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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28

the wives of respectable mechanics and
OF men employed in the city. 1t is easiest
to handle the younger women, of whom
we have number from II to 20 years of
age. l think drinking is increasing among
young married women from is to "a, some
of them having very good husbands We
have number Of young girls. One girl
OF 10 was found one morning in the street
senseless, She had been drinking with or
gan Cylinders. The mother was in court
and was terribly put about"
In dealing with these girls and women
the London magistrates are puzzled what
TO do They say It is no use sending them
10 prison or reformatory homes because
1t only hardens them. One magistrate
viii impose a fine of half a crown go
cents) for the first OffenSe, while another,
sitting on the same bench, Will let the
lady" go with a caution. Circumstances
alter cases and on the second Offense
the fine may be made shilllngs wo-
man who has been arrested several times
may be imprisoned for several days, and
the more incorrigible she becomes, the
severer is the punishment until the max
imum of one month is reached
At the northern end OF Holloway road
there is a lively highway branching to
the right, with eight large and thriving
taverns wathin the spacb of a short
quarter of a mile. We thought we would
go in and out of them to see the sights.
1t was not Summing. The neighborhood
is respectable even desirable in the
in the evening when we called for the
first lemon squash, and not glass Of
"four-ale." They were too busy to mix
drinks. In our compartment there were
nine women or fifteen, If you count two
baby girls in arms and four little misses
brought by their mammas. One was be-
Ing treated. The mother, quite a decent
body with a silk mantle and kid gloves,
called for a half quartern of Irish warm,
and swallowing three parts of It, handed
the glass to the child with q Here you
are, Martha" as though IL were so much
water Three women were talking about
their husbands. That's all he brought
me home, as I'm a living wOmanl Four
teen bob and five of us to keep Oh,
Lor'! Oh. dear! Well, drink up. III be
fourpence to your tuppence this time,
Mrs. Walters"
The next house was not so busy. could
count but eleven women customers. One of
them was drinking under peculiar circum-
stances. 1 noticed her, as I entered talk
ing with a man, presumably her husband,
who seemed to be crippled and who was
in an invalid chair which she had drawn
up to a side door. l followed her in and
she ordered three penn orth of warm rum
for him, and while 1t was preparing she
had half a quartern Of gin for herself
and drank it.
The last house was an exceptionally large
place, employing seven barmaids and three
men. 1 counted 10 customers present.
Among them there were thirty-six wo-
men, one proud young mother, with twin
babies in long clothes Carrying one In
each arm, she would have found 1t diff
not a kind neighbor or two been present
to assist her We walked out. There is
nothing of the pretty enticement Of the
Partisan cafe in the London pub"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28
HOW LONDON WOMEN DRINK.
Public Houses Where the working
mems Wives Meet to Triple.
From the New York Recorder.

From the New York Recorder.
Undoubtedly the women of England are
good hard drinkers throughout, but 1t is
among the lower middle classes of Lon
don that you must look for the sweet
habit IN its full perfection. Last year
$3.50 women were taken into custody on
the one charge of drunk and disorderly."
Magistrates clerks, missionaries and
others whose daily duties oblige them to
frequent the metropolitan police courts,
say that the trouble is increasing. Mr..
Wynne Baxter. the well known coroner,
has just been testifying on the subject.
Generally speaking" he says 1.-The
question of drunkenness enters into half
the inquests l hold. My usual question is:
Was the deceased worse for drink and
the reply, given in an unconcerned tone,
is: oh, she had a drop as II 1t were the
countless numbers Of hard-working men
who would have good homes If they only
had good wives; but the women are never
a home to meet them OF have anything
ready for them after their days work
The husband goes quietly to bed, while
his wife is still out of doors drinking with
her friends. Monday is essentially a day
for drinking with the women. Many men
are unaware that their wives take their
husbands Sunday clothes on Monday
morning to the pawnshop pledge them
and spend the money in drink during
week On Saturday when the man
brings home his money, the clothes are
taken out again.
The charge sheets at most london police
courts are always heaviest on Mondays,
the proportion of women being ludicrously
large. 1t is common to see thirty women
charged at a single court in one day. At
each metropolitan police court the
Church of England Temperance Society
maintains a missionary whose duties
concern the reclamation of women addict
ed to drink. In one Of its annual reports
the London police court mission, as the
organization is called, presented the fol-
lowing statements: At the North London
police court in twelve months, 345 women
were charged with simple drunkenness,
and 447 more with being drunk and dis
orderly. OF 1854 women appearing at
ClerkenweH "a much poorer district, IS
per cent. were the victims of drink. One
Of the missionaries said. zone woman,
aged 3d. and twelve over so years of age
were charged with drunkenness. The
youngest drunken case was that OF a girl
10 years Of age. There have been as many
as five girls in one day charged with be-
ing drunk who were only II years Of age.
In one day fOrty-seVen women have
passed the bar, charged with drunken
ness"
Il have been dealing with large num-
Der of drunken women in my district"
says another Missionary. "On8 class Is
composed of low women, but there are
many of what may be called the lower
order of working people. We often have
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28

Robert f. Joyce, who has just died
in Washington. was retired from the fed
eral army few years ago, under the
thirty-year act. He was on the Star OF
the West expedition, sent 10 relieve Fort
Sumter. and was an officer in command OF
regulars in New York city during the
DRAFT riots.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-28
MADE A PRETTY ROMANCE.
"a Young Woman Wrote Her Name in
the Bottom of a Peach Basket and
as "A Result She Is Now Mrs. ID. b.
MarsheIIOVv.
From lac Buffalo Courler.

From the Buffalo Courier.
Ada Spaulding. Marblehead, o. Please
write"
When Miss spaulding wrote this on the
bottom Of peach basket four years ago
she had no idea that it would make her
Mrs. d. b. Marshellow. It did. however.
she was married last week to d. B. Mar
shellow. salesman for ]. 1. Prentiss &
Co.. wholesale grocers, and the marriage
is the direct outcome OF the inscription
which the bride wrote thoughtlessly. and
in a moment Of capriclousness, in the bot
tom of the peach basket The moral that
the friends Of the young couple draw is:
"CapriciOusness Is sometimes praise
worthy"
Miss spaulding or Mrs. AarsheHow is
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5, ONE "AATI-SKEET' w4,r.

and keep others out 100000 Boxes Sold Last
" Season. Zoe per Box.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-27

said time, to and including the time of the
making OF said affidavit by said John d. Sebe,
as ash ne tnea and there well knew, the owner OF
rear ana personal property. subject to
taxation under the laws of the State
OF California and situated within the
CITY and County of San Francisco,
State of California, and that as deponent is i'm.
formed and believes a part of said property,
10 VII: the said personal property at all OF
sala times was of the full cash value of $l0,-
OOO and over. and deponeut therefore alleges
5nat sara personal property was of the value of
@1O,OoV ana over, and at all of said times IL
w0ul9 nave been taken in payment of Just
debt due from said William T. Wallace for said
amount and that at all said times said John d.
oleoe, as such Assessor well knew the cash
of $4,000 and over, and then and there dur
ing all OF said times, he, said John D. Siebe,
wei knew that said personal property was
tne properly OF said William T. Wallace, and
tnat the same was subject to assessment by
MIN Tor the purposes of taxation for said fiscal
year commencing July J, 1895, and that dur
taken In payment of just debt, due from said
Mlillam l. Wallace for the sum of 10000 and
over; mat notwithstanding such knowledge
on ms part, said John D. Siebe as such Assessor,
knowingly, wfllfully and corruptly assessed
S sald personal property upon said assessment
DOOR, Ior the purposes of taxation for the fiscal
S9ar commencing July /, 1895, at the sum of
@l5Oo instead of at the sum of 1000 and
over, It's full cash value, and that at the time
o. ,ne making OF said affidavit by said John ID.
oiepe' as nerelnbefore set forth, said personal
property was listed upon said assessment book,
ana was assessed thereon at the sum of $1,000,
ans.eal OF IT'S iull cash value OF $4,000 and
over over rs said John d. Siebe as such Assessor
then and there well knew.
lnat at the time of the making of said aft
qaVlI as ne then and there well knew, said
J9nn u; Slebe had not faithfully complied
WIN all the duties imposed on him as such
Ass ssNr under the revenue laws of the State OF
E,anIornla, in this: That he had willfully,
knowlngly and corruptIy failed and neglected
70 70 assess the property OF the said William 7.
MaIace, situated in the said City and County
assessment by him as such Assessor within
sald City and County of San Francisco for said
nschl year commencing July 1, 1895, at its full
casn vaiue, but had knowingly, willfully and
corruPtiy assessed the same at but $1,000,
when us full value, as he then and there well
knew, was SIC, 900 and over.
ana tnat at the time of the making OF said
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that he bad ever seen the statement be-
fore, and he was not sure whether he had
sworn to it, although Notary Public
Ryan's seal was on it. He had no recol-
lection OF having signed it, although he
did not dispute the signature. Mr.. Ryan
made out all the taxstatements.
Z. Blackburn Ryan was the next witness.
He said that he sent the slip around to
Mr.. Willcutt and obtained his signature to
the affidavit. Then he called upon Mr..
Willcut and administered the OATH The
data was prepared from the books in
Willcutt's office by son OF Mr.. Willcutt.
The blanks i'll the Assessors statement
were made by Miss Mary Hull, clerk of
MIR. Ryan. He called upon the Assessor
and was informed that Mr.. Siebe would
raise the assessment He did raise it be-
tween 5000. 600 and $500, 000 Ryan had no
conversation with Siebe other than to say
that he thought the statement as turned
in by Ryan was high enough valuation.
He never paid Mr.. Siebe or Fred Siebe q
dollar.
Here the court adjourned until 10
o'clock this morning.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-27
COYLE AND WARSzAWIAK,
Two Speakers Address the Pres
byterian Ministerial
Union.
The Oakland Divine Finds Many
Faults With Applied Chris.
tianity.

Herman Warszawiak, superintendent of
the American Mission to the Jews, who is
on preaching tour throughout the West,
attended the Presbyterian Ministerial
Union Monday morning and urgeu the
ministers present to take the evangelical
ton of the Jews among the needs and
regular work of the churches.
"You cannot do anything nobler,
grander and more opportune than to aid
the Jewish work." he said. "Take this
City of 10000 Israelites, many of them
prominent men. To my knowledge, there
is the most ungodly condition among the
Jews of this City of any in the United
States. They are little n ore than lnfidels
and have adopted the almighty dollar for
their God. You will meet with great OPP
position at first, but you will have success
in the end"
the speaker stated that at the missions
headquarters in New York he had been
requested to take back a letter from each
of the ministerial bodies he had addressed,
and he handed the secretary letter from
the United Ministerial meeting of Wy
oming, heartily ENDORSING his labors in
that place.
"a motion with regard to letter is in
order" said the president. At this point
of the proceedings Rev. DR.. Bower said
that though they were all tingling with
| enthusiasm to evangelize the Hebrew
race, they had met to hear DR.. Coyle speak
and that he ought to be invited to take the
floor without delay.
This suggestion met with such favor
that Herman WarsZawiak withdrew with
out his letter.
DIR. Coyle began a paper on applied
Christianity" in the course of which he
expressed little sympathy for what be con-
sidered newfangled notions on the subject
Toee much h atr ssi i: laidy these people
on surroundings. Only improve the
homes of the poor and give them educa-
tional advantages and their uplifting will
be secured they say. 1 believe that the
whole idea that men would De better If
their surroundings are better is dangerous
to society. To teach people that the poor
creatures OF the slums are hardly response
BILE for their acts makes them say: My
misdeeds are not my fault; they lie at
the door of society,""
In com batting this view OF the case Dr.
Coyle said: 'AlI history is on our SIDE
when we say that character does not de-
pend on environment. 1t is not true that
Edenic environment can lead men TO the
heights and keep them there"
The speaker emphasized this point by
abiding to the fall and the comfortable
environment of Adam and Eve when they
ate the apple in the Garden of Eden.
"Christ saw that there was but one way
to improve social conditions, and that was
to give men new hearts. In Institutes or
applied Christianity the talk is about con-
ditions and not about souls.
In the discussion which closed the
meeting the sentiments expressed were all
in favor of DR.. Coyle's paper. DR.. Mac
kenzie said he would have been proud to
have written it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-27

had no conversation with him except to
say, GOOD evening, Mr.. Kelly" He did
not go there for the purpose of meeting
Kelly. He was simply taking walk. He
denied that he had had any conversation
with Kelly on the subject of the contem-
plated arrest of Assessor Siebe for under
assessing Judge Wallace's property.
Darragh finally admitted that he had
never seen the assessment roll except that
part of it or that page of 1t on which his
own property was listed, and that Martin
Keliy's attorney, Barnard, had prepared
the typewriter complaint, which be had
signed and to which he had sworn.
Mr.. Willcutt was recalled and testified
that he did not think he would give So
000, 600 for the Market-street Railroad sys-
tenn, as it stood on the first Monday in
March, 1895.
WAS it worth $1,000, DOOR" asked Judge
Wallace.
81 don't think it wss." replied Mr.. Will
cult.
"Was it worth "a, 600, 000p'
"That is matter OF individual opinion, +"
was the reply
What is it worth now?" asked Judge
Wallace.
81 object to the question" said Mr..
Friedenrich.
Judge Wallace overruled the objection
and repeated the question.
THAT is simply matter of opinion"
Are your bonds above par ?''
Eyes; slightly above par
Now" continued Judge Wallace, ''if
the property would support bond issue
| of $17 600 under deed of trust. sup
pose that only ten of those bonds are on
| the market and they are all at par, would
that indicate the value of the property,
! especially when the buyer of the ten
| bonds knows that the other bonds will
| follow2p
IF the other bonds were placed upon
the market" said Mr.. Willcutt, cit would
require additional properly to secure
them-but / don't think I understood
your question"
Judge Wallace repeated, "Say that ten
| bonds have been put upon the market and
are above par, would not that indicate
that the property is good security for
| S17, 500, 000?"
mot necessarily" replied Mr.. willcutt,
hesitatingly.-
"When financier buys one bond of an
issue of SIT, 100000 does he not look to the
security for the other bonds that NAV be
placed on the market?" persisted Judge
| Wallace.
"Certainly," replied Mr.. Willcutt.
| He replied TO other questions that. after
| the issuance of the $4,000, 600 in bonds.
| the stock sold for $40 per share. But he
| explained that, while few bonds might
bring $40, yet the market was so sensitive
that if more bonds were put on the market
their value would fall They are selling
] to-day at $44, he explained, aud the price
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had gone as high as SAT during the last
three months.
With reference to the cost of the road,
the witness said it was built by the Pacific
Improvement Company at a cost of
$4,000, 600, including power-house, rolling
stock, etc.
Mr. Clunie returned to the question of
values, and asked Mr.. Willcutt whether
at the time he, as director, voted for the
SIT, 500, 900 issue he knew the cash value
of the road.
Mr.. Willcutt evaded the question. He
said that it would depend upon the condi-
tions.
But" interrupted Judge Wallace, show
ing considerable surprise, you knew what
those conditions were at that time. Now.
what in your judgment, taking into con-
sideration all the conditions, would it be
worth in cash ?"
THAT would depend upon the condi-
tions," repeated Mr.. Willcutt. 1--WE pro-
posed issuing those bonds for the purpose
of improving the road and thus making it
more valuable
After more shutting on the part of the
witness Judge Wallace asked, little i'm
patiently:
"Was it worth SCOOP
YES" re piled Mr.. Willcutt promptly.
WAS it worth more than $1000?"
Yes; / may venture to say that it was
worth 100000"
"When you voted for the issue of ST..
100000 of bonds you believed that the
cash value of the property which was the
security for those bonds was 81, 900, 000-is
that correctP" asked Mr.. Clunie.
Eyes, sir; the cash value
suppose somebody came along and
offered you 100000 cash, would you
have sold the road for that?" asked Judge
Wallace.
THAT would be matter for the consid-
Grafton of the directors, the larger owners,
Croker, Huntington, Stanford & Co.," re-
piled Mr.. Willcutt after long pause.
The affidavit accompanying a statement
of the company's property as returned by
Z. Blackburn Ryan to the Assessor was
handed to the witness. He recognized his
signature thereon, but did not remember
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-27
ASSESSOR S|EBE ARRESTED A SECOND TIME.

board to take the necessary steps for the
issuing of the bonds. This issue of bonds
amounted practically to an increase of the
old Indebtedness OF ST. 600, 900 to $17. 500, 000.
The subsequent steps in the matter of
the bond issue were next detailed by Mr..
Willcutt at the suggestion of Mr.. Clunie,
and pending this matter the court adj
journed till 2 P. NJ.
After recess John w. Darragh, the man
who had caused the second arrest of the
Assessor, was called to the stand.
Darragh was put through rigid exam
nation by Mr.. ClunIe as to his knowledge
of the subject-mtter of the complaint to
which he had sworn, 'and also as to
whether his action had been instigated by
Martin Kelly.
When Mr.. Clunie asked Darragh whether
he knew Martin Kelly Darragh did not
pretend to understand the import of the
question and he asked back, (Which Mar
tin Kelly2''
Before Mr. Clunie had..an opportunity of
informing Mr.. Darragh as to the identity
of the particular Martin Kelly referred to
Lawyer A. Barnard, Martin Kelly's attor-
ney, popped up from behind Mr.. Clunie
and in an agitated manner objected to the
question on the ground that it was irrele-
want and simply waste of time to inquire
which Mr.. Kelly it was the witness knew.
Judge Wallace overruled the objection,
and Mr.. Darragh confessed that he knew a
Martin Kelly who lived on Fremont street.
Again Lawyer Barnard objected, and
again Judge Wallace sat down on him.
Darragh went on to say that he met Mar
tin Kelly, the ex-political boss, in the
Bald win Hotel on the evening before, but
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-27
Congregational Club.

The Congregational Monday Club, which
met Monday morning ct the Grand
Hotel, was addressed by DR.. Lucas OF
Oakland on the subject of Prayer as an
Eyangelistic Agency" The speaker said
that the churches had fallen into the habit
of depending too much on sermons and
had too much neglected prayer as means
of grace.
The session closed with special prayer
tervice.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-27
THE COMPLAINT.
Allegations Respecting the Value
OF Judge Wallace's Property.

Allegations Respecting the Value
OF Judge Wallace's Property.
The following is the complaint sworn to
by ]. W. Darragh after the preliminary
recital:
That on the Goth day of July, 1895, at the
City and County OF San Francisco, State OF
California, the crime of perjury was commit
ted by John D. Siebe in manner and form as
follows, to wit:
That ever since and prior to the LIST day of
January, 1880, the City and County of San
corporation organized and existing under and
by virtue Of the laws of the State Of California:
that at an election regularly held at the CITY
and County of San Francisco on the 9th day
of November, 1894, for the election of officers
OF said City and County, John ID. Siebe was
elected Assessor of the said City and County
for the term of four years from and after the
first Monday after the LIST day of January,
1895, and that thereafter said John D. Siebe
duly qualified as such Assessor, and ever since
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-10-29
Drorston rrsusn ON SILVER.

Mr.. Moreton Frewen, ono Of the best
known authorities on the silver ques-
ton, said to q reporter in London the
other day:
81 personally agree with Mr. Bryan
that If the United States should open
her minis at to 10 she can raise the
exchange value Of silver all the world
over to her rating. 1 hold this opinion
not upon any mere grounds Of theory,
but upon what we actually saw during
the month Of June in 1898. We saw the
mints of India closed, and we saw, tho
effect Of that closure, the price Of silver
fall more than 20 per cent in five digs.
# the closing Of the Indian minis single