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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
The ~aNagcS.

Capt. Madden telcSraphs from the head of
San Francisco, under date Of May i, that We
toras Indians sole thiloy horses at that point
the night previous, and to his knowledge eleven
men, two women and four children had been
killed. Captain Madden Will continue his pur-
suit of the host'e7.
pm,y of twenty-five men who started out
on the 10Th of last month to recover stolen
stock from John Dcifmach, murdered in the
Inyankara mountains, and to avenge ms death,
came uI,on parry of seventeen Indians on the
Little Powder river on the 18th lust, and lied
four Of them, besides capturing scvcnty-siX
horses. One of the party named Joseph RhOdc-,
was killed
An emgrant party going west were attacked
by Indians near Fort Davis, Texas, on the 18th
inst. man and women were killed. and two
men wounded. Two other men hclonl my to
the party missing aud supposed to bc killed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
Financial Complications.



Enter Bl.dget .th her hands on her
hips. Faith, mum, ] sha" have to
ask We for more wages. Stocks is gone
SO low that poor GLrrl Ike me is liant
entirely" "We", Budget, you know
il is always a pleasure to me to pay my
servants more money; but e the nece ssi-
ties of lie are as cheap as you say,
| think | ought rather to cut you dow n
II Hc. With Con Imperial at 40 cent :
and Lady Bryan at Is, you really ought
to be abe to loal up at very tile OK
penae. ''lnGa e, mr,n, that's TIN lie of
We, but consider the assessments. 4
shan do no,b rg OF The F'ud. Your po-
sition he enables you to buy The
stocks, b. it doe not compel you to
pay the AZ essments. BE Reasonable, re-
trun t. the kitchen: an7 when stocks be-
come expensive again | VII add s. a
month to your wages. and we vi" re-
sumo genera y the style of living to
which you have been 2 ,customed." Head
of the bou1e (sotto voice. Smart
woman, that only she doesn't happen
to low that | am shoe on the whole
list, and boom in the market would be
rattleSnakes and blue lichtningr'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
WeiI-Paid [ aMyerS,

FROM the New York TImes
The British government places Il high
value on the serN .ces of lawyers in the
cabinet, aud pay them more handsomely
than the other members The lord
chancellor, the Encouragement and the
solicitor-general each has higher salary
than the prime minister or the secreta-
lies. The lord chancellor receives $50
600 year, the attorney-generalS so, 500.
and the sol;citor-2eneral $4,000, while
the premier is paid s. ), 900 yearly, which
is also the salary Of the chancellor of the
eXchequer, and the home, the foreign,
the Indian aud the war secretaries. The
lord lieutenant OF Ireland receives 500,
900 per annum, and the lord chancellor
OF Ireland $4,000. Judges are also
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

New YORK, May 22-3:OO P. M.-Flour-
Dull and without decided change; receipts
10.32O bbls; round hoop Ohio at S4.90tG5. %;
choice do at 3.75a4.6O; common to good extra
do at 54.2504.S0; choice do at &4.S5M7. 90;
choice white wheat do at s4.75@5.00. Wheat
Spring quiet and nominal; winter shade stronger
and quiet: sales $4,000 bus No. red seller
Jure at S1.2G; 5000 bus do seller July at
S1.1G !; No. 1 white seller May, S1.2G$4 bid:
81 } asked; seller June, S1.234 bid; @1.241 1
a. Corn Without i'npo' ant change;
III xed western spot at 53(055c; do futures at
51&4m5314c. Oats-Dull; western at 49, 1Gnl5c.
Decf-Steady; new plain mess at S9.50010.00.
new extra do at SO. 0O010.50. Pork-Dur and
heavy; new mess at 911.15. Lard-IIoavy and
lower; steam rendered at $50. Butter
Unchanged and drill; OHIO at 9G17c. Cheese
Firm at 9Ca12j &c for poor to choice. Whisky
Nominal; western at S11Gd115. Sugar-Fn N
and quiet. Molasscs-U Unchanged; demand mod
crate. Petroleum Quiet and very IN. Rice
Firm; fair Inquiry. Coffce-Quet. but fiji My
held. FrcightS Dull. Spirits of Tul ,oentine-
Heavy at &C. 5@27c. Kosin-F n at e1.37l IA
1.4215. Tallow-Qu;et at Csc for western.
Unchanged at 10 5@114c for fair to
chO Ce.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

TnE New York Bul,ia, makes a compilation
Of crop reports which shows so far as can b.
shown at this time that the wheat production
Of 1880 VII fully equal that of 1879. Iowa and
Kansas VII fall off, but THEN deficiency viii bC
fully made ZIP by gains in illinois, Ohio, Minuc-
sofa and Pennsylvania. If present promise
shall be verified that Will be tie fou,th succct-
sipe great grain crop III the United States 81
continuance OF prosperity almost if not quite
without precedent
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

Is his examination in the case Of Gen. War
ron. Who i, charged with not bringing up his
troops at the proper time at the battle of Five
Forks. Gen. Sheridan said: Il never wanted a
commanding officer 10 take personal risks oN-
eept when his troops we're III confusion which
might result in their defeat. There were several
instances during the war when corps com
mauders failed to attempt torally broken troops
when | thought they should have done So"
Til. is doubtless the true military view of this
subject. At the battle Of Waterloo the Duke Of
Wellington, although COMMUNICATIVE
Thought il absolutely necessary during period
II that battle to personally expose himself
under tire. The Hanoyerian and Belgian troops
were thrown into confusion by the charge
u the French cavalry. The duke at
once went down and rallied all Of the fugitiyeS
that liz could. He afterwards said that if they
had been British troops he would not have done
50, but that the Hanoyeran and Belgian troops
had mortal dread of the name of Napoleon
Consequently. he considered his presence among
them absolutely necessary TO restore order. and
perhaps save the entire line of battle His
conduct on this occasion more than bears out
the views Of Gen. Sheridan in the Warren case
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
N1IsrtierOlts Deeds.

4 cold-bloUdcd murder took place ON the 10Th
inst, near the village of California, sin miles
up-rivcr from Cincinnati. Mrs. Singer, u
widow about 81 Yeas of age, went out to cut
grass on the roadside, near the residence OF Mrs
Batcman, also widow. MIS-. BatCman ordered
Mrs. Singer to leave. 1t appears she refused,
WhcrcupOn Mrs. Eatcman went back To her
house. got a duublc-barellcd shotgun and de
lihcratcy fired its contents INTO the face and
breast OF Mrs. Singer, and then coOlly went
back to her house. Tie murder was Witnessed
hy two men III a field near by, and Mrs. Bate
man was arrested.
The excitement over the outrage and killing
of Mrs George Salmon by the brute Joe John
son, near FAIRY Jew, Ky, has about subsidized
The carcass of the fellow was burned TO ashes
and his head was cut off and placed on a pole
near the place of his execution.
Tie derangcd wife of DR.. J. Bryan. of LeXing-
ton Ky. gave her child large dose of morphine
and then doscd herself on the 18th. The child
died, but Mrs. Bryan's life was saved. a she
took an overdose. The poor woman was taken
to an insane asylum.
Two brothers named Hall were shot at East
Cairo. Ky, on the 18th inst, by one Rogers,
owner of a fish boat, they having had a quarrel.
One viii probably die, but the other is not
fatally injured.
William Oehm while i'll an intoxicated con
diton, wen: To the residence of Miss Charlotte
Joiner, at Chicago, Huron County. O., and de-
utlUAliUlltt NlIt IillI ~ ItdNt
and on his refusal fired the contents Of shot
gun into his stomach and breast. He died
shortly after.
On the 18th INST. Robert Bird, employed as a
track-hand on the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta railroad, at Columbia, S. c., killed his
wife. Hester Bird, at point between Kclhan's
and Sharpe's stations. Reports of a criminal in
tmacy between his wife and another having
reached Birds ears he went home inhaIned
with liquor, and enraged with jealousy struck
his wife down with the butt of an ak, and then
proceeded to cut her head OF with the AK.
Bird fled to a mill race a few miles distance and
drowned himself
An Italian organ-grinder named Charles Gar
della, was arrested at WilkeSbarre Pa, on the
10th instant, charged by a 10-ycar-old daugh-
ter with having shot dead her sister, aged five
years.
William TOmasson, a seaman belonging to
Boston, killed mate Henry Metcalf, of the bark
Annie Emr. i'll fight at sea. The ship arrived
at New York on the 18th inst. with the prison
er in irons
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

WIEN a trembling tramp who fired
Stuyvesant, \. Y, which was burned
rushed upon him, intending lynchiug. \
burly man stepped before the criminal
and said, BE careful; this man may be
innocent" Hang them both, was the
CRY, to which the stranger retorted
" All right, come on; you can't mob this
man without putting me quito the way"
The sheriff hurried the prisoner into
safety, and the stranger turned out to
be Donovan, the prize fighter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

paid very large salaries in England, that
of the lord chief justice being $1,000,
while the ordinary justices of the count
of appeals and of the high court of JUS
tice get $50, 900 year each. No public
law officer in the United States is paid
anything like the amounts above named.
The chief justice of the United States
receives SO, 800 a year, which is $500 n
year more than is given to each of the
associate justices The salary of the at
torney- general of the United States is
$1,000 Some of the New York judges
are better paid than the members of the
United States supreme court, but their
salaries are vastly below those of the
English Judges.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

THE Paris correspondent Of the Boston Jo,0'-
udl says the passion for lottery gaming is grow
ing in the gay capital. Even the city author-
ties have fed the fever of speculation by attach
ing large prizes to certain bonds when loan is
put ON the market. When a cel,.u nrmber OF
these bonds are called IN at stated periods, the
POI SCISSORS Of the lucky numbers get pI Ees Of
$4,000, 10000, 10000 or 10000 fr~ncs, and the
result Is that the mas es are always EAGER to
subscribe. Superstition plays a large pat il
the operations Of lottery spectators, and the
ser ny ass Of Paris spends its leisure in calcu-
lation Of numbers and III the Oh cryation of
Dmtus
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

LATE letters from Denycr announce that on
an average thousand pas, engers dav are
poe' .ng INTO that city rom the east, the most
of whom are bornd for the GUrn,on and
White river country, where theyprop0sc 10 tIy
their luck in the diS9inSs. The heaN., SNOW
falls are pro,ing Of great disadvantage to the
Gmbuiops prosl ectors and the s. sht of dIifts
from four to I "a feet iii depth, VII eli, ! they
20 on now they must cross before they can
reach the new promised land, WI doubtlc $
cool their urdor. 1t is roughly timatcd that
10y August / next no less than twemy thorsand
persons viii have moved into the Guuuson and
White river country. LII tbs section vc.y little
prospecting has been done, but some of the
mines developed have given vel, promising in
dcatons Of great wealth. AS soon a. the scat
body of snow is fairly melted, the crowd now
held III check ii Denver and LeadN lie W" push
OH. and the excitement pe rises to be as great
H. 1t Vas iii California - 1912 and Colorado
ten years lat l.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

enact laws giving more effectual protection to
occupiers against injury from ground-game, for
the determination of the liability of employers
for accidents sustained by their workmen, and
for the extension of the borough franchise III
Ireland In the debate on the queens speech
Lord Beaconstield and Sir Stafford Northcote
expressed a deep desire to know what the in
structions were with which Mr.. Goschen had
been dispatched to Constantinople. In reply to
the latter Mr. Gladstone said that he regarded
the settlement of the Greek and MCntenegrn
questions as of pressing importance, and he be
lieyed it desirable to let Turkey know that Eng
land had no special and separate interest Ill the
maintenance Of the Ottoman empire.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
Chicago.

CHICAGO May % 800 P. M.-Wheat Weak
aud easy at $1.15&i al. 1G for cash; 91.08"- for
seller June; S1.03fs for seller July. Corn
Weak and easier al 81 e for cash; So sCo'36l ! c
for seller June; So e for seller July. Oats
Weak and lower at 81 e for cash; C9$, for seller
June. Rye and Barley Unchanged. WhishV
At 41.OS. Pork-Wcak and lower at S10.n5
for cash; $1O.15 for seller July. Lad-Wcak
and lower at 500 for cash; S6.72t for seller
July. Hogs Receipts 10000 head; weak and
5Ca1Oc lower; Eight at $4.10a4.25; mixed pact-
ing at 53.9OGt.20; Shipping at c4.:O04"5.
Cattc-Rccep, y. 800 head for the week 81, 700
head. |. reest on lecold duiet aud weak; Fl p
Ping at 2i0O@4.70; butcners, at S22O0'3.S5
grass Texans at $3.50; stockers and feeders at
-3 OO(G1 20.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

PARIS has 365 miles Of paved streets. Stone
blocks are used Oh 264 miles; Macadam on 81
miles, and asphalt on 10 miles. The AIacadam
has been abandoned on account Of the expense
Of maintaining it III good order and the impos-
slbllity of keeping it free from mud dust.
The cost il Paris for stone block pavement has
been 500 the square yard, against $3.50 for
the asphalt. In Washington the new stone
block pavemcnts have cost on an average only
Il 30 and the asphalt 51.47.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
Drowned.

On the 21st instant, two boys named John
Murphy ard John Ira lor, went bathing in M"
creek, near Cincinnati, O., when they were T.
lied down stream by the current and drowned.
Wtile Fletcher Lafferty and wife and John
Auchuer and wife were rowing on Lime lake,
\. Y, on the 10th instant, the boat ran against
a sna and capsiged. Mrs. Auchucr and Mr.
LatfetCy were drowned.
Herman Croyey, - years of age, fell into the
liver from a raft at Cincinnati, O., on the 18th
instant, and was drowned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

DR.. Iao.,GN,S, famous Swedish ichthyolo-
gist, has been pursuing invcsti cations in ard
to the herring tishcr.ei O. thct country, stats
ties Of which are cort~iuad in the state archives
from tile be-. pns Of the fourteenth Gentry,
and thinks ne has 81 covered that the y.eld il
dcte. II ned by the occurrence Of sun spot 8, the
herring coming and going with them. The
learned doctor TIA nks that the sun spots occa
sioning wcl-lnown mas netie changes II ire :
trial phenomena, causes a change i'll Il { cur
rent Of the sea also, by which the food On
which the herring feeds, is car.icd now to this
place and now to that.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
The English EarlianlCnt.

Parliament assembled on The Afternoon of the
goth inst The queens speech promised early
steps TO compel Turkey 10 fulfill the Berlin
treaty, and assiduous efforts to establish an IN
dependent government III Afgh nistan: invited
that the South African colon es had
been advise to form confederation. In re-
gard 10 legisat'o the speech states that par
lament VIII not be asked to renew the pcace-
preservation act for Ireland; it will be invited 10
pass an act for the settlement Of the burial
question, to renew the secret-voting act. and to
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
Singular and Fatal.

James Parsons, Is years Of age, met his death
III a shocking manner IN the woods near Siblcy,
Jackson county, Mo, on the 2lst. He, III COM
pany with another lad named Stewart, was
choppinS wood. Parsons, unknown to his
friend, laid down bel nd a large log and went
To sleep. At quitting time, Stewart threw his
axe over behind the loS, and the edge struck
Parsons in the thigh. scvu.ng the femoraI ar
terry. Death eusued III four minutes.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

NORTH CAROLINA shortly after the war, man
ufacturcd 100000 pine sugar boxes a year,
selling them to the Cuban planters at a lower
price than New England boxes could be made
for. But a change III collecting the duties Of
sugar soon ruined the business, the southern
boxes being 50 much heavier than the northern
that the tarc did not prevent the imp orter's
paying duty on more sugar than be received.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
a AeI at Zee.

A dispatch dated the DIST inst. state that an
immense field of Ice spreads from the west coast
of Newfoundland to Cape Capso, bIockadipg
navigation considerably. Two large NorWc, ian
barques were lost near Rose Blanche n. f.. and
it Is thought many more VIII meet a I''lc fate as
the ice Is very heavy. The crews of the lost
ships were rescue The steamer linz WI
helm had both bows stove III on the 10Th and
Lad to throw overheard $50 tons Of hCr cargo Of
railroad iron. She reached sydney, c. b., for
rNnnirs
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

Ar the head Of Fall Greek, Nevada county
Cal, pines and frs over one hundred feet i'll
height are 50 buried III snow that only few
feet Of their tops are to be seen. Where a dark
forest lies III summer there is now only to be
seen white eApansc Of snow, with here and
there what appear TO be clumps Of bushes, but
are really the tops Of the tallest pines.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
Business Failure.

The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and IRON
company suspended payment on the DIST lust.
1t is understood the company obliged to
pay New York parties bon owed money to tie
amount of 9600,O00. This swamped the con
Germ.
Geo. d. Roscbery, spike and nail mauIfac-
turer. Of Pottsyillc Penn. has failed. Liabiii-
ties $50, 900. The shriuka2ej in the price of iron
is assigned as the reason for the failure.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

BRIT HARrE said at the Royal Academy d'n-
ncr that he presumed he was selected to reply
to the toast If Literature" as a native Of a
country which reads more English books and
pays less for them than amy other nation. = |
recognize. he added, "your appreciation Of
what Is SAID to be distinctive American literature
a literature WI ch laughs with the American
skies. and IS by turns SUI 2. sing and as eA-
trayagant A. the American weather. Indeed. |
am not ceIt in that these cyclones of American
humor that cross the Atlantic are net as proNi-
Dental Il the American storms that init gate
tie austere monotony Of the English climate.
For il has been settled by Your reviewers that
American literature is American humor, and
that tins American humoris kind of laughablc
mpropricty, more or less scautily clothed y
words. 1t has been settled that youarc sober
people and that nobody in Anne ca takes life
seriously not even a highwayman-and that
our literature is a reflex of our he. Eut !
think that a majority Of this Academy are kind
enough to recognize some principles of art M
deriving this Characteristic
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
Senator Gordon Resigns.

Senator John B. Gordon. of Georgia, has re-
signed his seat in the United States senate, giving
as his reason for so doing desire to retire and
attend to private business. EN-Goy. Joseph +.
Brown was Immediately appointed to the posi-
ton by the Governor Of Georgia, and accepted
IN. TINS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
AfgflstaIISi1is.

On the 10th instant, the British troops de
leatCd four thousand ShrwaIis, VIII 'iIlmg
loss. The natives lost one hundred Filled. Ma
tive messengers report that large numbers of
the enemy are collected between Shchabad and
GhuZnce.
Twcnty-eiSht shops in CabuI were destroyed
by a gunpowder explosion recently.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

eastern frontier. Not content with strategic
railways and cntrcnched camps, she is building
forts around the largest fortresses. For in
stance, in the present year around Konigsburg,
in Prussia proper, ten forts viii be completed,
and an eleventh at Neuendorf will be begun.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
Hallway HsI>l,aps.

The mutated body Of an unknown man was
found on the track of the Baltimore K Ohio
railroad on the 10th inst.
Charles Iully, Young unmarried man. while
in an intoxicated condition was run over by
fast Wabash express at Lafayette, Ind, on the
10th inst, and fatally injured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

A COUPLE in the hackwoods of Michi-
gan desired to marry, but they were not
within reach of a clergyman or justice.
There was not, in fact, human being
within twenty miles. SO they wrote out
as much of marriage ceremony as they
could remember, including affirmative
responses, signed their names to the
document, and pronounced themselves
husband and wife.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
Disastrous ENnInsiOns.

A boiler explosion in McLelland X Blake
saw mill near Halifax, n. s., on the 18TH killed
Hugh Boyd and Allan leighton.
A boiler explosion at Birchlu Hall IRON works,
London. Eng, on the 18th inst. killed twenty
five persons and injured nearly sixty.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

The San Francisco NerS Letter says: We
have no hestancy in declaring that De Young
was murdered because the Kallochs could not
stand what De Young would have conclusiyely
proven. The duty was upon linn to prove that
the articles which nc published with view to
prevent kalloch's election were true An over
whening array Of testimony would have been
reueg1ulap p
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
EOreI1 a.


wheat market opens steady; floating cargocs
steady, on pass, &c qric5; good C goes No. 2
spring wheat OIL coast at As edo S.. Ship
mcnts of wheat rom the LII, G, Black Sea and
AZOy very small
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
Miners Killed..

On the 18th inst, portion of the Penny
packers plumbago mine, near Chester Springs,
Pa, cayed in, killing Joseph Miles and James h.
Brown. Their bodies were crushed and horribly
maugled
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
Under "A Shower of Molten Iron.

On the 18th INST. as about twenty men stood
under the cupola in Taylor q Bogg's foundry,
at Cleveland, o. the bottom fell out and ten
tons of melted metal poured out, more or less
severely scalding ten men, one of whom hes III
critical condition.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.


The abandoned oxford mine, near Scranton,
Pa caved in on the night of the 18th inst.
The fine stores and private dwellings III the
vicinity, were badly shaken.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29

A CuRREsp NDENT writes to an l.nTLt'it -
paper: The ed tor Of welLkno" II lLis- !.
paper wrote as follows to a friend "
mine, lady, who had sent a poem ~. .s
him: MADAM: There are two a,l' II
in vor1r effusion-tirs of all. the WV: !.
writing is So lad that couldn t Iy,'o a., -
and secondly, after | had read 1t J lo''-"
II defective IN rhyme.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
TH0S. BARD0N, Editor and Publisher.
VARIOUS TOPICS.

The steel industry of the United States is
now the second in the world, and i'll another
wear will lead that of Great Britain.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
Swift and Terrible.

The persons who wrecked a tram, on the An
dalusian railway, Spain, recently have been
court martialed. Thirteen were sentenced TO
death. and - to Imprisonment for twenty years
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-29
THE MARKETS.
New York.

Reported by CHANDLER, Brown & Co.. Commission
Merchants, Milwaukee and Chicago