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FIRE N
Arrest Of Anna Mccormick on Charges Of
Theft and Ar,pn.

Ares, of Anna Mccormick On Charges of
Theft and Arypn.
By the Standards Special Wire.
BUTTE, June 10.-The STANDARD of this
morning contained an accoun of u we'll
planned attempt last night to burn the
barn belonging To Mrs. J. A. Elliott.
Subsequent Investigations resulted in
establishing the fact that arson was not
the only crime committed, hut that roi,-
berry had also been added.
A short time after the fire had been cX-
tinguished, il was noticed that Anna Me
Cormick. a servant in the employ of Mrs.
Elliott, was missing and also Sl6O in
money and jcwelry To the value of $3.50.
which had been taken from the drawer of
"A dresser. As the girl was the To dis
cover the fire and give the
alarm at the engine house and
then return, suspicion at once
rested upon her. The further fact that
after leaving the second time she did not
return until after midnight, was consid-
cred as all the more evidence of her guilt
and complaint was made to Marshal
Daum. This morning the marshal ar
rested the girland placed her In the county
jail.
The evidence against the accused is
purely circnmstantial, but the officers are
confident that they will he able To weld a
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conviction.
Before the arrest was made Il g premises
were closely examined. As the front door
of the barn was securely locked at
the time the fire was dis
covered, entrance could only be gained
by the side door. This fact convinced
Detective Rhodes aud the marshal that
someone familiar with the premises wa
the guilty party. A tin can, smelling
strongly of coal oil, was found in AN out
house and identified by Mrs. Elliott as
one that had been used in the kitchen To
hold lard. Another circumstance which
is considered as strongly convincing of
the girls guilt is the fact that she was
discharged by Mrs. Elliott yesterday for
the reason that IRON time Ia time various
little articles of value disappeared from
the house. Permission had been granted
the girl To sleep in the house last night
with the understanding that she was 10
cave to-day. This afternoon the girl was
arraigncd and her examination SGT for
Friday.
TILE crnNnADn EIDE oDtCK
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A Lovesick Youth.

The Earl Of Warwick has been pros
ecuting a "tripper" for inscribing the
name Of his lady love on the battle
ments of Guys Tower. The name,
doubtless from motives of delicacy, is
suppressed, but it might make some
difference if it was Mary Jane or Susan;
the historical sentiment would be more
outraged than if it were Edith or Clio
tilda. Of course it was a wrong and
vulgar thing to do. IF it had been his
own name the offender should clearly
have been placed "in the lowest dun
geOn beneath the castle moat, or even
been decapitated and his head thrown
to the iackdaWs; but, since it was the
name Of his beloved object, " romance
must plead for him a little.
It is dreadful, no doubt, when You
want TO throw yourself back for half g
dozen centuries and feel feudai, or.
Cwhat is far easier medieval, to be
confronted with a modern name, very
Ill carved and possibly IL speIt; but
all women are herOines in their lovers
eyes, as all soldiers are lin theory
gentlemen" I am not sure that ib
was quite pretty" in the Earl to sum
mons this amateur engraver. Dear,
large-heRFted Leigh Hunt tells Us that
when we see John Jones" cut on
bench or a tree We are not necessarily
to set it down to vulgarity; it may be
@the natural desire to achieve such i'm
mortality as may be within his reach, .
even by climbing. The poet sings with
appreciation Of the criminal
Who carved his name on the dungeon sDono
With bis chisei SO me, ira lsI
Indeed, some Of the most interesting
inscriptions IN the world are found cut
on the walls Of old prisons. Some
times the artist, especially when under
sentence Of death, has not a knife, far
less a chiseI, to cut with.-LOy1d095
NelCs.
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" did he eVade pursuit, that although g
force OF nearly 8, 600 volunteers was or
ganizing, the Government hurTying ma
tionaI troops to the West, and such men
as Abraham Lincoln, Zachary Taylor and
General Scott engaging to defeat the saw
ages, the latter were sweeping unre-
sisted over unprotected settlements,
leaving death and destruction in their
wake.
At this time a new peril seemed to
menace the fort at Chicago andits infant
settlements at aurora, NapervilIe and
Fort Beggs. Black Hawk Wss swiftly
approaching the frontier settlements, and
the pioneers were flying to Fort Dearborn
for refuge, although there was scarcely
room there for them. The POttawat-
tamies we're friendly, but Colonel
Hamilton and Messrs. Caldwell and
Robinson, leading citizens, feared
that emissaries Of the willy and persua-
sive Black Hawk might induce them to
join in a war. a council was held and
Big Foot, a famous chief, and few Win
nebagoes deserted the whites. Fort
Payne was built at Naperville, the ut
most caution and vigilance exercised and
General Scott and nine companies, IN
Guiding a class of West Point cadets,
started from the East for Chicago. They
arrived at Detroit, then the great metro
politan center Of the upper lake cO1ntry,
in July. but here the Asiatic cholera at
y
born dying of the dread scOurge. Ninety
soldiers persisted, the garrison was quar-
antined, the settlers he'd, and meantime
Black Hawk was securing the pralries,
stsalthily descending on isolated settle
ments, and defying the State and the
Government with his vagrRnt band Of
blOodthirsty assassins.
The fatal duress of Gen. Scott and his
soldiers at Fort Dearborn encouraged
Black Hawk. The settlers were driven
from Chicago back to their isolated
homes, and although the WinnebagOes
and PottaWattamies refused to Join Black
Hawk he managed to gather a sanguinary
horde about him, full Of courage, though
destitute of discretion. They had been
| siRnally victorious in all their fOrays.
| Gen. Whiteside had retreated from a dis
/ astrous defeat at Stillman's Run in an
awkward position. His army was out Of
/ all rations except parched corn, and his
! enemy had reiterated to Wisconsin To
/ pursue him meant victory, but just then
! she term Of enlistment of the volunteers
/ expired. His soldiers were tired Of var
/ fare and discouraged. The insisted on
/ charged the last Of May by Gov. Rey-
/ holds.
After they had left Dixon Gen. Akin
him seemed now to rest the fate Of the
/ whites He realized that unless some
thing was done speedily the Indian allies
Gus Black Hawk. A call for 2. 900 re-
| in the ranks. There was skirmish neaI
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-07-04

Black Hawk vas e very intelligent
man. the son of Maiden, q noted Indian.
Il WRs not until 1881, however, that he
came prominently into notice. At that
time comparatively peaceful relations ex-
listed between the whites and savsgss. f
treaty had been made in 1904 with four
reiFning chiefs, whereby, for 81 200
and q 81, 600 annuity, the Sacs and
Foxes ceded all their lands in Illi-
nois to the State. Subsequent treaties
In 1922 and 1880 confirmed this deal. By
the terms of this treaty, the Indians
were to move west Of the Mississippi
River. The majority Of them did Sc. but
Black Hawk alleged fraud in the treaties,
claimed ignorance Of their details and
determined to maintain the ancient home
OF his race on the Rock River. he dehed
the authorities, appealed to the Govern
ment, obtained no satisfaction, but
finally, in June, 1881, signed a treaty,
whereby the whites and his band were 10
mutually cultivate the lands Of the tribe
rear Rock Island. '-------,- -'-----1- ~
This was the beginning Of trouble,
The white farmers upTOOted the corn Of
their cO-lebOrers, and the savsges retail
0ted. Constant rows ensued. Finally
Governor Reynolds, General Gaines, and
the militia moved the tribe to the west
bank of the Mississippi. Here the band
killed twenty-eight Menominees who had
murdered a Sac warrior. The authorities
demanded the surrender OF the assassins.
Black Hawk refused. and with his tribe
recrossed the river near Dixon, attacked
the whites, killed eleven of Major Still
mans volunteers. and with sixty men
started on the CORY trail that has Grim
soned the history of the early West.
The news of the declaration Of open
hostilities spread like wildfre. Thrill
ing notes Of warning were sounded all
over the State. The Fox River settle
nents, that at Holderman's Grove, Au-
rora, Galena, the fort at Ottawa, and the
settlements on Bureau and Indian Creeks
were ordered to prepare to resist attack
and massacre. At Indian Creek the peo-
pie delayed too long. Seventy painted
savages surrounded the primitive
log cabins and butchered and hor-
ribly mutilated fifteen whites and
carried captives away for ransom. So
rapidly did Black Hawk proceed, SO deft-
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4 Niglt III Artemus ~.

Francis A Hoffman, Jr.: I was a
sophomore at Knox College, Gales
burg, III. The students of the college
were always on the alert to do some
thing to relieve the suffering Of that
little city and vicinity. On one occa-
sion we had the good fortune to secure
as an attraction that eccentric humOr-
list, Artemus Ward. We met him on
his arrival and did all that was proper
in the reception of a distinguished
guest. The evening came on for the
lecture, and the lecture was delivered.
After its delivery A Ward was our
guest. We took care Of him. Before
doing so, however, we counted up the
receipts Of the house. Mr.. Ward Cor
BrOwne) at once became magnauimous.
Our terms with him were that he was
to get one-half of the receipts and the
poor one-half. When the proceeds
were counted out Mr.. Ward said, In his
drOll way: "Let the poor have theirs;
and you, gentlemen, must allow me to
spend my half in your midst. I insist
upon your accepting my hospitality
until the last cent of my half Of the
proceeds Of to-night's lecture has been
squandered. Let US begin at once"
The net proceeds amounted to S7.35.
The amount "squandered" was S3.67I.
-ChjcdGO Tribune.
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A New Ton.Root for ladies.

Among the latest European fads is
the wearing Of top-boots by ladies.
The idea seems to have had its incep-
ton among the Spanish ladies. It was
afterward adopted by the French, the
latter having voted them the proper
thing for driving in T-carts, phaetons
and other carriages in which the ladies
occupy the front seat. They are made
up in the ightest manner possible,
some with high heels and others with
low.
Various combinations are used, such
as patent leather vamp and heels, glaz-
ed kid tops and dark morocco legs; ;
glazed kid vamp and heels, soft,
smooth, brown patent leather tops and
kid glove legs; glove kid vamp and
heels, glazed kid tops and dull finish
ed buckskin legs. The legs are erin
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ysas found that most OF the fugitivss had
swan to an island In the river, and here
Colonel Taylor. with $50 regular troops
and the steamer Warrior, opened IRE On
them. Every sewage was killed sEoepb
one, who escaped BY swimming the river.
Black Hawk however, was not among
the slain. He and nearly a hundred OF
his band had fed to Prairie Ia Crosse, a
Winnebago village, where he surrendered
himself to the chief in command. Some
fifty OF his men we're sent with him to tbs
soldiers, and Black Hawk was later takes
to Jefferson Barracks, just below st.
Louis, and then to Washington. The
Government did not punish him. On the
contrary, he was Lonized, feted and re-
turned to his country. becoming 6 subor-
dinate chief to Keokuk. He died in 1888,
the last native defender Of the soil Of the
Northwest. - ". y. Cobb, 5B Chicago
Ledger.
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Fortunate Young Men.

A man can hardly be more fortunate
in this world than to be possessed Of q
good mind in a good body. With
these and the willingness to work two
young men in Maine have recently
shown themselves fortunate. They
went up the Kennebec a few years ago
and let themselves to an enterprising
ice man, and by their energy and de-
termination 50 pleased their employer
that he was glad to retain them, and
gave them work during the summer
and kept them busy cutting ice win
ters. This fall the old gentleman de-
sired to retire, and offered to sell them
the entire business, houses, lots, en-
CINE, boiler, and privileges for six
thousand FIVE hundred dollars. This
was before any one could predict the
ice bonanza. The young men had
saved a thousand dollars, and paid this
amount down, giving security for the
rest. They caught sight of the DO
nanza afar off, however, and we're
ready to meet It, and have just sold
their entire stock to New York parties
for forty-six thousand dollars, giving
each the nice sum of twenty thousand
dollars This fortune was made, not
in California gold fields, but right here
in the East that Is so often despised.
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Grove, Blue Mounds, Dixon, SpafOrd's
Greek, and even farther east and south,
told that the whites were menaced in
every quarter. The new recruits has
tened on the trail Of Black Hawk, and
slight skirmish occurred at Kellogg's
plantation, during which five whites were
killed and many wounded. A large force
of soldiers was sent for, but they arrived
too late to capture Black Hawk. A rally
was made from Fort Hamilton few days
later, and at the east fork Of the Peca-
tOnica, in a grove, twenty-One daring
Wisconsin volunteers came upon Black
Hawks warriors. A desperate battle en-
sued, and the entire band Of Indians,
numbering seventeen, was destroyed.
General Atkinson now msditated
final massed onslaught on Black Hawk
in his camp. A company Of friendly
Pottawatt amies, led by Chicago men, ac-
cOmpanied him 10 the east side Of the
Rock River, where Black Hawk was sup
posed to be. General Alexander, Colonel
Dodge, General Pussy and others, with
ample forces, undertook to surround the
encampment on all sides, and the daring
warrior seemed at last to be fairly in the
meshes. Black Hawk, however, antici-
pated the movement. He fed, was over
taken by General Henry's division at
Wisconsin Heights, and lost fifty men,
against one on the part of the soldiers.
The Indians were completely panic
stricken, and during the night endeavor-
ed to make it known to their victor that
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Aston Searches for a Dime.

The following story illustrating the
Astor philosophy in money matters is
told of the late John Jacob Aston by
the man who was the other actor in the
scene: I went to Mr.. AstOr, he said,
with a business proposition which de-
mauded an investment of one hundred
thousand dollars on his part. While
listening to the plan he Kept cropping
and feeling about on the floor for some
thing he seemed to have dropped.
When had finished he said readily
All right; go on with the affair; I'II
furnish the money At that instant
man entered to tell him that one Of his
buildings had just burned down.
That happens nearly every day,
he said, with the utmost unconcern,
and went on feeling about with great
care for that something on the carpet.
Il finally asked him what he had
dropped.
e'Why,' he said, raising his head
and looking as wOebegOne as q small
boy, 4 dropped ten cents here a few
moments ago and I can't find it. If a
mans buildings burn down, they are
gone and he can't help it and he is
bound to let them go. But q man who
deliberately throws away ten cents be-
cause he won't take the trouble to find
it is not to be forgiven
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Black Hawk, encouraged by his sue
cesses, selected one hundred and fifty Of
his braves and marched again to the fort.
1t was a small stockade. garrisOned by
twenty-five men, but the Indians were
resoluteIy beaten back, the whites losing
only one man. Two intrepid scouts made
their way to GaIena, where a detachment
Of soldiers were sent to the rescue OF
their environed comrades. The willy
Black Hawk, however, Tetreateds This
daring attack aroused renewed fear
among the settlements, for the
hosttles we're represented by numerous
widely scattered bands, and were aug
mented largely by tribes friendly as ma
tions, but whose renegade element had
united with the war party Of Indians.
They kept the entire State in cOmmOtion,
and isolated murders at Holderman's
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dulled memories quicken, and veteran
hearts go back with these relics past the
battles of the rebellion, past the Mexican
conflicts of 1913, to an era of strife that
In their early experience comprised the
greatest event in history-the famous
Black Hawk war
It is just fifty-six years ago that this
celebrated warrior sprang into a noto-
riety that soon became national, and ter
rOrized the residents Of Illinois. Wiscon-
sin. and Iowa with a system Of warfare
more fierce and stubborn than that OF the
ModOcs in the lava beds. 1t seems
strange now, looking over the great chain
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GaIena. and then 3, 600 men from the pIow
were ready to battle with their enemies,
Through spies among neutral tribes
Black Hawk kept track of the preparations
being made by his foes. At that time
thriving settlement Of Americans was
ceuterod about the lead interests Of
Galsna. Their situation was quite
remote, their environment favor
able Co stealthy attack, and
Black Hawk determined to sweep the
place from existence before the nsW re-
cFuit8 came to the field. June Is he sent
some warrior to steal horses from Apple
River fort. The thieves were pursued by
Captain Stephenson and twelve, men.
The savagss Tetreated with their pIunder
victorious, after killing three. men. and
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Of cities and towns and fertile fields
living between Lake Michigan and the
Mississippi River, that a half century
since a vagrant savage chief and his IN
1jsciplined handful Of adherents could
Keen a score of posts, fifty settlements,
and the National Government itself in a
state of turmoil danger, snd alarm, yet
such was the case, and there are many
who will read this article who viii thrill
wildly at the era it depicts, that to them
was an actual, living experience, for in
Chicago, st. Louis, Galena, Aurora, AeO-
my and in many towns along the Fox
nd Rock Rivers there are hundreds who
remember Black Hawk faTniliarly--whO
Tool mart in the war which he Wagsd 90
reientlessly ct the period named
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they we're geady to surrender, but the sol
diers did not understand them, and thus
Black Hawks band fastened on 30 the
swful fate that was to signalizs their last
fight The Wretched fugitives crossed
the Wisconsin. and fed toward the Mis-
81 sippi. All the various detachments Of
volunteers nov hurried on the trail of
the ssvages. AT Bad Axe a terrible
slaughter ensued for the Indians, only
small remnant escaping, while the sol
diers lost. seventeen men. Every effort
was made to hedge in Black Hawk and
prevent him from crossing the MiGsis-
sipp5 The steamer Enterprise was dis
patched up the river 70 intercept the
refugees, and the Warrior, with a six
FOUNDER, Joined in the caval soEtis. t
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Mofher.WM.

An old French writer of memoirs tells
Us that on one occasion BabeIais found
himself in a remote province in France
without a sou to pay his reckoning at
the inn. He strolled out, leaving his
baggage open for the inspection Of the
curious landlord, who found therein
two packages Of gray dust, one marked
Poison for the king, and the other
Poison for the queen.
On his return from his walk Rabelais
was arrested by the excited village au-
thOrities, who conducted him to Paris
IN triumph, expecting a great reward foE
their astuteness
When they appeared in court with
their victim, he was received with
shouts of laughter and applause for his
successful trick, which had brought
him home free Of cost.
Thomson, the noted traveller, stated
before the. Academy Of Sciences in
Paris that he made his way through
the country Of several tribes in Africa
by means Of only false tooth and a
box Of efferVescing salts, with which
he worked miracles to awe the savages.
In history Of the Fleming family it
Is stated that Houston Fleming being
taken prisoner by the British after the
battle Of BrandyWine escaped, passing
in full sight through two regiments at
night, disguised as a ghost with a bloody
face.
These old anecdotes are curiousIy
suggestive Of the change in general in
teIligence since those days. No modern
Rabelais could now deceive a village
with a trick so apparent; and the
American who would try to scare his
captOrs as a ghost would be laughed at
for his pains. It is only probably in
Africa that such devices would now sue
coed.
But if it is a fact that the intellect Of
the mass Of modern people has been
Bharpened and enlightened, it is also
probable that the man of to-day would
not be so ready with Trick and device
when in difficulty IS was his ancestor.
The man who commended with Nature
and savages for a living had every
faculty quickened in the contest. He
had quality called "mOther-wit" for
which his descendant, guarded and
helped from his birth by law and civil
EzatiOn. has little need.
The man who is the product of our
modern life understands the nature of
light and sound and scents, but he can
neither see nor hear nor smell as did
the untaught Indian century ago.
He has, 1T may be, also certain keen
perceptions Of his mind as well as Of
his body, Between the generations, as
between individuals there is q law Of
compensation Youths Companion.
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Tho yer meeu 1t ter tighten our woe,
But yer can't lift this black dsseCla shun
AS long as the boy hes ter go.
] thank yer fer comm ter see rs,
But we can't see the thing in your way;
An yer don't say a word that'Il free us
From the grief that is on us to-day.
Es fur me- 1 ken bare up agin 10,
Coz am q man, tUn N strong,
But jist look at jimmy mint,
An say if yer think she'll last long,
Her poor heart is br'allin' with sOIrer,
She hes sOt there all day u all mite,
An she won't come away, coz tC-mOrrer
She knows he'll be put out O. sight,
I've tried to pick up ali his trinkets,
His stockin's n shoes n his bib,
An hide 'em away in the closets,
But can't find place fur the crib.
L don't see no good in yer talkin'
Nor see what's the use fer ter pray,
When all that is left O the baby
Is only lump o. cold clay.
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kled and made up on a smooth lining,
so that when new the fulIness so de
sirable to the eye is as perfect as on
the ordinary leg after months of wear.
The tops being of smooth finish leath-
er are Ornamented with stitching, the
silk used being of a contrasting color.
Various devices, such as scrolls and
vines, are stitched on.
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VERY now and then
some sturdy young
farmer of the Mis-
s / 8 sippi Valley
p 10 VS. up an In
dian arrow or a tom
ahawk, or a scalp
.ing-knife. To him
they seem strange
a II d uncouth ar
ticles, but when they
are laid before the
sire or grandsire, the
old eyes brighten,
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He's dead, sir; but God never done it,
He wouldn't go back on US so;
If we've sipned we must a. begun it
By WOrshipin' poor little Joe.
If yer can't chirk up little jimmy,
An git her away from her dead,
An start the hot tears from her eyeIids,
What almost burnt out O. her he'd;
If yer only Good git her to cryin'
'IwOuId help her to bare it, tina say,
But don't think twill help her bit, sir,
Jist now if a hundred would pray.
Now, stop sir she are not rebeuious,