St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-07

| cendants. wife or widow of a son
| husband of a daughter, stepchildren,
bishops in their ecclesiastical capac-
| ity, and charitable and religious in
situations, shall pay an inheritance
| tax Of five per cent to the state. The
| father, mother and descendants are
| to pay one per cent on amounts of
$4,000 to $15,OO0;11-2 on $751;
600 to $4,000 and z per cent on
| $4,000 and over. Stepchildren
| and others must pay 1 per cent on
| $1,000 to $4,000; 2 per cent on
| $4,000 to 1000; per cent on
| SIS, 200 to $4,000; 4 per cent on
| $4,000 to $4,000 and 5 per cent
on amounts larger than $4,000.
Employers Liability Bill.
The employers liability bill which
passed the senate last week was re-
ported by the judiciary committee
as a substitute for the bill introduce
ed in the senate early in the session
| by Senator Gordon of Washington
county.It is changed somewhat from
the Gordon bill, and the full text is
here given:
Section I. Every employer in
addition to the liability now existing
by law, shall be liable to an en-
ployee, or to his widow and next of
kin in case of such employees death,
for personal injury to, or death of,
such employee, when such injury or
death is the result of the negligence
of any person in the service of the
employer entrusted with any superin-
tendence, or of the negligence of
any person entrusted by the employ
er with authority to>direct, control
or command such employee in the
performance of the duty of such en-
MI hz1f IN Iol ~ mi
ed or killed employee be held to be
fellow servant with another en-
ployee or other employees unless he
is engaged at the time of an &C
cident resulting in injury or death
in the same operation or class of
work as such other employee or en-
ployees.
''Sec g. In all actions of negli-
gence of an employee against an en-
ployer contributory, negligence and
the assumption of risk, whether the
action be founded upon the COM
mon law or upon this statute or
upon both, shall be matters of de-
Tense and the burden of proving the
same shall rest upon the defendant;
provided that no such employee who
may be Killed or injured shall be
held to have been guilty of con-
tributory negligence in any case
where the violation by such. employ
er of any statute enacted for the
safety of employees contributed to
the injury or death of such employee.
'Sec. 3. No contract of employ
ment insurance, relief, benefit, or in
demnity for injury or death, enter
ed into by or in behalf of an en-
ployer contributory negligence and
such insurance, relief, benefit or in
demnity by the person entitled
thereto, shall constitute bar or de-
fence to an action brought to recov-
er damages for personal injuries to,
or death of, such employee, provid-
ed however, that upon the trial of
such action the defendant may set
off therein any sum he has contri-
,buted toward such insurance, re-
lief, benefit or indemnity that may
have ben paid to the injured en-
ployee, or, in case of his death, to
his personal representative.
f'Sec. 4. No action shall be main
tanned under this act unless COM
menced within two years from the
time the action accrued, or, in case
of death or mental incapacity, with
in two years from the appointment
of guardian or administrator.
''Sec. 5. This act shall take eff
fleet f-om it's passage"
SOUTH RYEGATE.
Charles Eliason Badly Hurt on Saturday.
Charles Eliason, one of the leading
granite manufacturers here and promi-
nent citizen, was severely injured while
at work at his shop Saturday forenoon,
being thrown about by derrick machin-
cry for some time before his predicament
was discovered by workmen, who at
once rushed to stop the machinery. The
injured man, in an unconscious condi-
ton, was carried to the office of DR..
George ". Darling, which was nearby.
Just how the accident happened is not
known, as no one was looking IN the dl-
rection of the derrick where Mr.. Eliason
was working; but it is supposed that his
clothing became entangled in the ma
chinery and that he was drawn in and
rendered incapable of saving himself. He
was bleeding badly when his workmen
got to his side. Mr.. Eliason is As years
of age. He came here from Massachu-
setts about dozen years ago. and has
conducted successful granite manufac-
turing business. He has wife and four
daughters.
Mrs. Margaret Darling, who has been
spending the last three months with her
son Victor in Lowell, Mass, returned
home Wednesday.
B. Harrison Wright returned Wednes-
day from his stay in Charlestown,
Mass.
The L. A S. of the Presbyterian church
meets Thursday with Mrs. Nj. F. Sar-
gent.
Mrs Norman Morrison of Barre spent
Monday and Tuesday of this week with
her parents here.
RYEGATE.
Mrs. William McKenna and daugh-|
ter Mae went to St. Johnsbury on