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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
Laura (Smith) Parker.

Laura (Smith) Parker was born
April "a, 1885, in Ulstes county, New
York, and was a resident of this state
nearly all her life.
She was married to Leander w.
Parker Dec 30. 1857, at Cairo, N. Y.
To this union five children were
born, four of whom are living, namely
Smith Parker of California. Miss Ern-
hart of Monticello, n. Y, Mrs. Largen
of Creighton, Neb., and Mrs. Stur-
geon of this city. Since her husbands
death Oct. 8, 1889, Mrs. Parker has
spent much of her time with her
children, Five weeks before her death
she came to visit her daughters in
Nebraska, and hoped, after visiting
here awhile, she might go on to Cali
fornia to visit her son.
But after being here only ten days
she was taken ill and in spite of
medical skill and tender nursing, con-
tinued to grow worse, and died Sun
day afternoon, Nov. 49, at little past
o'clock.
Mrs. Parker was converted in her
youth, and united with the Methodist
Episcopal church, of which she re-
manned a devoted and faithful mem
Der all her days. She had an unusual
ly blessed experience of Gods pres
ence and power in her daily life, and
certainly set a Cody example for
her family and friends. In her last
sickness she was cheerful and hope.
full. She trusted all to her Fathers
tender care. She wished to live if it
was His will, but expressed herself
confidently that it was we'll with her
soul, and no doubts or uncertainty
about her future home and eternal
happiness troubled her mind.
While the beautiful Sunday was
drawing toward its close, her life s
sun went down. But as has been
truthfully said: Sunset in one coun
try is sunrise in another" So in her
case, the pink and purple of life's
sunset met and mingled with the
golden glow OF eternitys morning.
The funeral was held Tuesday after
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
AN ATHLETIC CONVENTION.
Changes in Rules to Protect Small
Clubs, Are Planned.

New York, Nov. Exchanges in
the rules to prevent the big athletic
clubs from preying on the little ones
will be proposed at the convention of
the Amateur Athletic union which
met here for its twenty-fourth annual
session. Officers of the organization
said that judging from preliminary
discussion they believed the new
rules would be adopted. Most import
ant of the proposed changes is the
two-year rule, which would prevent
an athlete who had left one club from
representing another until that period
had expired. Secretary James f. Sui
livan explained that this did not
mean that the athlete would be bar.
red from competing unattached the
two years. 1t would take power of
release away from the individual
clubs, he said, and in future the eli.
giblity of an athlete to compete would
rest with the national registration
committee.
Indications are that an eastern man
will be elected to succeed President
Everett C. Brown, who comes from
Chicago. Mr.. Brown says that he
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
Stehr Jury Is Secured.

Madison, Neb., Nov. 2l.-Special to
The News: The jury to try Henry
Stehr of Norfolk on the charge of
numbering his stepson, 4.year-old
Kaurt Stehr, was secured at o'clock
this afternoon and the trial began.
County Attorney Nichols made the
opening statement for the prosecu-
ton, alleging that Stehr deliberately
allowed the child to be so badly froZ-
en- and neglected that death resulted
from the amputation of the little fell
lows feet last winter
NJ. d. Tyler made the opening state.
ment for the defense.
In his statement, Mr.. Tyler entered
general denial of the accusations,
claiming the defense would show that
the child did not die as a result of
criminal negligence and that the ia
Their was not inhuman in his treat
men.
The twelve jurymen trying the case
are: J. d. Kaufman, b. w. Bliss, l..
r. McNeeley, Carl Linderholm, John
Chapman, A. T. Bridges, Mick Chris
Hanson, John Weeder, George Fis-
cher, w. B. Musser, Henry Solso and
l.. l.. Shupe.
Those talesmen rejected were ex-
cused till Monday. Many had formed
opinions, having read of the case.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
scHAAD BARS Low NEcKs.
The ST. Paul Rector Crtlcises WON
ems Dress at Weddings.

GU DICbb dt Wt0ulngS.
St Paul, Nov. 22.-Bare shoulders
and bare heads for women, at least
are tabooed at the fashionable Epis.
copal church of St. John the Evan.
gelist, whether Mt Sunday service
or n mid.week wedding.
Sundays probably no women ever
did 30 there I'm real deCollete cos
tune without at least "A lace yoke, but
at weddings, you know, when the
bride Is decked out in her prettiest
and the women who were brides once
remember IT, and the girls who some
day may be brides do not want to be
outshone. the collars begin to dwindle
and-well, there is less somberness of
attire-yOu might even say less attire
that at the solemn Sunday services.
Every woman wants to- look her pref.
tiest, and the better the place the bet
ter the ChdnCe-a woman might fig.
ure.
But that Is not the way the Rev. j.
A. Schaad, formerly rector of Grace
Episcopal church in Kansas City, the
new rector of the Church of st. John
the EvangC list, looks at It, He has
stirred social circles of the city by
publicly announcing in the church pa
per that he did not desire to officiatC
at weddings in which the women at
tending were not fully CARRIED.
Two ultra fashionable weddings
have taken place in his church re
cently-one when Miss Jessie Green
became Mrs Frederick Ritzinger and
one when Miss Nellie Nye was the
bride of Lieut.. Ivens Jones, u. S. A
The attire of the women at the Green
Ritzinger wedding was a real revela
ton to the new rector.
Mr.. Schaad says that he had never
seen women in church in Kansas City
dressed as were the guests at one OF
the late autumn weddings in his pres
ent charge.
So an issue of the st. Johns Evan
gelist, the parish weekly, following
this wedding, contained a discussion
of the attire of the women at church
weddings in the rector's name. He
wrote:
Nothing should be done by either
guests, attendants or bridal party
which is out of harmony with the sa
cred purposes of the solemnizatior
ceremony Both improper conduct and
garb which would be improper al
the religious service which untes oul
be out of order during rehearsals Of
the religious service which unites oul
friends in the most sacred of all hu
man relationships"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
Shook Back at Herrick.

Herrick, S. d., Nov. 21.-Special to
The News: John Shook, the former
marshal of Herrick, who shot and
killed Henry Ousley, character
around Herrick, for resisting arrest,
is again free man. Immediately
after the shooting he gave himself up
and his case came up before the pres
ent term of circuit court. Ousley's
friends had engaged Attorney Caster
of Lake Andeas and j. r. Cash of
Bonesteel to assist the state in the
prosecution. Owing to the fact that
the marshal was armed with a war
rant for arrest and that Ousley was
considered a bad" man, there was
little chance for the jury to find any
thing but a verdict of not guilty.
Shook was defended by c. H. William
son of Herrck and w. j. Hooper of
Gregory, w. B. Backus of Winner also
assisting in the defense. John Shook
will again take up his simple unas-
Stunning life at Herrick, where he owns
and conducts barber shop.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
Bio Bankers There.

New Orleans, Nov. 22.-Leaders of
men in several big lines of work talked
to the delegates to the American Bank.
ers' association when the convention
organized for the second days session
here this morning. Most of the speak.
ers discussed their topics from tech.
nical standpoint, James B. Forgan,
president of the First National bank of
Chicago, talking about "The Mobiliza'
ton and Control of the Reserves of the
Country"
President Schurman of Cornell uni
versity, taking the piblic's side, so far
as viewpoint goes, spoke Of Public
Opinion of National Reserve Associa
tons" Another Chicago banker
George NJ. Reynolds, president of the
commercial and Continental bank
talked about "Rediscounts and Book
Credits"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24

she instituted divorce proceedings.
and of their quarrel and his death
On Sept. % last. Mrs. Patterson
sumptives, of which her husband.
Charles Patterson. was an inmate and
met him evidently by previous ar.
rangement. They walked consider
able distance, talking earnestly, when
suddenly they got into a quarrel dur
ing which Mrs. Patterson shot her
husband dead. When arrested, the
woman unfolded n startling story
She alleged that, previous to her mar.
riage with Patterson, she lived with
Emil Strauss, rich Chicago clothier,
for five years. She met Patterson at
Il skating rink, she said, and a few
months after they were married. Not
long after, she alleges, her husband
asked her If she had any money and
when she said she had not, he pro-
posed that she lead an immoral life
with other men. She called him u
beast, she says, and violent quarrel
ensued. Later, she alleged, she met
Strauss and told him of the incident
and he suggested that she go to Eu-
rope with him on trip he was soon
to make
The next day she met Strauss, she
said, and told him Patterson insisted
she should go to Europe with the
$1,000 from Strauss as the purchase
price for the woman. Strauss gave
her the money and they went abroad,
she asserted. After she and Strauss
reached Europe, the woman asserts,
Patterson cabled her that he was out
of money and that unless Strauss
came across" with more, he would
SHOW him up"
Strauss gave her $4,000 and sent
her back to America, she said, and
she lived with her husband.
Her story added that so cruel did
her husband become that she was fl.
nally forced to leave him and that on
, Sept. 20, he tried to kill her because
she would not return to him She
alleged she grasped the revolver
which he brandished and shot him.
The Pattersons came here from
Chicago in Oct. 1910, Patterson hav.
ing become tuberculosis victim.
Early in September Mrs. Patterson
| filed a petition here for divorce on
the ground of cruelty and few days
| later Patterson filed cross com.
plant, charging infidelity. On Sept
%, three days before the TRACE.
dy, notice was filed in the Chicago
courts of a suit by Patterson against
Emil Strauss, asking $4,000 for alien
alton of Mrs. Patterson's affections
and alleging that Strauss had induced
the woman to go to Europe with him
lnasmuch as the tragedy occurred
so soon after the filing of this notice
the state will allege that Mrs. Patter
son, hearing of her husbands aliena
ton suit, planned to murder him and
made an engagement with him on
Sept. 20, with the deliberate inten
ton of shooting him down, because
of the revelations threatened by the
| Chicago suit,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
sUFFRAGETTEs ARE THWARTEp

London, Nov. 22.-The suffragettes
Jared badly at the hands of the police
last night. They had threatened TO
force their way into the house of COM
mons and make a protest on the floor
of the house against the prime minis.
ter's refusal TO pledge the government
to an equal suffrage bill, but they
failed even to reach the entrance to
parliament.
Thwarted by the police, who made
upwards of $50 arrests, the suf,
fragettes resorted to a campaign of
window smashing. Driven from the
parliament square by the police, 1900
of whom We're on duty, the women, ac,
companied by sympathizers and gangs
of rowdies, proceeded through White
Hall, armed with bags of stones con.
cealed under their coats and broke
windows in public offices, liberal
headquarters and then the Alberta
club. They even extended their opera,
tons to the Strand, where windows
of the postoffice bank and other pri
vate concerns suffered from the on.
slaught.
The militant tactics Of the suf
fragettes followed a statement by Pre-
mier Asquith that the government was
unable to introduce a bill to enfran
chise women, as the cabinet was ii
vided on the proposition, but would
allow an amendment to be introduced
allowing an amendment to be intro
duced to the proposed manhood suf
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
SOLD BY HER HUSBAND.
This Is the Claim Of Mrs. Patterson
on Trial for Murder.

Denver, Colo, Nov. 21.-The Pat.
terson murder trial is creating a SEN
sation here.
When the curtain rose yesterday in
the criminal court of the concluding
act in the drama of Gertrude Gibson
Pattersons life, what promised to be
one of the most sensational murder
trials in the history of the middle
west began,
Practically the entire case of the
defense will rest on the story to be
told on the witness stand by the de-
PENDANT herself.
1t will be the story of a woman of
education who, as she will allege, was
sold to a rich Chicago man for
a stipulated sum by her owner-hus-
band. 1t will tell how she sacrificed
everything most dear to her in order
to help her husband in his fight
against tuberculosis and then, how
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24

the battling crime. Just at present
the county authorities are watching
new development in the case with
eager eyes. \ sensation may be the
outcome.
a plea Of insanity for Earl will be
made by his attorney, Allan Johnson
who left today for Coffeyyille and
Osawatomie, Kan, armed with the
rights of the district court Of Dodge
county to secure dispositions. Attor.
ney Johnson in his plea to the court
for the appointment OF commission.
crs to take dopositions i'm Earl's be.
half at the two Kansas towns named
alleged that 1t will be shown that in.
sanity runs i'm the prisoners family
and that his mother is now confined
in "A Kansas asylum for the mentally
unbalanced. Judge Hollenbeck has
appointed Dallas W. Knapp to act as
special commissioner at COffeyville
and B. j. Carver at Osawatomie.
1t is said that the state will at.
tempt to prove motive for the crime
in the exclusion of Earl from the no.
tel by the murdered proprietor and
his infatuation for a young white
woman who worked at that place and
on whom he was attempting to call
when he was headed off in the office
and ordered to leave. 1t is claimed
that a quarrel cnsued and that Earl
shot Mr. Wall, who was seated i'm a
chair in the hotel office
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24

Logan, Ia, Nov. 21.-A special pas
senger train, eastbound on the Illinois
Central railroad, carrying soldiers
from Omaha, collided head on with a
freight train, one-half mile north of
here, at S:45 o'clock last night. En-
gineer Haveland Of the passenger train
was killed instantly, and three others
are reported to have been seriously
injured The injured are being cared
for here. Haveland's home is said to
be in Omaha. The soldiers on the
train were members Of the Second,
Eighth and Fourteenth cavalry and en-
cheering corps, recently discharged
from the Philippine service, and We're
enroute to eastern points.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
STUBS PLAYED DETECTIVE.
Governor Attempts to Learn Where
Man Got Liquor, But Fails.

Topeka. Kan, Nov. 22.-Gov. Stubs
was on his way to the executive Of
fices when he met a drunken man on
the street.
"Ah, here's where | become a de-
tective for the enforcement of the
prohibitory law" said the governor to
himself He hailed the drunk" es-
corted him to the state house and
sent for S. NJ. Brewster, assistant at
torney general, to hold an inquisition
The intoxicated one said he was
Robert McCabe of independence.
Brewster swore McCabe and asked:
"McCabe, where did you get that
liquor?"
Your names Brewster amt it"
was the reply. I'm just answer that
question, Brewster, and you go to
Then McCabe went to sleep and is
under guard in the attorney generals
office until he sobers up and is able
to talk intelligently about buying the
liquor.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
SOUTH DAKOTA Ar A GLANCE.

The citizens of Freeman have voted
for an electric light plant.
A new public school building has
been dedicated at Doland
A postal savings bank will be
opened at Spearfish Dec. 4.
1t is reported that mica plate
manufacturing plant will be erected
near Custer.
Sioux Falls has secured the conven
ton of the National Press association
for next June.
When A. Granger, proprietor of q
business school at Aberdeen, tried tC
have nearby saloon closed under the
state law, it was decided by the SUI
preme court that a business college
did not constitute a school under the
meaning of the law.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
NORMAL STUDENT KILLED.

Fremont, Neb., Nov. 26.-Bohumil
was Instantly killed near Schuyler
Sunday afternoon by the discharge of
a gun in the hands of the 14-year-old
son Of Frank Pokerny.
Sleirka registered at Fremont col
lege when the winter term commence
ed last week. He went up to Schuyler
Saturday to spend Sunday with his
relatives who reside on a farm seven
miles northeast of that place. He
was 81 years old and had been in this
country since May.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
Shoots at Rabbit, Hits Brother.

Marshalltown, Ia, Nov. 21.-"Don't
shoot again" yelled Fred w. Melon
aid, young farmer, while hunting,
to his younger brother, Glenn, aged
16, who fired once at rabbit. Young
Mcdonald was excited, however, and
fired the second BARREL again missing
the rabbit but hitting Fred Mcdonald
in both legs. The latter, without NOV
ing in his tracks turned and shot the
rabbit his brother had twice missed,
and then was carried to the house.
Eleven shot entered both legs, and
the wounds promise to be dangerous,
owing to the close proximity to the
knees.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
The Case Was Hard Fouoht

Fairfax, S. D.. Nov. 21.-Special to
The News: The case was strongly
contested on both sides, the state be-
ing represented by States Attorney
William Mcdonnell, assisted by j. r.
Cash of Bonesteel and G. F. Caster
of Platte, while the defendant was
represented by Attorneys Hooper,
Williamson and Backus.
The evidence showed that Shook
was endeavoring to arrest Henry Gus
ley on a warrant charging Ousley
with disorderly conduct, cursing and
using other profane language; that
Ousley refused to submit to arrest by
Shook; that Shook undertook to take
him; that he got up from a chair on
which he was sitting when Shook read
the warrant to him, took off his coat
and told Shook he would not go with
him. About the time he was taking
off his coat Shook fired the fatal shot.
The original bad feeling seems to
have been caused by a difference of
opinion as to some grading of the
street in Herrick, adjoining the prop
eIIy Vi IleHiS OuoleSI hc SiuiihihS Ihat
the town board, and especially the
marshal, John Shook, had ut in for
him"
The warrant had been issued on the
complaint of Marshal Shook.
Though found mot guilty" by jury
of his peers, the consensus Of opinion
is that Shook acted hastily and un-
wisely. Had he taken little more
time to consider the matter and acted
on the advice of friends whom he had
called upon to assist him, the tragedy
might have been averted.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
Council Proceedings

Nov 20. 1911.
Council met In regular session at
$50 p m, Mayor Friday presiding.
Present, Ncrgcs, Winter. I.arkin.
Amarinc, Kaufman, Fucslcr Kocr.
Der.
Minutes OF last meeting read and
approved. Moved 10y Winter. second
by koerbcr that bids on paving Dis
trict No. be opened. Carried.
Moved by Winter, second by Vcrgcs
that bids ON paving Dist. No. 1 he
referred to city atty. for approval.
Carried
Moved by Fucslcr, second by Koer.
Der that contract of Donahuc 4 Peter.
son for Dist. No. % be approved.
Carried
Moved by Winter, second BY Lar.
kin that pub. wks com be instructed
with power to act with water comr.
to go over and repair meters and en-
ploy necessary help. Carried.
Moved by Koerbcr, second By Win
ter that council adjourn until Nov. II,
1911, at $50 p. IN.
John Friday. Mayor.
A
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24

St Paul, MINI, Nov 22.-Branding
socialism as the greatest menace of
the age. Bird S. Coler, democratic
candidate for governor of New York
against Odell in 1902, said here yester.
day that If the republic of the United
States lis to remain great and decent
socialism must be fought unceasing.
ly." Mr. Coler says he is studying the
best way to combat socialism and pre-.
vent its spreading among the people
From here he expected to go to Mil.
waukee.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
TECHNICAL QUESTION INVOLVED
Prejudice Against Labor Unions is
Puzzle in Mcnamara Case.

Los Angeles, Nov. 22.-Whether
prejudice against labor unions of it.
self is sufficient to disquahfy tales
man from trying James b. Mcnamara,
indicted for murder in connection with
the Times explosion, was one of the
points which the defense hoped to
have determined today in connection
with the challenge directed against
Talesman A. j. Stevens. The state,
however, contends that only where
such prejudice can be shown to extend
to the defendant personally as a men,
Der of the union is material. Along
this line, too, the point has been raised
as to how far prejudices alleged 10
have been engendered by the Times
itself against labor unions could be
interpreted as bias. If man read the
alleged attacks on labor in the Times
and then when the explosion occurred
Immediately attributed the deed to
union labor or its sympathizers, is
such an opinion an ordinary enc
formed on newspaper reading? This
was the question which counsel FOR the
defense Unanswered about to have
settled today to guide them in their
examination of future talesmen.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
Goinu to the Game,

Neigh, Neb., Nov. 22.-Special to
The News: A number of Neigh foot.
ball enthusiastic are planning to at.
tend the Nebraska-Michigan game
next Saturday at Lincoln. Those
who are expected to leave from here
are: j. c. jenkins, O. A. Williams, J.
w. Rice, Ed Best, jr.. Ralph Allison,
Dave Fletcher, Logan Graves. Orlan.
do Cocker, DR.. ID. w. Beattie and +. f.
Beckwith.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
Steele Probe May End,

Washington, Nov. 22.-Witnesses
who had been subpoenaed to testify
before the house steel trust investigat.
ing committee have been notified by
Chairman Stanley not to come to
Washington at the present time, and It
is probable that the inquiry will lose
for the present after Leonidas Merritt,
Of Duluth, MINI, gives his testimony
today relating to the Rockefeller loans
on Mesaba ore properties in 1898.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
HUNTER FIGHTS WITH MOOSE.
Combat Comes in Woods When Beast
Rises and CHARGES.

East Grand Forks, Mimi, Nov, 22.-
Attacked by a big moose, which he
had wounded and supposed was help
less, Edward Lodgard of this city only
saved himself from death by engaging
in fierce combat, in which he slew the
place in the woods near Roosevelt,
MINI. The moose had fallen and Lod-
gard was running forward to slit open
its neck. when it suddenly rose and
charged him. He raised his rifle to
fire, but the trigger fell on an empty
shell. The moose weighed 1858
pounds.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
South Norfolk.

Mrs. F. X. Potras left for Clearwater
where she had been summoned to
the deathbed of grandchild.
Bert Hanger, a former fireman of
here, but now of Neigh, was here
yesterday.
Miss Bertha Hawkins of Missouri
Valley is here on business.
John HinZe is reported ill.,
Jack Welsh, the government boiler
inspector of Omaha, was at the shops
here this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike La Velle and
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
Milwaukee Mayor Under Fire.

Milwaukee, Wis, Nov. 22.-Formal
notice was filed with the common
council by Accommodating ]. P.
Carney, a democrat, that at the next
meeting he would file formal charges
preliminary to a trial for impeach-
ment against Mayor Emil Seidel and
County Clerk Carl ID. Thompson, So
cialists, for their alleged failure to
do their duty in making up the 1912
tax roll.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-11-24
Packers Send Appeal.

Chicago, Nov. 21.-Counsel for the
nine Chicago packers indicted for
criminal violation of the Sherman law
prepared to seek delay in trial today
when they appealed to the United
States supreme court on an order to
United States Circuit Dudge Kohl.
saat quashing their pleas for writs
of habeas corpus.