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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03
SAVED BY A DOLL.
A Little white Girls Piaythiag Con-
quers a savage Tribe.

"A gentleman from the ground up
the finest gentleman in the regular
army" was the way an old Omaha re-
porter referred to Major John G..
Bourke. formerly aid to General Crook.
And then, warming up to his work, the
old reporter told the following:
They used to tell story OF Mr..
Bourke when he was down in Arizona
with Crook that shows what kind OF a
man he is. The general was trying TO
put band of Apaches back on the
reserve, but couldn't catch them with
out killing them, and he wouldn't do
that. One day they captured papoose
and took her to the fort. She was
quiet all day, saying not word, but
her black eyes watched everything
When night came she broke down and
sobbed as white child would. The
fort was in despair until Mr.. Bourke
had an idea. From the adjutant's wife
no borrowed a doll that was beautiful
creation that had come TO the adjutant's
little girl the previous Christmas. When
the young Apache was made to under
stand that it was hers to keep her sobs
ceased and she fell asleep. When morn
ing came the doll was still clasped in
her arms. She played with 1t all day,
just as any child who had been edu-
Gated to play prettily with Its make-be-
lieve babies would have done, and
seemingly all thought of ever getting
back to the tribe, under the spell of
enchantment placed over her, by the
doll, had left her.
mot so the officers of the post, how
ever, for the thought of having to keep
the papoose without having the tribe
make some inquiries as to It's welfare
bothered them to no considerable ex-
tent. Several days passed with no sign
OF overtures being made by the tribe,
and finally in despair the papoose, with
the doll still in its possession, was sent
back to the tribe. Major Bourke, who
was then a first lieutenant, when the
child was sent back to the tribe had no
idea OF the effect his benevolent act
to the papoose would have upon the
crafty band of aborigines. When the
child reached the tribe. with its proud
prize tightly grasped in its chubby
hands, IL created sensation among the
native Americans, and its mother later
went back to the post with it. She was
received in a hospitable manner and
kindly treated, and the effect of her
visit was such that through her over
lures were made TO the tribe, with the
result that soon afterward the whole
band moved back on the reserve.
Major Bourke, in all probability,
when the kind act was done, in order
to placate the Leart-broken papoose.
had no idea of it's ever being of such
service to General Crook and his forces.
1t saved them from engaging in a
bloody battle, In which the lives OF the
Apaches and Uncle Sans forces would
have been jeopardized to such an extent
that many would have been killed or
manned for life, and made possible,
what is seldom accomplished, the plac-
ing of large body Of one of the most
barbarous tribes on the American con-
tinent back on the reservation without
the loss of a single life. The Apaches
were of the same tribe as that which
Geronimo made do deadly work not so
many years ago."-Portland oregonian.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03

caso and not be known to the police
omeials OF that city. his measurements
are taken and sent on to this city with
a request for the mans record his
name being given as Smith. Mr.. Sis
pee refers to his book OF measure
ments and finds the prisoner recorded
as Robinson Although the names are
diherenf' Mr. Silsbee knows there Is
no mistake in the identity of the pris-
oher as no two persons have the same
measurements. scars and marks. In
return he asks for and receives from
the Chicago authorities the record held
by them, and this is added to the local
records.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03

and all that without lifting foot out
OF your own town. That is. you can
II the plans of Albert Biersadt, of New
York, are pushed through TO the sue
ccssful end that he now anticipates.
And this wonder will not be per-
formed by any complicated and super
scientific magnetic idea, or by a series
of telephones or delicate contrivances
of the electric age, but by the very
simple and easily understood process
of running the theater building from
one city to another. And this is to
be done as easily as wagon is moved.
On its journeying from place TO place
this portable theater more nearly re-
sembles an ordinary box ear than any
thing else
1t Is proposed by the inventor to
make the interior arrangements of this
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03
THE THEATER AND AUDIENCE.

establishment at the amount OF Sc
curity required from China for the
money lent to her.
do you demand such guarantees
from Russia" he asked.
Russian credit is so we'll known"
pleaded NJ. Mazaret.
You have no confidence in us?"
I'VE have every confidence in Chi
nese credit ourselves" was the dip!o-
matte reply. But we could not prom
Use that the confidence would be shared
by the people from whom we should
obtain the money"
The visit lasted for an hour and .
half.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03

wanted for a serious crime and that
large reward was offered for his APP
prehension.
Such an incident is now almost inn
possible in Detroit especially, owing 10
the record system recently completed
by Clerk Silsbee, and which has PROV
en- OF great assistance to- the detectives
as well as a money saver TO the police
department.. So complete in its de-
tail Is the system that it matters not
how long after registration. the Grim
inal, II again arrested, can be identi-
ned within five minutes after he il
brought into the central station. He
secured all the criminal papers accessi-
Ole and from these cut out the photo
graphs of noted crooks, together with
list of the mems various crimes. All
newspaper clippings bearing on the
case were secured and these were
pasted on the back OF cards arranged
Tor the purpose and filed away for flu
lure reference. A large quantity Of
these clippings accumulated. and as
ne had no suitable place for them Mr.
siisbee made demand on the de-
partment for a large cabinet and a
number of books, but az yet the police
omcials took no interest in his work
ana the demand was not granted.
some three ur years ago ne
gro Frank Lawson. shot police Of
ncer in New York, and after being
sentenced to prison for ten years man
aseu 10 escape. On Atwater street,
near the Brush street depot, in that
Guy, was formerly resort known as
'ue chicago house. One day the local
polce raided the place and brought
~ d number OF suspects, who were
'dhen into the detective Office and
Huesuoned, among them being col
urea man. After looking at the man
,or some minutes Mr.. Silsbee remem-
'ered the New York case and in look
lug up his records found a photograph
" the man and history of his crime.
,nls was given to Capt. Baker. who
.'oseiy questioned Lawson, but the lat
@r denied being the man wanted by
.ue New York police. The photograph
vas then shown him and at this point
ne man weakened. confessed his crime
sna was held until officers came here
'u LOOK him back to New York. This
,a, .iaent led the police authorities to
s,' there was something in Silsbee's
pans and he was at once given
- ,suisition for the articles he needed
W complete his system.
among the articles asked for and
Sn' from the department by Mr..
,ne was a folder. which plays an
.rl, part in connection with the
!. s'sm. On the outside of the folder
s;. printed a brief synopsis of the case,
ess ing the name. alias, date of arrest.
tho e'ine imputed to the prisoner; also
~ pertillon and index numbers. With
Moe .ne folder Is placed the Bertillon
ma. A' with the prisoners measure
,.n"s S' the date of his arrest. the Of
,haa ana the disposition of the case:
,a, en brief history of the case. to-
ny. with a photograph and all news
ora. cnpplngs bearing on It, The rec
slso - tne superintendent office are
thai paced in the folder, which Is
ret. w" "ieu a"uy in capi-
sida me local record system has
conS, reputation is demonstrated by the
,sl,"nt requests from outside cities
nsls ,or the records of certain crlmi-
should man be arrested OF CHI
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03
SWUNG SELF AND HORSE OVER.
A Pioneers Ingenious bridge Across
Chssm In the Mountains.

Pioneers Ingenious Bridge Across
Chxsm In the Mountains.
Len Henry, a well-known pioneer.
relates an adventure that is out OF
the usual order. says the Anaconda
Standard. He was travelling on a mar
row trail above the raging Grande
Ronde river, when he came to a land
slide about twenty feet across, that
left no trail, or even niche in the
smooth precipitous rock. The trail
was so narrow that the horse could noa
turn back. He was trapped. Above
the twenty-foot break in the trail was
a sharp crag of overhanging rock. On
his saddle bow was "a strong RATA six
~ feet long and Henry is an expert
In the use of It, lie steadied himself
upon the saddle, swung the rope over
his head and hurled it high into the
air. 1t was settled firmly over the
crag. He tied il carefully. 1t was
firm. His saddle was a new and strong
one. with double cinches. Around the
horn he wound the rope. He urged the
horse onto the edge of the precipice.
The faithful beast stood firm. He
would not step over, but the rider drew
up the slack and pulled with all his
power. Inch by inch he drew the
straining horse forward till his feet
slipped and he swung off over the
chasm. The rider held his breath "a
he looked at the river below and the
slender rope above, but he was across
the gap. He sprang up the trail and
tugged at the reins to aid the horse in
gaining his feet He pulled and the
horse lunged up into the trail with the
chasm back behind. Mr.. Henry rode
away and left his rope dangling for the
use of the next wayfarer who CHANGED
TO come that way.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03
PIOUS FRAUDS.
The so-C.iisd 'Buddha Tree" OF Ne~sS
ern Ihib.t

ern Thibst.
The fable of the so-called "Budshs
tree" OF northern Thibet, which Va
first mentioned by the French misslon-
airy Hue in 1912 and which has since
been frequently described in works OF
travel on central and eastern Asia. hns
recently been thoroughly studied by
Lieut.. kreltner, says the Philadelphia
Record. The Buddhist monks claim
that unpon the leaves and bark of this
tree Buddhist prayers and formulas
may be read. Several European tray-
elers attempted to buy leaves, but Il
took great deal of imagination to
see anything which could be construed
as letter or sign upon the dried
surface OF these leaves. 1t is possible
that the designs made upon the fresh
leaves are obtained by stamping these
with red-hot iron, and such
mark may remain visible for SONS
time. AS the leaves dry the curious
marks upon their surface disappear
gradually until finally they can hardly
be detected. Monks sell great num-
Der OF these leaves TO the faithful be-
levers Of the Buddhist creed, and the
manufacture and selling of leaves is
probably upon level with that other
pious fraud perpetrated by them for
centuries, the selling OF pearl shells
upon the inside OF which the image OF
Buddha in a sitting posture is visible.
These images are brought about by
opening the inner surface of the she'll
and mantle OF the pearl oyster to admit
small image of BIddha stamped in
lead. The pearl oyster cannot get rid
of the foreign body inside and in time
covers 1t with a layer OF pearly sub
stance which. of course. shows the ex-
act figure of the leaden image raised
above the level OF the shell. Some
times five or six little leaden bodies
are introduced in shell, all of which
later on appear in relief upon the in
ner surface. The shells are returned
to the bed in the lake. in the course
Of year or two when fished up again
they will bring exorbitant prices.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03
DAVID r.. FRANCIS.
Recently Appointed 10 the Cabinet as
Secretary Of the Interior.

Recently Appointed 10 the Cabinet as
secretary of the Interior.
Ex-Governor David X. Francis of
Missouri, who has been named to
succeed Hoke Smith to the secretary
ship of the interior. has been the pee
of the Missouri democracy ever since
he made his debut in politics in 1850.
Ii was twelve years ago. when he was
o slender. handsome fellow of "a. that
Mr.. Francis was a delegate to the ma
tional democratic convention, and the
year following he was nominated for
the mayoralty of st. Louis. lie had
Just been elected the president of the
st. Louis Merchants Exchange and
was at the head of one of the largest
grain shipping and grain commission
houses in the west. He was elected over
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03

a republican opponent in republican
city. Four years previous to his cleo
ton that opponent was elected mayor
by a majority OF $4,000 votes. While
MAYOR Mr.. Francis entertained Presi-
dent and Mrs. Cleveland at his own
house during the presidents visit to
81 Louis. and the young Missourian
vastly pleased Mr.. Cleveland. Since
that time they have been good friends.
In 1888 Mr.. Francis was elected COVER
nor and Missourlans were wont to look
forward 10 his being president some
dav. He was born in kentucky and
wss n republican in politics prior to
the nomination of James @. Blaine In
1901
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03
William :. Eormnn OF Illinois.

William S. Forman, whose letter to
Governor Altgeld has created a SENSE
ton in Illinois, formerly represented
the eighteenth Illinois district in
Madison, Washington and st. Clair
counties. He lives in East St.
Louis. Mr.. Forman was born as far
south as NatcheZ, and is 40 years old.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03

Yes; realize that Jack was fast
before our marriage. so | make an al
lowance for him."
Yves: but how. pray?
"well. till recently by teaching mu-
slc. but I'm now trying stenograpny.-
Brooklyn Life.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03

+ you desire 10
know how many
particular and de-
termined old gem
tlemen there are
in the world you
need only begin a
life of Lincoln in
one OF the popular
periodicals OF tho
country. Ida M.
Tarbel, who has
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03
Looking Forward.

1T is odd that Gibber should be so
Systematically wicked when his wife
is so earnestly rellgious?"
HE doesn't want TO take any
chances of meeting her on the other
shore "-Indianapolis journal
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03

ND now 1t is the
portable theater!
Hereafter You can
see " Hamlet. I"
"Tannhauser" or
"El Captain" on
the same stage, no
matter whether
you live in Chica-
go, El Paso or Sa-
lem, Ind, says the
New York Journal,
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03

One-twelfth of the population OF
England suffers from govt. A Berlin
physician, DIR. Fehlanor. says that this
malady is often due to the excessive
use of meat.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03

Citizen-Thcre goes the most-talked-
about man in this town. Stranger
who is he-captain of your base ball
team? Citizen-No; he's the only one
left who hasn't got bicycle. --Clevs-
land Leade~
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03
A Rra.nnnhi. Excn...

Patrick-"Moike won't be Z worruk
tn day. sor. He's goin' to attind
funeral" Employer-"U-um! Seems
TO me Mike is always getting of on ex-
cuses like that. Whose funeral is n
this timer" Pstrick-"His own. sor.-
--Up-to-Date.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03
Hardly.

As the population OF the world
averages 100 women to every 100 men.
there Is no excuse for any such thing
as an old bachelor or a widowsr
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03

\ Frcnchman estimates that In a
life of fifty years a man sleeps away
5000 days, walks 500 days. and the
rest Of the time feeds and fuses
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03
HARD ON CRIMINALS.
INC MANS SYSTEM OF KEEP
INC BAD MEMS RECORDS.

n.,,oIt Onicsr tho originator OF =
s..,.m Of Identification That L. He
w,d.iy Adopted - How His Plan
works.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03
THEATER ON WHEELS.
Ut FOLDS UP AND MOVES FROM
PLACE TO PLACE,

no" the Play House Is Arranged I
/" carried on Two Cars. which Are
Transformed Into a Complete Thsater
Stage Settings.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03
T HE question Otter

HE question often
arises as to the
methods employed
by the police in
keeping track of
professional crimi-
nails, and to the
manner of identifi-
cation when a
criminal is placed
under arrest. At
49,. "a ..AIA
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03

,.vs neouired columns to do justice TO
,,a mbject. but now it can be dis
.,tched in a few lines, the Identified
ION of criminals having been reduced
70 science by Clerk Richard Silsbee,
:, the Detroit detective bureau.
When that city makes an arrest their
s,.t effort is TO secure the criminal
record of the prisoner, and to do this
much valuable time Is consumed and a
large amount of money Is annually ex-
pended. In many cases the prisoner
has been known 10 set the police at
IeAance. refusing TO give them the
slightest inkling as to his Identity,
and declining to answer any questions
touching on his previous movements.
The police authorities would then send
The mans description broadcast
through the country in the hope that he
would be wanted at some place or an
other. Failing to hear from the au-
,horities OF other cities, the prisoner
would be given his liberty, and the
police might later hear that he was
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-03
is A HARD WORKER.
THE BiOCRAPHER OF LINCOLN
A STEADY PLOpDER.
hiss Ida N. TarbsiI Has sbows
Marked Ability and splendid Judx-
msnt ia Her Recent Articles-Life I'm
the Mountains.

LIE YOU desire 10
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

S5SE
burners have got all those honors8
and intend to keep them. have great
respect for the Christian religion and
missions at home and abroad but the.
Preside nt's intimation is SANDER upon.
the men who, with rifle II one hand and
ak in the other, have gone out and sblazed
the pathway Of civilization in those Wes-
tern wilds.
am a western man, and went to Mis-
sour when it was the frontier, in sight
Of the Indian and the buffalo. ] have
lived with those people nearly fifty years,
and say to our President now that If
he will pretermit hnnting dncks in North
/ Carolina and silver Democrats in Ken
tucky long enough to come out WestWe
will show him a God fearing, se1f-re-
speeding, law-abiding people; we will
show him churches in which there IS
real and unaffected piety we will show
him happy and Christian homes where
ssthe saint, the husband and the father
prays." Our spires may not go SO near
heaven as those of Eastern cities, we may
not have organs that roll delicious tunes
along fretted aisles; but we have a peo-
pie who fear God and observe all the
commandments as they are given unto
them. And in comparison with this
humble hut real worship am tempted
to quote those beautiful lines of the
Scotch poet:
Compared with this, how poor relig-
ions pride,
In all the pomp Of method, and Of
art.
When men display to congregations
vide t
Devotion's every grace, except the
heart. s54-
This, Mr.. President, this is what we
have come to at last. that the President
OF the United States in his official ca
.pacity says to the people of the whole
world, that in one portion of this coun-
try their surroundings are such that mis-
sions-home missions-are necessary, in
order to bring the people to a proper
knowledge Of what is orderly and right.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

statement, IN view of the treatment ac-ss
corded Bob Evans at the recent conven-
ton, appears TO have more of ancient
history in it than anything else. Just
think Of it the idea Of insisting upon q.
man Of the stamp Of Bob Evans, explain-
Ing, his position upon the issues of the
day before elect1ng, him as delegate to-
the National Conventio Why, we re-
member the time distinctly when the
Republican State central committee,
scared almost to the point OF admitted
defeat by the tariff reform cloud, under
took, during the Merriam cam aiign, 90
invite success by compromising itself on
this all important question. Even Mer-
riam Wentsso far as to deliver a tariff
reform speech, and the committee, under.
the Hon. Tams Bixby, hastened to have.
thousands of copies OF the speech prin-
ted torthe purpose ofmailing them broad
cast over the land. At that moment of
imminent danger, Bob Evans alone had
the courage to protest against step that
contemplated such headlong rashness,
and his determined stand for the great
principle Of protection prevailed by viz
tue of the threat that if the Merriam
.milk-and- speech was to go out to
fool the people of the state, his voice
would be hushed. Well,it wasn't hushed,
and the speech of the ambitious and
scheming Merriam wasn't sent out.
These are facts, and yet, in spite of them,
convention of Republicans insists on
making Bob Evans state his position be-
fore allowing him to represent them,
even under instructions. What is worse
it isn't the people who make these de-
mands but simply politicians of the Mer-
RAM, Bixby and Goodnow stripe. How
long the people will continue to stand
it, is question that is little short of
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-01

senator Vest of Missouri is ALWAYS in
teresting in his speeches before the SEN
ate, and at no time more so than when
administering a roast to the national adj
ministration. He demonstrated this last
week when in speech on the opening Of
a certain reservation he alluded to Presi-
dent Cleveland as follows:
] am sorry to say it, but there seems
to be disposition on the part Of the
present Administration 20 treat the Yves
tern people as if they we're in condi-
ton of pupilage, as if they did not know
their own rights and their own interests,
and they must he informed ex cathedra
from the East in regard to what is best
for them. and what should be done for
them. Even the President Of the United.
States lately on missionary occasion
Qaughter) spoke of the West as land
Of immortality and crime. He stood
with the CHASTITY light of the he'll holes
of the rum sellers Of New York blazing
upon him, and cantingly said
..sHome missions must be use to civil
lie and Christianize the men who have
left their homes in the civilized East
and gone out among the. mountains and
valleys Of the wild and woody Vest
Our President stood with DR.. Talmage
on one side and the Rev. Sheldon Jack
son on the other, and gave US /. new vel-.
slonsof that blessed old missi onaryhymn
which we have heard so often in our
childhood: =.8ss
From Alontana's sinful mountains,
From Utall's ", cked plains,
They call US to deliver.
Their land from errors chains,
l.s We are told by high ecclesiastical au-
thority that his Excel lency has lately laid
down his honors at the feet5of Jesus. [
am glad to know il. It has l,een the
general impression Of the Democratic
party that the AIugwunips and Incense