Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-07-01
Fireman's Convention.

The annual convention of the North
Dakota Fireman's association met at
Casselton, Tuesday. The Casselton fire
department and the citizens generally
gave the visiting tiremen a royal recep-
ton, and saw to it that their entertain
ment was of the best.
There was a large representation of
the state companies, almost all dele
gates being present on roll call. The
reports of officers show the association
to be in excellent condition, and the
outlook is promising indeed.
At the afternoon session the new
officers were elected as follows:
President-John F. Vennum, James
town.
First Vice President-W. j. Price,
Fargo.
Second Vice President-F. H.
Knowles, Tower City.
Secretary-H. L. Read, Bismarck.
Treasurer-Lewis Larson, Hillsboro
Board of Trustees-Jess French of
Wahpeton, j. H. Kelley, Grafton, j.
G. Ross, Larimore.
A. A. Bassett of Fargo was elected
delegate to the convention of the Inter-
national Association of Fire Engineers
which is to be held in St. Louis in
October of this year.
The next convention and tournament
will be held at Wahpeton.
Double Tragedy.
A double tragedy is reported from
Edgeley, in which the victims are Mr..
and Mrs. T. H. Handley, formerly re-
spected citizens of that place. Handley
is proprietor Of the Eureka hotel. A
negro barber, it is said, maintained an
unlawful intimacy with Mrs. Handley
At II p. m. Thursday the citizens OF
Edgeley were startled by four shots in
quick succession. Several young men
who had been singing and playing in
the hotel parlor rushed up stairs and
saw Mr.. Handley leaning against a bed
room door with his clothes on fire. Mrs.
Handley was lying on the floor dead.
He had shot her through the heart, the
ball struck the wall beyond her, and
then he fired three shots at himself, the
first passing through his sleeve, the sec.
ond striking a rib, passing clear round,
and the third entering the chest, pene.
trating the lungs.
For some time Handley suspected
illicit relations existed between his wifi
and the barber. He discovered their
trysting place in a lumber yard Thurs
day night, recognizing his wife who
wore a white dress. He took his wife
home where an alteration is said t.
have followed. The wife denied the
charge and said she would wear a black
dress hereafter and so elude him. She
proceeded to change her clothing anc
in anger Handley drew a revolver with
the above results. The Handleys wert
we'll respected in Edgeley.
LaMoure Chronicle: Two years agt
this fall Henry Kopp lost a pocket bool
containing about seventy-ive dollars il
currency. The most thorough search il
all possible and important places failet
to revealits whereabouts. Recently on,
of the boys was in the field, dragging
A small object was unearthed by one o
the teeth of the drag, which proved t
be the long lost treasure. The bill
we're found to have become a matted
mouldy mass, and their separation
was seen to be impossible. Mr.. Kop]
sent the "long green'' to the %treasur
department at Washington, where tn
denomination Of each bill can be deter
mined by experts. When that is done
and all the fred tape' runs out, Uncl
Sam will provide Mr.. Kopp with ne,
freshnotes in lieu of the old musty onei