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Great Falls tribune., 1889-08-31
LONDON DAY BY DAY.

The smoke in vaster volumes rolls, 4
The fever hend takes larger tolls, .-
And sin fercer grip OF souls, H.
In London day by day. =-.
Still Buggins builds on swampy site.
And Eiffel houses block the light,
And make a town of dreadful night,
Of London day by day ~
In fashions long and busy street .. sd
The outcast foreign harlots meet,
While Robert smiles upon his beat
In London day by day -.
Still modest nniden's cheeks are stung
With foulest words from wanton's tongue
And oaths yelled out with leathein lung
In London day by day .",-
Wealth riots In mad excess
While thousands, poor and 'pennfless,
Starve in the mighty wilderness -..s
or London day by day
Wrong proudly rears its wicked head,
While Rights sad eyes with tears are red.
And sluggard Justice lies abed, -..
In London day by day
The liar triunphs, and the knave
Rides buoyant on the rolling wave
And Liberty makes many slave
n London day by day
Yet Hope aud Trust and Faith and Love
And Gods fair dowers from above,
Still find branch, like Noah's dove.
II London day by day
And onward still, though slow the pace
Press pilgrims Of our grand old race,
who seek the Right with firm set face,
And shed Truths light BY Gods good grace
Der London day BY day
George R. SiinA
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tower, bnt they soon disappeared. -Four
years after the leaves were again seen
between stones on the tower and con-
tinued to thrive through the warm
months. In about two years time a well
defined and proportioned tree spread
its limbs and leaves from the
great height above. Greensburg became
known all over the state as the .'Lone
Tree City, on account of this curiosity.
But in time it will lose this name, as in
1875 more trees appeared and six instead
Of one adorn the tower.
The trees are of the silver poplar yari-
ETY. and are from three and one-half tc
nine feet four inches high, the limbs
measuring little over three feet, They
Great Falls tribune., 1889-08-31

have a firm rootlng ana neaiuny appear
ance. and also cause the stones to spread
about one and ne-fourth inches apart,
but just above the creyices spread out
and measure from four and one half
to seven and three-f fourths inches in cir
cumference. The trees can be plainly
seen from the Union depot and attract
the attention of many travellers, and are
regarded as the pride Of Greensburg.
Great Falls tribune., 1889-08-31
AN ELEVATED FOREST,

Trees Grow on the Top of the Tower Of
Greensburg Court House.
Greensburg, Ind, possesses natural
curiosity in the form Of an elevated for
est on one of the towers Of its court
house. In the center of the business por.
tion of the place is a handsome park,
which contains within its bounds a
grassy lawn and choice variety of shade
trees. In 1854 one of the finest of court
houses was built in this park. The archi-
lecture is of pleasing variety and the
workmanship Of the best quality.
On either end of the building are two
large towers: the one on the east stands
Great Falls tribune., 1889-08-31
HON. ALPHoNso HART.

sketch and Portrait Of the New Solicitor
of the Internal Revenue Department.
Hon. Alphonso Hart, the new solicitor
of the internal revenue department, is q
lawyer at Hillsboro, 0. He was born
July 4, 1880, in Vienna, Trumbull coun-
ty, o. When Alphonso was "A years old
his father died, and the boy was bound
out to neighboring farmer Becoming
dissatisfied, he ran away and worked
his way through Grand River institute
He was admitted to the bar in 1851.
In 1854 he was elected assistant clerk
of the lower house of the Ohio legisla-
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lb6 feet from the
! g v ell Of the
grou n d to the
fancy stone or
nament at th e
top. In building
the tower, about
thirty feet from
the top an arch
wa 8 m a d 9 of
brick, on which
stone was lai d
about two feet in
breadth and three
or four feet j \
length. In 1855
a few leaves were
seen protruding
from between the
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+ " dANOUUS 4f4A sAAA4- ~
zie's son-in-law and the ely ybourns There
were some French and a good many In
dians and half breeds, but no Americans.
Attracted by the rumored fertility Of
the soil, old Mr.. Scott and his family
commenced farming near Naperville.
Young Willis. however, as was then the
custom, was apprenticed till he should
become Of age, and spent several years
in doing "chores' for DR.. Dinley Of the
army, who was stationed at Fort Dear
born. Mr.. Scott remembered when the
village was first surveyed, and he saw
lots about where the Sherman house
now stands sell for $s5 each. He failed
to see how city was to be built in the
swamp that then surrounded the piece
of ground on which the trading post and
fort stood, and consequently never
bought any land. He enlisted in the
first company Of militia which defended
the town from the Indians, and at the
close of the war was given land war
rant for 1850 acres This he located at
Naperville and lived there for some
time.
At that time all legal business had to
be transacted at Peoria, which was the
big town of the territory. Mr.. Scott
once went to Peoria on horseback to get
marriage licenses for two couples. By
the time he got back, one of the couples
had quarreled and the license he had fol
It was never used.
Through all his long life Mr.. Scott en-
joyed almost perfect health. He de
lighted in recalling the early scenes o.
his young manhood, and never ceased tt
wonder at the growth which he saN
about him. He died without days i'll
ness.
sq.+s,r-~s4-r-,s5 ...s.ss
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stone Of his ca
reer. Immediate
ly after this he
was selected BY
Sheriff Charles G.
Villa m 8, Of
Kings coun n ty,
from fifty candi-
dates as und er
sheriff. The term
Of office in that
district is three
years. So wisely
did Daggett util-
}aa t1,ot ts~o fhof
Great Falls tribune., 1889-08-31
ctlcAeo,s "oLDEsT 1NHABlTANT.'
His Name Was Willis Scott, and He Die
I,,t tba nf1,ar nnv.

His Name Was Willis Scott, and He Died
but the Other Day.
Chicago has lost her "oldest inhabi-
sant" in the death of Mr.. Willis Scott,
who was born at Unadilla, N. Y, March
35, 1910.
sixty-three years ago, at the age Of
Is. MI. Scott, accompanied by his pa,
rents. brother and sister, started for what
was then the far west. They made the
whole journey from Otsego county,
N. Y, to Fort Dearborn in wagons.
After leaving home they crossed the St.
Lawrence river at Black Rock and
passed through Canada. The country
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TRUSTEES
Notice et Sale Of Personal Property

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance Of an
order Of the Probate Court Of Cascade county,
Montana Territory, made on the 10Th day Of July,
lSsg, in the matter, Of the estate Of George 7:
said estate, will sell at private sale to the high
est bidder. for cash, Or one1half cash and the
cent per annum, on Wednesday, the l4th day Of
August, A. D. 1883, at II o'clock N: of said day,
at the Law Office Of said undersigned. in the
Gold block at Helena, Mont, the following per
sonal property, to-wit: an Of the beef. stock
nut valley, Cascade county Mont belonging to
about 25 head of horses. Bids must be in writ
ing, specifying the number and kind, whether
herd, and price per head. and accompanied By
certified check for at least one half OF the pur-
chase price. Said stock to be delivered to pur-
| chasera at the fall roundup. The right is re-
| served to reject any or all bids.
T. P. STERLING,
Executor Of the estate of George 7. Cadge, dc.
ceased.
| Dated July a. 1885,
a. The above sale is hereby continued cont until
First publication July 2a.
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- osk dtA4es sA@ ansaneeaa-4.s15:sssv,
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''' the ONO senate
vacated bv Hon. Luther Day, elected to
tie supreme bench. In 1871 Mr.. Hart
was elected state senator, and in 1878 he
was elected lieutenant governor OF ONO,
though the Republican candidate for
governor was defeated by Hon. William
Allen.
An event marking the character Of the
man was the majority report upon the
senatorial contest from the Third dis
trict which resulted in establishing the
right Of the inmates of the National Mil
tary asylum for disabled soldiers, at
Dayton, to vote.
Mr.. Harris service in securing the pas
sage Of the measure, and consequent ma
jority in the state senate for the Republic
cans, made him very strong with his party
This measure involved questions OF in
ternational law, the jurisdiction OF
states, and the political status of people
in a state who are living upon land
ceded to the general government for ma
tional purposes. The subject excited
deep interest among soldiers, and par
ticularly those at the government asy-
lums throughout the Union. In sub
seouent review of the case, the supreme
court, notwithstanding former decision
to the contrary, affirmed the right OF
soldiers to vote in the state where their
asylums are located
In 1879 Governor Hart was presiden-
tial elector-at-large for Ohio, and cast
his vote for the reelection of Gen. Grant.
| In 1874 he removed to Cleveland and be-
came member of the law firm of Nal,
vim, Hart & Squire. Here Governor
Hart remained until 1878, when be re.
moved to Hillsboro In 1880 he was sent
as delegate to the Chicago convention,
where he sat side by side and in conf,
lential relations with his old friend, the
nominee, James A. Garfield. In the fall
| Of the same year Governor Hart received
.le nomination for congress from the
Seventh Congressional district, but was
defeated by John P. Leedom. Again, in
| 1882, he was nominated for congress
| from what was then the Twelfth district
and was elected, although the ticket il
general was beaten. In his profession
Governor Hart has gained a reputation
not less distinguished than that obtained
in the political field.
Great Falls tribune., 1889-08-31

lat1re. In 1857
he as sociated
him 8 elf with
Samuel Strawler,
of Ravenna, in
the practice Of
law. In 1851 he
was elected pros
ecuting attorney
] for Portage coull-
ty and was re-
elected in 1868,
but resigned to
accept the seat in
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had been for some days waiting Tor
them. The English vessels had taken q
high northern course, hoping they might
enter the Gulf of st. Lawrence without
subjecting themselves to injury from the
enemy's crabs, it not being considered
probable that there were enough Of
these vessels to patrol the entire coast.
But although the crabs were few in num-
Der, the syndicate was able to place them
where they would be of most use, and
when the English vessels arrived off the
northern entrance to the gulf, they
found their enemies there.
However strong might be the incredu-
lily of the enemy regarding the powers
of a repeller to lombard city, the syn
dicatc felt sure there would be no pres
ent invasion Of the United States from
Canada, but it wished TO convince the
British government that troops and
munitions of war could not be safely
transported across the Atlantic. On the
other hand, the syndicate very much OBJ
1ected to undertaking the imprisonment
and sustenance of large body of SOL
diers. Orders were therefore given to
the officer in charge of the repeller not to
modest the two transports, but to remove
the rudders and extract the screws of the
two war vessels, leaving them to be
towed into port by the troop ships.
This duty was performed by the crabs,
while the British vessels, both rams,
were preparing to make united and
vigorous onset on the repeller. and the
two men-of-war were left helplessly
tossing on the waves. One of the trans
ports, very fast steamer, had already
entered the straits, and could not be sig
nailed, but the other one returned and
took both the war ships in tow, proceed
ing very slowly until, after entering the
gulf, she was relieved by tugboats.
Another event of somewhat different
character was the occasion of much ex-
cited feeling and comment, particularly
in the United States. The descent and
attack by British vessels on an Atlantic
port was a matter of popular expectation.
The syndicate had repellers and crabs at
the most important points, but in the
minds of naval officers. and large por-
ton of the people, little dependence for
defense was to be placed upon these.
IS to the ability of the war syndicate to
prevent invasion or attack by means of
its threats to lombard the blockaded
Canadian port, very few believed in it.
Even if the syndicate could do any more
damage in that quarter, which was i'm
probable, what was to prevent the British
navy from playing the same game, and
entering IN American seaport, threaten
to lombard the place if the syndicate did
not Immediately run all their queer YES
sells high and dry on some convenient
beach?
Affecting of indignation against the syn
dictate had existed in the navy from the
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.THERE AM'r no ANSWER, SIR. "

THERE ANT no ANSWER, SIR"
preston created by it was intensified
when it became known what the syndi-
cate proposed to do the next day. Orders
and advices from the British admiralty
and war Office sped across the ocean, and
that night few of the leaders in govern
ment circles In England or Canada closed
their eyes.
The opinions Of the commandment Of
the fort were received with but little IA
vor by the military and naval authori-
ties. Great preparations were already
ordered to repel and crush this most
audacious attack upon the port, but in
the meantime it was highly desirable
that the utmost caution and prudence
should be observed. Three men-of-war
had already been disabled by the novel
ind destructive machines of the enemy,
and it had been ordered that for the
present no more vessels Of the British
navy be allowed to approach the crabs
of the syndicate.
Whether II was a mine or O bomb
which had been used in the destruction
of thepphnished works of Fort Pitcher,
it EoIfld be impossible to determine
until an official survey had been made Of
the ruins; but, in any event, it would be
wise and humane not to expose the gar
rison Of the fort on the south side OF the
harbor to the danger which had over
taken the works on the opposite shore.
If, contrary to the opinion Of tho COM
mandant, the garrisoned fort were really
mined, the following day would pfoba-
bly, prove the fact Until this point
should be determined 1t would be highly
judicious to temporarily evacuate the
fort. This could not be followed by oc-
cupation of the works by tho enemy, for
all approaches, either by troops in boats
or by bodies Of confederates by land,
could be fully covered by the inland re-
doubts and Notifications.
When the orders for evacuation reached
the commandment of the fort, he protested
hotly, and urged that his protest be con-
sidered. 1t was not until the command
had been reiterated both from London
and Ottawa, that he accepted the situa-
ton, and with bowed head prepared to
leave AiP post. All night preparations
for ALTON went on, and during the
next morning the garrison left the fort
and established itself far enough away
topteciude danger from the explosion Of
a mine, hutnear enough to be available
IN case of necessity.
During this morning there arrived m
the ofing another syndicate vessel. This
had started from northern part Of the
United States, before the repellers and
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stunned upon the ground, and people on
elevations at considerable distances felt
as if they had received blow; but there
was no trembling of the ground.
AS to the fort, it had entirely disap-
peared, its particles having been insran-
taneously removed to great distance in
every direction, falling over such a vast
expanse of land and water that their de-
scent was undesirable.
In the place where the fortress had
stood there was a wide tract of bare
earth, which looked as if it had been
scraped into a staring dead level of
gravel and clay. The instantaneous
motor bomb had been arranged to act
almost horizontally.
Few persons, except those who from a
distance had been watching the fort with
glasses, understood what had happened;
but every one in the city and surround
ing country was conscious that some
thing had happened of a most startling
kind, and that it was over in the same
instant in which they had perceived it.
Everywhere there was the noise of fall
ing window glass. There were those
who asserted that for an instant they had
heard in the distance a grinding crash;
and there were others who were
quite sure that they had noticed what
might be called flash of darkness, as if
something had, with almost unappreci-
able quickness, passed between them and
the sun.
When the officers of the garrison
mounted the hill before them and sur
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to protect the lives ana property In the
harbor.
1t was true that one of those beastly
repellers was sneaking about off the
cape, accompanied, probably, by an
under water tongs boat. But as neither
of these had done anything or seemed
likely to do anything. the British cruiser
should be attacked without loss of time.
When the commander of the Lenox
came to this decision, his ship was well
abreast of Cape Henlopen, and he there
fore proceeded directly out to sea. There
was little fear in his mind that the
English cruiser, which was now bearing
to the southeast, might sail off and get
away from him. The Stockbridge was
detained by the arrival of dispatch
boat from the shore with message from
the naval department. But as this mes
sage related only to the measurements Of
a certain deck gun, her commander in
tended as soon as an answer could be
sent off, to sail out and give battle to the
British vessel
Every soul on board the Lenox was
now filed with fiery ardor. The ship
was already in good fighting trim, but
every possible preparation was made for
= contest which should show their coun-
try and the world what American sailors
were made of.
To BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.
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This story commenced in THE SUNDAY
HERALD of March 10th. Back numbers can be
obtained at this ofice.)
Ordinarily the commandant of the
fort was of a calm and unexcitable tenn
permanent. During the astounding events
of that day and the day before he had
kept his head cool; his judgment, if not
correct, was the result of sober and earn
est consideration. But now he lost his
temper. The unparalleled effrontery and
impertinence of this demand of the
American syndicate was too much for
his self possession He stozned in an
ger.
Here was the elimination Of the knav-
ish trickery Of these conscienceless pi-
rates who had attacked the port. A tor
pedo had been exploded in the harbor,
an unfinished fort had been mined and
blown up, and all this had been done to
brighten him-a British soldier-in COM
mand Of a strong fort, well garrisoned
and fully supplied with all the NUM-
lions of war. In the fear that his fort
4rould be destroyed by mystical bomb
he was expected to march to a place of
safety with all his forces. If this should
be done it would not be long before these
crafty fellows would occupy the fort,
and with its great guns turned inland,
would hold the city at their mercy.
There could be no greater insult to a SOL
der than to suppose that he could be
gulled by trick like this.
No thought of actual danger entered
the mind of the commandment. 1t had
been easy enough to sink great torpedo
in the harbor, and the unguarded bluffs
of Fort Pitcher offered every opportu-
nifty to the scoundrels, who may have
worked at their mines through the nights
of several months. But mine under
the fort which he commanded was an
mpossibiiity; its guarded outposts pre-
vented any such method of attack. At
a bomb, or dozen, or a hundred Of the
syndicate's bombs. he snapped his fin
gers. He could throw bombs as well.
Nothing would please him better than
that those ark like ships in the offing
should come near enough for an artillery
fight. A few tons of solid shot and shell
dropped on top of them might be very
conclusive answer to their impudent de-
mands.
The letter from the syndicate, together
with his own convictions on the subject,
were communicated by the commandant
to the military authorities of the port,
and to the war office of the Dominion.
The news of what had happened that
day had already been cabled across the
Atlantic back to the United States, and
ali over the world; and the profound i'm
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THE ARREST OF THE IRISH SERGEANT.
time that the war contract had been made,
and this feeling increased daily. That
the officers and men of the United States
navy should be penned up in harbors,
ports and sounds, while British ships and
the hulking mine springers and rudder
pinchers Of the syndicate were allowed
to roam the ocean at will, was a very
hard thing for brave sailors to bear.
Sometimes the resentments against this
state of affairs rose almost to a revolt.
The great naval preparations of Eng
land were not yet complete, but single
British men-of-war were now frequently
seen off the Atlantic coast of the United
States No American vessels had been
captured by these since the message Of
the syndicate to the Dominion of Canada
and the British government. But one
good reason for this was the fact that it
was very difficult now to find upon the
Atlantic ocean vessel sailing under the
American flag. As far as possible these
had taken refuge in their own ports or in
those of neutral countries.
At the mouth of Delaware bay, behind
the great Breakwater, was now collected
number of coastwise sailing vessels and
steamers of various classes and sizes; and
for the protection of these maritime
refugees two vessels of the United States
navy were stationed at this point. These
were the Lenox and Stockbridge, two of
the finest cruisers in the service, and
commanded by two of the most restless
and bravest officers of the American
navy.
The appearance early on 4 summer
morning of a large British cruiser of
the mouth Of the harbor filed those two
commanders with uncomfortable bellig-
erency. That IN time of war vessel Of
the enemy should be allowed, ypdis-
tuTbed, to sail up and down before an
American harbor, while an American
vessel filed with brave American sailors
lay inside like cowed dog, was a
thought which goaded the soul of each
of these commanders. There was GER
tain rivalry between the two ships, and
considering the insult offered by the
Haunting red cross in the offing, and the
humiliating restrictions imposed by the
naval department, each commander
thought only of his own ship, and not
at all of the other.
1t was almost at the same time that
the commanders Of the two ships sepa-
rately came to the conclusion that the
proper way to protect the feet behind
the breakwater was for his vessel to
boldly steam out to sea and attack the
British cruiser. If this vessel carried a
long range gun, what was to hinder her
from suddenly running in closer and
sending few shells into the midst Of
the defenseless merchantmen? In fact,
to 90 out and fight her was the only way
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THE GREAT WAR SYNDICATE.
BY FRANK N. STOCKTON

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