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their name to Mexicas, from which the
word Mexican was afterward derived.
This change of name was not made, how
ever, because they desired to elude the
vigilance of the officials OF their native
country on account of criminal acts, but
because the priests received orders from
one of their gods, Mexitli that they
should adopt name like his.
This name finally attached itself to the
country they inhabited and finally was
applied to the entire area that stretches
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Chapul-
tepec, meaning Hill of the Grasshopper,
was named by them, and in their picture
writings they depict it as a small hill with
huge grasshopper standing all over it.
The Aztecs knew no alphabet, but cor
responded by certain signs or hero
glyhics, that were taught by priests and
handed down for generations. Yet they
had their books on religion, history,
poetry, feasts and wars. They wrote on
linen cloth and the colors were produced
from vegetable dyes. Some of their pic
lures are yet in existence in the museum
at the City of Mexico.
1t is strange that the religious customs
of the Aztecs were SO barbarous that even
neighboring tribes abhorred their Gus
toms. And yet they firmly believed in a
future life. While the other tribes be-
lieved that after death the people would
be transformed into insects, the Aztecs
conceived OF graduated stages of happiness
for mankind. Warriors who were killed
in battle were Immediately to dwell in
the house of the sun. For four years after
the death of relative the friends of
fered flowers, wine and meat to the de-
ceased.
But when a chief died his body was
ornamented and several papers were pre-
sented to the corpse one of which was a
passport across the detile between the two
mountains, another with which to avoid
the great serpent, etc. A little red-haired
dog was killed and buried near the
corpse to guide its master across the
great torrents that every departed soul
must encounter.
Every man was bound to marry at the
age OF u, and he could have as many
wives as he was able to support.
The Aztecs were musical and they had
sort of theatrical exhibition, in which
the faces of the actors were hid with
masks representing birds or animals.
The most important relic that is in ex
istence today and proves the mental pow
ers of the Aztecs is calendar, carved in
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nlicants are requested to signify their in

plicants are requested to signify their in
tention as soon as possible.
1t is the intention of the directors and
the music committee, however, to exer-
else somewhat critical supervision over
those who are willing to participate. They
will be required to give sufficient evil
dence of their vocal powers before theil
services will be accepted. Many are will
ing to sing in the chorus simply for the
sake of obtaining free admission to the
concert, without being possessed OF q
voice equal to the occasion. That class
of singers will not be accepted.
But the committee is fully aware of the
fact that a large number of people reside
in this city who have good vocal qualities,
and who will have sufficient patriotism
and pride in the success of the Fiesta to
offer their services, and upon those will
rest the responsibility OF making the con-
certs grand feature of the carnival.
The music committee has a plan OF
greater extent than the Fiesta concerts.
The latter are intended as a basis for an
nual musical festivities during the Fiesta,
such as the Handel and Haydn Music
Festival in New York and elsewhere East.
Those in charge of this matter will use
their best efforts to obtain the co-opera-
ton of the local talent to make such q
festival success in the future festivals.
Professor Stewart Taylor will WELD the
baton over the musical societies OF the
surrounding towns, that will also form
part of the concert programme.
Each participant will be provided with
a ticket, emitting him or her to re-
served seat upon the stage, and in this
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the glorious Init (the SUM to instruct the
simple tribes. He carried with him a
golden wedge, or, as it is sometimes
called, a wand. Wherever this wedge,
upon being struck. upon the ground,
should sink into the earth and disappear
forever there it was decreed Nance should
build his capital. Marching northward
he came to the plain of Cuzco, where the
wedge disappeared.
Here he founded the city of Cuzco, be-
came the first inca and founded the Peru
Wan race. He instructed the men in ag-
riculture and the arts, gave them COM
paratively pure religion and social and
national organizations while his wife,
who is sometimes represented in the dual
role of his sister, taught the women to
sew, spin and weave: He therefore be-
came the absolute ruler of his tribe, both
political and spiritual.
After having given his people proper
laws and organizing them into communi-
ties, he quietly took his departure and
allowed them to paddle their own ca
noe" He merely sent proclamation to
his people stating that he had assembled
to his father, the sun, " and nothing more
was heard of him. 1t is claimed that that
event took place after he had reigned
forty years, in the year 1862 A. ID.
The origin of the Aztecs is no clearer
than of any of the other tribes. 1t is
claimed that previous to migrating they
dwelt in land far to the northeast OF
Lake Clapala. This region strongly re-
minded them of their far-off home, they
called Aztlan, and from this they called
themselves Aztecs.
In the middle of the seventh century
they determined to seek a new home and
commenced long, tedious and dangerou
tramp toward the southwest, under the
marshalship of their priests. The latter
not being supplied with charts or compass,
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manner confusion in seating the members

manner confusion in seating the members
of the choruses will be avoided.
The finance committee has districted
the city and appointed a subcommittee
for each district to solicit funds for the
Fiesta. These committees will commence
an active and systematic canvass on
Monday morning and expect to receive a
cordial and liberal response from the cti-
zens.
Following are the names OF the chair
men of the subcommittee and the dis
tricts to which they are assigned: A. P.
Lewis, Los Angeles street; Fred Lam
bourn, Also street; John A. Keifer, north
of Plaza; John B. Wachtel, Main between
Temple and Plaza G. F. A. Last, Main
between Temple and Second; ]. J. Dorm,
Main between Second and Sixth w. +.
Ball, Spring from Temple to First; H. p.
Anderson, Spring from First to Second !;
j. r. Newberry, Spring between Second
and Third; J. W. Vaughn, Spring between
Third and Fourth; H. J. Kraemer, Spring
between Fourth and Seventh; A. E. Pom
eroy, Broadway between Temple and
Third; DR.. g. MacGowan, Broadway, be-
tween Second and Fourth; John H.
Trout, Broadway between Fourth and
Seventh. Isidor Freshman, Commercial
street; T. H. Avery, First street r.
Altschul, Second street; Wesley Clark,
Third street; Miles Pease, Fourth and
Fifth streets; A. Ramish, New High and
Temple streets. ..
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The amusement committee has under
consideration several special features for
| the Fiesta week, that will meet with
public approval. On Monday evening,
April 18th, it is proposed to have bril-.
liant and amusing programme, when the
Queen de la Fiesta will be publicly in
stalled. In the afternoon the formal trans
fer of the keys of the city, by the Mayor,
will take place, and the official installation
of Her Majesty will be accompanied by all
the pomp and splendor usual for such
imposing ceremonies. E3
In the evening, however, more in.
formal tone will pervade the festivities.
Members of the committee and of the
Queens Court will deliver humorous
speeches, and the affair will be of a
light and amusing character without court
formalities. tff
1t has been decided to exercise the
strictest supervision over the masquerade
ball at Hazards Pavilion on Thursday
evening. Instead of an invitation affair,
admission can only be gained by sub.
scription, and prizes will be offered for the
best sustained characters. Only masks
will be allowed on the floor, and it is
expected that full dress will be 'de
riguer'' in the balconies. The decora-
tions have been already described in The
Herald during the week. st
The athletic tournament will take place
on Friday evening by electric lights.
There will be bicycle races, tugs of war
and lot of burlesque sports. Arrange
ments are being made to have some of
these tournaments open to ladies.
The following subcommittee have been
appointed to take charge of these separate
events.
Installation carnival-Louis Gottschalk,
John W. A. Off and E. Ogden.
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to the roof are used as means of en-
| trance.
| The Zunis are generally occupied in ag-
riculture, are peaceful and industrious,
and have but little inclination tow ard
sports. They care little for hunting and
other outside exercise as are usually found
among Indian tribes.
Their government is not expensive
and their salary list so small that even
the retrenchment committee now at work
with the ak in Sacramento could find
nothing with which to make a record.
Their only officials are governor and a
high priest, the latter being the oracle OF
the tribe and the temporal and spiritual
guide. He is the main ruler, as his or
ders are the laws that are carried into OK
ecution by the government
The traditions of the Zuni Indians are
that they came from the northwest on
their march southwark; that all Pueblo
Indians belong to a common race and are
members of the Aztecs and Montezumas;
that some of the forefathers remained be-
hind during the nations migration, but
that the greater body ultima tely formed
the empire of Mexico.
Several of the chief men of the tribe
made Il pilgrimage to the Atlantic ocean
in 1889 to procure some of its water, which
they deemed sacred. They visited several
cities in the East, under the guidance OF
.ahh IL Nush!iiS VI eiie ON 'isoi,iaH ~
stitute at Washington, who has the dis
tinction of being the only foreigner ever
adopted into the tribe and who has lived
among them for a number of years to
study their manners and customs.
The religion of the 1ncas is one that
combines all the superstitions and religious
beliefs of ancient Indian tribes. 1t can be
said that their origin is shrouded in mys-
terry and that their traditions are fabulous
in character and can be looked upon in
the light of legend.
According to historical data Nance, the
first inca, first appeared on the shores of
Lake Titicaca, Peru, with his wife, Mama
Cello. He announced that he and his wife
were children of the sun and were sent by
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Athletic tournament--Wm. +. Kennedy,
Adolph Frese and Louis Herzog. fn
Carnival ball-John I. Griffith, Maurice
s. Hellman and Albert A. Jones. sra
The offer OF the Wheemen's Training
League to act as couriers has been CRATE
fully accepted. l1l
The proposition of Los Angeles Parlor
No. As, n. s. G. W. and La Esperanto
Parlor, Native Daughters, to take charge
and manage grand ball during Fiesta
week has been declined, as other plans had
been made.
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Travelled by inspiration, and as conse
quence they paused whole years in differ
ent places, building houses and temples
and leaving them as souvenirs.
They soon became kind of ancient
gypsy tribe, and it is said that some parts
OF this nation are still moving around and
have never been able to find permanent
abode.
For 600 years the main body of the Az
tees moved as slowly as the Industrial
Army, and in 1913 they became tired and
halted, 1t was then that they changed
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tees deteriorated in the most disastrous
manner and soon were lost as a nation.
But little is absolutely known about the
lun Indians. History has it that they
belong to a Pueblo tribe, semi-civilized
remnant of the Aztec empire. They in
habit district of New Mexico about two
hundred miles southeast of the Moqusi'
settlement, and number about two thou
sand souls. Their town, Zuni, is about
half a square mile in area, and their
houses, some of which are three and four
stories high, are built Of adobe. Ladders
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FOR H|GH-CLASS MUSIC
La Fiesta Concerts Will Be a
Great Attraction
A NUCLEUS FOR THE FUTURE
subcommittee Appointed to Solicit
Subscriptions Soon
A NUCLEUS FOR THE FUTURE
Charles e. Day Selected as Director Of the
Choruses--The Amusement COMMITTEES
Is Now Hard at Work

Charles E. Day
has accepted the Of
fer Of the music
committee to act as
director of the Choir
uses at the Fiesta
concerts. Mr.. Day
has in the past been
very successful in
directing large bod
les of vocalists, and
he will do all in his
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WITH HORSES OR ELECTRICITY
Asking for a Street-Car Franchise Along
First Street

O. A. Ivers, John S. Mailman, John
Kennedy, Richard Dillon and Henry I.
Hazard have asked the City Council for
franchise for double track street railway
on West First street. from Bonnie Brae
street to the west city limits. The road is
to be operated with either horses or cleo
tricitv, and the franchise as asked for is
to run for fifty years.
The Council will take the matter up on
Monday, and it is probable the first move
will be to refer it to the City Attorney.
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power to make the programme to which
he has been assigned decided success.
Applications from those who de-
sire to take part i'll the chorus will
be received by Mr. Day, Professor
Wilhartitz and E. f. Kubel and the ap-
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City Attorney Dunn left yesterday on
another trip to the capital OF the state
where the able Lawmakers are now gath
cred. Information had reached him that
the proposed changes in the Vrooman act
are coming up at once, and he a. ky
hied himself thence to be in at the .ill-
ing, and, if posi- BILE, see that Los nseles
gets her share OF the game, whatever IL
may be.
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turned to Mexico in ten years, and on
July 2, 1894, his ashes were placed in a
marble sepulchre in the Church OF Jesu
Nazareno, that he had founded himself.
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Lack of vitality aud color-matter IN the
bulbs causes the hair to ia out and turn
gray We recommend Halls Hair Remover
to prevent badness and gra' ness
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This is the seoson to get the best vak
ues and attention in fine tailoring from
II. A. Getz, liz w. Third street.
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Hollenbeck Hotel Cafe. Grill rooms and
private dining rooms. Oysters on shell. =
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wallpaper hung, ioc roll, s2s S. Spring.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-12-11
DRESSED UP LIKE ARMENIANS.
Hocus-Pocus In the hsssacres Mt Bitiis is
fxpo>ed

copyrighted 1896 by Associated Press)
Constantinople. Dec. 9. via Sofia. Bull
garia, Dec. 1o.-The following account
has Just been received of the massacre
at BitHs on October %.
The Turks. armed. assembled in the
mosques, and several others. dressed
as Armenians. fired pistols in the court
yard of the mosque of Outoud jami near
the market place. in order 10 afford a
pretext for the massacre. The Turks
then raised cries OF "Giaous are attack
ing the mosque
Then they combined in an attack
upon the market. The Armenian ira
ders were massacred. their shops were
looted and the mob pillaged the Arrne-
nian quarters. killing women and chill
dren.
The rioters were aided by the Kur-
dish tribes OF Moigan and Kohouti.
The disturbances in the villages around
exceeded in ferocity those in the town
itself Five villages were completely
demolished
report received here from Van
states shat forty villages in that Vi
cinity have been devastated and plum
dered and that the entire populacion,
CONSISTING Of l4.ec9 persons. has been
dispersed 10 the hills. Everywhere.
Il Is added. there Is massacre piHage
famine and fire 1T work in exterminat-
ing the ArTnenfans-
Il is also stated that ffty villages
around Sivas were devastated by the
Turks. bazouks. soldiers and gen a
arues. while the population fed and
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-12-11
JUST WHAT CAMPOs WANTS.
Insurgent Leaders Concentrating for a
Pitched Battle.

Havana, Dec 10.-According to trust
worthy information just received here
by the correspondent of the Associated
Press, the insurgents have been making
rapid progress through the province of
Santa Clara since the defeat of Colonel
Fugara and Eugerrio. The forces com
manded by Gomez, Maceo. Roloff, San
chez, Carrilli, Guerra, Diaz and other
insurgent leaders have united and are
now camped at Vajaca, about fifteen
miles from Placetas, an important town
on the road to Santa Clara, and a point
of great strategic value in its relation
to the seaport of Caibergen. From the
fact that so many of the insurgent lea
ders have concentrated their forces, 1t
is believed that Gomez and Maceo have
determined to risk a pitched battle with
the Spanish troops. The concentration
of the insurgent forces, however, is
exactly what General Campos is said
to have been praying for, and with the
coming of the reinforcements of troops
from Spain, it now seems certain that
they will be able to strike a decisive
blow.
The Barbastro and Merida ba:ttalions
which larrived here yesterday from
Spain, left Havana today for Santa
Clara, In addition to 10000 troops
which are expected here towards the
end of the month and the beginning
of January, the Spanish government
is already completing the work of dis
patching 10000 more troops to Cuba.
General Luispando, who arrived from
Spain yesterday in command of a di-
vision of the reinforcement of troops
gave his impressions Of the situation
today. He said:
'I believe that the war will soon be
finished. If this is not accomplished
within six months / will return to Spain
confessing our impotence to repress
the rebellion. 1 do not believe that the
United States would gain anything by
annexing Cuba, because 1t would be
the occasion Of heavy expense TO the
United States. Cuba, as an independ-
ent power would also be a troublesome
neighbor for the Yankees. But Cuba
under Spain's rule. after the opening
OF the Nicaragua canal, would be the
worlds warehouse and would derive
great advantages from being ON good
terms with the United States"
Madrid, Dec. 10-Dispatches from
Havana announce the arrival there OF
six transports with reinforcements of
Spanish troops for service in Cuba.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-12-11
ABOUT AS BAD AS EVER
Eastern Traffic Arrangements Don't Seem
to Prevent Cutting

Chicago, Dec. 10.-Ft is possible that
a, big open reduction in freight rates
between Ohfcago and the Atlantic sea-
board may be made within the next
few days. All sorts Of rates are now in
existence, and the standard lines are ac-
cused of being the chief offenders.
Thee agreement of the presidents and
general managers Of the Central Traf-
fic lines to maintain rates seems TO be
a dead letter already. Provision rates
have been cut squarely in half and the
grain rates are not in much better con-
dition. A meeting of the Chicago COM
mittee of the freight lines was held to-
day and the advisabilty of making the
reduction wide open was discussed. No
action was taken but the situation is
too serious to admit OF its continuing
much longer as a I present. If the traf-
ficS are not restored within few days
the effect will be to deal the new joint
association of the eastern lines heavy
blow. 1t will show, intact, that it has
really no power at all
A slight crash has become between
the Rock Island road and the new West
ern Passenger association. The road
has sent notice to the chairman that IL
intends ito meet several rates made by
several of the roads OF the Central T'raf-
fic association, for several meetings.
The chairman has ruled that the roads
have no right to make the rates and
that individual action by any road OF
the association is only allowable when
an emergency exists. and the road has
no time to get a ruling from the chair
man on the matter. The Rock Island
has not made any reply TO the ruling OF
the chairman as yet, but il Is not likely
90 withdraw its rates 10 the meetings
specified in its notice 10 the chairman.
a special meeting Of the Trans-cont-
tinental Passenger association has heesi
called for December 70. a proposition
has been made that ell circuitous route
rates be Withdrawn and that tickets
from Los Angeles and other California
points to Chicago and 81. Louis. and
Chicago via New Orleans be with
drawn II is also proposed 10 stop the
sale Of tickets from California points TO
Omaha. Council Bluffs and Sioux City
via Kansas City at Short Line rates,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-12-11
DRILLED THROUGH.
MAJ Pierced by an Iron and Lived 60 rsn
ths Tzle.

They were discussing al a miners
Tom Lynch at the Butte hotel. and q
number of cases of similar nature
were brought up in which the injured
men recovered and were as hearty as
ever.
The most remarkable case, though.
that / ever heard Of" said Jerry Harri
gan, "was that of Pat Mulhgan, with
whom / worked for many a year. In
june, 1851, Munigan was working at the
Gray Rock, when the shaft on that
property was about 2ss feet deep.
Mulligan was one OF the sinking crew,
and one day the bucket which was used
for taking out TIE waste and water
was being hoistcd to the surface. The
bucket was almost flled with water and
the shaft men, unknown 10 the top man.
put six dull drills IN the bucket to be
sent on top TO be sharpened. The top
man dumped the water in q trough at
the collar of the shaft without closing
the trap doors on top and ono of the
drills rolled out, struck the trough, and
fell of down the shaft II was an inch
drill about two feet long and weighed
about six pounds. Mulligan was in n
STOPPING position when the drill struck
him. 1t hit him back OF the shoulder
blade. passed clean through the body,
narrowly missing his heart, and partly
emerged from between the ribs. Null
ligan's horror-stricken comrades in the
shaft rushed 20 his assistance and were
about to pull the drill cut from his
back when Mulligan calmly seized the
lower end of the drill from where il
protruded and by q great effort pulled
it through the body and threw it down
at his feet. IT was a wonderful exhi-
bition of strength and fortitude. but
everybody who heard OF the accident
was confident that he could not survive.
He hovered between life and death for
about three weeks, and finally got ap-
parently as well as ever. He worked
for ten years in the mines of Butte and
Granite, but finally met with a horri-
BILE death at the Anaconda mine on No
vember 4. 1891. by falling with eight
others from the cage while being hoist
ed from the mine. Butte Inter Noun
tain
The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-12-11
DUNDY DISPUTES IT.
FEDERAL JUDGE CALLS MAY1T
BEMIS TO ORDER

At Omaha's Cuban Sympathy Meeting the
Latter Undertakes to Forward to the
Insurgent Cubans any Money or Sup
plies Which may be Left in His Charge
for Such Purpose-Judge Dundy Re
minds Him that There Happens to be
Laws Against what He Proposes-Case
of Ireland Compared-Cuban News
Omaha, Dec. 10.-At the Cuban SYM
pathy meeting last night Mayor Bemis
announced that he would receive at
his office anything in the form of money
or provisions and would see that it
reached Cuba to assist the insurgents.
Judge Dundy of the federal court de-
clared that the mayor could not do
anything of the kind. He might re-
tempted 10 forward them he would
come in contact with the United States
government and find himself in limbo.
If he succeeded in getting tn stuff star
ted toward its destination it would be
liable to seizure by both the authori-
ties of this country and those of Spain.
John L. Webster, who had been one
of the speakers at the Cuban sympathy
meeting, said that If the mayors sug-
gestion were carried out to the letter
it would be nothing more than the
people of this country have done for
Ireland for years.
Mayor Bemis said today that he was
promised a number of contributions al
ready. Three cowboys went to his
office to enlist with the insurgents. The
mayor referred them to the secretary of
the Central Labor union.