Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-03-25

that it attracted general attention and
flattering comment. Since his retire
ment from the supreme bench he has
been busy with the study of cases in
which he had been retained as coun-
sci. He was close reader, a careful
student and an indefatigable worker,
and his studies and legal work were
continuous and unremittent I'D to the
time of his death. G.,.. .- ..-
The deceased jurist was distinct
lively western production His grand
father, General Joseph Bartholomew,
settled in the territory of Indiana, op-
posite where Louisville, KY, now
stands, in the early days of the present
century and was present with General
Harrison and in command of the In
diana militia in 1911.
From Indiana the judges parents
removed to Columbia county, Wis, in
l945, when he was but two years of
age He grew up on a farm and in
the circumstances incident to a hardy
frontier life. His early life was
divided between work on the farm and
endeavors to obtain such an education
as the schools of the time and locality
afforded. In 1862, ait the second year
Of a university course, and when ne
was but nineteen years of age he en-
listed as private soldier of the civil
war, serving through until the end of
the war and being mustered out as
captain. His first vote was cast for
Lincoln in the field, when a cartridge
box served as ballot box.
Returning from the war he resumed
his studies and he was admitted to the
bar at Dubuque, Iowa, in 1869, his office
reading having been completed in the
office of Senator Allison of that state.
He entered upon a successful law prac-
tice which he continued until 1888,
when, on the occasion OF the removal
OF the capital Of Dakota, he came to
the northern state with the expectation
of locating at the new capital. He
was induced to locate at LaMoure, then
a new town with prospects, and took
leading part in the litigation in that
district. At the first state conven-
tion, after a spirited contest, he was
nominated as one Of the justices of
supreme court, with Judge Wallin and
Judge Corliss. At the drawing for
terms, as provided for in the constitu-
tion, he drew the middle, or five year
term.
Serving out his first term with
credit, the higher court of the state
taking rank with the best in the coun-
try, Judge Bartholomew was renom-
mated at the republican state conven-
ton at Grand Forks in 1894, and was
elected for the full six year term, which
he completed on January 1 last, when
he retired from the bench, being sue
ceeded by Judge D. E. Morgan of Dew
lis Lake.
AS a member of the supreme bench
OF the state, the work of the deceased
jurist is a matter of record. Some of
the ablest and most important oplu-
ions prepared by the court were writ
ten by him. His mind was distinctly
judicial one, and the opinions Of the
upper court of the state have beck
quoted as able authority in other
states. At the time OF his untimely
death he was engaged largely in ap-
pellate practice and had been retained
as counsel in an number of important
cases to come up at the Forthcoming
spring term of the supreme court In
his private life, he was an unassuming
citizen, given much to his home and
his study, devoted to his profession.
AS a public speaker he was perhaps
the peer of any man in the state his
ideas being clear: cut and well con-
|veyed and his i language fluent and
graceful. In his death the state loses
an upright and honorable citizen and
his profession one Of it's ablest expon-
ents.sE5 .s5s E$%E &.s =
The bereavement of his wife and
daughter, the latter in poor health at
this time, is an inexpressibly sad and
shocking one Expressions Of sym
pathy in such a calamity are feeble.
There will be profound sorrow and
sympathy for them, in this. the most
terrible of trials. =. Il ]. F, =
The funeral will be held from the
house at 2 o'clock Wednesday after
noon, it being the idea that q public
funeral is not advisable. The services
there will be conducted BY the Masonic
Fraternity.
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