The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-01-14
1T WAS GORGEOUS
The DeVOnshire Ball Given Ac-
cOrding to Announcement.
Marlboroughs Entertain Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Vanderbilt.
STEAD'S NEW PAPER
Devoted to Peace Appears With
an Article by Mark Twain.
A New African Explorer Ap-
pears With Startling Stories.

London, Jan. 1.-THE leading ball OF
the winter season was given at the
Duke and Duchess of Devonshire's seat,
Chatsworth house, Derbyshire, on
Thursday evening. Everything was on
a gorgeous scale.
The Duke and Duchess ofMarlborough
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Vanderbilt at Blenheim early in the
week
There was an interesting ceremony
al Osborne house, Isle of Wight, this
week. Queen Victoria presented medals
for distinguished service in the field to
a group of Omdurman warriors, most of
them non-commissioned officers. Hex
majesty was wheeled into the green
room where the soldiers were drawn up
and saluted her. Then each recipient
knelt and the queen pinned a medal on
his breast. She also questioned the
wounded concerning their experiences.
Colonel Matthias, the hero of Dargai,
where, after a stirring appeal to his
men, he led his Gordon HighlanderS to
storm the heights, has been given
banquet by the CaIedonian club at
which the Prince of Wales was present,
and in neat speech warmly endorsed
the admiration expressed by Colonel
Matthias for the Indian troops, saying
he regretted never having had the priv
ilege of serving with the Indian soldiers
in active service, but had often seen
them in large bodies and was confident
that the queen had no finer soldiers.
CANE THAT STRUCK VICTORIA.
The cane with which Robert Pate, re-
tired lieutenant, attacked the queen in
1850, infiicting a wound upon her majes-
ty, the scar of which she still carries,
was advertised to be sold at auction this
week but the owner received an official
communication from Osborne in con-
sequence of which he withdrew the cane
from sale. Pate, who was sentenced to
transportation for seven years for his
hRT ma in
Truth this week compares the diplO-
matte career of Sir Julian Pauncefote,
British ambassador at Washington. with
that of Sir Philip w. Currie, British am
bassador to Italy, in connection with
the latter's elevation to the peerage, to
the advantage of the former and says
it is difficult to explain why a peerage
should be conferred upon Sir Philip
while Sir Julian is ignored, adding: Sir
Julian Pauncefote has now held his
present position nearly ten years during
all of which he has exceptionally dis
tinguished himself
The painful litigation involving Sir
Tatton and Lady Sykes, which has so
scandalized London owing to the
charges of forgery with which it bris-
tied, has come to an end. The parties
have agreed to deed of separation and
Sir Tatton is about to leave England for
Mexico.
Rear Admiral Lewis Anthony Beau
mont, director of naval intelligence,
who married a Boston woman, will go
out in the Warspite to relieve Rear Ad-
miral st. Leger Bury Palliser, COM
mander in chief on the Pacific station
since 1896, whose time in the Pacific
will be up in March.
BACK FROM KANSAS CITY
Mr.. Ins1ip, secretary of the Boot and
Shoe Operatives union, who has re-
turned from his official mission as a
delegate to the Kansas City conven-
better off than those in the United
States. Also American workmen, in his
opinion, have yet much to learn from
their English confreres in organization.
The feeling for trades unionism he
found so strong in America, however,
that he is convinced that eventually at
least 80 per cent of the workers will en-
roll themselves.
1t is announced that the British
authorities have just concluded a series
of trials of the use of American petro-
leum as fuel for warships and that the
experiment has been a failure. Russian
petroleum will now be tried
Mr.. William T. Steads new paper in
tended to be the mouthpiece of his dis
armament crusade and entitled War
Against War, made its appearance to-
day. 1t is not a very striking produc-
tion, it's chief feature being comrnunfca-
lions from sympathiZers, including some
American public men, Mark Twain has
written an article for the paper, open
ing with characteristic humor. There
ought to be no difficulty about the rest
of the world.
IL.
Probably there has been no such in
terest circling around African travellers
and geographers since the time of Stan
ley as has been caused by the arrival
this week Of a young and hitherto I'M
known Englishman, Mr.. Albert Bush
Lloyd, who returned from central
Africa after a three months journey
in the heart of the continent to London,
travelling over Stanley's route down the
Nile to the coast. He is certainly in one
respect more remarkable than Stanley
inaSmuch as Mr.. Lloyd Travelled quite
alone and was only ACCOMPANIED by
two native servants and a small num-
Der of carriers. Moreover, although he
marched three weeks in the pigmy for
est and then traversed the whole length
of the Aruw1mi river, the banks of
which are lined with warlike cannibaIs
he never once fired a shot in self-de-
Tense. On the contrary, he was on cor
dial terms with both pigmies and canni-
balls. Mr.. Lloyd is already coming to
be a celebrity and has received a num-
her of lecture offers. Possibly later in
the year, after the publication of a book
based on his experiences, he will lecture
in the United States. His journey west
through the most untrodden paths from
Uganda was most hazardous. His own
friends tried to dissuade him, but he
persisted. and on his arrival at the
Congo the Be1gians could scarcely be-
lieve that he had safely run the gaunt-
let of pigmies and canniba1s.
On entering the great primaevaI for
est Mr.. Lloyd went west for five DAYS
without the sight of a pigmy Suddenly
he became aware of their presence by
mysterious movements among the trees
which he first attributed to the mon
keys. Finally he came to a clearing
and stopped at Arab village where
he met great number of pigmies.
"They told me-" says Mr.: Lloyd, that
unknown to me they had been watching
me for five days peeping through the
growth of the forest
PHOTOGRAPHED THE PIGMIEs.
''They appeared very much frightened
and even when speaking covered their
faces. 1 asked a chief to allow me to