Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-02
nc. armer supporter than Mr. Metoalfe, then


no frmer supporter than Mr.. Metcalfe. then
editor of tho WorldHerald.
w. l.. Green, then congressman from tle
Sixth Nebraska district, died In Omaha on
the 1lth of March, 1889. The records OF
the sergeant-at-arms OF the house of rep
resentatives shows that the Green heirs
drew pay IRON 2n Msfen NO Sune when i'J n
session, following the usual custom, voted
10 the Green family the remainder of the
The same records show that in December
Mr.. Neville drew from the disbursing
offlcer Of the house the sum of - 80.
covering the salary from March II, the
date Of Mr.. Green's death, TO December
8, 1899, although Mr.. Neville was not
elected until November. 1893.
In accepting that money Mr.. Neville fol-
lowed the custom and the law, even though
he was known as reformer His case Is
not exactly on all tours with that OF MIR.
Pollard because he took the money at the
same time that congress paid a similar
sum to the widow Of the dead member,
the government thus paying second time.
Otherwise It is the same.
Little in Lumber Case So Far.
Nothing Of Importance was brought out in
the alleged Lumber trust hearing today, the
entire time being taken up with the read
ing of letters found in the correspondents
OF Secretary Critchheld and the members
OF the Lumber Dealers association. These
We're introduced by Judge, Sinclair for the
state, who sorted them out froTn Loco or
more which have been brought into court
The letters introduced showed a number
of complaints were made by members of
the association, because some wholesale
houses had sold direct to a consumer in
stead of through the retail dealer. Other
letters referred TO the rating OF firms and
others regarding the grade OF lumber sent
out by the wholesale dealers. In one in
stance letters showed the secretary had
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of lumber. None of the letters referred to
the fixing Of prices to be paid or charged
for lumber.
Judge Sinclair is now merely laying the
foundation Of his case and expects later to
have witnesses here from out in the state
to testify. On the other hand the lawyers
for the lumber dealers say the only evi-
dence the state will be able to produce Is
that the state association has tried to
prevent the wholesale houses from selling
direct TO the consumer, but to sell to the
retail dealer. This they claim is not con-
/ trary to law.
Halter Heads Library Commission.
/ At the regular quarterly meeting Of the
Nebraska State Library commission Chan
cellor Andrews resigned as president and
f. L. Halter of Omaha was elected to iii
the vacancy.
! The commission accepted the resignation
Of the chancellor with reluctance. but he
declared he wanted to devote most OF his
! time during the session of the legislatu e
/ to the interests Of the State university.
Mr. Halter was president of the commits
sion prior to the term Of Chancellor An
drews.
The commission will ask for an appro-
priation of $4,000 for the work during the
Z 81.
MUM was 5000.
| The report of the secretary of the com
mission, Miss Charlotte Templeton. shows
the work in the state to be in excellent
condition. At present the commission has
ninety-four travelling libraries and twelve
special school Libraries In Nebraska.
Two Fires During Evening.
Fire tonight destroyed eight cars of Goa
in the cars at the Burlington round house
The fire is supposed to have originated from
a spark from switch engine
An hour later at o'clock slight damage
was done to the residence of DR.. Finney OF
n street near Thirteenth.
Cochran 20 Address students,
The University Of Nebraska authorities
today received the acceptance of Repre-
sentative w. Bourke Cochran Of New YOrl
to be the class day orator at the next uni
versity commencement.
EngIer Goes TO Illinois.
requisition from Governor Deneen o
Illinois for Adolph Engler was honored b.
Governor Mickey today. Engler is the MAJ
taken from a Rock Island train at Fair
bury. Neb., week ago on the theory tina
!, he was Leonard Leopold, the murder sus
pect. He was able to prove his identity
but is wanted In Chicago for another al