| Show I 1 1 DEATH OF FRANCIS ARO ARMSTRONG 4 TRONG wen men are judged generally by what they accomplish and by the means through which chich they work viancie armstrong came to thle tha city with nothing but an alert brain a pair of 0 strong arms and aji indomitable will from nothing he forged out for or him belf a fortune at the same time he had a passionate desire to see this city prot pir per and to ste se every cloud swept away alvay from the sky ot of the state he served nerved here as mayor through one or two terms and Y when hen they u wished lobed him to succeed himself lie he told the heads headd of 0 the ilia mormon church that lie would no longer nerve as mayor unless the property properly of 0 the gentiles should be in dl erectly represented in the council that was the beginning of 0 the breaking break lne down of 0 the dividing line which had kept gentile and mormon apart front rom the beginning in this city some gentiles were nominated for the council and though the nominations created 0 a storm and though the motives of it a good many men were impeached they were ere elected and thereby the business interests of 0 lie city were ere drawn closer together than tl an they ever had been before it was at the request ot of frank armstrong and amos howe that the petition for amnesty for this people nape dratted drafted at the same it me time there was ims no more devout mormon in the city or bbate than francis limstrong Aima Aim trong strong indeed the intensity of 0 its his bel belief let amounted to what men gette generally rally call fanaticism lie ile was shai nhat 1 p and shrewd in business but the seni sense be ot of justice justic never forsook him and m while ilia ile he fought always for his own rights and tor for such a advantages as he could gain ho hi was mas just in his conclusions and thony of those who ila knew him befit beat has always 1 INN a Ys been that the cl men could got get to mr jill limstrong Aim strong in businski busin business Sk tile the more they respected him lie ile was mas cut down in the full strength of ilia bis life when his hopes were mere brightest when hen be li beamed ready tn ti do better than he had ever done suddenly an all insidious disease began its bolk and though lie he fought it with nit nil ills his old time obstinacy it nt last became elar clear that the ilia blow ha be hal had received was VH a moi tot lal one and that thai tho the question ot of his life na nai m as i but ot of only a few days or weeks as might be whon when he sent in ili ills resignation as commissioner those who ho knew him best besl knew that he realized at last that he was gone in fact nwe wc suspect that it a less resolute man would have succumbed weeks mecks ago it Is a a tearful fearful blow to his family for there was no happier home lit in tile the city than his and title the city generally will mill deplore the ilia loss joss of tile the steril sterling ng man at the same time lime its sympathy will go out in great volume to tile the poor afflicted ones in fit lily ills own onn horn home who he ili hi their desolation arc re comfert lebs |
