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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-08
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STATE Conventions
Democratic And Republican Love
Feasts Held by Respective
Parties in Baltimore
Yesterday
FEATURES OF CONVENTION
Democratic Platform Progressive
Party Harmony An Ovation
For Lee

The Democratic convention yester-
day nominated Hon. A. p. German. Jr.
of Howard county, for Governor.
Emerson c. Harrington, for ComptroI-
Ter, and Edgar Allen Poe for Attorney
General.
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Cash For Merchant Family

A lady at Hotel Maryland has sent
90 cents for the Merchant family on
West street. The amount has been
duly turned over and is gratefully re-
ceiycd.
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wire safely, flew out over the lake.
The apparatus has been devised to
demonstrate the possibility of flying
these machines from a ship unassisted
by any other means than those which
may readily be improvised aboard.
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t$~We would like to have n talk with
you about putting money into real es-
tae-hOmeS, lots or farms. Gould Il Lee,
Church Circle. adv
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-08
Change of Residence

Mr.. Henry F. Zeller, who has resid-
ed on Duke of Gloucester street for
some years, has removed with his
family to 153 Main street, the house
recently purchased by him of Mrs.
Jas. S. Taylor.
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DON'T FAIL

To let the CAPITAL follow YOU on
your vacation 1t will keep YOU
posted on all that IN going on.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-04-15
Redhot Cannon Ralls.

There is no doubt whatever about
the C~onfederates firing redhot shot
into Fort Sumter for the purpose Of
setting any indammable material there
on fire. The -Confederates so state
themselves, and the officers in Fort
Sumter would not have made the state
ment had 1t been other than true. The
fire in the barracks gradually swept
around toward the magazine, barrels
filed with powder were rolled out un-
der fire, ana the already hot door was
closed All the blankets of the soldiers
and everything else that could serve
the purpose had already been wet and
laid over the loaded shells, which were
placed near the guns 1t was decided
to throw the uncovered powder over
board This was done, but the tide
was low, so the powder barrels rested
on the riprapping in front Of the en-
brasure where they were cast out. Tue
C%onfederates promptly turned their
guns upon this pile Of powder, causing
an explosion which blew the gun at
the embrasure out Of position There
was stlll a possibility that enough pow
der had sifted through the cartridge
bags which had been carried about the
day before to lead the FIRE into the
powder chamber. Realizing this dam
ger, Anderson called his men about
him OIL the parade and directed that a
shot be fred from the fort at the enc
my every five minutes. adding Incl
dentally that there was some danger
Of the magazine exploding. Some OF
the men dug a trench in front Of the
door Of the magazine and kept it filed
with water during the rest of the bat
tie. OF curse this thrilling moment
Of open powder barrels lying around
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AID General Beauregard been
less Of a soldier and less of a
gentleman of honor and feel.
ing the story of the lombard.
ment n fall Of Fort Sumter just fifty
years ago would in all probability have
been less agreeable reading for Amer
leans than it is. At 5:15 p. m. April
IL, 1861, at the headquarters of the
Confederate states forces in Charleston
harbor, South Carolina, Beauregard
opened and read the reply Of Major
Anderson, U. s.. A., to his Beaure.
CARDS. demand to surrender the citadel
under his command to the Confederate
states.
The demand was that the evacuation
of Fort Sumter by the garrison must
take place immediately and that the
garrison, together with all company
arms and property and all private prop
erty, might be removed to any other
post in the United States. At the close
was appended this gallant concession.
1.-THE flag which you have upheld so
long and with so much fortitude under
the most trying circumstances may be
saluted by you in taking 1t down"
at 12:45 u. m. April 10, 1861. Major
Robert Anderson, commanding Fort
Sumter, received Beauregard's second
demand to give up the fort or have it
battered down I'VE his head Two
aids from Beauregard stood in his
presence, authorized to present the vi
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as o o as 1t was light enough for the
gunners to see the fort. He said he
would not return the fire until broad
daylight because he did not wish to
waste his ammunition. Doubleday
took the announcement very calmly
and did not even get up until the ia
nous shot heard round the world"
had penetrated the masonry of the
wall and burst very neal his head.
Presently the enemy's shots were
coming thick, and the effects of
the bombardment were visible The
enemy's shots In the main were too
high, but the aim improved after day
light. BY the time the Sumter men
were ready TO go to work the Confed.
crate aim had become what soldiers
called fairly good" After "assem
bly," which followed brea kfast, the
garrison was divided into two reliefs.
the duty at the guns to be four hours
Captain Doubleday being senior cap
tain, his battery took the first tour.
Doubleday himself commanded the
first firing party, Lieutenant Jefferson
G. Davis the second party, and Dr. s..
Wiley Crawford, a surgeon turned
tighter, commanded the third.
The First Shot at Old Glory.
In most histories the first shot is
wrongly attributed to Edmund Rufin
Of Virginia, a venerable man, who is
called one of the fathers of secession.
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This tradition spoi!s a good story. and
give the facts from official history as
a setting for an incident worth pre-
serving.
General Beauregard, commander OF
the provisional army of South Carroll.
ma, says in his official report. THE
signal shell was fred from Fort John
son at 1870 a m." Fort Johnson was
on James island It was a three gun
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dmatum If Anderson's reply was not
satisfactory. Anderson delayed them
under one pretext and another until
3:15 a. M, then handed them his writ
ten reply, the response to which was
this courteous yet cold blooded note:
Fort Sumter. s. c., April IL, 1861, $40 a. m.
Sir-By authority of Brigadier General
Beauregard. commanding the provisional
forces Of the Confederate states, we have
the honor to notify you that he will open
the fire Of his batteries on Fort Sumter In
n hour from this time.
We have the honor to be, very respect
fully, your obedlent servants,
JAMES CHESTNUT, JR.,
Aid-de-camp
Major Anderson was himself a
southerner. He had been sent to
Charleston harbor in the fall of 1860
before there was any prospect Of a
dramatic termination to his career
there.
Ever since the demand by General
Beauregard Of the 18th for the evacu.
alton Of Sumter the officers of the gar
rison had been convinced that they
were on the eve of conflict Imme
diately after receiving the final order
from %Beauregard, Major Anderson
went to his executive officer, Captain
Abner Doubleday, who had lain down
on a cot bedstead in one os Tie maya
zines Of the fort, a place supposed TO
be shell proof in fire, and informed
him that the enemy's FIRE would open
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GENERAL LOUIS 7. wIGFALL, O. s.. A., WHO
ENTERED FORT SUMTER WITH A WHITE
HANDKERCHIEF STUCK ON HIS SWORD.
tage, one of the gunners, named Car
mody, stole away to the ramparts and
coolly fred every barbette gun in pc.
sition on the Moultrie side. Carmody
was unable to run the guns back sin.
gle handed for loading and could not
alone fight the whole Confederacy
with suitable weapons.
In another part Of the fort there
was q ten inch columblad in barbette,
which also came under Anderson's
prohibition 1t was loaded and train
ed, and two scrgeants. watching their
chances, stole inro the gorge and fired
it. The shot barely missed smashing
the famous Confederate iron battery.
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--"s~~s =
FORT SUMTER

white flag on April II TO demand sur
render. The demand was refused.
About ! O'clock On the morning of the
10Th Captain Chesnut again appeared
at Sumter and remained there until
past 3 o'clock, awaiting Major An
derson's reply. He had orders in his
pocket to the commander of the bat
teries on James island to open fire In
case Anderson remained firm in his
purpose to hold the fort On leaving
he placed in Anderson's hand a written
notice that the hostile guns would open
in II hour These trips were made
IN an open rowboat, which was pulled
to Fort Johnson and reached there at
4 o'clock.
From Fort johnson Captain Ches-
nut started by boat to report to Beaure.
gard, in Charleston. He was rowed
out into the harbor between Forts
Johnson and Sumter and there lay to
until the signal shot was seen to burst
owe the target.
After delivering his report to Beaure.
gard the captain was again sent in his
open boat down the harbor, now alive
with shells from Sumter and all its ad-
v%ersaries, including Fort Moultrie. The
boat reached Morris island In safety.
passing under the guns which were fir.
ing vigorously. Captain Chesnuts in
structions were to learn the condition
Of the southern batteries exposed to
Sumter's shots and also that of sum
ter. His boat ran out in the harbor
toward Sumter, and he saw that the
buildings in the fort were on Gre.
About that time the firing from Sumter
ceased, but the flag was still waving.
Captain Chestnut determined to make
one more demand for the evacuation
and was preparing to 20 out in the
boat when the United States flag sud
denly disappeared from the historic
walls. Word was brought from An.
derson that he would evacuate, and
the captain FASTENED to the city with
the news.
The next mission of Captain Ches-
nut was one of mercy. The quarters
In Fort Sumter had been set on fire
by hot shot from Moultrie. and the
condition of its magazine was not
known to those outside. 1t was sup.
posed that there must be some wound
ed needing care. A fire engine and
its company were loaded on board a
steamer, and with a surgeon and his
staff Of assistants the relief party bur
ried to the burning fort. On nearing
the wharf the steamer was warned
away by an officer in the fort, who
stated that it was in danger Of blow
ing up at any moment from the mines
placed beneath the wall at that point
as a means of defense.
Captain Chestnut entered the fort
through an embrasure and offered the
services Of his fremen and surgeons
to Major Anderson. Only one man
had been wounded, and the fire had
burned itself out. The lower maya.
zine was under the burning ruins, but
was deemed safe. The upper one had
been emptied by casting the powder
barrels into the sea.
Fighting on Their Own Hook.
Major Anderson gave orders that
only the easement guns Of Sumter
should be used in reply to the enemy.
These were the guns fred through
embrasures In the wall answering to
the ports Of a battleship. The bar
bette guns on the parapet were the
only shell guns In the fort. So the
answering fire was Of solid shot
against shell. Seeing the disadvan-
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JAMES CHESTNUT, JR,,
G. $. A., WHO CARRIED SEVERAL FLAGS
OF TRUCE TO FORT SUMTER.
nous Star Of the West The curiosity
Of the men was changed to a determi,
nation to get ready for battle. The
roll call vas beaten. Sumter batteries
were manned almost before the men
Of the hidden battery had fred a sec
ond shot. The Star of the West came
abreast of Fort Moultrie. The third
shot was fired at the steamer. At
that the Star OF the West put about
and started to sea, again receiving
stu further fire from the hidden bat.
terry as it passed. That was the last
of the Star of the West in the much
talked of re-enforcements to the gar.
rison pent up in Sumter.
1t was while the excitement over
the danger to the magazines from red
hot shells fired by the Confederates
April IS was at its height that Colo
mel Wigfall, ex-United States senator
from Texas, came into the fort As a
cannoneer approached the embrasure
to load his gun be discovered a man
looking In from the outside. There
was a short but lively alteration be-
tween the stranger and the c~annoneer,
the former pleading that he be taken in
lest he should be killed by his own
shot and shell. He handed the can
noneer his sword, to which was at
tached a white handkerchief. Once
inside he asked to be taken before
Major Anderson. To him he said.
For Gods sake, major, let this thing
stopl There has been enough blood
shed already" Anderson replied Sc
riously. There must have been times
later when the ludicrous side Of this
episode caused him to smile. Said he
''There has been none on my side, and,
besides, your batteries are still firing
me-"
Wigfall answered, "I1l soon stop
Reaching for the handkerchief
his sword, he said to the cannon-
eer, Wave it out therep The cannon.
Ger handed the sword to its owner,
in substance, WAVE 1t your.
self" The colonel proposed to wave
it out of the embrasure, but Ander-
son told him that would be useless. II
would better be done on the parapet.
ended in Anderson sending the flag
to the parapet to be waved at the re-
quest of Colonel Wigfall. This was
about the middle of the afternoon on
the 18th. and when the flag appeared
firing on both sides gradually e
I'd This was in reality the end of the
whole matter, but 1t was so informal
that the tension of the nerves of the
and men in Fort Sumter was
~ no means relieved. The flag had
been struck There had been no
orders to cease firing.
B~oaurogard's Dispatch Bearer.
There were several missions sent or
" Beauregard TO Major Anderson h
ore and after the lowering OF the Aa
n all Of EN- one man was colso,
Ious. That was Captain Iat1es Che
tut afterward q Confederate retmr
Chesnut vas one of tbr
Ids who went TO the fort under
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-04-15
THRILLING SCENES
AT FORT SUMTER
Hero Who Saved the Powder
Magazines Hauling Down
the American Flag
BY Captain GEORGE L. KILMER.

copyright by American Press Associa.
ton. lgll,l
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INTERESTING
AT OLD
BY Captain GEORGE L. KILr1ER.
Copyright by American Press Associa.
ton. 1911.


Copyright by American Press Associa.
ton, 1911
IT was IL moment Of interest to the
little band in Fort Sumter when
a at reyeille on the 9th of January.
1861 the news reached them that
a large steamer flying the United
States flag was off the bar Of the har
Dor. two or three miles distant. Ey.
cry n was afraid the garrison was
to be taken away The men talked il
over at breakfast, but even while they
were talking the vessel was rapidly
steaming up the channel Then every
man climbed to the ramparts. but
there was no excitement. Suddenly a
blue puff OF smoke from a hidden bat
terry a little more than a mile from
Sumter showed plainly that the Con.
federates in Charleston had their opln.
ion of the strange steamer, the ia
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-04-15

GENERAL ABEER DOUBLEDAY, WHO FIRED
FROM FORT SUMTER H FIRST SHOT AT
H ooNFEDERATEs IN THE CIVIL WAR.
had TO have its hero, He was Private
Hart, a soldier who had distinguished
himself many times that day. Through
his activity the flames we're kept from
spreading In dangerous quarters, and
to him was given the credit Of saving
the powder magazines.
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TIE STORY OF FORT SJMlt2S
COMMANDMENT FIFTY YEARS AGO,
WHICH OPENED THE CIVIL WAR
Question as to Who Fired First Shot OF Each Side SenIed-HerOism Of
Union Defenders and Courtesy Of Confederate Attackers.
By Captain GEORGE L. KILH1ER
Copyright by American Press AmocutIon. 1911

or sumter in 1861, was q N unfinished work which the United States had
erected Is a defense of the main channel to Charleston harbor When the
sta OF South Carolina Withdrew from the Union at Tho close of 1880 il claimed
ms tort I'M other Federal property as the property of tho state. Attempt
@ hold this fort BY a United States garrison led to tho attack upon II April
IL 1851 The garrison numbered less than a hundred all told. The South
carolina troops Chen in tn. service of the newly formed Confederate States of
Ameroa) numbered several hundred and were distributed in land batteries
and Fort MouItHe Ia former United states forD, distant mo to thres mies
Sumter was practically surrounded by hostile guns
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wv THEN the first gun was fred
w at Fort Sumter on the morn.
w ing Of April u, 1861, many
of the men in the fort stood
on the parapets or about the parade
and watched the course Of the mortar
shell, which arose slowly In the air
until its momentum was exhausted,
then dropped toward the target. 9th
er shells were fired, and these were
watched in turn. Though they were
known to be the signals Of a fight that
was about to open, the end Of which
no man could f%oresee, the usual roll
call Of the soldiers took place on the
open parade ground just the same.
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flagstaff Shot Down..

EAASStAl OHVL boWUs
When the flames broke out the Con.
federate batteries increased their fire,
and a perfect storm Of shot and shell
came upon the fort. The ffagstafr was
shot down, and for the first time the
old flag dropped to the ground. This
incident was interpreted by the Con.
federates as q signal of distress. and
here again General Beauregard showed
that a soldier is not necessarily bv
any means steeled against the 6ner
feelings Of a nan As soon as he
heard that AndersOn'S tag was n,
longer flying he sent three of hi
aids. w. Porcher Miles. Roger A.
Pryor and Captain Stprhn', : Ic" ,u
see If Anderson ; I,roin, q. .ti, Il atar
would receive assistance IN Snhduip.
flames which had broken out IN m
barracks OF the fort, caused by redho'
shells which the purmv was firing on
purpose. Il might hr supposed. to start
a confiagratiOr
The Fort Sumter gunners, of course.
had TO slow up OF their fire In order to
enable some of the men to turn from
fighting the Co~nfederates to lighting
flames Seeing this, the gunners in
the Confederate batteries cheered
when a lone gun was fred from Sum
ter. When the Confederate aids ap.
peared at the fort and announced TO
Major Anderson the humane mission
upon which they had come Anderson
said, present my compliments to
General Beauregard and say that |
thank him for his kindness, but need
no assistance"
Meanwhile Colonel L. T. Wigfall of
B%eauregard's staff had entered Fort
Sumter and proposed in B~eauregard's
name the terms offered on the 18th. as
above. Wigfall himself displayed
white flag on his entrance to the fort.
and the guns on both sides ceased FIR
ing. Anderson asked the three aids
then in his presence about Wlgfalrs
mission and was told that he did not
represent Beauregard's wishes at that
moment. Then Anderson said. 81 will
at once run up my Gag and open fire
Waving his hand to the Con
federates. Anderson added. "Gentle
men, you a return to your batteries.
But at this time Major D. r. Jones.
B~eauregard's chief Of STAFF, arrived, Of
fering substantially the terms talked
Of on the 18th. Anderson promptly
agreed to evacuate the fort the next
day (the 14thl after salutlng the Gag
flying at half mast.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Mother aat PRAYER.

Once. says writer. suddenly open
ed the door of my mothers room, and
saw her on her knees beside her chair
and heard her speak my name in pray
er. quickly and quietly withdrew
with feeling of awe and reverence
in my heart Soon went away from
home to school, then to college. then
into LIES sterner duties. But I ney-
er forgot that one glimpse Of my moth
er at prayer nor the one word-my own
name-which heard her utter. Well
did know that what had seen that
day was but a glimpse of what was
going on every day in that sacred clos
ct of prayer. and the consciousness
strengthened me thousand times in
duty, in danger and in struggle. When
death came at last and sealed those
lips the sorest sense Of loss felt was
the knowledge that no more would my
mother be praying for me.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
THAcKERAY. Asa. TAIL ER.
A Grand oratorieaI Display That Did
Not Take Place.

A Grand oratoricaI Display That Did
Not Take Place.
Thackeray was terribly self con.
scious and usually presented very
poor appearance when he attempted to
deliver a speech. why can't they get
Dickens to take the chair?' he grum-
bled when he had to preside at the
general theatrical fund. He can make
a speech. and good one. I'm Of no
use. They little think how nervous !
am, and Dickens doesn't know the
meaning of the word
An amusing story is recorded of the
occasion when, with Mr.. Fields, the
well known American publisher.
Thackeray Travelled to Manchester to
make a speech at the founding Of the
Free Library institution in that town.
The would be orator declared that, al
though Dickens and Bulwer Lytton
and Sir James Stephen were to pre-
cede him. he intended to beat each OF
them on this occasion. He insisted
that Mr.. Fields should be seated d.
rectly In front of him so that he should
not miss single word
Later. as he rose. he looked at his
friend as much as to say, It'll show
you what speaking is" He began flu
emily, was excellent for two minutes
and then in the midst of a most ear
nest sentence stopped suddenly, gave
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
Court Fools.


Court testers were either misshapen.
half imbecile midgets, whose senseless
remarks were welcomed with laughter:
quick witted, half mad fellows or poor.
merry poets who devoted themselves
to the task for the income which it
brought.
1t was their business in medieval
times to entertain kings and mobiles
with amusing sallies.
One of the early French testers was
Mathurine, woman.
English testers made use Of calfskin
coats, which buttoned down the back
and protected them from the anger of
those who were provoked at their sa:
t1rical thrusts.
A fools cap was adorned with three
asses ears and cocks comb and
worn on shorn head. He had wide
collar, carried a scepter, and his cos
tune and cap were decorated with
bells.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-26
LARGEST CRYSTAL of Bervl,

It remained for a Turk. wandering
far from his native land, to find the
largest crystal Of beryl (aquamarine)
ever discovered, long distance inland
in Brazil. 1t was dug out at a shall
low depth, transported by canoe to the
coast and finally sold at Bahia, bring
ing the finder, it is said, $4,000. Ac-
cording to estimates, this crystal would
furnish fully 100000 carats Of aqua
marines of various sizes.-Argonaut