Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-01
EIGHT HOURS IS VALID
Highest Court In the Land De.
eidss q Case Of importance
TO Men Who Labor.
STATE CAN CONTROL THE NATTER

Regulations Fixing the Hours OF Labor
Coming Under the Police Power-Inter-
estias VIII Point Decidcd-A ~Sooner'
Omcial Gets Len-Senate Refuses . Seat
70 Cerbett OF Oregon-House Passes the
sundry Civil Bili-Capitaa City Notes.
Washington, March lin the SUI
preme court yesterday an opinion was
handed down in the case Of E. F. Hol-
den VS.. the Sheriff Of Salt Lake ooun-
ty, Utah. involving the constitutionality
VI the territorial law fixing q days
work in smelters and mines in the ter
ritory at eight hours. Holden was ar.
rested for violating the law and sem
fenced to Imprisonment for the offence
He brought the case to the supreme
court In an effort to secure q writ CT
error on the ground that the law was
unconstitutional in that it was calculat-
ed to deprive citizen Of life or prop
erty without due process of law. The
court held that such was not the case.
but that the law was an exercise Of the
states police powers.
Not Exactly Final Dictun.
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health or the morals Of a community
there could he no doubt Of their pro-
There could be no Doubt Of the excen-
tional and unheal,bfuI cbarac,er -
work In srnelters or mir.r baoauso NJ
bad air. h,rh tem,er.ture .nd rovio,,s
gases. and hence tho xv;.Sor, ~ ,ho
state LEGISLATION. The decision NJ tho
supreme court Of Utah vss affirmed
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u 's rus !" MS WE name.
So 90, -. 'S' vi WASH ao
- ~ 80. ss ~ ms WIN si.vvo
had ,,,c,,-r.,, 49, ~" -, ~ 1n
Of mis- prop.r.v 10 IN, Sn,i,hso,,;,r ,,r
the establishment of a fund for the nro.
motion Of KNOWLEDGE In regard tn nho.
netic type. The princiraI mart Of this
property was n 10, OF land in Washing
ton in Mrs. Avery's name. ard the will
was attacked on the ground that he
could not dispose of prorerty whose
title vGs in his wife's name.
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Thu ,our, In ,,. o,,,,,;o ,,,
down xee.s-,,a,. az, ~. -. -.
view. hu, roId ,b.t ,rhsr :, 80, -
that ,bo ti,,a WAS nl,ced IN The ,,,ta ..
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control ~ !, ,,d co,,a h,r,sa,e -
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survived his wife ono of ,bo n,o,.;s-
ions Of the will was to the effect that IL
the bcquest to the Smithsonian was at
tackled by the other beneficiaries they
should thus forfeit the bounty intended
for them. The court also pronounced
this part OF the will valid. The decision
OF the District Of Columbia court of an
peals was adverse to the Smithsonian
and was reversed by this op;nion
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