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NORTHWEST NEWS : PEARL BUTTON FACTORIES. Nill Use Up the Clam Shells of Town, ‘ Eldora, Towa, Special—A number of pearl button factories are to be ope- rated in Central Iowa this season on account of the great abundance of fresb water clam shells with which the Streams in this vicinity are filled. The gathering and marketing of these shells has opened a new field of labor especially among the farmers. The quality of the mother-of-pearl in these shells is pronounced superior for pearl buttons, The largest factory of Charles City will employ forty men. Some very valuable pearls have been found in some of the shells. Murderous Hatred. Miles City, Mont., Special.—As a re- sult of jealo sting between two colored men servants who roomed in the same house, Philip Mayo and Sam Kirkley, Sam went to the house and met Philip, who shot twice at the ob- ject of his hatred. The first shot took effect in the stomach, inflicting a dangerous wound. The wounded man then grappled the shooter and pre- vented further , damage. Citizens ar- rived on the scene and made the ar- rest. Such a serious turn of the affair ‘y one, as Philip ligious negro, and acted as a minister ofa negro were POISONED HER HUSBAND. Woman Confesses Complicity in a Murder. Clinton, Iowa, Special.—Mrs. Ernes- tine Bertoch, who is under arrest, charged with complicity in the murder i husband, Charles Sel- confessed the details of the crime. She says Theodore Bertoch, whom she afterward married put pois- on in preserves in the presence of her- self and her son, William Selheusen. Her husband ate heartily of the pre- serves and died. Bertoch is now on trial for the crime, but his wife’s con- fession cannot be used against him un- der the la NATIONAL GUARD § SATION, Officers of the Iowa Organization to Be Placed Under Arrest. Des Moines, Iowa, Special— John Hume, W. H. S. Matthews, Emory Worthington, all prominent officers of the Iowa national guards, will, it is stated, be placed under military arrest, charged with tampering with the re- turns of the first election of command- er of the First brigade. The case, in- volving contested points in the elec- tion, has been pending in the supreme court for years, IOWA Y. M. C. A, State Convention Now in Session at Marshalltown, Marshalltown, Iowa, Special. The twenty-eighth annual state convention of the Y. M..C. A. opened here for a six days’ session with about 300 dele- gat m attendance and 150 more ex- pected. Mining Expert Insane. Butte, Mont., Special—W. G. Gall- gher, formerly of Chicago and late from Salt Lake, a mining engineer and mining expert known all over the West, was declared insane by a com- rission on lunacy and was ordered committed to the state insane asylum. His mental trouble was the result of worry over long and expensive litiga- tion with the First National Bank of Dillon, Mont., over a lottof mining property, which has been going on in the federal court for several years. Mrs. Baptiste Acquitted. Butte, Mont., Special—Mrs. Emma J. Baptiste, who has been on trial for the sensational murder of James Bap- tiste, a well known telegrapher, who for seven years recognized her as his wife and then discarded her to marry a variety actress, was last evening ac- quitted by the jury on the ground of temporary insanity. The jury was out only three hours. Killed by a Cow. Greene, Iowa, Special.—C. Wygle, an old resident and prominent farmer, about half-way between here and Clarkesville, was kicked and trampled so badly by a cow while milking that he died. He leaves a large family, mostly grown, and was highly respect- -ed. Order to Show Cause. West Superior, Wis., Special— An order comes from Judge Bunn at Mad- ison, requesting the parties interested to appear Feb. 24, and show cause why a previous order should not be modified. It is maintained that the first order gives power to refund void ‘bonds to the amount of $200,000. Another Mine Sale. © Houghton, Mich., Special—The Belt group, comprising the Belt, Knowlton, Mass and Adventure mines, have beea scld to A. B. Turner & Bro., Boston brokers, for $400,000. The mines will be reopened and vigorously worked as soon as the titles can be cleared. Fire at Tomahawk. Tomahawk, . W Special. — Fire started in the chimney of August Bauer’s boarding house. Fire and water did much damage. Loss coy- ered by insurance. The adjoining ‘building was on fire at one time. Barned in 2 Blizzard, Downing, Wis., Special.—In a blind- ing spow storm the farm residence of John Cole. one mile north of this place, was burned. Loss, $1,000; no insur- ance. Wrote Improper Letters. Cedar Ravids, Iowa, Special.—Chris Hansen, the wily Dane letter writer, has been captured at Keystone by Mar- ‘shal Boysen. Hansen has written sev- eral hundred improper letters to Dan- ish ladies throughout the state. Miner Killed. Ironwood, Mich., Special Anton Verbos, a miner, was killed by falling ore while at work on the ninth level of the Newport’ mine. Deceased. was a single man. ‘This makes. four, killed on this level within a few days. , The library’is one of the finest in the ' state. THRE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. Chicago, Feb. 19.—Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.07; No. 3 red, 92c@$1; No. 2 spring, 95@98c; No. 3 spring, 938c@$1.02; No. 2 hard winter, 98c; No. 3 hard winter, 95ALTe;: No. 1 new spring, $1.07. Cash corn—No. 2, 301-2c; No. 3, 283-4e. Cash oats—No. 2, 27@27 1-4c; No. 3, 26 3-4¢. St. Paul, Feb. 19. — Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 96@99c; No. 2 Northern, 91@94ce. Corn — No. 3_ yellow, 28 1-2@29c; No. 28@28 1-2c. Oats— No. 3 white, 27 1-2¢; No. 3, 261-2 @263-4c. Barley and Rye — Sample barley, 28@36c; No. 2 rye, 45@46c; No. 3 rye, 431-2 is—No.' 1 flax, $1.25@1. $1@: ; Ted clover, $3.20@3.80. Minneapolis, Feb. 19.—Wheat—May opened at 98 1-4e and closed at 97 1-8c; July opened at 961-4¢ and closed at 96 1-8e. On track—No. 1 hard, $1.00 1-8; No. 1 Northern, 98 1-8c; No. 2 North- ern, 94 1-8e. Milwaukee, Feb. 19. — Flour steady. Wheat strong; No. 1 Northern, No. 2 spring, 9 higher; No. 1 ys No. 2, 41 1-2@4! mple, 34@40 1-2c. Chicago, Feb. 19. — Hogs — Light, $3.90@4.10; heavy, 3.85@3.95. Cattle rs and feeders, $3.50@ . tives, $3.10@4.70; Westerns, la $4.4€ 5, De x » Feb. 19. — $3.90. Cattle—Cows, $2.50€3.40; heifers, 5 (3.75; steers, $4.30; mixed, $2.85; stockers, $3.85. South St. Paul, Feb, 19. — Hogs — $38.85@3.90. Cattle—Stockers, $3.10@ 4 cows, $2.35@3.65; heifers, LITTLE MORE than a year ago a New York pub- lisher said to me: “The man who can predict a fad to supplant the waning Napoleonic fad will be worth his weight in gold to a publisher.” I suggested Washington, and had the satisfaction of hearing my friend say he did not believe me. But I was right, nevertheless. The Frenchman is dead: long live the American! \ It would be wearisome to review all the evidence. Besides, this rational Washington fad has not as yet gone far enough, and it is probable that greater works are now meditating than have been written. For the moment, therefore, it will suffice as an indication of the direc- tion in which the current is setting to call to mind that a new edition of Irving’s “Washington” is among the recent announcements of one of our leading firms of publishers; that one of our most enterprising magazine editors makes a “feature” of a series of Washington portraits in his cur- rent number, and that within a few months two of the most scholarly and gifted of our American historians have Published monographs on the father of our country. The writers to whom I refer are Prof. Woodrow Wilson and Mr, Paul Leicester Ford. Both works are likable for many reasons, but they are chiefly attract- ive—to me, at least—because of the extreme modernity of method they ex- emplify in the treatment of their theme. And by this I wish to con- vey the idea that the method is at once scholarly and artistic. Both Mr. Ford and Prof. Wilson are painstak- ; bulls, $3.40; steers, $4 , $3,50@5.10. City, Iowa, Feb. 19. — Hogs — 90. Cattle — Canners, $2.25; 60; heifers, $3.15@: $2.60@: : yearlings, $3.75@4.50; calves, $4@5; stockers, $3.50@4.40. Sheep, $3.50@4.50. CLARA NEVADA LOST. Eye Witnesses Tell of the Explosion On the Alaskan Steamer—Defective Boilers. Victoria, B. C., Special—The steam- er Islander has arrived, bringing fur- ther details of the reported loss of the steamer Clara Nevada. Capt. Latham, of the steamer Coleman, told passen- gers on the Islander that the Clara Nevada foundered, with all on board, opposite Seaward City, where she was running for shelter. George Beck, a resident of Seaward City, was an eye- witness of the disaster. He was stand- ing on the beach when he saw a small steamer battling with the wind. Sud- denly there was a ilash and the steam- er burst into flames, foundering in a few seconds. She had on _ board twenty-five passengers and crew. Fif- teen passengers who went North in the Nevada, returned on the Islander, and say her boilers gave much trouble. They say the steamer was undoubted- ly wrecked by the boilers bursting. The Rustler, of Juneau, has gone to look for the survivors. Good for Loggers. Black River Falls, Wis., Special.— Lower temperature has been followed by several inches of snow throughout this region and good sleighing is the result. Lumber operations, which are suspended during the soft spell are again in full swing and the work will be pushed rapidly along. Contractors now believe the proposed season’s cut will be banked. The log crop on the Black river waters for the season of 1897 will fall considerably short of the 100,000,000 mark, where it has stood for some years, frequently going as high as 390,000,000 feet and over. Langley Again Eseapes. Wausau, Wis., Special.—_James Lang- THE STUART PORTRAIT. ae * (UNFINISHED J > YO LATEST PORTRAIT. ing investigators, conscientious col- lectors of documents; but with their pedantry is combined a lively appre- ciation of the function and possibili- ties of the literary art. The writing of history, therefore, becomes in their practice a task identical in aim to that of the histor- ical painter. They do not permit themselves to stop with the mere Presentation of the facts of the past, but, because they are artists, they must vitalize these facts, and bring their readers, as do the painter and the historical novelist, into a vital as Well as into an intellectual relation with a remote period. Their ideal requires not only, that they shall prove their case, but that the demonstration shall be as aethet- ically convincing. Historical accuracy loses nothing by this treatment, and the personality of Washington gains immeasurably. Both he and the past—the picturesque, courtly, eventful, elegant past in which he moved—live again before our eyes; and the mind, lured to fol- low an imagination captivated by the charm of style and dramatic incident, loses its contemporaneousness and is merged in the theme of the history. As a sheer example of literary art, Prof. Wilson’s study is perhaps to be preferred to Mr. Ford’s. His is the richer in picturesque detail, and shows clearly that the author has be- “stowed greater pains on the. elabora- tion of his backgrounds. Prof. Wil- son’s style is the best literary counter- part I can think of of Mr. Pyle’s draw- | ings. His atmosphere, even his style, has an old-time flavor. Mr. Ford is more direct; his style is less colored; his aim less pictorial. As for his temper, to my thinking it betrays on occasion the quality of ex- asperation. Reading history sympathetically, but literally, he has allowed himself to be annoyed that his countrymen July orators to the real man who is our Pater Patriae. referring the man of flesh and blood to the man of myth and legend, he set about strip- ping him of these sentimental trap- pings. “Behold,” says he, when he is done, “our national hero. A great man, to be sure, but no paragon—in his private life, at least. A man against whom calumny and slander blew, but who remained unsmirched. man who held the helm of state with uration address. A man whose sense life, when he knew that he had en- rolled himself among the immortals, to undertake the revision of his pri- vate correspondence, so that posterity might not laugh at his awkward Eng- ‘ MARTHA WASHINGTON. ish.” documents, should prefer the hero of Washing- ton’s birthdays and of the Fourth of A man of valor in the field, yet one who shrunk from the publicity of public life. A an iron hand, who fumbled his inaug- of propriety constrained him in after- Mr. Ford supports his claims by numerous citations from original ley, confined in jail here awaiting trial for highway robbery in Sha- wano county, escaped and _ is still at large. About six weeks ago Langley escaped and was recaptured in a couple of days. Since then he has been caught two or three times mak- ing preparations to escape. This morning while workmen were em- ployed repairing the last hole made in the plastering by Langley, he walked into the world without let or hin- drance and no trace of him has yet been found. vee | Although the hatchet Montana University. Missoula, Mont., Special.—The board of trustees of the Montana state uni- versity has entered into a contract with two local firms for the construc- tion and heating of the new state uni- versity buildings at a total cost of $75,- 000, which amount was derived from the sale of lands ceded to the state for that purpose by congress upon admis- sion of Montana to statehood. Bank Assets Sold. Sioux City, lowa, Special.—At a sale Saturday of the assets of the bank- rupt First National Bank of Ponca, Neb., $1,300 was realized on securities nominally worth over $150,000. The bank is the same of which the presti- dent, Frank Dorsey, now of this city, was accused of frauds and tried in the federal court for the Northern district of Nebraska. our liberty and keeps 7- ee WASHINGTON THE SOLDIER. «In the estimation of his associates and others familiar with his military carrer, Washington was one of the few great military chieftains of the world. No higher tribute could be paid him than that conveyed by Fred- erick the Great of Prussia, when he presented his sword to the American general with this inscription upon it, “From the oldest general of Europe to the greatest general in the world.” Washington as a general has been criticised for irresoluteness and fre- quent resort to retreats while engaged in battle, but measured by the results accomplished in this way these criti- cisms only add to his greatness. ‘With the memory of the scenes at Concord, Lexington and Bunker Hill, and the events at New York fresh in mind, it is pertinent to consider the effect of Washington’s retreat from New York to the Jerseys, a distance of more than a hundred miles, with a mere handful of freezing starving men before a powerful foe, flushed with victory, yet baffled in all their attempts to cut off retreat and destroy ammunition stores. Grander than any victory, more difficult and dangerous than any battle, this famous retreat brought into public gaze the wonder- ful combination of courage and pru- dence in Washington’s character and gained for him the title of “American *Fabius.” ‘ But followed and crowned as this Terrific Gales, Tacoma, Wash., Special.—The steam- er Columbia has arrived from China and Japan with a general cargo. She encountered terrific gales and part of her rail was washed away and her rudder disabled. The rudder was re- paired ‘after sevefal hours. The steam- e& brought a general cargo and eighty- five passengers. Watertown, S. D.,. Special—Three brothers named Waterman have been arrested by Sheriff Neill and a Great- Northern detective, charged with breaking into freight cars and stealing coal. Over 100 tons of coal have been stolen from cars this winter. The Watermans formerly lived at Volga, 8. D. »Library Offer. Marshalltown, Iowa, Special.—The Marskall county library association of- fered at the meeting of the city council to present the city its library and $2,- 000 in cash to create a free library, The gift will be made providing a ma- jority of the voters vote in favor of the Same at the annual election next month and authorize the city council to levy a 1-mill tax to support the same. GEORGE WASHINGTON’S HATCHET. -Fonever Tax Syuson or Trvrm, BY R. Cc. DopaE, story is of rather ancient date, it can't be told too often for its benefits are great, and so, upon the birthday of the hero of the tale it's proper to repeat it so its moral may prevail, ‘When.our immortal Washington was buta little boy his thought- lesa pa presented him a hatchet for a toy, and next day when the futher went to pick some cherries he got left, because BOT, body had chopped down his favorite tree. Of course, like peoplé most to blame, he let himself get riled, and with a switch he hunted till he found his naughty child. ‘Whe chopped that tree?" he thundered, and received the grand reply, “I did ‘it with my, hatchet, Pa. I cannot tell a lie.” “Come ta my arms, my noble son,” the father proudly cried, “I'd rather lose ten thousand trees than have a: boy who lied." And thus it was that Washington began, when but a youth, to show his future greatness by his fear- Jess love of truth. Unto his little hatchet, then; we owe an endless debt, and which no patriotic friend of freedom will forget. It's” given us a country which in all things is the best; it's given us And where else in all his career did when the war was thus cessfully closed. ee monarchy as did Napoleon, but quiet- ly and without ostentation he resigned as commander and chief of the army Private citizen. While he was thus engaged the unanimous vote of the People’s representatives called him into public life again to inaugurate, outline and broadly establish the new government. us ever blest. more than that, it's Washington as a Dresser. given‘and is giving In his youth, and even during the to each youtlia revolution, Washington was a good Jove and admir. deal of a dandy. He gave his tailors ation for the minute instructions as to the number nobleness of of button holes desired on his coat truth, Bo, when ’ front, and for the cutting of the waist. He had a weakness for blue and purple broadcloth, silver and lace trimmings and ruffied shirts. During his later eur country needs it, she will find another Tig years, however, Washington dressed ety follow more modestly, and always in good footsteps taste. In his personal appearance he of immortal was exceptionally clean and neat. He is described as tall and well propor- tioned and of commanding presence, His feet were unusually large. Though he wore false teeth and his large-fea- tured face was colorless and pitted First in War, First in Peace and First in the hearts of from smallpox, he was considered his countrymen, - | handsome. His carriage was always : dignified and graceful. Prominent Englishmen, Frenchmen and Ameri- cans of that period who saw him fre- quently and under varying conditions, unite in declaring , his deportment “easy, erect, and noble.” Washington was fond of 4 good time with congenial companions,as is showr by an expense ‘account entry in his diary now preserved in the state de partment at the national capital, whict ‘reads: “To jamboree at Charlottes. burg, N. C., £13.” maneuver was by the crossing of the Delaware, and the brilliant capture of the Hessian troops at a time when the assurance of success was so doubt- ful and the apparent probability of defeat so great, when the black clouds of despair hung so oppressively over the struggling patriots and seemed to be slowly closing up that small open- ing through which the people yet saw hopes of a brighter day, this second great exploit must be considered now, as it was then—the turning point of the war, the greatest achievement of the grandest man in the gloomiest | pair of trousers about three sizes too period of the revolution. - | large for him, “I feel awful lonssome It is hardly necessary to narrate the | in these pants,” “Say, mamma,” exclaimed little Freddy, who was compelled to wear a subsequent events, the terrible w: at Valley Forge, and the final comme der of Cornwallis at Yorktown. No- Washi ee ashington exhibit to better advan- Ph tage his noble and disinterested char- acteristics of heart and mind than he He did not try to establish a mill- tary despotism as did Cromwell; he did not attempt to create an absolute and retired to his home at Mount Vernon to resume the duties of a “MINNESOTA NEWS" 4 LEMON NOT GUILTY. ‘ Charges Against the Deputy Warden Not Sustained. St. Paul, Special—The commission appointed by Gov. Clough to investi- gate charges of abuse of convicts by Deputy Warden Lemon and other of- ficials of the state prison, have handed in their report to the governor. The deputy warden is completely exonerat- ed from any suspicion of ill treatment of convicts, and the management of the prison is complimented for the ex- cellent condition of the prison, both as to its general conduct and management and as a place for confinement of crim- inals. The vindication which the report summarizes could not be more com- plete, and most effectually disposes of the tissue of imagination and exagger- ‘ation in which a desperate attempt was made to involve the deputy war- den, the officer of the prison responsi- ble for its discipline. The so-called prosecution, which is thus proved to have been more properly persecution, is left absolutely nothing on which to rest. It had been a foregone conclusion since the taking of testimony ceased that nothing had been developed to warrant any serious censure, and the only difference of opinion was as to whether or not the commission would take occasion to administer some mild criticism, one or two facts having de- veloped which to some minds seemed to warrant something of the kind. The view of the commission, however, was the view of the majority that not even criticism was warranted, unless it be criticism of the failure of the state up to this time to make entirely adequate provision for the detention of insane criminals. The commission, after reviewing the testimony presented, and touching brietly on conditions as they found them at the prison, concludes its re- port as follows: We find, and so report, that none of the charges against any of the officers of the prison of cruelty to convicts, or of any other character, have been sus- tained, and we exonerate them alt from any sucpicion of improper treat- ment of the convicts under their charge; and we find, and so report, that the prison is in excellent condition both as a place for confinement of criminals and as to its general conduct and management, and so thoroughly were we convinced on all these points that we congratulate the state upon its possessing such an unexceptional penal institution as the state prison at Still- water. All of which is most respect- fully submitted. FIRE AT SLEEPY EYE. A Big Conflagration at an Early Hour This Morning. Sleepy Eye, Minn., Special.—Bing- ham’s elevator, with the Commercial hotel, Gibbs’ store, a warehouse and lumber sheds are in ashes. The Dis- patch office, across the alley from the Gibbs building, was badly scorched. The printing outfit in the office was hastily. carried across the street. The wind had quieted down at dawn, oth- erwise a third of the town would have been destroyed. Some hotel furniture was saved, but little else. The loss is 23,000. MRS. HOBART DEAD, She Was President of the Minnesota Ww. Cc. T. UL Red Wing, Minn., Special.—Mrs. C. A. Hobart, president of the Minnesota W. C. T. U., and known all over the Northwest as a great temperance worker, is dead, aged seventy-two years: Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at the First M. E, church. Editors in Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Special— The Minne- sota Editors and Publishers’ associa- tion opened its winter meeting at the West hotel here. Mayor Pratt deliv- ered an address of welcome which was responded to by President Stanton. A carriage drive for the ladies occurred in the afternoon, followed by a recep- tion at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Haskell. In the evening the editors were tendered a banquet at the West hotel. Senlded to Death. St. Paul, Special—Joseph Hosch, four years old, died from the effects of scalds received in an accident. The child was playing with his brothers and sisters in the kitchen of his home. In some way one of the legs of a large kitchen stove was removed and the stove trrned almost over, causing two kettles of soup to fall on the child. Grading Soon to Begin. Carlton, Minn., Special—The survey- ors of the Fosston branch of the East- ern Minnesota railway have set stakes through the village of Carlton, and grading will soon begin within the lim- its. Disputes as to the value of prop- erty required has caused delay in work through the village. Red Lake Falls Court. Red Lake Falls, Minn., Special.—_The February term of district court for Red Lake county commences at this place for a two weeks’ session. Eleven civil and eight criminal cases are to be tried. This is the second term of court held in the county since its or- ganization, and the first to require a grand jury. * Child Burned to Death. Verndale, “Minn., Special— Hazel, the thirtegn-months-old daughter and anly child of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Painter, was burned to death by falling into a pail of hot water. Dr. Collins Dead. St. Peter, Minn., Special—Dr. B. D. Collins is dead after several weeks’ illness, He was one of the best known physicians in the state, having been for many years a member of the state lu- nacy commission. OS Eero Nordlinger Suleides. . Hayfield, Minn., Special. — William Nordlinger, thirty years old, of West- field, seven miles northwest of hera, who has been sick for some time, come mitted suicide at his home by shoote ing, dying instantly. | | om ~_|