The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-16

Inc Unlleu SlaleS supreme court
has declared unconstitutional the con-
gressional enactment of June II, 1916,
known as the employers liability
law"
| President Roosevelt has sent a mes
sage to congress urging that in pre-
pairing for the next census the 1000
or more extra employees be appointed
under civil service rules.
The interstate commerce commits
sion in its annual report to congress
expresses the opinion that the railroad
| officials as rule are attempting to
obey the new railroad law.
The supreme court of the United
States has consented to review the
proceedings in the Waters-Pierce
OIL company suit wherein a Texas
court fined the company $1.623,0OO.
The revenues collected through the
postofice department during 1907
amounted to $1S3,000,000.
Reports from Vancouver, B. c., state
that large numbers Of Japanese re-
serve army men have been ordered
to Toxic and that several hundred
are ready to leave for Japan.
Photographs illustrating feats OF
horsemanship by military men of
European armies accompany recon-
mendations to congress from the
president for betterment of army
riding.
The Isthmian canal commission
has decided to construct the canal
locks 100 feet wide which is the
width originally projected, unless it
is shown that naval developments
make a greater width desirable.
Col. Marsh M. Murdoch, postmaster
| of Wichita, Kan, and editor of the
Eagle, died at his home in that city
recently. He was the father Of Con-
| gresham Murdoch, and for so years
has been a power in Kansas affairs.
He was 70 years of age.
| Night riders recently swooped down
upon Russellville, Logan county, Ky,
burning a number of independent to-
| bacco concerns and other establish
ments and shooting three men who ap-
| peared upon the streets.
During December total of 2,2OO,-
$50 cubic yards of earth was exca-
waited on the Panama canal.
At Wharton, Ohio, three families
comprising dozen people were seri-
ously poisoned by eating cheese.
H. F. Storrs, beekkeeper for the
| California Safe Deposit and Trust
company at San Francisco, has con-
fessed to making false entries in the
banks book amounting to $r,000,O00.
Maximilien Harden, who has been
on trial at Berlin for libeling COUNT
Won Moltke in his paper, has been
/ sentenced to four months imprison-
ment.
An Atlantic City chair pusher
| found a pocketbook containing $500
in money and jewelry valued at sew
eral thousand dollars which he re-
turned to the woman who lost 1t. His
honesty was rewarded by the gift of
two nickels and two pennies.
Citizens of Franklin, Pa, have
brought suit for damages against the
company which supplies water to the
city charging that a recent typhoid
epidemic was caused by the impure
water supplied.
The annual tournament Of roses
was held at Pasadena, Cal, on New
Years day. Seventy thousand per-
sons witnessed the beautiful floral pa
rade in which Miss May Sutton, the
international tennis champion, was
the queen.
Three members of the city fire de-
partment of Vancouver, B. c., were
attacked and badly wounded by a
crowd of Japanese armed with knives.
The firemen had accidentally broken
the glass in front of Japanese
store.
A passenger train on the Grand
Trunk railway rolled down an en-
bankment near Barrie, Ont, and was
entirely consumed by fire which
caught from an overturned stove.
Fifteen passengers were injured.
Announcement comes from Wash
ington that within 80 days suit will be
filed in the federal court at Omaha
to dissolve the merger between the
Union and Southern Pacific railroads.
The United States treasury has
deficit for December of sS,535, 900.
Attorney General Jackson, of Kan
sas, has filed an custer suit against
Mayor Everhardy, of Leavenworth for
violation of his oath of office in allow
ing saloons to run in that city.
The government of Austria-Hun-
gary has contributed $4,000 to relieve
the sufferers from the recent mine
disasters of Pennsylvania and West
| Virginia.
In the federal court at Richmond,
Va, Judge Pritchard appointed re-
ceivers for the Seaboard Air Line
railroad. The company had de-
faulted on its January interest.
In his second annual message to
the New York legislature Gov.
Hughes urges legislation which will
prevent the reprehensible practices