hundred feet north of the
Indiana avenue station and crashed to
the ground. The front of the car fell
into the rear yard of a residence at
1926 Prairie avenue, but the end re-
manned propped against the structure.
The car was used as a smoker.
The motorman Of the car, George
Stang, was cut and bruised about the
head and body and his skull fractured.
He was also internally injured. He
was taken to the Wesley hospital where
it was said he might die. Among those
most seriously hurt were Joseph Dar-
mody, Marion, O., internally injured
head cut and leg broken, may die; E.
u. Smith, conductor of motor car.
skull fractured and may die; Thomas
M. Mosser, skull fractured, may die;
Barney Homan. internal injuries; Jas.
O'Hare, internal injuries; E. c. Quinn,
leg broken, internal injuries, condition
serious.
About so people were in the front car
when the accident happened, and all of
them were more or less injured The
train was moving rapidly when the
front trucks of the motor car jumped
the track. The car bumped along the
rails IOT d. SHOTL Instance ana tu0u
plunged off the elevated structure,
landing in the rear yard of Mrs. A. T.
Payne, at 1926 Prairie avenue. The
second car crashed into the rear of the
motor car and carried it along the
tracks for several feet. The front
trucks of the second car also left the
track.
The passengers of the front car
were thrown in a heap to the floor
and some Of them were dashed
against the windows cutting them
selves badly. A panic followed in the
four rear cars and a number of men
raised windows and leaped out onto
the elevated structure, where they
were in imminent danger from the
third rail. The attendants Of the rear
cars, however, managed to get them
back into the train before anybody
was injured. Ambulances and patrol
wagons were hurried to the scene
from nearly all the police stations on
the south side of the city. Lieuten-
ant Cronin and ten officers from the
Fiftieth street station were the first to
arrive. They found the passengers
of the motor car penned in and
struggling to make their escape. When
additional help arrived the imprison-
ed passengers wer dragged through
the shattered windows and carried in
to nearby residences, while the more
seriously injured were hurried to va
rious hospitals.
c. W Weston, general manager,
said that the accident was caused by
the motor casting of the front car
dropping to the track and raising the
trucks above the structure.
These motor castings" said Mr..
Weston, "are heavy, weighing several
hundred pounds. The one of the
front car dropped down and the rear
trucks ran into it. Naturally it acted
as a lever and raised the car from the
tracks. The impetus of the moving
train showed this car off the structure
and it fell to the ground. despite all
if -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-07
WHISKY FIGHTS HARD.
Meets Prohibitionists With Counter
Demonstrations i'm Illinois Towns.

ST. Louis, April 7.-Despite drizzling
rain women turned out today, armed
with coffee and sandwiches to take an
active part in the balloting on the To-
cal option question in Granite City,
Edwardsville, Alton and adjoining
towns in Illinois, across the river from
St Louis The refreshments were serv-
ed at the polls to the voters for pro-
hibition In Alton carnations also re-
warded those who voted the dry ticket
In Alton the saloonmen hired all the
livery stable vehicles in town to carry
voters to the polls. The women offer
ed their family vehicles.
Yesterday 450 children and 80 women,
carrying banners inscribed with pro-
hibition notices paraded the Granite
City streets singing Granite City is
going dry to the tune of Bringing in
the Sheaves."
They were accompanied by so saloon
svmpathizers beating tin pans and bur-
lesquing the women's parade.
At Glen Carbon, prohibition meet
ing was invaded by a group of men who
ran through the hall endeavoring to
disperse the audience by Offering free
heer outside but the meeting continued
and the intruders finally departed.
prohibition is the principal issue in
all the Illinois cities in today's election,
IN this vicinity except East st. Louis
and Belleville, where local option pc
titions were rejected because of alleged
Irregularities