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NORTHWESTERN NEWS. The First National Bank of Wapheton closed its doors on March 27th. The difficulty is said to have resulted from advances made the Wahpeton Mill and Elevator company. On the morning of the 27th cashier Hayward declined to accept deposits which were offered, saying the bank could not meet its obligations. He says that in time all creditors and depositors can be paid. but to do SO they will have to realize on all their securities and assess the stockholders $20,000 besides. Dunham & Johnson, of Minneapolis, have had Hayward arrested for failing to remit a $500 collection he had made. As the result of the bank failure,Keller & Goodhue,general store closed and the Wapheton Mill and Elevator property being attached also suspended business. Among the confirmations by the Senate on the 25th were the following: Registers of Land Offices-George W. Warter, Tracy, Minn.: William Smith, Crookston, Minn.: Ralph N. Marble, Duluth, Minu. Receivers of Public Moneys-August Peterson, Worthington, Minn: Philip K. Wiser, Tracy, Minn. Surveyor generai of Nebraska and Iowa, Jonathan F. Gardner. Agent for the Indians of the Omaha and Winnebago agencies, Charles H. Potter. Postmasters -R. C. West, Terry, Iowa; William T. Smith, Oscaloosa, Iowa: James F. Vogt, Lemars, Iowa; S. W. Hobbs, Storm Lake, Iowa; David W. Bossert, Jefferson, Iowa; A. K. Weber, Albia, Iowa. The Grand Army of Dakota held its annual meeting at Watertown on the 24th and 25th. A resolution was adapted asking the legislature to make an appropriation for a soldier's home. The following committee was appointed to look after the matter: First district, S. M. Booth; second, D. M. Gross Yankton; third, C. T. Cement, Fargo; Fourth, B. F. Campbell, Sioux Falls; fifth, A. C. Mellette, Watertown; sixth, W. E. Bentley, Bismarck. Committee at large on home: J. E. Bennett, chairman; B. F. Payne, Gen. J. B. Dennis. Jamestown was selected as the place for the next annual meeting, but another meeting will be held at Mitchell in June when the soldiers and sailor's reunion occurs. At 4 o'clock on the morning of March 28th, fire was discovered in the Northern Pacific railroad shops at Brainerd, Minn. The shops are very large and in two sections, one section being wooden and erected by Jay Cooke when the road first began and the other brick and stone erected by Villard at a cost of a million dollars. The latter were the buildings chiefly used and they were unharmed. The frame buildings were destroyed. The loss is about $100,000 and covered by insurance. No men are thrown out of work by the fire. The Bank of North Minneapolis closed its doors on the 26th. It was organized about four years ago under the Statelaw and was owned at the time of the failure by Wm. Farnsworth and Jacob Rauen. The capital stock was $50,000 and the failure was due to Farnsworth's speculations in wheat. Depositors are not likely to receive much. Jacob Hoffman, owner of the flouring mill at Elba, Winona county, Minn., was drowned with his son, aged 18 years. on March 27th. The wheel of the mill became clogged and they went down into the pit to repair the difficulty, when the gate opened and the water rushed in and drowned them. George Pownall a teamster at South Stillwater was found in a dying condition in his barn on the morning of March 28th from a shot in his head. He died a few hours later. The murder theory is raised but the indications point to suicide. Miss Clara A. Root, a teacher in the public schools at Valley City, D. T., committed suicide on the 26th, by taking carbolic acid. She was sister of Herbert Root, President of the Farmer's Merchants National bank at that place. The court martial to try Capt. Garvey will convene of St. Paul April 6. Lieut. Hinton. Eighteenth infantry, and Sergeant Casey, Company I, of that regiment, have been ordered to St. Paul from Fort Gibson as witnesses. The daily Argus at Fargo, D. T., burned out at 5 A. M., on the 26th. But very little was saved from the building. The loss was $40,000 and insurance $8,000. The paper continued without missing a publication. The gross receipts of the marshal's office in Minnesota for ten years have been $86,000, and net earnings $45,000. The district attorney's office has earned in the past ten years $40,000 gross or $36,000 net. The flood at Elk Point D. T., had not abated on the 24th many miles of farms and homes are under water and the damage cannot be estimated until the waters recede, but it will be large and serious. The largest part of the business houses in Glendive, Mont., were destroyed by fire on the 24th of March. The loss was $35,000 and insurance about $10,000. The fire was incendiary. The bill to permit the First National bank of Shakopee, Minn., to increase its capital
