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POLLUTED AIL THE DISHES.
. Orthodox Jews Buy Meat That Was
Not Koshered.
The. Kosher Meat Ran Out >and
Butcher Friedman Sold Some of the
Unclean Variety—An Indignation
Meeting Held, at Which Friedman
Was Found Guilty, and He Will No
Longer Sell Meat to the Members of
the Orthodox Sect—Wanted Him to
Pay for ths Dishes Ruined.
k The Orthodox Hebrew congregations of
the city are in a stew, or at least that is
the condition in which their action has
placed Sam Friedman, who was their
trusted butcher and took care of the
kosher meat.
The trouble all arises out of the fact
• ' that, through his agency, between twenty
and thirty of the Orthodox Jewish fami
* lies got hold of some meat that was not
koshered, and bis action in selling it to
them has been strongly condemned oy
them in mass meeting assembled.
So great was their indignation when
they learned that they had been given
western meat, or rpeat that was not
slaughtered and prepared according to
the rites of their religion, that a meeting
. was held at Turner’s hall, in which very
decided action was taken with regard to
Friedman’s course, and in. future he will
not serve them. “
B - WHAT IT MEAN?-
The Orthodox Jews, many of whom
- here are Polish Jew’s, and there are
■ over 100 families in Savannah, are re
quired by their religion to eat what is
known as kosher meat, that is, it is killed
by an officer who in their religion is
known as a shochet. Theshochet in Sa
vannah is J. Mersky.
, There are three congregations of- these
Jews in Savannah, Chebra Talmud Torah.
Bani Jacob, and Bani Abraham, and
Mersky does the killing for all of them;
It is done at Cohen Brothers’ slaughter
! house near Thunderbolt. The beef killed
by the shochet is generally a lean ani
mal, with very little fat about it.
The animal is examined with a view of
having it thoroughly healthy, and. even
after it is dead if anything is found about
It to indicate in any way lack of health it is
. cast aside as useless. It is killed by having
its throat cut with a knife, and-is not
first knocked senseless as is done in most
slaughter houses. There is usually some
ceremony, consisting of the pronouncing
of a few words ot Hebrew, over the ani
mat by the shochet when the beef is
slaughtered. ' .
Each piece of the meat is marked or
tagged by the socket, and on the tag is
stamped his seal in sealing wax. This
meat was put in charge of Sam Fried
man in the market, and it was he who
sold it to the orthodox Jews.
f ' SOLD THEM BAD MEAT. ’
Last Friday the tagged kosher meat
had run out, and still there was a large
demand for meat. Meat that was
slaughtered in Savannah in the usual
way or western meat was sold from the
stall to about twenty or twenty-five
orthodox Jewish families. Some of it
was shipped to families of this religion
outside the city.
It was sodh discovered that this meat
was fatter than that killed by the sho
chet and did not have the appearance of
the regulax- kosher meat. Mersky was
, called in, and after an examination had
been duly held it was pronounced a fraud.
Friedman had always been considered
trustworthy, and this is the reason why
the meat was bought without having the
sbochet’s tag attached to it.
Then there ws». consternation, iaj the
congregations, uud an unusual,amount of
hur’-ying to and fro. Alt the families
'Were warned that they had unholy meat
in their midst if they had purchased any
without the tag. Telegrams were sent
hurriedlj' out of the city to those points
where the meat had been shipped, and it
was quickly recalled, some of it almost
perhaps before it had reached its destina
tion.
THE DISHES TO BE DESTROYED,
The matter would not have been near
so serious had it not been that whatever
dish the unholy meat touched was also
made Unholy and could no more be used
by a true and conscientious orthodox
Jew.
Pots in which the meat had been boiled,
plates and dishes of all kinds in which it
baa been served, knives and forks that
had been used in cutting and preparing it,
all dishes with which it had come in con
tact were unfit for further use in those
families and must be used no more. Thus
twenty or more families nnd themselves
very short on chinaware and cooking
utensils. Some of them packed all these
utensils away, and will either dispose of
them to the junk dealer or destroy them
entirely as unfit for further use by manor
beast.
AN INDIGNATION MEETING.
The three congregations were highly
indignant at their treatment at the hands
of Friedman, and a short time after the
matter had been brought to light They
held an indignation meeting at Turners’
hall. After discussing the matter, pro
and con, and seeing no other conclusion in
sight but a condemnation of Friedman's
action, a committee of five was appointed
to investigate the matter, and he was
found guilty.
The meeting was then adjourned to give
the Committee further time in which to
look into the matter and determine what
action it was best to take. At the next
meeting representatives of the three eon-
- gregations assembled at Turners’ hall,
which is the meeting house of the congre
gation Talmud Torah. In all there were
more than 100 members present. There
was a lively discussion of the matter and
the meeting was in full sympathy with
• the report of the committee finding Fried
man guilty.
CAN SELL NO MORE MEAT.
A resolution was passed to the effect
that theshochet would be allowed to kill
no more beef for Friedman, which prac
tically prohibits him from selling meat
to any members of the congregation of
this sect.
It was decided hereafter that J. Mersky'
•hall be in charge both of the killing of
the beef and that he shall preside at the
stall at Cohen Bros.’ place in the market
so that it may be known that the ortho
dox Jews get nothing but kosher meat.
Friedman, it seems, was ein ployed by
the orthodox Jews to stay at Cohen's
stall and handle this kosher meat for
them. The action of the church was ac
cepted by Cohen Bros , and hereafter
Mersky will preside at the stall and de
liver tbd kosher meat.
The way in which the shochet so read
ily determined that there had been a mis
take was from the fact that the meat
was not tagged, and he was positive that
he had placed no such meat as that sold
at the stall. The meat sold was much
fatter than that he usually kills.
TO PaY for THE DISHES.
The orthodox Jews deny that any of
them ate of this meat, which in their re
ligion they consider unclean. Th© prin
cipal regret with many of them perhaps,
since they discovered the nature of the
meat before partaking of it, is that it has
polluted their cooking utensils and dishes
so that they caunot use them further.
Several of them called at the office of
Justice Naughtin yesterday and wanted
to swear out. warrants charging Fried
man with cheating and swindling, or to
take some civil action against him by
which he could bo made to pay for the
dishes. There was nothing, however,
that Justice Naughtin could do.
It is said that Friedman has promised
•
to pay for the dishes, and that he has al
ready begun to do so, though this could
not be determined last night. Several of
the families said that the use of the meat
in their dishes had caused them a loss of as
much as $25, and others stated that they
had lost more than that amount. This is
the sole topic of discussion among them
at present, and they do not look at it
otherwise than in a most serious light.
HAD HIM ARRESTED.
Friedman Who Sold the Wrong Kind
of Meat Held for Court.
A warrant was sworn out yesterday at
the office of Justice Patterson charging
Sam Friedman with cheating and swind
ling. Friedman has given bond and was
released.
Friedman was the man employed asa
butcher by the orthodox Jewish congre
gations of the city to look out tor and sell
them from Cohen Bro.'s stall in the mar
ket the kosher meat, which is the only
kind they are-allowed Under their religion
to eat.
The story of how it was found that
Friedman had sold them meat which was
not properly killed, and over which the
usual aad customary ceremonies, had not,
been performed, was given in yesterday’#
Morning News. The warrant was sworn
out by Deputy Sheriff Charles Collman
and others, .
The claim is made that Friedman pre
tended to sell them one kind at meat, that
which they had been accustomed’to buy
ing, but in reality sold them another,
which they equid not use. Through this
action, which they deem fraudulent their
dishes were wade unfit for farther use.
. I riedman admits that he did wrong in
the Matter, but says he did not do so in
tentionally. He says, he is going to re
place all the dishes that were ruined by
substituting new ones for them, and it is
said that he has already paid for some of
those which were spoiled by the un
clean meat. The case is a novel one and
the outcome will be watched with inter
est.
TOOK A DANGEROUS DOSE.
James' E. Meldrim Comes Near Dying
•'. From T6o Much Morphine.
Mr. James E. Meldrim, who lives at No.
178 Duffy street, came near dying Sun -
day from an overdose of morphine taken
the night before.
Mr. Meldrim had been suffering for
sometime from neuralgia, for which he
was being treated by Dr. S. J. Lanier.
Among the prescriptions given him was
morphine in tablets, which he had been
taking foff several days. He also had
some morphine in powdered form. Sat
urday night sometime, he got up and took
this powder thinking, as he stated
after ha had been brought to
consciousness, that he had taken quinine.
About 3 o’clock Sunday morning he
began acting strangely, and efforts to
arouse him were unsuccessful. Mrs.
Meldrim at once feared that something
unusual had happened, and sent for Dr.
S. J. Lanier. When Dr. Lanier arrived
Mr. Meldrim was unconscious, and arti
ficial respiration was tried for four
hours, alter which time signs of life
were apparent. Dr. Brandt <as also
called in, and the artificial respiration
was kept up for some hours. It was 5
o’clock Sunday afternoon when he was
finally brought to consciousness, and
from the conversation had with him then
it seemed he had mistaken the morphine
for quinine, which he said he had in
tended to take.
It was reported that Mr. Mel
drim had attempted suicide, but
his friends say, and the circumstances
seem point to the fact, that he had been
mistaken in the medicine he was taking.
Mr. Meldrim was for a long time em
ployed, as foreman of the paint shop at the
’ Central raUrbad car works, but left that
position about two years aco and has
since bpen out of. permanent employment.
He Is an earnest a»d consistent member
‘of the Wesley Monumental church, being
a member of its board of stewards.
Mr. Meldrim was resting easy last
night and the chances are that he will re
cover in a few days.
THE CYLINDER COLLAPSED.
Thomas Cross Crushed and Drowned
Under Lazaretto Bridge.
Thomas Cross, a negro, aged about 23
years, employed at the Lazaretto creek
bridge on the Tybee railroad, was killed
Monday by the collapse of the large
iron cylinder which is being built under
the bridge to hold the stone pier.
The cylinder was made of sheetiron
three-eights of an inch in thickness and
was twenty feet in diameter. In this
was to be placed the stone con
crete and cement that was to
form the pier to hold this draw
bridge in place. This pier is to take the
place of the old pile pier which was almost
destroyed by the tornado.
The cylinder bad been sunk to a depth
of twenty feet or more, and the water
was being pumped out of it preparatory
to punting in the stone and cement. The
strain outsidq, however, it seems was
greater thin had been calculated upon.
Cross was down in the cylinder chucking
up the cracks to make it water tight.
Se veral other men had been working in
it with him, but they had left the cylin
der, and he was theonlyone inside it when
the crash came. The cylinder gave in un
der the strain without any warning, and
it cannot be known whether Cross was
killed outright by being struck by the
crashing iron or was drowned, probably
it was the letter.
Coroner llixon was notified and the
body was brought to the city and taken
to the morgue, where it was prepared for
burial. It was then taken to the home of
the dead man’s family, at No. 8 Margaret
street.
It is not know'n whether the cylinder
can be straightened out or whether an
other one will have to be built as a casing
for the stone pier.
THE BODY FOUND.
It Was Floating in the River Near the
Point Where He Was Drowned.
The body of young Frank Middleton.
who was drowned in the Savannah river
last Friday afternoon, was found* in the
river last night shortly after dark near
the old wharf, at the brick yard, just
above the old water works.
The search for it was carried on all day
yesterday, and at times during the day
there were several parties on the lookout
for the body. One of the Chatham Artil
lery's cannon was taken up to the point
where the drowning occurred, and nine
charges of a pound and a half each were
fired over the river to see if
the body could not be brought to
the surface. This, however, it seems, was
ineffectual. and- the theory of those .who
found the body isXhat it was brought up
with the tide. The body was found by
Mr. W. T. Dixon,-and Mr. Von Eberstein,
the diver, who were searching for I
it during the day. They had j
just started down the river when they
were Informed by parties in a passing i
launch that it had been seen up the river
near the wharf. Rowing back to the
point the body was found and brought to
the city. It was taken to Coroner Dixon's
undertaking apartments to be prepared
for burial. ,
It seems that the boy was not drowned
in the water works pond, as was stated,
but in the Savannah river. He had gone I
in bathing from the old wharf at the
brickj'urd which slopes down into the
river. He had gone down this incline un
til the water was over his depth and he
was unable to get out without assistance,
which was not di hand. The body was
much swollen from being so long in the
water.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1894.
CHATHAM’S MASS MEETING.
A Contest in All the City Districts.
To use the words of Chairman Charlton,
of the democratic executive committee,
the mass meetings last night were beauti
fully amicable and pleasant to behold. In
other words they were just the opposite.
Only one city district, the Fourth, elec
ted its ticket, and there will be a contest
even there. In both the first and second
districts meetings were held by the two
factions, and each claims the election of
its own ticket.. In the Third the quiet,
orderly, kid-gloved Third,the meeting did
not even succeed in electing a chair
man, and after over an hour’s wrangling
and hand-to-hand scuffling, it was ad
journed by agreement to 8 o’clock Friday
night at the theater. The Third had the
most disorderly meeting of the lot. The
action of a few unruly partisans on both
sides prevented a Count being taken. A
fair count wo <id have given the meeting
to Tammany and the Democratic Club by
a clear majority. but the contention was
kept up until the Russell men poured in
from the other districts and by increas
ing the disorder made it impossible for
either side tp do anything.
QUIET IN THE COUNTRY.
The country districts, on the contrary,
conducted their business in.a very quiet
and orderly, manner. The Democratic
Club and Tammany carried the Fifth and
Seventh districts and the Citizens’ Club
th© Eighth district by an overwhelming
majory. The feixth district is yet to be
heard, from..
Chairman Chariton declined to express
any opinion last night upon the results
of the mass meetings. He will wait until
all the returns are in, and will then en
deavor to restore order out of chaos. As
matters stand now the chairman says he
is the only man who has any authority to
take action. It is a question whether
there is any democratic executive com
mittee, with the exception of the six or
eight members electea by the country
districts;
The crowds gathered in the squares
long before the hour appointed for open
ing the meetings. By 6:30 o ( cloek there
was a crowd at each meeting place of
from 400 to 500 voters. The partisans of
the two sides massed themselves in oppo
sing bodies under the direction of their
leaders, and promptly upon the hour each
crowd nominated its chairman and pro
ceeded to hold its meeting. A force of
from ten to twenty policemen, each squad
commanded by a sergeant, was at the
meetings to preserve order.
THE VARIOVB TICKETS.
The results so far of the meetings are
as follows:
First District—Tammany, J. F. Canty,
Thomas Cooley. M. Deegan, W. O'Connor,
M. J. O’Leary.
At Large—G. A. Mercer, W. G. Charl
ton, J. R. Saussy, H. G. Green, P. H.
Gearon.
Citizens’ Club—W. M. Gibbons, Frank
McDermott, C. A. Lamotte, J. F. Lubs,
James McGuire.
At Large—J. F. Sullivan. John Power,
W. W. Osborne. H. Willink, W. P. La-
Roche.
Second District—Citizens’ Club: War
ing Russell, T. D. Rockwell, T. J. Shef
tall, John Juehter and A. L. Alexander.
At Large—J. F. Sullivan, John Power,
W. W. Csborne, H. Willink and W. P.
Laßoche.
Anti-Russell—D. H. By th ewood, H. W.
Palmer, Lawrence A. Kelly, F. S. Jette
and W. P. nJowling.
At Large--Col. George A. Mercer, W.
G. Charlton. J. R. Saussy, H. G. Green,
P. H. Gearon.
Third District—No election.
Fourth District —Tammany: H. C.
Cunningham; John McLaughlin, Jr., M.
A. Buttimer. Thomas Ballantyne, Jr.,
John T. McMahon.
At Large—G. A. Mercer. P. H. Gearon,
J. R. Saussy, H. G. Green, George W.
Parish.
Citizens' Club —John Schwarz, Thomas
Screven, Samuel Reynolds, E. Geffeken,
J. E. Maguire.
At Large—John Power. W. P. Laßoche,
W.,W. Osborne, H. Willink, J. F. Sulli
van.
Fifth District—George T. Cann, John
O. Smith.
At Large—G. A. Mercer, J. R. Saussy,
P. H. Gearon. W. G. Charltpn, W. E.
Fennell.
Sixth District—Not heard from.
* Seventh District—Henry Shuman,
Charles A. Norris.
At Large—G. A- Mercer. J. R. Saussy,
P. H. Gearon, W. G. Charlton, H. G.
Green.
Eighth District—D. LI Christian and
J. B. Newton.
At. Large—John Power, H. Willink,
W. W. Osborne, J. F. Sullivan and W. P.
Laßoche.
BULLET FIRED BY A BULLY.
An Alabama Politician Kills a Man
Whoso Father He Had Struck.
Birmingham, Ala. June 12.—Shortly
after 8 o’clock to night, P. G. Bowman, a
lawyer, and the leading advocate for
Reuben Kolb for governor, shot and al
most instantly killed Eugen© Jeffers, the
21-year-old son of Thomas Jeffers, ex
mayor of this city, in a barroom. Early
in the evening, Bowman and Thomas
Jeffers had a dispute, and
Bowman, who is about six feet
and weighs about 200 pounds, hit Jeffers,
who is about five feet and an old man,
and weighs about 105 pounds, twice in the
face. Young Jeffers, hearing of the oc
currence, went to see Bowman and asked
for an explanation. Those who witnessed
the ti-agedy refuse to talk, and if any
words passed it is impossible to get parti
culars. The excitement is very high.
Bowman Was first taken to the city prison
but is now in the county jail.
• SALVADOR’S UPHEAVAL.
Secretary Herbert Declines to Give
Out Any Information.
Washington. June 12 —Secretary Her
bert to-day refused point blank to divulge
any information whatever regarding the
state of affairs irr Salvador as reported by
Commander Thomas of the Bennington,
or whether any dispatches had passed be- -
tween the department and Commander i
Thomas to-day or yesterday. Mr. Her
bert declares that publications concerning
events in Salvador purporting to give
the tenor of official dispatches sent either
to or received from Commander Thomas
are simple guesses, and he does not in- ;
tend to characterize, them as either
shrewd or absurd. An official who claims
to hav© seen the latest aispatches de
clares that the members of the late gov
ernment of Salvador., who were given an
asylum on the Bennington, are still on
board that vessel.
The Ladies.
The pleasant effect and perfect safety
with which ladies may use the California
liquid laxative. Syrup of Figs, under all
; conditions, make it their favorite rem
edy. To get the true and genuine article,
look for the name of the California Fig
Syrup Company, printed near the bottom
of the package.—ad.
A Century Dictionary Definition—Guber
nacuum: ine posterior trailirg flagellum of
a biflagellate infusorian.—New iorkPost.. o
HAVEMEYER HAS A HEARING
The Sugar Baron Very Curt and Dis
dainful of Titles.
He Also Astonishes the Committee by
Asserting That He Has Never Seen
or Talked to President Cleveland—A
Newspaper Report of an Interview
With the President Pronounced Fic
titious—Nothing Improper in His
Relations With the Senators.
Washington, June 12.—Henry O. Have
meyer, of New York, president of . the
American Sugar Refining Company,
known as the sugar trust, arrived in
.Washington last night in response to a
subpoena from the .senatorial committee
engaged in investigating alleged relations
between senators and members of the
trust, and appeared before the committee
this morning as a witness. It was agreed
some time ago that Mr. Haveme.yer
should bo called, but the committee de
cided to get ail the information possible
from other sources concerning his con
nection with the present tariff legislation
before placing him on the stand, in order
that his examination might be complete
and thorough. The examinations of
Messrs. Terrill; Chapman and Reed were
conducted with particular Reference to
forming a basis for .questioning Mr. Have
meyer, who is’jegarded as tha most im
portant witness that has appeared before
the committee. ‘
Mr. Havemfeyer was accompanied to
Washington by F. S. Parsons, the chief
attorney for the trust, and James C. Car
ter, of New York, who will represent him
as counsel. Cord Meyer, of New York,
was also in the party. He will be ques
tioned closely about the alleged contribu
tions of the trust to the democratic cam
paign fund.
A BLUNT WITNESS,
Mr. Havemeyer was the only 1 witness
examined to-day. His answers to ques
tions were curt, and he did not offer to
give information that was not requested.
Mr. Havemeyer showed that he had no
respect for titles, in eliminating them alto
gether iii speaking of senators and others,
and he caused some astonishment
among the members of the com
mittee by his statement that he had
never seen President Cleveland. “I am
president of the American Sugar Refining
Company, misnamed trust.” said Mr.
Havemeyer in answer to a preliminary
question. Senator Quay read the state
ment contained in the Philadelphia Press
that the witness was present in the sum
mer of 1893, after president Cleveland’s
nomination, with Mr. Benedict, either on
his yacht or in conversation at Green
wich. Conn., where Mr. Havemeyer re
sides. consulting about the sugar interests
as they were affected by the situation in
the Hawaiian Islands.
“There is not a word of truth in it,”
said Mr. Havemeyer, “no such meeting
having taken place.” • He also denied the
allegations in the Press article that the
sugar trust was organized with reference
to its influence on the two political par
ties. In regard to the statement that the
trust on the whole is a democratic associ
ation, the witness said it was not so.
The Chairman—l have alreadv asked
you about the conversation Mr. Edwards
alleged you had with Mr. Cleveland,
either in Greenwich or on the yacht in
the summer of 1892 or the summer of
1893. Did you ever have such a conversa
tion anywhere! . .. . ..
HAS NEVER CLEVELAND.
Mr. Havemeyer—l never exehanged a
word with Mr. Cleveland nor was ever in
his company in my life, and I have never
setn the man.
The Chairman—Yqu have never seen
him?
Mr. Havemeyer—l have never seen Mr.
Cleveland—either in New Yorkorelse
w here.
Senator Allen—Do you mean to say,
Mr. Havemeyer, that you have never seen
Mr. Cleveland?
Mr. Havemeyer—l have never seen Mr.
Cleveland.
Senator Davis—Ydu not know what
he looks like, except from his pictures!
Mr. Haveme.yer—Except from his pic
ture. I suppose I would know him if I
saw him. Nor have I ever exchanged a
word with Mr. Benedict on the subject of
sugar, or any other business matter,
whatever.
With reference to the statement in the
Press, about a meeting between senators
and sugar trust men in Mr. Terrill’s room
in the Arlington hotel, Mr. Havemeyer
said some time in March he was in Mr.
Terrill’s room when Senators Brice and
Smith, and H. L. Reed, of Boston, were
present. There was nothing said m that
interview about the obligations of the
Democratic party to the sugar trust. He
had been requested to go to Mr. -Terrill’s
room and found Senator Brice there.
Mr. Terrill said: “Here is an oppor
tunity to tell the senators what you know
about sugar.”
Mr. ’’Havemeyer sent for his sample
boxes of sugar, and delivered a lecture on
the subject.
A WRANGLE WITH BRICE.
Senator Smith came in later, and the
witness made some allusion to the wrang
ling he and Senator Brice had about
sugar.
The said you had been
having a wrangle with Mr. Brice over
suvar.
Mr. Havemeyer—Brice and I got over
the matter before we finished it.
The Chairman—ln what way, and on
what account?
Mr. Havemeyer—l said something
about the Democratic party that he took
umbrage at, I thought.
The Chairman —What was said?
Mr. Havemeyer—l said that the Demo
cratic party were put into poweri not to
destroy any industry, but to take suita
ble and proper care of every industry,
and that this selection of the sugar re
fining industry of the United States for
attack was infamous as a party proceed
ing.
The Chair—Was that the matter about
which you call the wrangling!
Mr. Havemeyer—That is the matter
over which we got i-ather hot.
The Chairman—What aid Mr. Brice
have to say?
BRICE WANTED TO DO RIGHT.
Mr. Havemeyer—Brice said he thought i
the Democratic party felt disposed to be !
fair about the matter, but did not appear i
to have anybody who would shoulder the !
incubus of the sugar trust; that he was
not particularly interested in it. as it was
not an industry in his state, but as & sen
ator he did want to do what was fair and
right in the matter, and would like to
hear further exposition of the subject.
The Chairman—Was that all that was
said?
Mr. Havemeyer—Yes. sir.
The Chairman—Was anything said at '
the time about the indebtedness of the
Democratic party to the sugar trust, so- I
called? . -
Mr. Havemeyer—No, sir. When Mr. 1
Smith came m the conversation on sugar
had ceased and the suoject was not again
referred to. The talk was merely desul- {
tory. .
The Chairman—Was there any state
ment made by you,or anybody else, there,
or Mr. Smith or Mr. Brice, that the bill
would be beaten if sugar did not get fair
treatment?
Mr. Havemeyer—No sir.
The Chairman—Did you on that oc
caslon, or any other occasion, turn to :
Senator Smith and ask him bluntly, or
otherwise, what he was to do to maintain
the pledges of the party to the
sugar men, and to secure a satisfactory
schedule?
Mr. Havemeyer—No, sir.
The Chairman—Did Sen'ator Smith,
then or at any other time, reply to you,
or say to you, that he did not see what
he could then do, but there was also this
consolation, that if they could not secure
the schedule they wanted they could
surely defeat the bill, leaving the present
law operative?
Mr. Havemeyer—No.
NO MEETING AT THE CAPITOL.
The witness denied positively the al
legiation of a meeting at the capitol
one Sunday betvzfeen members of the
sugar trust, democratic members of the
ffaance committee and the Louisiana
senators. Senator Cafl’ery had not
drafted any sugar schedule while
he looked over his shoulders.
Further more, he had never been in the
capitol building to see any of the sena
tors and representatives about sugar. The
witness had come to Washington in re
gard to matters pertaining to the interest
of the American Sugar Refining Com
pany. He intended to go before the
Senate finance committee to argue his
case, but thp committee decided not to
he*r anybody. He went to Senator
Ve?t. a member of the finance
committee, and asked that he be given a
hearing by the senator himself. This
was granted and the witness had gone to
Mr. Vest's house and used his sugar sam
ples ip advocating the necessity for an ad
valorem duty. He had seen Mr. Vest
twice only, and had not on these occa
sions said anything in regard to the Dem
ocratic party being indebted to the sugar
interest. The witness said the American
Sugar Refining Company had never made
any contribution to the democratic na
tional committee.
He had also seen Senator Jones, of Ar
kansas, he said, who was a member of
the tifanee committee, and explained to
him the necessity for an ad valorem duty.
This was at the house of Senator Camden,
whom the witness had known a long time.
He had also seen Senator Jones at the
latter’s house. He had said nothing to
him about the indebtedness of the Demo
cratic party to the sugar trust or those
interested in sugar refineries.
NO SUCH INDEBTEDNESS EXISTED.
“No such indebtedness existed, and I
never alluded to any in any conversation
with anybody at any time,” said Mr.
Havemeyeh
The witness said he had hot seen any
other members of the committee during
his visit to Washington.
The Chairman—What other senators
did you see on this business than those
you have already spoken of ?
Mr. Havemeyer—l saw Hill.
The Chairman—Where did you see him,
and how often?
Mr. Havemeyer—At his rooms, and I
saw him twice. I saw Brice, saw Jones,
saw Vest, saw Caffery.
The Chairman—Any others?
Mr. Havemeyer—No; 1 tried to see
others, but did not succed. *
Senator Allen—Did you see Senator
White, of Louisiana ?
Mr. Havemeyer—No, sir.
Senator Lodge—Senator Gorman?
Mr. Havemeyer—Oh, Gorm an; I saw
Gorman twice.
A TALK AT BRICE’S HOUSE, i
On one occasion Senator Brice sent for
the witness and he went to the senator’s
house, where he met Senator Caffery, and
they had a talk over sugar. The witness
told Mr. Caffery exactly what he had told
to other senators, and also that it was to
the advantage of Louisiana to have the
form of duty ad valorem, irrespective of
what the rate was. “Mr. Caffery told
me that be was satisfied his people
wanted specific rates. That is about the
substance of the conversation.”
The Chairman—Did you-tnrve any agree
ment with him, so fast- as you two were
concerned, as to any rate of schedule, ad
valorem or specific!
Mr. Havemeyer—No sir. My plea was
that no matter what rate was agreed
upon, it ought to be under the ad valorem
system.
That was the only occasion, he said,
when he had met any senator at Mr.
Brice’s house.
HILL A ONE-BARRELED GUN.
Mr. Havemeyer called twice upon Sen
ator Hill, and he said Senator Hill
told h.im he was dominated by other in
terests at the moment. “I think at the
first interview he had the Peckham mat
ter in hand, and on the second he
had the income tax on the brain.
I felt that a New York sena
tar ought to be bie enough,
besides these side issues, to' have the in
terests of his state in charge, and my
visit was with the intention to have
him -take an active interest in an in
dustry which was imperiled by congres
sional action.”
To none of the senators had anything
been said about party indebtedness, said
Mr. Havemyer, and no such obligation
exists.
Mr. Havemeyer said he knew of no sen
ator who operated in sugar stock who
furnished information to the trust about
proposed legislation.
In answer to Senator Allen, he said he
knew nothing about whether Senator
Brice, or any other senator, speculated
in sugar stock. The witness said he had
pever talked with any republican mem
bers of the finance committee.
Senator Allen—You have endeavored
since the organization of the sugar trust
to control congressional legislation upon
the subject of sugar, have you not?
Mr. Havemeyer—Only by fair means,
which I have a right to do.
Senator Allen—And by either coming
to Washington in person or having some
person to represent you here during the
session of congress ’
Mr. Havemeyer—l have never had any
body to represent me. I have always
done that thing in person.
A FRANK ADMISSION.
“Undoubtedly, that's what I have been
down here for,” frankly answered Mr.
Havemeyer when Senator Allen asked
him whether the first sugar trust and the
present one had not endeavored to con
trol legislation of congress with a view to
protecting its interests, and with a view
to making money out of such legislation.
.The witness said he had contributed j
to the democratic state campaign fund :
last year to a moderate amount—he for- ■
got the exact figures. He alwaj’s contrib- i
uted to the republican state campaign ;
fund, but he could not say that he con- i
ributed to it last year without refresh
ing his memory. His recollection was
that no contributions were made by him
in 1892.
Mr. Havemeyer said: “Contributions
to local political . organizations have
always been made by corporations before
the trust and by the trust and the Amer
ican Sugar Refining Company, and ho
doubt will continue to be. It is a very
suitable and proper thing to do. ”
Senator Allison—Why should the Amer
ican Sugar Refining Company contribute
to either of the political parties in the
state of New York?
Mr. Havemeyer—We have large inter
ests in this state; we want police protec
tion and fire protection. We need every
thing that the city furnishes or gives.
Every individual corporation, firm or
trust does these things and we do them.
Senator Allen—And you contribute to
both parties with the expectation that
whichever party succeeds your interest
will be guarded ?
Mr. Havemeyer—We have a good deal
of protection for our contributions.
Senator Allen—Contributions Were also
given to the Republican party in Massa
chutts?
ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN.
Mr. Havemeyer—lt is my impre~sion
that wherever there is a dominant party, !
wherever the majority is very large, i
that is the party that gets the contribu-
tion, because that is the party which con
trols the local matters.
Senator Allen—Then the sugar trust is
democrat in a democratic state, and a
republican in a republican state?
Mr. Havemeyer—As far as local mat
ters are concerned I think that is a bout it.
He said he would have to look up to
tell where the contributions went in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He could
not give the amount contributed by the
sugar trust to campaign funds, but in an
swer to Senator AJlen, he said it did not
amount to $100,0(X). It had not contribu
ted to the anti-snapper fund.
Senator Allen asked for full data as to
all the money contributed by the Ameri
can Sugar Refining Company, or any of
its officers on its accouht or in its in
terest, in the different states of the
union in 1802 and 1898 for the political
purposes of any political party, whether
national, state, or local. The request was
granted by the comiiiittee, and. Mr. Have
meyer asked an opportunity to consult
his counsel before furnishing the data
called for.
GBOVER UNDEB THE WEATHER.
The President Suffering Prom a Se
vere Attack of Dysentery.
Washington, June 12.—President Cleve
land has suffered more or less from
dysentery during the past three weeks,
and the excessively hot weather that has
prevailed during the past two days has
aggravated his trouble, so that to-day, bv
the advice of Surgeon R. M. O’Reilly, o’s
the army, who has been in attendance,
the President denied himself ,to air visit
ors, except the members of his cabinet,
who held their regular bi-weekly meet
ing in his office from 11 to 1 o’clock.
ABANDONS A TRIP. ’
Mr. Cleveland expected to go down the
river on Friday afternoon for another
cruise on a lighthouse tender with Capt.
Robley Evans. The doctor advised him
not to go until the disorder was entirely
checked, and since that time.’though the
President has grown no worse, the pre
vailing high temperature has been very
debilitating, and the doctor has now in
sisted upon the temporary abandonment
of the enormous amount of detail work
with which Mr. Cleveland is also busied,
and until he is perfectly well the patient,
under the doctor's orders, must deny him
self to the numerous visitors who absorb
a large part of his time.
MAY GO TO' GRAY GABLES.
Unless the President is much improved
in the next few days, it is very likely that
he will go away from Washington on a
brief visit to Gray Gables, in order to re
cuperate, and it is thought, in such an
event, that he will make use of the dis
patch boat Dolphin, which now lies at the
navy yard ready to sail at a few hours
notice. ’ „ ■
L.r ' ' '
LABOR IN POLITICS.
The Conference a,t St. Louis Favors
Independent Action.
St. Louis, Mo., June 12.—The confer
ence of representatives of labor organisa
tions to-day adopted the following and
gave it out for publication:
For the purpose of preventing strife and
antagonism between labor organizations, we
declare that there should be no dual organi
zation or authority in any one trade, and that
in all matters of trade qonfiidts. boycotts and
trade labels the union interested should have
absolute, autonomy and authority.
Recognizing that corporations and the min
ing class of the country are dominating and
dictating the legislation, states and munici
palities. to the detrinient of the toiling and
wealth-producing milliions, and further recog
nizing that the power of wealth has subor
dinated the executive; judicial and military
forces to its behests.: thus undermining the
underlying principles of our republic, en
dangering its institutions and in the end to
deprive our people of their cherished liber
ties, we declare that the working masses
should throw off the yoke of political par
tisanship and vote independently; in order
that representatives of the wealth producers
of America, may be fully represented in the
making and the execution of our laws.
The resolutions will be submitted to the
various organizations for action, and a
committee of three, consisting of Mr.
Sargent, of the Brotherhood of Firemen:
Mr. Maguire, of the Federation of Labor,
and Mr. Hayes, of the Knights of Labor,
will receive the proceedings of the sub
ordinate bodies and publish them.
Washington, D. C., was chosen as the
place for holding the next conference, on
Feb. 2. 1895.
At 7 p. m. the conference adjourned
sine die.
To-night the Grand opera house was
filled with working men, who were ad
dressed by Messrs. Sargent, Maguire and
others.
BURNING OF THE BRIDGES.
A Georgia Pacific Structure Near
Cardriff Set on Fire.
Birmingham, June 12—Another bridge
has been burned and excitement in rail
road circles is running high. At 3 o’clock
this morning twenty-five armed masked
men went to a bridge' on the Georgia
Pacific railroad, near (Cardiff, cov
ered the watchman with pistols
and drove him . off. They then
poured oil on the structure and set
fire to it. After it had gained great head
way they left. The watchman in the
meantime had secured section hands and
seeing the coast clear, went back and ex
tinguished the flames, but not until three
bents had been burned away. The rail
road companies have secured rifles, and
are placing heavy detachments of men at
the many bridges to drive off vandals.
The men who burned this bridge are sup
posed to be the same who attempted to
burn the Chinn trestle on the Mineral
road early last night.
HORSFORD’S AOID PHOSPHATE
Makes Delicious Lemonade.
A teaspoonful added to a glass of hot or
cold water, and sweeter.ed to the taste, I
will be found refreshing and invigorat
ing.—ad.
EXPORTS OF COTTON.
The .Value of This Year’i Shipments
Compared With Last Year’s.
Washington, June 12.—The chips of the
bureau of statistics reports that.- the
values of the exports of domestic cotton
from the United States during the month
of May. 1894, and during the nine months
ended May 31, 1894, as compared with
similar exports during the corresponding
periods of the preceding year, were as
follows:
May. 1894 $ 8.632.459
May, 1893 10.761.416
Nine months ended May 3i, 1894.... 196,355.451
Nine months ended May 31,1893....
DEMOCRATIC NEGROES.
Their National Leagues to Meet at
Montgomery June 25.
Washington, June 12.—Hon. W. C. C.
Atwood, the chairman of the Negro
National Democratic League, has called
a meeting of that organization in Mont
gomery, Ala., on June 25,* 1894. Each
state will be represented by two dele
gates. The object of this organization is
to increase the negro democratic vote in
the coming state and congressional elec
tions.
HIT BY A BALL AND KILLED.
A Business Man of Tampa Loses His
Life While at the Bat.
Jacksonville, Fla., June 12.—A special
to the Times-Union from Tampa, Fla.,
says: ‘‘S. C. Griffith, a prominent young
business man, was struck on the temple
to-day by a base ball and soon died from
the effects of the blow. His skull was
fractured. Griffith was at the bat when
the ball hit him. The pitcher has nbt
been arrested, as it was purely acci
dental.”
PUT OUT OF HIS PULPIT.
L.
A Presiding Elder Objects to a
Preacher Running a Paper,
The Editor of the Rome Evening News
Suspended From His Pastoral Du
ties On the Ground That He Is Tak
ing a Hand in Politics—Claims That
He Has as Much Right to Run a
Paper as Gen. Evans Has to Run
For Governor.
Chattanooga. Tenn., June 12.—A sensa
tional case of church discipline has devel
oped at Rome, Ga. Rev. William Mur
dock, who was at the last session of the
North Georgia conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church south, appointed to
; East Rome, a small church in the suburbs
j of Rome, recently assumed editorial man
■ agement of the Evening News of that
place. The paper is a secular daily pa
per, and takes a hand in the politics of
the day.
Presiding Elder Pierce, brother of the
deceased bishop of that name, has re
moved Rev. Murdock from his church
and suspended him from the ministry
until the meeting of his conference in De
cember. The ground of that action was
that a preacher should not engage in
other than church work, and es
pecially should he steer clear of
politics. It brings up again the same is
sues involved in the dispute between.
Bishop Hargrove and Dr. D. C. Kelley,
of the Tennessee conference, which re-
I ceived so much attention at the recent
general conference at Memphis. Presid
ing Elder Pierce appointed as Editor
Murdock’s successor a local preacher who
is a farmer.
MURDOCK’S ARGUMENTS.
Rev. Murdock contends that the church
is not dealing fairly with its ministry.
He says that Gen. Evans, who is a mem
ber.of the North Georgia conference, is
running for governor, and that any num
ber are teaching school in addition to
preaching. He holds that editing a
paper is as respectable and honor
able as running for governor, teach
ing school or farming, and that
it is not incompatible with the highest
duties of a minister. His church did noi,
pay him a living and he was advised by
his stewards to supplement his salary by
editorial works. He will carry his case
to the conference which meets in Decem
ber, when he will make a strong plea for
the Christian editor.
The Horrors
Os indigestion, when it takes a long lease of
the stomach, are unsurpassed by" any de
scribed by the most sensational writer of
ghost stories. Unlike this latter kind, they
are real and not imaginary. Heartburn,
wind on the stomach, heart palpitation, ex
treme nervousness are only a few of them.
Dispossess this unwelcome tenant with Hos
tetter’s Stomach Bitters, which banishes also
malaria, constipation and biliousness.—ad .
ATKINSON WINS IN HEARD.
The Hustler Carries the County Over
Evans 2to 1. ;
Hogansville, Ga., June 12.—Atkinson
carries Heard county two to one.
1 he vote in full to date stands:
EVANS.
Richmond., 6 Fulton , <—
Lincoln 2 Clarke .• • 3
• Bartow 4 Fannin .2
Elbert 2 Dade 2
Terrell 2 Camden 2
Telfair 2 Putnam 2
Murray 2 .Mclntosh 2
Clay 2 Polk 2
Hail 4 White 2
Floyd C Sumter 4
DeKalb 4 Warren 2
Whitfield ..... 2 Walker 2
Lowndes I—.
Randolph 1 T0ta1.... ~ ..71
Echols.. :
ATKINSON.
Meriwether. 4 Heard 2
Cherokee.. 2 Glascock 2
Baldwin.. 2 McDuffie .2
Coffee 2 Glynn 2
Clinch 2 Macon 2
Douglas 2 Hancock 4
Monroe. 4 Chattahoochee 2
Butts 2 Catoosa .2
Gwinnett 4 Chariton 2
Oconee 2 Coweta i
Taliaferro 2 Pierce ...2
Milton., 2 Dawson 2
Irwin 2 Madison ...... 2
Jefferson .4 Emanuel 2
Wilkes 4 Wilcox ...2
Muscogee 4 Jones . 2
Tattnall 2 Cobb 4
Montgomery 2 Campbell g
Paulding 2 Pulaski. .. ...4
Appling 2 Wayne ..........2
'1 roupe 4 —.
Carroll 4 T0ta1..... ..,..110
Dodge 2
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METHODIST WORK IN CHINA.
Contributions of 514,705 Needed For
the Coming Year.
Atlanta, Ga., June 12.—The conven
tion of the mission boards of the South
ern Methodist Conference in session here
to-day submitted the following estimate
for missionary work in China for the
! coming year.
Shanghai mission, $9,305.
Foochon mission, $8,150.
Printing, S2OO.
Agents expenses SSO.
Total for China, $17,750.
There is now in the treasury in China
$3,000, leaving the appropriation neces-
; sary for the work in China $14,705.
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