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The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19

more crowded districts, nearly all OF
them of the very lowest class, and
some of them are criminals, or men,
bers of the Malta, Carbonari and other
unlawful societies. Very few of them
can read or write, and they show 10
disposition even to learn English. A
few of the more intelligent among
them build tenement houses and cot
tages and soon become rich-for Ital-
ians. These 'nabobs" then move out
of the Ghetto, or upon its borders,
where they occupy cottages and live
after the ann of their ancestors
in their villas. They END money to
their poor brethren at illegal usurious
interest. They have their own gov
eminent, or unwritten laws, like the
Chinese have, and manage their affairs
Independently of our local laws.
Occasionally, an Italian or Mexican
is found dead from a stab in the back,
in "Murderer's alley" which appro-l
priately is in the rear of the county
Jail. The police know that it is the
result of a vendetta, and they go to
some n of the ''padronesi'' for in
formation, or to the liking" of the
Italian colony. This king, always a
rich man, is informally elected by
common consent, because of his finan-
cial influence and his nberality in adj
vancing money, frequently on slender
security. When he becomes too op-
pressive in demanding his own he is
~dethroned, and another king is Sc
lected. To him many of the disputes
over wages and debts are referred, and
settled without a lawsuit, just as the
Chinese court of high justice settles
disputes among its w people.
The houses in the Ghetto are built
On irregular lines, without regard to
architectural beauty or convenience.
Some extend into the street and 9TH
ers are pushed back as if attempting
to hide from public view. Most of
them were put up before street lines
were run, and zig-zag up and down hill,
blocking streets and alleys, and the
owners refuse to permit streets to be
opened by tearing down the rookeries.
The Ghettoites resist all attempts to
improve that part OF the city. A park
was laid out on the summit of the hill
and an incline railway built, but the
Inhabitants resisted the innovation
and this, together with the "Barbary
coast" dance houses and thugs who
waylay people in the dark alleys, dis
couraged visitors and no further at
tempts to open the Ghetto to improve
ments have been made. The Ghetto
has no architecture, the ruins" are
not interesting o picturesque, but
are grotesque-even repulsive, in their
dilapidation and dirt. But they are
in harmony with the uncouth, lazy,
superstitious people who inhabit them.
1t has no ambition for the future and
it has no memories worth remember
ing. From its earliest settlement it
was the most immoral and criminal
portion of the city, and it so remains.
J. M. SCANLAND.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19
N E HE COULD DO IT.
Wonderful Nerve and Self-Confi-
dence of n Baseball Player in a
Uniyerkity Tenn.

Some five years ago a group of col
lege men, in which were many mem
bers of the Yale and Princeton base
ball teams, was discussing the game
of the next day, which was to de-
eide the championship, relates the
Albany Argus. "Slugger" Kelly, the
hardest hitter on the Jersey nine,
predicted in the course of the con-
versation that he would get a home
run in the. coming game. The Yale
pitcher turned toward him and asked
how certain he was of that home
run. Kelly replied that he vas sure
to the extent of $4,000, and the Yale
pitcher remarking that he was
convinced of the opposite to a like
degree the two players shook hands
on the wager, and went home to bed.
During the first eight innings Kelly
came to the bat five times, and five
times he got his base on balls, the
Yale man taking care to send in nc
ball that Kelly could touch.
When the "slugger" came to the bat
in the last half of the ninth there
were two men out, and an eager tiger
was lowering off first base. Kelly
knew that it was his last chance to
hit the ball, and as the first ball
pitched came flying down far to one
side of the plate, the "slugger''
stepped away across the rubber and
his bat met the ball with a sharp
crack. The next second the broken
bat was lying on the ground, and Kel-
ly was flying around the diamond. He
reached home with the winning run
about a second before the ball land
ed in the catcher's hands and as he
brushed the dust from his shirt he
calmly remarked: II knew / coul1
do it." :
Without entering into the question
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19
Testing the Sermon.

The minister of a parish in a part
of New England where doctrinal
points are considered of great impor-
lance says that his test of a salts
factory sermon is the opposite of
that which is commonly. applied.
my clerical friends in the city tell
me hat so long as their congrega-
tions appear w~ide-awake and inter
ested they feel encouraged" he said
to a visitor, "but with me it's differ
ent.
"Of course ] wish to interest the
congregation, but if / look over to
Deacon Drew's pew, and then to
Deacon Shows, and see them with
their eyes closed and heads nodding,
1 feel that all is well. just as surely
as I discover them wide-awake and
alert after I've been preaching for
ten minutes, I know that there's
something wrong, to their minds, and
that l shall hear what it is as soon
as the service is over."-Youth's Com
p~anion.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19

Ghetto is picturesque, but q near
approach dispels the romance, espe-
cially when one sees the weeks wash
strung along a community line
across a dark alley, the torn, tattered
and patched apparel of all %colors and
nationalities futtering in the wind,
and two old hays in opposite door
ways hurting vile epithets at each
other. The women seem to be always
washing, and one wonders why
Gb~ettoites never wear clean clothes.
But the Garden OF Eden was ike
wise invaded; and the descendants of
Adam in some ways are not much bet
ter than their ancestor, who stole the
apple, and then made faces at his wife.
However, their appearance on the
streets is cleanliness personified, COM
pared to the novels in which most of
them yegetate. A family of half a
dozen live in an ordinary size single
room. And in this they do their cook
ing. Passing along the streets at
night, one hears an Italian woman
drumming 81 Trovatore" on a harp,
and a Mexican senorita singing l.
Paloma" CThe Pigeon), while her
sweetheart accompanies her on the
guitar. They are seated in a box-like
front room called a parlor, or
likely on the front stoop. This looks
romantic, and the visitor is charmed
with what he terms bohemian local
color" The local color is less pictur-
esque if one gets al. inner view, where
he SEE numerous unwashed, ragged
children, the old dame, fat and greasy
looking, smoking a cigarette, and her
lazy husband eating tortillas and
drinking sour wine. And as for the
young Mexican beau who is thrum-
ming the guitar, he has not, perhaps,
two pairs of pantaloons to his name,
nor a dollar in his pocket. So long
as he can get money for cigarettes
and an occasional drink of mescal, he
is content to pass his indolent life in
drumming on the guitar. Mexican
life is here seen as in the primitive
Californian days, and the Italians and
Portuguese live after the fashion of
their ancestors in their native land.
A visit to the Ghetto is like stepping
into Italy, Mexico, the Azores, or into
Breton, from which district the
French mainly come. These classes,
like the Chinese and Japanese, are not
of the better element, which does not
emigrate. The Italians come from the
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19
Tommy's Peculiarities.

Where do yez keep the jam, mum?"
inquired the new hired girl, who was
trying to familiarize herself with her
surroundings.
"We keep it in different places" said
Mrs. Tucker, until Tommy finds out
where it is, and then we don't keep it at
all."-Chicago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19
Probably.

1T is a terrible Storm" said Dusty
Dennis, crawling under the lumber
pile, land 1 think 1 have been bitten
by a dog"
Der are no dogs about, pard," re-
piled Timothy Ties.
Dat so? Well. maybe it was de
teeth of de gale.'"-N. Y. Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19

OF the morality of betting, hat sort
of spirit is what is needed to-day ny
the man who wants to accomplish
something. Not the conceit of the
man who deludes himself with u
magnified picture of his own abilities,
but the calm certainty of the one
who knows what he can do and in
tends to do it. The world trusts the
man who trusts himself.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19
Has Him ON the Hook.

Miss Ascum-Wasn't that MI. Bonds
I saw you walking with last night?
Miss Coy-Yes.
Miss Assemblies a landed freehold
err of the county, isn't he?
Miss Coy-Well-er-he isn't quite
landed yet.-Tit-Bits.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19
Measurement.

(Which do you think should be moro
highly esteemed, money or brains?"
BRAINS" answered Senator Sorg-
hum. but nowadays the only way
a man can convince people that he has
brains is to get
Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19
Outside the Pale.

Mrs. Brown-Charles, why do they
call it a bucket shop?
Mr.. Brown-Because, my dear, it ia
outside the pale of respectable gam
bling.-Boston Transcript.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19
Eacane.

Father" said Tommy Jones, "how
big a fish did you ever catch?"
II caught a catfish once, Tommy"
replied Deacon Jones, that
weighed"
The good man stopped short,
looked fixedly at his youngest son
and resumed in an altered tone:
Tommy, this Isl Sunday."-N. Y.
Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19
why They Gave Her I'm.

Bacon-You say she has just got her
third divorce? !,
Egbert-Yes, she is an enigma.
THAT is why her husbands gave her
up, l suppose."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Tupelo journal., 1902-12-19

She-Did you ever countenance a
lottery?
He-Yes; I was best man al my
brothers neutrality-suspicious. States
man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03
GOVERNMENT VICTOR
IN H0lZEND0RF SUIT
Justice Shepard Dismisses Petition for
Mandlmus Writ Against Secre-
taTy Of State.

The Court Of Appeals for the District.
IN q decision announced late yesterday by
Justice shepard dismissed the petition
Of Ferdinand HolzeudoTf for a writ Of
mandamas 20 issue against the Secretary
Of state to compel him TO proceed
against the German Empire on behalf Of
Holzendorf 20 recover 5000
The petitioner alleged in his original
petition filed in The Supreme Court Of
the District that the German government
was indebted 90 MIN iu the amount
named for false Imprisonment. Holzen-
dcrf, who is a usturaIzed american cit
izen. said that i'm 1885 he returned 10
Germany or visit Tie was arrested By
the officers Of that government. he says.
and vas Imprisoned in a lunatic asylum
from May H. 1895. until July s. 1893.
When the matter came on for hearing
before Justice Hagnor in the lower court
the petition vas dismissed. HolzondorT
took an appeal to the higher court. which
alurmod the judgment given below.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03
LOOKING AFTER COMFORT
OF DISABLED SOLDIERS
Quarterly Meeting Of Managers of Ma
tional Home Opens Today at
the New Willard.

The quarterly meeting OF the mana
gers Of the National Home for Disabled
Volunteer Soldiers. which is in session
at the New Willard Hotel for the pur-
pose OF making estimates for the sup
port Of the home for the coming year.
was called to order this morning ny the
presiding officer. Cen Martin T. McMa-
hon, Of New York Topics OF discussion
were confined exclusively to matters re-
lating to the welfare Of the home.
The board OF managers consists Of
the President of the United States. ths
Chief Justice. the Secretary Of War. ex-
officiis, Washington. d. c.: Gen. Martin
T. Mcmahon. New York. y. Y; Gen.
Alfred L. Pearson, first vice president.
Pittsburg. Pa; Col. John L. Mitchell.
second vice president Milwaukee. Wis:
Col. George W Steele. secretary, Marion,
Ind: Gen. Charles NJ Anderson. Green
vile. Ohio: Col Sidney C. Cooke, Her
ington. Kan: Gen. Thomas J. Hender-
son, Princeton. H.: Gen ]. Marshall
Brown. Portland. Me. Major William II.
BOnsall. Los Angeles. Cal; Capt. Henry
E. Palmer, Omaha Neb.. and Col Wal
ter P. Brownlow. Jcuesboro. Tenn.
All members Of the board were present
at this mornings session with the ex-
ception Of the first three named and
Major William H. 5onsaH. Of Los An
geles, Cal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03
PRAISE FOR POLICE
FROM MAJ. SYLVESTER
Superintendent Submits His Annual Report-Estimated
That $964,525 VIII Be Required This Year

ing as to the disposition OF the depart
ment with respect to what is best for
the good Of the public as well as the
service, the force cannot be properly in
formed in deJail until provision has been
made for Intelligent schooling.
"A comparison Of the report OF this
department with those Of other local.
ties reflects great credit upon the local
force.
BY far the greatest evil existing In
the District is the constant pilfering
by dishonest servants. clerks, other en-
Ployes, and by Juveniles.
The most deplorable affair OF the year
was the assault made upon Mrs. Ada
Dennis. The investigation will likely
lead 90 an arrests within a short time
after the close OF this report.
There were 29,543 cases Of arrests
during the year. Of which 14.45S were
white. and 15.Os5 colored, a slightly
lower percentage Of colored"
Major Sylvester reviews his former
recommendation for the establishment
Of Fairgrounds for children under po-
lice supervision. He also asks. as hd
did I'm former years. that magistrates
hold court in the several station houses
to try minor onenses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03
PRICES IRREGULAR AT
OPENING OF MARKET
ABAND0NS INCENDIARY
CASE AGAINST WALTER
States Attorney, in Absence Of Prin-
cipal Witness, Nollv Prosequi.

ROCKVILLE. Nd. Dec an the cir
cult court for this county yesterday the
case OF the State VS.. John II. Walter, Of
Washington. was called for trial
The grand jury OF the March term Of
court. 1901. brought indictments for arson
against Thomas II PickfOrd. John II
Walter. Granville C.. Shaw, and Aaron
bradshaw, wherein they were charged
with the burning of an untenauted house
near Four Corners. this county. on Sep
TENDER II, 1897. At the term OF last
March the State entered a nolle prosequi
in the case against Mr.. Pickford.
Yesterday, when the case against Wal
ter was called the dcfeuse was present
ready for trial, and the state, by Henry
Maurice Talbot. the States attorney.
asked for continuance because of the
absence of AN important witness The
court refused 10 grant continuance. and
not desiring to go to trial without the
main witness. Mr.. Talbot entered a nolIe
prosequi in the case and. like Mr. Pick
ford, Walter goes free.
All OF the men indicted are prominent
business mon of Washington.
Ia the case OF Clara Brodgen. charged
with assault. the court found her guilty.
and imposed a fine Of s. and costs.
Joseph Kern was found guilty upon a
charge OF assault and sentenced to i'm
prisonment in the Maryland House Of
Correction for six months.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03
ESTHETIC RAILWAYS.
CsEierS Magazine.


In the general plan. equipment and
application 81 electric power TO the
working of the new electric under
ground and elevated railways iu Berlin
little is presented which can be re-
garded as novel OF especially suggcs-
tive The one respect In which the Ger
man constructors leave others far be-
hind and offer an object lesson worth
careful study is I'm the artistic beauty.
the architectural charm and sense OF
fitness which they have impaired 20 the
BtaJicns The bridges and even the or
binary overhead viaduct sections Of the
new road I'M Germany The requirements
OF public tastes are never permitted TO
Be neglected or forgotten, Where the
new Berlin line passes through the pub
hc square 30 is on solid and artisticalIy
designCd masonry. The above ground
stations are OF stone. steel and glass.
no two alike but each especially de-
signed to TT. not only the requirements
OF traffic az that point but the adjacent
buildings as weil-the architectural
famework in which 70 Is set The whole
management Of the enterprise. from the
start Co hnish. illustrates the wise. firm
control which the municipality of Ber-
I'm maintains over corporations which
ask for franchises az its hands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03
New York fractions Firm,
Notwithstanding Reaction
of Yesterday Afternoon
Manhattan UP a Point.
American Stocks on London
Market Somewhat De-
Pressed-CurrenCy Agita-
ton Checks Speculation,

NEW YORK. Dec. Small and fr-
regular changes N prices resulted from
the initial transactions in the stock
market this morning.
Notwithstanding their severe reaction
yesterday afternoon. the local traction
stocks were comparatively firm. Man
haitian showing an initial advance Of one
point while Brooklyn Rapid Transit
was actively dealt in around yesterday S
final prices.
Movements I'm the railway list were
extremely irregular, but for the most
part were limited to small fractions.
Sugar Refining. the Steel stocks. and the
Other miscellaneous and Industrial issues
showed movements corresponding to
those noted in the railway list. Amalga-
mated Copper was exceptionally firm.
American stocks were somewhat de-
pressed in the London market. their
tendency being probably affected by the
sharp reaction i'm the local market in
yesterdays final dealings. The opera
lions here for foreign account were upon
an iuconsiderable scale.
Appreher sions of closer monetary con
ditions in the current month were COM
monty expressed and served to hold
active speculation in check.
Following were the stock quotations
at 1880 p. M:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03

Major Richard Sylvester. Superintend-
cnt Of Police, today handed TO the Dis
trict Commissioners the annual report
OF mis- department covering the fiscal
year ended June 30 last The first sec
ton contains the schedule of estimates
for the expenses Of the department for
the year ending June 30, 1904, the aggre-
gate Of which is 1864. 525. an increase
over the amount appropriated for the
current fiscal year Of I7e,4So. This
schedule i'm detail was published in The
Times a few weeks ago.
The report deals with several impOr-
tant topics. such as discipline. crime,
and its detection. civil service. the new
four platoon system. the bureau Of Grim
inal identification. police magistrates.
the control of speed in motor vehicles,
the reorganization OF the harbor patrol
closing with "a batch of couuunicauons
from citizens relative to the department.
Free From Scandal
"As an organization" says the report.
"the force has been free s-om scandal
When a force is not incumbered by po-
Hucal and other influences Of similar
character such conditions should follow
while there is a general understand
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

New Willard-C. W Franzhie1n. West vir-
GINA; V. T. Robinson, G. J. Aron. Pennsyl-
vania; John Foster. Thomas Walsh. Massachu-
sets; J. T. Norris New Jersey; J. ". Taylor,
". L. Tailor. !. c. Thompson. Ohio: A. Carr.
West Virginia; 8 G. Mead New York; j. r.
Dearson, New Jersey; ". F. Wells Ohio; p.
Cooley, g. NJ Miller Pennsylvania: Daniel
WHletts, New Jersey; G. NJ. Anderson. Ohio.
The Raleigh-T. B. Hall, A. : Petty,
Charleston. W. Va; T. A Walston. Boston,
Mass; II. C. Alright. New York
Ebbitt House, C. Russell. T.. s. \.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03
PELoTA MAY COME HERE.
A Cuban Game That Will Interest the
Lovers Of Athletic Sports.
Pearson's Magazine.

Pelota is to Spain and Latin-American
countries what cricket is 10 the English
and baseball 10 the Yankee.
The space devoted 20 the game is a
rectangIc about 2iO feet In length BY IS
feet wide. with a floor covered with tile
or good hard cement which is called
the 'cancha.
AT one end of this rectangle is a wall
Of brick or stone covered with hard ce-
meut-the frOntOn. This wall has two
metal bands. one placed one meter go
inchCs) above the floor and the other
twelve meters go feeD. The ball used
IN playing must strike between these two
bands or the serve is lost
From the left-hand corner Of the from
ton and along the longer side Of the rec
tangle. iB another wall constructed in
the same manner. This wan is called
the 'parad," and il has only a single
metal band. the same height as ;he upper
band Of the frOnJon. All balls which
strike above this band lose the serve. %
On this wall are marked. starting from
the frOnton, vertical lines three or four
meters apart. The spaces between these
lines are called "cuadrOs" (5quarcsJ
and their number varies from fifteen TO
eighteen These lines are about as high
as a man. and at their upper extremity
is placed a number corresponding 70 the
square. with the exception Of the sew
onth, which bears the letters VITA. "
which mean return. A ball which passes
this line. OF does not reach the fourth.
is lost
The bat with which this wonderful
game Is played is called the costa This
IS fastened 10 the hand by means Of a
glove attached thereto. and IS Of wicker
work. It's shape is approximately that OF
an arc OF circle. with a rather large
radius. II is fastened 10 the wrist with
thongs. In order TO prevent wabbiing.
and the front should be shorter and mar
rover than the back. The skill with
which the pelota players handle the ap-
parently clumsy costa IS almost incOn-
ceivable.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03
StepPed Against a 10 Soc

a child o. &r,. George T. Benson. when get
ting his usual SATURDAY night liin. stepped
back against hef stove. which burned him
severely The child was iu great apouv anal
his mother could Do nothing t1 u1cify him.
Remembering chat she had "a bottle 9f cham
berlain. Pain Balm ia the house. she Thought
she would ry H. ln less than belt an hour
after applying it the child WAS 3rI.t ayJ
asleep and iu Tess than two weeds was we'll
Mrs Benson IS a well known resident of KeIIar.
Va. Pain Balm is an autisoptic Iniment and
especially valuable Tor burns. cuts, bruises and
sprains. For sale by Henry Evans. Wholesale
and Retail. and all druggists
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03
GERMAN IRON AND STEEL
TRADE IN BAD CONDITION
Heavy Failures Anticipated Before End
Of Year-Banks Calling
IN Loans.

BIRMINGHAM. Dec 3.-The Post
today hears that # is greatly feared in
German financial circles that the end Of
the year will be attended by heavy fail
ures in German iron and Ateel and kin
dred trades because Of the large loans
which these firms have obtained from the
banks. and the large amount OF their
paper which is out.
A number Of the banking firms are al
ready calling for settlement. owing 10 the
present condition OF the money market.
some OF the German iron and steel
firms. the Post" continues, which have
obtained loans In London, are trying 20
negotiate these amounts. but with scant
prospcct OF .uccnss.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03
Free From Scandal.
FIVE MILLIONS FOR
STEEL PLANT EXTENSION
Automatic Machinery Will Displace
Over Half Of Force at
Rolling Mills.

SHARON, Pa, Dec. 3.-The plans for
States Steel Corporation I'm the Pitts
burg district call for an expenditure Of
s. 600 ,0c0.
The rolling mills at the tube city"
are TO be Gismantlod and redrted with
new machinery. whose automatic action
will displace a number OF workngmen.
estimated at 56 per cent of the present
force
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1902-12-03
SHAH OF PERSIA SENDS
GREETINGS TO PRESIDENT

Mai Gen. S. 3. n. Young called upon
the President. re wore a gorgeous light
gray cape which he had used at the
German army maneuvers several months
ago.
DR.. George A. Lung. Z. S. ". the Pres
ident's physician called TO introduce a
friend
The Persian minister. Gen. Isaac Khan.
saw the President for a few moments.
The diplomat said he called 70 pay his
respects, having been specially charged
By the Shah 60 convey TO President
Roosevelt his high appreciation Of the
latter's qualities as an official and as a
man