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Anderson ran out, caught her in his arms

Anderson ran out, caught her in his arms
and cried:
MY glorious wife,
Il have brought you Peter Hart" she
replied. THE children are well and /
return tonight
She had reinforced Fort Sumter with
Peter Hart. the majors trusted friend on
all occasions.
There were no casualties on the Union
side during the bombardment of Fort
Sumter. 1t is stated in DR.. Straits war
summary.
Conflicting Claims.
1t is stated that three hours after the
first shot was fired at the fort by the
southerners the flrst gun from Sumter
was fired by Capt. Arthur Doubleday.
On the Confederate side 1t is claimed that
Maj. w. H. Gibbs. who died in 1903 a,
Columbia, 8. c., fired the first shot at
Sumter. He was gunner in Capt.
James battery, to whom Gen. Beaure-
Anderson's force. As between the claim
Of Edmund Ruffin Of Virginia and Maj.
Gibbs, it Is believed each man fired from
q different fort, and there Is some con-
fusion as to who really pulled the first
lanyard
Again, Francis J. Cakes, who was first
sergeant in Company e, list United States
Regular Infantry, claimed to have fired
the first shot from Sumter. 1t IL explain
ed that maybe Capt Doubleday gave the
order to fire the first shot, while Sergt
Cakes sighted the gun and pulled the
lanyard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09

Bar silver steady, 259gd per ounce.
Money. IA per cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market for
short bills 10 pa per cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market for
three month bills 10 "a per cent.
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First Shot at the Fort.

The first gun fired against Fort Sumter
was by Edmund Ruffin of Virginia, who
was then seventy-five years of age and
wore long white hair which flowed down
over his shoulders. He was on Morris
Island when the attack on Fort Sumter
began. 1t was at his own request that
he was permitted to fire the first shot
that inaugurated one Of the bloodiest
wars recorded in history. Ruffin after
ward boosted much of the fact and on
one occasion said:
That ball will do more for the cause
OF secession in Virginia than volumes of
stump speeches.
1t is said Ruffin died by his own hands,
June II. 1855. near Danville, Va His last
message was:
Il cannot survive the liberty Of my
country"
Frank Moses, who was private secre-
tary to Gov. Pickens of South Carolina
at the time Of the bombardment, solicited
and. by force of his official position, OBJ
tanned the privilege of hosting the pal
metto flag of South Carolina over Fort
Sumter after its evacuation by Mai. An
derson, In 1872 Noses was elected Gov
ernor of South Carolina He died Deem
Der %, 1906. near Boston, Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-09
HOUGH FIRST KILLED
Said to Be Earliest Victim of
the Civil War.
FLAG SALUTE WAS FATAL
Followed the Surrender of Fort
Sumter.
TORY TAKEN FROM RECORDS
Interesting History Regarding the
Attack Cleaned by DR.. Newton A.
Strait of the Pension Bureau.

The first man killed in the civil war
was regular and not a volunteer, as
has been asserted: his name was Daniel
Hough, and he was a private in Battery
E, LIST United States Artillery, according
to "a research made bv DR.. Newton A.
Strait of the pension bureau. who is the
compiler of several war histories.
In support of his contention Dr. Strait
quotes from the Rebellion Records, volume
1, page "a, compiled by the War Depart
ment. Referring to the final scene OF
the bombardment Of Fort Sumter the
records state:
'The evacuation was completed after
saluting the flag, in doing which one
man was instantly killed, one MORALLY
and four severely wounded by the pre-
mature discharge Of a gun and explosion
Of a pile Of cartridges
The one man killed outright, according
to the records, was Hough. The date of
his death was April Ii, 1851, six days
prior to the killing Of Charles A. Taylor.
member of the 9th Massachusetts Vol
unteers, during the fighting with a mob
in the streets Of Baltimore.
Dr. Strait read the claim Of Corp" Tan
ner, Representative Joseph A. Goulden
and Edward A. Keller. as published re-
Gently, that Taylor was the first man
killed in the civil war, and he at once
set about to search the official records
of the war with the result stated.
In this connection DR.. Strait brought
to light some interesting history con-
corning the attack on Sumter. He found
that Surgeon Crawford. afterward a ma
jor general, fired the first shot from
Fort Sumter against Fort Moultrie. This
shot was caught in the sandbags of
Moultrie and afterward presented to
George P. Kane then chief of police of
Baltimore and an ardent and active
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Small Supply Of Ammunition.

The records show that the garrison of
Sumter was reduced to sore straits pre-
ceding the evacuation. The day before
the garrison left the fort 1t is stated that
1.-The making of cartridge bags was con-
tinued by the men under Lieut.. Meade's
direction, until IL o'clock, when they were
ordered to stop by Maj. Anderson. To
obtain material for the bags all the extra
clothing Of the companies was cut I'D and
all coarse paper and hospital sheets were
used.
1.-THE supply of cartridges. 700 in num-
Der when the engagement commenced,
became SO much reduced by the middle
of the day, although the six. needles in
the fort were kept steadily employed,
that the firing was forced to slacken and
to be confined to six guns.
THE last of the rice was cooked this
morning." reads the official record lor
April Ii, the day of evacuation, land
served with the pork-the only other
article of food left in the engineer mess
room, where the whole command .ad
messed since the opening of the fire.
1.-The Flagstaff was struck by shot seven
times during the day and a fragment of
shell cut the halliards of the flag. Mai.
Anderson bore away the flag of the fort
after the salute following the evacua-
ton and it was eventually his winding
sheet and was buried with him. NAL
Robert Anderson was a native Of Ken
lucky and retired from the army Octo-
Der q, 1863"
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A One-Man Reinforcement.

An interesting bit of history is that
Fort Sumter was reinforced after the
demand for its surrender had been made.
The reinforcement" was a solitary man,
Peter Hart, a faithful friend Of Maj.
Anderson. 1t appears that Mrs Ander-
son, wife of the commandant of Fort
Sumter and a daughter of Gen. d. l..
Clinch, was an invalid in New York city.
position of her husband in Fort Sumter,
surrounded by foes and uncertain as to
the fidelity of many of his own garrison.
Mrs. Anderson desired the major to have
a tried and true servant with him. She
therefore resolved to take a veteran SER
geant who had served faithfully with
her husband in the war with Mexico into
the confines of Fort Sumter. After a
long, search she found Peter Hart and
told him of Maj. Anderson's peril. She
then asked him to accompany her to Fort
Sumter.
Hart had recently been married. He
gazed at his young wife for q few mo-
ments and then said:
Il will go, madam. but I want you to
stay with the MAJOR
Hart again looked inquiringly at his
wife and rejoined:
II will go, madam.
"Indade. ma am" Harris wife declared.
"it Is Margaret's sorrow she can't do
as much for We as Peter cam
They left New York the following even-
ing in spite of the remonstrances Of
Mrs. Anderson's physicians. They reach
ed Charleston late Saturday night. She
had neither eaten nor slept during the
long journey from Wilmington to
Charleston, and was the only woman on
her husband cursed and threatened by
nassenRers
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
MONTANA COMMISSION
ADVERSE TO O. S. |.
Directs Railroad to Place stockyards
At Bond as Result OF Nelson
Petition.

Helena, Mont. Dec. 15.-The state
board of railroad commissioners to-
day handed down It's decision in the
case of Thomas Nelson and the Beaver
head Ranch company against the Ore
son Short Line Hallway company.
which was instituted to compel the
carrier to establish an agency and
provide station facilities at Bond, six
miles north of Dillon.
The company contcnded the facilities
required would cost sll.067, but the
commission says such extensive plans
are not necessary and the railroad is
ordered to provide not later than Feb
ruary next suitable stockyards, sta
ton buildings and appurtenances and
to place an agent in charge thereof for
the proper conduct of freight and Eas-
senger business and that at least one
passenger train daily in each direction
shall stop at said station. II after one
year. the defendant can show by veri-
fed figures that the volume of business
transacted does not warrant the con-
tinuance of the station the commits
sion will authorize its closure.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
CANADIAN FARMERS
MEETING IN OTTAWA

ottawa, Ont, Dec. ia thousand
prosperous Canadian farmers assem-
bed In; the Grand Opera house at Of
tawa today to formulate demands on
the dominion government. They came
from all parts of Canada, every prov
ince being represented with the ex-
ception of Prince Edward Island, the
smallest, and British Columbia, the
largest
This, the first meeting OF the Cana
dian council OF agriculture, is regarded
MS of tho greatest Importance to the
dominion. 1t is an effort of the agri-
culturists to impress their needs on
the lawmakers.
The initial demand is for abolition
OF customs duties on agricultural i'm
PIGMENTS and for better commercial
relations with the United Sttaes. The
convention is expected to have some
effect on the reciprocity proceedings
to be resumed In Washington next
month.
The delegations from the east and
west of Canada had feared that there
might be some conflict of views as to
tho demands to be made on the govern
ment Early in tho meeting, however,
1t was disclosed that both wanted pri-
marily n reduction of the Canadian
tariff on articles essential to the farm
or, st, tf.it- 49, Tia -l..5.tH
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
GIGANTIC SCHEME
MAY Be !. REVEALED |F|Ei (
Traffic in 0rientals Engineered by
White Men May be
Uncovered.
FOLLOWS LATE DISCLOSURES
Smuggling of Fifteen Continbnnd Chi
ncse From Steamer Mnnchuuria
Started tile Investigation.

San Francisco. Dec. 15.-That the IN
into San Francisco of 10 contraband
Chinese on Dec. 4 from the steamship
Munchuria may result in the uncover
ing OF gigantic traffic in orientals,
In which white men are engaged was
the statement made today by FREDERICK
S. Stratton, collector of the port of San
Francisco.
II have no doubt that there Is flag
rant evasion of the law along the Pa
citic coast" snid Collector Stratton.
but with our present resources we
are practically powerless to stop It,
Several years ago immigration officials
were taken off the big boats. whcn
they lay at the docks. and the big
liners are without surveillance after
docking, except that of the customs Of
: flciaiss.-''""
Immigration Officials. within the last
month. have turned their attention to
Mexico, from which. they declare, larga
numbers of Chinese recently have been
smugged. The revenue cutters Bear
and McCuIloch are patrolling the north
coast OF Mexico. In the vicinity of En-
senada. from which place Chinese Ia
borers are known to have been brought
and landed Mt Carmel by-the-Sea. q
California point a schedule OF prices
has been fixed by the purchasers of the
Oriental lnborers. a healthy adult
bringing s2,5o0. Two thousand dollars
is the price paid for slave woman
Opium smuggling Is daily becoming
n more difficult problem, according to
customs officials, with the constant dis
covery of new means of bringing in tho
drug. Quantities are known to have
been brought in recently by dropping 1t
! in casks from vessels near the Farra :
lone islands (off the Golden Gate. to
be picked up later by small launches
at night.
Afridavits will be demanded by every
member of the crew of the Manchuria
regarding the smuggling OF Dec. and
in the event OF their failure to give
satisfactory explanations Indictment,
will be asked for from the Unlteu
States district attorney.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
TORTURED AND THEN
ROBBED HELPLESS WOMAN

3
San Francisco, Dec. 15.-After
torturing woman for an hour, prick
ing her throat with dagger and
threatening immediate death, rob-
Der last night gained possession OF
s25 and a diamond brooch and es-
capped. His victim was Mrs. Rene
Fnbulet, wife Of u jeweler.
Mrs. Fabnlet had just sold her In.
terest ! in a rooming house for $go
and the thief had heard OF this. He
broke into her home. beat her un--
merclfully, tied her to bed and
then began flashing his dagger. and
demanding her money.
When the robber left he told Mrs.
Fabulet he would send some one to
release her in ten minutes. After an
interval the janitor of the house
Albert Tusch came in. unbound the
woman and then summoned hhe
police. Tusch himself was arrested
when Mrs. Fabulet stated that she had
recognized a friera of his In the rob-
berry i.
Mrs. Fabulcts injuries made 1t
necessary to remove her to hos
Ditul,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
SIX DAYS ON DEREL|CT
WITH OUT ANY FOOD
Theodore Anderson Tells Thrilling
Story of Disaster That Brought
Death to All Except Himself.

Victoria, B. c., Dec. 15.-After drift
ing six days without food on derelict,
Theodore Anderson, a Swede, swan 10
shore on the west coast of Australia
He told a thrilling story OF the disaster
that had brought death to every other
member of the crew. News of the
tragedy was brought here last night
by the steamer Moana from Brisbane
The derelict was pearling lusger OF
200 tons. the Hugh Norman She was
sailing down the coast from Broone
to Frcmantle when she struck reef.
The dingy was launched and all the
members of the crew except Anderson
and the captain boarded her: the
little boat drftcd away ana was
swnmpcd All her occupants were
drowned.
The captain ordered Anderson to
jump in after the dingy. but. seeing
three sharks cruising In the vicinity,
he refused.
Later the lugEcr drifted off the reef
and the captain lcaped overheard ana
tried to swim ashore. but he was at
tackled and dcvoured by sharks.
Next day Anderson decided to risk
all in an effort to reach land. 1t took
him an hour to swim ashore, and he
was pursued by sharks, but escaped
them.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
MINERS TRAPPED
IN BURNING MINE.
Ten Men Believed to be Beyond
Rescue in No. 2 Shaft Of
Leyden Workings.
TRY TO DIG THEMSELVES OUT
Rescue Party Hears Men at Work rs
They Are Trying to Reach
Them.

Denver, Dec. 15.-With chances against
their being rescued alive. 10 men are I'M
prisoncd today in the mine of the Ley
den Coal company at Leyden, ii miles
west of Denver No. shaft. through
which the men must come IL rescued,
is on fire, and apparently the mine is
full of gas. as rabbit. placed in box,
was lowered six feet in the shaft for 20
minutes and brought out dead.
The air compressor, tipplc and hoist
of the mine have been burned. making
1t impossible to clear the mine of gas.
The fire started from an electric spark
from Il motor. This caused an explosion
and the tiinbering of the shaft was soon
l,lnzing hercely. There has been a.
strike on at the mine for some time
and the entombed men were engaged
in cleaning UP the property. Mine DILL
c!als say they have one chance to es-
cape. II the men. finding their escape
cut Oft. turned north, in the workings,
they may be alive. but II they turned
south, 1t Is feared that by this time all
are dead.
Shaft No. is separated from shaft
No. by Il narrow wall. A rescue party
under the direction of Samuel Perry,
president OF the Leydcn Coal company,
is endeavorlng to break down the wall
and the imprisoned men could be heard
working madly In their efforts to gain
freedom, and at the same time efforts
were made to gain an entrance to the
entombed men through shaft No. 1.
Efforts to force an entrance to shaft
No. ., were later abandoned, as 1t was
found that a draft would soon put the
fire beyond control. All energy Is being
centered In an effort to extingulsh the
fire in shaft No. 2. but at 1890 this
morning the fire was burning
fiercely.
The government mine rescue car left
Trinidad this morning for Leyden.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
CARNEGIE SPEAKS TONIGHT
BEFORE PEACE CONVENTION

Washington, Dec, Stimulated by
Andrew .Cnrncgie's gift OF $l1 100000 for
the abolition OF war between nations
and BY the knowledge that the fund
will be used largely for objects akin to
it's own, the American Society for Jul
diciul Settlement of International Dis
putcs will open a three days interna-
tional. conference tonight The society's
aim Is the establishment of n perma-
nent tribunal OF arbltral justice. Such
q court was advocated by Secy. of
State Knox In note to the powers and
was adopted at the last Hague con-
ference, plans for realizing Of the tri-
bunul being loft open.
Mr. Carnegie will be the principal
speaker this evening, his subject being
1.-THE Moral Issue OF War"
y Arrangements have been made for
the translation of the proceedings OF
the conference into every language and
the complete publication thereof as
well as the dissemination OF the litcru-
ture to the four corners OF the globe.
Secy. of State Knox. who was to
have presided, and President Taft, who
also was to have attended tonight will
not be present because OF conflict
OF appointments, but both will attend
other sessions
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
If HE BECOMES "A MINISTER
CANNOT RECEIVE LEGACY

New York, Dec. ia legacy of
$4,000 is to be given to 17-year-old
Thomas Osborne. OF River Head Long
Island. IL he does not assume the pro-
fessIon of a clergyman. This Is tho
provision Of the will of his great aunt,
Mrs. Helen stone, who died at the age
of so years n few days ago.
Mrs. Stone states that her reason Tor
entering the ministry Is not prejudice
against the cloth. but is based on her
belief that II clergyman---"cspeclally
= Mcthodist clergyman''-has no fixed
residence and does not need money
for '.settling down." The boys father
saws that. so far as he knows, MS son
has no leaning for the ministry.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
TWO COME OUT ALIVE
AFTER HARD STRUGGLE

Cincinnati. Ohio, Dec. 1.-two of
the Is men entomb6d by the mine ex-
plosions Mt Tacoma, Va. yesterday In
which many lives were lost, emerged
from the workings today in fairly good
condition, according to special from
Bluefelds, West Virginia.
The men told n dramatic story of
the struggle to prolons life under
ground.
G. e. Leapman and John Swete are
the survivors. When the explosion
took place. they rushed for the air.
shaft Finding exit impossible they
grnspcd n sledge hammer and with 1t
broke hole in small air pipe.
BY blacing their mouths close to this
hole they obtained sufficient air to keep
them alive. Unable to share their
scanty supply of air they were forced
to watch the unavailIns struggles of
other workmen to reach the spot.
Staggering through the gases the
other men fell. In some instances
within n few feet of Lenpman and
Swete
The only living thing about them
when they left their refuge today to
seek the outer air was mule. How
the animal managed to escape suf-
location IL mystery.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
CUBAN NERO HAMT KIDNAPPED
AND HELD FOR RANSOM
! New Orleans. Dec. IA special to
the Picayunne from Havana. Cuba.

New Orleans. Dec ia special to
the Picayunne from Havana. Cuba.
Says:
"Senor Criscencio Perez. a wealthy
merchant of Sancti Spiritus. Santa
Clara province, was kidnapped by the
bandit Inocent Soils, and $4,000 Is
being demanded as the price for the
restoration of the prisoner. Senior
Perez's whereabouts arc unknown.
As this Is the second occurrence OF
the kind within two days there Is great
alarm throughout the province.
Senior Rafael Ccninz. merchant or
Havana, was captured by bandits In
Remedies, Santa Clara province. Mon
day and was only freed after $500
had been paid He was badly treated
and when returned to his friends was
wounded
Inocent Tolls, who is the captor. of
Senior Perez. Is notorious bandit.
known sometimes as "El Guerilleoro."
Last summer he obtained s4,ooo as
ransom for son Of Manuel Lope. of
Ciego De Civide.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
COALITION PARTIES
NOM HAVE MAJORITY
Only SlSty-four Seats Remain TO DC
Filled in observation-disclosures
Defeats Lord Cecil.

London, Dec. l5.--Only GA seats In the
new parliament remain TO BIO filled and
the coalition parties already have ma
tority of %, although the unionists as
a marty vii have the largest membership
with total of 2a7 members elected 10
date. 80
made up as follows:
Liberals, 23S: Irish Nationnlists; o., ino mo-.
pendent Nationalist. 3: Labor Members,
10; an aggregate Of $40. The laborites mus
far have secured the snmeT5number OF
& seats they held in the last parliament
Two Liberal gains and one Unlonist,
in the returns made known To-Day, give
the Liberals n net gain of single seat
in the COG constituencies now polled.
The hartford division OF Kent ana
neutrality-suspicious. returned to their falth
Of liberalism while the Unionists turn
/ cd out the Liberal member. II. G. F: l4utt-
nell, for :he ravistock division of Devon
shire, clecting j. w. spear.
There was much interest In the fight
between the sons OF two former. premiers
for the seat for the Wisbcch division or
.Cnmbridg eshlre. but Neil Primrose. the
sitting Liberal member. easily stayed OF
the attack OF Lord Robert Cecil; the
Unionist candidate. and Increased ms
former ma jority of 800 to DID.
The final pollings in England VIII be
held on Saturday. Afew irish ana scotch
constituencies will vote on Monday, ana
these returns will, complete the elections.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
HENRY C. DAVIS DIED
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS

New York. Dec. 15.--Hcnry G. Davis.
a Wal! street banker and broker. and
president of the Wisconsin Society OF
New York, died at his home here early
today after an Illness of only Il few
days. He was 81 years of age.
& Mr.. Davis WIS regarded as an author
,ity on railroad finance and railroad con-
struction work. He was born In New
Hampshire but moved to Wisconsin
while a boy. He occupied various po-
sitIons with the Union Pacific and
Northern Pacific before returning east
10 years ago. He spent some time Ill
London In charge of Charles T. Yerkes'
underground railroad and was also at
one time associated with the Guggen-
helms In Colorado mining ventures.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-15
SENTIMENTAL GIRL
HAD UNUSUAL RING.

st. Louis Dec. 15,-AIiss Cora Evelyn
yesterday asked the police to locate a
robber who stole from her $3.50 worth
OF jcwelry. including an unusual ring.
The ring continued the ashes of her
former sweetheart. according to her
statement He was Charles Patterson.
who died in Binghampton. n. Y, about
a year ago. After his body had been
crcmated, Miss Evelyn says she pro-
cured small quantity of his ashes
which she had placed in the setting Of
the ring behind transparent film. Her
reason for this, she said, was to nave
near her always some forcible reminder
OF her dead sweetheart.