NUitKULK WEEKLY NEWS-JObitNAL ; FRIDAY , AUGUST 23 , t'J07 ' ,
TROUNCED PREACHERS IN QAME
OF REAL DA8E BALL.
IT WAS NO AMATEUR CONTEST
The German Lutheran Synod Devel
oped Two Teams of Re.illy Fast Base
Ball Players One Pltchor Struck
Out Seventeen Men.
It was a victory for Ilio teachers
over the ministers. Ami It wu real
iKuu'lmll. The sroro was llvo to throo.
For nlno Innings Saturday afternoon
nt the driving purk diamond rival
( earns representing the ministers nnd
| inn > clilnl teachers of the Missouri By-
nod meeting In Norfolk fought out the
question of baseball supremacy , a ques.
tlon Hint IB iinnutitly rnltiuil nt each
recurring Htnto synod meeting.
Every yt-ar that the synod moots
there In nn outhrcak of healthy baso-
liall rivalry. And It Is ronl Imsolmll
that these pastors nnd parochial teach-
ITS play. Memories of tholr college
ball games rovlvo the prowess of the
nlder men and Homo of the younger
men are still fresh from the college
liall teams. Hotter pitching than was
In evidence Saturday afternoon hasn't
lieen seen on the Norfolk diamond this
Hiunmor.
The order of past years was turned
jisldo Saturday afternoon nnd It was
the teachers who walked from the field
with the wreaths of victory. The
teachers have been watching for Sat
urday's game. Most of the younger
teachers have played together at Sow-
nrd college. They were younger men
than the ministers and their arms nnd
iiyos were Just a little quicker nnd
surer than the ministerial arms and
eyes.
lint It was n great game and a pitch
ers' gamo. Ilcv. 13. Eggors struck out
Hoventoon men ; Adolph Hltzmnnn
elaughtored fifteen ministers. And the
two speedy pitchers figured In the
flooring. Eggors registered with a two-
bagger and n homo run , Rltzmann with
two two-baggers.
The teachers established their lead
In the fourth Inning and wore not to
bo denied. The crowd attending the
game was drawn largely from Nor
folk's guests of the week.
Record of the same :
Teachora AH II II TO A E
Roclonburg. 2b (
StelnkraiiRS , ah 4
Melnko , Ib
Hlt/.nmn , p 1 2 1 n 0
Blndowald , c 0 0 12 3 0
Komerofske , cf 1 0 0 0 0
Plluegor , sa
Cntenhuson , If : 0 0 0 0 0
Anf.dom llorgo , rf It
III fi 9 27 10 1
Ministers AH 11 II I'O A 13
Matuschkn , cf 00000
Schmidt , c 0 0 1C 1 2
WInges , 2b ; 0 l' 2 0 0
Hodonbeck , lib I
Hartmann , rf 0 0 0 0 0
.1. Frosc. ss 0 0 I ! 0 1
Rnrth , Ib -I
Th. Prose , If 3 I 1 0 0 0
Eggors , p !
33 3 5 21 C 0
Summary : Earned runs : Ministers
2. Stolen bases : Wlngos , llodenburg
2 , Rttzmann. Two-base hits : Eggers ,
1 ; Hltzmann , 2 ; Blndowald , 1. Homo
run : Eggers. Passed balls : Schmidt ,
4 ; Hlndewald , 5. Struck out : lly Eg
gers. 17 ; by Hltzmann , 15. Umpire ,
Mr. Schcve. Score-keeper , Hov. 1' . J.
Schmidt of Gllead.
Dust From the Diamond.
Ministers play ball like anyone else
only they don't "beef" over the um
pire's declsons.
Ministers nnd parochial teachers
at least Lutheran ministers and teach
ers have the spirit that makes for
good clean sport. They go Into the
game with good natured energy , they
accept defeat gracefully , and they don't
try to Intimidate or mob the umpire.
Whether it was the umpire or the
nines , there wasn't a murmur at the
umpire's decisions Saturday afternoon.
There were more ministers than
Norfolk people at the ball game Satur
day but then the visitors had the ad
vantage over Norfolk in knowing the
kind of game that was going to bo
played.
Hero nro the addresses of the Luth
eran pastors who went down to defeat
before the Lutheran teachers Satur
day : Rev. O. Matuschka of Gladstone ,
cf ; Hov. M. Schmidt of Kenosnw , c ;
Rev. John WInges of I uirel , 2b ; Rev.
C. Hodonbeck of Pebble Creek , 3b ;
Rev. II. Hartmann of Louisville , rf ;
Rev. J. Froso of Hooper , ss ; Rev.
George Barth of Dertrand , Ib ; Rev ,
Th. Freso of Uiwrenco , If ; Rev. E ,
Eggers of Ilemlngford , p.
John Hodenbnrg (2b ) , Arthur Stein
krauss (3b ( ) , and Gottfr. Dindownld ( c )
of the teachers' nine were among this
year's graduates of the normal school
at Soward. Henry Plluegor ( ss ) Is
still a student at Seward and Julius
Komerofsko ( cf ) teaches near Seward ,
Adolph Rltzmanu the pitcher for the
teachers Is from Wilcox , Fred Melnko ,
the first baseman , from Platte county ,
Victor Catenhusen ( If ) from Iowa and
Theo. Auf dem Dergo ( rf ) from Oma
ha.
ha.Most
Most of the annual games have boon
taken In by the ministers but the teach ,
ers came to Norfolk with a now and
faster generation of players. Last
year's game was stopped by nn Injury
to ono of the players.
People who went to the driving park
expecting to see anything but first
da mi ball did not count on the pitch-
> r . Adolph Hltzmann , who pitched
iho winning game , has been with the
fast Wahoo team during the past two
Mummer vacations. Hltzmann won the
nlcknnmo "Wheels" nnd the reputation
if being n faiit pltchor nt Seward col
lege. And Hov , E. ISggors , the pltchor
for the pastors , has seen iioino base
ball , too. Eggers was with the St.
Louln Concordla Seminary nlno two
years ago when they won eighteen
games out of nineteen and defeated
mich college nines nn Washington , Mis
souri and Christian Hrothorn' univer
sity teams. Hov. Mr. Eggora was or-
ilalncd last fall.
Rev. M. Schmidt of Konosnw caught
nnd caught well. Ho were his glasses
hack of the hasoball mask and ho saw
everything that came. Rev. Mr.
Schmidt In a man with n family. Fif
teen years ago he was a great player
with Concordla college In Milwaukee.
Prof. George Weller , principal of the
Lutheran normal school at Seward ,
was one of the enthusiastic watchorB
of the Saturday gamo. Most of the
young men on the winning team have
graduated from his school during the
past few years. Ono of Mr. Wollor'a
sons , John Wellcr , has been elected
captain of the University of Nebraska
foot ball team and will lead the "Corn-
huskors" through the 11)07 ) season.
The proceedings of the Lutheran sy
nod are In German but the Lutheran
ball game Saturday was played In Eng
lish. The national game Is n great
American game nnd only the English
baseball vocabulary Is adequate for It.
POPULAR NORFOLK BRAKEMAN
IS GROUND TO DEATH.
WORKING ON A STOCK SPECIAL
In Some Manner Which Will Probably
Never be Exactly Known , a YounQ
Drakeman Was Thrown Under Train.
Thirty Cam Passed Over Him.
[ From Monday's Dally.1
Falling beneath his own train , Phil
Moller , a Norfolk brakeman , was
round to death by the rapid turning
wheels about midnight Sunday just at
the edge of Nlckorson , the ilrst station
this side of Fremont.
Just how Moller came to his death
can probably never be known. As the
train came into Nlckersou ho climbed
ip on the cars to signal as his train ,
i South Omaha stock special , swung
through the town. Once on the train
> r in climbing up on the Ilrst car , the
young man fell. Then the whole train
ol bumo thirty heavy stock cars rolled
over the spot whore the young brake-
man's body had fallen.
Moller was missed by follow train
men at Fremont. Word was telegraph
ed back. At Nickerson the remains
were picked up by the train crow on
No. J10 , a through freight under Con
ductor Brlggs. The body , terribly mut
ilated by the passing cars , was taken
Into Fremont to await advice from
eastern relatives.
Young Moller has been n brnkomnii
out of Norfolk for about a year. Ho
ma no relatives In Norfolk but back
In Champaign , 111. , a father and mother
nnd other relatives reside. Only a few
weeks had passed slncu the young man
returned to Norfolk from a visit to this
Illinois home , now darkened by the
tragic death of a son and brother.
Phil Moller was unmarried , u young
man of about twenty-four years.
Among the train men running out of
Norfolk the dead brnkemau was popu
lar. Ho had not yet joined the looal
trainmen's order , but his application
Tor membership had been filed with
the Urotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
Mellor was working out of Norfolk
on the "chain gang , " and Sunday evenIng -
Ing it came his turn to go with a South
Omaha stock special with Conductor
Weitz in charge. The watch which
ho carried stopped at 12:45 : , Indicating
the time of the accident.
It is expected that the body will betaken
taken east for burial.
WISNER MAN STRIKES WIFE A
TERRIFIC BLOW ON HEAD.
WM. COLLINS SUDDENLY INSANE
Man Who Has Represented Cuming
County In the Legislature and Has
Been Prominent , Suddenly Becomes
Insane and Attacks Wife ,
Wlsuer , Neb. , Aug. 1C. Special to
The News : Win. Collins , ex-member
of the legislature , ex-county superin
tendent , ex-county surveyor , G5 years
old , who has been failing for several
years , went violently Insane last night ,
and struck his wife a violent blow on
the back of the head with n fiat Iron.
Mrs. Collins was unconscious for sev
eral hours , and her attending physi
cians cannot determine as yet what
the result of the blow will bo. Mr.
Collins will bo taken before tbo insan
ity commission today for examination.
Woman Stands at the Top ,
State Dairy Inspector Dawson hold
an examination at O'Neill Thursday
and Friday , where twcnty-threo per
sons took the examination , twenty-one
men nnd two women. Both the women
scored high and ono of them had the
highest record of any person the Inspector
specter had examined west of Omaha.
LAWYERS , REAL ESTATE MEN , IN-
8URANCE MEN PLAY.
WILL MEET TRADE PROMOTERS
On Friday Afternoon a Home Talent
Baseball Game of Interest In Nor
folk Will be Pulled Off at the Local
Driving Park.
On the Friday afternoon of August
30 , provided fate nnd the weather man
permits , most all of Norfolk will go
out to the driving park to BOO a real
ball game : nlno Norfolk boosters from
the ranks of the Trade Promoters' as
sociation pitted against nlno ball vet
erans chosen from the Norfolk attor
neys , Insurance , loan and real estate
men.
men.Tho
The game will bo the result of n
challenge promulgated by the trade
boosters Some of the details of the
contest have been written down in the
following agreement :
"Tho plnyoru of the Trade Promoters -
ors nro to bo selected from the mem
bership of that association ; nnd be It
"Further understood that no partici
pant In the game shall have played in
a matched game of ball during the
year 1907.
"It Is agreed that the winners of
the game shall receive the entire gate
receipts. However , It Is agreed and
understood that should the attorneys ,
Insurance , loan nnd real cstnto men bo
victors , the total gate receipts will bo
donated to the treasury of the Norfolk
public library.
"Hut , In case the trade promoters
are victors the gate receipts are to go
Into the treasury of that organization.
"Game to bo played August 30 , 1907.
"J. D. Sturgeon ,
"Frank II. Decls ,
"Hurt Mapes ,
"J. S. Mnthowson. "
MONDAY MENTION.
William Blatt Is In the city.
B. P. Olmsted left at noon for Clear-
water.
Mrs. W. I. Austin loft at noon for
Wayne.
T. Ryan of Crelghton was In the city
yesterday.
Dr. R. C. Simmons went to Bonesteel
this morning.
J. C. Burton of Verdcl was In Nor
folk Monday.
George Hedge of Genoa was In Nor
folk Sunday.
Otto Schaublo of Pllger was In the
city Sunday.
Miss Grace French of Lincoln Is In
Norfolk on a visit with her aunt , Mrs.
John Merrlnin.
S. C. Blackman was up from Madl-
SOH Saturday.
J. W. Thomas of Lynch was In Nor
folk Saturday.
R. A. Tawncy of Picrco stopped In
Norfolk Sunday.
Miss Nello Schwenl : is home from
a visit in Lincoln.
Harvey Mllllken of Omaha spent
Sunday In Norfolk.
E. B. Hammond of Bloomfleld spent
Sunday In Norfolk.
Mrs. I. H. Grothe of Bloomfield was
In Norfolk Saturday.
Frank Plumlelgh of Hartlngton was
In Norfolk Saturday.
Rov. F. W. Benjamin went to Wis-
nor on the noon train.
L. H. Stuart of Crelghton was a Sat
urday visitor lu Norfolk.
Miss Adele Hastorf of Plerco visited
Norfolk friends yesterday.
Rov. Thomas Blthell returned at
noon from Meadow Grove.
Miss Elizabeth Sheehan of Colum
bus was In Norfolk Sunday.
Miss Pearl Barley of Plalnvlew was
a Norfolk visitor Saturday.
D. Mathowson left today on a South
Dakota trip west of Pierre.
Miss Rosetta Whltwer of Tllden vis
ited Norfolk friends Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Woods Cones of Plerco
were In the city over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Neal of Plain-
view were in Norfolk Sunday.
Miss Ella Mather arrived home Sat
urday from Hot Springs , S. D.
J. F. Katorman of Plorco was among
the Sunday visitors In Norfolk.
Mrs. P. J. Stafford returned Satur
day evening from a visit in Omaha.
Ross Forbell and Guy McKee were
Plalnview visitors In Norfolk Sunday.
V. G. Huebner and family of Pierce
were among the Sunday vlstors lu Nor
folk.
folk.Mrs.
Mrs. E. P. Fuller of Morrison , 111. , Is
visiting with her sister , Mrs. W. A.
Vlgars.
George Dudley , sr. , left at noon for
a week's visit wth relatives at Oak
land , Iowa.
Misses Pearl Gllland , Amelia Sknla
and Viola Carson came up from Madi
son Saturday.
County Attorney and Mrs , Jack
Kocnlgstcln have gone on a short visit
to Fergus Falls , S. D.
Miss Rena Olmsted will return the
latter part of the week from a visit
with friends In Crete.
Miss Grace Butler of Ansloy arrived
In Norfolk yesterday , the guest of her
sister , Mrs. Chandler.
J. C. Burton , a prominent real estate
broker of Vordel , was In Norfolk dur
ing the morning on business.
Mrs. George D. Butterfleld and guest ,
Mrs. J. E. Burmelstor of Davenport ,
Iowa , left at noon for Omaha.
Mrs. B. B. Klnney and daughter of
Lansing , Mich. , are visiting at the homo
of Mr. and Mrs. II. T. Donner.
Misses Lelah and Carrie Brush are
homo from Fremont , where they have
been attending Fremont college.
Miss Ella Mullen has gone to Chi
cage to visit with Mlfls Florence Maloney -
loney and Miss Quconlo Maloncy.
Dr. F. 0. Sailer of Fairfax was In the
city during the day visiting relatives
nnd attending to business matters.
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Mnpcs loft Sun
day for n visit west 6f Clcarwator.
They will return the middle of the
week.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry Pohlmnn nnd
daughter , Miss Frieda Pohlmnn , were
Stanton visitors at the mission festival
Sunday.
W. T. Caley of Crelghton , president
of the North Nebraska Short Shipment
racing circuit , arrived In Norfolk Mon
day noon.
Arthur Stclnkrauss , who has been
In Norfolk vlsltng friends and attend
ing the synod meeting , left yesterday
for a visit at Dodge.
Dr. and Mrs. II. S. Ovorocker left
Sunday morning for a visit to Iowa
and South Dakota. They will bo ab
sent about ten days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mullen left at
noon for their old homo In Pennsyl
vania. They will arrive In time for nn
old settlors' reunion.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Thomas Donahue of
Omaha arrived In Norfolk Saturday
evening , the guest of Mrs. Donahue's
mother , Mrs. Carberry.
Miss Julia Martin , who has been in
Norfolk on a visit with her sister , Mrs.
Frank Davenport , returned today to
her homo In St. Joseph.
Mrs. Schumann of Michigan , sister
of Mrs. Tappcrt , and Otto Schumann
of Milwaukee , a nephew of Mrs. Tap-
port , are hero visiting with her.
Misses Lizzie Schram and Edith Bar
rett returned Saturday evening from
Fremont , where they completed the
summer course at the Fremont normal.
Miss Ethel Picrco and Miss Violet
Plorco of Scotia , Neb. , and Mrs. Anna
Nugent of Greeley Center , Neb. , are
visiting Miss Nellie Cantwell during
their vacation.
J. R. Clark , Union Pacific agent at
Humphrey nnd for a number of years
at Central City , was In Norfolk over
Sunday , the guest of George E. Schil
ler of the Oxnard.
W. M. Ralnbolt left yesterday for
his now homo In Omaha. Ho will prob
ably return to Norfolk the latter part
of the week to complete his arrange
ments for moving to Omaha.
Mrs. Corl Jenkins of Madison came
to Norfolk yesterday for a few days in
the city before leaving on next Tues
day evening with her sister , Miss Fan
nie Norton , on a two weeks visit to
Lusk and Whcatland , Wyo.
Mrs. W. H. H. Hagey and daughter ,
Miss Johanna Hagey of Lincoln , nr-
rlvod In Norfolk from Lincoln yester
day. Miss Hagey , who is connected
with the Lincoln city library , will re
main In Norfolk on a week's visit.
Charles Rice loft Monday morning
on an eastern trip that will Include
visits to St. Louis , Washington , the
Jamestosvn exposition and Now York
City. At New York Mr. Rico will go
out to meet his wfc , who returns from
a visit to Europe.
Charles Newel and family of Walker ,
Iowa , arrived in Norfolk Saturday on
a short vlst at the homo of W. H. Clark
Mr. Newel goes to Wakefield where
ho has the contract for the erection of
an elevator , his wife and children re
maining in Norfolk.
Mrs. Ellerbrock has been very sick
with tonsllitls.
L. Buckendorf Is rebuilding and In
creasing the capacity of his green
houses.
Rev. L. C. II. Biggs of Omaha occu
pied the pulpit at the Baptist church
Sunday morning and evening.
Miss Mary Covert left on the mornIng -
Ing train for Omaha , where she will bo
operated upon tomorrow for appendi
citis.
citis.The
The first advertising car of the Bar-
mini & Bailey clrcujs will reach Nor
folk tonight and blegln posting the
town tomorrow morning.
J. D. Sturgeon Is the latest name to
bo added to the list of Norfolk auto
mobile owners. Mr. Sturgeon's ma
chine is a runabout manufactured by
the Oldsmoblle people.
George R. Hodson , secretary of the
Norfolk Pickle & Vinegar company ,
has moved his household goods hero
from Lynch. Mr. Hodson has rented
the residence property adjoining that
of M. Twiss in the Heights and will
move In this week.
A telephone message received at the
C. S. Bridge homo yesterday afternoon
announced the death of little Dora
Blrchard , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.
T. Blrchard of that city , formerly of
Norfolk. Miss Ruth Blrchard , who was
visiting at the Bridge home , was sum
moned to Omaha Saturday afternoon.
The deceased child suffered from heart
trouble.
Prof. F. M. Gregg of the state nor
mal school at Peru , who comes to Nor
folk this week as a member of the
teachers' Institute faculty , spoke Sun
day morning from the purplt of the
First Methodist church. "Tho Teach
ing Art of the Master Teacher" formed
the subject for Prof. Gregg's address.
Rov. J. L. Vallow , the pastor of the
church , was absent from the city dur
ing the evening.
Charles H. Johnson of this city Is
planning to engage In the furniture
business at Spokane , Wash. Mr. John
son confirms the following clipping
from the Spokane Spokesman-Review :
"Charles H. Johnson , from Norfolk ,
Neb. , has bought from L. E. Dyer a
seven-room house at 1101 Eleventh av
enue , and a five-room house just back
of It , occupying a lot 50x142 feet , for
$5,100. The seven-room house Is al
most new and Is modern. The buyer
will occupy It. Mr. Johnson expects
to go Into the furniture business In
Spokane.
The M. E. Sunday schools pupils
past , present and future will enjoy
a picnic on Spring Branch Tuesday.
The children will bring lunches and
meet on the steps of the church , from
which place free conveyances will take
them to the picnic grounds at 10
o'clock. Grown people will accompany
the expedition so that parents need
have no worry for the welfare of their
little ones on the trip.
D. E. Lutz of Tllden was the first
man to send an order for pickles to the
now Norfolk Plcklo & Vinegar factory.
The order came Saturday and waa for
a full barrel of the now factory's choic
est products. The new factory , which
Is completed , Is beginning actlvft oper
ations nnd within a short tlmo Its
pickles and other products will go out
to the trade of this territory. The first
big vat of pickling cucumbers was
scaled on Saturday. Ono vat contains
700 bushels of cucumbers and there
are many vats still to be filled.
Sunday was a particularly disagree
able day In Norfolk. A strong south
wind , carrying tons , of fine dust , raged
all day long and permeated the most
securely fastened windows , The storm
area of low pressure Into which the
wind blow , arrived from the northwest
at about 8 o'clock In the evening. The
area was featured with heavy clouds
but no rain fell here. After the center
of the low area had passed to the
southeast and the wind had changed
to follow It , the atmosphere cleared
up , the barometer shot higher nnd the
temperature became cool.
Norfolk has been extremely fortu
nate this surnmor In having no local
names on the long list of north Ne
braska drownings of the season. Nor
folk people have , however , had no end
of narrow escapes from the waters of
the Elkhorn and Northfork this sum
mer nnd only chance and good luck
has stood in the way of several drown
ings. Last week J. L. Hershelsor with
a bathing party of relatives and friends
were out in the Elkhorn by the Boche
camp. With four nieces , three of them
young ladies from away , Mr. Hershols-
er started across the Elkhorn nt a
point where the river had been com
paratively shallow but where the cur
rent had recently cut out a deep hole.
Without warning the party were swept
off their feet. It was only by the most
strenuous efforts that Mr. Hershelser
succeeded In bringing the young ladles
out of the deep water. To add to the
danger of the situation Becky Eccles ,
who was a member of the party , was
taken with cramps on swimming out
to assist In the work of rescue and
with difficulty reached the shore.
WELL KNOWN AND UNIQUE CHAR
ACTER IS UNBALANCED.
HE OWNS THE YELLOW BANKS
"Uncle Johnny , the Hermit , " Known
to This Part of the Country as a Pe
culiar Being , Has Become Very Much
Deranged.
"Uncle Johnny , the hermit , " for for
ty-one years a quaint character at the
Yellow Banks fourteen miles north
west of Norfolk , has been declared In
sane and committed to the state insane
hospital here. The Madison county
board of insanity yesterday afternoon
took this action on complaint of the
sister of "Uncle Johnny , " whose real
name Is John McKirahan. "Uncle
Johnny" was the first treasurer of
Dodge county , Neb.
Living all alone out In the wlldwood
for forty-one years , tills hermit has
lost his mind. For some years he has
been deranged and today he Is insane
at all times. Much of the time he
knows nothing at all.
Wandered With Cattle.
For some time the man has been
straying away from the homo of his
sister , Mrs. Jemima Frost at the Yel
low Bivnks. Ho would be gone three
or four days at a time and when found
would bo bewildered. At times he be
came unconscious nnd for days ho
would Ho In a comatose condition , un
able to eat. Ills sister bad to force
him to eat and drink.
McKirahan came to Nebraska from
Illinois with his brother. Ho lived
at Wlsner before coming to the Yellow
Banks. He was at Fremont before the
Pawnee outbreak and came to Battle
Creek when the final victory was won
In the battle at that place , against the
rods.
"Uncle Johnny" Is perhaps seventy-
two years of age. Report said ho was
eighty-two. Ho owns the Yellow
Banks 240 acres. His sister will bo
appointed guardian.
This hermit formerly had a little
cave In the banks. There used to bo
rumors of an old romance , but nobody
ever confirmed the story , so far as Is
known.
GREGORY TO HOLD CARNIVAL.
Three Big Days Are Arranged for Rustling -
tling New Town.
Gregory Is preparing for a magnifi
cent carnival and tournament to be
held there September 4 , 5 and C.
There will bo three days of solid fun
and excitement , Including baseball
games , horse racing , cowboy broncho
busting and Indian pow-wows.
KLUG BUYS OUT ENDRE8.
Cement Block Business Has Changed
Hands In Norfolk.
M. Endres has sold his cement block
and concrete sidewalk business to Rob
ert King , who for some years has
worked with Mr. Endres. Mr. Endres
will remain In Norfolk and for a tlmo
will assist Mr. King In operating his
cement block factory.
ATTENDED GERMAN LUTHERAN
SYNOD SERVICES.
MORE THAN 2,000 WERE PRESENT
About $450 Was Raised For Lutheran
Mission Work , $306 Coming In
"
"Through Collections From the Two
Sunday Services.
Probably the biggest church audi
ence over assembled for church servic
es within the boundaries of Norfolk
was present at the open air services
of the Lutheran synod held Sunday
morning nnd afternoon In Pasowalk's
grove. Immense audiences were pres
ent both morning and afternoon , the
number of people listening to the af
ternoon sermon being estimated from
two to three thousand. A seating ca
pacity for 2,000 people arranged In tho.
grove was not adequate.
Sunday was mission Sunday for the
state convention of the Lutheran
churches of the Missouri synod. The
morning and afternoon were devoted
to the big mission festival In the
grove , the evening to the special ser
vices In Christ Lutheran church , where
Thoo. Gutknecht was ordained for spe
cial missionary work In India.
The big gathering of Lutherans for
the mission services was the result of
hundreds of Lutherans from Madison ,
Stanton , Wayne and Plerco counties
coming Into Norfolk to join with the
Norfolk church and the Mlssourls ynod
In the services. No services were held
during the day at St. Paul Ev. Luth
eran church , affiliated with the Wiscon
sin synod , the members of that congre
gation Joining In the services In Pose-
walk grovo.
Special sermons on missions were
features of mission festival In Paso-
walk grove. In the morning Rev. B.
Gehrko of Bcnnlngton spoke on homo
missions ; In the afternoon Rev. Mr.
Hopmann of Wilcox delivered a ser
mon on foreign missions. Both ser
mons were effective addresses.
Amout $450 was raised for Lutheran
Mission work Sunday. The sum of
? 306 came In through the collections
of the two services. About a hundred
nnd fifty dollars was netted from the
receipts of the refreshment and lunch
stands In the grove.
The audience In Pasewalk's grove
Sunday was not only Norfolk's biggest
church audience ever gathered within
the city limits , the meetings were de-
to bo the largest attended of any ever
held in connection with the state sy
nod meeting.
Missionary Ordaned.
Few more impressive services have
been held In Norfolk than the service
of Sunday evening when hi Christ
Lutheran church a young man , Theo.
Gutknecht , a graduate of St. Louis Con
cordla seminary , was ordained for
work in the mission field in India. Mr.
Gutknecht , who is from Wayne county ,
and whose father Is a Wayne county
pastor , left this morning for St. Louis
enroute for his work In eastern India.
The Missouri synod already has sever
al missionaries in India.
The young missionary was ordained
by Rev. P. E. Brandt of Plttsburg ,
president of the national synod. He
was assisted by Rev. Mr. Gutknecht of
Wayne county , father of the young
missionary , and by Rev. C. H. Becker
of Seward , president of the state synod.
The church choir was augmented by
additions from the ranks of the visit
ing teachers. The ordination sermon
of the evening was delivered by Rev.
E. G. Frese of Omaha.
Monday morning following the Sun
day mission festival and the adjourn
ment from Saturday morning the state
synod reconvened for the last two days
of their Norfolk session. Important
business Items were to bo taken up
Monday afternoon and Tuesday.
Monday evening was given over tea
a special service with communion for
the vlsting Lutheran ministers.
BISHOP SCANNEL'S DATES.
Will Visit Northern Nebraska for Se
ries of Confirmations.
Bishop Scannel of Omaha has an
nounced his confirmation appoint
ments , covering the months of Septem
ber and , October. The bishop's pro
gram will bring him to the Norfolk
church of the Sacred Heart on Octo
ber 3.
The following list of Bishop Scan-
noil's confirmation appointments will
bo of special Interest to members of
the Catholic church In north Nebras
ka :
Ravenna September 17
Broken Bow September 18
Anselmo September 19
Alliance September 20
Hommlngford September 21
Crawford September 22
Montrose September 23
Harrison September 24
Chadron September 25
Hay Springs September 2G
Mlrafo Flats September 20
Nenzil September 27
Valentino September 28
Stuart September 29
Atkinson September 30
Ewlng October 1
Battle Creek October 2
Norfolk October 3
Soldier's Widow Dies.
Wisnor , Neb. , Aug. 1C. Special to
The News : Mrs. Ira Bates , sr. , a
soldier's widow C5 years old , who lived
twelve miles southwest of Wisnor ,
died last night The funeral will beheld
held from the Congregational church
In this city at 11 o'clock tomorrow.
