Public Opinion from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania • 1

Today's Weather Forecast Washington, Sept. 17. Forecast for Eastern Pennsylvania: Wednesday fair; light variable winds. Mr. Merchant: If you lost a pocket- book you would advertise for it and your pocketbook loses when you don't.

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WEDNESDAY MORNING; SEPTEMBER 18, 1907. NO. 1 5G SEVERE STORM ABOUT HERE GOES TO MEET LOST JHJSBAND German Bride Separated in New York Finds Man DEATH'S CALL COMES TO MANY Town and County Residents Answer the Summons SPECTATORS DODGE RAIN Robbins' Tent Had Bad Top and Water Poured in MSSS WOOD ISJARRIED Local Society Girl Wedded to New Jersey Lawyer TOURNAMENT PARADE FINE Pretty Pageant Planned for People's Delight Lightning Knocks Picture from School Room Wall LIVED IN WAYNESBORO BROKE UP A GOOD SHOW Lemasters. Sept. 17.

Mrs. Mary, wife of the late David Lemaster, died at the home of her son-in-law, Samuel. Hoover, near Church Hill, Monday night. She was aged 7S years. At the home of the bride last evening o'clock Miss Bertha K.

Wood Arthur H. Mitchell, of East Orange, X. mailed by the Rev. Dr. W.

C. Seheaffer, Lancaster, former pastor of Zion's Reformed church. The attendants were: Matron of honor, Mrs. CO. Wood; best man, Fred.

Douglass, Newark, N. bridesmaids, Miss Mary Boyd, of town, ami Miss Beatrice Mitchell, of East Orange; ushers, C. Herbert Wood, the bride's brother, and B. Osburne, of East Orange. Mrs.

Edward Maddern, of Pittsburg, wa.s at the piano during the ceremony. Those who knew Miss Wood knew that her wedding would be in perfect Policemen. and aides. Scotland School Mounted heralds. Contesting knights.

Queen and her Court. Protecting knights. Jesters, Pages, Clowns. Archers. City Band.

Speakers. Officials. Wilson girls. Hobby horses. Fortune tellers.

Automobiles. The above tells in general of the parade which will be held on the day Waynesboro, Sept. 17. Mrs. Bovetta Tasch, a comely German wife of about 25 years, left Waynesboro thie morning, to meet her husband In New, York City after an experience that la unusually unique.

It is a story, full of romance, that tells of it. Mrs. Tasch was married in Germany not very long ago. For some reason, which is. not known, she and her husband ran away from home and came to this country by different steamers.

One sailed from Hamburg and. on from Bremen. They are poor "but ambitious people. They came over In the steerage and promised that they would meet in New York. But New York City is very big and the husband and wife could not find each other there.

Mrs. Tasch was at her wits' end. Not only was she almost distracted by hep failure to find her husband but she was worried as to her future home. She started for Philadelphia and in the car in which she rode were soma Roumanians bound for Waynesboro. They could speak understanding to each other and she came with them to this place, in April last, because she had no plans for a home anywhere else.

For a little while she worked for them and then, one day, A. D. Carl, north of town, who could converse with the Roumanians and who worked with some of them in Frick shops, learned the young wife's sad story. Mrs. Carl needed some one to assist her in her home and she took the young woman to her home.

The German proved a very willing and faithful maid and quickly endeared herself to Mrs. Carl. All this time, however, she kept up a quest for her husband and just a little while ago learned his address in New York City. It may be imagined that it did not take her long to complete her arrangements to go to him. Mrs.

Carl assist ed her with almost as much eagerness as the young wife showed and there' was happiness in every minute of the day for the two women. This morning Mrs. Tasch started New York and Mrs. Carl accompanied her as far as Harrisburg. It is expected that by this time the comely German bride and her husband are reunited after one of the strangest experi ences that has come to two people who make their home and and fortune in this laud.

WILL BRING SUITS District Attorney Long Gets Evidence on Liquor-Minor Case. Judge Gillan yesterday morning; handed to District Attorney Long the evidence which the recent grand jury got from the witnesses it sum moned in the furnishing liquor to minor cases. It will be recalled that the investigation was ordered by the Court as a result of reading an arti cle in "Public Opinion." The district attorney seemed pleas ed with the evidence submitted and told a reporter yesterday that actions would result from the findings of the jury. B. ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Pennsylvania Annual Confer ence of the United Brethren in Christ (Radical) will convene in its annual session, October 3, in the Mt.

Olivet United Brethren county, near Guernsey Station. Bishop O. G. Alwood, D. of Montgomery, Mich-, will preside.

The churches that will report to said conference are located in Franklin, Cumberland, York and Adams counties, about forty in One of the worst storms of the season, which lias been peculiarly free of many atmospheric disturbances, broke over town yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The disturbance in the ele ments did not peter out for a pain fully long while and the timid were driven to the closed rooms, although there it was suffocating hot. There were vivid flashes of the fierce, free electricity and as the bolts cleaved the atmosphere there resulted deafen ing thunder. Some damage was done in this vicinity. In the northern part of town hail of a large size fell, while the southern part escaped.

This end got rain, however, and the circus story tells of the discomfort the downpour 'made. Whether it was a bolt of lightning or the vibration of the thunder combined with a rotten string is not known, but just after a flash, a picture on the wall of the school room in the King street building, taught by Eyster, fell to the floor. The. scholars were somewhat excited and investigation did not reveal any marks of lightning having entered the building. A workman in the Chambersburg Granite works in Souh Second street was partially stunned by bolt which ran down a crane and hit him.

His left side was paralyzed for a time but he was resuscitated. A bolt hit the house of Abram Stouf- fer, Pleasant street. Reservoir Hill. The fluid knocked off the chimney and made a large hole in the wall and then ran into the ground. Lightning struck in the house of Mrs.

Ridgiey, in Hamilton township. The bolt hit the comb of the roof near the edge and continued on down along the wall tearing plastering away and passed through the floor to the cellar. Miss Ann Ridgeley was in the house at the time, but did not know that the building had been struck until a few minutes after when she went up stairs to close some windows. NOT MANY WENT The excursion to Gettysburg run by the Merchants Association of Way nesboro yesterday only carried forty people. Our association can beatthat on Chambersburg Day.

I AM READY, SAYS MR. SANDERSO Philadelphia, Sept. 17. John II. Sanderson, of this city, the contrac-! tor who supplied the furniture and trimmings of the Capitol at Harris-burg, and who was implicated in the report of the Capitol Investigation Commission spent to-day in the of fice of his counsel, awaiting the warrant which it is said will be issued for his arrest at llarrisburg to-day.

Sanderson reached the lawyer's office early in the day and appeared un embarrassed over the report of his threatened arrest. "I wish you would say for me," he said, "that. I never ran away from any process of law or prosecution. All reports to that effect are untrue. I never went to Canada, and have not been out of the country.

I have been at home practically all of the 'time. I am ready to answer the call." P. Fred. Rotherrnel, Sanderson's attorney, corroborated the statement that the contractor had not been out of the country. Mr.

Rotherrnel declined to discuss the case. He said that as regards the form of the charges made 'against Sanderson he was necessarily in the" dark. When the warrant is served he will, he ex plained, be in a position to meet the Commonwealth's case. The attorney1 when asked if Sanderson would attempt to secure a continuance of his case in the event of it being called at the November term of the Dauphin county court, said: "Mr. Sanderson will not ask for a continuance unless it should develop that he has good cause for requesting a delay." Joseph M.

Huston, the architect, who was also named in the report of the investigation commission, it is (Continued on page- 3) Under a tent that had been made to shed water but which had been raised on too many lots the audience and performers in the F. A. Robbins show in South Second street yesterday af ternoon got a bath not down on the program. Every one in town yesterday afternoon knows that it rained, but it is one thing io sit under a good roof and hear the trickle of the rain drops and quite a different thing to sit on a circus bench or perch on the ring and, just! when you think you have found a good spot, have the canvas leak and a deluge delge on you. That, was the trick at Robbins yesterday.

In the first place the top of their main tent was like their clowns' jokes you could see through them in spots. If Robbins doesu't have the original three-pole top piece he has the next one made. Where it wasn't patched it wasn't and the latter places were worse than the former. When the patter of the rain first was heard no one cared, but when the storm king opened up a bit tlje wise ones saw there was something doing and they left. There were not many wise ones, however, and as the rain did a bit heavier pattering on the canvas the seams became loosened and then the stuff was off.

Where the roof was particularly bad the audience left en mass and reassembled on one of the ring. This gave them a close view of the performance and many got an insight into the workings of a large circus. Every now and then the bass horn would give one final gurgle and go out of the harmony. (The good natured player would dump the water out of his instrument and again get, into the game. The instruments of percussion were not percussing so well and the music-makers had an uncomfortable time in general.

They played with effect "The Rhine May Be Fine but a Cold Bath for Mine," "I'd Sooner Be on the Outside Looking In Than on the Inside Agetting Wet," "Oh for the Fins of a Fish," etc. When it's a case of fighting the drops all the while it becomes mo-notomous and it takes the call of the circus for one to hold one's nerve. The management and performers were there with the goods and one aerial artist, who was working near the top seam, came down with his tights well soaked. The donkey was compelled to splash through a stream of water and several times he slipped and once got mad and broke from the ring. The Aerial Lloyds braved the weather and did a splendid casting act.

As no programs were given out the audience did not learn the name of the woman who rode so well the well-trained horse. Whoever she is, she gave a clever exhibition of grace and skill. The circus program was cut by the flood. The portion given was good and the only kicks the audience could well register were: The excessive heat, the excessive rain-fall and the excessive untididness and uncleanliness of the ring hands. There was good order and the attendants were courteous and had the weather behaved itself there would have been general satisfaction.

The afternoon concert was cut off and the night performance was given, but the weather kept them away. A crowd saw the free parade and the school children were dismissed early so they could see' the circus. FIRELET AT GAS WORKS A temporary wooden platform in a cupola at the gas works was discovered on fire, last evening. No alarm was given and Engineer Shoemaker and George Hoffman extinguished the blaze. SAME OLD STORY The poor directors of Franklin county will not profit, by the new law which increases salaries to $400 and more per year.

This county is under a special law and poor directors will continue to and a consistent member of the River Brethren chinch. Besides her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Hoover, she is survived by two brothers and one sister: Jacob Myers, Chambersburg; Samuel Myers, Upton, and Mrs. Fannie Coffey, Williamson. Funeral Thursday morning at 10 o'clock with interment in Etter's cemetery, near Lemasters.

CHARLES ROCK Charles Rock, son of George S. Rock, died at his father's home at Ledy's station, at 8 :50 o'clock Tuesday morning, of tuberculosis, from which he had suffered for some time. He was aged 21 years. He is survived by his parents and these sisters and brothers: Mrs. Mary Weaver, Highspire; Miss Margaret Rock, at home, and John, George and Benjamin Rock, at home.

Funeral Thursday at 10: CO a. m. In termcnt in Mt. Zion graveyard. MRS.

ANNIE B. HENRY Mrs. Annie B. Henry, wife of Benjamin Henry, Hamilton township, notice of whose death appeared in the "Opinion" Tuesday morning, was aged 53 years, 8 months and 9 days. Mrs.

Henry's death was a shock to her many friends, who believed that operation performed at the hospital on Monday for appendicitis would result in her recovery, but her condition was too weak andie died at 10 o'clock Monday night. Mrs. Henry "was a daughter of the late James and Sarah Parker, and was (Continued on page 5) BROKE WAGON WHEELS The family driving horse of Bruce Statler, the well known horse owner, scared at a motor cycle in South Main street yesterday noon. It dashed up Main street and at Catharine made a sharp turn. It fell and wascut about the legs.

The rear wheels of the wagon were broken and the horse was caught at the show lot. The streets were well filled with people because of the show but no one was injured. BOUGHT LARGE FARM Samuel Widney, of McConnellsburg, has purchased the Jacob Wingert farm; containing 280 acres in Letter-kenny township, at private terms. REAL MAD DOG SCARE THERE PhMlipsburg, N. Sept.

17 This town has a genuine mad dog scare. At noon to-day five victims of the dog were sent to the Pasteur Institute, Brooklyn, for treatment at the expense of the public treasury. The patients are: Hugh Smith, 7 years old, bitten on the arm; Lucy Williams, aged 7 years, hand lacerated; George Lutz, 25 years old, numerous bites and scratches on the legs; Milton Kohn, aged 3 years, bitten on the face, and legs; James Caffrey, 10 years old, bitten on the face and forehead. He is in the most danger of serious effects from the wounds. On Sunday a clog ran through the town snarling and snapping at people and animals.

bit a number of people and then the cry of mad do wa.s set up and a search instituted for the canine, which was later caught and killed. The head was sent to the Pasteur Institute and word came back this morning that the dog had had rabies, and the officials urged to send those bitten to Brooklyn for treatment. The police gathered the injured together and sent them on at noon. Notices have been posted and inserted in the newspapers ordering the owners of dogs to chain and muzzle them. All dogs found running at large will be killed.

TWENTY-NINE FORESTERS There are now 29 students in the forestry academy at Mont Alto. Of this number there is one townsman. Walter D. Ludwig. taste and they were, not disappointed, as the quiet but artistic decorations of ferns, snow balls and asters made a beautiful setting for the bride who wore a delicate gown and carried lil-lies of the valley.

Mm Wood is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wood, East Market street. She has been prominent in local society for some time and has also taken an active part in the work of her church and the Home and the Hospital.

Mr. Mitchell enjoys a good practice as a lawyer in Newark, N. and lives in East Orange. After a delightful reception Mr. and Mrs.

Mitchell left on the 8:50 C. V. train for a bridal trip and at its end they will reside in )ast Orange. Guests from a distance who attended the wedding were: Mr. and Sirs.

Fred. Douglass, Newark, N. Dr. and Mrs. W.

D. Mitchell, Miss Anna Mitchell, Mrs. II. A. Jennings, Miss Janet Mitchell, Aaron P.

Mitchell, Albert D. Osburne, Miss Beatrice Mitchell, East Orange, N. and Mr. and Mrs. J.

L. Lewis. TO OPEN BIDS TO-DAY The Soldiers' Orphans' School Commissions meets in Harrisburg this afternoon to act on the bids for the construction of the new building at the Scotland School. SOLD ORRSTOWN HOTEL John Minter on Tuesday sold his hotel in Orrstown to a man from Chester county. STANDARD TRIES TO D0D6E FINE Chicago, Sept.

17. The Tribune says to-day: The $23,240,000 fine imposed on the Standard Oil Com pany by Judge K. M. Landis in the Federal court recently will be wiped out of existence on a technicality if the schemes of the Standard Oil Company lawyers, which became known yesterday are successful. The line of action which may re sult in the big fine becoming nothing but a name revolved around the de cision of Judge Landis in the Alton Immunity case, which is set for hear ing on September 24.

In the event that the Alton is granted the immun ity which, it has been fully establish ed, was promised to the railroad through agreement with former Attorney General Moody, the Standard Oil attorneys will demand that Judge Landis' fine be set aside. The grounds for this plea will be that the Standard Oil lawyers should have been apprised of this immunity agreement in order that tliey might ques tion the Alton railroad witnesses properly. The Standard Oil will contend that they should have been allowed to ask these railroad clerks who give such full evidence in regard to rates and shipments and tariffs whether their testimony! had been influenced in any way byll the knowledge that the road which employed them would not suffer prosecution. The lawyers claim that the procedure in the case was illegal and that it furnishes suf ficient groundl for setting aside the fine. ji Judge Landis; has jurisdiction over the case until December 1.

Attorney General Bonaparte will arrive in Chicago from Washington to-night and will confer with Dis trict Attorney Sims oa the Alton Standard Oil situation to-morrow. of the animal tournament for the bene fit of the Chambersburg Hospital. This was decided at a joint meeting of the executive and parade committees held last evening in the law library. The matter was thoroughly considered and the result was that features were planned for the coming parade which will make it unique in tournament history in this place. There will be four floats in line.

One will carry the Queen of Love and Beauty and her three Maids. The Queen will sit upon a throne and pages and jesters wil hold her bidding. She will be protected by knights, safely armored. The archery will be another new detail. Tells of both sexes will- be In the contest and gaily attired in the dress of old they will make a pretty feature of the parade and an interesting part of the program.

It is expected that some very important matters for the tournament will develop to-day and if they work out in the manner hoped for by those in charge this year's event will set a great pace. MR. MONATH INSPECTOR The Court has appointed Former President of Council Samuel D. Mo-nath as inspector of the school building at Rouzerville, which inspection was asked for by certain of the patrons. Mr.

Monath is a retired contractor and is well fitted to make a good and careful inspection. FALL ON SAME DAY The 25th anniversary of Capt. Walker Post. G. A.

Waynesboro, will be celebrated at Cold Spring park on September 2S. At the same time there will lie a riding tournament under the auspices of the Rouzerville Band. 40 JAPS DIE EXPLOSION Tokio, Sept. 17. (Noon.) Forty of the crew were killed and injured vi board the Japanese battleship Kashima by the explosion of a 12-inch shell within the shield, after target practice near Kure at 4 p.

m. on September 9. The Kashima, under command of Captain Koizumi, reached Kure at (5 p. where the wounded were placed in the hospital. The fatalities included a lieutenant and one staff officer, the rank and name of whom is- not.

given. The exact details regarding the effects of the explosion are lacking, but it was terrific and the ship is badly damaged. The explosion followed an attempt to remove an unexploded shell from the gun. A majority of the bystanders were fearfully mutilated. The casualties reported as the result of the explosion are as follows: Killed, five officers (names not given), and twenty-two' men.

Severaly wounded, two officers and six men. Slightly wounded, two officers and six men. The cause of the explosion is un der- investigation. It occurred in side of the shield of the starboard af ter ten-inch gun. It was not the shell which ex ploded, but powder which evidently caught fire from the gas emitted from the breech, when opened for the purpose of reloading the gun.

The hull 6f the Kashima is not damaged. i WILL WAS PROBATED The will of the late Martin Angle was probated on Tuesday. He named H. II. Spangler, of Mercers-burg, as executor and left his estate to his children.

To his wife he gave $100, the remainder of the property to be divided between his five children. 4 receive $100 a year and mileage..