Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-05
THE sWEENEYS' GUEST.
A Descendant of Hing Philips ana
Speaks -Four Languages.

From, the Lewiston Evening Journal
1,,,,o., .. .ho l;,,, With had had fire wa
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Ter ana overcome WIN 'He hli'-!'' %
occasion. Rose Francis, an indian maid
started in to literally break up housekeep-
ing in the home of Dennis Sweeney of Au-
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purh III the carry ii'''S "a ~
ing. She threw water pitchers ana an sorts
of crockeryware downstairs and only left
tho roof of tn. building intact because she
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consequence II these thlnss Rose was maui
to appear in the Auburn municipal court
This fyEednesdavl morning She pleaded
guilty. and wae lined 81 and costs of court
In default of paving the sum she was com
rnifted TO iaiI
II seems that Rose. who is we'll known
in awiston ard Auburn as the only resi-
dent in these CITIES who is of straight In
dian extraction. was the invited guest at
the home of Mr. Sweeney on Christmas
eve 1t was an occasion of ioility. Christ
mas comes but once a year and il is fitting
and right that people should throw duh
care to the dogs and enjoy themselves.
Rose thought 50 as we'll as the Sweeneys,
hut her n1ethod differed somewhat from the
modes of enjoyment that the family had
been accustomed TO-
Everything progressed smoothly until the
early hours of Christmas morning, when
Rose took IL into her head to celebrate in
earnest With a wild whoop and yell
that would have done credit to her duSky-
skinned ancestors, she went on the war
path she grabbed water pitchers and
flung them against the walls or the room
though water pitchers We're OF no par
tfcular value in this world She seized
plates and saUcers and hurled them at
the cook stove, to the great destruction
of the plates. That the cook stove sur
viVCi the impact was no fault OF Rose s,
who avowed that she was out on tear
and did not intend to leave enough of the
Sweeney residence to shelter dog. up
stairs and downstairs she tore ike a cy-
clone in petticoatS, the SweeneYs enGeaV-
oring inasmuch as they could To head her
off Finding that the roof was in imrni-
nent danger of coming down about their
heads, Dennis started out after the ponce
He found Officer Byron. who went up to
the Sweeney residence and induced Rose
to accompany him TO a residence less de-
structibe.
Indian maiden. when under the mellowing
influence of fire water, is not silent-espe-
cially when she has done a good Job IN the
way of house smashing. All the way TO
the station she recounted to Officer Byron
the deeds she had done. She had all out
put the Sweeneys out of business, she said
If he would only let her return she would
not leave one stick upon another in the
whole house. She had nothing against the
Sweeneys in particular. nor their house; she
was actuated solely by desire 10 Dreak
things.
..I-ph,' said Rose '.me strong Me pick
nm cook stove and walk off with him Me
t'row bureau dowrstairs-t'row him up-
stairs if want to. Lug a barl flour tree
f1ipht stair Yankee ma strong and damn
fol tn boot -
In conversation with the police Rose
stated that she IL a HnAal descendant of
King Philip She has therefore royal blood