Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-14
MANY PARDON PETITIONS
Legislature New Has fetal Of Twenty
from Life Term OonVicts.
EXCEEDS THE RECORD OF RECENT YEARS
Republican Committee Called for
November 20 TO wind I'D Affairs
of Recent CRmpnign-LyOus
Assistant Attorney.
lErom a star Correspondent

DIES MONIES, Ia, Nov. 13.-(Special.)-
Charles Stegall. sentenced to death ant
later committed to life imprisonment fol-
the murder of Bill Miller at Davenport, Ia,
In quarrel over the collection OF an
account of IS cents, has petitioned to the
legislature for a pardon. Stegall was COM
mitted to the penitentiary october 20 1898
-Four other petitions to the legislature 70.
pardons were received in the mail at the
governors office today. L. w. Haley, editof
OF the Prison Press, published at the Ami
mosa penitentiary, and Hugh Robbard,
prisoner in the same pemtentiary, con-
victed together from Dubuque county for
the murder OF two policemen, Firth and
Talcott, the night of April 10, 1893, have
petitioned for pardons. A statement oil
their case. printed in pamphlet form and
neatly and carefully prepared was pun
Iished by them some years ago ana dls'
tributed to members Of the legislature
They admit being in the city OF Dubuque
at the time the crime was committed ana
engaged in a number of holdups, but oeny
the shooting of the two policemen.
A. d. Storms, committed from Des MONIES
county in 1885, and o. Mcpherson. COM
mtted from Louisa county IN lSg'' oorn
of whom, asked for pardons at the last SEES
!
! petitions. 30
A total of twenty petitions have now been
| 6Ied with the governor to be presented TO
/ the legislature, which is several more than
has been presented for a number of sessions
Republican Committee Called
| Chairman Woods of the republican STATE
committee has decided TO call the COM
mittee together for November ~ TOT
meeting at which all the afrairs OF the cam
noiqn will be closed up and Chairman
J Woods will make an accounting Oh 'ne
I money received for the campaign and the
| n,rposes for which it was expended
Thornburg May BE Appointed.
u e Thornburg county superintendent
of Polk county. and at present ctls'iIi
Of the executive committee OF the Sua''
Teachers association, is likely 10 DC aP,
nointed TO the position on the state boaru
of Educational examiners to succeed su'
perintendent McManus of Council bluits
the sppointment will not be made tol
some time, though superintendent NC
Manus term expires November 20
Lyons for Assistant Attorney.
q w Lyons of Valley Junction win o'
the next assistant attorney general OF
Iowa. succeeding Lawrence DeGran, Wh'
has been elected county ATTORNEY VI AOt'
county. Hon. Webb Byers, recently elected
attorney general gave It out IN TINS CITY
today that he would appoint Lyons to tho
D.. position.
Big Coal Lnnd Deal.
| Coal operators at Oskaloosa, BuNtof
and What Cheer have purchased the hold
lngs OF the Iowa Coal Mining company o
Des Moines, comprising leases on l'W
acres on the G, 3. & Q. railroad neal
Mnlman station, four miles southwest
Des Moines. The property has only beer
developed during the last year, and 1t ha
nrospects which are considered very rich
being underlaid with a vein of coal
high grade, I'VE and a half feet thick. Tn
price Of $4,000 paid for the Iowa com
pany's holdings Is considered bargain
The sale was forced by Disagreement
among the officers Of the Iowa compan
over the operation OF the mine.