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prime mover in the announcement OF
seven years before, the original Ferdl-
naud. had married Marguerite. pros
pered, and was the owner OF one OF the
best equipped cafes i'm Paris.
Unlike Dumas hero, who set all Paris
wild with curiosity by mis- Oriental exc
travagance, Picaud went 10 work
humbly. He sought and obtained en-
pioyment as a waiter IN Loupain's cafe.
where as feIOW-seryauts were Gervais
Chauhard and Guiihem S0Iari. the two
men who with LOupaiu were responsible
Tor his years OF suffering. soon disaster
began 90 fan upon his conspirators-
How His Enemies Were Undone.
One day Chaubard disappeared ana
his body. pierced by a p0uiard was
found on the P0ut dies 4 Is. Loups iu'H
family was disgraced. He himself was
reduced TO poverty and was finally
stabbed 10 death by a masked man IN
the Garden OF the Tuileries. SoIari died
in trightful couVulsious from poison.
Vengeance was c0usummated hut retri-
button was about 20 faU upon the head
Of Picaud reTibution which took the
form of the peculiar punishment meted
out 10 DaugIers in the romance.
when be was leaving the Tuueries
Garden. after the assassination OF Lou
pain, Picaud was seized and carried
away 20 an abandoned quarry. There In
the darkness his capt0r said. You ars
In my power. DO you recognize meg
am Antoine AIlut. How much VIII you
pay for bread and water2T
81 have no money"
You have sixteen millions replied
3Ee capIor- These are my conditions:
/ VIII give YOU something TO eat twice
a dav. but for each meal you must pay
me 15.GO0 francs"
The prisoners cupidiUy proved strong
er than his hunger. He underwent such
acute suffering without yielding that his
captor saw thar he had gone too FAR,
ana an last. aroused 20 fury. he threw
himself upon Elcauo and stabbed him %
death.
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scatter the crowd and he dived over
into his boat
His eEerti0ns We're unnecessary, how
ever The man with the rifle had
dropped it as soon as Girwau covered
him with the cannon. and his fellow
pirates scattered like chair before the
wind OF heaven ar the sight of the de-
termiDed face behind the boats cannon.
There was no more trouble with the
dredgers and they allowed their boats TO
De towed away without a word.
At present the work Of the oyster navy
follows an uneEciJiug routine. Resist
ance 10 authority is entirely out OF date,
and no dredger or combination of dredg-
ers would for a moment entertain the
idea of returning the IRE from any OF
the Government boats. OF course, this
is very satisfactory situation. Undi-
vided attention can be given the en-
forcement OF the laws having In view
the preservation of lIarylaud's greatest
industry But one feels an occasional
regret that the dash and excitement OF
the old Gays are gone. The interesting
chapters of the uavy's history are closed
forever.
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howard were vigorously argued. At
4Fst the board Trs0lutcIy stated thar
there was nothing they could give the
Dorchester man. Finally. after a long
and eloquent plea by Judge Revel. il
was agreed that Captain Turner shoUI1
retain command OF the AIcLane. but
that Howard should be given the Gov
eFnoT Thomas, and Loker, her former
commander assigned 10 duty M the
Statehouse. From that time nm Con-
mander Howard has had control OF the
oyster navy.
Dredgers Plan Revenge.
In the meantime the oyster dredgers
were plotting revenge. A c0rsufracyv
was formed iu Baltimore to erect a
capture or one of the smaller sIoous and
murder every man on board The Folly
was selected and arrangements were
completed 20 surround her at midnight.
carry out a WholSaIe massacre. and
vino il UP uy burning the boat. She
was lying or Hackett's Point under the
command or Capt. George w. Clark, in
the midst OF the dredging fleet. The
nearest boat TO ner was the RfcTane
which was almost totally disabled. hav-
ing large hole ia her boiler which
would take some time TO repair.
A friendly longer overheard the details
OF the plot and wired them 20 Annapolis.
Captain Burus, Charles vs.. Martin one
OF the largest oyster dealers. and James
MuurOe, "a weil-known lawyer OF An
napolis, called upon Governor Jackson
and laid the situation before him. He
asked the oysrermeu what measures
they could suggest. They proposed thai
tha commandant Of the navy yard be
called upon for assistance. Accordingly
the governor called his carriage and the
party proceeded to the United States
Naval Academy
Telegraphed to Washington for Aid.
Admiral Sampson. who afterUard
commanded at the battle of Santiago.
was ccmmandant at the time. lie stated
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/ that il was out OF his power 10 furnish
assistance without special authority, but
Immediately wired the facts 20 the Sec
rotary Of the Navy. and asked for {u-
structlpus. Within q half hour q teIe-
gram was received from Washington di-
recting Sampson TO furnish the oyster
men Whatever assistance they needed.
A steam launch was ordered OUT and
armed with the heaviest gun az the
Academy A large amount of ammuui-
tion was supplied, together with smaller
firearms I'm addition the best gunner
IN the Academy was detailed to show the
OyEteTmcD how 10 work the cannon IL
was an easy matter TO secure volunteers
for The relief expedition. and by night
he party started down the bav.
Under the instructions of the navy
gunner, several Of the men soon became
expert AT firing the cannon and when
ever suitable target was sighted the
volunteers Dlazed away, Tt was not con-
sidered advisable 20 have the men from
the United = ates Navy take part In "a
local night, So he was dropped as soon as
the working of the gun was thoroughly
understood.
ConspifatOrs Take Alarm.
In the meantime the dredaars peo-,g
the booming of the cannon as the
launch rapidly approached the Folly
They recognized the sound and knew
that it came from gun belonging 20
the Federal Government. Accordingly
they silently weighed anchor and oufafI,-
departed. leaving the Folly alone al
the anchorage. The steam launch tied
up near the little sIO0p and waited all
night for the threatened attack. but the
pirates We're afraid TO attack the com
blned strength OF the two boats More :
rHa-r ]
20 be surprise, and when they knew
that their attack would be welcomed by
very warm reception they gave UD
the attempt and the question OF re-
venge was forever dropped.
Avenged Insult to the Flag.
Captain Howard did not allow the can
ture of the sIOOp Gl00me to remain I'm /
avenged. He determined that the insult I
TO the navy should be followed up by 4
quick punishment and steamed rapidIv /.
to the Little ChOptauk River The /
oyster pirates We're attacked and com /
pietely scattered. They abandoned their /
boats. which We're seized by the Ne /
Lane Howard went aboard the GI0ous 7
and superintendent the arrangements to /
sail her back 90 the open waters. After
sail had been gotten up tow for the /
dredging boats was made up. ureDa-a- f
tory 10 taking them before the nearest /
magistrate ana having them sold al 7
auction.
A representative OF the dredgars. came /
on board 10 effect some sort OF a com
promise. Howard paid no attention 10 /
him and went on with his work. There
was a shanty ou the shore and Iouue- /
ing about IL were quite number of the /
dredgers. one OF these became in /
fugiated at the sight OF his boat being
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made ND scene the like Of which had
not been seen In the waters of Maryland
except In time Of war.
A large number of the inhabitants Of
the surrounding country were reused
by the battle and from protected points
OF vantage watched the progress Of the
night Some OF the smaller pirate boats
attempted TO steal mp on the McLane
and board her. but We're reDuIsed by
the Winchester fire Of the crew.
Full. Steam Ahead.
After the vyounding Of FREEZER. Cap
tain Howard changed his tactics. He or
dered firing 20 cease, and backed the
McLane out Of range. Then loading
the cannon with grape he ordered full
steam ahead and hurled his little boat
into the mass of dashed dredging sIoops
with all the force his engines could give
him. AT q speed Of more than fourteen
knots an hour the McLane rammed the
oyster dredEer, Julia Jones. commanded
5y Capt John Wirts, sweeping her
decks with grape and canister. and
followed that I'D with a v0lley from the
Wholesalers OF the crew.
Withdrawing out OF range, the de
Lane reloaded her cannon, ana a second
time charged the line. This time the
nose OF The steamer crashed into the
Laaouey. Captain Rice. cutting her
completely In two, and sending han
of shot across her decks. Al the same
time che crew Of the NcLaue directed
a swift and effective rife FIRE upon the
other boats OF the line, wOuuding many
and completing the Generalization Of.
the pirates.
Complete Victory for Navy.
This settled the hghL The dredgers
had received such severe punishment
that further resistance was abandoned.
one Of their number had been killed
outright and many more had been dan
gerously wounded and there was no way
by which 10 could be- ascertained how
many had been swept overheard OF
drowned iH the sinking boats The LASH
ings were hurriedly cut and each boat
looked cut for It's own safety. In a COM
paratively short time the dredgers were
widely scattered and the crews had
swum ashore beyond reach OF the rifles
OF the AfcLane.
Captain Howard s attention was then
turned 10 the rescue OF the crew OF the I
suuken puugies. Most OF them were 4
taken on board and held as prisoners /
They were glad 20 accept captivity as a /
substitute for drowning. The puugy Ii /
T.. corbett, with nine men and her cap
tain, j. W. Jones were captured at the I.
mouth OF Gray's Inn Creek and brought I
no CeHterviIle. The crews or the Ma 4
honey and Jones were put in jail and I.
held FOR tTiaI on the charge OF assault I
with intent 10 XIII The captain OF the /
cOrbeIt was fined $780, and the boat and 1
cargo Of nearly 800 bushels of oysters I
declared forfeit until the fine was paid I
Captain Howard then telegraphed 20 /
Annapolis for assistance, The steamer /
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n o source has been so much drawn
M upon for the purposes OF fiction
Y by the French writer's as the
archives OF the Paris secret pO-
lice From the dossiers he found there
Gaboriau buiIded almost all of his mar
ratives Of crime and its detection. Eu-
gene Sue, Ponson du Terrau. and others
used them freely. and a recent story
from Paris shows that it was there that
the elder Dumas found the inspiration
OF THE Count of Monte Cristo."
The original Of Edmond Dantes. &C
c0rding 20 this tale, was Francois
Picaud. q journeymau cobbler. who, in
1907 was betrothed TO one Marguerite
NigOreuN, who. through Dumas en-
beIlishments. was transformed into the
Mercedes Of the romance. Like Dantes
Picaud on the eve or his marriage. was
denounced as a spy by jealous rivals
and thrown secretly into prison, where
he remained for seven years.
During his Incarceration he acted as
servant 20 a rich AIilauese ecclesiastic,
who suggested the Able Faria- The
churchmeu treated Picaud like a son.
and. dying in prison, he bequeathed him
1000 francs on deposit i'm the Bank OF
and told him of a hiding
place IN italy where diamonds to the
value Of 10000 francs and s., 600 600 OF
specie We're concealed
Picaud Plans Vengeance.
When Picaud. who had been Imprison-
ed under the name of Joseph Lucher
was freed after the fan of the empire
I'm 1914, he gathered together the treas
ure bequeaJhed 20 him and began TO
build plans for vengeance on the men
who had beeen the cause of his UNI
doing Their names he did not know
but disguised as AN Italian priest ne
found the least guilty OF the cOnspira-
tors, aud by means OF the same story
of the diamond which Dumas used IN
Monte Crlst0." ELECTED from him ali
the details OF the plot. Loupain, the
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The Present Oyster Navy of Maryland.


Governor Thomas.
Governor A1cIane.
Shops schooners-
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&c.. It
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ID
IeJ"A Euitl Jones. assigned to- dorchester
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eeh l5auenllaI assigned
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ORIGINAL OF EDMOND DANTES

o source has been so much drawn
upon for the purposes OF fiction
by the French writer's as the
archives OF the Paris secret pO-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-10

Kansas City and Return $2.25 via
Santa Fe.
Account Boer war exhibition. Tickets
on sale December IL to Is inclusive.
Final limit returning December 16.
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GARRY AS SANTA CLAUS.
Gives His Ball Players Money They
Have Not Earned.

Cincinnati, Dec. 10.-President Her
mann of the Cincinnati club recently
has been quite busy playing Santa
Claus to a number of the members of
the team, and will probably put in
considerable more time as understudy
for the man with the big pack and
white whiskers.
Up to today about one-half the men
who have signed with the Reds for
next season have secured money from
the club, which they will not begin to
earn until after the 18th of next April.
One member of the team has drawn
one-third of his next seasons salary
already, and before the winter is over
he undoubtedly will be compelled to
tap the same bank again, so that there
will be but small checks for him when
pay days come around in 1905.
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LODGE NEWS.
Pythians VIII Rally at Wichita
I'm January.
Shriners Planning a Meeting
for Topeka
DURING LEGISLATURE.
Topeka Pythians to Organize a
Degree Team.
Redmen to Hold District Meet
ings in Janary.
DURING LEGISLATURE.

The Knights of Pythias from all
over Kansas are planning a big rally
to take place in Wichita next January.
The date will be announced shortly.
It is expected that there will at least
be 5000 Pythians in the Windy City
for the hi gmeeting- A class of 500
will be initiated into the first degree,
taht of page. The candidates will be
brought from various Kansas points
about Wichita and from Oklahoma
and Indian Territory. Their later de-
grees will be conferred upon them in
their home chapters.
Preceding the rally, the convention
of the Wichita district of the Knights
of Pythias lodge will take place. Big
plans are being made for this event,
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MOUNTAIN TO LEAD ILLINI.
Crack Tackle Elected Captain of the
1905 Eleven.

Urbana, Ill, Dec. 1o.-Charles ].
Moynihan of Whitehall has been
chosen captain of the Illinois football
team for 1905. Moynihan. who has
played on the eleven for two years.
was practically unopposed, although
Lakewood, the giant center. was con-
sidered as a rival for a time.
Moynihan played tackle all year and
made a record as a consistent player
and fighter. He showed to advantage
as a ground gamer. His selection is
popular with every one. At a dinner
to the football team given by J. NJ.
Kaufman, a prominent enthusiast of
Champaign, hopes for next year were
described as high. The graduate
coaching system was applauded by all
the sneakers.
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presence in the foreign country. Mr..
Nelson figures that he can reach
Lund in fifteen days. He will sail
from New York to Belfast, and after
tieing UP there until the tide goes
down he will continue to Glasgow,
Scotland. From Glasgow he will go
by rail to Lie. Scotland, where he will
set voyage on the North Sea, crossing
the same and reaching Christiansand,
Norway, in another few days. From
there he will go to Copenhagen, Den
mark, and from there 1t is but a days
ride to Lund, Sweden
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To Take a Long Voyage.

Fort Scott, Kas., Dec. 10.-Jesse
Nelson, bridge foreman for the Frisco
on one of the southern divisions, and
who still claims Fort Scott as his
home, will leave here Sunday night
for Lund, Sweden, his old home. He
is called there on business connected
with his fathers estate. His mother
and father both died there within the
last few years, and he has to look
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New Giant for Gophers.

Minneapolis, Mimi. Dec. 10.-A
promising forward for the 1905 Mime
sofa football team has been enrolled
at the university in the person of Jas.
A. Waite. Waite halls from Cleveland,
Ohio, and is a young giant in stature.
He stands one inch over six feet and
weighs 207 pounds.
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A Big Cattle Train.

Ottawa county is justly entitled to
the credit of being the greatest cattle
feeding and cattle shipping county in
the state. There Is no other LOCALITY
in Kansas where there are so many
farmers and stockmen engaged in the
stock feeding and shipping business
as in Ottawa county. The shipments
in and out run from forty to sixty
thousand cars annually. 1t was a rec
ord breaker, however, even in this
busy cattle shipping district when a
special train of AZ cars last Saturday
evening pulled out for the Chicago
market over the Union Pacific road.
There have been special trains in the
past; indeed it is a common thing for
four or five shippers to make up a
train of twenty to twenty-five cars, but
the train Saturday was far in excess
of any single shipment in the past.
The train left Minneapolis about
o'clock Saturday evening, under a
contract to be pulled into the stock
yards at Chicago at o'clock Monday
morning. Minneapolis Messenger.
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Colorado and Return. $3.50.

Colorado and return every day to
April 80, 1905, inclusive, with final re-
turn limit June 1, 1905. via Union Pa
cific. $27.5O from Topeka Be sure
your ticket reads over the Union Pa
ciic. Inquire of J. c. Fulton. Depot
Agent; F. A. Lewis, City Agent, 525
Kansas avenue
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Bank CiearIngs.

New York. Dec 1o--The following table,
compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank
clearings at the principal cities for the
week ended December s. with the per
centage OF increase and decrease. as COM
pared with the corresponding week last
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for that city has very large number

for that city has a very large number
of members in the order.
A large contingent of Topeka Pyth-
ians will probably attend the rally.
nous all over the United States, will
put on the work and confer the de-
gree. This team will also give the
play Damon and Pythias.''
The rally will be similar to the big
one held in this city last year, which
was attended by about 5000 people
altogether from Kansas and Missouri.
That plan has proven to be decidedly
successful and satisfactory, and is be-
ing copied at other points throughout
this territory.
A Shrine meeting of the Masons be-
longing to that order in Kansas will
probably be held in Topeka during the
session of the legislature. The Scot
fish Rite lodge has announced a Mid
winter reunion for this city some time
in January, and it is the plan of the
Shriners to have a meeting at the
in Topeka two years ago during the
session of the legislature.
The announcement for the district
meetings of the Redmen will be made
within the next ten days by Great
Sachem G. B. Dabbs of Leavenworth
All of these gatherings will take place
during the month of January and Feb
ruary.
Lodges No. 155, SO and 231, of Topeka,
Knights of Pythias, are planning to or
ganize a degree team, such as Cameron,
No.. now has. The plan is to put on
team work. such as the application of
the first degree. The officers of these
three lodges have been in conference
concerning the matter. and @urge full
lodge attendances during the next few
weeks for the matter will be taken up
for final disposition. The plan is meet
ing with a great deal of enthusiasm.
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DEA.ts.

GERNER--In this city. March 25th, 1904, Margaretha, widow of Charles Gerner, aged 64 years, Il months, and days. :. Funeral services at her late home. 52 Nicoll stret, Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
 Relatives and friends invited to attend. R0WE-In this city, March 25th, 1904,
 Daniel Rowe, aged G2 years Funeral services will be held at his late res-
 idence, No. 3l Asylum street, to-day (Mon-
 dayl at 2:3G o'clock. Relatives and friends
 Invited to attend. D HOTCHKISS this city, March 26, 1904,
 Joseph l.. Hotchkiss, aged SS years and 19 days.
 Funeral services will be held at his late res
 idence, No 10 Lincoln street. on Tuesday
 afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock. Friends are in-
 vited to attend
 BRADLEY-In this city, March 26, Jerry Bradley, aged G9 years.
 Funeral servlces will be held at his late res idence, No. 6l Lamberton street, Wednes-
 day, March 30, ats o'clock D. III. Friends are invited to attend. lTERRELI4--In this city, March 26, 1904, Cynthia F., wife of George ". Terrell,
 aged 69 years.
 Funeral services will be held at the Grace Episcopal church, Blatchley avenue. Mon day, March 2S, at 2 o'clock. Relatives
 and friends are Invited.
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COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS

DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN, ss. Pro- \ bate Court. March 25th, 1904. ESTATE OF ANNA F. FORD, late of New Haven, in said district, deceased.
 Wilfred Ford, of New Haven, having made written application praying that admin by said application on file in this Court more fully appears, it is
 Ordered, That said application be heard and determined at Court of Probate to be 31st day of March, 1904, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and that public notice of the pendency of said application and of the time and place of the hearing thereon be given to all parties interested in said estate, by publishing this order three times in q newspaper having q circulation in said dis trict
 By order of Court,
 JAMES KINGSLEY BLAKE.
 m26-3t Clerk.
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OLD SOLDIERS SUDDEN DEATH.

Expires in Bed of Acute Gastritis After
 a Shore Illness.
 John O'Donnell. flfty-nine years old, of 1116 Portsea street, died suddenly yesterday after short attack of gas tritis. He has been a resident of the National Military home at Dayton, O., for some time and only came home last Thursday. He leaves a wife and sev- eral grown up children. Medical Exam iner Bartlett viewed the remains and pronounced death due to acute gastri- tis.
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SLIGHT FIRE YESTERDAY NOON

Caused by Children Playing With
 Matches.
 The alarm of fire struck yesterday noon at 12:15 was for fire in the house 2O7 Rosette street, owned by Patrick Maloney, and occupied by John S. o. Cornell and family. Some children playing with matches het sofa on fire. Damage slight.
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DISTRICT OF NEW HAVEN, ss. Probate Court, March 24th, 1904 ESTATE OF ELIZABETH E.NORTO N, late of New Haven, in said district deceased The Executors having exhibited their ad- ministration account with said estate to this Court for allowance, it Is
 Ordered,--That the 31st day of March. 19G4 at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at Court of Probate to be held at New Haven, in said District, be and the same is appointed for a hearing on the allowance of said account. time and place of said hearing be given by publishing this order three times in some newspaper having q circulation in said dis trict.
 By Order of the Court,
 JAMES KINGSLEY BLAKE. m25-3t Clerk.