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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21
ONE STILL SURVIVES.
WOMAN PRESENT AT CHICAGO
MASSACRE is ALIVE.
Susan Winans Her Name - Chicago
Historical Society Authenticates
Her StorJ-Narrative of Her Escape
Hidden Beneath Her Mothers Skirts

Example of Maternal Devotion.
There still survives at Santa Ana, CAL.
b hale and hearty old lady, Mrs. Moses
tWinans, who not only has the distinction
of being the sole survivor of the massacre
of Fort Dearborn, in 1912, but also that
of being the oldest living person born
on the site of Chicago. Until recently it
was supposed that the last person present
on that awful occasion had been dead for
more than thirty years.
The massacre of Fort Dearborn was
one of the most treacherous and cold
blooded in American Indian annals. When
the war with Great Britain broke out
in 1912 Fort Dearborn, which had been
erected in 1904 on the Chicago River,
near it's mouth, was ordered by the Gov.
eminent to be abandoned, fearing that
1t could not be held. Accordingly, on Aug.
Is, Capt, Head, then in command, evac-
uated the place, the garrison moving out,
followed by civilian settlers and half
breed hangers-on. When mile and a
half from the fort the party was at
tackled by an overwhelming number of
Pottawattamie Indians. Twenty-six reg
ulars, II militiamen, 2 women and IL
children were slaughtered, and then the
Indians destroyed the fort.
Among those who fell was Corporal
John Simmons, and he laid down his life
in trying to protect wagon in which
were his wife and two children, David
and Susan, the latter only months old.
This Susan is the sole survivor of the
slaughter, and was hidden beneath her
mothers skirts during the killing. Her
brother David was killed before his dis
tracted mothers eyes.
Running the Gauntlet.
When the Indians had completed their
bloody work they divided up their prison
ers. It fell to the lot of Mrs. Simmons,
Susan's mother, to go to Green Bay, and
her captors crossed the Chicago River
and started for their home. During all
that journey Mrs. Simmons was compell-
ed to gather fuel, build fires and prepare
food for her captors. She walked and
carried her babe the entire distance, some
thing over 200 miles. More than week
was occupied in making the journey.
Swift runners heralded the approach Of
the party to the members of the tribe in
camp, and the women and children sal
lied forth to meet the returned warriors
Upon the announcement of the death of
their friends they commenced fusillade
of insults, splitting on the prisoners, pull
ing their hair, kicking them and torment
ing them in every way possible. The
prisoners were marched to one end of a
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21
MADE A GREAT SUCCESS.
An Editor Who Knew Nothing Aboue
the Business, but Made Money.

An Editor Who Knew Nothing About
the Business, but Made Money.
I was talking with printer the other
day who worked for number of years
at Pennington, Mimi, for man by the
name Of Squires. At one time he had
a partner by the name of Farmer, the
firm name being Farmer & Squires.
One day when the press was being
loaded the rs" dropped out, leaving
plain Farmer Squires, and the edition
was run off before it was noticed; Far
mer sold out the next day, but 1t was
Farmer Squires' paper from that on.
He made big success of the paper, al
though he didn't know four-pica lead
from a two-revolution Hoe, and he
did not do thing toward running the
paper except making contracts for for
eign advertising-that was his strong
point; he got hay knives, tanning mills,
sewing machines, pile drivers, washing
machines for advertising; he accepted
all propositions, including patent medi-
cine and scholarships. The printer had
to do the rest; he built the fires, set the
type, got the news, attended to the
political and moral end of the paper;
smoked the wedding cigars; chased
over the county on bay horse after
subscribers, took the blame and looked
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21

Some opponents of the bicycle have
based their objections to it on the score
of morality and there have been Sc
bicycling immoral?" The premises of
their argument have dealt with the
influence of wheeling costumes and
the association Of bicyclers on the sex
es. But it appears that the bicycle
may be proved an immoral agent on
other grounds. A man in a Philadel-
phia court charged with forging his
employers name said that he had COM
mitted the crime in order to buy a
wheel. The judge in passing sentence
took occasion to say that an astonish-
ing amount of crime had grown out
of the bicycle trade and that Eat least
one-third of the business of the court
was made up by persons who were led
astray in some way by the bicycle"
Whereupon the complainant in the
case said: ST can sit in my front win
dow and count dozens of persons rid
ing merrily past who owe me grocery
bills" Certainly, during the summer
and fall the criminal courts Of the
large cities have many cases relating
to bicycles, mostly thefts. Men and
women alike are charged with stealing
wheels, sometimes to sell again, but
oftener for their own use. The police
of New York are kept busy hunting
ND stolen wheels, and there are several
insurance companies which do fine
business by guaranteeing owners
against thefts. There are many lock
devices and safety chains for wheels
left exposed while the riders are other
wise engaged, but none of these seems
to prevent the thieves from making
way with the attractive vehicle
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21

Prince Charles Egon, of Fuestenberg,
who died recently at Berlin, won some
fame by remarking that Emperor Will
liam was snob, although he lost some
social prestige thereby. He also re-
marked on one occasion that his males
ty gave him that tired feeling in his
assumption of the divine right to run
the globe. These remarks came very
soon, of course, to Williams ear, and
from that time on it is said that his i'm
perial majesty took special care to pre-
sent his dorsal aspect for view when
ever he and Prince Charles met.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21
Most Idle Nation.

The palm would probably go to the
Transvaal Republic as regards it's orig
inal burgher population. The Boer
does just as little work as will keep
himself and family alive, and the most
of that he gets done by Kaffir serv-
ants, who, in the more out-of-the-wa
districts, at any rate, are practically
slaves. In and about the gold fields
and industrial centers he just lets his
land on mining and other leases to
the Outlander, and does hardly any
thing at all. OF European countries it
would be hard to choose between Spain
and Turkey. In Spain constitutional
Incidence, fertile soil and a magnifi-
cent climate combine to make life one
long dawdle. In Turkey the natural
thrift and industry of the real Turkish
population are paralyzed into idleness
and apathy by the hopelessness of
winning anything worth having which
will not at once be stolen by official
corruption.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21

After many years vain search by
scientists in Europe and South America
for the yellow fever microbe the an
nouncement is made that an Italian
physician has discovered the germ,
and that the chances favor the miti-
cation of that disease by the utilization
of the results of the discovery. The
physician, DR.. Gaccarelli, of Rome, con-
tracted the malady during a residence
in South America. It may be only
year or two before science has turned
the dreaded yellow-jack upon itself,
as it has done in the case of diphtheria
and smallpox.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21

held it in her arms while she performed
the camp drudgery for the Indians.
When Detroit was reached that port was
in possession of the British and Indians,
the latter having practical control. AT
the departure of Gen. Proctor, the Brit
ish commander, the Indians butchered
part of the prisoners in cold blood.
More Indian Massacres.
From Detroit Mrs. Simmons and her
child were taken to Fort Meigs, which
was then in command of Gen. Harrison.
Here she was set at liberty and learned
that supply train had just arrived from
Cincinnati and would Immediately return
under strong escort. The train was to
pass on it's return within few miles of
her old home in Miami County, Ohio.
That was 200 miles away, the streams
were swollen, the swamps covered with
water, the roads deep in mud and slush,
and the weather chilly. But the contrast
of this journey with the recent expert
ences made it seem like pleasure trip.
She was now among friends and soon
with her child was warmly wrapped in
blankets and sheltered in a comfortable
home. She arrived at the block house
safely only to find that her trials were
not over. Within a short time after
reaching home, her only sister and her
sisters husband were killed by the In
dams while they were at work in the
field. Four little children were witnesses
of the murders. The Indians were at that
time on the warpath in Ohio, and it
seemed to Mrs. Simmons as if she had but
gone from one danger to another as great.
The body of Mrs. Simmons sister was
brought into the block house on the an
niversary of the killing of her own hus-
band and son at Chicago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21

double line of savages composed of young
and old, male and female, and were COM
PEELED to run the gauntlet, receiving
blows from clubs in the hands of those
who formed the lines. Mrs. Simmons
hoped that her sex and the infant she
held in her arms would exempt her from
the ordeal, but in response to the univer-
sal clamor she was led to the starting
point. She looked for moment in horror
at the long line of savages armed with
implements of torture and eager for the
punishment to begin. She lost heart for
a moment, but her courage came back
as she thought of her child, which she
dare not leave for fear that it would be
killed. and wrapping it closely in blan-
ket and folding it in her strong arms, and
bending forward to protect it from the
cruel blows, she ran rapidly down the line,
reaching the end, bruised and bleeding,
but with the babe unframed. She was
then taken into a wigwam by compass
sionate suuaw and she and her child were
cared for.
In autumn the warriors of Green Bay
with their prisoners marched again for
Fort Dearborn, passed the scene of mas
sacre. skirted the end of Lake Michigan.
and made their way to Mackinac. Mrs.
Simmons and her child suffered terribly
on this journey, as winter had set in and
their clothing was thin.
From Mackinac Mrs. Simmons was
sent in midwinter to Detroit, distance
of over 800 miles. The knowledge that
the Government authorities might ransom
her and. her child kept up the mothers
strength and courage. The weather was
almost uncomfortable and the food of the
party was often nothing but acorns and
nuts found under tthe snow. The child,
Susan, now year old, had much increas-
ed id weight, yet with her own diminished
strength the mother not only carried it
constantly on the march, but generally
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21
SHE LOST HER HEAD.
she Thought It Would Pc Cnt On y
she Staid, So She Fled.

She Staid, so Sne
This girl thinks that tralnmen als
4,,st horrid. One Of them nearly scareu
ber into a fit the other day. she was
going down to the levee ferry ianuins
to 90 over to East st. Louis TO WISH q
friend, says the ST. Louis Post-DN
natch. It was her first trip and sne mao
heard awful stories of how murder was
committed several times day down Oh
tba levee whose denizens she had been
told thought less of cutting q throat
than of wringing chickens nealu VI.
She was nervous and scared as sue
nenetrated the city's purlieus. A frelgnt
train was being switched down there
and loud voiced switchman was CIV
sne instruction to another OF his craIt.
Switchmen have a language all tneir
own which is incomprehensible to the
plain everyday non-railroading citizen
Among other things they call Taln
a"her'' and "she," just as sailor reIers
ito a ship, and just as she neareu tne
switchman this is what he yelled:
'sHead her off, Jim, cut her IN Two
and send the head end up here.
! She fled from the murderous Villain
and postponed her voyage across the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21

Sioux City Journal: We have been
going through period Of far-reaching
liquidation. During the last three or
four years business adjustments which
had been in process Of development for
wears and even for decades were wound
up-destroyed. There have been good
many failures, but in all cases, as in
that Of the recent bank failure in Chi
cago, you will find a vicious condition
OF credit In every one of them there is
unsoundness, and the tap root Of it is
vicious credit.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21

pretty little village in the central por-
ton Of the State surrounded by rich
farming lands and valuable ore and
sand mines. Joseph Strobe is in his
eighty-second year and it is believed he
will hold his job until he is too old to
fill it. He is the pride and the joy Of
the Postoffice Department in Washing
ton, which placed his picture in the
Government display at the Worlds
Fair. The oldest postmaster is Re-
publican and has never missed voting
since he was allowed to vote. He has
never been i'll and is possessed of all
his faculties. He was appointed dur
ing the administration of President
Polk
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21
Rule Of Paganini's Violin

A leader of the social world of bar
day and generation invited Paganini
to dinner at which other men and
women. distinguished in art, were TO
be present. She had expected that no
would play before them during the
evening, and when the great musician
arrived, to her chagrin she discoyarod
that he had not brought his instr,1-
ment
oh, <Signor!" she exclaimed 70.
proachfuily, you have not broueh,
your violin.''
NO, madame" Paganini answered.
my violin never dimes out"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21
Jews in Jerusalem

while the return of the Hebrew race
10 tnelr promised land is regarded by
most people as a visionary scheme, it
IS an interesting fact that the number,
OF Jews in Jerusalem has increased
within twenty-five years from 10000
70 between $4,000 and 10000. An En-
gllsnWoman who has recently return
ga from Jerusalem, where she has.
llved for forty years, says that the old
suburbs OF the city, long deserted and
ruined are being built up at a sur
prlsing rate, and that the influx Of
Jews IS equally rapid in all parts Of
Iaiestine, so that they are beginning
tians. u
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21
AS a carpenter is generally concede

AS carpenter is generally conceded
to know more about carpentry than
druggist, and blacksmith more about
shoeing a horse than a candle-stick
maker, so perhaps a man who has not
only made study of banks in general,
but whose duties have led him to make
q special study of the banks that have
recently failed may be expected to
have views on these failures that are
entitled to very respectful hearing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21

A man tCo modest to let his name be
known went to the Boston postoffice
Christmas eve and paid out of his own
purse all the postage on letters and
packages which otherwise would have
been delayed in transmission or not de-
iivered at all by reason Of insufficient
stamps. That was very original and
thoughtful act, not to call it charity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21

Recently the Attorney General of Bel
GUM, in the course of an eloquent
speech. paid the following curious COM
pliment to the soporific power of the
Belgian press: I'm the evening. when
sleep flies from our agitated eyelids,
deaf to all our appeals, refractory to
our wishes, what immense assistance
we derive from the attentive reading of
some grave and deep leading article,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-21

There were employed in the South At
rican gold mines during the latter part
of 1896 more than $4,000 men, Of whom
IS per cent were in the Rand and OF
whom only 13 per cent were white men.
The number of tons mined and milled
was /, 199, 592 and the total gold product
was 622, 900 crude ounces, of which the
Rand produced 554 159.