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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
HAPPY BAILEY.

~ ENATOR BAILEY of Texas is picturesque fq
ure in the Senate. He is rich. learned and inn
- pulsive. The latter quality led him to make an
attack en- Senator Beveridge of Indiana in moment
of exataton that did advance him in the scale of
craftsmanship in the esteem of his colleagues He
debater of the high horse variety when he takes
the the welkn stus its with cotton and waits
till the clouds of sound roll by.
The other day he took the floor against Cuban recip
rocity and ripped up back and 'front.' leaving it looking
like bee tree that has been split get at the honey
When he finished the bill passed the Senate by the
votes of such Democratic Senators as Blackburn Nc
Creary Cockrell Stone, Bacon Clay and many others
After ali this intellectual and muscular exertion of SEN
ator Bailey it is amusing to read in the Hearst news
papers that he only presented the ideas of William
Randolph Hearst evolved from his gray matter and
published in his several journals.
Happy Bailey He did not have to think at all in that
long speech Mr. Hearst had done it for him. The use
fulness of Mr. Hearst is without bounds He is the
thnlst for the statesmen of his party in Congress-
and his idea factory is continually putting labeled goods
on the market for their intellectual But we must
have no more pretense that these mental goods are
home made
If Mr.. Bailey had been duly grateful to Mr.. Hearst
he would have risen for oratory and said: Il am now
about to be the medium of conveyance and oral transit
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
Remarkable Blind Man.

That the loss of one sense uuickens
the activity of others is shown by the
story of George Hebble, blind mu-
sician of Indianapolis.
When seen at his home Mr.. Hebble
told a Pittsburg Gazette correspondent
how his remarkable gift of recollection
was developed. II never could under
stand" he said, why it should not be
lust as easy to remember things as to
remember where things are. For in
stance, many peOple-mOst people L
presume-will say. when looking for
some paper or other important article.
that it is in a certain pigeonhole or
drawer in a desk. They cannot tell
what the contents of the paper itself
relates to. but they know just where
it is. Now. it has always seemed to
me that it should be just as easy to re-
member a thing as TO remember where
that thing is. That is the whole secret
of a good memory.
My earliest recollections, he went
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
Uorld's Fair Notes.


Work is progressing RAPIDLY on Bra
ziTs pavilion at the Worlds Fair. 1t
will be one Of the largest and finest
foreign Government buildings. 1t will
cost S130.000
In the reproduction OF Jerusalem at
the Worlds Fair already more than
200 distinct buildings have been erected.
The site covers twelve acres and all
buildings Will be ready for use when
the Exposition opens April 80.
The installation of the sculpture on
the Palace Of Electricity at the Worlds
Fair has brought out all of the archi-
tectural beauty of that mammoth
structure, and it will be universally ad-
mired by the Worlds Fair visitors
The builders at the Worlds Fair are
now concentrating their efforts on the
Pike Several of the largest cOnces-
sions are already constructed and
scores of others are being built in rec
ord breaking time. The Pike has been
paved it's entire length with vitrified
brick.
With December at the Worlds Fair
began the installation of exhibits.
Nearly all Of the great exhibit palaces
are finished and have been turned over
to the exhibits departments. Only the
Mines, Manufactures and Forestry.
Fish and Game buildings are incOm-
plete. and January 1 will see these last
three finished. The work Of installation
will reach it's height in February.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

on, 'are about mathematics and num-
bers. My mind seems to be OF a math-
ematical turn. At the age Of five ana
half years / knew the multiplication
tables from one up to twelve. 1 learned
the tables up to the skies on the first
day I attended school. in October, 1868,
and before November, of the same year,
knew them all
Il have a large circle Of acquaint-
ances in Indianapolis. know the
names and street addresses OF over 5000
persons. Sounds like a good many,
doesn't it? But 1 know them And
slowed away in the folds Of my brain
have the telephone calls Of 21OO peo-
pie. on both the old and new phones.
Often, when I am unable to go to sleep
at night I lie in bed and classify these
telephone numbers and addresses until
I get to sleep. Other people count
sheep for the same purpose. bur my tel
ephOne calls and street numbers always
bring the desired result for me. / have
never been able to get very far above
21OO Of the phone calls, as I always go
to sleep, and so I don't know exactly
how many of the calls L have in my
memory. 1 could easily commit the
whole Of both telephone companies
directories if it were necessary, but L
have never done So"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
4 UniqHe Symbol

President John II. Finley Of the Col
lege Of the City of New York writes
interestingly in the Christmas issue OF
Harper's Weekly about the amusing
conflict which has gone on in Cuba be-
tween the old. aristocratic traditions
inherited from Spain and the newly
adopted principles Of democracy. One
significant incident which is recalled
by DR.. Finley is particularly diverting.
He had gone to the cathedral at Ha-
vana to be present at a special service
and was watching the procession Of
acOlytes, priests and Bishops as it left
the altar. In the rear walked the Arch
bishop. in purple vestments, cOnversing
with the President. clad in the plain
garments of Americas official habit.
But il was the leader Of the process
siOn," writes DR. Finley, whose office
attracted my attention. A tall, pale
faced young priest was bearing. SOL
emnly and with important air, a great
silver salver, and on it-nOt some VEN
Grated ecclesiastical symbol. not the
gilded emblem Of kingly majesty and
prerogative, nor even the martial in
sigma of a V. erOy, but the plain, un-
adorned. somewhat ruf1ed, tall, black
silk hat of the President of the repub-
lie. Democracy must have it's crown,
and the church had found in it the con-
ventional serviceable, every day COW
ering Of a citizen"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
Pardon Us.

The San Francisco Call devotes a
mage of its Mondays edition to writing
ND the resources of the interior Of the
state. Yesterday it published articles
from the pens of c. M. Wooster and
n. p. Chapman, president of the Cali
fornia State Board of Trade Both
are interesting and will undoubtedly
direct attention to California's almost
unlimited resources. The Cali is on
the proper course. All of the great
journals of the State should devote
little more of their space to building
up the interior, and they viii not be
neglectful of their own interests ir
doing so, for as the interior progresses
so will their own homes advance and
increase in material wealth.-Madera
Daily Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
HO7O 'Bughonse" U1dS Born.

did you ever know the origin of the
word bughOuse'?" said Tom Ernst,
prominent member of the Musicians
Union, to some friends. well. a few
years ago I was playing clarionet in
the orchestra of theater in
Oakland We had a little old German
playing viola, who loved only his instru-
ment and himself. He was altogether
too quiet to suit the drummer, who was
always UP to something, from tying
some ones instrument up and hanging
it in the flies, to mailing plug hat to
the wall-which he once did because
the cornet player had the temerity to
wear it.
TT was the season for the big brown
electric light bugs as they are called,
and the chance to do something to the
viola player was not to be lost to Mr..
Drummer. He gathered a dozen or two
of the big beetles, and before the 'musi-
clans arrived one evening squeezed them
through the sound d-hOles into the viola.
Nothing happened until the leader
dropped his baton for the first note of
the overture. and then-whang went
the bugs as the bow struck the strings.
The little German if not 'bughouse' was
not far off He nearly fell off his seat,
and on partly recovering composure be-
gan swearing loudly IN German. When
the overture ended the only explana-
ton that could be obtained for his err
ratio conduct was, You take me and
my fiddle for bughouse, hey?'"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
Il Sailors Shot.

Occasionally there are published ac-
counts of policemen pursuing and
shooting at fleeing criminals, but it is
not often that there is a record of
such successful aim as that Of John
Coulter, who was member of the QO-
lice force in the latter part of the fif
ties. Coulter was a bluff old fellow.
who had seen many days on board ship
and understood more about ropes and
sails than he did about target practice,
yet he made a remarkable record while
on the force.
Early one morning, while under the
shadow of some trees on the Battery
street side of the POstoffice. he saw
three men breaking into store at the
corner of Battery and Jackson. As
soon as he had satisfied himself that
a burglary was being committed, he
crept up on the men, revolver in hand,
and called upon them to surrender.
The men did not surrender, but started
off on a dead run in three different di-
rections, one going north on Battery
street and the two others running one
up and the other down Jackson street
Coulter Immediately fired, first at the
one on Battery street. then at the one
up Jackson street and then at the one
running down that street. Each shot
was followed by an exclamation of
pain. Before assistance arrived Coulter
investigated. One went to the MOrgue,
the other two to the prison hospital and
Coulter was the police hero of the
time. The dead burglar proved to be
one Morris, a brother of "Tipperary
Bill who was under the ban of the
Vigilance Committee of Sc.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
Called Coils Do7pn.

Coils P. Huntington. world leader in
railroad finance, a genius for OrganiZa-
tion and a controlling factor for many
years in the great Wall street game,
was called to time once and so COM
pletely fioored by a humble employe of
the Southern Pacific Company that the
story is one of the sacred traditions
in local railroad annals.
During one of Huntington's visits to
the coast some time before his death a
clerk from the general auditors office
was sent to the president with busi-
ness message. Blank, the clerk, had no
trouble in reaching Huntington's quar-
ters, but upon entering found the great
f1nancier stretched out on a lounge,
sound asleep. Blank figured that 1t
would not do to arouse the slumbering
magnate, so he waited. An hour elapsed
before Huntington awakened
Young man, how long have you been
waiting?" demanded Huntington, after
Blank stated his errand
"An hour, Mr.. Huntington" was the
reply.
well, sir; why didn't you wake me,
sir?" asked the multi-millionaire. THE
Southern Pacific Company cannot af-
ford to have you waste an hour Of your
time. Suppose every one of the $4,000
men on the payrolls wasted an hour a
day, where would we land?"
Il had thought of that" responded
Blank, but I concluded that if the
Southern Pacific Company could afford
to lose an hour of your time at the sal
airy you are getting, Mr.. Huntington,
it could stand my wait until you had
finished your nap"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
PySttdIeiG.

Aegina's foam is high and wild
Where Pan immortal sits enisled,
But thou and l with flying oar
Seek Psyttaleia's sacred shore.
The City of the Violet Crown
Well knows that rocky islands frOwn
But thou and 1 together learned
What fires upon her altars burned
Oh. many sail goes cleaning there,
Bound for some Olive-garden fair;
But thou and I made fast to her
And found her cypress lovelier.
The shrines of Aphrodite lift
Their smoke in every village-rift;
But thou and /. remote from man,
Propitiate the woodland Pan.
The Reader
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

of the ideas of Hon. William Randolph Hearst of New
York, who the head OF the party his shoulders
but an humble instrument, with relation
the of what | utter than a pipe has
the creation of the water that flows through it. am
simply job of oratorical plumbing, a patchwork of
pipe and soft solder The afhuen spring which supplies
the inefably lofty and fluid thought which passes
through is in the other house Attend now Senator's
while my oratorca works work the supply of thought
which gushes in ceaseless stream from Mr. Hearst"
That would be doing the proper thing, for we insist
that is wrong to compel Mr. Hearst call public
ton in his paper to the of Baileys speech
in himself His shrinking modesty approaches the max
ing of such revelation with painful difdence and it
is wrong in Bailey and others compel him to stop
the machinery of his thought factory and bank the fires
while he calls attention his output
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

1t seems almost criminal waste of time and use
less expenditure of the money of the State to the
penentiary the two boys, aged and Is years
respectively. who captured the other day while
plying their trade highwaymen the front.
They certainly know much they would learn
in San Quentin, and postgraduate in crime for
them would be if painting the lily.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

Secretary McKowen. the thieving official of the Uni
versity of California squandered his stolen thousands
upon the harpies of the racetrack There might be
satisfaction in the affair he the only crop
of crime which the produces, but the merchants
who have trusted employees in this neighborhood have
yet to expert their books
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

A gypsy was arrested in Oakland few days ago for
telling fortunes without license. The old woman
should have been charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses and she should also be arragned for
consprng against the fair of the town by exciting
some of denizens exhibition of suppressed and
undesirable traits
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

The minister who landed among stranded from
the Antpodes and seeking wife to pour financial balm
upon his wounds with the wrong credentials. He
had the necessary mpudence and assurance. GER
tainly worthless enough to interest of our silly
girls but lacked that primary essential the
of such quests He took pains prove the faint in
mans blood commonly called blue.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

King Peter of Servia, by series of diplomatic blum
ders and by conduct obnoxious the kingy tribe in
Europe, is making himself thoroughly disiked abroad
Peter is wise in his time and generation Precedent ar
CUES very forciby for him that all hazards he must
not become dslked at home. He can therefore give
play to his disposition abroad
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

Our Canadian friends have recovered from their fit
of anger toward and beaming with satisfaction
at the report of their experts that they fortfy
Wales Island make untenabe any other position we
NAV assume Portland Canal When they think again
and realize that what the profits of peace
not the glories of war, may expect to hear more
about Yankee craft and English crookedness
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
CIeuer Boring Mo0es.

BY ALBERT PAYsON TERHUNE.
(Athletic Expert New York Evening World,
Author OF Muscle Building" Etc)
Copyright. 1903. by Joseph B. BoWies)
The cross parry, a favorite ruse Of
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
NSTRUCTNEJTUD
By INO1EDAiaFaZN AND
IN9SONIEN

McDermotts, is little known now
adays. It is, nevertheless, effective, and
is all the more worth learning because
so few modern boxers understand it.
It's success depends almost wholly on
your knowledge of your opponents
balance. Tried prematurely the cross
parry is doomed to failure. Like most
other boxing tricks, everything depends
on its timeliness.
When your opponent leads with his
left throw your left arm mot your
right in such a way as to catch the
heel" Of his glove with the heel" Of
your own, at the point Con both your
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

It is time to express TOwnsend's Glace
Fruits East for Christmas now.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

Townsend's California glace fruits and
candies, 5Oc pound, in artistic fire.
etched boxes A nice present for Eastern
friends. 715 Market ST.. above Call bldg.
The total shipments Of wine from the
island of Madeira amounted to $50 600
gallons last year, valued at SS95 900
Large quantities were shipped to Eng
land. Germany, Russia and the United
States.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men by the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 23O~ Cali
fornia street. Telephone Main 1912
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

Inkstands. gold pens. desk pads. Ian
tablets, desk sets. desk calendars and
blotters for Christmas. Sanborn, Vail
& Co.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
PALMA'S SON WEDDED.
Goes to 4sk Se91or Quesada to Inter-
cede for Him.

Jose Palma, son of T. Estrada Palma. PTesi-
dent OF the Cuban Republic secretly married
Mabel Jacobs, the Oldest daughter of David c..
Jacobs a tobacco importer living at No 362
West twenty -hrst-st, on Feb
ruary II, at the parsonage of the New-York
Presbyterian Church, at Seventh-ave. and
One hundred and twenty -ninth-st.
On Friday Of last week young Palma. who
is a student in Columbia University. started for
Washington on the midnight train. to enlist
the services of Sefor Quesada, the Cuban Min
lister to the United States, in seeking President
Palma's approval of the marriage. Young
Palma said when he left his young wife, that
the length Of his stay in Washington would
depend on the time required to receive an an
swer from his father in Havana.
He had not returned last night when a re-
porter called at the home Of Mr.. Jacobs Mrs
Palma said she had received word from him that
he had seen Mr.. Quesada, who had promised to
undertake the mission Of informing President
Palma and OF averting any possible parental
dispIeasure Mrs. Palma said she sent her hus-
band a telegram yesterday afternoon informing
him that their wedding was no longer secret.
Mrs Palma and her father, Mr. Jacobs. admitted
these facts last night though the latter had been
aware of the affair only short time.
Mrs. Palma declared untrue the reports that
she was eighteen years Old saying that she was
nineteen She said that. accompanied by her
two sisters she and Mr- Palma left her home at
about 8 o'clock in the afternoon OF February H.
and walked to the parsonage, where they were
married by the Rev. Duncan Mcmillan after
which che returnea 70 ner noe Sen co,I3sisS hS
a friend or that they drove in the park after
the ceremony. She declared that the minister
aiq Noaf o0a school girl nor is she preparing to
enter Barnard College, az has been reported.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20

again at Police Headquarters He then asked me
why that place had not been tipped on ara - aI too
me transferred and told me to report back 10 my
Odd he say Clarendon Hall? Ale did not
mention It by name, but that was the place he
o-What DID you DO when Gross said that II the the
Fifty-seventh-st; court and there saw two Park;
hurst agents talking with the magistrate heard
that that Warrants Sd U had been issued '.,
Q.-And was there raid at Clarendon Hall? A
Q.-was the second conversation with Cross be-
fore or after this raid? A--After
With this testimony Mr. Morgan said he was
through with Btssert. Many persons in the trial
room were astonished that Bissert had not been
called upon to testify about police protection
Of dens of vice in the district east Of the Bowery
During recess it was predicted that Mr.. Elkus
would not go into lengthy cross-exanltnatton
Of Bissert After recess Mr., Morgan had only
one more question to ask. That II Bissert
had had any later conversation with Cross.
Yes" said Bssert, looking askance at Cross.
while / in the Tonbs. Inspector Cross and
Captain Diamond came down to me. Then
Inspector Cross told me that his time and purse
were at my disposal but l never saw any OF it."
Rissert recently declared that he had confessed
to the District Attorney because he had been
deserted by his superior officers. who promised
to stand by him when he was convicted.
Mr. EIkus moved to have all Of Bissert's
testimony stricken out. but Major Ebsten said
he would keep all except the talk about Cross's
visit to the witness at the Tombs.
Then decline to cross-examine the witness,
on the ground that his testimony fs incompetent
and impro per-" said Mr.. EIkus, and I want to
say that will object to Bissert being recalled
to the stand"
We'll cross that bridge when come to 1t.
said Mr.. Morgan.
Soon afteru ard the chair which Inspector
Cross was sitting broke down. and he fell with
q loud bump. He got up smiling.
Orrin B. Booth. who held prayer meetings in
some dens of vice in Crosss district two years
ago. described what he had seen in some of the
houses. young woman who formerly was an
inmate Of two Of the houses testified as to their
character and said the police made no raids
there One of the houses kept by Fred"
Miller a witness for the prosecution, who re-
fused to testify on Wednesday,
The Rev. Robert L. Paddock, formerly Of the
Pro- Cathedral, in Stanton-st., who made charges
against Inspector Cross and Captain Herlihy
two years ago. may be a witness to-day. He
was at Police Headquarters yesterday. but was
excluded from the trial room with other wit
nesses. Cross greeted him with great show Of
cordiality when he appeared there Mr.. Pad
dock shook hands with Cross, but appeared to be
surprised at the warmth of the greeting.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
MEN THROWN OYER CAR.
Horses Crushed to Death IN TroLLeu
Speedwdu.

There is a speedway for cars in Broadway
between Sixteenth and Twenty third SITS. where
lost time Is made up. especially in the evening
when that part Of the thoroughfare is not
crowded. Two cars, north and south bound
were bowling along at Twenty -lrst-st. at $50
.. M yesterday when they jammed pair
OF fine horses attached to a moving van be-
tween them, crushing the animals to death.
The driver, Edward Cropsey. ard his helper
John Farrell, were thrown to the top OF one
car and then to the pavement. and severely
bruised. The many passengers in the cars were
shaken up and all got excited and left the cars
which were somewhat damaged
The crash was sudden. There seems to have
been no shouting warnings. The team was
crossing the tracks when each car hit the
animal squarely. The crash stopped the cars
whose front windows were broken. and the
messengers were excited and frightened The
horses legs were lacerated. broken and crushed.
Their sides were torn and their ribs broken
They were both instantly killed.
The driver and helper. who were seated higher
than the cars were thrown of their seat to the
top of the northbcund car. OF of which they
New-York tribune., 1903-03-20
PRESIDENT PALMA INFORMED.
News Broken to Him by Cable from the
Cuban Legation.
ley TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE ]

Washington. March 1o.-Young Palma re-
turned to New-York this afternoon He did not
bring his bride to the capital as ne came here
for the sole purpose OF witnessing the closing
scenes in the Senate. where the Cuban Reel
procity treaty hung in the balance, and he had
not decided to make the matter Of his marriage
public.
Minister Quesada Eeid tonight. however. that
President Palma had been made aware Of the
wedding.
"yvbo csbled the news" he was asked
"Oh. --e did" was the reply That is we
all did" he added. with a laugh.
There is nothing strange in the matter in
the least" continued Minister ouesada. The
young people have known each other for some
time, and were In love. They were married in
the regular way. the ceremony taxing place IN n
church and I suppose the only reason why IT
was not made public was because Mr; Palma
did not wish TO be constantly reminded OF the
fact by his classFnafes
N,rIeSer oyIeaade declared that both he and
Mra oHesada had expressed their disappoint-
nent al not being able to meet the bride, ana
had ehIded the young maS TOR leaVinH hsF at
home.