The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-18
YOUNG AMERICA.
A Fifteen Year-Old Boy Puts All
England Ill a Stew.
lie Wrote to the Times, Telling How Uncla
sam Would wipe England OF
the Nap

Especial to TIE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
LToSs, N. Y, March 17-Little Walter
Scott, the now famous writer of the letter
to the London Times which threatened thu
British public with extinction If they
dared say ''boO'' to the United States. was
fifteen years OF age last july. He was
born in Dunkirk, Chautauqua county. New
YORK, In 1876, and has always resided
there. He is the son of Walter Scott. chief
engineer of the Columbus Construction
company, OF Chicago, and grandson of j.
l. Williams, editor-ln-chief OF the Duukirk
Erentng ObserUcr. Young Scott has, with
his mother, two sisters and brother.
made his home with his grandfather for
several years, wnere ne mas mad all the ad
vantage OF careful and 1udiclous training
ia study and reading. He is the eldest IF
the Jour children and entered DunkirK
SCHOOLS IN early childhood. He has gone
through the various grades and examiua-
tons OF regents Of the state being now in
the academic department. While well I'D
Win his Class, and devoted to study he
mas been from early bOyhoOd g constant
reader OF history, aud Of all current events
OF the world as found in the daiIv reI,,s-
papers Of the country 10 which he has easy
access through MS grandfather's uewspaper
once. For some time he mas been assist
ant IN tle mailing department. Of thar office
the duties OF which be attends to outside of
school hours. Occasionally be has been
given an opportunity to report Unimport-
ant meetings and his accounts have mot
the approval of the management of the
paper and have also been the means of adj
ding mucE to his ability to put his thoughts
IN suitable share
When the trouble in Chilli commenced ba
was interested In everything pertainiDrr m
the history OF the country anu watched The
progress OF It's civil anu military affairs
with the closest attention. All the arrioIea
that appeared 10 tue newsDa9ers In REGARD
70 Chill were read ana reread with iDcreas-
ing interest and avIdity and he would occ-
sloEally send for copies OF tho T.ondon
tlmeS. so that nothing should escape his
notice That had a bearing upon the view OK
foreigners as to the international Difficult
Ties oil that country and It's relations 10 tho
United states. In addition TO his varied
readings on the subject he has written nm.
dreds OF pages OF progress on Chllian
matters and the causes Of the misunder-
SIanGlnS between that government and
ours. lie Is entirely loyal to the stars and
stripes, and the tone and criticisms of the
Ea8ush papers We're 90 much for him TO
tamely listen 10. He therefore determined.
without consulting with anyone. to Give
the Times, and through il the reopIe of
England, piece OF his mind. He signed a
hcuIious name. as he WAS afraid that Mis-
letter might be rejected IN case he told iust
who he was. He was much in ear1est
about what he wrote, but could not resist
the temptation to indulge in more or LEGS
Imagination when 81 eaking of the bound
less resourcess Of the United States and
It's ability to raise powful armies. CAPTURE
Canaia and invade England, wipfng il
IRON the map. Aftec sending his let
ter be commenced within few days
to watch the kilograms from London TO set,
II 1t had been published. His first uotice
oil the receipt of his letter fiually came Ho
was quite pleased with its publication. but
little disappointed that the entire letter
was not telegraphed over II was at this
tI1e that he first showed his family the
copy Of the original manuscript which ha
had forwarded to the Times. Noting tbe
similarity between othe fictitious and his
true names, the letter was copied in tho
Dunklrk Observer. The publicity given the
letter and the nOtoriety it received has NOT
turned the head of young Scott, but he
continues his duties in the Office and school
as though nothing whatever had occurred
to bring him into public notice He is for
tunate In having good advisers who will
not permit him to be pulled up with any
undue self-importance. AT present be has
considerable taste for writing and iour,
nalism, which will be encouraged and de.
veloped as his education and age will per.
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