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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
rs PITTS DISQUALIFIED.
a Question Raised About One Of the
Kansas Electors


Some of the papers in southwestern
Kansas are trying to figure out that
Geo #. Pitts, one Of the electors on the
Democratic and Peoples Party ticket
cannot serve on account OF being dis
qualified under section I of article . of
the constitution which provides That
no senator. or representativ or person
holding an office of trust or profit under
the United States shall be appointed an
e1ector"
1t is said that Mr.. Pitts is serving as
the agent OF the stockholders of some
national bank that has failed and gone
through a receivership and that his
election has been approved by the
comptroller of currency. This is claim
ed to be an Office of profit and 50 brings
him within the disqualification Of the
constitution.
Chairman Breidenthal when asked
about the rumor today, said
Fl do not think there is anything in
FL. Pitts is an agent of the stockholders
and IS the same as trustee under our
state law He is not a government Of
ncer; he is simply man agreed on by
the stockholders of the bank to look af-
ter their interests, after the depositors
and other creditors are paid, and his
election is simply approved by the
comptroller before the assets Of the
bank are turned over to him by the re-
cefVer.f'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
81 HOURS TO CALIFORNIA.
santa Fe CaIifornia Limited.

Santa Fe Route California Limited.
Leaves Chicago 500 p. m Wednes-
days and Saturdays, Kansas City $50
a. m, Topeka II: 33 a. m. and Denver
$50 p. M, Thursdays and Sundays,
reaching Los Angeles 81 hours and San
Diego in So hours from Topeka. Con
Meeting train for San Fra ncisco, with
Trough sleeping car reservations. via
Mojave. Returns leaving California
Mondays and Thursdays and passing
through Topeka eastbound at $3.50 p. m.
Thursdays and Sundays.
Equipment Of superb vestibuled Pull
man palace sleepers. buffet smoking car
and dining car. Most luxurious service
via any line
Another express train, carrying pal
ace and tourist sleepers. leaves Chicago,
Topeka and Kansas City daily for Cal
ifOrnia.
For additional information call on w.
.. Garvey. agent. at passenger depot.
foot of Fifth street Topeka, CTelephone
682) or on Cromwell & letters, in post
office, North Topeka. Telephone 364)
w. j. BLACK, A. G. p. A.
G. T. NICHOLSON. C. P. A..
A, 7. & S. F. R'y,
CHICAGO.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
Ellis Agnus Broke the Bottle.

Baltimore, Nov. 11.-Torpedo boat No
4, the second of the three being built
at the Columbian Iron works for the
Omitted States navy was launched yes
terday. The vessel is an exact cOun-
terpart of No. 3. which was launched
a the works October l. The new
craft was christened by Miss Elise
Agnus, daughter of General Felix Ag-
nus. In breaking the bottle Of wine
over the bow of the boat Miss Agnus
expressed the hope that its mission
should be to bring peace in time Of
war and TO prepare for war in time
of peace.
If your hair is thinning and fading.
use Ayers Hair Vigor. 1t restores color
and vitality.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
10 Organize indian BAN clubs.

Texarkana, Ark, Nov LEX Cover
nor Gardner of the Choctaw nation,
whose term recently expired, was in the
city today. He is a frequent visitor
here. When asked what calling he
would engage in now that he was out
of office, he stated that he was organ
izing two Indian ball teams with which
he proposed to tour the country. His
programme is to visit the largest cities
and towns in the United States. giving
ball games during the day and Indian
war dances at night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
Civil Service Reform League.

Philadelphia. Nov. 1.-THE national
civil service reform league will hold its
annual meeting in this city December 10
and II. Among the reforms that viii
be urged will be the merit system.
Among those who are expected to be
present are Carl Schurz Theodore
Roosevelt, Charles J. Bonaparte More
field Story, Richard Henry Dana, VIM
Dudley Foulke. Richard Watson Glider.
Everett P. Wheeler and Lucius B.
Swift
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
Ignorant Man VIII Dammit

Philadelphia Nov. 11=One man was
killed and a half dozen slightly injured
py the explosion of a sixteen pound
can Of dynamite at Germantown. The
dead man was an Italian known ~
Tony Brown Brown had built fire
in his shanty and it is supposed asparIz
ignited the dangerous explosive which
sewer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
PIERRE LORILLARD'S LOSS
Stables and Other Buildings at His
STOCK Farm Burn

New York Nov. 1.-THE stables and
other buildings of Pr. Lorillard's stock
farm at Long Branch We're destroyed
by fire last night
The fire destroyed IA buildings The
horses are said to have all been gotten
out in safety.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
GARFIELD's EPITAPH.
Its Author, DR.. Parker, Dies at Pough-
keepsie. New York.

Poughkeepsie N Y, Nov. lid
ward H. Parker, a prominent physi-
elan, died in this city yesterday. He
was 70 years Of age. He was author OF
he lines. "Life's Race well Won"
'Life's race well won,
LIES work well done,
LIES victory Won.
Now comes rest
The lines were the opening verse of
a poem written 20 years ago, and they
We're selected by the widow of James A.
Garfield as in inscription on the tomb
stone of the martyred president
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
New Santa Fe Time Card.

On November 4th the Santa Fe Route.
the home road well put into effect a
new time card, making a number of
changes. Look it UP if you are going
to travel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
AFRAID OF OUR DOLLAR.
China's Confidence in the American
Silver Dollar Shaken.

London, Nov. ia Vienna dispat
to the Times abiding to Russia's eff
forts to secure trade with China. says
that Russia silver rOubles are being
minted in large quantities for circula-
ton in China in view of the fact that
the Chinese confidence in the American
silver dollar has been somewhat shaken.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
TAKEN FOR A MURDERER.
G. F. Curtis, Assistant Congressional
librarian. Badly Treated Abroad

New York. Nov. 11--George r. Curtis
assistant librarian of the United states
congress. arrived on the st. Paul yester-
day from a trip TO Europe. which was adj
VenturOus and memOra BILE He was twice
arrested because of his resem b1ance to q
fugative murderer from Montevfdeo for
whom the police had been searching The
first arrest was made at Grindelwald. Mr..
Curtis said yesterday
~ was taken a prisoner to Interlaken.
without a chance TO send a message TO the
American minister at Berne, in spite of
all my entreating- I was released at in
terlaken. and the officials there offered to
pay for my lost railway ticket and other
expenses but a refused I then went to
Geneva and there i was arrested again
by policemen ] was again released With
out much difficulty The Swiss govern
Inent offered me an indemnity of 500
franks. That also I declined. -
Not how cheap but how good is the
way we try to do our work Peerless
EHaarn I-annErw 10 ana - w. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
To Chicago, st. Louis arc the East
Via Burlington Route.

The travelling public is sure to and
the best fast vestibuled trains to the
east via the Burlington Route
Handsome new compartment sleep
ers (same rate as standard sleepers).
chair cars (seats free), Kansas City and
St Joseph to St. Louis; standard sleep
ers. chair cars and dining cars-''pay
for what you order''-to Chicago Take
the -Vestibuled Eli" to Chicago. and
the ''Vestibuled Limited" to St. Louis
Ask Agent for tickets via the Bur.
ungton Route.
L. W WAkELEE
Gen. Pass. Agent
St Louis. 40
CONTINUED from First Page.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11

It is difficult to obtain a perfectly pure
extract of vanilla since most manufac-
turers use an oil somewhat similar but
very inferior to that produced from the
genuine vanilla bean. Otto Kuehne &
Co. employ only the finest Of materials
IN this. as well as in other extracts of
The .Silver Leaf" brand.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
a World Street Railway Syndicate

Cleveland, Nov HIT is announced
that the International Street Railway
syndicate viii operate in New York as
well as London. Paris and other cities.
Electricity has been decided upon as
the power to use.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
Ii Hung Changes Coffin Burned.

San Francisco, Nov. Iii Hung
Chang's celebrated coffin which he car
ried with him on his recent tour of the
world. was burned recently in a fire on
board the steamship GIenarteney.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11

We do mending and sew or button
free ofcharge- Peerless Steam Laundry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11

Broken edge collars made smooth bg
Peerless Steam Laundry.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22
Cuban Sugar and Tobacco.

The economic collapse of Cuba is re-
vealed by few salient figures Sugar
is the chief article of export, and 60 per
cent of the population live ON its pro-
duction. In 1894 (before the rebellion)
the total output of sugar was 1850, 600
tons. This season, up to April 30, onl.-
40. 900 tons have been manufactured
and "the total output for the year is
estimated at less than 200, 900 tons, "
with good luck. Tobacco, the second
great staple of Cuban trade, is in O
worse plight than sugar. The normal
production is $50, 900 bales. "This year
will see only 80, 900 bales in the mar
ket." In few weeks the cigar factories
in Havana will close their doors, which
will throw so, 900 men and women out
of work. The value Of the exports from
Cuba is calculated to have fallen i'll one
year from e12, 10000 to G3, 900, 900.
No wonder merchants are of opinion
that Cuba has received her deathblow.
National Review.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22

and hands passing over them. At last we
stopped. He had begun his ceremonies
just within the cave and went through all
manner of attitudes and noises. There
was no mistake about him now. would
have liked to carry through the ceremony,
but glancing out into the valley 1 sudden
ly saw the niggers on the move. We were
trapped. There was no good trying to ar
rest him with that crowd there. All we
could do was to look out for ourselves, and
yet we could not leave the director of the
rebellion to order further murders of
whites, with women and children.
Il just drew bead on him and shot
him there. Then we turned and got away.
AS we went down we set fire to all the huts
at the foot of the hill. In moment cries
resounded all over the place The niggers
were rushing out from back of the hill.
Two outfits of them came streaking down
two different trails to cut us off, and they
nearly did it. We just reached the horses
and slipped away, struggling over powders
and jumping off rocks as high as the
horses themselves. "
The various books that have been writ
ten about the Matabeles, some Of them by
missionaries who have lived for years In
the country, contain no mention of Mlimo.
The fact is that as long as King Loben-
gula lived Mlimo was only one among the
very numerous witch doctors and rain
makers, each of whom, famous in his own
district, was overshadowed by the superior
power of the king himself, for Lobengula
was the great, the unapproachable, diviner,
witch doctor and rainmaker of the Malta
beles. He alone was pre-eminent in mystic
arts
Mlimo's opportunity came after the
kings death. The willy old fellow, more
crafty and artful than his fellows, succeed
ed in gaining recognition as the greatest
fetichman in the land. There was no long
er king, and he took the kings place as
a miracle worker and diviner. When he
went through his performances with his
roots, bones, feathers and other sacred
medicines" and declared that the Mata-
beles would surely vanquish the whites,
there could be no doubt in the minds of the
superstitious people that now was the time
to regain their independence.
The witch doctors, with Mlimo at their
head, were the bitterest. foes Of the whites.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22
HARDoR POLICE LAUNCH.

and get away. In nine cases out of ten we
failed to catch thieves with the rowboats
Now we can overhaul them so quickly that
they will have no chance to escape or get
rid of their plumber. "
There are four Of the new launches.
They go through the water swiftly enough
TO overtake the ordinary river craft with
ease, and they make comparatively little
noise. Each launch has lights at night,
but the lights can be blanketed quickly
when the police want to get near suspi-
cious boat without attracting attention,
and the flash from bullseye lantern can
be used to direct the launch to any point
in the darkness
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22
A VIGIL.

Is this the dawn that slowly leaves
The shadowy bed SO still and white,
And with its cool, soft touch unweaves
The fevered fancies Of the night
Is this the dawn Oh, love, you lie
So calm beside the taper's beam,
As though IL were not you and
Who laughed together in my dream.
While Ger the fiowery way abreast
We stepped along the springy lea,
Till outward to the closing west
Gold pathways led across the sea.
And all the purpling deeps Of space,
And all ewes tender, softening shine
We're deeper, holier round your face
Your face, my love- so close to mine.
And 10, your eyes looked DER the bay
And shone so-two conflicting CLEANS,
Loves dawn, and the last glance of day
Met in halo. Love, it seems
Only dream; your floating hair
Beam billowed and dream your face
Now morning takes us unaware
And draws aside the shielding lace.
OF night, and breathing early flowers,
Looks boldly on the placid lid,
And brightens all the unheeding showers
OF gold, wherein last night lay hid
Your hand upon my shoulder. Dear,
In thy long dream sometimes ere night.
Bend DER me when the sky is clear
And look against the western light.
William Woodward in Chambers Journal.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22
THE MURDER OF MLIMO
Exploit of an American Cowboy
In South Africa.
FAMOUS MATABELE WITCH DOCTOR
He Had Stirred Up the Native Insurrec-
tion Against the Whites-Cowboy Burn
hams Story Of the Kiiiing-Methods Of
the Witch Doctors.

The tragic death of Mlimo, the most In
huential of the Matabele witch doctors,
, was one Of the most dramatic of recent
events In South Africa. Two white men
in the British service, one of them Texas
cowboy named Burnham, stealthily made
their way to the cave in the Matoppo hills,
where the witch doctor lived, found him
there, and Durham shot him dead. Then
the two white men fled for their lives and
very narrowly made their escape
The story of the killing is told as follows
by Burnham: Armstrong went straight
at him and said, You are the Mlimo
man?' He seemed staggered for q mo-
ment, but said, What then?' So Arm
strong told him we were white men, and
we found we were no good against the
Matabeles. We wanted some of his witch
craft to make their bullets turn to water
when they struck us, just as he had turn
ed white mems bullets into water. We
said we had come to pay our respects to
him and give the presents that the Kaffirs
gave, but we wanted q blessing in the
proper way, with all the ceremony.
after "a little hesitation he led the way,
and we followed toward the cave. We pre-
tended to be nightly in awe of him, but
was noting all the signs to see whether he
was the right man. / had little doubt
after / first accosted him. and none when
we began to ascend the rocks AS we got
near the cave all kinds of ceremonies be-
gan. At every corner he would stop and
sway his hands around, singing low kind
Of church chant He had nice voice for
a niger, and he kept bowling and grooming
while we came slowly along behind him.
"All the rocks at the mouth Of the cave
were polished with the wear of ages of feet
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22
GAMES YOUNG INDIANS PLAY.
Chugga and Tabahortty Are Among Their
Favorite Pastimes.


The first game an Indian boy learns
is chugga. Any number of boys line up
and crouch down with their knees bent.
The boy on the end shouts "ChuggaW
and all start off together. The one who
goes fastest and farthest wins the game.
The squatting position of the body must
be maintained throughout. Walking
chugga is very difficult, as it is great
strain on the muscles of the back and
legs. Hopping chugga is still more diff
cult. The STOPPING position is the same
but only one foot can be used. Even an
expert can rarely hop chugga for 100
feet without stopping or stumbling.
After chugga the Indian boy learns
pawwit This game requires all the
speed and accuracy at his command.
The posts, with a crossbar between, like
a football goal, are erected in the open
prairie. The boys cut lances of hickory
poles about six feet long and scrape
them smooth. Great care is taken to
have these poles we'll balanced and
straight. About 80 feet in front of the
goal line is drawn. The same distance
on the other side circle is marked on
the ground. The boys take turn in adj
vancing to the scratch line and throw
ing their lances. The pole must pass
over the goal posts, while the boy runs
forward and catches it within the circle
before it alights. If he fails to catch it
or if it alights outside the circle, he
loses a throw. Each successful catch
counts one point An expert pawwit
player will throw five foot pole so
feet into a ring five feet in diameter
and catch it four times out of five.
The most popular game in which both
boys and girls play is called tabahortty.
1t is good deal like the game called
Farmer Brown, which white girls and
boys play together. An Indian boy
stands with folded arms as a great chief
or warrior The other players move
around him in circle, chanting and
turning around. A girl, then selected,
moves into the circle and kneels at his
feet.
Then the players change their direc-
ton, while another is selected as pa
poose. This player is usually small
boy, who lies fiat on his back at the
girls side. Then a boy is called in as a
dog. He enters, barking and swapping.
A girl follows as q cat, mewing. A coy
ote, white wolf, bear, an owl, a
pony, medicine man and many other
characters are called into the ring until
the singers are exhausted. At each call
the direction of the circlers is changed.
Then at word from the boy chief
the players form a circle again, each
impersonating the character he or she
was called into the ring to assume. The
singing, which has hitherto been low
and even, becomes high and irregular.
1t continues until the boy impersonating
the chief steps into the ring again and
dismisses the players one by one. When
none is left the boy cries 'Tabahortty!"
which ends the game. New York Re-
cOrder.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22
When Buy,ng n winam,II.

There are host Of uses to which q
windmill may be put when not en-
ployed in pumping water. 1t would
seem that when a man is purchasing a
windmill it would be we'll enough to
secure one of sufficient size to meet all
these uses. There are the Smelling of
corn, the cutting and grinding of corn,
churning butter, saving wood, turning
the grindstone, etc., all of which labor
might be performed while the mill is
not employed in pumping water.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22

Iney were the only class Of the people
against whom DIR. Jameson had sent forth
a special edict. He had summoned every
induna before him and had told them all
to spread the news that IL any witch doctor
was caught practicing his arts he would be
severely punished. "We will stop witch
doctoring in Matabeleland, he said, "if
we have to put every medicine man in the
country in jail The witch doctors had ev
ery reason to stir up revolt against the
whites x they thought there was any
chance Of winning.
1t was easy for Mlimo, after he had be-
come recognized as the chief of all the fetch
men, to exert q really compelling influence
over the Matabeles There is no other Afri-
can people who have a more marvellous
faith in the power of these maRicians. They
believe that they can point unerringly to
the witches who are inflicting evil upon
them, that they can make rain, bring VIC
tory In battle and restore the sick to health.
These fetch doctors have tyrannized over
the people with a rod of iron. Here is q
specimen of their work, Of which Mission
airy Carnegie says he saw 30 examples in
one month In $780,
&C. few men have grudge against some
one in their town who Is probably richer
in cattle and sheep than they are. They
go to the witch doctor, tip him handsomely
and tell him that there is much sickness in
their town, people and cattle are dying.
and snakes are appearing. In short, some
body has bewitched the town The witch
doctor asks them whom they suspect, and
they name the man.
"Then the great doctor visits the town,
goes through his nonsensical performance
and picks out the poor victim, who up to
this time is wholly ignorant of the crafty
plot In vain he protests his innocence.
All are against him, and he is probably
killed and his property confscated, or, II
not, the black brand of the wizard is put
upon him, and his life is constantly in
jeopardy.
1.-THE Matabeles are easily discouraged by
unfavorable incidents affecting their SUI
perstftions. An eclipse of the moon has
been known to take all the heart out of the
warriors when about to start on the war
path. 1t is possible that the tragic death
of their most revered fetch priest may
make it easier to win the war
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22

ponce Iauncnes were placed In commission.
For years the river thieves have had pretty
much their own way in the nighttime,
when the police were obliged to patrol
both rivers in rowboats. The tides are very
strong, ard rounding piers is pretty hard
work for two oarsmen. AS an old police
man said
"They could row as fast as we could,
and when we were chasing them they
could run their boat into dock, dump
stolen goods overheard, abandon the boat
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22
Hot In Other Countries.

1t has been SO hot in Australia that the
birds fell dead from the trees, cattle died
by the thousands in the fields, honeycomb
melted in the hives and even rabbits died
from the heat
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22
OF KIT CARSON
Renaissance of Indian Warfare
Beyond the Rockies.
ADVENTURE WITH THE APACHES.

Major Calhoun Tells How He First Met
the Celebrated Scout and Gives an Ex-
ample Of His Intrepid Coursge-A Pa
thetic Tale.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22

Poison rings during the twelfth, thir-
tenth and fourteenth centuries were very
common in Italy. The bezel of the ring
was a hollow cup, opened by spring and
designed to contain quantity of poison to
be used either for suicide or murder.
The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-08-22

1t was some years after the war. We
were searching out a railroad route across
the mountains to the south Of the Ar
kansas river. TWAS Sunday, and our party
had stopped for rest on the summit of FL
Sangre de Christie pass, 10000 feet above
the sea level.
At the foot Of the slope and eight miles
to the westward on the edge Of San Luis
park was Fort Garland, at this time COM
manded by Colonel Christopher Carson
brevet brigadier general of volunteers and
better known to the world as exit" Car
son, the famous explorer and scout.
Anxious TO meet the man who had
guided our troops in Mexico conducted
General Be u across the wilds of Arizona