Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-01-21
STATE NEWS.

The trial of the Villers case has been
postponed till tomorrow because OF the
illness of Mrs. Tromer, one of the main
witnesses.
The western part of the state is still
furnishing many pilgrims to Klondike.
The Dickinson Press chronicles the de-
,parture of another batch.
Conductor Frank James of the North
ern Pacific at Fargo has died at the
Brainerd hospital from the effects OF an
operation for appendicitis.
Reports from st. Paul state that the
condition OF Chief Best of Fargo is bet
ter than was expected, and he is prob
ably on the high road to recovery.
The death is reported of Joe Hubert,
a we'll known travelling man who mar
ried the lady commercial traveller known
among the boys as the "Vinegar Girl"
The comptroller of the currency has
dispatched an agent to North Dakota to
investigate the. condition of the First
National bank of Pembina. The bank
wants to resume and the comptroller
wants reliable information before de-
Gliding the matter.
It is interesting and gratifying to note
that the prices Of county warrants
through the state are picking up, n
they are quoted in all counties at higher
and firmer prices. The payment OF
back taxes and prompt payment OF cur
rent ones is responsible.
The Williams County Press is au.
thority for the statement that +. ~.
Sandli of Lakota, while hunting deer in
that vicinity recently, lost a roll of bills
containing $3.50 from his pocket. He
thinks that in taking his handkerchief
from his pocket the money was also
pulled out.
Charley Mortrude, a Barnes county
farmer had a bad accident last Thurs
day afternoon. While engaged in dig
ping a well the windlass broke away
from him and the handle struck him in
the face, badly decorating his nose. The
blow was so strong that he was uncon-
for five hours afterwards.
Articles of incorporation Of the State
bank of Leeds, capital $4,000. have beer
forwarded % the secretary of state. Ihe
;ncorporators are N. jacobson and Ole
jacobson of Rugby Junction.; John A
Parcival and E. A. Webster of Devils
Lake, N. jacobson will be president
and manager of the bank.
Svife retribution is meted out in SOM
cases. The other day Merchant de
Lendrecie was held up at Fargo anc
robbed of a valuable diamond ring ane
"a gold watch. A few days later a TRAMP
was killed by the cars at Mallory, MINI
and he articles have been found on hi
person and restored to deLendrecie.
Pembina county editors are getting
the migratory fever, Frawley has sole
the Chronicle and goes to Minneapolis
while j. X. Fairchild has bought tn
Chronicle and would like to sell hi
Echo. Editor Wilson would like t
take TIE gold cure at Klondike, and
it is stated that Gilpin has already sol'
the X-Rays to some parties from tn
southern part of the state.
Congressman johnson is in no happ
frame of mind over the way he is beinI
treated with reference to federal appoint
ments in the state, according to Wash
ington advices. Aside from the nomina
ton of postmaster at Bismarck, the cor
gresham is opposed to that of DC
Tufts as receiver of the Fargo lam
office, Harry Oliver as postmaster a
Lisbon, and there are others.
Iu the trial Of the Villers case a
Jamestown, Mrs. Tromer gave som
sensational testimony, admitting tina
she had not told the truth or forme
examinations, because she had bee
sworn to secrecy by her husband. Sh
y that when her husband left home
he had arranged to 60 to California j
company with Villers. 1t is presume
the man was murdered before he starte
on the trip.
Judge Amidon has extended the tim
for j. A. Hanway filing his $500
bonds for alleged shortage of $1,000
in bis report as stockholders agent c
the North Dakota National bank. Nj
Hanway was given twenty days to Sc
cure bondemen, and the extension wa
made on the request of the Securit,
Trust company, which will, it is said, g
on his bonds on January %. Mr.. Har
way is still in New York.
A. A. Trovaten, formerly editor Of tn
Dakota at Fargo, and now a mel
chant at Kent, MIMI, has been held t