Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-11-02
CURRENT EVENTS.
Life in the Nineteenth Century
Themes for. the Social RefOrmer.

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Murder, robbery, suicide, failure,
swindling, incendiarism, elopement,
divorce, cruelty to children, destitution
and other features of social life under
Capitalism are supplying this week the
usual number of headlines to our sensa-
tional press. We submit few of the
most noteworthy Occurrences:
A golden and curly.haired pretty
woman of 26 years, named Anna Meus.
sen, bearing four-weeks.old baby boy
in her arms, came into the Fifth Street
StationHouse in the middle of the night
and requested shelter. There she told a
pitiful story of love, betrayal and ex-
pulsion. Mr.. Gerry's society was noti-
fed. The Comm issioners of Emigra.
ton, under whose care she is still, with
the aid of the society officers, will en-
deavor to find Annals former friend
and make him do her justice
Charles Meyer, of Oakdale, Long
Island, is confined to his home by inju.
ries received from one of the bulldogs
on William X. Vanderbilts country es.
tate. Some of the people living in the
neighborhood say that Mr.. Vanderbilt's
dogs are in the habit of attacking
people passing long the road. The
dog has not yet been killed
Attention has at last been called by
the press to the violation by policemen
of the regulations which require them
to carry their clubs in their belts or
pockets instead of in their hands. The
club is given the policeman merely for
his own defense, and he must not use il
for any other purpose.
Miss Clara Huntington, daughter OF
the American railroad king, was mar.
ried this week in London to Prince
Hatzfeldt, a dissipated scion of the Eu
ropean nobility. Ten million dollars
was the price she paid for the right to
embroider coronet on her handker-
chief. The newspapers are mistaken in
adding that she abb ured her religion in
order to become princess. The God
of such woman is the mighty dollar.
Reports of terrible drought in some
counties of Minnesota are pouring in.
On the other hand it appears that the
recent appeal through the public press
for alleged sufferers from drought in
Dakota is unwarranted by the facts.
"A fair crop was harvested IN the local..
ties where destitution is alleged to ex.
list.
In low tenement house, known as
"The Morgue," a drunken woman last
Sunday became infuriated because her
little daughter, II years old, refused to
get pint of beer. She threw her
down, bit her arms and legs lik mad
dog, slammed her head repeatedly on
the floor, then lifted her by the hair and
cast her into the street, The poor girl,
with four other children younger than
herself, was placed In the care of Gerry's
Society.
Herman 0. Pollanz, cigar packer,
has gained judgm ent in the City Court
for $526 against George Barnstoff, a
policeman. Pollanz was standing in
front of the cigar factory on I'd avenue
where he worked during the last car
drivers strike, and he was ordered to
move on by Barnstoff. He did not at
once obey, and the policeman struck
him with his fist, knocking a tooth
out. Barnstoff claimed that he took
Pollanz for striker. He let one judg-
ment be taken against him by default.
1t was for 500 and was given by a
sheriff's jury. Barnstof was not salts.
fed with it, and moved to have the de-
fault opened and the case tried in the
City Court.
While the Cincinnati people are ell
joying a reduction of the price of beer
to three cents a glass, the Central Lii
q,lor Dealers Association Of New York
is making an effort to raise it to ten
cents pint.
William Matsen is a seaman attached
to the Boston ship LandSeer. He was
charged with making deadly assault
upon one of the offs Of the vessel on
a voyage from the Philippine Islands,
and was arraigned before United States
Commissioner Shields last Monday. The
complainant in the case was the first
officer, George A. Ship, The officer
was willing to with draw the charge OF
mutiny if the sailor would not pi osecute
for ill-treatment. Matsen took the pro.
posal under adviseme ent. Reclaimed to
have drawn knife only to save his
life when he was being beaten with be-
laying pins.
A man who was caught stealing bread
in a small cake bakery at Paterson,
n. j., darted off to the river, Jumped in
| and was drowned in sight Of his cap
| tor.