Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-20
HOWE HASNOT FILED CHARGES
Adiutant at the Grand Island Soldiers
Home Opposes the 0ommandant,
HAS WRITTEN TO GOVERNOR HolCoNs
Case is Referred by the Executive 20
the Hoard of Visitors md on
Its Recommendation
His Depends.

LINCOLN. Feb 19.-(Special)-So far nc
official charges have been preferred by ex.
Adjutant Mart Howe against Commandant
Wilson of the Grand Island Soldiers Home
to Governor Holcomb. Some correspondence
has, however. passed between the two in
relation to Howe's summary discharge by
Commardant Wilson. In a recent letter
the governor advises Howe that he has re-
ferred the whole matter for the present to
the Board OF Visitors, and awaits its find
ings. II is stated by Howe that he will
prefer charges to this board,
To Bee representative tonight Howe said
that he should prefer charges tomorrow
against Commander Wilson before the Board
OF Public Lands and Buildings. The charges
will embrace five specifications, incom-
potency, employing incompetent engineers,
en- ploying incompetent cooks, conduct unbe-
coming commandant and a gentleman and
nepotism. The specifications are backed up
by long list of details. Howe says he has
offered to reduce his charges against Wilson
to writing and give them to the governor,
but as long as the latter has referred him to
the Visiting and Examining board. he would
go direct to the Board of Public Lands and
buildings. Howe has moved back to Lincoln.
A number of prominent populsts in Lincoln
have espoused Howe's cause.
In district court today the case Of Wor-
tendyke & Spells against the Western Union
Telegraph company was amicably settled
right in the midst of the trial. which was
before Jury. Along In 1892 plaintiffs had an
opportunity to dispose of some western
ranch property to an eastern man for $50, 900.
He was in position to pay cash on the
nail, and the owner Of the ranch who was
then in New Haven. Conn, was wired to
ascertain If he would take SlS.0 600 for the
estate. This telegram the man In New
Haven never received, and 1t was in evidence
that had he received the message he would
have closed at once and the plaintiffs would
have cleaned up $4,000 in commissions. The
case was begun yesterday morning and had
dragged along until toward noon today, when
a conference took place between counsel for
the telegraph company and the attorney for
the plaintiffs, with the result that an agree
ment was reached whereby all further pro-
In evidence was a copy of the New Haven
directory for 1892, showing that the man
who owned the property was in that town
at the time and could have been reached by
the telegraph company.
Today representative knights Of Pythias
from different parts of Nebraska celebrated
the anniversary Of the order by a district
meeting at Castle hall. 1t was conducted
by Grand Chancellor George K. Ford of
Kearncy, assisted by Vice Chancellor Gus
Norburg OF Hodrege and Harry Boydston
Of Nebraska City. The meeting is in the
nature of school of instruction for the
order. and consequently secret This even
ing the exercises were closed by banquet
and social gathering, at which the visitors
were royalty entertained ~ the home
knights. Supreme Chancellor Walter B.
Ritchie who was expected to be present,
was unable to attend.
This afternoon j. w. Sharp barber, was
arrested on charge of assault and bat
terry, preferred by his wife. She exhibited
a badly damaged face the result of the
sault. and the against Sharp will be
heard tomorrow.
Omaha people In Lincoln. At the Lin
dell. P. Bogue, w. G. Horne, r. B. How
ell. AT the Capital-George Duby. AT the
LincolnA-W w. Richardson and wife, John
F. Dale, C. G. Hughes E. p. Smith. -.
III. II. Dering, assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania Central railway,
u guest of the Lincoln a