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event of being driven To take refuge in
the classmates and bombproofs, could
thus protect itself. while all the Con
federate batteries around the harbOr
could he sicnaled to oren on the fort.
When demolished by land batteries of
unprecedented range. the fort endured
for more than eighteen months their al
most constant tire and for a hundred
days and nights their utmost power.
until il could With truth he said that
it at last tired out. and in this way
silenced the great guns that once had
silenced il. Fifty-one heavy rife cannon
were exploded on Morris Island by the
l-nion batteries.
From having been desolate ruin.
shapeless pile of shattered walls and
classmates, showing here and there the
gums disabled and half-buried in spln-
tered wrecks Of carriages, its mounds of
rubbish fairly reeking with the smoke
and smell of powder Fort Sumter under
ire was transformed within a year into
"A powerful earthwork. impregnable to
assault, and even supporting the other
works at the entrance of Charleston
harbor with six guns of the heaviest
calber
Thus II was not until February, 1865.
few months only before the war came
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they hurried to the light and the air.
Nearing the magazine, before we We're
aware of II we trod in the darkness on
the dead bodies of others tumbled to-
gether in the narrow gangWay.
When the last body had been re-
moved and the passage once more was
regained 1t was seen that a fire was
burning iercely in the outer chamber
Of the magazine. used for provisions.
Here Capt. Edward d. Frost. then serv-
ing as post commissary. must have
been engaged at the moment of the eN-
plosion issuing rations He was in
stantly killed. and others with him :;
their bodies We're never recovered
The gathering smoke and flames soon
drove us back again to the parade. Eff
forts We're made to confine the flames
To the magazine By erecting some bar
ricades, but no good came of il. and
the only success that | remember at
this juncture was achieved by the tele-
graph operator, w. r. Cathcart. who
gathered up his wires. rescued his APP
paratus and remounted il within an
other quarter of the fort.
The fire now beyond all control. spread
rapidly upward, by the stairway, into the
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called, varied from FIVE 10 ten feet in
thickness
The damage done 70 Fort sumter by
Admiral Du Points naval attack was Sc
we're in a few places. The combined eff
feet OF two shells. li-inch and 11-tnch.
respectively. striking near together on the
outer eastern wall. or sea-front, was 10
make a complete breach ON the interior
OF the upper classmates, and To show
crater six feet in height and eight feet I'm
width. on the exterior Of the wall. In
another place the parapct was loosened
for twenty five feet Of its length. some OF
the bricks falling out and exposing the
gun carriage behind IL.
The magazines Of the fort naturally gave
the defenders special concern There
were four. situated At the extremitles of
the gorge. nearest TO Morris Island. and
in pairs, one over the other. The stone
work built for their protection externally
had been carried up only 10 the tops of
the lower magazines All were used in
the naval tight with Admiral Porter 5
tronclads for they were not then so i'm
periied by naval fire as later when the
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the good effects of Hgginsons demon
stration were lost. ,
As we neared Sumter we We're hailed
loudly by the enemy, but no answer was
returned simultaneously a rocket was
sent I'D from the fort, and almost as IL
exploded the air was filled with Kissing.
shrieking missiles from the James ana
Sulliyan's Island batteries. which seem
ed alive with fire, while an ironclad was
pouring grape and canister into the
boats and sweeping the approaches 10
the gorge.
The parapets and crown of Sumter
were filled with men pouring murder
Gus fire down on our defenseless party,
and heavy missiles and hand grenades
helped on the work of destruction. BE-
fore this fire had fully developed, two
boats from the Powhatan and others
had effected a landing. AS was subse-
auently learned. their crews and officers
were driven to shelter and taken prison
ers.
All these things were evidences of the
enemy's foreknowledge of our purpose
and complete preparation to Illustrate It.
The ..corporals guard that we We're to
have encountered proved TO exceed our
own numbers Under these conditions
but one expedient was left-to effect an
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early withdrawal. The order To retire
was accordingly given through Lleut.
Forrest, and was several times repeated.
Admiral Dallgren. who was watching
the operations from boat III the dis
lance says in his journal, 'Moultlie fired
like a devil, the shells breaking around
me and screaming in chorus" What
must have been the impression in the
midst of the cyclone, where the air was
blazing with bursting shells, and the
ear was deafened with the roar of can
non. the rattle of musketry, the whistling
of grape and the explosion of hand
grenadeS.
Withdrawing in the barge from the
vortex of the fire. we remained near the
fort to afford assistance to any disabled
broke we pulled to the flagship to report
the results of the assault and determine
the extent of our loss. We found this
amounted to 124 killed. wounded and
missing out of 400 men. There was ma
terial in the command, both In officers
and men, that would have insured sue
cess. had this been within the range of
human endeavor. Five Thousand men
could not have captured the fort that
night.
After the war Gen. Beauregard wrote
me two letters on the subject of the at
tack. in which he says. in effect: After
the fall of Wagner and Gregg, We acted
under the belief that our forces We're there
by demoraliZed and the enemy would
doubtless make a demonstrate against
Sumter. Our impression 10 this effect WAS
strengthened by the number of armed
boats seen to be gathering around the
during September 3. We We're. more
over. able to read all the signals made
that day.
Sumter was accordingly reinforced, and,
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when attacked, contained 80 mon One
OF our ironclads WAS ordered Ia take M
position to sweep the approaches To the
gorge with canister and grape The guns
In the shore batteries were loaded and
trained upon the approaches to the fort
and the men We're ordered to stand bv
their guns lockstrings in hand Al the
given signal of rocket from the fort, all
the batteries We're To open. If our gums
had not opened so soon and fired go ran
Idly, We would have captured or destroy ell
your whole command
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by Rear Admiral Dahlgren on the night
of September s. 1869. failed in twenty
minutes with loss Of life and the cap
ture of ten officers and ninety-tWo men.
Afterward, when the walls were bat
tered down much lower, and the task OF
climbing tie .exterior slopes was made
much easier II became necessary to an
Choir a boom of heavy logs off the ex-
posed slopes. To spread wire entangle-
ments near the base of them. and 10
place bristlng array OF friiseS-sharp-
ened wooden pixies, set in frames, an
along the crest.
These Instructions had to be removed IN
DAYTIME. or they would have been de-
stroyed. The exposure of the men as
signed to this duty was very great: they
were always prsonally directed by Lieut.
John Fl. Houston of the engineer troops.
II was while engaged inspecting these
that Capt. Frank Huger
Harleston of the LIST Artillery was NOR
tally wounded on the night of November
81. 1863.
a complete system of interior defense
was perfected as early as December, 1853.
consisting of barricades and blindages of
sandbags or logs as the case required
loopholed for infantry and pierced for
howitZer fire searching every part of
the interior of the fort. The garrison, IN
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was appainted as my aid Final instruc-
tions we're given to the officers command
ing divisions To make the pest o. theit
way to the fort when the divisions Were
formed and the order MAS given TO ad-
vance instructions OF general charac-
ter were given to Lieut.. HigEinson, ana. a
tug having been brought into service, It's
commander was directed TO lie by the
Patapsco on leaving the hasship Inc
barge was to stop alongside the former
vessel for Or. Wheeler, as we hdu no
medical officer with us.
We finally showed off, and after the
niece sarv short delay by the Patapsco.
while the surgeon was making ms prep
arations. were towed by the tup toward
the nickel monitors Montauk and Lee
high. which | instructed TO move up to
our s,lpport. as the admiral. at my re-
quest, had authorized me to DO.
We moved slowly on our way TO the
fort 1t was calm clear. starlsht
night The only sound Vas .lie s'e anS
humping of the tugs propeller, ana
nothing was seen ahead but the grim,
half-detined outline of the fort
When the master of the tug reported
that he could go no farther the poa'S
were east off. the divisions were formed
and Higginson, an officer OF courage ana
Judgment. was directed 10 carry out the
instructions previously given him. lie
accordingly moved off to do so. ana
most Of the division commanders dashed
off also under the impression that his
movement was a general one and that
the order TO advance had been given.
Efforts to recall them We're made. nut IN
vain Nothing remained to do but to
give the order for the remaining boats
TO make the best Of their way to the
fort. Through this misrepresentation all
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companied him in thought and feeling
as. for the last time. he went the rounds
of the deserted fort The ordered case
mates with their massive guns Were
there but in the stiffness of that hour
his own football alone gave an echo from
the arches overhead. The labyrinth ine
galleries. he traversed them. We're
lighted for moment by his lantern. he
passed ont from the shadows to step
aboard the little boat awaiting him al
the wharf. and the four years defense
of Fort Sumter was at an end.
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to end. that Gen. ShermanS march
through the interior of South Carolina
obliged the withdrawal of Confederate
garrisons and troops from Charleston
and it's vicinity | had been sent else
where on duty, and was glad to be spared
the leave-taking that fell TO others.
The night of the 18th of February.
1SG5. the commander. Capt Thomas A.
Huguenin, silently and without inter
ruption effected the complete evacua-
ton. He has often told me of the par
ticulars, and | have involuntarily ac-
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The Boat Attack on Sumter,

advance This suggestion was adopted
and Lieut. tafterWard Rear AdmiraD
Francis J. Higginson was selected for the
command of the party. His demonstra-
ton, with other things, was TO develop
the extent of the enemy's defensive prep
arations
Tie admiraFs barge was placed at my
disposal and Lieut. Forrest an officer of
rare Judgment, intelligence and merit.
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Low Sumter Was Held
l 1 by the Conf e deracy
Throughout the War Against
Great Odds Told by a Mem
Der of the Garrison, Maj.
John Johnson, With the Boat
Attack on the Fort Described
by the Leader of the Storm
ing Party, Rear Admiral
Thomas H. Stevens
BY Maj. John Johnson, c. S. En-
orinonrc
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y first reCollections
~ Fort Sumter
date back to my
bnyhood, a b o IL t
1871. when the
walls had not yet
been begun. and
the structure was
only a few feet
above high water
mark. capt. A. Ill.
Bowman of the
Corps of Engineers
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Of the United states Army vas in charge
Or the works III Charleston harbor. and II
was my fortune to visit the fort very
frequently in his company.
\ year and three months of my lie
were afterward spent in the fort as en-
gineer -in-charge, during the arduous ana
protracted defense by the Confederate
forces in the wears 1863 and 1861
In the beginning OF 1863 the fort was
sarrisoned 10y the greater part OF the
lst South Carolina regiment OF arthiel!'
enlisted as regulars. and commanded oy
Col Alfred t;hett Lieut.. Col. Joseph A.
Yates and Maj. 0Tmshy Banding Inc
drill. discipline and efficiency OF the gar
rison were maintained At the heieht Oh
excellence 4 spirit OF emulation existed
between this garrison and that OF Fort
Moultrie, on the opposite side or the chah-
mel cons listing OF The lst South Carolina
Infantry tregularsl, commanded by Col.
William Batter. The people or the state
and city We're proud Of the two regiments,
and the Charleston.ane Thought OF no
greater pleasure for their visitors IMAM 10
give them an afternoon trip down the har-
Dor to see the dress parade and near the
band play at Fort sumter
The ine record of this garrison. begin
ming with the eth of April, 1863. when
Rear admiral Du Points attack with nine
ironclad vessels was repulsed, continued
until September of the same year. when
the fort s1Ienced by Mai. Gen. Gillmore's
preaching batteries had no further use
for artillerists and was thenceforth de-
Tended mostly by infantry. one or two
companies Of artillery would serve their
Turns Of duty. but the new garrison was
made UP OF detachments from infantry
regiments OF Georgia, North Carolina and
South Carolina, relieving one another
every fortnight
The walls of the fort rose, on all It's
five sides TO height of forty feet above
high water in the harbor; but they varied
in material and thickness. The materials
used were the best Carolina gray brick.
laid with mortar, concrete OF pounded
oyster shells and cement. and another and
harder sort of concrete known as beton-
and used only for the embraSures.
The scarp wall was five feet in thick
ness but a il was backed by the piers
and arches Of the easements THE walls
OF Fort sumter. they are popularity
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BY the time the watchword for the
night had been arranged it was half
past 10 O'Clock. AS we were taking
leave of our friends ii was suggested to
me that one division of boats should be
sent around Sumter as feint, while
the remainder should wait within easy
distance of the fort for the order to
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The fire. now beyond all control. spread
rapidly upward. by the stairway, into the
The Greeley tribune., 1911-05-25
FR|CHTENS
GIRLS ON
THE HILL
JACK THE PEPPER HAS WO-
MEN IN A PANIC
MEN ARE ON THE LOOKOUT
Mysterious Individual Hangs About
in Dark Corners and Appears
Suddenly Before Girls Out
After Night Alone

Girls living in the south end OF
the city are in a state of panic as
the result of several bad frights ex-
perienced within the past ten days
through a man who 80 far has
evaded arrest.
The mysterious person is a sort
of Jack the pepper. who has made
it a practice to conceal himself be-
hind trees or shrubbery and in
dark corners. where he would await
the approach of one or two girls.
Then he would come forth and ac-
cost the girls. telling them not to
be frightened that he meant no
harm.
Until the girls got to comparing
notes 1t was not known that the fell
low had been carrying on his oper-
ations nightly. Since the warm
evenings began he has hung about
Normal hill and has frightened
dozens OF young women living in
the vicinity.
The matter was not reported to
the police until yesterday as 1t was
not known how far the matter had
gone. Only one man has been seen
but IT was always in semi-larkness
and there is no good description to
be had. 1t is believed that there
may be several Of the men, since
the reports OF girls being accosted
are coming in SO fast that 1t would
caap, {mpoccih1o for ono man to hA
in so many places so nearly the
same time.
As a result of the widespread agi-
tation in the southern part of the
city a large number of husky male
relatives of the girls are quietly
keeping a lookout for the masher
and should he be detected in the
act the chances are that he will be
dealt with severely.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-05-25
SUIT BROUGHT
that INVOLVES
RIVERSIDE co.
Stockholders to Go Into Court to
Secure Accounting Of Rights
in Securing Water

Alleging that their lands and
crops are endangered by the state
ment OF officers of the Riverside
Reservoir and Land company tha,
no water will be given them for ir-
rigation unless an arbitrary assess
ment of $62 for each water right
is paid by them, water consumers
under the Green City irrigation dis
trict in Weld county yesterday filed
in district court a petition for an
Injunction to restrain the Riverside
company from fulfilling its threats
The plaintiffs allege that they
are not stockholders in the River
side company and that they can not
be compelled to purchase stock in
the company. under an agreement
80 to do. until all debts and liabili-
ties Of the Riverside company are
liquidated; that, not being stock
holders, the defendant company has
no right to insist upon the payment
of money amounting to $62 for
each water right held by the plain
tifYs. and that the defendant COM
pany has not the legal right to re-
fuse the plaintiffs water for irriga-
ton and domestic purposes be-
cause of the refusal OF the plaintiffs
to pay these demands.
A temporary injunction is prayed
for. also a speedy hearing on the
merits of the case 80 that perma-
nent Injunction may be issued be-
fore the real irrigation season opens
in order that the crops of the de-
fendants may not suffer for lack of
moisture.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-05-25
AGE NO BAR

EVERYBODY in Greeley Is Eligible
Old people stopped with suffering.
Middle age. courageously fighting,
Youth protesting impatiently;
Children. unable to explain:
All in misery from their kidneys
Only a little backache first.
Comes when you catch cold
Or when you strain the back.
Many complications follow
Urinary disorders, dropsy, Bright S
disease.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for
backache.
For other kidney ills.
Mrs. ]. W. Coons, 6O2 Eighth St.
Greeley, Colo, says: Our little
girl, ten years old. suffered from
backache and kidney trouble from
infancy. The use of Doan's Kidney
Pills brought the most satisfactory
results, greatly improving her con-
dftion in every way. l can highly
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills tc
all mothers having children afflicted
with disordered kidneys"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-05-25
MOTHERS HOLD
LAST MEETING
OF THE SEASON
North Ward Circle Have Interesting
Program at School House
Complete Seasons Work

The last meeting of the North
Ward Mothers Circle was held on
Thursday afternoon at the North
Ward school house. The teachers
of the school, Mrs. Mabel Marsh
Miss Jessie Fink and Miss Kilpat-
rick had the program in charge.
DR.. w H. Shields gave an interest
ing talk on Quarantine and the
laws that govern it." Miss Fink
read beautiful sentiment on
Pleasure" The program was fol-
lowed by reception for the moth
ers and light refreshments were
served.
This Circle was organized early
in the school year by the mothers
OF the children on the north side.
Mrs. Charles H. Bliss is president
and Mrs. George Dauth, secretary.
The mothers have met every month
to discuss problems of interest to
them
1t is expected that the club will
be larger in numbers next year.
The mothers of the children who
would be in the school next year
were invited TO the meeting Thurs
day.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-05-25
WHY YOUNG WIVES AND
HUSBANDS QUARREL

Margaret E. Sangster says. in the
course of an interesting article in
the June Woman's Home Compan-
ion:
1.-TWO households may stand side
by side on the same street, two
families live within hailing distance
OF one another for years in the same
community, and yet have opposite
tastes. sentiments and Convictions
The children of each growing up to-
gether may marry and. until they
reach the period of new adjust
ment, never suspect how Antago-
nistic has been their early train
ing. This is one reason why the
first year of marriage is so beset
with briers and thorns. Everybody
knows that until people actually
dwell under the same roof they do
not mutually become acquainted. A
single week spent with a friend at
a house party does more to promote
intimacy or indifference than years
Of superficial social Intercourse.
The touch-and-go meetings inciden-
tai to teas and receptions are the
merest suggestions OF personality.
but when one sits day after day be-
side the fire or at the table with .
reighbor, each ceasing to be ON
guard, real understanding begins
Even correspondence which, to q de-
gree. is in the nature of revelation,
does not make people 50 we'll ac-
quainted and is by no means so true
test of disposition and tempera-
ment as the test is OF living to-
gether. During courtship and be-
throthal an engaged pair are on
probation. Without effort each dis
plays qualities OF charm that cannot
fai. to be attractive The most ordi-
nary speech has a favor Of compli-
ment- The future husband and wife
are walking through land Of
dreams. Shall the dreams come
true? They surely will If on both
sides there are fixed principles OF
honor, justice and fdalltv"
The Greeley tribune., 1911-05-25
infant DIES
FROM SCALDS

Windsor, May 20.-Oran. the two
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G.
Lewis. died last night from burns
received by falling into a bucket of
scaiding water. The funeral will
be held at 2 O'Clock tomorrow after
neon from the Presbyterian church.
The little fellow met with the ac-
cident Thursday afternoon. His
mother had just placed a bucket of
hot water on the floor that she was
going to use in scrubbing. She was
called from the room for a moment
when the baby. just large enough to
walk, toddled over and fell into the
water.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-05-25
ROW OVER
WATER IS
RENEWED
RESERVOIRS OF NORTHERN
COLORADO PROTESTING
MAY CHAnGe LAST ORDERS
Senator Cross of Loveiand Protests
to State Engineer On Order Is
sued By Division Engineer
in the Spring

Derre-. May Is.-Senato- Cross
Of Loveland was at capitol !esisr-
day to enter q protest asains, an
order of division irrigation snignesr
to preven, the storage Of water By
reservoirs il the northern part OF
the state. The old fight IN that part
o, the state over the storage rights
CT reservoirs is on again II is said
that there Is danger OF a serious
shortage Of water later in the season
IL the recent order is not rescinded-
II is declared that no such ords!
as the one recently Issued has ever
been made before II puts stop
TO the storage OF water by rsser-
yoIrs at this early date before the
reservoir owners have had a chance
TO etore the food waters from the
mountains, consequently the order
Is the cause OF great indignation on
the part OF the people directly af-
fected.
The Carpenter reservoir bill pass
ed by the last legislature. establish
ing the rights of reservoirs regard
ing priority rights might be OF aid.
but, as this measure has not yet
been signed by the governor and
will not become effective for 80
days. any relief 1t might give would.
1t Is contended, come too late to help
matters this season.
There was some amusement at
the state house at the appearance of
Senator Cross on such a mission. as
he was one of those who led the
fight against the Carpenter bill, de-
claring that 1t gave the reservoir
owner an unfair advantage over the
ditch owner. Yesterday he was at
the state house to see what could be
done to protect the reservoir owner
from the bitches.
State Engineer Comstock says
that most of the blame for the
trouble over water rights in the
northern part of the state is due to
the division engineer whom he ac-
cuses Of playing politics. The OBJ
jectionable order. he declares. may
soon be superseded by one giving
the reservoirs the right to store
water for use later in the season.