The record-union., 1896-10-05

'oduldcn as a 'haDermelSter. Inc Dur
somaster promtly arrested the man for
having insulted him in his official ca
pac1ty, and the efforts of his friends to
obtain his release have been unsucceSS-
ful, the Burgomaster having refused
the sum of $4,000 marks ($2O,O ,OOO bail
for his liberation. Since that time 20
men, land owners, farmers, laborers
and others have been arrested in the
Holzkirchn, Tolz and Schlise districts
under the charge of belonging to the
Haberfeldtreiben. The excitement IN
the localities mentioned is intense owing
to the unexpected action of the apthor-
tiles.
The crops, which before now ought 10
have been gathered, are rotting IN tPe
fields owing to the absence of the own
erS, overseers and labOrers belonging 70
the farms, who are confined in prison.
This state of affairs means serious loss
and probably total ruin to hundreds OF
farmers and others. The Bavar1an OH
Gals have for long time sought TO ap-
prehend this particular class of Often
ders, but up to this time have not met
with any success.
In the latter part of October, 1879.
mob of 500 of the ''haberers, as they call
themselves, all of them with blackened
faces and otherwise disguised, met IN an
open field opposite the railway station
in Sauerlack one Sunday and held a
meeting at which they elected officers
and a new "haberer-konig," or court.
Some sOcialistic individual present
asked the station master If he thought
he had not better telegraph for assist
ance to drive the crowd away. The sta
ton master thought the suggestion a
good one and endeavored to put 1t IN
force, but found that the telegraph wires
had been tampered with so that COM
munication with the other stations was
completely cut off The meeting finally
broke up and the crowd scattered.
The next night 300 "habererS' assem-
bled and held a grand court in Strech-
ornin The assistant forester at Ha-
folding and the Postmaster at Sautrlach
We're designated as culprits and posse
was sent to haul them before the court.
The condemned men were dragged from
their beds and brought before their self
constituted judges, who read long IN
dictment to them reciting their sins. IN
the meantime the presence of the ma
berers' had become known far and VIDE
and the inhabitants Of the outlying vii
lagos hastened in the direction OF the
scene, but they were awed by the mob.
The gendarmeS in the district were
totally unaware of the meeting and not
a single "haberer'' was ever identified.
The authorities with the intention or
Furnishing the inhabitants Of the vii
lages invaded by the mob for their cow
ardice quartered a company Of soldiers
among them whom they had to support
for the next six weeks. The authorities
tried in every way to get the ringleaders
Of the "haberers'' into their clutches,
| but their victims feared to inform upon
them and they We're consequently never
apprehended. Now they have been
brought up with a round turn and 1t is
safe to assume that they will be Sc
verely dealt with.
The Berlin exhibition was formally
closed on September 30th. 1t was only
a partial success as an exhibit and its
financial loss has been heavy.
United States Embassador Uhl con-
/ tinues to be confined indoors with a
catarrhal cold. but is able to transact
| business at his residence.
United States onsul-General De Kay
| is away on leave Of absence and Vice
Consul General Marnon is in charge.
The North German Gazette" officially
announces that the Car and CZarina
will arrive at Darmstadt on October 9th.