Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-11-23

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The supreme court at Lincoln Satur-
| day held the Dodge primary election law
! valid and capable of enforcement, though
| il declared unconstitutional three OF us
| SECTIONS. The writ of mandamus asked
| for by Clerk Adair, nominee or the So
| cialist ticket to have the socialist nornl-
meas nlaced on the ticket, though noml-
| mated by convention, was refused Inc
| sections declared unconstitutional are
these: The one making the primary cay
| the first day of registration; that one re-
ouiring l per cent of the salary or the
Office to be paid as a filing fee by the
candidate and the one regulating the
form of the ballot. The fact that these
sections do not render the law as whole
incapable of enforcement does not In Inc
oninion of the court invalidate the entire
law. and it is consequently held to Do
valid and constitutional. The opinion -'-'T
written by Chief Justice Holcomb, -.
he holds that the primary law does not
affect the general law or any other cleo
ton law which does not conflict with IT'S
provisions, and except in the sections
pointed out it does not interfere with ex-
listing election laws.
A rumor is current in Lincoln that
gigantic trust or corporation has been
formed which has for it's object the con-
troll of the brick yards of the entire west
1t is understood THAT large eastern inter
ests are i'll the movement, together with
the brick manufacturers of Omaha and
probably of Lincoln. 1t is known TO be
a fact that many brick yards in Nebraska
which are backed by small capital and
which have Il small output have recently
been bought, and i'll some instances OPP
tons have been taken OH the yards to
hold good until the first of the year. One
brick yard has closed down. sold its out
put and is now waiting to be transferred
to the new company Who is i'll the COM
pany and who is financing it cannot be
learned at this time, and neither can it be
learned who is making the deals for the
yards.
The Nebraska commissioners 10 the
Lewis and Clark exposition met at the
LindeI Hotel at Lincoln Friday night
and listened to the report of u. {. Shell,
who has just returned from Portland. y
number of bills were allowed and it is es-
Il0laIGu SI,OOO VIII De -SdhGu OUT ol the
appropriation of $4,000. The exhibits
have arrived and will be distributed as
rapidly as possible. The board has turn
ed the pavilion over to the fair board and
recommended that it be put up at the
state fair grounds and exhibit the NOV
ing pictures during the fair OF the 1876
Nebraska entries G3 drew gold medals,
SO silver, II bronze and 10 honorable
mention.
Mrs. Lena Margaret Lille will not be
allowed a rehearing in the supreme court
The court on Adjournment Saturday
handed down an order denying the appli-
cation recently made by Judge Hamer-
counsel for the prisoner, for leave to file
an argument on motion for q rehearing-
This in effect permanently dispOses of
the case and Mrs. Lille, unless pardonef
by the governor, must serve Il life sen
tence in the penitentiary for the murder
of her husband, Harvey Lille, at David
City in 1902.
The writ of mandamus applied for by
William K. MellOr to compel the board
of equalization of Sherman County to-
yacate an order reducing the assessed
valuation of real estate in three town.
ships in Sherman County was denied by
the supreme court at Lincoln Saturday.
The board had arbitrarily reduced the
valuation of the entire township at the
request of land owners. Melor applied
for a writ of mandamus to prevent the
carrying into execution of this reduction.
The Lincoln Traction Company was not
to blame because one of its passengers
was injured July 4, 1908, by falling from
auetreet car because startled by the ex-
plosion of q torpedo placed on the track
by some person unknown to the company
and without the consent or knowledge of
the company or its servants. The SUI
preme court so holds in an opinion up
holding the decision of the Lancaster
County district court in a damage suit
instituted by Mrs. Hannah Beyard.
One of the most difficult problems thar
has confronted the governors staff hasi
just been solved By an order from the
war department For years and years
the colonies have worn aiguilletteS. but
in various places OH their uniform and
the efforts of the adjutant general to get
all to wear them alike have proven I'M
availing. Now, however, the war depart
ment has taken up the matter and Thurs
day an order was received telling just ex-
actly how these things should be worn.
With complete returns from 60 of the.
80 counties in Nebraska, Lotions plural
ity is 20,719, against Il plurality for
Barnes two years ago in the same coun-
ties of 9, 746, a net gain for Letton Of
II, 461. These figures simply confirm
previous estimates that his plurality will
be in excess of 10000. The regents are
not running quite so far behind the head
of the ticket in the later as in the earlier
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