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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16

| Mr.. Davis and the officials of the war
department on the other. There was a
disposition In the quartermaster's and
Icommlssary departments at Richmond TO
deny the extent OF the desIltution OF
our army Immediately after the battle.
To ascertain The exact facts of the case
General Johnston organized a board OF
officers TO investigate and report the con-
dition of the transportation and com
missarIat OF the army at Manassas on the
I2lst of July. and their daily condition
for two weeks thereafter. The board was
composed Of Lieutenant Colonel Richard
B. Lee Ga cousin OF General r, II. Leo
Major (aiterward Major GenereD w. L.
Cabeli. representing the Qugrtermaster' S
department. and myself from the line.
Ny asseeiates S, on this board were old
edged ability and large experience,
We organized early In August. and
| made an exhaustive investigation and
detailed report, 1 have a distinct recol-
ing OF the battle there was not at Man
assas one full days rations for the com
! oined armies OF Johnston and Beaure-
gard. and that on no single day for the
as a three days supply there. We found
| that there were not wagons and teams
enough at any time to have transported
| three days supplies for the troops II
they had been put In motion away from
the railroad, We found that for weeks
preceding the 21st OF July General Beau
Fortunate in his demands on the quar-
termaster and commissary generals at
Richmond for adequate supplies. We
found that the commissary general had
not failed to send forward adequate sup
piles for such an emergency as arose
when General Johnston brought his army
from the valley, but that he had inter
fered with and interdicted the efforts OF
officers OF the department who were
with General Beauregard TO collect sup
plies from the rich and abundant region
lying between the hostile armies. After
reporting the. facts. we unanimously
concurred in tho opinion that they proved
the impossib!lity OF a successful and
rapid pursuit of the defeated enemy to
Washington.
This report. elaborateIy written out
and signed. was forwarded TO Richmond
and in n few DAYS was returned BIZ Mr.
Judah P. Benjamin, secretary OF war.
with an Endorsement 10 the effect that
the board had transcribed its powers
by expressing an opinion as 10 what the
facts did or did not prove. and sharply
ordering US 10 strike out all that part
OF the report, and send only the facts as
certalned by US. We met and compiled
with this order. though Indignant AT the
reprimand. and returned our amended
report This was the last I ever hea rd
OF IL. II mover saw daylight, Who sup
pressed II / do not know.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16

Of the big hawsor which he haa segn iJn
coming aboard again that Afternoon. snr.
went 10 look al II and found. 10 ms s5,,ar sn
nrIae tbaI IL was twisted Of bamboo tipei
and, therefore, as far as mo- moorinE roinnEEcerncd. s
600 ton steamer with IL was conee con- rnnc
of no more use than q skipplnE i"p. ~
stopping TO examine the make OF ,he e
pfe line IL was as chick through as ,,,,, nms
calf OF his leg. his eye caught tne 5u", -
of a meial at point where II made n
sharp turn over staneh'on nc nro,,ahd shd 10 q
usmt long slender cylinder about me
SIZE Size Of large kodak film tin. contain ! ;
ing. OF course. opium. The hawset ,o mac
hcen woven around solid core OF sUl!e @
j,lnd which on removal. left ho!Io"
into which the cans could be forced one
after another from the ends - H.
Hsrha shin'a officers seized what was IL
the hawser-ahout $4,000 worth---6ut more
unable to locate any OF that whicn NUS mus,
haze been taken on before. and slnc'
heard that the inspectors IN san Fran
cisco had no better luck when theS
searched the steamer upon its ARRIVAL d.
hot vi
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16

Barlow had been instantly killed almost
AT the same instant. When l reached
General Bee, who had been carried bacl
TO the cabin where had Joined him the
few minutes. while l was holding his
hand. he died.
Some one during the night had told
him that had reflected on him for leav-
ture;, and. at his request. messengers
had been for hours hunting me I'm the
darkness. to bring. me 70 him, that
might learn from his own lips that he
had sent Major Howard to order me &c
withdraw, when he was driven back
across Young's Branch and the turnpike
was grieved deeply not to have seen
him sooner.
reach me was proyidential For full
thrce-quarters OF an hour we had kept
up n fire that delayed the enemys move
ment across Youns's Branch, But for
plateav before Jackson and Hampton
tof Johnston's army came up. and be-
fore Bee and Barlow had rallied their
SSis0rganized Sn,Gr 1,zedr troops Minutes count as
ties.
General Jackson's wound became very
serious when Inflammation set IN. on
hearing three days after the fight, that
he was suffering with It. I rode to his
quarters. little farm house near Cen
trevIlle. Although II was barely sunrise
he was out under the trees. bathing the
hand with spring water. It was much
swollen and very painful, but he bore
himself stoicaly.
His wife had arrived the night before.
OF course. the battle was the only topic
discussed at breakfast. ! remarked, IN
Mrs Jackson's hearing. General how
is II that you keep so cool and appear
SO utterly insensible to danger in such
a. storm OF shell and bullets as raiued
about you when your hand was hit?'
He instantly became grave and rever-
ential 'p his manner and answered. In
low tone OF great earnestness: Cap
tain, my religious belief teaches me 10
feel as safe In battle as In bed God
has fixed the time for my death | do
not concern myself about that. but 10
he always ready. no matter when it
pause. looking, me full in the face:
Captain. that Is the way all men should
live. and then all would be equally
brave"
j felt that this last remark was intend :
Cd as rebuke for my profanity on the
day OF battle. when ! had complained
10 him on the field Of the apparent aban-
donment Of my battery to capture, and I
npologtzed. He heard me, and simply
said. Nothing can justify profanity"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16

Drug Hidden
Hongong and Eing Drug III
In ksndHaws Ddecabl Story OF the Fat Lady

Of four oiled silk bags each Hn..1
places they were designed ~ sa o
a manner that would naye aS.Tsp
envy OF Partisan modIste. 80
IN Hongleong the opium wa. Vse
moulded 10 the shape ot the -,
10 occupy. and these we're a,as, ga1
our lady when she came Sn.H
Swatow wearing pads of-of
pads are usually made. Whnn y
time came the opium pads w. y
stituted for the real ones. whlis
ter went home In my Iady's hantl
Cleverest Of All
NO. they didn't do anything a
yond assessing a fine and t,st;
opium. suppose she has sou-
game by this time. or II she ba ns sra
body else has. Did I tell vow o. X
| that a RoumanIan Gancchau pIri y
kok made at opium smuetmrg
\ We'll that was the cleyeresf sass,,
them all Wait till see ROW ,%i
going down IN the saloon; | woniS.
| telling you that yarn for anythis1
But the fascination OF fan-tan
much for the detective, and bs
reappear until We were aloneg,ds n
at Hougkong, and, then only IN
10 cents riCkshaw fare 10 81,
lodgings. So ! missed his "s,sy,
Ills chair was taken. however 4
first mate, who had just been rail.
the bridge by the captain and
an odd mixture of cockncy, pIds,.
lish and sailor jargon. told he
tale OF opium Smuggling which
heard since coming 10 the EasI
$50 Clarksy's been gyVn' .yo,, 4
is bloomin' tyles w the dom
gyme, as 'c? But, sy. with All
yarns. hi'll wager . didn't ieIi I,
thing queerer than what 'appesi;
an my nateys on the old Taipins
lava run four years ago.
And then he went on 10 tcnl
language which ! dare not an.
render. how some OF the Chinss.
OF a coaster OF which he gss
mate. endcavored 10 take scysr
dred pounds OF opium from n
10 Batavia by covering thc e.,
coal tar. rolling them IN coal h
tuclklns them away In q corner
: bunkers. An inciplenJ t?phoon
tered I'm the Straits made a hu,,
, | trimming OF the bunkers nece,,
which operation the hundred -doIfe
: OF opium were raked down ana
| up with the four -dollar-a-tom
! near the fire room.
r In going under forced drausb
, endeavor to make MaCassar mi
|; storm broke. a lot OF the ouIl
, shoveled under the boilers bv !,
: the fircncn who were NOT in on
whereupon some OF the '1nb
r coolies, on Giscovering what. h
) pened. made frantic endeavors
their simme ring wealth by raklnf
, 81 lot OF burning coal out rpon
} | room floor, where the whole 4
5 were presently overcome by tht
fumes, which also temporarily. d
Y engineers from their posts in h
, above Finally. with the stean,
: Just sufficient 10 keep the screw
!. ing and hold the ships head to
: ing seas. a stream from the 6
{ was turned into the stokehold.
: eXtinguishlng the Goals and 4
= the opium, while the ycntilators
, with their mouths 30 the ,eeth
Z storm. soon cleared the fumes al
the air breathab BILE.
II was a great yarn, and | VI
TO have TO forego my queries |,
the fate of the opium. the aspt
: coolies and the ship herself. thra
: mates being summoned 10 go Il
q tell the gamblers that the Ugh
= marked the steamers entrance I'd
n ish waters was showing alTuost
i the point at which ell gaming,
s ! posed to cease
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Continued Prom Preceding Page.
house We saw General Johnston and his
stan coming toward us slowly. preceded
little by gentleman on horse back
who was lifting his hat to every one he
met. From the likeness I had seen OF
President Jefferson Davis I instantly
recognized him and told Shumate who i,
was. With the impulsiyeness OF his ma
ture Shumate dashed up to the president,
seized his hand and huzzahed at the top
OF his voice. | could see that Mr.. Davis
was greatly amused. and I was con-
vulsed with laughter.
When they came within twenty steps
OF me. where ] had halted 10 let the
group pass. Shumate exclaimed TO the
great amusement of all who heard him
Mr.. President. there's my captain. and
] want 10 Introduce you TO him" The
president eyed me for a moment. as II
he thought ] was an odd-iookiug cap
tain had on a battered slouch hat. a
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
Opium In Clocks

Thinking the banging might have
loosened some OF the screws, / put my
hand up TO steady IL while tapped again
and the weight of il gave the thing away
in an instant. Each OF the fifty or more
gift clocks was made with "A neat COM
partment in the back Just large enough
10 take In one of those ten-pound cakes
OF opium. and in our careful searches for
hidden recesses In the walls We had never
been observant enough to notice that all
the clocks were three quarters OF an
inch thicker than they should have
been
The clocks We're Of q common Ger
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
G e q REMOVES ALL. .HUM0R5
=. D. FROM THE BI00D

he OF all skin diseases be traced in the
blood and therefore the Of skin trouble only through
thorough cleansing OF this fluid Saves washes lotions etc
relieve of the itching and discomfort help reduce namm
hon or aid keeping the cuce cean but such not
reach the blood and OF course have real effect
cures Skin Diseases OF every kind because pufes blood
an internal remedy for an internal trouble and works only
humo from the circulation and leaves the blood rich healthy
and nourIshng in order that supply the with the nece
sy properties TO restore smooth condition. Book on
Skin Diseases and medical advice free SSS sold at drug stores
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co, ATLANTA, GA
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16

from keel to bridge, without finding a
trace OF anything suspicious, and tho
chances are that. for all the good II would
have done us, we might have been search
ing yet if. i'm tapping a stateroom wall to
sound II panel had been sawed, had
not chanced tosnotice that one OF the big
clocks was sasGlng on its fastcninSs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
Death Bed of My General

We found our battery refreshing them
selves on fat bacon and bread After a
nasty meal, | threw myself on a bag Of
oats and slept till broad daylight next
morning. Notwithstanding a drenching
rain which beat upon me during the
night.
In fact, was aroused In the morning
By messenger from ex x-Governor Alison
OF South Carolina. summoned me 10 the
side OF my gallant commander Briga-
dier General Bee, who had been mortelly
wounded near the Henry house where
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
One Of the Oldest Gases

"One NJ rhe oueerest cases | ever had
anything to do with was that OF woman
who spent all her time travelling back ono
forth between Hongkong and swatow- She i
was the Eurasian Wlfe--or one Oh the
wlves-pf u Chinese merchant IN S"ato",
and would have been very good looking
but for decided tendency to obesity. we
told each other every now and then i2I
q while that figure Ike that "oulo
bear watching, and watch IT we DID; M,
as II did not seem 10 vary percept,ply
going and coming we ceased TO DC sus-
p!cious OF II or Its owner
I I'VE noted that for over a year sne
| never missed "A boat In either direction.
| but az I have said since the adiposltE
| was stationary, going and coming. she
passed without suspicion. Then one day
| | had 10 run up 10 SWatow on business
! and some thing put II into my head tna. ne.
It might not be amiss TO give her Oh
| Of n jostle in the crush OF the gang
way. Busting down as though IN q
great rush. ! gave her good. sharp dle
with my elbow as l passed. 10 go careen,
ing off like billiard ball from BOSOM
about as billowy as that bulkhead.
II waited for her on the landing Par
don me. madam, | said, but would yol
against. or was 1t something else? Fol
a moment she looked blank, as though
pretending not to understand; then 1ulcE
| as flash she broke into ravishinf
smile and, laying her hand on my elbow
and leaning close in confidential sister
| ly sort OF way. whispered into my cal
In slightly broken English; Yes. Get ee:
all me- -
"An instant later she had jumped int
a four-coolle chair which appeared Il
have been waiting for her. and wa:
whisked off at swinging trot
II blew my whistle and made. few
Thigh signs, and q young policeman
stopped the chair just as II was dlvins
Into d serpentine nulah OF a side street
Ten minutes later she was in the city
Jail and We found upon her four eieh
five pounds OF opium smuggled every
third day for more than year foots ny
to a good many thousand dollars o
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
Why He Did Not Pursue

The unlnformed. north and south,
have wondered why Johnston and Beau
regard did not follow on 10 Washlngton.
II was simply impossible We had
neither the food nor transportation at
Manassas necessary to a forward move
ment.
This subject was the cause of sharn
irritation between our commanding gem
erals at Manassas on the one hand and
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
Lady Thins Out

THE woman was as thin us a broom
stick. yet so cleverly was her outfit con-
structed that her makeup as q buxom
dame of 200 pounds or more had not ex-
cited more than passing comment from
us who make A point OF scrutinizing al
fat people 1t consisted of several sets
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
Battle of Bull Run, ,5OYears AGO

req haEnel shirt with only one sleeve.
corduroy trousers and heavy cavalry
boots. and was begrinled with burnt DOW
der dust and the blood from my ear and
arm, and must have been about as hard
looking a specimen of captain as was
ever seen Nevertheless the president
grasped my hand with cordial saluta-
ton, and after few words paascd ON
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16

The everlasting girl question is easily
and entirely solved by the insertion Of
a little want "ad' in The Tribune
Bell phone 5000. Ind. 800.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
Of mingled Oriental enterprise and eccen-
tricity-
Scheme Revealed

"The fact that advertising pays even
In China. soon became evident, for not
year had gone by before Hop Ling had
built a new home for himself doubled the
size Of his Eodowns in Saigon and Bang
kok. and established new branches An
a knitting factory. equipped with foreign
machinery; then n rubber plantation
then a bank; then-one day a coolie.
staggering under package labeled lac
quer placques.' stumbled on the steps at
HongEong and sent a half dozen disk
shaped tins OF opium rolling down the
dock
Several similar packages OF lacquer
placques' were waiting in an unassuming
little sampan alongside the dock. and 1t
was recalled that others had gone off to
the b the night before. Well. we
aearched the old hulk from stem TO stern
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
Hiding Places

! told what 1 had heard of the clev-
erness Of the customs officials of San
Francisco and Seattle; of how cans of
opium had been fshed out of the water
floating 10 fisherman s buoy; how it
had been found under the mattress of
an unsuspecting captain who, up to the
moment of its discovery, was threaten,
ing TO have the inspectors discharged
for daring to search his cabin; of how
opium had been found concealed in the
newell posts of the companion ways, in
eggs, in sacks of -four and in bolts of
silk
Speaking OF silk and opium said the
detective. there was rather an amusing
incident occurred at Annoy last year A
merchant OF that city was importing
howered silk from Canton via Hongkong,
and In one OF his shipments, TO his grea
surprise. inside OF a couple of dozen OF
the bolts he found long. fsttened cyIin-
ders OF tin full OF opium around which
was wound just enough silk TO cover
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Copyright. 1911 by the Century COM
pany.)
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16

II TONGKONG-With the sup
~ preston of the regular opium
traffic in China, smugglers loob
for the extended development OF
an active industry in Illicit ways, Per
sian opium will be the chief supply, for
Persia Ia increasing the growth of the
poppy as fast as India is reducing it.
"For ways that arc dark and for
tricks that are vain the heathen Chi
nee is indeed peculiar, and in nothing
is this more clearly demonstrated than
in opium smuggling. But the All Sin
who couldn I find better place than
his sleeve to conceal his eontraband
opium in would have short shrift as Il
smuggler. Gold is where you find it,
as the old prospectors say. 'and even
then it isn't always there. The
same might be said by the searcher for
smuggled opium.
Thus spoke a member of the Hong
kong secret service whom / chanced
10 meet at Macao. / had heard that
owing to the absolute prohibition of
the importation of the drug into Amer
lea, smuggling into the Pacific ports
had increased tremendously, and / was
anxious to learn how the thing WAS
worked from the Chinese end. SO ] en-
couraged my newfound friend to go
on.
Master Smugelers
"We always look for it where we
least expect to find it, he continued,
fitting back comfortably in the wicker
lounging chair on the promenade deck
Of the return steamer, where we had
repaired, with our coffee. ''but our
usual find is only the place that il oc-
cupied. All these coastal steamers are
burrowed as full of holes to hide opium
in as an old tercdo eaten pile. We
know these hooks and crannies and
cosy corners as well as the Chinks
who made them. and when we're tipped
off that ccntraband opium is going by
a certain steamer, of course we rake
her with fine tooth comb.
Ninety. mine times out of hun
dred, no opium, Then perhaps. the
Chinkies get in row over fan-tan on
the run TO Swatow and there officers
get word from an unknown friend
that it might interest them to look
behind-say the third panel aft the
first starboard cabin port. Result-a
hundred pounds or more of thin, bright
tins of opium and LOT of protestingly
innocent Cbinkies. Do you think that
we missed that particular oubby hole
Don I believe it. We didn t miss a
square inch of honeycombiug on the
old hulk; but by the same sleight-of.
hand work that nearly always beats us. ;.
they managed to pass it around from
one place to another while we were on
the search.
Hiding Places
| told what had heard Of the clev-
erness Of the customs officials of San
Francisco and Seattle; of how cans of
had hcn,, Hah ii .f IL
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Continued Prom Preceding Page.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-16
By Herbert ]. Jeffrey

II TONGKONG-With the sup
~ preston of the regular opium
traffic in China. smugglers look
for the extended develonmept of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-11
Oh, Yes! Tiny Drops Of Water Will
. Wear Away Granite Boulder--in Time

A humble citizen tinuidIy mp.
preached one of the Seattle Elec-
trie Company inspectors on Pike
street Sunday Afternoon.
Tive been waiting on this corner
foraa North 40th street car for 40
minutes" observed the citizen. dis.
pasalonately. Aren't they run
ning?"
"Naw'" replied the Inspector.
whose hat bore inspector l" In
nrce little gold letters.
Funny that people are not no.
titled when they run and when
they don't" said the citizen pa
tiently.
Now don't want 10 argue with
YOU" said the inspector.
u was only asking for Informa'
ton" fnltersd the citizen. nervous
~ lingering the streetcar ticket
that he'd bought and pair for.
Go onl" cried the Inspector.
There are notices In them cars
about running. and II you could
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-09-11

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