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This was the state of affairs in 1845. Then came the blight upon the potato and millions found themselves face to face with starvation, and families died along the roadside by thousands. The famine was followed by the plague, and then came almost the worst calamity of the three. The landlord himself was almost starving and had grown poor, consequently he raised the rent and evicted those who could not pay. Hundreds of thousands of people were turned from their farms...
...peasants to try and better conditions. The next year Mr. Gladstone turned his attention to the land troubles and secured temporary relief, by the passage of a bill, until in 1885 the great Land Purchase Act was passed. This measure provided that after the landlord and tenant had agreed upon a fair price for the land they should jointly apply to the state which gave the purchase money to the landlord, who from that time had no hold upon the land. The tenant payed rent to the state for a stipulated length of time, at the expiration of which...
...Scott went on to tell of the history, method and influence of the Academy. West Point was of great strategic importance during the Revolution, which fact, together with the lack of officers during this war, made Washington see the great advantage to the country of placing a military academy upon this site. He strongly advocated this measure, and in 1802 Congress at length passed a bill to establish such an academy. It proved inefficient until after the war of 1812, when it was reorganized, and after many troubles were eliminated it was placed upon its present basis...
...Upon graduating from West Point in 1876, Colonel Scott entered the cavalry service, and in each of the three succeeding years went with expeditions among the Indians in the far West. For twelve years previous to 1891 he did routine duty among these people, having charge of an investigation of the ghost dance disturbances. At the opening of the Spanish War Colonel Scott had attained the rank of adjutant-general, and in this capacity served in Cuba throughout the disturbance. During the governorship of Major-General Wood, Colonel Scott acted as chief of staff, and in 1903 went...
Professor F. C. de Sumicharst, of the French Department, will give a series of seven illustrated lectures upon "The British Empire, Its Origin and Growth," under the auspices of the Victoria League in the United States. The lectures will be delivered in Chickering Hall, Boston, at 8 o'clock in the evening, on the following dates: October 27, November 17; December 15, January 19, February 16, March 16, and April 20. For those who are not members of the League a charge of 50 cents for each lecture will be made. Season tickets, admitting to the series, may be obtained...