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le Tribe of Aboriginals Known
to History.
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Tmoierous other tribes inhabiting tliis
nectiou of the globe, says a writer in
the Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat. While
thoroughly partaking of the ferocious
nature of the Apaches of the American
frontier, and entertaining Quite as
pronounced a hatred for all people of
more civilized tastes, they arc char
acterized by a very distinct predilection
for intelligent forms of government.
But that any restrictions or obligations
should be placed upon them by an
alien people, such as they have ever
been disposed to regard all mankind
not of their tribe, they are disposed
to consider as unwarranted interfer
ence with their hereditary customs,
and hence intolerable. The Yaquis
have been a constant source of dread
to the Mexicans ever since the first
attempt at civilizing the northwestern
section of the republic, to which
movement the former have been most
strenuously opposed. Like other
North American tribes, they hold that
the territory they inhabit is theirs by
right of inheritance from their fore
fathers, and every foot of land that
has from time to time been wrenched
from them has ultimately been paid
for by the life’s blood of Hie invaders.
During past centuries the Yaquis
have heeu almost incessantly at war
with the Spaniards and their Mexican
descendants, and by degrees their
once powerful tribe has been reduced
until at the present day it numbers
less than IC,OOO members. Of their
former broad domain all the posses
sions that now remain to the Yaquis
are a few leagues of .laud situated in
the lower valleys of the Rio Yaqui, iu
the southern portion of the State of
Senora. Here, during the brief iuter
vals of peace which they have occa
sionally experienced, they have made
tlieir homes, following their natural
pursuits of farming, stock raising and
mining. This is the land that has
been officially assigned to them by the
Mexican Government. Bask of it,
however, iu the fastness of the great
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A YAQUI HICIiDKIi.
Bierra Madron, lies a territory that is
theirs by right of their exclusive
ability t-o penetrate ami when neces
eary to inhabit it. This is the war
home of the Yaquis. Here in the con
flicts of late years they have proved
invincible, unconquerable. It is a
country of rugged mountain steeps,
of deep, furnaoelike defiles and deso
late, sweltering mesa lauds—a coun
try inaccessible, intolerable to any
thing human save only the Yaquis.
Such is the stroughold in which this
race of lighters is intrenched to-day.
'The Yaquis derive their name from
their peculiar habit of loud talking,
their verbal designation Yaqui mean
ing, “He who shouts.” The Yaqui,
or Huaqui, is one of the ohief rivers
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YAQUI GRASS HOUSE, SHOWING UTENSILS.
of Mexico, being about 400 miles in
length, and is formed of several
streams, which rise close to the Amer
ican boundary in the Sieira Madre
Mountains. The Yaqui has its outlet
California, about twenty
miles southeast of Guaymas, the
principal Mexican seaport of the Gulf.
The State of Sonora has an area of
about 71,000 square miles, or nearly
25,000 miles more than New York,
and a population of about 155,000.
The assessed value of the property is
about $7,500,000. It consists in
mines, cotton weaving, china potter
ies, cattle ranches and other branches
of pastoral industry. The valley of
the Yaqui, which is the scene of the
present disturbances, according to
TYPES OF THE FIOHTINO YAQUIS IN WAIt DRESS.
American scientists and explorers em
braces about 12,000 square miles. It
is one of the most mouutainous parts
of Mexico.
The Yaquis as a race claim descent
from one of the original seven emigra
tions from the North, having closely
followed the Toltecs of the sixth cen
tury or before, who founded their
kingdom on the site of Tula, about
fifty miles north of the City of Mexico.
They claim by tradition au earlier
origin than the Aztecs, who built
citios and possessed a civilization
which was at its height in the time of
the lirst expedition of Cortez. The
Mexican Government has announced
a policy of extermination against these
Indians.
The present uprising is the sixth in
their history. The Indians revolted
agaiust Spain in 17:15. The Hidalgos
were worsted in battle, but they made
up for their failure in arms by their
artful duplicity. The Yaquis revolted
ugaiu in 1825, and again in 41832,
against Mexico, when, armed with
bows, battle axes and spears, aud led
by their celebrated chieftain, Bande
ras, they made it lively for the Gov
ernment troops, but were finally over
come. They made another attempt
iu 1811, and defended their mountain
fastnesses with Spartan valor, and for
years held the Government at bay.
Ordor was restored by a compromise.
The oonfliot this time will be to th e
death. In their ten years’ war th e
Yaquis were still using almost wholly
their primitive weapons. To-day they
are well armed.
The Yaquis are line people, and
rather deserve encouragement than
annihilation, writes an American of
ficer who recently visited their eoun-
. rflfnnatiii of a
brme and partly civilized people
whom the Spaniards found in Mexico.
They have never been conquered, and
have never forgiven their Spanish
enemies nor their descendants. Their
military organization is almost per
fect, and consists of companies, regi
ments and divisions.
The wife of our chief blushed with
pleasure as one of our number hung
about her neck a string of blue beads
as a parting gift. She was truly
worthy of our admiration. So was
the grin on the face of her youngster
as he began to realize what sweetness
was concealed iu a lump of maple
sugar which we gave him. Their
huts were our homes, the doors of
which would always have been open
to us had there been any. At the
back end of each were two tiers of
bunks for sleeping purposes; in the
front the family squatted, cooked and
lived. Mere justice demands that I
should say I found nothing but clean-
liness about their homes, persons and
surroundings, and the high opinion
which I then formed of their general
intelligence, great bravery and in
trinsic worth still remains unchanged.
They are not savages.
The talk in the papers about sur
rounding them and starving them is
rot, for it cannot be done at this sea
son of the year. At this time down
there everything is green and verdure
is at its best. These Indians live on
cactus, on a kind of brown sugar aud
on parohed corn aud of this thoy can
A YAQUI MAIDEN WITH PAINTED FACE.
find an unlimited amount at this time
of the year. It is just as sensible to
put a man in a well and talk of killing
him by thirst as to talk of starving
these Indians now.
Just south of the Yaqui Indians is
another tribe which is about as large
and which sympathises largely with
the Yaquis. These are the Mayo In
dians and they are probably as fine
specimens of physical mauhood as are
to be found on the continent. They
are as numerous as the Yaquis, and it
is the custom of these Indians to kill
all their old men and women long be
fore they would die a natural death,
and they prevent the marriage of
either a man or a woman of the tribe
who is in any way imperfect or de
formed. The result is they have a
tribe of magnificent specimens of
manhood and womanhood. The Mexi
can Government will have its hands
full with the Yaquis alone, but if the
Mayos join them it will be a long
drawn out contest.
Bavaria, with a population of 5,-
818,500, spends $84,800,000 a year on
beer.
BISWKRck BIRTHDAY BONFIRES®
To Celebrate the Natal Anniversary of the
Iron Chancellor in a Notable Way.
Students of the various universities
in Germany recently decided to cele
brate the anniversary of Bismarck’s
birth in a notable fashion on April 1,
1900, and a programme has now been
arranged in accordance with which
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Bonfires to mark prince Bismarck’s
BIRTHDAY.
pillars or monuments in honor of Bis
marck will be erected in many Ger
man cities, and on the morning of
April 1 liames will burst forth from
them and will continue to burn dur
ing the day.
The first step in this direction was
taken when several leading professors
met at Eisenach for the purpose of de
ciding on the form of the proposed
monuments. The leading architects
of Germany had been invited to com
pete, and the result was that 320 de
signs were submitted.
Of these ten were finally selected,
and valuable prizes were awarded to
the architects who bad submitted
them. The three designs which were
esteemed to be the best were submit
ted by W. Kreiss, au architect of
Dresden.
One of his designs of a Bismarck
monument is notable for its strength
and simplicity. We see a massive
square structure, flanked by four pil
lars and with a hollow opening at the
top, through which the flames are to
burst. Iu this hollow opening is a
large metal brazier, which is designed
to hold the coal and other fuel, and
within the structure is a staircase
leading up to the brazier. The rear
and sides of the monument are of
smooth stone and are devoid of orna
ment, but on the front are several
sculptural decorations.
This design is generally admitted to
be the best, and the numerous monu
ments which it is proposed to erect in
honor of Bismarck will be fashioned
after it. These will be placed on the
highest points near the various cities
and towns, and they will vary in size
according to the wealth of the cities
and the height of the elevations.
One hundred and seventy-four
cities and towns have already ar
ranged to erect a Bismarck monu
ment, and in each place a committee
has been appointed to select the most
suitable spot for the erection of the
structure. The plan is to have the
fires in the various monuments light
ed simultaneously on April 1, and it
is believed that when that time, comes
the monuments will be so numerous
that there will be a regular chain of
beacon lights from one end of Ger
many to the other.
The Swordfish a Mackerel.
The swordfish is really a gigantic
mackerel, dividing pretty evenly the
honor of being chief of the Seom
bridm with the huge albacore, or deep
sea tunny. Its weapon is a solid spear
of bone sometimes reaching two feet
in length, an elongation of the upper
jaw which tapers to a keen point.
These weapons are an exceedingly
rare possession, very seldom seen ex
cept in museums, and then generally
found on exhibition just as they have
been sawed out of some ship’s tim
bers; the result of just such an error
of judgment on the part of the
xiphias was reported last weeK from
Kragero, into which port the bark
Passe Partout had put in leaking.
Upon examination part of the weapon
of a swordfish was found imbedded in
a five-iuoh plank, having first passed
through the outer sheathiug of metal.
Novel Philippine Cavalry.
The adaptability of the American is
proverbial and this fact is humorously
exhibited by the troops now in Iloilo.
There are no horses on the island but
there was a dire need of cavalry. So
the soldiers impressed a herd of water
buftalotiud utilized them as mounts.
TROTTING-BULL USED BT OUR TROOPS
IN ILOILO.
The illustration shows one of the
Tennessee boys on a prize trotting
bull. The animal is said to be very
docile and to make an acceptable sub
stitute for the horse.
Corunna in Spain claims to have the
oldest lighthouse in existence.
n Millionaire
HHluddcniy.
DEATH A PARALYTIC STROKE.
Was and Had Just Returned
iHi His Summer Home.
Cornelius Vanderbilt the head of
the Vanderbilt family and multi-mil
lionaire, died of a stroke of pai’alysis
at 5:15 o’clock Tuesday morning at
his home in New York city. He was
in his fifty-sixth year.
Mr. Vanderbilt arrived at home from
Newport Monday night, apparently in
the best of health. He arrived at the
Grand Central station at 9 o’clock,and
drove to his home, which he reached a
few moments later. Mrs. Vanderbilt,
his daughter, Gladys, and his young
son, Reginald, were with him. He
had not been more cheerful or appar
ently in better health in a long time.
He had spent most of the summer at
Newport, partaking in a mild degree
of the social life there.
Immediately after reaching his resi
dence he retired and was soon sleep
ing. About midnight he was seized
with a serious attack, and the house
hold was aroused. Telegrams were
sent to Dr. Walter B. Janeway and
several physicians. Only Dr. Brown
could be located. Everything possi
ble was done for the patient, but he
grew rapidly worse until the end.
Physicians worked upon the distin
guished patient for several hours, but
nothing they could do would revive
him. Mr. Vanderbilt remained in a
semi-conscious state for five hours,
when lie died.
The attack had occurred with such
suddenness that there had been no j
time to send for Mr. Vanderbilt’s j
friends or relatives in town. At his \
bedside were only his wife, daughter,
young son Reginald and some of the
family servants. They were present
when the end came at 5:45 o’clock, a
little more than four hours after the
attack. The direct cause of death was
heart failure ns the result of the stroke
of paralysis. Messages were sent to
his brother, his sisters, his son Cor
nelius and other relatives and friends,
announcing the sudden end.
Senator Chauncey M. Depew was
one of the first to appear at the house
of the deceased and he was deeply
moved by the death of the man who
had been his associate in business for
a number of years. William K. Van
derbilt, the brother, was next at the
scene of death. He was weeping when
he entered the house. It was William
K. Vanderbilt who has managed the
great railroad properties of the Van
derbilts in recent years.
Conelius Vanderbilt made a trip to
Europe last spring. He came home
on .Tune 24th in company with his wife
and daughter, Gladys. The family
went to Newport at once and remained
there until last Monday. He left
Newport at 1:20 o’olock Monday after
noon for New York in his private car.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., was in New
port at the time of his father’s death.
Mr. Vanderbilt’s son Alfred is now in
Japan. He left in June with two
friends for a trip around the world.
A cable dispatch was sent to Yoko
hama for Alfred Vanderbilt.
A coroner’s physician made an in
quest into the cause of death and found
that it was due to cerebral hemor
rhages. The coroner also viewed the
body and indorsed this finding. Per
mission for burial was given and the
body was embalmed. The reason for
calling in the coroner was that Mr. Van
derbilt’s regular physician was not with
him at his death and a strange doctor
was in attendance who had been called
into the case less than twenty-four
hours before death ensued.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on
Staten Island November 27,1843. Wil
liam H. Vanderbilt, his father, was at
that time a farmer, aud Cornelius, at
Chicagoans Abandon Trip.
Indignation over the outcome of the
Dreyfus trial has caused a party of
over 700 Chicagoans, who were going
to the fair in a body, to abandon their
trip.
ONLY ONE STAMP NECESSARY.
New Order Regarding Revenue Stamps on
Bills of Lading.
The latest information in reference
to revenue stamps is a circular sent
out by the commissioner of internal
revenue, notifying railroad men and
shippers that hereafter the govern
ment will require but one revenue
stamp for the bills of ladiug of a con
signment of freight, instead of one
stamp for each bill, which has been
required since the revenue act went
into effect.
The railroads rejoice at the decision
of the revenue department, for it will
mean the saving of thousands of dol
lars to them.
FOUR NEW FEVER CASES
Reported In New Orleans, Making the
Total Number Seven.
The Louisiana state board of health
reported four cases of yellow fever
Tuesday, making seven in all. Three
of these cases were reported to the
hoard Monday by the doctors. The
board still thinks it unnecessary to
quarantine the rest of the state against
New Orleans, the county members
agreeing with those of the city on this
point. i
the age of sixteen, left school and se
cured a place as messenger in the Shoe
and Leather bank. His grandfather*
“the commodore,” learning of this,
sent for him and asked why he had
not applied to him for a place.
“Because I did not want to ask you
for anything,” was the reply.
This pleased the commodore, and it
is said that he made a codicil to his
will a few days later, leaving $1,000,-
000 to his grandson.
Cornelius left the Shoe and Leather
bank to go into the employ of Kissarn
Bros., bankers, but later his grand
father asked him to enter the railroad
service The young man was making
S6O a month, and he declined to leave
his place unless he got more money.
He was given $65, and he accepted it.
He was then about twenty-one years
old. The first place he was given was
that of assistant treasurer of the New
York and Harlem railroad. His rise
was rapid, and he succeeded his father
as head of the Vanderbilt system.
Mr. Vanderbilt’s active career was
practically closed when lie suffered the
paralytic stroke in 1896.
Despite his enormous business in
terest, he found time to devote to
church and Sunday school work,
wliich he began early in life. He gave
freely to the railroad branch of the
Young Men’s Christian association,
and to the work of St. Bartholomew’s
Protestant Episcopal church in'New
York city.
Mr. Vanderbilt’s great business
career made bis life necessarily method
ical, and he was noted for his punctu
ality.
When Mr. Vanderbilt was twenty
three years of age he married Alice
Gwynne, the daughter of a Cincinnati
lawyer. His first born son, William
H., died in 1892, while he was a stu
dent jn Yale university.
Mr. Vanderbilt left five children—
Cornelius, Gertrude, Alfred, Reginald
and Gladys. Cornelius married a
! daughter of R. T. Wilson, the banker,
about two years ago, and later Ger
trude became the wife of Harry Payne
| Whitney, son of the former secretary
of the navy, William C. Whitney. At
; the time of his death Mr. Vanderbilt
I was president of the Canada Southern
| railway, viee president and director of
J the Beach Creek railroad, president of
| the Detroit and Bay City railroad, di
rector of the Detroit and Chicago rail
] road, director of the Dunkirk, Alle
j ghany Valley and Pittsburg railroad,
j director of the Hudson River Bridge
I Company, president of the Joilet and
j Northern Indiana railroad, president
of the Leamington and St. Clair railroad,
president of the New York and Harlem,
president of the Niagara River Bridge
company, president of the Spuyton,
Duyvil and Port Morris railroad, di
rector of the Wagner Palace Car com
pany, director of the West Shore rail
road, director of the West Shore and
Ontario Terminal company, director
of the Toledo, Canada Southern Rail
road company, director of the New
York Central and Hudson River rail
road and a dozen other affiliated rail
roads.
Cornelius Vanderbilt,Jr., and Harry
Payne Whitney and his wife arrived
at the Vanderbilt mansion late Tues
day. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.,
remained at Newport. All of Mr. Van
derbilt’s children -were in the city
Tuesday night with the exception of
Alfred, and he will undoubtedly come
home.
The home-coming of Cornelius Van-
Jr., was an unusually sad
one. The estrangement between his
father and himself because of the
young man’s marriage with Miss Wil
son had never worn away.
Ammunition For Kruger.
A consignment of 547 cases of am
munition, presumably bound for the
Transvaal, has been landed at Louren
zo Marquez, Delagoa Bay.
WASHINGTONIANS PROTEST.
Mass Meeting At Xationai Capital Con
demns Dreyfus Verdict.
About 1,000 persons attended a mass
meeting at the Masonic temple in
Washington Tuesday night to protest
against the verdict of the Rennes
case. The speakers included all
creeds, Hebrew, Protestant aud Cath
olic.
After a number of addresses the
meeting adopted a set of resolutions
affirming belief in the innocence of
Dreyfus, condemning the proceedings
of the conrtmartial and pledging those
present to use every lawful and proper
means to prevent the co-operation of
this country in the Paris exposition.
LEANDER CHILDS DEAD.
Prominent Citizen of South Carolina
Pae.es Away Suddenly.
A Columbia, S.C.,special announces
the sudden death at Saluda, N. C., of
Leander Childs. In his death South
Carolina prohibitionists who have
much strength recently, lost