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< v THD NOHEOLK WtfEKLy NEWS-JOUUNAI PWDAi JUNE 4 1 < J09. SOCIETY Pleaiurea of the Week. The Dorcns Bocloty mot Monday evening wltli Misses Clnra and Doro thy Hudat , In thu latter part of the evening the young Indies present pro- Bontod Miss Clnra with a silver moat not , the occasion of the gift being Miss lludat's approaching marriage to John A. Johnson of Ilockford , 111. This wook'a mooting of the Dorcas society V * wns the last gathering of that orga nization until next fall , when the Dor cas meetings will ho taken up again In Soptombor. The following olllcora wore elected this-week : Miss louo Clmppol , president ; Miss Mnttlo Davenport - onport , vlco president ; Miss May Johnson , secretary ; Miss Susan Gillette - lotto , treasurer. A house warming nt the now homo of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Donner , thirteen miles Hputhwost of the city , was at tended by a number of Norfolk people Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Donnor wore recently married. The visitors num bered about n score. Mrs. S. T. Nappor entertained a number of neighborhood friends on Tuesday ovonlng ( the party being In honor of Mrs. C. J. Ltndstrom , who is to remove from Norfolk in a short time. Mrs. O. D. Buttorflold entertained the Drldgo club Monday afternoon. A light refreshment was served at the close of the games. Miss Helen Drldgo was an outsldo guest. The Ladles' Guild of Trinity church met with Mrs. 13. P. Woathorby on Thursday. Mrs. Weathorby was as > misted by Mrs. Leonard. Dr. and Mrs. P. II. Salter gave n family dinner party on Tuesday even ing in honor of Mrs. Fred Salter of Lamro , S. D. Mrs. L. C. DoWltt entertained the P. B. T. club at her homo on Madison etrcot Tuesday afternoon. Miss Edith Buttorflold was hostess to the Dolls' Sowing club last Satur day afternoon. Personals. Miss Edith O'Connoll was a guest in the homo of Mr. and Mrs.V. . N. Huso Friday night. Miss O'Connoll was enrouto to her homo in Ponca from Genoa , Nob. Mr. and Mrs. Gwlnn have loft for their now homo in Texas. The resi dence vacated by them will bo occu pied by Mr. and Mrs. I. Sonneland. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Hold have moved into the Wostervolt residence prop erty on Madison avenue , Just opposite the federal building. Miss Fate Burnham loft Saturday morning for a month's visit with Mrs. Frederic Beaumont , in Madrid , Neb. Coming Events. Mrs. II. A. Pasowalk has issued in mjfl vitations to a 1 o'clock luncheon on Wednesday , Juno 2. T * Hymenlal. Manson ( la. ) Democrat : Rov. and Mrs. S. F. Sharpless of Fergus Falls , Minn. , have announced the engage ment of their daughter , Miss Eliza- "both M. , to John Meredith Daniel of Manson , la. , the wedding to tnko place in Fergus Falls on Wednesday , Juno 30. Manson people will be interested In the above announcement , as it is the culmination of a romance which dates back to the childhood days of the prospective bride and groom and ns Mr. Daniel is one of Manson's fin est and best young men , who has won hosts of friends all along his former territory as well as in Manson , by his unfailing courtesy and winning genial ity. Since coming to Manson ho has made for himself a place in the busi ness and social world of our city that ho may well be envied. His friends , throughout the state will extend sin cere congratulations to him and the welcome they will accord his bride will be most cordial. Miss Mabel O. McNish of Fremont , who was married last week at Holly wood , Cal. , to Dr. Donald G. Turnbull , a physician and surgeon of the City of Mexico , is known in Norfolk through visits hero , having been the guest of Miss Faye Burnham. The bride is a daughter of the late C. C. McNish of i Fremont Dr. and Mrs. Turnbull will stop in Fremont on their wedding trip. Wayne Normal Notes. The Swedish club , which was or ganized some time ago , are enjoying son\e most pleasant meetings once each week. The club boasts of some splendid singers. Friends on the Hill enjoyed short visits from Misses Elizabeth Bustecd of Madison , Hessio Besst of Decatur , Etta Marsh of Randolph last Sunday and Monday. These young ladles were making arrangements for at tending school hero next term. Mrs. Pile was an over Sunday vis itor at the homo of Mrs. Neihardt , in Bancroft. E. J. Simonds , state secretary of the Young Men's Christian associa tion , was a pleasant visitor with our association the first of the week. Ho found the association flourishing and In splendid condition. Ho will not be in the state next year. Prof. John T , Sauntry visited rela tives and friends in Cherokee , la. , last week. Ho will deliver the graduating address at Bellwood Friday evening. His subject is "Heroes in Plain Clothes. " Miss Slgno Satt 'of Wausa visited friends here Saturday. Mrs. Bright will glvo the Saturday talk this week. Her subject is "Homo , " and wo anticipate something extraordinary. The following young men from the Christian association have been chos en to go to Cascade , Colo. , to attend the Western Students' conference , which will bo In session Juno 1G-20 : Horace Cox , Norfolk ; Gomor Jones , Carroll. MEMORIAL DAY PROGRtM Dr. Tlndall Delivers Address Morn * Ing Procession and Exercises. Mathowson G , A. R. post , No. 109 , at its last regular meeting , adopted the following order of exorcises for the observance of Memorial day , May 31 , 1909 : Members of the G. A. R. , old sol diers and Mathowson Woman's Relief Corps will meet nt G. A. R. hall at 9 n. m. that day to arrange ( lowers for decorating graves. Contributions of ( lowers are respectfully solicited to bo sent to G. A. R. hall at that time. Conveyances will be provided for old veterans and W. R. C. Procession to go to Prospect Hill cemetery will form under the direction of Colonel J. C. Stltt , aldo on governor's staff , at 9:30 : a. m. on Norfolk avenue In the fol lowing order : : Mayor and council. Norfolk band. Company D , First regiment , N. N. G. Veterans of the civil war. Woman's Relief Corps. Norfolk Land-Wehr Voreln. Norfolk flro department. Civic societies. Citizens. , At the Cemetery. Procession will move at 10 o'clock , marching west to Thirteenth street , thence north to Prospect Hill cemetery tory , and on arriving at the cemetery will form In hollow square around the soldiers' lot , whore the following ex ercises will bo hold : : Music by the band. Reading of the names of soldier dead by the adjutant. Services from G. A. R. ritual by post chaplain. Dlrgo by the band. Delegations from the G. A. R. and \V. R. C. will then proceed through the cemetery , placing ( lower offer ings on the graves , which will be des ignated by little Hags. After decorat ing the graves all will return to the soldiers' lot , where % the ceremonies will conclude with the following ex ercises : Music by the band. Firing of mortuary salute by Com pany D , First regiment , N. N. G. Taps by bugler of Company D. Afternoon Program. In the afternoon nil veterans and W. R. C. will meet nt G. A. R. hall at 2 o'clock and march In a body to the M. E. church , where the following exorcises will bo held : Singing by quartet choir , led by R. Solomon. Invocation by Rov. Roy J. Lucas. Reading names of soldier dead by adjutant. Reading Lincoln's Gettysburg ad dress by E. P. Woatherby. Singing by quartet choir. Memorial day address by Rev. D. K. Tindall , D. D. Singing , "America , " led by choir , in which all join. Benediction by Rev. J. L. Hedbloom. The following committees have charge of matters connected with the observance of Memorial d y : Flowers , the Woman's Relief Corps. Music , Wldaman and Weatherby. Marking graves , Wldaman and Me- Ginnls. -Decorating hall and church , Roberts and Morrow. Conveyances , Pfunder and Beswlck. Memorial Sunday Services. On Sunday , May 30 , all old veter ans , Spanish war veterans and Wo man's Relief Corps will meet at G. A. R. hall at 10 a. m. and , under escort of Company D , First regiment N. N , G , , will march to the First Congrega tional church and attend services by the pastor , the Rev. Edwin Booth , Jr. It is requested that all who can do so will attend these exercises. By order of Mathowson G. A. R , post , No. 109. W. H. Wldaman , H. C. Matrau , Post Commander , Adjutant. , Business Changes In the Northwest , W. A. Schauppner has sold hie Plainvlew blacksmith shop to M. C , Barnes. Dr. Seasongood has retired from the medical field in Battle Creek at tor a few weeks' stay. SOUTH IS 6LAD. UNION WON Secretary of War Dickinson , Southern Man , Makes Memorable Speech. Gettysburg , Pa. , May 31. Standing on the battlefield where virtually was decided the sanguinary conflict be twecn the north and south , Secrotaiy of War Jacob M. Dickinson , a south ern man by birth , today turned ovai to the Gettysburg National park com mission on behalf of people of the United States the handsome monument ment erected here by congress to commemorate heroic services of the union soldiers who surrendered theli lives on this spot that the union might be preserved. "The overthrow of the south , as always occurs after a fierce war , when the defeated nro helpless and the more conservative of the victors are for a while dominated by the fiercest and most aggreslvq leaders , ' said Mr. Dickinson , "was immediate ly followed by sufferings and humllla tlons that for a long time admitted of nothing but lamentation over a re sult that could bring such woes , Keen and bitter as they were , time and a manifestation of a more gen erous sentiment brought a mitigation of eorrow and a clearer vision of the tremendous evils to all the states which would certainly and Imme diately have followed upon the cs- abllshlng of the southern confed eracy. "Its very cornerstone wns of la- nlnno pro-ordained to dlstntcgrcga- tlon. Commercial and other condi tions would as sure as fate have brought about n dissolving confed eracy. What would have como from these , we can only conjecture , but t Is well within the bounds of reason to assert that the good would have been dwarfed in comparison with the evil. "There would have been a hate and rivalry between north and south as In tense as that between Franco and ormany , with a border line far more extended , people less amenable to con trol , and causes for friction more numerous. A cordon of forts would liavo stretched from the Aalnntlc to the western border of Texas. Army and naval establishments would have devoured the substance of the poo- ile , and militarism would have domi nated civil government. The civiliza tion of all the states would have de veloped on different and moro criti cal lines. It may bo that Jin the logic ' of events the war had to'como that It. was the llorco , cruel and Inevitable crucible which was to fulfill a destiny that of making use as it did , a stronger and harmonious people , united with a solid front to meet the great problems that now confront our race. "At this day there are but few , If any , dispassionate thinkers in the north who question the patriotism of those of the south who on this strick en field got an example of American valor that will forever thrill the minds and hearts of mankind in all countries and in all ages. And at this day there are In the south but few , If any , who would not turn swift ly with sentiments of abhorrence from any suggestion that it would have been better Jor the south If It had succeeded lu estnbllshlng an In dependent government. " "With one mind and heart the people ple of this great country , " said Mr. Dickinson , In conclusion , "looking to the future with no rivalry but In gen erous patriotism , and cherishing no hate , but only the glorious memories of this bloody field , can with hearty accord , proclaim in .the language of a southern poet commemorative of this struggle. " 'Fold up the banners , smelt the guns ; Love rules ; her gentler purpose runs A mighty mother turns In tears The pages of her battle years , Lamenting all her fallen ones. ' " MONDAY MENTION. H. R. Ward Is homo from Omaha. Miss Bertha Hanson spent Sunday In Tilden. Miss Gertrude Thelen has returned to Alton , la. A. L. Kllllan was In Omaha Monday on business. Miss May Harrison spent Memorial day in Tilden. Henry Schulz went to Wayne Mon day morning. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Williams are vis iting in Omaha. George D. Butterfield left at noon for Chicago on a business trip. J. H. Conley was in Wlsner to see his mother before going to Presho. Wm. Llchenberg of Hadar is in the city for a few days' visit with friends. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Thorns of Til- den were Sunday visitors in Norfolk. Mrs. Fred M. Hunter left Saturday on a fortnight's visit to Omaha and Lincoln. August Marquardt of Enola was In Norfolk to.take part in the Memorial exercises. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Groesbeck and little son left Saturday noon for Den ver , Colo. J. D. Sturgeon was in Fairfax and Anoka last week disposing of an as signment of pianos. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Coryell were down from Plalnvlow over Sunday , re turning home Monday. Anton Adenski of Ashton , Neb. , has'boon a guest for the past week at the C. L. Daniels home. Miss Lillian McCabe of Columbus , who has been visiting Miss Fay Liv ingston , returned home at noon. Mrs. D. B. Hlnes has returned from a visit in Iowa , but leaves again to day for a two months' visit in Den ver and Durango , Cole , W. R. Hoffman was in Fremont Monday on account of the probating of the will of the Into Robert Canote , Mr. Hoffman having boon a witness to the will. Mrs. S. Chady , her daughter , Misa Ethel , and her mother are in Norfolk from Albion , guests at the Livingston homo. They will leave Saturday to Join Mr. Chady on a Tripp county homestead. Mrs. G. F. Sharpe of Dougms , Okla. , spent several days at the homo of hei sister , Mrs. E. M. Huntlngton. Mrs , Sharpe came to Norfolk to be present at the high school commencement ex- erclses , her daughter being ono of the graduates. At noon Monday Mrs , Sharpe , her daughter and Mr. and Mrs , Huntlngton loft for Fort Dodge , la. , to attend a family reunion. Guy Arnold , of the pile driver crew , working at Vordlgro , spent Sunday In the Junction. Mr. and Mrs. Owney Dugau passed through the Junction Sunday evening on their way from Omaha to Chadron , Mrs. E. E. Wood spent Sunday in Atkinson , where Mr. Wood has charge of a train crew in the gravel pit. Ralph Alien of Missouri Valley was at the Junction Saturday and Sunday visiting friends. Miss Julia Williams spent Sunday with friends in Wlsner. J. M. Eckholt went to Missouri Val < ley yesterday on business. The portable sawmill has finished | sawing the old ties and brldgo timber hero and has boon shipped to Chad ron. ron.James James Brennan went to Omaha Sat urday evening to visit with his family over Sunday. Some sneak thief entered the room of L. J. Larson Friday while ho was asleep and stole his pants , with his pockothook , containing $15. Miss Ellen Baker of Wlsnor Is vis iting her sister , Mrs. D. A. Adams. Miss Mary Roescho went to Oak- dale yesterday noon for n two weeks' visit with her grandparents. Miss Emma Hcckmnn came up from Council Bluffs ; where she attends school , for a visit with her parents. Miss Helen Klltz returned to her homo In Valentino after n two weeks' visit with relatives at the Junction. Mrs. J. H. Doyle of Foster Is visit ing at the homo of Chas. Long , cast of the Junction. The shlnglo sawmill has received an order from the Black Hills division for 1CO.OOO shingles. Sol G. Mayer went to Lincoln yes terday on n short business trip. John F. Klug has returned from a business trip to Spencor. While there ho sold n farm. Dr. J. C. Myers has gone to Butte and other points In the northern part of the state on business. Mrs. Myers Is In Lincoln. S. J. Plymesser of Foster , secretary of the Pierce County Farmers Mutual Insurance company , was in Norfolk Saturday afternoon on business. Among the out-of-town visitors nro : S. H. Cornell , Valentino ; I. E. Glhrls , West Point ; W. T. Wills , Butte ; J. C. Schwlchtenberg , Plerco ; E. B. Bar- num , Dallas ; Guy L. Evans , Miss A. Hafery , Mrs. L. Wright , Crolghton ; Melissa Ekloberg , Burke ; Wm. Prlff and James Maxwell , Vordel ; John Wl- dnhml , Pierce. Wlnslde Tribune : Albert Lantz , n registered pharmacist from Norfolk , will have charge of F. F. Ware's drug store while Mr. Ware takes n vaca tion. tion.Tho The Crelghton band , according to the Crelghton Liberal , Is trying to en gage A. C. Vradenburg , director and manager of the Norfolk band , to in struct the members two evenings a week. Newman Grove Reporter : August Schukeyo refused to plead guilty to the charge brought against him by the postal authorities and preferred to stand trial. He gave bond for $500 for his appearance at the trial , which will probably be in September , either In Omaha or Norfolk. He says that he will be able to prove his innocence and that the parties who are really guilty will bo made to suffer. Fremont will hold the formal openIng - Ing of her new country club house and grounds .next Monday evening. The opening Is to be public to the friends of the country club , the club privileges to be limited to members after Mon day. day.Hoskins Hoskins Headlight : The section crew from Norfolk found the body of a full grown wild cat on the track half way between here and.Norfolk. . . It had been run over by the train and killed , but where It came from is a mystery. Alnsworth Star-Journal : The Nor folk-Yankton railroad is certainly hav ing a hard time of It. After twenty years of effort it has failed again. The trouble is over the right-of-way. It does look like there Is great need of this road , and it does look like the Hill interests should take hold of it and push it through. The postmaster's annual report ut the end of the postofflce fiscal year , June 30 , will show about the same rate of Increase In receipts that Is be ing registered every year , indicating a healthy growth in business at this point. There has been an increase in receipts every year since John R. Hays has been postmaster except the year that free city delivery was insti tuted , when there was a heavy falling off in box rental. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Koch , living five miles east of the city , n son. son.In In the county court at Madison Sat urday Judge Bates married Fred Ben son and Miss Freda Christina Lulow of Newman Grove. J. H. Conley packed his household goods In a car Monday afternoon , pre paratory to shipping them to his new home in Presho , S. D. , Tuesday. Frank J. Hamilton has come in from his Belle Fourche homestead and re turned to the Norfolk office of the Ne braska Telephone company. He hryj charge of the test board in U\Q \ t Utva office. , Two new central glrla in the Nor. folk exchange of the Nebraska Tele phone compnuy are Miss Clara Harri son , who has been working In the C. S. Hayes Jewelry store , and Miss Bes sie Sterner , who will spend her school vacation in the central office. County Judge William Bates of Madison was in Norfolk on business Monday. Judge Bates is a candidate for re-election. Petitions to put his name on the ballot next fall as a nonpartisan - partisan candidate have been circu lated In Norfolk for some time. Little Adolph Tews , the 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tews , living five miles east and a mile south of the city , died Sunday morning at 3:20 : o'clock , following an attack of lung fever and pneumonia. The funeral will bo held at 2 'o'clock Tuesday afternoon - noon from the house. The Railway Age Gazette of last week , in its notes on new construc tion says of the Northwestern : "Sur veyors are said to be at work In South Dakota , west of the Missouri river , from a point on the Plerro-RapId City line to a point north of Thunder Butte , to be opened for settlement this fall. Surveys are said to bo under way for an extension from Dallas , S. D. , orthwest The line may bo con tinued northwest to a connection with 'the ' Pierro-Rapld City line , probably at Wondto or at Midland. " Modern methods nro rapidly being adopted by farmers of the west , and no movement is moro significant of this rapid progress than the fact that electric lights and electric power for running wash machines and doing other things on the farm have been adopted in the farming territory near Norfolk. Electric lights and electric motor power have been placed In the farm of Fritz Klug , being supplied from the local electric light and power plant. Primary pupils In the music classes of Mrs. Cora A. Beols will take part In a matinee muslcalo Tuesday after noon nt the Auditorium. There has always been considerable public Inter est In the annual primary matlueo. On Wednesday and Thursday even ings of this week the recitals of the Intermediate classes are given. Ad mission is 15 cents. Next week's re citals have been changed to Tuesday and Wednesday instead of Monday and Tucsdny. Juno 15 Is the date which has boon agreed upon as the occasion of the evening Y. M. C. A. dinner to decide the future of the local building pro ject. The date wns definitely decided on after a conference with State Sec- retnry Bnlloy , who will bo present. It is also hoped to secure the presence of F. A. McCornnck , the Sioux City " banker , M. C. Steele , nn Omaha busi ness man , and E. R. Gurney of Fre mont. The dinner will probably beheld held In Marquardt hall. Five Hurt In Runaway. Nell h , Neb. , May 31. Special to The News : While M. O. Daxon , ac companied by his sister , his niece , Miss McClnroy , and two daughters were on their way to church Sunday morning In a double seated surrey , ono side oC the tongue cnmo down , which frightened the team and caused them to run away. The occupants were thrown out and all moro or loss Injured. The sister , Miss Daxon , wns picked up unconscious and taken to the homo of Wm. Campbell. Her face is fright fully disfigured. The right eye Is closed , and a cut across the nose that required four stitches by the attend ing physician. She also sustained a badly bruised right knee that required the limb to be put in splints. In an interview with the attending physi cian , Dr. Conory , ho stated that Miss Daxon's condition is serious , but is unable to say Just nt this time how badly she is injured. She arrived from Omaha Saturday evening for a visit with her brother and family. The eldest daughter of Mr. Daxon had the ligaments of her right shoul der torn loose and the same was put in splints. . Dr. Tlndall. With Dr. D. K. Tlndan , district su perintendent of the Methodist church , delivering the Memorial day address , Decoration day exercises under the auspices of the Norfolk veterans wore held Monday afternoon In the Meth odist church. There was the reading of the names of the soldier dead , the singing of "America , " the reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg address and the time honored features of the memorial program. Music was furnished by a male quartet. The attendance was largo. A Long Procession. The memorial procession to Pros pect Hill cemetery , where the mornIng - Ing exercises were held , wns longer than usual , despite the threatening skies.- This was due to the participa tion in the parade of the new Norfolk militia company , "D , " of the First reg iment , and the Norfolk Land-Wehr Veroln of German army veterans , in addition to the old soldiers , the ladles of the W. R. C. , the fire department and the city officials. .The Norfolk band headed the procession. John Gamble , ex-sergeant In the Twenty-fifth United States Infantry ( colored , ) clad in his full sergeant's uniform , carried the flag as color ser geant. W. H. Wldaman acted as marshal of the day , with H. C. Matrau as as sistant At the cemetery the beautiful ritual istic service of the G. A. R. was held over the soldiers' graves , In the square around the soldiers' lot in Prospect Hill cemetery the veterans formed two sides to the square , the other sides being filled out by the militia boya and the German veterans. The usual prograiu was carried out With the added feature of the mor- uary. BOlu o fired by the state mllltla. Graves were decorated by special delegations from the G. A. R. and the W. R. C. E. Grooms , of the Sixth Wisconsin , had died during the year , making one moro grave marked by the soldiers' flag. The grave of Mrs. P. 0. Hlrsch , who died during the year , wns added to the list of graves decorated , Mr. Hlrsch being an old. soldier. The Sunday Services. The Memorial Sunday sermon was preached by Rov. Edwin Booth , Jr. , at the First Congregational church , and was an eloquent tribute to the work of the soldiers during the war , Twenty-six veterans marched to the church , escorted by company "D. " Norfolk avenue stores closed from 10 n. m. until 1 p. m. , save where af ternoon closing was spqciftljy agreed upon. The Banquet. The twentieth annual banquet of the high school alumni association , held at Marquardt hall Saturday evening , was attended by about ninety gradu ates of the high school , a number hav ing'como from outsldo points for the annual reunion. Among the outside guests were President A. H. Vlelo ol the school board , Mrs. Vlele , Secretary H. 0. Matrau of the board , Superin tendent F. M. Hunter and the high school faculty , Hon. John R , Hays , the tonstmnstor , and Mrs. F. G. Got- tlngor. Marqunrdt hall wns very prettily decorated In the class colors of the graduates , red nnd green. The evening opened with an informal mal musical program of considerable merit. Vocal solos Svoro rendered by Miss Edna Loucks , Miss llolon Her- maim and R , Solomon. Miss Lydla Urucgguman gave a piano solo. Violin lin solos wore given by Ray Kstn- brook. An Informal banquet followed. After the refreshments , Hon. John R. Hays , who annually nets as toastmaster - master to the Norfolk alumni ban quets , Introduced Charles A. Rlchoy , president of the association , who wel comed the graduates of Friday evenIng - Ing Into the ranks of the alumni. Miss Dorothy Rudnt of ' 09 responded. Appropriate responses wore made to the following toasts : "Tho Reason Why , " Miss Amy L. Palnu , principal of the high school ; "Lectures , " Super intendent Fred M. Hunter ; "A Little Wisdom , " Secretary II. C. Matrau of the board of education. The election of officers resulted as follows : Miss Ella Hnuptll , ' 04 , pres ident ; Miss Helen Lobdoll , ' 09 , vlco president ; Miss Lydla Bruoggcmnn , ' 08 , secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Kaufman Again on Trial. Flandrcnu , S. D. , Juno T. The second end trial of Mrs. Emma Knufmann , wlfo of the Sioux Falls brewer , on charge of murdering her mold , Agnes Polrels , began hero today. The first trial resulted In conviction for man slaughter , but the supreme court granted n now trial. Judge Rico of Dcadwood Is presiding. State's At torney Danforth of Sioux Falls has charge of the prosecution and Alkens & Judge the defense. It Is not ex pected a Jury will bo secured before the end of this weak. Thus far the case has left a line of calamities in Its wake. Mrs. Polrels , mother of Agnes , has become perma nently deranged mentally because of the tragic death of her daughter. Moses Kaufmann , husband of the de fendant , has suffered n nervous col lapse. A former Iowa attorney , who wns special prosecutor at the first trial of Mrs. Kaufmann , has been dis barred from practicing law In South Dakota. The case also hns played an Important part in the politics of this portion of the state and has caused the defeat of men of state-wide repu tation. Came from Nebraska City. Mrs. Kaufmnnn formerly lived In Nebraska City , Neb. People there are much aroused over what they term persecution. They do not believe her guilty. The defense , in impeaching the man witness , ask how much faith is to be placed in the word of a man who would stand by and see a girl cruelly treated , as ho claims this girl wns. The case , In addition to affecting the fortunes and physical condition of individuals , also has played an Im portant part in the politics of this portion tion of the state and has caused the defeat of men of state-wide reputa tion. Other men have been landed In office through taking advantage of the feeling aroused over the case. That the new trial will bo hotly contested at every point goes without saying. Behind Mrs. Kaufmann will be the loyal support , of her husband , who has stood nobly by her through out her great trouble , and the ser vices of some of the leading criminal lawyers of the northwest , who will strive desperately to secure the ac quittal of th'eir client. /Behind the prosecution will be the sympathy of that great body of the middle and lower classes , to which belonged the unfortunate girl whom Mrs. Kaufmann is charged with hav ing murdered , nnd which , notwith standing the evidence submitted by the defense at the first trial , appear to firmly believe in the guilt of the accused woman. Mrs. Kaufmann Is charged with hav ing caused the death of the girl tij ojush a series of brutal acts , such aa beaUns her , pouring hot water upon her striking with with clubs , knock- tug h r down and otherwise maltreat ing her. The hot water incident has boon a conspicuous feature of the case , and has been the subject of drawings In some of the dally news papers , representing Mrs. Kaufmann as pouring hot water from n teakettle upon the girl \vl\lle lying prostrate at her feet , In Deference to this , Peter Erlckson , the tar witness for the prosecution , testified that on ono occasion when ho went to the Kaufmann home on an errand ho found the girl lying on the floor In a pool of water. When asked if the water was hot or cold he testi < fled that he could not tell , but that Mrs. Kaufmann had told him she had put hot water on the girl "trying tc get her up , " The defense , on the other hnml , claims that the girl was treated UInd < ly in the Kaufmann home ; that she was a victim of diabetes and that the deplorable condition In which she wat found to be at the time of her deatli was due to this. People Became Aroused. The Polrels family came to America from Austria-Hungary during the closing months of 1905 , taking ur their residence near Parkston , a small town in Hutchlnson county , southwest of Sioux FullH. Although the mem. hers of the family wore comparatively Grangers to many , even in Parkston , the belief that the girl was cruelly murdered by Inches aroused the ludlg nation of the people of that place and vicinity , and it was because of tilt Interest manifested In the matter by them that the case against Mrs. Knuf mann was instituted. The girl came to Sioux Falls on February 18 , 1906 , only a few weeks after the family arrived in South Da kota , and only a little moro than three months before site died nt Sioux Falls hospital with mimoroua wounds , cuts , bruises and gasho * about her body , bond nnd llmlm , nnd which are alleged to have been In * dieted by Mrs. Kaufmann. The girl secured the position with Mrs. Knufmann only by thu merest chance. Mr. Kaufmann was transact ing business for thu Institution oC which ho wan a principal stockholder and olllccr when ho mentioned to ono of his Parkston customers , William Moollor , that his wife needed n hired girl. The Pnrkston man mentioned. Agnes Polrels , nnd as n result she wns engaged to enter the employ of. Mrs. Knufmnnn , Moellor since that time hns been ono of the most nctlvo In pushing the prosecution of Mrs. Knufmann , doubtless feeling that In a measure ho was responsible for sending the girl to her death , The girl , while not of largo stature * , was ns robust and healthy as the av erage girl when she arrived In Sioux Kails , and shortly before slio loft Parkston weighed 138 pounds. At the time of her death the girl , according to evidence presented In the case , did not weigh moio than 110 pounds. After her death In n Sioux Falls hospital the remains wore prepared for burial and shipped to the parents of the girl at Parkston. Much has been said and written ns to how the wounds upon the girl's body , bend , limbs nnd arms wore first discovered. Ono story had It that the Catholic priest who olllclatcd at the funeral ac cidentally displaced n wreath which had been placed upon the dcnd girl's brow nnd disclosed n .wound under neath , afterwards reporting his dis covery to the authorities. The fncts nro that the body of the girl would have been placed pornm- nontly in the grave without an In spection being made had It not boon for a young daughter of William Moot- ler of Parkston , who wns nn Intlmato friend of the dcnd girl , nnd who , when word reached Parkston of her death , was nearly prostrated. Friend of Victim Aroused. Miss Moellor observed bruises and other marks upon the body , and It wns from her that the first disclosures cnme. The girl friend of the dcnd girl wns so persistent In her clnlm that there were wounds on the head and body thnt the remains of Agnes Pol rels wore exhumed After they hnd been placed In the grave. The discov ery made by Miss Mooller soon became - came a matter of general rumor , nnd the citizens of Pnrkston became aroused over the matter to such an extent that they determined to make a thorough Investigation. The body was twice/ exhumed , first by a few officers and physicians , nnd again by the officers and a larger num ber of physicians , and the wounds , gashes , cuts and bruises which nro playing so important , a part in the prosecution of Mrs. Kauffmann were discovered. The girl Agnes was the youngest of fourteen children , of which number eight nro dead and six are living. It Is a curious coincidence that an older sister was murdered by a rejected suiter while the family yet lived In the old country , so the daughter Ag nes was the second member of the family to meet a tragic death. There fore It perhaps Is not strange that the mind of the mother should have be come unbalanced. On a number of occasions since the death and burial of her daughter Agnes she has disap peared from her homo at night nnd was traced to the little Parkston cem etery , where she was found weeping on the grave of her dead daughter. A study of Mrs. Kaufmann's person ality discloses that she without ques tion is one of the strangest of women. She is absolutely without Intlmato women friends , not because she does not possess the faculty of making friends with members of her own sex , but because 'she does not care to have intimate friends. She has no warm personal friends , even among the other Jewish women of Sioux Falls , some of whom are numbered among the society lenders of the city. She seldom reads a newspaper , does not keep posted in reference to local , state or national events , and appar ently takes but little Interest in hap penings around her. She sits for hours at a time In a rocking chair , absolutely motionless and in a sort of daze , with her hands idle and her mind apparently unoccupied. Al though she is an accomplished musi cian , and a fine piano occupies a place in the Kaufmann home , she seldom if ever opens It and plays. She even does not appear to com prehend the seriousness of the chnrgo against her , wondering in a dazed sort of way what the people are making all the fuss about. 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