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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29

The courts having declared the trust illegal as a holder of the stock of It's component companies, 1t was put out of existence, and in its stead was brought into being the American Sugar Refining Company, a single corporation. capitalized at $75,0o0,00o. which LOOK over the stock of the original subordi- rate companies, exchanging stock on practically the same ratio that stock and trust certificates had been ex- changed on the formation of the trust:
 The day atfer the change. H. Q. Have meyer, advanced from General Mana- ger to President. when asked what it amounted, to- said epigrammatican-y. -
 well, from being illegal as we were, we are now legal as we are; change enough, isn't it?"
 Probably the men of the Sugar Trust hoped that reorganization would give them a respite from the never ending investigations that had been bothering them; possibly they thought their days of hard fighting to @ Keep .o c9mre.Ua 9hsS ws5a mistaken. Suits, investigations, more suits and more investigations followed rapidIy. At that time H. o. Havemeyer was often declared the most powerLul maa in America. as John D. Rockefeller has been since.
 One of the most sensational Sugar Trust investigations came in lss4, as "a a result of a page article published In one New York and one Philadelphia newspaper from the pen of Dr. E. J. Edwards. whose signature Is Holland. It was at the beginning of the second Cleveland administration. A new tarin bill was to be passed in place or the Mckinley law. The House or Hepre. sentatiyes had agreed upon radical sugar schedule, but 1t was understood the Senate would not adopt 1t.
 Edwards went to Washington to in- veztigate the interesting rumors arts- ing from the fact that Sugar Trust of- 6eiais and divers Senators had been seen together often, and in his article he made direct charges. among other things, that several Senators had re- gently made money speculating in su- gar, and that the proposed Senate sugar schodule, already 1rawn up. was written by the hand of Cabinet Minister.
 This made no end of rumpus. Every Senator implicated except Matt Quay Of denied the charges (Quay said. "certainly, have been speculatfng of Massachusetts moved for q Senato- rial inquiry. which was duly ordered. Edwards was the first witness. He answered everything till asked where he got his information This he declin- ed to tell on the ground that 1t was im- material.
 Both Edwards and John Shriver. an- other correspondent, were promptly in dicted for thus refusing to give the source of their information. H. o. Havemeyer and John E. Searles of the trust, refused to testify at all, and so did E. R. Chapman. New York broker, and three Chicago brokers - Chapman fwas tried at once. and convicted. He appealed and the other cases were put over till the Supreme Court could pass on the appeal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29

Three years later, in 1897. this tribus | nal affirmed the judgment against Chapman, but none of the other indict- | ed men was convicted, their release be- of Edwards, Judge Bradley decided that he had never been properly subpoenaeds and also interpreted the law In such cases to be that to sustain charge of criminal recaleitrancy the question must be material or pertinent. and that a question .who told you these factsgs' is not material. ruling of much fmpor- tance to the newspaper world
 This was not an investigation of trust methods exactly, but 1t brought the orr ganization more prominently than ever before the public and from time to time that prominence was amply maintain- ed till 1903. A lot of testimony as to it's doing was taken before the Indus trial Commission. in 1898. when H. 0. Havemeyer declared the tariff 10 be the mother of all trusts" Since the announcement, two years ago. that Gar Trust seems to have been wholly for gotten.
 Claus sprecl<els and the Trusts.
 Two of the lfveIiest chapters in the history of tthe Sugar Trust are sug- gested by the names of Claus spreckels chapter was begun in 1s4S. when Sprcclxels was 1g. In that year he landad at Charleston, S. C., with ss int his pocket. having fled from Hanover, Germany. to avoid joining the army. 6preckels was full of energy, unedu- cated. but with big brain, as well as big body. He began as grocerss helper. at $4 a week. soon had grocery of his own in Charleston. and in 1885 sold out and went to New York. where he started another grocery. year later the rush of Forty-niners not yet having subsided he went to California, not to dig gold. but to make money in business if he could.
 His first venture was still another grocery; then he ran brewery for while. and then. when he had made $75.00o. started out to play a sugar game of his own. Tn his Judgment the time and place were just right. There were as yet no transcontinental -afi- roads. and thus the Pacific coast was shut off from an Eastern sugar supply by great mountain ranges and vast des- erts. Raw sugar was to be had cheap ly from the islands of the pacific. If he could get control of the Pacific coast sugar busir ess there would be practi- cally no limit to the size of his game or the fortune he could amass
 The story of the achievements of Spreckels in the next twenty-five years Is one of the marvellous passages in the history of American Industrial develop ment. He bought out the other stock holders. and after a few years of great proft-taking sold out altogether, abpa- rently abandoning the field to others.
 Really his sale was only a part of his plar to get a tighter hold than ever on the coasts supply of sugar.
 He went straight to Magdabourg. Germany, here. as he knew the most
 FHI...
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29

Icx c. and William F.--were great peo- rIe They came from Euchuburg In schamhurg -Lippe. Germany. though not direct, having stopped awhile in Lon don, as did the original John Jacob As tor. It was in London that the broth CTS learned sugar baking.
 They knew their trade thoroughly and, consequently, when in leV5, they opened a sugar bakery in Van Dam street in New York, though not the first in the business there, they began to prosper at once. The building in which they first housed the bakery was only 24 by 40 feet in size. and its ca- pacity was d hogshead of sugar day.
 Themselves hardworking and saving,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29

tria. and his hope was ardently shared by his wife.
 The story of how they strove by ev- cry device they could bring into play to win the coveted post Is one of the really pathetic passages in the Have meyer family history, but neither their wealth, their social standing nor their political pull were sufficient to win the prize. When Theodore A. Havemeyer passed away, fp 1897, at 5s, it was frankly printed that he died. a disap- pointed man: his widow has since for saken this country permanently. She has never even visited this country since leaving 1t till this year
 The Sugar Trust was not formally
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29

concentration and ferociously hard work.
 He began in the family business when IS, learning technical details in the big Brooklyn refinery; from there he went to the Wall Street office of the concern to learn the mercantile end; at. 20 was promoted, and at 21 admitted to part nership.
 Despite all the wealth that was his at birth, he has been as seriously inter- ested in the family business from boy he cd, and has ;ived as strenuous a bus ines life as did the first Havemeyef who canlo to this country
 These original Havemeyers -Froder-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29
BY DEXTER MARSHALL

to turn his attention to the absorbing pursuit of wealth and yet more wealth.
 Yet this .youngster promises to be one. of the abfest executives in all the sugar business.
 H. o. Havemeyer, Sr., still two years unoef SO. is a man of vast wealth. of benevolent and gentlemanly appearances and with fad for collecting violins; sufficiently attentive to his business ,du- ties, but able to rest serene in the con-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29

sciousness that he need look out for general policies only; that his able lieu
 tenants, including his favorite nephew. will do the rest and do it well. He is quiet, fond of society and man not likely to be picked out in crowd as fighter of great tenacity and shrewd- ness, of implacable and mcrciiess per sistence. and, withal, capable of intense
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-29

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New-York tribune., 1905-02-24

tuy brilliant He had attained the rank of colonel
oeIoTe he was twentyeight years of age, and while
az kien was the particular fayorite of that grand
oid soldier, Dragomiroff, then commander in chief
there. He is man of the highest personal integ-
flty' with keen sense OF honor. official well
private, has charming manners, a quiet dignity I'm
his bearing that is infinitely attractive the sadness
~ his eyes contrasting strangely with the smile
that Is almost always his lips. His daughter is
the favorite maid OF honor Of the Empress. and
ths Emperor has the most absolute confidence In
this san, who, while .able administrator. is,
above everything else. thorough soldier He bears
a charmed life and has been frequently at
tackled in vain-no less than three times in
single fortnght-that he is regarded as impervious
alike to steel, powder and dynamite. He is terribly
severe and strict, but while at Moscow showed him
self the friend OF the workingman, and Incurred
the enmity of every capitalist and employer OF
labor by compelling them to treat their men
human beings and not as beasts OF burden.
MARQUISG DE FoNTBNoY.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-24
DR.. JACOB S. SHIPMAN.

The Rev. DR.. Jacob S. Shipman. D. c. L., for
many years rector OF Christ's Episcopal Church.
at Broadway and Tst-st.. died yesterday in his
country home in Whitesborough. In May. 1901
of. Shlpman was stricken by apopexy In his
stuoy His entire right side was paralyzed and he
lay unconscious for several DAYS He was forced
TO give up his charge. and moved Whitesbor-
ough. where he had since been an invalid. Dr.
Snipman was the father of the Rev Herbert Ship
man. chaplain Of the United States Military
Academy at West Point Up 20 the time of the
failure Of his health DR.. Shipman was prominent
IN the affairs of the Diocese of New York being
member of the standing committee and having fre-
quenty represented the diocese at the General
Convention
DIR. Shpman born in Niagara in 1s4O ana
entered Yale in the class of 80 He forced
to leave Yale because of i'll health before he was
graduated. He did not study for the ministry in
a theological seminary. but ordained by Bishop
Delaney, after studying with private tutors.
His first charge that of the united parishes
OF st. Johns. Whitesborough, and st. Peters,
Oriskany, in what is the Diocese of Central
New-York He was made rector of the oldest
church in Mobile in 1889 which he left three years
man first came New York in 1877. and his work
among the poor Of the West Side gained him
much credit H. being generally recognized as one
of the most potent forces in their betterment He
was noted for the courtesy and sincerity of his
manner and the tberaity of his religious views.
While in Whitesborough he married Miss Anne
Louise Gold, of that place. A volume of DIR. Ship
mans sermons was published In 1902
New-York tribune., 1905-02-24
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.

Sportsnen's Show at Madison Square Garden
Meeting OF the Parliament. No los West 45th-st.
1870 a.
Meeting of the century Theatre Club No 27 West 9TH
St. 2:30 p. m.
Annual convention and luncheon OF the New-York City
Federation Of Womens Clubs Hotel Astor 1880
q.
Address by the Rev DIT. c H Tyndan on Wireless
Telsgraphy' Packard Commercial School. 23d-st and
4th-ave II a. m.
Dinner Maryland Society. Hotel Astor. evening.
Dinner Of the North Carolina Society St. Regis. evening
Dinner OF Property Owners o. Prospect South
Dean Aivord Milwood Club. Brooklyn, 1:30 p. m
Address by exPostmaster General Charles Emory Smith
on Russia" before the Methodist Social Union,
Savoy. evening.
Meeting OF the New-YoTk section Of the Society Of
Chemical Industry No. los West 55th-st.. sis m
Review Of the 18th Regiment by General George Moore
Smith, armory. Brooklyn. evening"
Debate between College Of the city Of Nev-York and
Hamilton College MendeIssohn Hall. No. 119 West
4Oth-st. evening.
Free lectures of the Board Of Education. P m-Wad-
leigh School 115th-st.. between 9Th and Sth aves,
William Freeland Rome dlusrated) Public
School No s. 141st-st and Edgeeomb-ave. DR.. Arthur
Cooley. "a Tour Through Greece ulustrated);
No. 80 No 224 East SSthst., Professor
Georges Castegnier. Life of Gambetta' Institute
HaH 21S 106th-st., Dr. Henry W. Elson
South Preceding the Civil War dllusrated) Public
School 20 2 169th-st and 3d-ave Mrs. Mary Eliza
beth Lease, IAN Evening with Tennyson'' Public
School No. So Avenue c. between sth and 9th SITS,
I-nionport Dr. Albert H. Brundage Poisonous Foods
Other Poisons' illustrated.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-24
EX-SENATOR JONATHAN ROSS.

st Johnsbury. VT Feb. 2S-Jonathan Ross, for
merly Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court of the
State of Vermont and formerly United States Sen
atOr, died at hospital to-day from injuries
ceived on Tuesday afternoon, when his sleigh was
struck by a train and Mrs. Ross killed. Judge
Ross had been unconscious most of the time since
the accident He was seVenty-nine years old.
Ex-senator Jonathan Ross was born in Waterford
VI, April 80. 1885, a of Royal and Eliza Mason
Ross His grandfather moved from Massachusetts,
in 1885, clearing farm and cutting forests in one
Of the pioneer towns of Northern Vermont This
grandson was educated IN the public schools of
Waterford and at St JohnsbuTy Academy, and
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1851. He
worked a farm through all his boyhood days,
and taught IN winter IN the country schools, while
mouth he taught in Craftsbury. and was then
principal OF Chelsea Academy. He studied law in
Chelsea, and was admitted TO the Orange County
He then went to st. Johnsbury where he prac-
tised law until 1870, when he was elected 10 the
Supreme Court bench. In 1850 he elected CHIEF
pointed Tned States Senator IN ' 1 De Hes va sae ae
eeeded to the seat left vacant by the death of
In his residence of nearly fifty. years in St Johns
bity From s5s 70 1858 he was 9reas4rer i df the
Passumpsic Savings Bank. He was also director
Scale COMPANY In 1865 lsS and and 1857 s he FDame5 Tspre
sepgd ser St JohnsbuTy IL the legislature I He was
Education and in 1863 a member of the last Board
he was elected to the state Senate from Caledonia
County, and the same year he was elevated to the
bench. Judge Ross twice married. his first
wife being d sister of Judge A. p Carpenter Chief
Justice Of New-Hampshire. He had five daughters
and two
As Senator he served a portion of the unexpired
term of Mr.. Morrill,, and succeeded by William
p Dillingham; who was elected to iii the remain
der Of the term in 1901. Mr. Ross was an able and
profound consutuuonal lawyer. and his speech out
lining the policy adopted by the Republican party
In dealing with insular possessions attracted wide
attention. He was a of prompt decisions
and regular habits. When the appointment
succeed Sepator Morrill, offered to him he
said he would allow himself half hour to think
il He shut himself up in his library thirty
he ha
his decision. In thrty-six hours he on his way
to Washington. He lived in a handsome house
about mile and a half from St Johnsbury His
home overlooks the beautiful Passumpsc Valley
He took delight in his farm. to the cutiva
ton of which he much Dersonal attenlinn
New-York tribune., 1905-02-24
OBITUARY.
WILLIAM r. G. SHANkS.

William Franklin Gore shanks president OF the
National Press Intelligence Company, No 25 Broad
way, Manhattan who was well known in news
paper and financial circles In this city. and for
ten years was city editor OF The Tribune died
at the Princess Hotel Hamilton. Bermuda. on
Wednesday. The oaT news received in this city
was contained in message by cable which reached
MS son, Sanders Shanks, yesterday morning. Mr..
Shanks had been IN poor health for several years.
When President Mckinley shot in Buffalo he
heard the boys crying ''Extra!" in the street and
went out the stoop of his home, at No. 3f7 eth
ST., Brooklyn. When he what the paper con-
tanned ne fell unconscious. Since that time he had
been confined to the house. with the exception OF
few occasions. when he able to be driven
TO his Office On orders from his physicians he left
Brooklyn for Bermuda in the first week OF Decem-
ber He was accompanied by a nurse. The body
will be brought to Brooklyn. where services will be
held. 1t will be buried in Louisville, Ky.
Mr.. Shanks was born in Shelbyville, KY, April
20. 1887 He was a son of Sanders Shanks. who was
New-York tribune., 1905-02-24
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Official Record and Forecast.-washington. Feb. "a
disturbance wide considerable energy
apparently central Atlantic Halifax
checking eastward advance the depression
morning north Of the Dakotas. An of high
pressure is moving the northern plateau
and a second high cover- the lower lake region.
Except in and the North Coast
where there has been precIDtation of
consequence The temperature changes have been
and unmportant
Rain Indicated for Friday in the Mississippi Valley
the upper lake region and rain
Saturday districts and the Gulf
II will northeastern districts and lower
temperatures prevail the Missouri Valley Friday
will be colder saturday IN the upper Mississippi Valley
the upper lake region.
The winds along Atlantic Coast viii mostly light
north Gulf Coast light and variable, becoming
ana fresh, and Lake Michigan fresh southeast
steamers departing Friday European ports will have
northwest north winds and cloudy
the Grand Banks.
Forecast Special LOcalities.-For Eastern New
York To-day increasing cIoudiness Saturday light
variable winds
For New-JeFsey, Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware.
fair to-day; fair Saturday followed by Saturday
night Sunday; light variable winds
For Of Columbia. fair and somewhat
warmer to-day Saturday. followed by rain IN the
afternoon or q light; light variable winds
Fer Western New-York. fair to-day: rain and
Saturday; variable winds. becoming southeast 20 south
For New-England fair to-day and Saturday diminish
ing north winds,
rain Saturday; light variable winds
New-York tribune., 1905-02-24

a High Sheriff of Shelby County in the '40's AS
a young man he went to Louisville and became in
terested in literary pursuits He wrote several
plays there, among them for Maggie Mitchell
and a skit, which was produced by Mrs. Gilbert
He also acted as treasurer OF the Louisville Opera
House Company.
When the Civil War broke out Mr.. Shanks was
acting as the correspondent of The Associated
Press. He was a Union sympathizer and got a
commission correspondent with the Union
army for The New-York Herald" He with
sherman's and Grants armies in that capacity
through most Of the Civil War with the exception
of period in 1865, when he acted volunteer aid
on the staff of General Lowell Rosseau. He was
wounded in the battle Of Perryvile, and word
being received that he had been killed, his obituary
notice was printed in all of the Louisville papers
He returned home, however. to deny the story.
In 1865 Mr.. Shanks and his family moved North,
and his home had been in Brooklyn since that time
He remained on the staff of The Herald until
after 1866. Then he became Editor of ''Harpers
Weekly" He was the author OF the index to the
first forty volumes of that publication. In that
time he wrote and published Personal Recollec-
tions of Distinguished Generals In the latter part
OF the so he was Washington correspondent of
THE New-York Times" At the time of the out
break of the Franco Prussian War he became for
eign editor OF The Tribune Several years later he
was made city editor, and held that position during
the time Of the exposures of the Tweed ring. In
1889 Mr.. Shanks left The Tribune and became man
aging editor OF THE Star" post which he held
The National Press Intelligence Bureau was or
ganIzed by him in 1885. Beginning a clipping
agency it developed into the publisher of The
Bond Buyer" a weekly and daily financial paper of
business is being conducted by his sons. Lynn
H. Shanks. treasurer of the company, and William
other son, is a well known lawyer in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Shanks died in 1900.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-24
JOHN j, HALSTED,

John ]. Halsted. native and former resident Of
Newark. died at hts home, in Washington, D. C.,
on February q. Mr.. Halsted was the of John
HaIsted and Mary Pennington (sster OF Governor
Pennington of New-Jersey). He was born in New
ark in 1884, and graduated from Princeton Col
lege in 1S40 and probably its oldest living grad
uate He studied law with William Halsted. Of
Trenton, and secretary OF the State Senate.
After practising in New-York. he went to Washing
ton and was appointed examiner In the Patent
Offiee in 1855 since 1867 when he resigned, he had
been ia constant practice as patent attorney. MI.
Halsted was of the charter members of the
District of Columbia Society Sons or the American
Revolution and took active interest in its work.
Mr. Halsted married on December 2, lsol, TO
New-York tribune., 1905-02-24
AT THE OPERA.

The second serial performance-its number sep
arated by q week-took place at the Opera yes
terday afternoon. The people who sang at
the extra evening performance took part. except
that MI Burgstaller i before, and replaced bV
the representation admirable Nine Nordica
distinguished herself especially by prodigal Of
feTing Of her superb voice and art. The audience
was large: Wagner has again been profitable to the
establishment.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-24
lNoEBRIGTH GENRE.

Ingsbrigth Genre, OF Fort Wadsworfh Staten
Island, died on Wednesday from brain abscess and
meningitis aged hfty-two. He born in Stav-
anger, Norway. and belonged to the we'll known
Genre family, for generations identified with Nor
wegian and latter also with British shipping Mr.
GENRE had for many years been connected with
the White Star Line in Nsw-YoTk, and was at
time the agent of that lire at Stavanger, Norway
he was considered a baggage and immigration
expert. He leaves widow, a and a daughter
New-York tribune., 1905-02-24
NEw-YoRKER's DESIGN CHOSEN.
Albert Randolph Ross Wins Contest for
Memorial at Vieksburg

Philadelphia, Feb. 23-The design submitted by
Albert Randolph Ross. of New York. for a me
mortal to erected the battlefield of Vicksburg
to the 18th, 5Oth 51st and Tooth Regiments, Penn
sylvania Volunteers, and DurelTs Battery of Light
Artillery. has beer accepted by a committee ap-
pointed 10 select a design.
There were nnety-twO designs submitted. The
committee on selection consisted of Augustus St.
Gaudens sculptor Frank Miles Day. architect
and Harrison 5. Morris, secretary of the Penn
sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The memorial is to be erected at the expense OF
the State Of Pennsylvania and will cost about
New-York tribune., 1905-02-24
FRoHMAN's BOSTON MANAGER HoNossp

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l
Boston, Feb. 23s-Isaac b. Rich. manager OF the
Frohman theatres In Boston. celebrated his seventy
eighth birthday anniversary to-day, and received
many gifts from theatrical friends in different parts
OF the country with floral remembrances which
filed his Office. From the united stafs Of the
Hollis and Colonial theatres came a valuable gold
watch engraved with monogram and inscription,
while many other tributes came from New-York.
New-York managers wired their congratulations