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The Washington times., 1905-12-03

Magothy river. At the same time
a sharp lookout was being kept for
any of Capt Ben Howard's sharp
nosed oyster police fleet, for the
captain realized that he had contra
band of war on board.
We had no sooner turned the bend
off Sharp's light when a perfect flo
tilIa of dredge boats burst into view,
and they all seemed bound in the
same direction. Tangier Sound. Like
a bundle in a department store, !
was hustled up on deck and placed
on exhibition, as it were. The buy"
boat played out her jib, wore around
and went like "A steeplechaser over
chop waves and right through the
feet
Got something?" sang out the
first captain, and a gruesome specta-
Gle he was The oilskin outfit he
sported had long since seen better
days. and the face that peered over
the gunwale Of his dingy vessel was
long enough to eat oats out of a
churn
Got a skip, Jack; wantm?" said
my captain.
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Initiated Into Dredqinq:

After having learned the differ
cnce between the port and the star
board side OF the vessel. l was mi
tiated into a feature of dredging
long talked OF but as often denied
We were sailing into the sound
when a rakish pungy skipped past,
evidently headed inshore. Another
croak?" sang cut our captain
Yes" was the answer, I'm goin'
Ter dump him close to shoal 50 as
he'll swim shorewapd and look like
a foater."
This ! afterw2rd learned WAS the
sad fate Of a colored dredger who
had succumbed to the hardships of
the life. after a blow over the head
with a marlin spike, and was now
TO be thrown overheard.
asked our captain if this was
not the truth. for which | received
q kick upon the shins. the marks
from which I bear yet This was
only one of the many instances of
cruelty and disregard for human life
which came under my notice while
in the sound
For two solid weeks I lived in
torture and in a world hardly TO be
described. | laid at the windlass
until my fingers bled, and for my
pense Of kick or a blow. Perhaps
the worst licking / received WAS for
attempting 20 eat an oyster or two
when the greasy pork and hard tack
became too much for my stomach.
My experience, hard as it was, was
mild when compared 10 that of
many whom I interviewed after
making my escape from the vessel.
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Hailed q "Bug" Boat.

Decidedly it was not pleasant
trip From out of the dark night
away in the ofIng came horse cry,
Got anything" The reply was not
complimentary. bat did not resent
it when my guide, or guard, shouted
back. Got a geeser what don look
for much, but might do at q pinch.
At this d buy boat tumbled up TO
the wharf A buy" boat is just
what its name indicates. II is an
oyster vessel used to travel among
the dredge boats down the bay TO
purchase their haul and incidentally
10 carry down the dupes who have
been caught by the shanghai net on
shore. Evidently the captain of this
buy boat agreed with the negro's
estimate Of my worth. There was
no hagglins when the subject of my
disposal was entered into. The buy
boat man decided | was worth about
$50, and that settled it.
took no par, in the negotiations
! was on sale-mere Merchandise
and could not expect to be consulted
! was bundled from wharf 20 pungy
and unceremoriously kicked down
the gangway. Toward morning the
captain ambled into the excuse for
"A forecastle, threw me a piece of
baked liver. and hoped that my APP
petite was good then, because that
would be the last square meal /
might expect for a ''d-n long time -
And so ii proved. Not long after
daybreak / Eobbled up on deck.
The ropes around my ankles during
the time / had been in durance had
certainly not improved the circnla-
ton of my legs The buy" boat
was just at that time making around
Seven Foot Knoll with her nose
pointed toward the mouth of the
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authorities Aroused.

That the authorities are alive 10
the conditions is made manifest in
the activity the United States Gov
ernment is putting forth TO look into
the conditions. The reported muir
der Of several Philadelphians, whose
bodies were found in shallow graves
on Deals Island, where there are
enough OF the same sort TO make
several respectable cemeteries, and
further stories as brought 10 light
bv investigation have put the OF
fcials on their mettle.
II came under my personal obSer-
walton that men almost too sick 20
move were compelled to stand at
work at windlass or with culling
hammers in their hands when they
were almost unable to move. They
did not dare to complain. for If they
did a blow or, perhaps, something
worse was their reply.
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OUTRAGES PERFORATED By
THE OUTLAW DREDGERS

The oGtraSes perpetrated on board
the outlaw oyster dredgers of Chesa-
peake bay have been attracting more
and more attention each succeeding
winter. The hardships of the service
have become so notorious. the law
lessness of the captains, whose abuss
of their helpless men has frequently
ended in their death, has been SO
widely denounced that it IS becom-
ing well-nieh impossible to get
men knowingly TO ship for work on
an oyster boat
Along the water front streets of
Philadelphia men have been kid
naped boldly and carried of to Bal
timore. They are first filed with
liquor in the saloons, ana while iu
this condition are offered easy Jobs
On the oyster boats at SD a month
and found.
Formerly they were taken to the
trains in a stupefed condition, but
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, The
road most frequently p2tronized, has
closed down on this Now they are
taken TO the train partially sober.
and TO each man is given a bottle
to supply his needs on the train.
The men are gathered together IN
tens or twenties ana taken to the
Baltimore and Ohio station On ths
Walnut street cars. When they ar
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street, Philadelphia, or on South
street. New York-that the shang-
haiing process begins. On the East
ern Shore, ali the way from fangier
to the Virginia strip, are shallow
graves. hundreds of them. some say
thousands unmarried graves of un-
known dead, whose families and
friends are wearing out the long
years wondering why they don't
come home, in vain expectation, in
the ever deferred hope which
maketh the heart sick This is too
often the end of shanghaiing.
It did not require much effort on
my part to become "doped' and then
shipped A swallow Of some vile
stuff in a Boston street den started
the game Sgoing, and ramshackle
cart piloted by a hangdog darky
did the rest Though semi-cOmatose.
| could already make out my desti-
nation. and the manner in which
the money derived for my services
was to be divided
do Cap Ralph git dis yere baby
face. or is yer jes goin' ter dump i'm
long side de ferry house an wait
Ter a bidder was the query put to
the shippers" by the driver.
None of Your business. coon,
came the surly reply. You'll git
yourn; 50 cut it out" And much
% my regret ne did cut it out, be-
cause / was just as anxious TO learn
of my ultimate disposition as he
was.
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Sought and Found.

| was after experience. and I got
1t. And local color. And | got that
too. The experience included enough
contusiOns TO satisfy the curiosity
of any bruise clinic, and a dose of
Chesapeake bay dyspepsia that will
last me for some time TO come. A.
for local color-it's scattered all over
my anatomy, and il varies from
black shading into purple, TO livid
reds toning off into warm browns.
and some greenery-yallery bits that
in their proper place might bring JOY
10 my esthetic soul. On the whole.
/ acquired enough local color, and
vivid enough, TO serve for a dozen
Inness sunsets.
That the men who supply the oys-
ter boats with hands have reduced
shanghaiing 10 a system, no one
who has had any experience with
them will dream of denying. They
get 81 head for hands to 90 oys-
tering down the bay, and seem as
immune 10 punishment as the cap
tain of the dredger. who begins
dealing out his cruelties before he
is fairly out of port.
Down on the water front adjacent
To Canton Hollow in Baltimore are
a number of tumbledown shacks,
whose fronts bear the legend Ship
ping Office" 1t is here-when 1t
isn't In some dingy hole on Front
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In many instances men of family.
who for want of something better,
shipped willingly on board these
dredge boats and then failed to
measure up, or earned>more than the
captain seemed wiling TO pay, either
came home helpless inyalids, or were
never heard of afterward- Only this
week the body of q man was washed
ashore near HallOver on HOllish
marsh, and was buried in a shallow
grave near where it was found IL
bore all the earmarks of that OF
some poor soul who had tried oys-
ter dredging. either willingly or I'M
willingly. and had fallen a victim TO
the cruelties of some brutal cap
tain. F. C. P.
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4 Ride il the DARK.

After a jolting ride of perhaps
three-QuaTters of an hour | was un-
tremendously dumped out on a
string piece along the old Lazarette
front as near as | could make out
at the time And then in order to
make sure that ] should go as a
lightweight, and not as ballast, my
comrades helped themselves to the
contents of my pockets, and the
preparations for my voyage were
about completed.
| felt ii incumbent upon myself
by this time TO ask a question or
two. and Queried as 10 where | was
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Bale out the lee scu2pers. YOU
G-n fool Ohis to me- don't yOu see
were listing TO port ~
All this being Greek to me. | nat
urally failed to respond. The mate
Of the vessel. however, helped me
along with a blow aloT5 side Of the
head which brought the Great Bear
in my immediate vicinity.
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going. The reply came from the
darky, who thought TO h-H,
guess
There was more truth than poetry
in that remark, it occurred 10 me,
but as ! had deliberately applied for
d pass, it seemed incumbent on me
10 take the trip.
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II AY 10 the windlass,
you dam lubber, and
quit your dOg-gOne
mawkin'," TheL fol-
lowed bin between
the small bones Of my back, and
left hook TO my right ear. II
was my call to duty on board one Of
the famous, OF infamous, Chesa-
peake bay oyster dredgers.
The Sunday Times wanted its
readers 70 know just what the poor
devil who is shanghaied has to 90
through with, and. for my sins. [
was detailed to find out. | found
| wish | hadn't It's distinctly one
OF those cases where ignorance is
bliss.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
News OF the Day.

Evidence of plot to seize and carry
off Premier White has been reported.
1t is again rumOred that Chauncey NJ.
Depew will resign from the United States
Senate and that Ex-Governor Black will
succeed him.
Geo. Huffman, representing himself
to be the "true prophet" Of Christ, was
tarred and feathered a. Perth, Kan,
Saturday night by mob.
In an attempt to suppress a revolt in
Kutais, Transcaucasia, the troops fired
upon the people, killing many persons,
including Turkish subjects.
1t is practically certain that Lord Cur
zOn, former viceroy OF India, will repre-
sent the city of London in the House Of
Commons, 10 succession to Sir Joseph
Dinsdale.
Paul Morton, president of the Equit-
able Life Assurance Society, has issued
an appeal TO pOliey.hOlders in all States
to use their influence to prevent adverse
legislation by State legislatures.
Lawyer Albert 7. Patrick, himself
under sentence of death for the murder
OF Millionaire liice, gained respite for
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
MONDAY EVENING, DEC. IS. 1906.

DURING the debate in the Senate
last week on the Panama canal bill,
Mr.. Morgan, of Alabama, predicted
that at the extravagant rate in which the
canal work had been begun the cost ofits
completion would exceed $500, 600, OOo.
He charged that the first three years
were equal il reckless extravaganza and
exorbitant salaries to the first three
wears of the De Lesseps project, and
every word he said was absolutely true.
This canal almost bankrupte France
and il bids fair 10 seriously disturb the
finances of the United States. In his
testimony before the Senate committee
LAST week Secretary Taft admitted that
although 1900 men were now en-
pl1yed by the canal, not shovel iuli OF
earth had been moved since last July.
The next day two employees Of the canal
who returned to New York said they
did not understand such statements a.
those made by Secretary TAFT for, they
said five thousand feet of earth had
been removed ever month since last
July, Setting Secretary TafPs testl-
mony aside, for argument sake, and CIV
ing full credence to the statements Of
the two returned employees, it il shown
that it takes at an average OF ., 4O0 men
a month to move 900 feel of earth, or
little upwards OF 80 tons day. As
millions upon millions of tons are to be
moved, it will be seen that at this rate
the canal could ut be built in hundreds
of years. No wonder the canal people
wanted an emergency appropriation OF
$40. 600, 600 to run them from the time
Congress met till it reassembled after
tie holidays.
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From Washington.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette
Washington, ID. c., Dec. IS.

correspondence of the Alexandra Gazeite.I
Washington, ID. c., Dec. IS.
COMPTROLLER of the Currency Ridgely
LETT here on Saturday for Chicago, hav-
ing been hurriedly summoned by Partieq
interested in the financial institutions
whose suspension is announced this
morning. Deputy Comptroller Kane re-
ccived a long distance phone message
from the Comptroller at o'clock this
morning acquainting him with the plans
Tor the winding up of the concerns affairs
and the pledge to depositors made by the
Chicago Clearing House banks. An Of
fetal statement regarding the affair is
expected to be made by Comptroller
Ridgely in Chicago.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw this
morning received the following tele-
graphic report from Comptroller Ridge
ly at Chicago in reference to the sus-
pension OF the Chicago banks: "Clear-
lug house banks guarantee the payment
of all liabilities of the three banks,
which will liqudate an pay everything
an full The officers and directors will
resign ard be replaced by clearing
house committee and examiner BoswOrth
who will run the bank and conduct the
liquidation. This should relieve the
situation and prevent further trouble here
or elsewhere. "
There was another Panama canal con-
ference at the White House today, at
which we're present Secretary of War
TAFT, Attorney General Moody, Chair
man Shonts and Senator Kittredge, of
South Dakota, member of the Senate
canal committee.
Congressman Smyser, counsel for Mrs.
Grace raggart, denies emphatically that
Mrs. Taggart is hiding in Washing
ton, also the story that he is pushing for
court martial proceedings against Cap
tain Taggart before the War Department.
"Alrs. Taggart is not here, nor within
FIVE hundred miles of here" he said
''She has not left Wooster either to be in
contempt OF the court or for any other
sinister purpose At the proper time she
will return there"
Two dispatches were received at the
Stale Department this morning from
the American Consul General at Shang-
han telling of riotous conditions there.
as result Of which several foreigners
aud two Chinese have been killed, and
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
The Naval Academy.

Representative Pearre, of Maryland,
introduced joint resolution in the House
Saturday asking for the appointment OF
select committee of FIVE to investigate
hazing and prize lighting at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, especially to as
certain whether the officials of the insti-
tuition are responsible for any laxity of
discipline calculated to encourage these
practices. The resolution also calls
upon the Secretary of the Navy to re-
port all the facts in his possession con-
corning the fight between Meriwether
and Branch, as well as those concerning
the recent hazng of Cadet Kimbrough.
Mr.. Pearre declares that brutality in
various forms as practiced at Annapolis
is winked at and connived at by academy
officials, anu that the failure to main
tain discipline lay more at the door of
the institution than upon the taidship-
men attending there.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
Lansburgh s Bro,
42O to 426 Seventh street.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Rank Failures,

Chicago, Dec. 1S.-The failure OF the
Chicago National Bank, the Home Saw
ings Bank, and the Equitable Trust
Company was announced early this
morning by the representatives of the
Chicago Clearing House Association,
after long session of Is hours. The
depositors of the three institutions will
be paid in iull, the Chicago Clearing
House banks pledging themselves h this
purpose. John R. Walsh is head of the
three institutions involved, and the
trouble was brought about by invest
ments in coal and railway enterprises of
Mr.. Walsh. The deposits of the Chicago
National Bank are estimated at more
than SIG, 900, 900, and the Home Saw
iDgs Bank has depos Is of more than 50.
100000 belonging to more than 5000
persons. The deposits of the Equitable
Trust Company amount to more than
81, OOO,0O 10 addition to the formal
statement of suspension and the an
nouncement that the banks involved
would not open their doors this morning,
an announcement was made, signed by
the clearing house committee of the
Chicago Associated Banks, 10 the effect
that deposits will be paid 10 full upon
public monies on deposit in the Chicago
demand. AS earlyas 8 o'clock a
a crowd began to gather in front Of the
banks waiting for the doors to open.
John A. K. Walsh has resigned as
president of the Chicago National Bank,
and was succeeded by Charles II. BOs-
worth, National Bank examiner, whose
Investigations brought about the crash.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
Fifty-ninth Congress.
Washington, Dec. Is.

Mr. Cullom announced that he had
received number of personal letters
urging the ratification of the reciprocity
treaties, As they were in the form OF
petitions, he said, he did not feel at
liberty to file them. The House resolu-
ton fixing the holiday recess from
December 81 to January 4, WAS passed
without objection.
Mr. Bailey, raised the question of the
status OF Senator Burton, of Kansas, now
on bail pending an appeal TO the U. 5.
Supreme Court for violation of the laws
prohibiting Senators from accepting fees
or conducting legal business before the
departments. He declared that the Sen
ate should take such case in its own
hands and decide upon the right Of a
Senator under charges to perform the
functions of his Office.
The discussion arose over the an
nOuncement of the committee assign
ments upon which Mr.. Burion's name
did not appear.
Mr.. Hale declared that the omission
of Mr.. Burton's name was upon his own
request
Mr.. Bailey referred to the failure OF
the Senate to have been officially in
formed Of the death OF Senator Mitchell.
Mr.. Teller, Colorado. defended the
memory of the late Senator Mitchell, de-
claring that he could not bring himself
to agree with The court which convicted
him. He pointed to the fact that the
Senator had died almost a pauper.
HOUSE.
The House disagreed to the Senate
=. - IL 4
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19

A DISPATCH from Annapolis, Md,
saws it is rumored among the midship-
men that when the congressional inves-
tigation of hazing begins, the whole OF
the upper classmen will, as body ad-
nit that they have participated in haz-
ing. This is good. Now, should they
pursue this course (Which, however, it
is feared they will mott lei every one OF
them be promptly dismissed from the
service and be turned over to the Mary
land civil authorities by whom they
should be tried for assault and battery
with intent to main, disfigure, disable
aud kill.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
Beware of 0intments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering il through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply,
sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by +. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. o., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Ia buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in
ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by +. j.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by all Druggists, Zoe.
Take Halls Family Pills for cor Stipation
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
Killed by Train,

Brownsville, Pa, Dec. 1S.-Howard
G. Taylor, aged 80 assistant supervisor
on the Monongahela Division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad was killed by
a train shortly before 8 O'Clock
today, at West Brownsville Junction
A switch thrown wrong, or broken
frog caused slight collision Mr.
Taylo: was on the steps OF one train
and was thrown off and his neck broken.
He died instantly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19

preparation bill of $11, 900, 900 for the
Panama canal. the main one being the
elimination of the House provision that
the canal bonds be placed on the
same footing with other two per cent.
bonds. The bill was sent to conference.
The debate as to the proper committee
reference of the insurance recommends
tons in the Presidents message, was
then resumed, in committee of the
whole.
Fred Lands, republican, oflndiana,
made his maiden speech. He discussed
the question of insurance from the view
point Of a policyholder. Publicity,
he said, sis the cure for the evils, and
Congress can secure it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19

IS THE House Saturday resolution
was introduced by Mr.. Pearre, OF Mary
land, blaming the officers for hazing and
similar evils at the naval academy at
Annapolis, and providing for an inveSti-
cation. Mr.. Pearre has at last struck
the key note. The officers at the acade-
nv are the men to be hauled over the
Goals. If they don't know that hazlng
ia carried on there, they are fools. and il
d., and don't stop it. they are knaves -
and neither fools nor knaves are fit to be
at the head of naval, or any other kind
of academies
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
For Cracked Hands

Rough skin aud cracked hands are not only
cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye, but
an occasional application will > ep the skin
soft and smooth Best for Eczem9, Cuts,
Burns. Boils, etc The genuine DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salye affords immediate relief in
all forms of Blind, Bleeding. Itching and
Protruding Piles Sold by W. F. Creighton
& Co., 40l King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
Lost OF Steamer.

Tuuis, Dec. 18.-The Norwegian
steamer Albula has been lost of Kelibya.
Only one person from the vessel was
saved. The Albula WAS steamer of
l,164 tons. She sailed from Tyne on
November Fl tor Porto Vecchio, Corsica,
and has not been reported since that
data
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
IN MEMORIAM.

In.memory Of IDA A. ENTWISLE. ShC
departed this life December IS, lS99-siz year,
ago today.
Not far in lonely graveyard,
Where the trees their branches wave,
Lies our dear beloved mother
In her cold AMI silent grave.
Six years have passed and still we miss her,
Some may think the wound is healed,
But they little know the sorrow
Within our hearts concealed.
BY HER DAUGHTER AND SISTER.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
President Nc all III.

New York, Dec. lS.--John A. Nc
Call, President of the New York
Life Insurance Company, is seIi-
ously i'll at his home, No. o4
West 72nd street. He is suffering
with pneumonia although his condition
is not thought to be critical.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-12-19
A Bad Scare.

Some day you will get a bad scare, when
you feel pain in your bowels, and fear APP
pendicitis. Safely lies in DIR. Kings New
Life Pills, a sure cure for adj bowel and
stomach diseases, such as headache. bilious
ness, costiyeness, etc. Guaranteed at +. 5.
Leadbeater & Sons drug store, only 25c. Try
them