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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06

other. The Sultan waived his nargala
stem and bade the giants engage.
Slowly they approached each other.
their long, active arms tanning the air
as they came nearer together. The
sheer still lowered around Yousouf's
lips. HALL smiled and bided his time.
Suddenly they locked, and Yousouf
threw his right arm under and over
HALLS neck to administer the strangle
hold Whiskl HALL was free again.
Once more they crept upon each other.
and Yousouf embraced his foe with re-
newed energy. There was a twist, a
loud smack, as Yousouf's hands slipped
off again, and then a quick return.
Like mountains they crashed together
once more, and from HALLS neck flew
his precious amulet, which Yousouf in
his rage had ripped from his oppo-
nent'S throat
1t rolled along the mat under the Sui
tan S window, and the smile went out of
HALLS eyes. Iswas then that Yousouf
found he had met his match, for HALL,
with his arms open and his great chest
heaving, wrapped Yousouf around the
waist and, locking his arms behind him.
let forth all his strength. An ashen
wave swept up the body of Yousouf, his
eyes bulged and with a moan he sank
down as torrent of blood gushed from
MS set lips. HAM dropped the limp
form, and after picking up his amulet
salamed low before the Sultan. It was
enough. Yousouf was done for. HALL
became the Sultan'S faVorite
HALL Adali does not prides himself so
much upon his great strength, which
was Yousouf's boast, but upon his skill
He told me- through his manager. that
since victory over Yousouf five years
ago he has met and defeated every
wrestler of prominence in Turkey. His
record includes victories over Panali, a
giant of the Su1tan's house guards,
whose back he claims to have broken
in a public encounter; Amer Malcou-
souf. a gigantic Armenian; Kara Os-
man. Felix Nola, Ibrahim, and Kara
Ahrnet, all prominent wrest1ers Of the
Dalace Adali was waiting for another
chance at the Terrible Turk" when
news arrived of his untimely taking off
Having conquered all rivals in his ma
tive land he was easily persuaded to
seek new fields in America.
Adalis special patron is Achmet
Pasha. a well known general in the
Ottoman army This officer gave him
permission to leave Turkey for nine
months. after which time he must again
return to wrestle for the amusement of
the Pasha, or be cast into prison for
overstaying his furlough.
Adali wears his national costume and
is an extremely picturesque figure in
baggy blue breeches drawn tight round
the calves and ankles, a broad maroon
sash and short blue jacket. On his head
is perched the regular maroon fez sur
rounded by multi-colored tur-
ban, which he wears with q
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capture that twenty with q wheezy
hand organ.
"One of them came out and in a
melodramatic tone said: Poor fellow.
too bad, too bad. It's sad sight to see
man like you reduced to such pitiful
your monkey? He might earn more
than you at this business
Il took his nickel. but 1 didn't say
anything. l felt confident / would have
my turn at the chatting when the hour
was up.
WHATS the matter with hina?' asked
one bystander, as he reached into his
pocket for a coin.
Blind, said one Of the Quizzers,
coming from the music store.
Deaf and dumb said another.
Crippled suggested third.
Supporting several relatives and
brood of children, said a fourth. They
could chaff all right, but it forced them
to drop a few coins.
1.-THE Jingle Of the coins and the ex-
cuse for 'Trovatore' mingled their
notes, but the other bystanders evil
IDENTIFY did not like the sound, for they
RETAINED from dropping any money.
stopped rafting the coins and bent all
my energies toward making the organ
squeak
How are they coming?' called out
one Of the boys from the music store
Slower than cold molasses running
up HILL 1 replied. For, save the coins
the boys themselves had given me,
nary a penny jingled in the cup. My
arm began to ache and 1 wished the
hour was up. l covertiy glanced at a
clock near by. l had been there just
twenty minutes and had just 20 cents.
Hope was fast slipping away, when
I heard a voice pipe in childish treble:
oh. mamma give the poor man a
nickel. He looks so tired
"'Tfred!' snapped the mother; he
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She had long string, at the end of
which waddled a fat pug. I overlooked
the pug, thought there was no money
in him. And the pug overlooked me,
but the music seemed to strike his
fancy. He stood upon his hind legs
and commenced to antic in a manner
that recalled the Midway Here, Pet;
STOP said his mistress. But Pet
thought otherwise. He tugged at the
string and commenced anew the per-
Torrance The girl dropped the string
and took refuge in the music store. The
little fat poodle commenced anew the
canine hula hula The music was
not exactly appropriate, but the dog
did not seem to mind. Neither did the
crowd that collected. They helped him
out by whistling.
'T have seen that dance many times,
and have never particularly admired It,
I do now I consider 1t the finest dance
on earth.
II have known many pug dogs.
never thought much of them. do now.
They're the finest dogs that ever hap
pened.
while Pet was still dancing L passed
around the hat. Coins jingled merrily.
I glanced at the clock The hour was
just up. l grabbed the dog. He dis
liked my interference and snarled and
snapped at me viciously. 1 did not
mind. He might have bitten off a fin
ger and 1 should have still been CRATE
and my self respect. For you hate to
make a fool of yourself and lose be-
Sides Winning takes the edge off
the foolishness.
"Let him give us some more said
some one. But 1 thought they had re-
ceived enough for their money. So
held on to the dog, who was doing the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06
HENRY j. DECKER Trying to Win His Wager
m a photograph by Fowzer.

After a time the topic Of begging as
a profession came up. / maintained
that it was an easy and profitable
case
"One of the party wanted to bet me
$50 that 1 couldn't go to the edge OF
the sidewalk with my organ, put my
hat down, play tune, and earn dol
lar inside of an hour.
'I snapped at his offer, for 1 thought
kenw enough of human nature and
of begging as a profession here in San
Francisco to have mortgage on that
twenty. Besides, I wanted to try the
novelty and have new sensation.
Inside Of five minutes l was stand
ing on the edge Of the sidewalk and
grinding out 'Trovatore' on that thing
of sound. Barring slipping note now
and then, for, as / said before, the in
strument was on the sick list, 1t did
very well for plea for pennies. Maybe
its jerky innards' lent an air of need
to the both of US.
AT any rate 1t started chord of
sympathy in the crowd. It even touched
those callous, fiinty-hearted, grinning
specimens of Darwinism who had sta
toned themselves inside the music
store to watch my artistic struggles to
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06

T y OAE months ago a famous
Oriental wrestler came to this
country and challenged any man
in America to throw him He
went under the title Of Ismaiel
Yousouf, the Terrible Turk
and relied as much upon his ability to
brighten his opponent by his terrible
facial contortions as upon his knowl-
edge of the art. After several encoun-
tiers with a number Of our well-known
Wrestlers he took passage for Europe on
the Inflated steamer La Bourgogne,
which sank after a collision on the
banks of Newfoundland. Yousouf was
drowned, because, it was stated, he had
incunbered himself with a large belt
filed with gold coins.
Another Turkish wrestler has recent
~ come to this country to win fame
and American dollars. He is said to be
an indicated champion in his own
land His manager and hacker, An
tonic Pierri, says that he defeated
Yousouf at Indianapolis in 1893, in ter
rible struggle which lasted four hours,
People who have seen Yousouf will re-
call the Deculiar way he leaned forward
and clawed the air with his baboon-
like arms and gathered in his adversary
as does the spider the flies that come
within it's web But Yousouf could
not get his hands on HALL and hold
him there Yet he tried; tried so hard
and valiantly that a great red blotch of
blood on the mat near the Sultans win
dow In Turkey is still left as a stain
upon the record of Yousouf--he who
went down with the ill-fated Bour-
gogne with $4,000 in American gold
strapped to his waist.
The meeting between Yousouf and
Hall is an odd story. 1t was at the
instigation of the Sultan that the two
great men met. Yousouf was the IA
vorite of his Majesty, and Hall Adali
was a carrier Of pottery in the back
streets Of Constantinople. Many of
the Sultan's friends had seen him bear
ing his load along the thoroughfares,
and it came TO the ears of the ruler
that mighty man Of muscle was in
the city, and that he could lift a ton
and set it down again without breath
ing hard.
The Sultan, being weary Of seeing
Yousouf cast wrestlers down without
effort, sent for HALL. The two men
looked upon each other Yousouf shook
his peanut-shaped head derisively and
strobe away.
But the Sultan gave the sign for the
men to wrestle. Both stripped The
two largest men in Turkey faced each
-
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Some probes and other surgical instru-
ments show that ancient Roman ideas
on the form of such things were very
like those of modern Englishmen. Then
there are a fine bronze necklet and an
eagles head of the same metal from
the top of a Romano British staff.
There are a few fragments of Samian
pottery The value of these potsherds
lies in the clearness with which the
makers name still appears on them.
There is a piece of imitation Samian
marble" which formerly decorated a
mantel-piece. A stone jar, standing
conspicuously in the middle of the
room, is supposed to have been used as
a store pot. 1t was found unbroken,
built into the wall of house. The coll
lection also includes well-preserved
portions of querns, fragments of flint
glass, pestles and mortars.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06

~ EGGINE is a profitable industry
if you go at it properly.
IN So says Henry j. Decker, who
lit is TO be presumed knows what
he is talking about. At any rate
Decker tried the plan and came out
several dollars ahead. He is now an
enthusiastic advocate of begging.
Decker is a well-known and well-to-
do man-about town, ready at any time
to enter into a good joke and to make
a bet on anything.
In telling of his begging experience
Decker said:
My brother-in-law is the possesor of
a fine hand-organ which he values very
highly, for it occupies a prominent
niche in his museum of old relics. It
was out of order and he asked me to
have it fixed. While 1 was in the store
discussing its internal complaints with
the instrument member a party of
friends sauntered in
Seeing me discussing the organ on
the sick list they began having a good
deal of fun at my expense. They de-
manded to know when I was going into
the organ-grinding business.
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In the rooms of the Society Of Anti
Quaries, Burlington House, may just
now be seen, says the st. James Bud
get, some of the finds made last year
by the explorers on the site of the Ro-
mano- British town of Calleva, in the
parish of Silchester, which is about ten
miles from Reading, England. The
archaeological value of the relics is
greats At Burlington House one sees
three venerable casks. Fifteen hun
dred years ago they held Italian wine.
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- (1nn, GROUND AEAND 0RGAN0N THE STREET "
TO PROVE
That Bc0Qin0 as a Profession P0y5.

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-06

At least I hope so. What tickles me,
though, is that I've convinced those
know-alls with $40 pieces to bet that
San Francisco is a good field for an en-
terprising and intelligent beggar. Four
dollars and a half in one hour is good
wages for such work"
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ONE months ago famous
Oriental wrestler came to this
/ country and challenged any man
in America to throw him He
went under the title Of Ismaiel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
TWO HEROIC ACTS.

Naval aIna.s record no more heroic
deed than that of young Hobson at
Santiago. The world is athrill at the
sublime gallantry OF his act. 4 name
unknown to fame till that brilliant
achievement electrified mankind. Hob
sons now possesses the glory of i'm
mortality. 1t will go down through
the ages symbolicaI of intrepidity.
The whole nation profits by this feat
of marvellous daring. 1t reveals TO
other peoples the stuff of which Amer
leans are made. 1t is a superb
complement in its personal valor Of
Dewey's stupendous stroke with his
sweeping squadron at Manila. To-
gether these epochal achievements typ
ify the incompatible proves of the
American individually and collectively.
They command for this republic & de-
gree of respect before unknown. Both
were successful to the very extremity
Of perfection. Conception and execu-
ton were in each case the acme of
brilliancy, and the results partake
quite of the miraculous. That a whole
Spanish feet should in one instance be
utterly destroyed without the loss of
a single man of the ASSEMBLING na ri, =
or injury to any of its ships, and, in
the other, that a second and even more
powerful squadron should be effectual-
ly and permanently isolated in one OF
its own fortified harbors merely by a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
DEWEY DOING WELL
PLANS REGARC-EG INSURGENTS
COMING OUT ADMIRABLY.
REBELS BIG VICTORIES
They Take Many Spaniards Captive
It Is Hoped That Their Leader,
Agunialdo, Treats His Prisoners
in a Humane Manner-Monterrey
Off for Philippines.

Washington, June 7.-After lot Of
conflicting rumors Of naval engage
ments, the landing of troops and such
matters at the navy department, there
came at the close Of the day one i'm
portant bit Of news, embodied in re-
port from Admiral Dewey, Of i'm
portant successes achieved by the in
surgents at Manila. The officials
have been more anxious than they
have cared to betray as to Dewey's
condition. They were not seriously
apprehensive Of personal danger to the
feet. but the impression was gaining
ground that the admiral had not main
tanned the same measure OF success IL
his operations in Manila bay that re-
warded his first effort. Now the re
port received goes to show that his
plans are working out admirably; that
he has succeeded in placing upon the
insurgents the burden Of conducting
the military operations against the
Spaniards while he himself is lying
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09

in enforced ldleneSS awaiting the ar
rival Of troops. He has also succeeded
in preventing the corruption of the
insurgent leaders by the Spaniards,
which appeared at one time to be
threatening. There is some specula-
ton here as to how the insurgents
will treat the prisoners that they have
taken, who are more numerous, it is
said, than all the captures made by the
Cuban insurgents since their war be-
gan. It is hoped that Aguinaldo will
carry out the agreement made with
Dewey to observe the rules of civilized
warfare in the case of the 1900 pris-
oners that he now holds, for it is be-
lieved in official circles that the ma
lions of the civilized world will hold
the United States morally responsible
for any great excuses that may be
committed in the Philippines as a re-
suit Of our action there.
The navy department gave orders
Monday that the double-turreted mon
itor Mon8dnock, now at Mare Island
California. should be made ready to
Monterrey will not wait for the COM
pany OF the Monadnock, but should be
off in the course Of few hours under
the convoy of the Brutus The navy
department will Immediately procure
another merchant ship to accompany
the Monadnock.
The Cadiz fleet, which was re-
ported to be doing strange things in
the West Indies Sunday, is not giving
the naval officials any concern. They
have learned through the state de-
partment that the Spanish ships were
at Cadiz last Friday, SC they could
not well have been in the West Indies
two days later. Up to the close of Of
fee hours it could not be learned at
the war department that any news had
reached there to show that troops had
landed near Santiago and the officials
made no concealment Of their incredul-
ity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
ASSIGNED TO DUTY
COMMANDS allotted TO BRIG
Adler GENERALS.
TWO WISCONSIN
NE N
Both King and Macarthur Go to the
-.l.ppines With General Merritt
1fa1t at Chickamauga-
Assignments Of the Other Twenty
Four-Boys at Chattanooga.

Washington, June 4.-The following
general orders were issued by the ad
Ju.--t general last night. BY direc-
Ton of the secretary of war the fol-
lowing assignments of brigadier gen.
erals Of volunteers are announced:
Brig. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner to com
Mad the department of Colorado,
Denver, Col; Peter G. Hanes to Major
General Brooke, Chickamauga; George
I, Gillespie to first corps, Chickamau-
ga; Iarcus P. Miller to General Mer-
rift; Jacob Kline to first corps, Chick
amauga; Oswald H. Ernst to General
Brooke, Chickamauga; Lloyd Wheat
on to seventh corps. Tampa; Arthur
Macarthur to General Merritt; Henry
G. Hasbrook to second corps, Falls
Church; John S. Gilmore to headQuar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09

New York, June 3.-The Evening
Worlds Washington special says: at
was determined yesterday to place u.s.
600 troops at Chickamauga which is to
be made permanent camp. This will
be the largest camp in the United
States. Most, if not all of the troops
mustered in under the second call
will be sent there
Washington, June 3.-Assistant Sec
rotary Meiklejohn yesterday secured
five additional transports of a capacity
Of approximately 5000 men for the
Cuban army of invasion. These trans
ports swell the total number of avail
able vessels to over thirty with a car
rying capacity of nearly 10000 men
The understanding at the war depart
ment is that up to this time none of
the troops of the regular army which
it was announced would sail this week
have actually left the United States
General Miles is still at Tampa.
Des Moines, June 3.-Cor. Lopez, or
the fifty-third Iowa volunteers, re-
ceived orders last last night to report
at once at San Francisco to General
Merritt. The regiment will go tomor-
row.
Chickamauga National Park, Ca,
June 3.-Three deaths were reported
from the camp hospitals Thursday as
follows: Corporal Clarence r. Stew
art, eighth Massachusetts, Somerville,
pneumonia: John E. Riley, first Dis
trict Of Columbia, pneumonia; w. NJ.
VT, pneumonia.
Eric MacKay, the author, is dead in
London.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
ENUMERATED.
Charges against Maybury and Coch
ems Are DispYoved.

Chicago, June 4.-The board Of
governors of the Western Intercollegi-
ate Athletic association last night, af-
ter hearing all the evidence, voted to
exonerate J. H. Maybury and H. c.
Cochems of Wisconsin of all charges
of professionalism. AS soon as the
decision was announced the repre-
sentatives Of Chicago, Michigan and
Illinois announced that they would not
abide by the decision and that if
Maybury ran today they would with
draw and hold a three cornered meet
Of their own. Maybury at one tele-
phoned for advice to A. L. Sanborn Of
Madison and others Of the board Of di-
rectors of the Wisconsin athletic as
ISOLATION. The Wisconsin men advised
Maybury to run. They said that the
| three objecting universities have been
looking for some pretext or other for
some time on which to base a sever
ance of athletic relations with the
badger institution and if they don't
achieve their end now they will later
So the best thing to do at present
the badgers thought, was to give them
rope enough to hang themselves and
not submit to their bulldozing any
longer. The badgers further believe
that it would be cowardly for them to
give in now when the majority of the
weight of official endorsement Of the
nine colleges in the league is in their
favor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
PAUL GROTTKAU DEAD.

Milwaukee, June Paul Grottkau,
the noted socialist agitator, died at St.
Joseph's hospital last night from an
attack of pneumonia. From 1883 to
1889 he was editor of The Arbeiter
Zeitung, a paper devoted to the prop
agation of the German ideas of the So
cial elevation Of the laborer. Pre-
vious to this he was engaged in pub
fishing a labor paper in Chicago in
connection with Spies, the Chicago
anarchist, who was executed for his
connection with the Haymarket trag-
edy. Mr.. Grottkau returned to Mil
waukee in 1895 and delivered addresses
on the labor question, and last autumn
he again visited this city, this time to
organize the German socialists as
part Of Debs' social democracy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-06-09
Sampson Said to Have Again
Bombarded Santiago.
Heavy Cannonading Heard
Near Aquadores.
Notable Victories Won BY
Philippine Insurgents.

CARNATIONS already in service from
such state are as near to their maxi
mum strength as the president may
deem necessary. AS has already been
announced, 25 men are to be added to
each company in the Wisconsin regi-
ments, and the order states that re-
cruiting party consisting of one Of
ficer and four enlisted men will be de-
tailed from each battalion Of a regt-
ment and from each independent bat
talon already in the service, by the
commanding officer thereof. Instruc-
tons for recruiting officers will be
sent to the adjutant general of the
! state, who will give all further orders
and instructions that may be neces-
sary. The men thus recruited will
not be modified at any point in Wis
cCnsin, but as fast as each quota is
J filled they will be sent south to join
, their respective companies.