Omaha daily bee., 1896-02-21
HOLCOMB WILL HEAR HOWE
Governor Says He is Willing to Consider
the Ex-Adjutants Charges
NO FORMAL FILING HAS BEEN MADE
Intention Of the Compiaining Ex-of
Hcer of the Soldiers Home to
Raise nm Investigation Not
Yet Carried Out.

late hour this afternoon ex-Adjutant Mart
Howe had not fulfilled his intention expressed
last night 10 file his charges against Com
mandant Wilson OF the Grand Island Soldiers
Home with the Board Of Public Lands and
Buildings Land Commissioner Russell is
absent from the state and it is not likely the
board would have taken the matter up at
once had he done so. Governor Holcumb
today emphatlcally denied Howe's story that
he. the governor had refused to permit
Howe to file written charges against wilson
or that he desired to have the matter adju-
dicated by the Visiting and Examining Board
arst On the contrary the governor says he
is ready at any time to receive written
charges accompanied by specifications against
the ability or competency Of Commandant
Wilson. and he will cheerfully look into
them.
r. r. Feland. an attorney Of Lawrence
burg Ky, has written Governor Holcomo.
enclosing a number of affidavits OF Kentucky
citizens In behalf Of Walker, the condemned
Dawson county murderer. Mr.. Feland mas
not seen Walker since January. 1S9f, but ne
has taken a great deal of interest In the case.
The affidavits are from people VINO nave
known Walker from his youth up ana are
all to the effect that at certain period IN MS
actions which the aftiants believe was the
beginning OF his alleged insanity. The an
ants are Ephraim Lillard Charles Dawson.
Richard Mothershead, Wade II. Dawson ana
s. p. Martin.
Adjutant General Barry is having prepared
a new book of rules and regulations for the
use of the Nebraska National Guard. The
last one was issued in 1888, and since then
many of its provisions have been rendered
nugatory by subsequent Legislation; Lne
present code has nothing whatever to 90 WIN
tactics but was adopted by the State Military
Hoard on the 18th inst Among the interest
ing contents will be found rules ana pro-
cedure arms and accoutrements. target
practice honors salutes and ofhciai Visits
armorles and arsenals and an Instructive
chapter on court martial. One OF the most
useful porticns of the new work Is the article
os instruction to civil officers as to the
method of procedure in calling out the
militia In times of strikes ana rlots there
generally arises serious questions OF torma,ity
and precedence in making demands upon the
governor for troops. The proper manner IN
which to proceed at these 1unctures 10 iuiiy
explained in the new work
The State Banking board has applied TO
the district court of Box Butte county 1or
a receiver for the Box Butte banking COM
nany of Alliance. George G.. Bell Is pres'.
5ent and F. M. Phelps cashier. The capital
stock was $4,000.
The supreme court today issued an order
IN the case of Mary Fitzgerald. auIllnistra-
trix of the estate of John Fitzgerald, de-
ceased plaintiff, against the Missouri "a
cjf,c railway company and the Fitzgeraia q
Mallory Construction company, defendants
Tho court DEGREES that the case be reierreu
70 w. s. Summers, one of the attorneys
Of the court to take and return the evidence
and report his findings Of fact and conciu-
sions OF law separately, concerning all mat
ters pleaded in the case, and to give notice
to all interested parties of the time ana
Mace OF hearing and to report March o.,
1896. The order is issued by Chiet Justice
The people of Atchison, Kan, are moving
In the matter Of securing pardon or COM
mutation OF sentence for CLAUDE hoover
the Omaha, man under sentence OF death
fors-the murder: of his brother-in-law, sam
Dubois. Today Governor Holcomp received
8 letter from Charles s. Harm OF Atchison
Imn,orine him to pardon the condemned
man. Hoover at one time lived in Atch'-
son and the letter of Harm says that ne
aIwsys bore a good reputation there ana
that thousands OF people OF that town are
ready to sigr a petition for MS pard'n
Hooysr's mother. the letter states, Is III
total ignorance Of the fact that ner son Is
under sentence of death The knoWleuGe
that he was to die on the sallows would
the writer thinks, kill her. as she is IN quite
feeble health So ~,
Omaha people in Lincoln: At the Lin
dell-Amy Churchill, Florence e. feaKe'
August Meyer At the Lincoln-John L.
Webster, G. r. Weller, o. N. Davenport
Captain w NJ Maish j. A. Swone II. e.
Bruce. H. +. Mcintosh. Homer }. keiiy'