Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Fort Wayne "Weekly Sentinel", inotaura nezvaBurke kwemakore mashoma semumwe munhu "anozviti Colonel" uye "anofungidzirwa Colonel", kazhinji achidhinda chinzvimbo mumakomi akachinjwa (29 Gunyana 1880, 13 Gumiguru 1880, 20 Gumiguru 1880 uye 3 Mbudzi 1880). Pana 14 February 1883, mukuwedzera kune mamwe mashoko okuonga, upenyu hwaBurke hunorondedzerwa se"mutsotsi" ane chinzvimbo che"colonel" chakawanikwa kubva pakurwiswa kweFenian kuCanada
uye kunyange zita rokuti "general" rakatorwa pamabasa ake anonzi muChile. Rakarondedzera kutiza kwake nokukurumidza kudzokera kuFort Wayne achibva kune vaiva nechikwereti muMexico, pashure pokupambadza mari yomunzvimbomo pahotera itsva yakaisvonaka muMonterrey, kwaaivaraidza vanhu vokuAmerica nevokuEurope nemapati aiwanzoitwa uye ainakidzwa noupenyu hwoumbozha. "Gazette", zvisinei, yakapfuurira kurumbidza kwayo, ichimudana kuti "murume akaisvonaka weIreland" akanga ava kuda kubvunzurudzwa neChicago Tribune.