Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-07
Escaped Douglas County ConviCts
Conscience Hurts Him. =
BACK FROM NEW YORK TO SERVE

(From a Staff Correspondents


gave himself up to the warden and begged
to be put back in the cell that he might
serve out the remainder OF his sentence,
which amounts TO. one month.
Neville came the entire way from New
York to right gtirs wrong he committed
when he broke trust with the officers by
escaping while paroled to DIT. Williams OF
University Place. Part of the way from
the east the convict walked and part OF
the way he rode brake beams OF overland
fliers AT other times he was forced to
be content with freight trains whose way,
side wanderings were slow and tedious,
He arrived at the state pehitentiary DUST
covered and begrimed with oil.
Neville was sent here from Douglas
county TO serve two years for burglary. He
was committed in July, 1905. and escaped
June a. 1910. He relates that he went
from here direct to New York, where he
remained with relatives until about week
ago when he started back for Nebraska
and the prison which awaited him here.
humbermen Bound over.
+, Bird Critchfield and e. e. Hall, both Of
this city, former and present secretaries of
the State Lumbermen's association, were
today bound over to the federal court for
the eastern division of the northern Illinois
district The men were arraigned before
Commissioner c. c. Marlay on indictments
charging violations of the Sherman anti
trust law. The charge of the federal grand
jury. which met in Chicago. was that the
Nebraska men were members OF q lumber
association which 1t was alleged had been
instrumental in blacklisting manufacturers
who had made lumber sales direct to con-
sumers Both men admitted before Com
arIa haf fhau had haan
bers Of this organization, but asserted that
they had Withdrawn In the year of 1906.
The men were bound over in the sum of
$500 each. c. NJ. Kincaid and e. s.
Clark signed their bonds.
ThOmas Hall is Candidate.
Thomas Hall. local attorney, who came
to this city about two years ago from
Falls City, filed petition with the score
harry of state today. asking that his name
be placed on the republican ballot as a
candidate for the nomination for railway
commissioner to fill vacancy. Mr. Hall was
on the finance committee Of the commit
tee of fifty. which waged the. dry cam
paign in this city at the last spring cleo
ton. He is a brother of George Hall, who
was democratic candidate for state treas
.urer. u 81. 4r}
Ia Gratt EaAhZB MT tntVersfty. $40 i -.
f. acknowledgements H. u Graft of the
Omaha High school will deliver the com
lPencement address at the graduating ex-
ercises of the summer school of the state
university, according to a communication
received by Registrar Paul Harrison today.
Forty students are to receive their diplomas
at the exercises, which will be held July 2s
II McBrien VIII Appeal.
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tor H. DeBolt recently obtained judg-
ment for $1,000 In the district court, has
given notice OF appeal to the supreme
! tribunal. DeBolt charged that while Nc
Brien was state superintendent and the
plaintiff was teacher. the superintendent
! libelled him by sending out stories to the
effect that he, DeBolt, was a poker fiend
and booze fighter.
Wayne Gets stone BuAldinE.
| The order OF the Railway commission
directing the Nj. & o. railroad company to
build new depot at Wayne. the struc-
ture to be of brick or stone, will have to
be obeyed because the city officers OF the
| town have announced that they will not
| suspend the fire limit ordinance to accom-
modate the road and thus permit the con-
struction OF a wooden building. The COM
mission said 1t had no objection to a
wooden building II the city officers would
consent. but In no event would the COM
mission consent to a reconstruction of the
\ old wooden depot.
stock Yards Rates.
The Union Stock Yards company OF
Omaha has flied with the commission q
schedule OF its rates for yardage. charges
for corn. hay and the dipping OF cattle
and sheep. AS the company was declared
by the last legislature to be a common
carrier. it feels in duty bound to file yard
age and other charges. Its switching
/ rates have long been on file with the
commission because OF the decision OF the
supreme court that the company's switch
ing plant constituted e common carrier.
The Surprise Telephone company of Sur
prise has been allowed to Issue s4I75 OF
capital stock and in addition the commits
SION has approved $S25 of stock issued by
the company without authority OF the com
/ mission. All OF the capital stock has been
or wfllebe used for extensions.
III lee Rate Reduced.
The Burlington road has been authorized
to reduce its rate on ice from Crystal Lake
Siding to Omaha from cents to cents q
A hundred Three years ago the company
established a rate Of cents to South
lomaha and the switching rate from South
Omaha to Omaha was l cent a hundred
making a total OF cents a hundred.
The Burlington has asked for and re.
Il eetved permission to reduce it's rate or
sand and gravel from Hebron to Exeter
from 81 cents to Sh cents as a result OF
an informal complaint by ]. r.. Taylor
The rate from Hebron to Geneva. which
was recently reduced to Slk cents, will
now be 2lA cents.
Telephone Hearing Fixed.
The Railway commission Wilson July .
At II a. m hear the request OF the Chene,
Cooperative Telephone company and tn
Farmera' Mutual Telephone company O
Bennett for unlimited service between thet
subscribers and the subscribers Of the Ne
braskA Telephone company In LincOln a
. switching rate OF Is cents q month
4 r. Hurtx. secretary OF the Farmers
United company Of Bennett. 4 competing
company, has filed a protest