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LEBANON, PA.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 8. 1805.
ONE CENT
JARRETT DIES GAME ON THE SCAFFOLD,!-*2
THE LEGISLATURE.
eed tugs ta Tuesday's Session
^^^^^^^     of tho House.
I By United Press Special Wine.
Harrisburg, Hay 7.—The Bouse met
at 10 o'clock thia morning ami lmmed-
Le JJia jwot js linen on tne -brink oii^'y *»««*-» *he,<!oniri«eration o£,.the
m^ ' calendar    of   bills   on   third   reading.
When the Senate bill, creating the office of deputy auditor general came up
on a special order, Mr. Snavely, of
Franklin, moved to amend bo that the
chief clerk In the department may be
deputised to aot as auditor general.
The amendment was defeated and the
vote on ttte final passage of the bill
was taken up, and the Mil waa defeated—yeas,  (19;   nayat 96.
The House bill,creating a State board
of undertakers In cities of the first,
second and third classes was defeated
cm final passage*-—yeas, 99; nays, 20;
less than a constitutional majority.
Eternity and Met His Fate
without Speech-making.
THE DROP   FELL  IT 11,12 AND   HE STRANGLED,
When the Supreme Moment Came Bis  Eyes
Turned Heavenward—Died Truly Penitent.
THE MORNING'S SCENES AND INCIDENTS IN PRISON.
How He Spent His Last Night on Earth-History of the Grime, His Escape.
Final    Capture    and    His    Trial—The    Homicide
Record    of    Lebanon    County.
The day opened with the sun ob- f sion; some had none. Toung gentle-
' Hewed by vapor-laden clouds, and the I men, society men, were in force, armed
many who hoped. for a sunny and | with cards naming them as deputy
balmy Tuesday with a fresh and | sheriffs, and men who never saw in-
bracing air were disappointed, for It side of a newspaper office nor ever
was close and sultry. A stillness j wrote more than thetr own names, were
reigned in inanimate nature and taken care of with "press" tickets,
among the people, many of Wbom even Within the windows of the Jail office
so early as 7 o'clock could* be seen and corridor could be seen many well'
-.gathering In knots on street corners known county officials—at whom were"
. with eyes turned ja il ward, discussing cast many eyes beseeching entranoe for
and re-hashing the orime, Its causes, their owners. The crowd was peace!
the trial and the ooming execution, in able and orderly. When the funeral
tones hushed and low. A vein of van of Joseph Bowman & Co. drove up
nervousness could be readily felt vary- with a coffin for the doomed prisoner,
ing in waves, all sought to be careful- many made a half-hearted effort to
ly concealed   and  suppressed,   making I crowd in in its wake, but Constables
EVANGELICAL CHUBCH FIGHT.j
The Bill of Complaint for Possession
of Chestnut Street Chnrch.
A    PRELIMINARY    INJUNCTION.
Tho Argument to be Heard Saturday—
Uov.   c. II.  Eago Cannot   Deprive
Complainants from Visiting tho
Churoh.—Bcnsons   Sot   Forth.
service or appointment over any particular charge lasts for one year only,
to wit: until the convening of the Annual Conference next- after that when
and where such preacher received such
appointment. In case a preacher receives his appointment from a presiding
elder in the interval between thc annual sessions of an Annual Conference,
then his appointment lasts only till the
convening of the then next ensuing Annual Conference. A presiding cider's
appointment over any particular district
may not exceed four successive years.
7. The pastor of every congregation
and the presiding elder, by virtue of
their respective offlce. are entitled,
under the disci pi Ine-and usages of said
denomination, to certain emoluments to
be fixed by the Annual Conference to
which they respectively belong, or, if it
_— ,-__  „ =—= .  1 «.     , sees fit,  such Annual  Conference may
Howard C. Shirk, E. Esher and Wm. refer this matter to each Quarterly Con-
Ritchie, attorneys at law and solicitors ference. The East Pennsylvania Confer Rev. Orner Butler et al. on Tuesday, fCrence many years ago enacted a rule*
The Senate bill, authorizing traction I morning presented the following bill of j vnich ls still in foroe, to the effect that
or motor power companies to enterj complaint to Judge Ehrgood who grant- every pastor of the rank of elder should
into contract with each other for the ' ed a preliminary hearing to be heard reoeive at least $500 and every presii
sale,  lease and operation of their re- | Saturday.   The   purpose   of   the   com- aing elder at least $ ■ per annum,frori
spec tive property and franchises, pass- : plalnants is not to keep away any one the congregations under their respect
ed finally, unamended—yeas, 139; nays, from worshipping in said church but to tivo charges, and as much more as they
13. | secure what they claim a rightful pos- might, after agreement with their sev-
Another  Important  trolley bill  was ' session. eral Quarterly Conferences, fix upon.   A
also passed finally as amended.   It wae In the Court of Common. Pleas of Leba- pastor, lf a married man, Is alao enti-
  *-   non   eounty.   Sitting   in   equity.   He-j tied to be provided by his charge with
tween Rev. Orner Butler, pastor; Rev.  a dwelling place or parsonage.   Plain-
W.  K. Wiend, presiding elder; Wil- tiff Rev. OmerButler Is a married man.
Senate bill, authorizing traction
motor power companies and street passenger railway companies owning.Ieas-
tng, controlling or operating different
lines of street railways to operate all
lines as a general system, and to lay
out such new routes or circuits over
the whole or any part of any street or
streets occupied toy suoh different
companies, and to run cars thereon for
such distances and in suoh directions
as will, in the opinion of the operating
company, best accomodate public
travel. The Senate bill to prohibit
prize-fighting and to regulate boxing
with gloves was vigorously opposed.
It was amended in committee of thc
whole to provide that the penalty for
k
in each man met a tension high and
severe. The silent voices of nature
deny them as we may overcome the
seeming severity in the justice of the
law's,  and made men  conscious will-
Sattezahn and Hunter and Policeman
Stine were on hand to prevent entrance
Hack again to the green in front did
the mass surge—stragglers occasionally
making jaunts to the rear, of seeking
ingly on their part or unwillingly,that   the seclusion of a deserted stone quarry
by human agency a fellow being was to rejuvenate their drooping spirit with
today   to   be  sent   to    that    "bourne
CHARLES   GARRETT.
ence no traveler returns." The
I m of life, however wasted or thrown
t.ii'^y its owner, must ever make it-
Ef more than a theory of mind when
h-u are confronted with the doleful
[July of taking it away from a brother
[nan. The killing of Louisa Garrett—
| the legal tragedy—Is almost lost sight
over-shadowed by the greater
I trag consisting of the prevented
life, Lhe lost opportunity, the long
caurse of unrestrained evil now about
Mp pay Ite natural penalty. Not death,
!'but the climax to crime is the painful
feature   that   truly  causes  a  hush   of
it with Nature on the point of weep-
'*e throng was in no wise deterred,
crowd lingered in and about the
Mouse, as though some recom-
ws to be gathered there, while
ortan tones a corner faker plied
a tion as though upon a holiday,
ind musician, forgetful of his
■ v a tion, in an eagerness to turn
kl mighty dollar, ground out mix-
i of ■ tune and disoord on a mouth
organ. Eighth street was the popular
thorough Care—though all streets led to
the jail. Faces were most turned
I'southward, but a few could be seen
slowly wending a way back. Men were
.not th#wily curious seekers. Women
Variously attirt_d, leading wee tots by
jhe hands and carrying infants in thetr
arms, made their presence known by
tin-  ■•'!
IA GARRETT, (the victim).
ler laughter at some street in-
.t or mirthful thought. In a tree,
ie the jail to the north, 15 or 20
and]hoys had olimbed to topmost
s, and to the south, a similar
was witnessed, though "the tree
jO short to enable its occupants
„ over the wall. The roof of the
■' .ame house te the south, was lined
with scantily-clad urchins of ages ranging from 6.to 12, and the wall of Kar-
mahy's residence presented a picturesque appearance of groups—some
[standing, some sitting, some reclining.
Vie green turf formed a softer though
^^f damper seat, and was early made
^H of. Around the la.il, the larger
^H wd stood to the south at tha wagon
^Bntrance.    Some, had cards of admis-,
a draught from a blaok bottle. Now
and then the screech of a freight locomotive would distract attention, and all
would gaze at the passing train as
though a thrilling novelty, and the
deeper blast of the passenger whistle
was hailed as refreshing music.
As the day wore on and the sun slyly
peeped out upon the scene, many of the
weary _ waiters wished themselves ln
cooler places, and coats were removed,
WHEN MORNING DAWNED.
Scenes and Incidents In the Prison—"I
am   Heady to Die*** Said the
Prisoner*
The day for the ninth execution*
opened with a hazy appearance, but
that did not deter the arrival of people in all trains from the earliest mo*
ment from all directions on railroads
centering ln the city. Many came who
were unaware of the change of the aspect of affairs in relation to the passes,
and were greatly chagrined that their
oards of admission were not receivable
at the prison gates. They formed In
groups of four, six and more along the
pavement In front of the prison, and
discussed the embarrassing position
they were in.
CONSTABLES REPORT.
Constables Hunter, Altland, Sohn,
Sattezahn and Shults reported as early
as 8 o'clook.   The sheriff stationed Con
William Fell;it, George Werner, Levi
Light and the Evangelical Church of
the Evangelical Association of
North America, County of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania, plaintiffs, and Rev. Charles
Egge.Rev. is. J. Smoyer, C. B. Wagner, Jacob Parthemore, Isaac Houseman, M. B. Wenger and W. S. Bordlemay, defendants.
To the Honorable the Judges of said
court:
Tour orators complain and say:
1. Said plaintiffs, Rev. Omer Butler
and Rev. W. K. Wiend, are respectively
prise fighting shall be $1,000 instead of I the pastor and presiding elder of the
1100, and the imprisonment two years church or society commonly known as
instead of three months; and that the the Emanuel Churoh of the Evangeli-
gloves shall be eight ounoes Instead of cal Association, located in the city of
six, and the rounds four Instead of six. Lebanon, in said county and state, the
Those opposed to the bill contended corporate name of said churoh or soei-
that lt would legalise prise fighting, cty being "The Evangelical Church uf
Messrs    Fow     and     Salllnger     made (the  Evangelical Association  of Nor
speeches in favor of the bill on the
ground that tt was necessary to protect the legitimate athletic associations Of Philadelphia. The bill was defeated on flnal passage—yeas, 47; nays,
100.
The vote by which the House bill
creating a board of undertakers was
defeated, waa reconsidered and the bill
then passed finally—yeas, 125; nays, 11.
The House refused to concur In the
Senate amendments to the Kearns bill
permitting electric railways to carry
the United States mails, and a conference    committee    will    be   requested.
These bills passed finally : Authorising county commissioners to appoint
a county solicitor, fixing hia compensation and 'prescribe the terms and
duties to tha solicitor; making it
unlawful for any turnpike company
to collect toll for travel over suoh road
on Which stone over two Ipches In diameter is used for macadamizing; permitting disabled soldiers to canvass
for or solicit orders and deliver goods
Without being owners of the some.
Adjourned at 1 o'clook until 3 pi
AFTEBftTOON  SESSION.
Speaker Wilson called the House to
order at 3 o'clock. The bill legalizing
the dehorning of cattle, caused considerable debate and amusement when
it was reached. Mr. Cotton, Allegheny
attaoked the bill saying that it was
inhuman and in the modern times
should not be permitted Mr. Sean or,
Indiana, said that there was nothing
inhuman in dehorning cows for tit
gave them no pain at all, and besides
the cattle thrived better when dehorned and to the dairymen throughout the
state it proved a benefit.
Messrs. Moore, Fradford, and Phillips, Chester, corroborated what was
said by Mr. Seanor. During the discussion of the bill the members from the
oitles created much merriment by offering ludlcrlous amendments to the
bill,   particularly   one   offered   by   Mr.
stable Sohn at the scaffold, Hunter and 1 F°w,__bf Philadelphia,who did not want
Sattezahn Inside of the gate, and Alt-
land  and   Shultz   outside  of   the  yard
gates, until the gates were closed.
At the entrance of the prison,Harvey
Stine, a son of the sheriff, had charge
of all those entitled to enter the prison
proper.
Ex-Sheriff Bowman was an early visitor, and greatly assisted the sheriff,
THE PHYSICIANS.
Dr. W. F. Klein, prison physician,
had charge of the final disposition of
Garrett after the drop of the scaffold.
He was assisted by Dr. John Walter,
Dr. John A. Biever, Dr. John Strohm,
Dr. Charles Schmehl, Dr. J. D. Zimmerman, Dr. Charles S. Miller, Dr. V.
H. Allwein; Dr. I. K. Urich, AnnvUle;
Dr. L. R. Light, Jonestown; Dr. J. H.
Wahl, Grantville; Dr. J. A. Capp, Lancaster; Dr, G. R. Welchaus, Lancaster;
Dr. Levi Zimmerman, Richland; Dr. j
Amos Gerberich, Harrisburg; Dr. E. R.I
the dehorning tb apply to hydraulic
rams. The bill was defeated by a
vote of 100 nays to 43 nays, not having
a constitutional majority. On motion
of Mr James, of Venango, the vota by
which the bill was lost, was reconsidered and agreed to, and the bill postponed for the present.
The House adjourned at 6 o'clock to
meet again tomorrow morning at 10
o'olook.
IN   THE BENATE.
Harrisburg, May 7.—■The Senate met
at 10.80 thts morning. Several Senate bills of minor importance passed
finally.These House bills passed finally
unamended, and were sent to the Governor: Amending the marriage license
aot; validating the exercises of franchises of corporations whose charters
have expired; abolishing arraignment
■__»_._.. _-_ « *_■- v* t. -.- -i r _2z_ i in courts of oyer and terminer except
Basley, Ono;, Dr. D. B. Gerberich city; whore the charge Is murder; relating
■J?- W. H. Holsberg, city; Dr. E. H. to 0fiiciai newspaper advertising in
Wanner, city. ciUoH of the sec0nd class.
THOSE   WHO   WERE   ADMITTED.      Senator McQuown introduced a bill
Rev. M. J. Mumma, of the U. B. 1 authorizing the State normal school at
ohurch, Annville, was an early vis-! Lock Haven to place a mortgage of
itor In the cell. Joseph H. Light,was $40,000 on the buildings and grounds.
also an early caller, and the father | Tho bill authorizing the manufae-
and sisters were admitted as early as tursrs of malt or brewed liquors to sell
8 o'clock. their own product to licensed dealers
Among the visitors admitted were' oniy upon payment into the county
ex-Sheriff Boeshore, ex-Sheriff Bow- treasurer of 91,000 annually was de-
man, Constable Joseph R. Fegan, of ■ feated—-yeas, 80; nays, 8—less than a
Annvllia, Constable Henry Moyer, of! constitutional majority voting for it.
Myerstown, Deputy Sheriff D. 8. Rank, The Senate refused to agree to the
George   H.   Beinoehl,   of   the    News; j House  bill  authorising a special  tax
Jonas Knoll, Grant Weidman, Jr., Edwin K. Bomberger, Union; Constable
win K. Bomberger, Union; Constoble
Philadelphia Times; A. B. Schropp,
Wm. A. Behny, Dr. Lincoln Miller,
John Adam Bomgardner, W. G. Jones,
Harrisburg Call; J. F. Smith, Altoona; A. A. Cherry. Chief of Police, Altoona,  Samuel Phillips, Prescott;  Wm.
for   grounds   and   buildings,   and   the
bill fell.
These House bills passed finally with
amendments, and were returned to the
House for concurrence: Authorizing
cities, boroughs and townships to appropriate money for memorial day services; changing the time and manner
making the registry of voters and
Stark, Fredericksburg^ John Phillips, the duties of registry assessors; au-
clty; W. F. Rapp, Reading Eagle; ! thorlzing street passenger railway
Charles  E.   Spayd,   Star Independent,  companies to enter, into contracts with
Harrisburg; J. F. Hutton, Report; H|
H. Hain, Duncannon Record; C. "K.
Bomberger, Prothonotary; J. M. Snyder, clerk of County Commlsaoners; A,
Rise Bowman, Times; County Detective Spitler, Harrisburg; Maj. P. G.
Mark, New York World; Fred Able,
Harrisburg; Fred Fink, Harrisburg;
A. F, Johnson, Altoona Times; Register Donley, Independent District:
Pierce H. Arnold, Lebanon; George B.
Schock, city; George Relnhard, city;
County Treasurer Shultz,County Commissioner Sholly, Jury Commissioner
Gettle, Wm. R. Brunner, city; Cyrus
P. Fox. News Bureau, Reading; E. L.
Lindemuth, Court House stenographer, Reading; J. F, McGovern.eity:
W. R. Mark. News; ex-Sheriff Thos.
V. Miller, Shaefferstown; District Attorney Seltzer, city ;■ Dr." William IC
Mattern, Coroner's physician, Phila-
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traction or motor power companies for
the lease, sale or operation of their
property and franchises; authorizing
the election of a town clerk for three
years, and fixing his duties and compensation; establishing a State board
of veterinary medioal examiners; defining the power of city assessors In
oitles of the third class and constituting a board of revision of taxes and
appeals.
Adjourned at lo'clock until tomorrow
at 10.30.
Graduated ns Preacher.
Rev. Dr. E. V Gerhart, president of
thc Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church of the United States,
preached the baccalaureate sermon to
the graduating class in the chapel of
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster. Among those graduated as
preachers were H. W. Brlgh't. this
city, and E S. Noli, Fredericksburg.
America, County of Lebanon and St
of Pennsylvania;" the other Individual
plaintiffs are members of said church
and society, and are trustees of the
same.
Plaintiffs bring this suit on their own
behalf of all members of said church
or congregation, who are in subordination to the discipline, laws and usages
of the Evangelical Association ofNorth
America, and who recognize the authority, of the General Conference of
said denomination, and generally, on
behalf of the ministers and members of
said Evangelical Association.
2, The Evangelical Association of
North America is an unincorporated religious denomination, having a volume
of written laws known as the "Disci-
pline."It was organized about the year
1800, under the connectlonal or associated form of cburch government, derived
from that of the Methodist Episcopal
Churcn of America, with a system of
graded executive,legislative and judicial
ecclesiastical bodies and officers, all of
whom, together with the members and
preachers of said denomination,are subject to the provisions of said discipline,
a copy whereof marked "Exhibit A" Is
filed herewith as a part of this bill.
3. —Under said discipline and the
usages of said denomination the preachers thereof are organized Into and are
members of bodies called Annual Con
ferences, which are established or abolished, and have their territorial limits
defined by a superior judiciary known
as the General Conference, whioh latter body Is hereinafter more particularly described. Each of said Annual
Conferences convenes once each year
under the presidency of a Bishop of
the denomination, if one be present, and
for certain purposes of local administration exercises jurisdiction over all
its members and over the congregations of the said denomination within
its own territorial limits. There are 25
Annual Conferences in and of this denomination throughout the world .among
which is one known aa the Eaat Pennsylvania Conference, within whose, territory Is composed all of the said Lebanon county.
Under the discipline there are elected
every four years by the General Conference, from the elders of the denomination, oertain general ohurch officers,
called Bishops, who hold their office for
four years after their election.Itis the
special duty of a Bishop, among other
things, to preside over the sessions of
nny Annual Conference when and where
he may be present, and (with the assistance of the presiding elder or the
presiding elders thereof) to appoint the
preachers of such conference to their
respective fields of labor or pastoral
charges for the ensuing year, the same
being the usual method of ministerial |
appointment lu use in said denomina-1
tion ever since its organization.
Under the discipline the presiding el-1
der also has power In the Interval be
tween the annual sessions of thc Annual Conferences, to appoint pastors
to their fields of labor or charges in
oase of necessity. • Appointments so
made conferfull power upon the preacher so appointed, and constitute his sole
and only authority, under the discipline
and usages of said denomination, t.
perform the duties, and enjoy the privi
leges and emoluments, belonging to tht
office of pastor of the local society or
congregaton to whloh he may be so appointed. Nei ther the lay members of the
various congregations nor the trustees
thereof have any voice or vote, under
the laws of this denomination, In the selection Of thetr pastors, nor an'y power
to reject a pastor who has been appointed in the manner aforesaid.
4. At and by the General Conference of the denomination held at Indianapolis, In October, 1891, Rev. S. C.
Breyfogel, Kev. Thomas Bowman, Rev.
J. J. Esher and Rev. William Horn (all
of whom were then and there elders of
said denomination) were duly elected
Bishops to serve for the term of four
years thon next ensuing.
5. Presiding elders are, under the
discipline, elected by the Annual or by
General Conference, for service within
'the bounds of every Annual Conference.
They serve for a period fixed by-the
Conference electing them, not to exceed four years, it ls the disciplinary
duty of a presiding elder to superintend
the spiritual and temporal affairs of all
ohurches of the denomination in his district, and he must also enforce alt disciplinary provisions within his district,
and must travel about among the members and preach and otherwise officiate
ht the churches so placed under his
oharge. It is, likewise his duty onoe
every three months to hold and, if practicable, to preside over a Quarterly
Conference In and over each charge or
circuit in his district.
6. Under the discipline and usages of
said denomination, a pastor's term of
8. The Quarterly Conference is a local body connected with every charge,
having under the discipline, certain
powers over such charge ln temporal
matters and also to a certain extant
having judicial powers over the members of such charge. It Is composed of
the presiding elder, the pastor, certain
congregational officers and others. It IS
convened once in three months by the
presiding elder In the house of worship
belonging to the charge, and is presided
over as aforesaid by the presiding elder, If present.
9. The General Conference, of this
denomination is the highest executive
and judicial tribunal and the only legislative body In church matters in and
for said denomination. It Is required to
meet once in four years and Is composed of delegates elected from and by
the members of the several Annual
Conferences, upon a certain ratio of
representation, in addition to certain
general church officers, (Including the
Bishops,) who are ex-officio members of
General Conference. General Conference has power, under the discipline, to
decide upon the legality of all acts of
Annual Con ferences, and it hasfull power
to make all rules and arrangements relating to thc property and temporal affairs of the .denomination.
10. At a regular session of said East
Pennsylvania Conference, held atPotts-
town,Pennsylvania,from February 28th
to March 4 th, 1895, plaintiff Rev. W. K.
Wiend, (who was then and there a member of said conference and a preacher
of the rank of elder) was duly elected
a presiding elder for *& term of four
years then next ensuing, and waa assigned to a district in said conference
called the Reading District, within
whose bounds is comprised all of said
Lebaaon county. At said session of
said oonference, plaintiff Rev. Omer
Butler, (who was then and there a reg
ularly licensed preacher df said Evan]
gel Ical Association and qualified to receive an appointment as pastor) was
duly appointed by said Bishop J. J,
Esher, the president of said conference,
with the assistance of said Rev. W. K
Wleand and the other presiding elder of
said conference, to be the pastor of said
Emanuel, or Evangelical.church at Lebanon.
11. The said churoh or society was
organized more than 66 years ago by
preachers of said Evangelical Association, from and of persona who were
then members of said denomination and
from its said organization to the present time its membership consisted and
consists only of such persons as avowedly adhered and adhere to the discipline,
laws and usages of said Evangelical
Association. Said church or society was
organized under and subject to tlie discipline, rules and usages of said Evangelical Association of North America,
and has continued under and subject to
such discipline, rules and usages until
the wrongful acts of the defendants
hereinafter complained of. It has always been and now is,within the bounds
of the said East Pennsylvania Conference and is subordinate to the same, as
well as to the General Conference of
said Evangelical Assoolation of North
America, especially ln the matter of receiving as its pastor and presiding elder
respectively, only such persons as may
have been lawfully appointed as such
in accordance with the discipline and
usages of said denomination.
Said church or society is colloquially
called, and known by the name, "German Evangelical Congregation of the
Borough of Lebanon," "Congregation
Of the Evangelical Church," and, more
GEvangclical    Association"    and   "The
Evangelical Association" and "The
Evangelical Church of the Evangelical
Association of North America," but all
these various names refer to one and
the same church or society, namely to
the churdh hereinbefore flrst mentioned
and to which reference is herein had.
12. On - or about the fourth day of
May, 1830, by their deed duly executed,
for the consideration therein named,
Abraham Light and his wife conveyed
to George Reinoehl, Henry Fisher and
Henry Bowman, trustees of the German
Evangelical congregation of the Borough of Lebanon, (by which name said
"The Evangelical Church of the Evangelical Association of North America"
was then known) all that certain lot or
piece nf ground, situate in the then
township, (now city) of Lebanon, Lebanon county and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows,
to wit: Beginning at a post, thence by
land ofAbrahamLight south 86 degrees
and  one-half wast,  four perches to a
post and  street called    street;
thenci- by lot of Samuel McNalr south,
five di-grees and one-half west, twelve
perches to a post;thence by land of said
A   TRIUMPH  FOR  THE REPORT.
The issue of the Report on Tuesday
was another unparelied triumph of
local journalism. The feature of the
paper was, of course, the hanging of
Garrett. In Its account of this Interesting event the Report outdid itself
and outshone all contemporaries. Not
only was its story of the scene at the
gallows, of the events preceding it. and
of those following it, the most detailed
and complete to be had, but this thrilling narrative was supplemented by
a most complete account of the history of the crime, the history of the
murderer, of his victim, together with
other matter which the occasion' made
of present interest.
It was Impossible to embrace all of
the long narrative of the hanging
and our other local and general matter |
into the usual four page paper,and the
proprietors, regardless of the heavy
additional expense involved, at once
decided to run an eight page paper, A
noteworthy fact is that brimful as it
was with news, from flrst to last every
line of the matter was of home production, set up In our offlce. ' Not a
line of "boiler plate'* waa to be found
in the entire paper.   Immense as was
A CLOSE aUJO DEATH.
Young   Lads   Narrowly   Escape   a
Frightful End in a Runaway,
FELL BENEATH A FRANTIC MARE.
The Animal thon Fell  Prostrate   Upon
Thorn—Both Badly Hurt and One
Picked Up In   an   Unconscious  Condition.
On Tuesday afternoon between 4 and
G o'clock the team of I. F. Gram bine,
tinsmith on Nortli Ninth street, was
driven up tu the drug store of F. H.
Atkins, North Bighth street. On the
wagon were JohnMlnnich andRaymon d
Rothgaber, two young boys who were
left ln charge of the team.While in the
wagon, tiie two commenced jostling
each other when Rothgaber was thrown
down on the single tree which started
the mare, Minnich, who had hold of
the lines, drew the right line so hard
as to force the horse on the pavement
when a collision occurred with a hitching post in front of the cigar store of
D. J3. Garman.
The collision was so violent that both
were thrown under the mare who in her
endeavors to extricate herself from the
wagon, was thrown and fell upon both
of them. The accident was seen *
number of ladles who screami
Miss Lena Rank, a daughter ot Deputy
Sheriff Rank, fainted.
The men in olose proximity who witnessed the accident hurried by ran up
to the mare and held her head down
the amount of work Involved ln this, \ while   others endeavored   to  extricate
the boys but were unable to do so. The
the enterprise of the Report enabled
lt to overwhelmingly distance Its contemporary in the rapidity with which
it appeared on the street. It was at
least an hour and a half ahead of Its
rival, and the readers of the Report
had perused every word of the story
of Garrett's hanging before the less
fortunate subscriber to their contemporary had so much as seen his paper.
No wonder the people, alive to their
opportunity, clamored for the Report*
The sale of copies was unprecedented.
Twice the weary pressmen sat down to
rest, thinking their work was ended,
and twice the busy newsboys came
rushing back snd compelled them to
run off extra editions. The people
oalled for them faster than the newsboys could sell them. When at laat
the weary press finally stopped lt had
run of extra editions. Tlje people
6,000 copies !
You wonder how we do it all. It is
easily told. From top to bottom the
Report has a plant the like of which is
not to be found in this city nor in this
valley, and but few in the State outside of Philadelphia. Every facility is
at hand. It is child's play to "set up"
a column of matter on the Mergenthaler Linotype machines. That is how
it happened that our big story of Garrett, every line of it written after 12
o'clock, was In type so soon. Once
ln type all we had to do was to hurry
the forms down stairs, set our Webb
perfecting press agoing, and the neat
papers came pouring out at the rate of
12,000 an hour t
.Do you wonder now that we have
the best paper tn the Valley? Do you
wonder that we sell three times as
many papers daily as any single contemporary ?
Abraham Light and by an alley called
 alley, north 86 degrees and one-
half cast, four perches to a post;
thence by lands of said Myaham Light
north, five degrees and one-half east,
twelve perches to the place of 'beginnings mtaining four perches in breadth
and twelve perches ln depth. The said
above described premises were conveyed to the trustees, named In said deed
of conveyance, in trust and for the use
of said congregation*, (the same being
as aforesaid, a congregation or ohurch
Of said Evangelical Association.) A
copy of said deed, marked "Exhibit B,"
Is filed herewith and made part hereof.
Shortly after said premises were acquired as aforesaid, there was erected
thereon, about thf year 1880, with funds
contributed for that purpose by the
members of said Evangelical Church
and. other members of said Evangelical
Association, a hpusc ot worship, to be
used solely according to the discipline,
rules and .usages of said Evangelical
Association   of   North   America.   Said
The Song of tho -Foeszgnmsor.
Robert   Randon,   in   the   Allentown
Chronicle and News, says:
"Brother Thomas C. Zimmerman,
editor of the Reading Times, whose
presence Is gonial ty itself, has dedicated a song to Major John W. Mish.
of Lebanon,- on the 73d anniversary of
his birth, entitled "The Song of the
Fooszgaenger." The song Is a graceful
and poetic tribute to a friend. Beautiful in its sentiment, suggesting the
lilt of the robin and the merry lay of
the bluebird in its metre and redolent
in every line with the spicy odors of
the gladsome spring rippling as a
stream in Its rhyme, it must have
brought baok to Major Mish the memories of auld lang syne, etc., "the day
when the keepers of tha house shall
tremble and the strong men bow themselves and the grinders cease because
they are few and those that look out
of the windows be darkened * * * when
the almond tree shall flourish and the
grasshopper shall be a burden.
A Birthday Party.
A birthday party was given ln honor
of Miss Alice Metzger at the residence
of her father, near Manheim. All
kinds of social games were indulged
in and elegant refreshments were
served.    The  following were present:
Morris Kauffman, Lltltz; Geo. Kimmel, S. S. Harmes, Lebanon; Prof.
Shenk, B. P. Hostetter, Walter FuA>
nlsen, Alfred Becker, Harry Obetz,
Jno. Boyd, Chas. Long, J. F. Apple,
Chas. Shelly, Lyman Hamaker, J. X.
Stroh, Jno. Metzger. Allen Broaey, Albert Bright, Ida Kline, Sarah Aandt,
Annie Danner, Ella Mengle, Kate
Burkholder, Minnie Reif, Mary Heisey,
Lizzie "Witters, Lizzie Houser, Mary
Burkholder, Sallie Metzger, Jennie
Obetz. Emma Levan, Mabel Hackman,
Kate Waverling, Ella Reiff, Lizzie Myers, Francis Nissley, Kate Colton, Fannie Metzger, of Manheim.
Laid nt Rf.-t.
Th funeral of Master Fred. Oar-
many, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Samuel
Carmany, took piaoe on Tuesday afternoon at l o'clock from the residenoe
ot the parents, on South Eighth street.
The floral tributes were very handsome. Services were held at the housi
Just tew* Sworn In.
Deputy Recorder   of   Deeds Bordlemay has administered the oath of offlce   to   J   Frank    Smith,   of   North
Annville, H. A. Brandt, East Hanover,
 ,_ _   snd Samuel Richer, Bethel, justices of
_________________    ,   . and  interment on Mt. Lebanon ceme-1 the peace.    Each furnished a bond in
CONTINUED    ON   FOURTH    PAGE   tery. 181.000.
mare then made a plunge forward to
rise, but was unable to do so and a sec
ond time fell on the boyi    	
the harnjess had been cut and the mare
being free from tha shafts, struggled
to her feet when Rothgaber was also
drawn out from under her.
He waa at once led over to the offlce
of Dr. W. F. Kline, who not being at
'home, he was led into the drug store
of Mr. Atkins. His face and head were
Oovered with blood and the nose so badly injured from a kiok of the mare that
it was subsequently sewed up by Dr,
Klein who came there a short time
later.
MINNICH WAS UNCONSCIOUS.
After the mare arose to her feet, Minnich was found lying face downward
In the gutter, unconscious. He was at
once picked up and carried into the
drug store and Dr. B. D. Bucher gave
the sufferers attention. Both are suffering from internal injuries and both
had severe bruises at the faces and at
their heads.
Minnich was only saved by his position in the guttter, being partly pro*
tec ted by the curb stone, upon whloh
the greater part of the weight of the
mare rested. The hat of Minnich
black cheese cutter, was out to pieces
by the hoofs of the mare.
After having their Injuries dressed
Mr. Grumbein was brought there in another team of his. The boys were placed
upon blankets,! if tod into the wagon and
removed to their homes on Church
street. They present a very bloody appearanoe and were suffering great pain.
Miss Rank,who fainted at the sight of
the accident, was assisted Into the drug
Store and Dr. D. B. Gerberich called ln
to attend to her. She was subsequently
attacked with spasms and did not recover until several hours afterward S|
when she was removed to her father's
residence on East Cumberland street tn
the carriage of Dr. Gerberich.
The accident created great excitement
drew together a large assemblage of
persons, and soon rumors were Current
that one was killed. Chief Ringler and
Constables Sattezahn, Shults and Sohn
at once took oharge of the entrance at
the drug store and prevented the crowd
from rushing in. The mare escaped unhurt, the wagon was not damaged but
tho harness was cut to allow the mare
to get up so as to release the boys.
The Rothgaber family have been particularly unfortunate within the past
month. The first bereavement was the
death of a sister ln Baltimore, followed
shortly after by the death of the father
and now a son ls seriously injured. Dr.
Klein stated that it was Impossible at
that time to say what would be the
result of their injuries, but he did not
apprehend either would prove fatal.
EVANGELICAL   CHURCH    FIGHT.
Another War Sn Williamstowu and Arrests Follow an Attaok.
The Esherites on Monday sold the
personal property of Seibert s Evangelical Church at William stown, of which
Rev Kostenbader ls the pastor. Tho
sale was well attended but the proceeds did not amount to more than
$250, when a couple of organs had
been sold the buyers went to the parsonage, where a few articles were sold.
The Dubs faction, which ts still in
possession of the churoh, bought most
of the property that was sold. Jaoob
Light, well known in this city, attacked Rev. William H. Rinek, of Harrisburg, who was present as a representative of the Esher faction.
Mr. Light is a prominent member of
the Dubs faction, and is alleged to
have assaulted Rev. Rlnck without
provocation. When Rev. Rlnck reached Harrisburg he went before Alderman Kenheard, with his counsel, F. P.
Snodgrass and made information be-
against Mr. Light for aggravated assault and battery.
It Is alleged Mr. Light knocked Rev.
Rlnck down three times! and then
kicked him into the street. Constabl
Boyle was given the warrant of arrest.
TNALDERffiANIC C0URT&
THE EOYAL ARCANUM.
A Reception Given to tho Grand Officers tn Rendlnn. Last Evening.
The Grand Council of Royal Area*
num. will meet In the seventh hi-en nial
session this week In Reading. Gretna Council, this city, will be represented.
The Committee of Arrangements
met on Monday evening and completed the details for the reception of
the grand and supreme officers and
visiting members.
It was decided that the forty-five
members of the receptinon committee
of the three Councils be divided tnto
three delegations of fifteen each and
that these go to each of these railway
stations: P. & U. outer statlon,Franklin street station and Pennsylvania
railroad station, to meet visiting Ar-
canumites and direct them to their
hotel quarters.
It waa also ordered that a special
badge be provided for the nine members of the general Committee of Arrangements.
On Wednesday afternoon the ladies
accompanying the delegates will be
taken on a three hours' trip over the
lines of the Reading Traction oompany. On Thursday morning the
ladies will be taken over the Never-
sink Mountain railway and In the afternoon over the Mt. Penn Gravity.
Hon. James R. Kennedy will preside
at the meeting in the Academy of
Music  on  Thursday evening.
The General Committee consists of
these   members:   Al   Welle,  who  was
 chairman pro tern, laat evening; Chas.
in" by aI s-  Foos.secretary;  Ammon IC. Rhoads,
ed   and   John E.   Garner, James H. Henninger,
John W. Rauch.Walter B. Craig, E. L.
Moyer and Thos.  8. Brenholtz, chairman.
The grand supreme officers and their
wives, numbering 32, will be
quartered  at the  Mansion  House.
One hundred and seventy guests
had made known their Intention up to
last  evening  to  attend  and of thero
Bv this time I fifty-six will be registered at the Hotel
- | Penn;    fi fty-four    at    the    American
House, and sixty at the Central House.
This evening an Informal reception
of the supreme and grand officers will
be held at the hall of Mt. Penn Council, No. 18 North Fifth street. The
hall and the building will be appropriately decorated. There will be a
program of vocal and instrumental
music and extemporaneous addresses.
OPINION BY JUDGE EHRGOOD.
Tlie Rule Discharged at the Costs ofthe
Petitioners and Appeal Stricken Ofl".
James March, sr., now for the use of
James H. March, vs. John H. Heilman.
By the Court—In this case suit was
brought before an alderman, October
17. 1894; a hearing had on October 23,
1894, at which both plaintiff and defendant appearel. Judgment entered
October 25, 1896, and an appeal taken
from the Judgment of the alderman
on November 14, 1894. The transcript
of appeal, regular in form, was not
entered cm record of the court of common pleas until a regular return day
had Intervened between the time the
appeal was taken and the following return day.
We are now asked to permit the
filing of the transcripts, of appeal
nunc pro tunc, for the. reason that the
alderman promised the defendant that
he would hand him the transcript in
time for entry in the Court of Common
Fleas.
The examination of the transcript
shows that all the proceedings before
the alderman were regular and the appeal taken In time and the transcript
of appeal certified to on the same day
(Nov. 14, 1895) by the alderman.
We are not Informed why the transcript was not handed to the defendant
in time, but presumably because he
neglected to oall for it, at the Offloe of
the alderman.
There is no allegation of neglect of
official duty on the part of the alderman and the rule must be discharged.
And now May 9, 1895, rule discharged
at the costs of the petitioner and it ts
further ordered that an appeal be
stricken from the record.
A. W. EHRGOOD, P. J.
Th
C. O. -Booth's Docket
i case of Commonwealth vs, Chas.
Plottenberger.charged with assault and
battery upon R. Honafius, has been
settled hy the defendant paying costs,
plaint-tit's doctor -bills and hls| float
time,—In all about $16.
George Snavely was arrested Tuesday by Constable Sohn and gave bail
ln $100 before Alderman Booth to answer a charge.of .Assault and battery
preferred by Mra. Bella Gorman. It is
claimed that the defendant whipped
and kicked a minor son of the complainant. A hearing has been set for
Thursday at 7.30 p. m.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast fbr Wednesday.
For Eastern Pennsylvania, showers
in the early morning, followed by fair;
cooler, southerly winds, becoming variable.
For Western Pennsylvania, unsettled weather with showers, warmer,
southwesterly winds.
PERSONALS.
..Miss Ethel Weidman left in ths
early train for Philadelphia.
..John Meily attended to business in
Philadelphia
..Mrs. L. E. Weimer and son were
visitors ln Philadelphia.
.. Dr. John A. Capp and wife, of Lan-
cafltter, are visiting his mother in
Jones town.
..P. A. M, Passmore,of Philadelphia*
left on Tuesday evening for Harrisburg.
..John F. Echternach, of Lancaster,
was a visitor in this city on Tuesday
and took in the exeoution.
..Edward S. Cox is a visitor witb
J. T. Hood in Winchester, Va., where
thay will express an opinion on a
hotel at that place with a view to the
purohase of thc same.
Miss Carrie Brunner, of Campbellstown. spent Monday In this city.
..Mrs. Caroline Lesher, of Jonestown, passed through thic dty on her
return from Allentown where she visited her daughter, Mrs. Chas. A. Bowman.
.. Miss Gertrude Patschke, of Lebanon, who has been visiting Miss Emma Slake, has returned ho***-*-—Ocean
Grove Press.
Bufl-ilo Bill's Wild West Show.
Passenger Conductor Jones, of the 6,
& L. Railroad, and quite a number of
others visited Reading on Tuesday
and attended the Buffalo Bill's wild
west show. Two extra passenger cars
were attached to the 7.07 p. m. train
to this city and Mr. Jones reported
an immense throng of people in Reading.
Ill at Atlantio City.
Hon. Josiah Funck, of this eity, who
Is at Atlantio City recuperating his
health, was taken suddenly ill and
asked for the presence of his family
physician, Dr. E. B. Marshall, of Ann-
villa,, who, upon being notifi<-d. went
to his bedside at once.
U. B. Mutual Aid Sooloty.
The annual meeting of the TJ. B. Mutual Aid Society was held on Tuesday
at (he office of the Society ln this city.
The annual eleotion resulted in the reelection of the old officers and an assessment was directed to be made*