That express companies cannot escape regulation by the interstate commerce commission on the ground that they are joint stock associations instead of corporations, was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the Adams Express Company, which successfully resisted a suit brought by the government in the southern district of Ohio charging the company with violating the interstate commerce act.
The Supreme Court of the United States in the case of the Belden Water Power Company versus the United States, Justice Lurton writing the opinion, decided that the federal government had prior rights over riparian owners in the Sault Ste.
The waters of the Pacific ocean were let into the Panama canal on May 18, when a giant blast, composed of thirty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds of dynamite, demolished the dike to the south of the Miraflores locks and allowed the water to flow into an extensive section in which excavations have practically been completed.
Convinced that there are thousands of acres of waste land in the commonwealth of Massachusetts which can be employed best in growing timber, the state forester, and other experts, are meditating the question of securing state forests.
Coal land to the amount of thirty-four hundred acres and valued at approximately one million dollars has been surrendered to the United States government by the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company in consideration of the dismissal of a suit involving fifty-eight hundred acres owned by the company.
Governor Tener of Pennsylvania has approved the bill recently passed by the Legislature providing for county systems of pensions for mothers under the administration of a commission of from five to seven women to be named by the Governor for each county availing itself of the provisions of the law.
Secretary of State Bryan explained to the Senate committee on foreign relations last week his plan for avoiding war between nations by giving their passions six months or a year in which to subside before proceeding to hostilities.
The Greenland bill, providing for pensions for indigent mothers, an administration measure, was passed in the Ohio House, and has the approval of Governor Cox.
A comprehensive plan of leasing and future purchase of official residences for American ambassadors and ministers in foreign capitals has been presented to the Senate in a bill by Senator Bacon.
Referendum on the subject of a permanent tariff commission is very shortly to be taken by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States from its constituent bodies all over the country, so that the vote will be received during the early part of the extra session of Congress.
