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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
CONSCIENCE STRICKEN.
A South African Gives Himself u
for Forging a Small Check.

A South African Gives Himself Up
for Forging a Small Check.
A young man of about twenty-five
years of age came to Chief Of Police
ellis of Wahpeton and told him he
wanted to give himself up to the Off
GERS of the law for forging a check for
$42.65 at Fosston several months ago.
The officer thought he was crazy and
paid 10 attention to him for some time,
but as the man persisted and claimed
that the matter so preyed on his con-
science that he could not rest, he finally
agreed to wire the FOsston. authorities
and ascertain whether there was any
thing in the fellows story. The Foss-
ton authorities wired back that they
had been hunting for the man for some
time and advised the officer to take
him to Fosston If he would 60 without
q requisiticn. He consented to do this
and was taken to that place and turned
over to the authorities.
The man gives his name as William
Heemsberger, and claims he wa born
in the Boer country in South Africa
and that his father is now conduct
ing a manufacturing establishment in
Folksrust, T1ansvaal. He left home
three years ago and after attending a
college at Cape Town for two years.
came to this country, and finally drift
ed to Fosston, where he went broke
and forged and cashed a check for
$42.65 He said he felt that he could
only atone for the crime by suffering
The penalty, and could not rest until
he had done so; that he sent home for
money to take him home, and that as
soon as he had atoned for his crime he
would return to his native land.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
DEATH TO GREEN GOODS.
Government Means to Wage a War
of

Government Means to Wage a War
of determination.
New York, Jan. 30. - The United
States government means to wage Il
war of determination against men en-
gagged in the green goods business in
this city. Instead Of decreasing, the
number of green goods men is growing
larger. The campaign is to be man
aged by Fourt', Assistant Postmaster
General Bristol and c. NJ. Cochrane,
chief of postof1ice inspectors, Washing
ton. They have taken into their conf
dence Postoffice Inspector ]. Green Of
this city and NJ. c. Foster of Phila-
delphia. Anti-grecn goods circulars
will be SEN out to check the influence
Of green goods circulars and posted in
the postofficcs. Postmasters every
where will be instructed to do cduca-
tional work in opposition to green
goods in their districts. A rough draft
of an anti-green goods circular has
been drawn up. The men fighting
against the green goods swindlc say it
will be difficult to do much until con-
gress repeats the law under which the
"come-on'' is equally guilty with the
swiEdlcr. This will be asked for at
this station.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03

Great Anxiety Felt Over the Non
Arrival of Several Vessels.
New York, Jan. 80. The steamer
City Of Nebraska, Of the Allan line.
from Glasgow, is nearly a week over
due, and her failure to appear is q
source Of anxiety to her owners and
agents and friends Of the passengers.
The Ethiope, of the Anchor line, is
also about a week overdue, but her
agents say they are not worried for the
weather has been bad on the ocean for
the last week. La Normandie, of the
French line, with 2S8 steerage and a
number of cabin passengers, which
was due at her dock on Saturday, has
not been sighted off Fire Island.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
IN. NORTH DAKOTA
SEQUEL TO A CRIME.

Recalled by the Marriage of Mrs.
TrOmcr at La MOure.
A story of one OF the most terrible
tragedies eyer recorded is brought to
mind by the announcement Of the mar
riage in Lamoure On the 22d inst. Of
Mrs. Pauline Tromer to August Dib-
bern, both Of Griswold, N. d.
In the fall of 1894 August Tromer
mysteriously disappeared from his
home in the northwestern part Of La
moure county, and all efforts Of his
wife to discover his whereabouts were
f%ruitless. A few weeks after his dis
appearance the details Of the attempt
ed murder Of his wife sent a thrill Of
horror over the Northwest. On the
night of Nov. 6, 1894, Martin ]. Villers,
a neighbor and professed friend of the
Trolners. called at the house and in
'duced Mrs. Tromer to accompany him
to the stable. There he seized a heavy
club, beat her into insensibility and
then cast her mangled and supposedly
lifeless body into q we'll in the stable,
sixty feet in depth. The story Of her
miraculous escape from what was in
tended as a doubly certain doom, il
almost past belief.
Not long after Mrs. Tromer left the
house with Villers, her eldest daughter,
a little girl of about ten years Of age.
took a lamp and went to the stable,
where she searched for and called in
vain to her mother. Returning to the
house, she noticed that the barn was in
flames. After having been in the well
for half an hour or more Mrs. Tromer
regained consciousness, climbed ting
rope from which the bucket was sus
pended, and crawle1 to the house on
her hands and knees, where her feeble
scratching at the door attracted tue at.
tention of her children. Fearing that
Villers would return in the night with
the purpose of numbering the children,
Mrs. Tromer directed them to drop
some bed clothing int, the cellar,
where the family descended and lay in
mortal terror until the following morn
ing. At noon the next day the story
of the atrOcious crime was told the
neighhors; Villers was arrested at Val
ley City, tried in Iamoure, convicted
and sentenced to a term Of nine and a
half years in the state penitentiary.
Meanwhile nothing was learned OF
the whereabouts Of the missing Tromer
for reasons that have since become OBJ
vious. In the fall of 1898 4 Stutsman
county farmer. whose land lay he.
tween the homes of Villers ana Tro.
mer, while blowing his field, found he
meath the cinders of a burned straw
stack the skeleton of q man. together
with a pocketknife. handkerchief and
some wearing apparel. The belief that
the remains Of Tromer had been dis
covered was confirmed by the positive
Identification by Mrs. Tromer of the
knife and articles OF clothing. Villcrs
was formally charged With the murder
of Tromer, taken from prison and tried
at Jamestown. A plausible motive for
the crime-the requirement by Villers
Of Tromcr's property-was fully estab-
lished, a conviction followed and VIII
lers was sentenced to life improson-
ment.
Mrs. Tromer was left wholly with
out meal Of support. her health was
shattered and her children We're taken
from her. The happy sequel Of a
tragedy so dark and grewsome is told
in the opening paragraph.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
FATHERS CHASTITY DEED.

Murders His Wife and Two Children
and Tries to Set the House .Aflre.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 30. - In an
"Over the Rhine" tenement yesterday
Charles Barluff, a tanner, murdered
his wife, his son Carl, aged five, his
daughter, aged three, and then tried
to set the house on fire by overturning
the hot stove and piling furniture on it.
The skulls Of all the victims were
crushed with a blunt instrument. No
n saw the deed, but its perpetrator
remained in the burning room until
arrested by the police. His intellect
was of the lowest type and he suffered
from dementia. which he seems to
have inherited from his father, who
died by suicide. His fiivc-year-old SOL
Carl was an imbecile.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
AMNESTY TO REBELS
GEN. OTIS MAY GIVE FILIPlNOs
TIME TO SURRENDER.
II They No Not Yield Within Speci-
ned Period. They Will BE Classed
a. Outlaws and Treated IA Such
Wherever They Are FOund-Back-
bone of the InsurrectiOn Broken
Filipino Government Has Long
tentfons of This Government Mis-
taken for COwardice.

Washington, Jan. 3O.-Amnesty will
be granted to the Filipinos who are
willing to lay down their arms when
Gen. Otis decides the situation in the
Philippines will justify such action.
When this time arrives Gen. Otis will
be authorized by President Mckinley
to issue a proclamation granting am
nesty to all. Inhabitants of the archf-
pelago who will lay down their arms
and return peacefully to their homes
within q reasonable time. That time
will be thirty or sixty days, and notice
will also be given the insurrectionists
who do not avail themselves of the
privilege offered by the president will
be regarded as outlaws and treated as
such whenever they are found.
Some time ago it was determined by
the administration to wage a relent-
less val upon the the Filipinos and all
who resisted the authority Of the Unit
ed States in the Philippines. This is
done for the purpose of impressing
upon the rebels that the government
proposed to be stern with them and
make them feel the heavy hand of
war.
Since that time Gen. Otis has report
ed he has practically broken the back
bone Of the instruction and has prac-
tically driven the organized army Of
Aguinaldo from the field. With a few
more aggressive operations similar to
those of the last few weeks in South
ern Luzon the insurgent army will
have lost all semblance of organization
and have dwindled into small bands of
u~norganized men, who will endeavor
to keep beyond the reach Of the mill
tary authorities and support them.
selves by predatory raids on small and
unprotected communities.
The Filipino government has long
since ceased to exist, and while here
and there the insurgents show some
signs Of life, they are practically beat
en- and discouraged. The good inten-
lions of this government in being leni-
ent with the Filipinos has been mis-
taken for cowardice. and the promise
Of amnesty which will 500 be offered
will be coupled with threats of punish
ment to those who refuse to lay down
their arms.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
WANT PRESIDENTS HELP.

Samuel Gompers and other Labor
Representatives Ask for Eight
Hour Law.
Washington, Jan. 3O.-Samuel Com
pers, president of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, accompanied by other
representatives Of labor interests, had
q conference with the president to
urge upon him their desire that he
should advocate certain legislation in
which they are interested. They want
an eight-hour for all government work;
a law to prohibit the products of con
vict labor from being transferred from
n state to another; and a law to re-
strict the authority of federal courts
in the issuance Of i%njunctions in labor
troubles.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
DEATH IN A BATH TUB.

Body Parboiled So That the Flesh
Fell From the Bones.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Jan. 31.-Prof.
LIE Flamboy. a magnetic healer, was
found dead in a bath tub yesterday.
His body had been parboiled to such a
degree that the flesh fell from the
bones when it was lifted out. On the
bath room floor lay his brother George
unconscious. He has not yet recov-
cred. The water vas heated by q
steam apparatus operated by gas. LIE
Flamboy is supposed to have tainted
and the water continued to heat un-
til it was near the boiling point. 1t is
supposed George was overcome by
horror at the discovery of his brothers
body and fell to the floor senseless.
Fears are entertained for his recovery.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
WILL HELP FrNLANDERs.

Csar Says I'm Speech That Russia 10
to Aid Unfortunate IrOvincials.
Helsingfors, Finland, Jan. 3G.-The
cars speech which was read at the
opening Of the diet yesterday, ex-
planned that it was intended to take
measures to meet the recent misfor-
tunes in Finland, the principal OF
which was the failure Of the crops
this causing large emigration. The
proposed measures. it was announced,
include the "postponement Of the ma
neuvers of the reserves so that the
men will not be prevented from follow
ing their theory.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
TRIAL OF CHINESE.

Expected at Fargo.
Fargo, N. D., Jan. 81. - The cases
against the Chinese for alleged illegal
entry into the United States were
court. Nothing but preliminary mo-
tions were disposed of. 1t is rumored
there will be some sensational testl-
mony that may involve United States
officials in a conspiracy to violate the
exclusion act. A large number Of wit
nesses are here, including leading
Cinnamon of Chicago. Seventy-1ve
MongOlians are to be tried.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03

European Textile Manufacturers
Tire of Competing With American
Goods.
Washington, Jan. 80. - Brainerd H.
Warner, Jr., United States consul at
Leipsig, Germany, reports to the state
department that a number of Saxon
textile manufacturers having come to
the conclusion that it is impossible to
sell their products to the United States
under the present tariff law, are about
to establish factories in this country.
The consul names two concerns which
are about to do this, and says that
more could be induced to come il they
were supported and encouraged.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
BLACK roMAHAwK MISSING.
Fort Pierre Indian Supposed to b,
Under the Ice.

Fort Pierre Indian Supposed to BE
Under the Ice.
Pierre, s. D., Jan. 30.-Reports from
Fort Pierre would indicate that Black
Tomahawk, an old Indian, has gone
through the ice on the river. His
team was noticed tied to a tree on the
bank, and after the second day it was
looked after. The owner has not been
seen for several days and is supposed
to be dead. Tomahawk is the Indian
who, after a long fight before the land
department, secured as an allotment
800 acres of valuable land lying within
the town of Fort Pierre, and only last
fall secured final title from the govern
ment. A case has just been COM
menced in the United States courts to
set aside the allotment made to him
by the land department.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
RAU
Butterine Extensively Sold as Bu,

Butterine Extensively Sold as But
Chicago, Jan. 81. - Alleged fraud in
the sale of butterine, which hundreds
of dealers throughout the country have
purchased as butter, is said to have
been practiced by John r. Rooney ana
Walter H. Butler, who will appear be-
fore n United States commissioner to-
day to answer two charges of alleged
violation of the internal revenue law.
The government officials claim to have
sufficient evidence to show that the de-
PENDANTS have carried on business as
wholesale dealers in butterine without
having paid the government license.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
IN PERIL.
Carried Out Into the Lake ON til

Carried Out Into the Lake ON the
Marinette. Wis, Jan. 81. = Six men
were carried out on the ice late yester-
day afternoon just north of Menom0-
ME. They are fishermen. When last
seen they were six miles out and drift
ing toward the lake rapidly. A rescue
party left in a boat, but prospects of
rescuing the unfortunate men is small.
The men were fishing through the ice
at the time it cracked and before they
could make the shore side they were
drifting out. The ice is very thin and
liable to break at any time.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
ARGUED ABOUT THE WAR.
Man in Chicago Receives Serious
iuries in n Fight.

juries in a Fight.
Chicago, Jan. 3O.-As a result Of a
fight over the South African war,
Charles Glassbrook, an Englishman,
received ten scalp wounds yesterday
and was rendered unconscious. His
assailant, Francis Edwards. was ar
rested and Glassbrook was also locked
up after he had spent some time in
Che county hospital. Glassbrook and
Edwards met in Il saloon, and during
a discussion Of the Boer war. sOon
came to blows. Edwards seized a
hammer and struck Glassbrook on the
head, repeatedly knocking him down.
The timely appearance of the police
doubtless saved GlassbrOOk's life.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03

Charles Flaiskey of Fisher planted
some Of the government sugar beet
seed last spring, and sent a sample of
his product to the department Of agri-
culture at Washington, which was IN
alyzed by the chemist, with the follow
ing result: Average weight Of beets,
43 ounces: per cent Of sugar in beets,
81.5 per cent Of sugar in the juice;
1871; per cent of sugar in the solid
matter In solution in the Juice, N.8.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
MILLS WILL OPEN AGAIN.
Thomas Mcintyre to Come to Mi
Waukee to Lease Trust PrQnertY,

Thomas Mcintyre to Come to MIL
waukee to Lease Trust Property.
Milwaukee, Wis, Jan. 30.-William
Faist and Robert Nunnemacher, local
representatives Of the United. States
Milling company, deny the statement
from the East that the Duluth and the
Daisy roller mills of this city will be
permanently closed down. Both are
positive in their statements that the
Milwaukee mills will continue to grind.
Thomas A. Mcintyre, the secretary
and vice president Of the United States
Milling company, is expected to come
to Milwaukee shortly to complete the
arrangements for the lease of the local
properties Of the trust.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
Decision Affirmed.

Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 30.-The Iowa
supreme court has affirmed the lower
courts ruling in the case Of the Sioux
City Stock Yards company against the
Sioux City Packing company, a litiga-
ton involving v a quarter Of a mil
lion dollars. t
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
BIG BLAZE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Candy Manufacturing Concern Goe1
Up in Smoke.

candy Manufacturing Concern Goes
Up in Smoke. .
Minneapolis, Jan. 80. = The confec-
tionery mandatory of McKusick,
Copeiin, Riddell & Co., corner First
street and Second avenue south, was
wholly destroyed by fire Saturday
evening. The loss sustained by all the
parties concerned will be fully $11O,-
WO-possibly $4,000 to $4,000 above
that figure. The fire caught in some
unaccountable way in the basement
and quickly worked its way to the
roof. When the firemen arrived at the
scene the conditions were very serious.
A strong wind prevailed at the time
and it looked as if there might be great
destruction of adjoining property. The
heat was intense, and n number of
buildings Immediately opposite on Sec
n avenue were slightly damaged, but
not materially.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
severe Bli..ard in Te...

severe BIIE10Fd In Texas.
Austin, Tex, Jan. 30.-All South and
Central Texas was yesterday visited
by a very evere blizzard, which in
creased in severity as night ap-
preached. 1t promises to be the worst
blizzard Of the winter. The Their
mometer fell 80 degrees In five hours.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
Trnin Bandits Killed.

Cheyenne, Wyo.. Jan. 81. = 1t is re-
ported that a posse Of Union Pacific
detectives, headed by Tom Horn. ran
down two Of the Union Pacific train
robbers in the Hole-in-the-Wa Satur-
day, and, after a desperate fight, killed
both Of them. One Of the pursuing
party was shot, but not seriously in
iurnd E.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
MAY BE MURDER.
Illinois Priest In Found Dead Back
of the

y 1EI'St IL Acuu 1DaS8
of the Patronage.
Springfield, ILL.,, Jan. 30.-An aspect
Of mystery surrounds the death of Rev.
Father James Sullivan. whose dead
body was found by the janitor in the
rear of the residence of Vicar General
Hickey, which is back of the Church
of Immaculate Conception, and tho
police are of the opinion that Il murder
was committed. Father Sullivan was
pastor of the Catholic church at Lib
erty, Adams county. III. He came to
this city Friday morning. and after
visiting various business acquaint-
anccs left the st. Nicholas hotel at 6.
o'clock in the evening. Accompanied
by John w. O'Brien, an acquaintance,
he walked as far as the Jefferson
house. one block north of the Church
Of the immaculate Conception, where
they parted. That was the last seen
of him alive.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
Takes z, serious View

Vienna, Jan. 3O.-A serious view is
taken in diplomatic circles here Of the
situation in China. The Neue Freie
Presse thinks that other powers will
follow the example Of France and send
warships to protect their subjects. The
Austro-H Hungarian cruiser Zonora will
arrive at Hongkong in q few days and
will be at the disposal of the Austrian
Hungarian minister at Picking.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
Rentrice Incident Closad.

Beatrice Incident Closed.
WashiL gton, Jan. 30.-The American
shippers whose goods were on the Brit
ish ship Beatrice. seized off the Afri-
can coast by British w%arships, have
had news to the effect that the vessel
was released six weeks ago, and that
the goods, which were landed at East
London, have in large part been sold.
1t is believed this incident
is closed.
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Carl Anderson. a young man working
on a farm near Mayville. suddenly dis
appeared. and all search proved UNI
availfng, until eight days had passed,
when he was found in a straw stack.
One foot was frozen and he was weak
from hunger. He said he had walked
to Blanchard and then to Hunter and
back, and then crawled into the straw
stack. Whether it was booze or tenn
porary mental alteration that caused
his action is not known.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
carli.t Ar.enai Unearth,

Carlist Arsenal Unearthed,
Macrid, Jan. 3O.-The gendarmes un-
earthed a Carlist arsenal in a house in
Palencia, capital OF the province Of
that name, and seized 100000 cart
ridges and a large quantity Of arms.
Six Carlists who are implicated fed
across the frontier.
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Christian Hanson, a resident Of EN-
mons county, committed suicide a few
nights since by shooting the top Of; his
head of with q shot gun. He left a
note, written a few minutes before the
commission Of the deed, saying: y
die for the family" Hanson had not
slept for four nights. and It is thought
his mind was affected. He leaves con.
siderable nrnnc-4v
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
TIE PRESIDENT. Birthday

.7. l1A0
Washington, Jan. 31.-President Nc
Kinley was ffty-seven years old yes
terday, having been born in Niles,
Ohio, Jan. %, 1913. He received many
concentrations from visitors and a
large number Of cablegrams and tele-
grams feIicitating him upon the oc-
casion. Many floral remembrances
were sent him.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
Bank Robbed of q Large Sum.

Bank Robbed of q Large Sum.
Madison, Wis, Jan. 3O.-The Bank Of
Deerfeld, sixteen miles east Of this
city, was entered Friday night and
about $1,000 taken from its vault,
which was blown open with dynamite.
1t was evidently the work Of experts.
Sheriff Kause is after two well-dressed
strangers who spent the afternoon in
Lordon, four miles east, and started
after dusk toward Deerfield.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-03
NEW u LINES.

election Proclaimed for III Divis-
ION of Polk.
st. Paul, Jan. 81. The governors
proclamation has been issued for an
election upon the division Of Polk
county at the general election next
November. The petition for the erec-
ton of Columbia county out of the
eighteen townships in the southeast OF
Polk was canyassed by Gov. Lind. Au-
ditor Dunn and Secretary Berg, and
found to meet the requirements.