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The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
Empress Eugene.

The Empress Eugene was never
really popular with the French, not
even during the first years of the
second empire, before she began to
NEEDLE with affairs of state, and in
many incisive ways the Parisians
heapcd ridicule upon her. A curl
Gus little pamphlet with text and
illustrations about the new empress
was sold in Paris at the time of her
marriage. This pamphlet was en-
tirely complimentary and harmless.
The biting humor Of it was on the
title page, which the vendors went
about crying in the streets, "The
portrait and virtues Of the empress,
all for 2 sous"
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05
Why He Paid.

Lord Alvanley in the first part Of
the last century had a duel with a
political opponent, but nobody was
hurt. His lordship was SO pleased
at returning without injury that he
paid his hackney coachman with a
liberality that surprised the latter,
and on the man remarking that it
was more than his due for driving
him that distance Lord Alyanley
replied, at is not for carrying me
there, but for bringing me back"
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-08-05

Ladies' lace gloves, the Boo
kind, to close, only, per pair, 2Oc.
-Jno. d. Robertson, Jr.
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ACTION BY ROOSEVELT
PRESIDENT RETIREs COL. ROBT. l..
MEADE, OF THE MARINE CORPS.
Summary Proceeding Caused by q
Disrespectful Letter to the Navy
Department..

WASHINGTON, Aug 13.-By order of the
President. Colonel Robert l.. Meade, of the
United States Marine Corps, will be re-
tired Oct. 81, next. in his present grade
Because of disrespectful letter which
Colonel Meade recently addressed to the
Navy Department. the President took ad-
vantage of the law, which provides that
when an officer in the army or marine
corps shall have reached the age of sixty
two years he may be retired on his own
request or by order of the President.
Colonel Meade recently requested that he
be retired at an advanced grade. The law
does not permit officers in the marine corps
TO be retired with advanced rank, but the
President approved Meade's application for
retirement. Displeased that both his re-
quests had not been granted. it is under
stood that Colonel Meade addressed an
other letter to the department requesting that
his application be Withdrawn, and urging
among other things that the conditions for
his retirement be ignored The acting sec
retary recommended to the President that
Colonel Meade be allowed TO withdraw his
application for his retirement and that he
be relieved in accordance with the law on
his sixty-second birthday. President
Roosevelt has promptly approved the
recommended tions of Acting Secretary
Darling and the necessary order has been
issued
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DESTITUTION In JAMAICA
APPALLING RESULTS OF THE STORM
THAT SWEPT THE ISLAND.
Appeal to the American People on
Behalf of the Sunerers-Further
Details of the Disaster.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 13.-The des-
titution in the Instrumentation districts
is appalling. Thousands of persons, home
less starving and ill clad, are hurrying to
the towns to obtain shelter and supplies.
but as all the churches and public buildings
have been demolished the misery is intense.
A meeting held at Port Antonio to-day ap-
pealed, with the Governors approval, to
the generosity of the American people.
Foodstuffs and lumber are urgently needed
and assistance was implored.
The Norwegian steamer Ethelwold en-
countered the hurricane on her voyage from
New York to Jamaica and passed through
a terrible experience. Her machinery be-
came deranged and the cylinder cover was
blown off. The steamers Alfred Dumois
and the Salvatore Di Giorgio are still
ashore The other steamers which went
ashore have been fioated. Wednesdays dis
patches said that the Simon Dumois and
above. had been driven ashore by the
storm.
ST. THOMAS, w. J., Aug. 13.-The hurri-
cane on Tuesday demolished the cable hut,
land lines and Office at Holland bay, ia
maica the landing place of Porto Rico
cables. Communication was restored by re-
Joining the cables on the beach, an opera
ton of great difficulty.
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At the MuxzIe of a Revolver She Re-
Iieved Him of a Gold Watch
and $50 I'm Cash.
BADE HIM KINDLY GOOD NIGHT
AFTER ORDERING HIM TO Go TO HIS
ROOMS ON PAIN OF DEATH.
Mysterious Robber Ia Described to the
Police as q Fashionable Blonde
of Refined Appearance.

With a revolver in her hand and a wicked
II. B. Shaffran, a Chicago travelling man.
on the corner OF Illinois and Maryland
streets, Wednesday night and with a de-
mand that he throw up his hands went
through his pockets and secured about $50
in money and a gold watch.
After placing the money and the watch
in convenient handbag, which she wore
suspended from her wrist, she demanded
her uncomfortable victim to walk on ahead
of her, at the same time admonishing him
that any word or outbreak would mean his
death. She told the man to. go to his apart
ments and she followed close in his foot
steps until they arrived at the house where
he roomed. After seeing him safely on the
inside of the house she bade him a kindly
good night and disappeared in the dark
ness.
The police were notified and Captain Ger
ber, of the detective department, saw Mr.
Shaffran and secured from him a descrip-
ton of the woman, but up to an early hour
this morning had not located the mysteri-
Gus robber.
Mr. Shaffran described her as being a
beautiful woman with striking blonde hair
dressed in the height Of fashion and of a
refined appearance. He was unable to tell
in what direction she went after leaving
him, but thinks that she walked towards
the Union Station.
The hold-up is considered one of the
boldest that has ever been perpetrated in
the city of Indianapolis.
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Through Them 500 Tons OF water
Entered. Putting the Ship Consid.
erabIy Down by the Head.
WILL GO TO BROOKLYN YARDS
EXPENSIVE BILL of REPAIRS Ex-
PECTED By THE OFFICIALS.
Cost of n Previous Accident Was
S1O0,OOo-Report of Board 90 De-
termine Nature OF Injuries.

BAR HARBOR, Me-. Aug. 1s-The in
juries to the battleship Massachusetts,
caused by striking on Egg Rock shoal yes
terday are more serious than the first ex-
animation indicated. Not only are the for
ward compartments full of water, but the
ship is leaking farther aft and divers have
been at work all day trying 10 locate the
defective part. The collier Lebanon and q
government tug have been alongside nearly
all day and have taken on board all the am
munition. anchors and heavy stores. In or
der to tighten the ship forward. She now
floats in a natural position but is drawing
Considering the great weight that was taken
from her by the collier and tug il is very
evident that an enormous quantity OF water
must be inside in order to put a ship OF her
size down ten inches.
Late this afternoon the Indiana, Massa-
chusetts, Lebanon and Hartford came down
to the lower harbor and anchored. The
Massachusetts anchored near Bald Porcu-
pine. 1t is said that the object in changing
was to get into more shallow water. where.
in case the water-tight bulkheads gave
way, or the leak becomes more serious. the
ship would not sink in deep water. Captain
Eaton has not been instructed as 20 what
will be done with the ship. but 1t is evident
that she will remain here until the extent
of the injury can be definitely learned. This
morning Captain Emory, OF the Indiana.
who is the ranking officer ehere. convened a
board of inquiry. Their findings will be re-
ported to Washington.
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Both LOgsdOn and Reach Are Anxious
to Find Out IL There Have Been
Gains or Losses.
SITUATION is LIvENING VI
EVEN THE PROHIBITIONISTS ARE
BECOMING ACTIVE.
Lists of Speakers for Both Parties
May be Announced SoOn-T.
Taggart Drops In.

Things political, both Democratic and Re-
publican. will begin to liven up next week.
Neither the Republican nor the Democratic
leaders have done much yet that the public
knows anything about. but the organiza-
tions are working every day, getting ready
to begin the campaign. Both parties will
take their sixty-day polls to-day and to-
morrow.
Monday the leaders will begin to size up
the vote and see where their organizations
will have to do the most work. The organi-
zation of each party will start 237 men to
work early this morning to take the poll. 1t
is thought that this work will be completed
by tomorrow noon. If the Prohibition par
ty takes poll there will be Ill men going
through the fifteen wards to find out
whether there have been any changes dur
ing the last year in the political complexion
of the city.
If the leaders of either organization-that
is, the Democratic or Republican-claim
any gain in the start over each other as
compared with the situation at the begin
ming of the mayOralty campaign two years
ago the fact has been kept quiet 1T is
thought the poll will show that the First
Second and Third are still strongly Repub-
lican. as they have been for many wears
and that the Democrats have the largest
vote in the Twelfth, Thirteenth and Four
teenth. The Fourth, Fifth. Sixth, Seventh
Eighth Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Fiji
teenth are the wards where both parties
will make their strongest fights, it is
thought
PROHIS MAKING CLAIMS.
All summer the leaders of the Prohibition
party have been claiming that they are
much stronger in indianapolis than they
were at the last mayoralty election and that
the chances to elect a Prohibition mayor are
larger than the Democrats and Republicans
realize. Whether the Prohibitionists have
been merely talking without any figures to
base their claims upon. or whether they
two years, will be shown when the poll is
completed. The campaign of the Prohibi-
tionsts will not be waged especially strong
in any two half dozen wards or
districts, but all over the city. Theirs will
be a general fight in every ward
Chairman Reach. of the Democratic COM
mittee. and Chairman Logsdon, of the Re-
publican committee. and their lieutenants
have been working for some time to get the
plans for the speechmaking part of their
campaigns completed. Neither organiza-
tion has yet made any announcement as to
who will be the most prominent spell
binders" this year. 1t is thought schedule
of the principal meetings of both parties
will be announced within week or two.
Il. Taggart is in Indianapolis. He came
up from French Lick yesterday morning. Ii
was stated last night that Mr.. Taggart
spent several hours yesterday afternoon in
consultation with Democratic leaders as to
Democratic plans for the approaching cam
paign
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when the shock came ard were swept by
the waters in tree tops. from whence they
were rescued at daylight by William
Graves, a fisherman. Graves also found the
engineer unconscious and entansled in the
limbs of a tree. The engine is i'm the bottom
of the creek. out of sight. One car is dang
ling from the end of the bridge and an
other is lodged on the bank of the stream,
partially under water. That a fearful loss
of life did not follow is due to the narrow
ness of the stream where the disaster oc-
Cured. A cloudburst had filled the creek
and weakened the bridge.
The passenger train No. IS. which the
wrecked train had passed at Mcfarland,
was following closely, and only the prompt
action of Conductor Cane and Flagman
McGruder prevented a collision from the
rear.
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HUNG JURY Is EXPECTED
JETT-WHITE CASE PROBABLY WILL.
RESULT IN MIsTRIAL.
Judge Fryer's Arraignment of
Breathitt County Omcials-Other
Features of the Session.

CYNTHIANA. KY. Aug. 13.-At $40 this
afternoon Judge Osborne directed Sheriff
Leach to call the jury in the Jett and White
case from the room. Judge Osborne asked
them if they had reached a verdict. Fore
man E. E. Cauley said they had not Judge
Osborne then advised them and put them
in charge of the sheriff and his deputy
and told them that after supper they might
discuss the case among themselves and
then retire for the night. They are to re-
port at $50 tomorrow morning. Judge Os-
borne stated that he intended keeping them
over Sunday If they did not sooner render a
verdict.
1t is the opinion of all that hung jury
is the result of this case. The attorneys
for the defense are jubilant, and Curtis
Jett is laughing and talking with them and
smoking cigarettes, but White is much de-
pressed in spirits.
The case was given to the jury this fore
noon. Judge l.. p. Fryer, commonwealth's
attorney of this district made the clos
ing argument this morning. He said
TO the jurors that if they turned these men
loose they might well go home and let
anarchy and assassination reign. He con-
cluded his speech at 1916. In severe and
cauStic words, he said tpointing to a coun-
ty judge, that il was known who plans
assassinations- He declared that in Breath
lit county the county Judge and sheriff
were protecting criminals.
After Judge Fryer concluded Judge Os-
borne directed Sheriff Leach to show the
jury to the jury room. Every necessary
precaution was taken by the judge to pre-
vent any tampering with the jury. The
sheriff and his deputy guarded the door of
the jury room and two deputies are with
the prisoners. Six deputies were ordered
to go outside the courthouse and order all
persons to keep out of the courthouse yard
and away from in front of the room of the
courthouse In which the jury is ar work.
About / o clock the jury asked for further
Instructions. and at 1 80 re-entered the Jury
room and resumed its deliberations.
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PANIC AROUND NAPLES.
ycsuvius IL Very Active, Emitting
Two Streams of Lava.

ROME. Aug. 13.-Vesuvius is again caus-
ing intense alarm i'm the surrounding re-
gion. the eruption of the volcano being
very heavy to-day. This alarming activity,
which followed the shocks of earthquake,
Is augmenting. The detonations are very
loud and almost continuous, while from a
fresh opening at the base of the principal
crater two streams of lava issuing
which. within n few hours. covered a wide
tract of ground One stream has covered
grounds already covered by previous
eruptions, but the other is going
swiftly toward the village of Ottejano, the
direction taken by the famous eruption of
1877
The whole district around the volcano Is
shaken by frequent earth shocks and a
perfect panic prevails. the population
crowding the church 10 pray or gathering
ever. affirm that, so far there is no cause
TO fear a serious disaster.
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10 pounds.
JEFF EXPECTS TO WIN.
You might talk from now until the bell
rings the curtain on the last fight on top
of the earth and you could ssy no more
than / have already said about this battle"
said Jeffries. Il have not neglected my
training. / was never better i'm my life.
and if ! ever expected to win fight this
is the one. When | will win it, how | will
fight and what round will mark the close
are questions no man can answer. l can
only say ! will take the money at the earli-
est opportunity. | have figured on every
will find me more than ready to carry the
milling TO him. | do not believe that ne
keep away from me for ten rounds.
Certainly he cannot for fifteen, but VIII
be there with the punch whenever the op-
portunity affords. and Corbett and his ad-
mirers will know that something has hap
pened when | land on him.
Billy Delaney wants a physician To eX-
anime both Corbett and JeffrieS before
they enter the ring. so that neither viii
have chance 10 foul himself and claim the
other did it,
1--WE are willing TO stand the examination,
and think the other side should be-" said
Delaney. II don't think Corbett would do
such thing. but IL is best to take all pre-
cautions. You know a man can easily
foul himself and make il appear that the
other did it. He can do IL with poultice be-
fore the fight and hide the red blotch under
his tights, he can do Ii with a hypo-
dermc injection between the rounds. SO
| have suggested that a physician look
both men over thoroughly before the fight
double play. 1t is formality that might
mean much.'
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FIRED INTO THE CROWD
A CRAZY MAN IN WINFIELD, KAN,
KILLED THREE PERSONS.
Three Fatally Wounded and Twenty
Others Shot-He Was Killed at
Once by a Policeman.

WINFIELD, Kan., Aug. 1S.-.Angered by
the music of a band concert. Gilbert Twigg,
once a soldier in the Philippines. armed
himself tonight with a double barreled
shotgun and a revolver and attacked a
crowd of 1900 persons that surrounded the
band stand killing three men, probably
fatally woundng three others and injuring
twenty more before he was shot by a po-
llceman. Besides Twigg. the dead are:
STERLING RICE.
DAWSON TILLOTSON.
d. BOWMAN.
The band had just finished playing
"Hiawatha" when Twigg came up and
fired both barrels of his shotgun at the
band stand. r. E. Oliver a musician, fell
with his back and arm full of shot.
The crowd surged toward Twigg and he.
having reloaded his piece, fired two charges
into the audience. Men and women fell to
the ground in pain, crushing children. be-
meath them Those who were not injured
scattered in every direction but one, knock
ing many others to the ground. The panic
allowed Twigg to reload and fire several
times at the fleeing men and women. At
last Policeman George Nichols came up
and, waiting behind tree for an oppor-
tune moment, confronted Twigg just as the
mailman had dlScnargeu ms 1oWhng piece.
Twigg dropped the shotgun, and, draw
ing a pistol, fired at the policeman. The
bullet went wild. Before Twigg had time
to fire second bullet Nichols put bullet
through the formers abdomen Twigg fell,
mortally wounded. He endeavored to fire
again at Nichols. but he was helpless
that the bullet entered his own chin. pass
ing out through the top of his head. The
frightened fugitives returned to the band
stand and attended the wounded.
Twigg was miller and the men about
town referred to him crazy Twigg,
but no one thought him dangerous He
lived i'm New Mexico for some time before
he enlisted as a soldier 10 fight in the
PHILIPPINES.
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NEGROES FLEECED.
Money Collected i'm Georgia i'm Alleged
Aid of Pension Bill.

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 1S.-Thousands of
dollars have been secured from the blacks
of this section of Georgia and of Florida by
a Northern negro named Mitchell. who
claimed that he had been employed by Sem
ator Mark Hanna to collect money to be
used in passing the Ohio senator's bill TO
pension ex-slaves of the South.
The negroes. tempted by the prospects of
a pension. gave readily to Mitchell. some of
them turning over the savings OF years.
Last week Mitchell left. saying ne was GO
ing TO see Hanna. One negro, +, Il. Wilson,
who had given $50. grew suspicious and
a letter from the senator denounciL, Mitch
ell as "A fraud and warning the negroes not
to trust lin. Ii Is estimated that Mitchell
secured $4,000 during his campaign Of du-
pltcitYs
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MANY DAYS IN OPEN BOAT.


NEW YORK. Aug. 13.-The Morgan line
steamer Eldorado. which arrived here to-
day from Galveston. had on board a twelve
year-old boy. who was found adrift in an
open boat about one hundred miles of Geor-
gia, on Aug. 10. He was naked and almost
dead from exposure.
After the lad had been revived somewhat
he told Captain Prescott that with two
other boys he was fishing outside the har
Dor of Havana, when the boat broke adrift
and they were unable TO row il ashore. Two
of the lads. seeing the land rapidly reced-
ing plunged into the water and swan for
shore The other boy was unable to swim
so far and remained in the boat without
food water until picked up by the Eldo-
RADIO.
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JUDGE PENFIELD'S MISSION.

pecisi TO the indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13-Authority has
been granted for the organization of the
Citizens National Bank of Delphi. capital
$4,000. James A. Shirk. Delphi: William
w. shirk. Martin V. b. Newcomer, John
&. shirk and Frank Shirk are named as in
corporators.
The Fort Dearborn National Bank of
Chicago has been approved reserve agent
for the Farmers and Mechanics National
Bank OF Wabash. Ind
Charles W. Mcintosh was to-day ap-
pointed postmaster at CASTOR Delaware
county. vice Frank ID. Brown. resigned
Judge William =. PenfieId. OF Indiana.
collector for the State Department. will sail
from New York tomorrow for The Hague.
He was designated BY the secretary ef
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-14
BOUNTY MONEY RETURNED.
Unusual Restitution Of 800 to the
National Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The secretary
of the treasury to-day received check
for 500 from a firm of attorneys in Phil
adelphia with the following explanation:
Enclosed please find 500, being the
amount of money which was paid on the
10th day of December 1868. by the United
States government as additional bounty TO
a soldier. He considers that he was not
entitled TO this money by reason of an act
of July S 1866, which debarred all men
from participating I'm this bounty who had
re-enlisted. which he had done He wishes
10 make restitution OF this amount.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-The Weather
Bureau tonight issued the following special
bulletin: "A special report received Thurs
day afternoon from Progresso. the first
from that section. indicates that the tropi-
cal storm had kept well to the southwark
and was apparently central near the north
west point OF Yucatan. Its future course
is uncertain, but will probably be north
ward over the Gulf of Mexico"
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YACHT IN COLLISION.
samuel RoOsevelt's wenOnah DAM
aged by Fishing Boat Falcon.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Aug. l3.-The cut
ter yacht Wenonah. owned by Samuel
Roosevelt. OF New York. cousin of the
President. arrived here to-day in a badly
damaged condition having been in collision
during last night with the fishing steamer
Falcon. off Faulkner's island. The Weno-
nah's bow was crushed I'm above the water
line and her rigging carried away
Immediteiy after the crash the Wenonah n
took ire. but the crew quickly extinguished
the flames. Several persons on the cutter
were more or less burned. but otherwise no
one was injured. The Falcon received no
damage and towed the yacht to this port.
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PARIS, Aug. 13-Dispatches from Santo
Domingo say that plot To murder General
Alexandra Wos Gil. the President. has
been discovered and that there have been
many arrests. President Wos v Gil over
threw the former President General Ho-
ratio vasquez. at the time OF the revolution
last spring and proclaimed himself Presi-
dent. being subsequently elected
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ST. PAUL. MINI. Aug. l3.-Miss Ma,sde
Espy aged twenty-five years, daughter OF
Major and Mrs. John Espy. OF st. Patsl,
died last night after eating toadsfoolS
which she had believed We're mushrooms
Mrs Espy, who also ate the poisonous
danger,
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state to assist Wayne MacVeigh and Min
ister Bowen IN the matter of the troubles
growing out OF the blockade OF Venezuela.
Judge Penfield will stay in Europe several
weeks.
JOHN +. MONK.