The sun., 1903-03-20
PALMA'S son WEEDS SECRETLY.
MARRIED. LAST WEEK TO 4 10
yE4R-OLD NEW YORK GIRL.

,uban Presidents Son Is Only Sole
went 10 Washington 70 Ask Minister
de Quesada TO Explain Things-Too
,oung TO Marry. Families Thought.
The fact came TO light yesterday that
,Io.f Palma, son Of T. Estrada Palma, Presi-
6snt Of the Cuban Republic. was married
.. o1tly Oh March II TO Miss Mabel Jacobs,
The nireteen-year-old daughter OF David
e.. jacobs, a cigar man ufacturer, living at
se2 West l2ist street. Young Palma. who
!. 20 wears old, Is n second y, ar law student
at Columbia University.
Neither President Palma nor the parents
NJ Miss Jacobs knew of tho marriage until
Yesterday when somebody recognized
Young Palma's name on the records in
the City Hall He had gone to Washington
10 pt Gonzalo de Qutsada. the Cuban
Minister, TO break the news to his father
bu, his wife, when she knew that the secret
was out did not wait for him to come back
bI, confessed all.
Mrs. Palma says that abe and Jose had
rlanned the marriage several days before
il took place. He drove up to the Jacobs
house in a closed carriage about o'clock
in the afternoon Of March IL, took Miss
Mabel and her sixteen-year-old sister
Ethel In with him and went to the Rev.
Duncan j. McMillan's study at the New
York Presbyterian Church at Seventh
svenue and i2sth street.
Young Palma had arranged with Mr..
Mcmillan beforehand and he was waiting
for them. The little sister acted as one
witness and Mr.. Mcmillan as the other.
Lnme I W -. rnd ia - sS,rnar uar
and then went to his apartments In River
He called every day since until last Fri
day, when he left for Waahingtou to have
the matter 1 put ,Ss Ssi9,s .bs, b. o 1stsss her dr.
out Of town yesterday and did not hear
NJ tho marriage until he got hack, about
7o'clock last night. He took his daughter
10 task for her indiscretion. but admitted
he thought that both were too young
Jose, he said. is . fine young man and
don't know Of anybody else would prefer
TO have for q son. but II would have been
better II he had waited for year or 20,
or at least until he had finished his course
1T Columbia
Il met jose last election day said the
bride. He oAme TO the house with my
brother Hamilton. who 10 an artist. We
fell in love with each other at first sight
and have known that We were going to get
married for some time, but We didn't say
anythinR, because JosS thought that bis
father might object and / knew that my
parents thought we were both too young
although not a word had ever been said
10 them in regard to our marriage
Mrs. Palma said that jose told the min
ister that he was n years old. but abe
couldn't remember whether or not they
had said that their parents had consented
Mr.. Mcmillan said last night that he die
not know he was marrying the President
Of Cuba's son when he performed the
ceremony.
He eays that the young man told him
that be was q years old and that both
ase|sssS shss shsar psnses. % not obtso'
But the young man. said the Clergy
man. .conducted himsef entirely above
board and In a perfectly manly manner
After Mr.. and Mrs. Jacobs had forgiven
their daughter last night a reception wal
held and the house was filled with friends
Joee vac expected back from Washington
but he did not get there.
Mr.. Jacobe said that he had learned thai
President Palma had been notified Of the
msrrisge. but that he had not heard from
him yet.
Mrs Palma is . slender girl Of medium
height. with black hair and eyes.
WAsHINoToN, March i9.-1he Cuban
Minister. Mr.. dc Quesada, says there wa
no secrecy about the engagement Of young
Psima, and that his father not only knew
n IL. but was not opposed to Il, 20 tn q,
there was no necessity for q reconciliation