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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29
Gen. Merritt Is OF for Manila,

San Francisco. June 29-General Wes-
ley Merritt, VINO sailed from this port
at 10 O'Clock this morning TO assume his
duties as governor generalof the Philip
pine islands. has prepared a proclama-
tion, which will be issGed Immediately
after his arrival at Manila. 1t will an
nounce to the people of the islands that
General Merritt, as the representative
of the United States, has established a
provisional government and his au-
thority must be respected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29
Scores on the Diamond.

Chicago, June 29.-Leagus records at
base ball yesterday were as follows: At
Cleveland-New York I. Cleveland o.;
Second game) New York 4. Cleveland
s; at Pittsburg-Bostcn 6, Pittsburg s.;
at Observation-Disclosures S, Louisville
8; at St. Louis-Cincinnati 9, st. Louis
2; Second game) Cincinnati 5, St.
Louis 0.
Western League: At Detroit-Colum-
bus ,, Detroit 3: at MiEneapolis-Omah
.. Minneapolis s; at st. Paul-Kansas
City ., st. Paul 10; at Milwaukee-In-
diaRapolis j, Milwaukee II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29
LEGAL.
Administrators Notice.

Estate of Mary Ann Canaan, deceased
The undersigned having been appointed ad-
miuiStraior with the VIII annexed. OF the es
tate ~ Mary Ann Canaan, late OF the county
OF Rock Island, state OF Illinois. deceased.
hereby gives notice tina: he III appear before
the county court Of Rock Island county. al the
county court room, iii the city of Rock Island,
al the September term on tine first Monday in
September next, at which tine all persons
having claims a saiGst said estate are notified
and requested - att-nf. for the purpose of
having the same adluS ed.
M person | dcbted to said estate are re-
Gucsted to make Immediate payment to the
ind. rSigned.
Dated this 18th day June. A. D. 1saa
JOuN :. CANAAN. Administrator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29

At the Front, on the Rio Guiana,
Monday. June 81, via Kingston, ia
maica, June 29.-ICopyright, 1928. by the
Associated Press. THE American front
has been advanced beyond the first
crossing of the Rio Guiana, about a
mile. and tug lies three and half
miles from the Spanish intrenchments.
General Lawton's brigade rests on the
read to Santiago de Cuba. The Third
brigade under General Chaffee. the Sew
enteenth, Twelfth and Seventh regi-
ments, holds the trench. with his command
lying across the DAD and river. The First
brigade - the Eighth. Twenty-second
and Second Massachusetts. under Cen
cral Evan Clarke-lies on the left flank
slightly in the rear. and the Second
brigade-the First, Fourth and Twenty
fifth-occupies the opposite position on
the RICH. flank. General Wheeler, with
the cavalry. is In the rear, between
Seyilla hills and the Rio Guiana.
Bloodiess Skirmish Reported.
A strong line of outposts ismaintained
ahead. General Chaffee's brigade, with
5000 Cubans under General Aguirra
and several hundred under Colonel Con
Zales. was skirmishing towards the city
this morning. The Cubans had sew
eral slight skirmi5hes with the Span
iards stationed on the. hills on the
American right flank, and our auXiliar-
les occupied the blockhouses in that
vicinity. which were evacuated before
daybreak by the Spaniards. The latter
retreated towards Santiago de Cuba.
No fatalities are reported. General
Lawten. General Chaffee ana General
Wheeler have thoroughly reconnoitered
the Spanish position, and with the aid
of information furnished by the Cubsns
have very coed maps Of the roads and
dcfences of the city.
News by Spanish Pncifcos.
Much information has also been OBJ
taired from Spanish pacificos who have
slipped out Of the city and given them
selves up in the hope of getting food.
They repert great starvation and dis
tress liz Santiago. They also report
that seventy-seveN Spaniards were
killed and that eighty-nine were wound
eG as the result of the engagement on
Friday last with Colonel Woods and
General Young's commands. There are
two forts of considerable Importance
| within the Spanish lines, Punta Blanca.
at the southern end of the bay, and
Santa Ursula, at the southeast corner.
On the road to Caney, on the north, is
! another fort. There are about 450 men
| in each Of these Qualifications. and
| stretching around the whole city are
nine barhed wire fences, fifty yards
| apart. while just inside there are lines
| of rifle pits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29
lie Tried 10 GTrcck a Train,

Springfield, His. June ga State
Register special from Taylorville says
that Wabash Detective Lay arrived
there yesterday and swore out q war
rant for the arrest of James L. Miller,
Of Harvel, charged with attempt to
wreck the wabash Continental Linz
fled" last Sunday. Lay questioned Mil
ler's associates and found that he had
confessed to them that he had at
tempted to wreck the train.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29
Rashncss of an Illinois Soldier,

Camp Alger. Va, June 29.-Private
Arthur ElsOn, Company *, Seventh IL
linois. attempted to commit suicide by
cutting his throat with table knife.
His injuries are not necessarily fatal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29

Produce: Butter - Extra creamery,
Ice per N; extra dairy. 1871; fresh
packing stock, 1o@llc: Eggs-Fresh
stock. 1o1s per doz Live Poultry
Turkeys, 5@7c per 10: chickens, 7Lac;
spring. 121a@ 15c: ducks, 6@61ac. Pota-
toes-Old, common to choice. 45ff55c per
bu; new. s20o@2.25 per Dbl. Berries
Strawberries. Michigan, 40Q15c per To-
OF case: raspberries. red. 15c6$1.25 per
24-qt case; black. 50c@s1.00 per 24-qt
case.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, June 49,
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day.
"a. 600; sales ranged at $2.6Gd315 for
pigs, sS6OM3.S0 for light, s3.1O@3S5 for
rough packing. $5.70M3.s0 for mixed. and
| s.. 75m395 for heavy packing and ship
ping lots. Cattle-EstirEated receipts
for the day. $500: quotations ranged at
s. 65M5.40 for choice to extra steers, $40
M500 good to choice DO. s446G4.15 for
fair to good. - O0d4.5O common to nledi-
uN do 81 006I4S5 butchers steers, Sale
d495 fed western steers, s3s0M4 40
stockers Si.00S14.90 feeders. s2.50q425
COWS, s32GH4.s0 heifers. $2.76M425 bulls.
oxen and stays. sS.60d4.6O Texas steers.
and s4.75G6.15 veal calves. Sheep and
Lambs-Estimated receipts for the day.
|! 5000: quotations ranged at s400I5 20
| westerns, s3.25d5.25 natives. and A10Q
$500 lambs.
Milwaukee Grain
| Milwaukee, June 2S
Wheat-rc lower; No. ] northern, SIC;
| No. northern. ssi2o: July. SAC Oats
tic lower; 23l2@2Sc. Rye-Quiet; No.
| !, 43k444c. Barley-Nominal.
Local Markets.
\ Corn-2l13ic.
| Osts-3ic.
| Hay-Timothy, il01i2; wild, tl0.
4 Straw-$
1 PotatoeS-sJT65C
Butter-Fair to choice, lie; fresh creamery,
! i4c
| Eggs-9c.
Chickens per dozen
Coal-Soft Zoe,
Cattle-Butchers pay for corn fed steers
4h05c: COWS and heifers, 5Qs5sc; calves,
+, 4r05ilc.
1 Hogs-S2G4.
| Sheep-3itft4i.c-
\ Spring lamb-k2 5063 head
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29
HuL(DN|S|Ok TO co
Nearly Thirty Thousand Men
Scheduled To Be Sent
to Shafter.
BRooKE'S COMMAND HAS ORDERS,

Will BE Hastily Equipped and Started for
the Front at Santiaso-NumerousW West
ern Regiments in the Divlsion-Col.
Barnett's "Saw-Horse" - Noticing .
"Kick from Gov. Pingree, Gen. Alser
Explains About Soldier Clothes and
Food.
Chiekamauga Park, Ga, June 90
The order issued Sunday to Immediate
~ equip and prepare fifteen regiments
OF the First corps to form an expedi-
tlonary force was revoked by Major
General Brooke yesterday. This does
not change the plan to prepare for an
expedition, however, since the revoking
order effects more especially the trans
fers named in the former order 1t pro-
vides further that instead of fifteen regi-
ments Icing Immediately equipped and
prepared the entire First corps of twen-
ty-seven regiments is to be hastily pre-
pared for active field service, and the
natural inference prevails among the
best posted army officers at the park
that the entire force will be off for
Tampa or other seaports within a week
or ten days, or as rapidly as transports
can be provided. Regiments included
are the Twenty-first Kansas, One Hun
bred and Fifty-eighth Indiana, One
Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana, Thirty
first Michigan, Second Wisconsin, Third
Illinois, Third Wisconsin and Fifth ILL
nois.
Brooke Is to Command the Troops.
Major General Brooke was appointed
by the president to command the corps.
Major General Wade will be left in
command at Camp Thomas. This is in
fact the understanding Of members of
General Brooke's staff, and the change
made by yesterdays order appears TO
have been in accordance with General
BroOke's desire not to so to the front
without sufficient men fer any
emergency that might arise. The
work of equipping the corps is
proceeding with all possible speed and
| the quartermasters and the ordnance
departments are being taxed to their
utmost capacity. The One Hundred and
| SiXticth Indiana regiment has received
| its full number of guns. 1t is more than
| likely that the regiments will all I've paid
before any Of them are ordered out. The
| privates will be paid at the rate of
| $3.50 per month and officers from SIS to
| s291.67 per month.
Indiana COlOnel's "Saw-Horse,"
Washington, June cit has leaked
! out at Camp Alger that Colonel Bar
nett, One Hundred and Fifty-nnth In
| diana, has reported that he had a saw
| horse" erected and caused Private e. F.
! Cooper. of his regiment, to ride ii as a
punishment. He does INST offer any ex-
cuse for this other than a recital of the
| facts. Cosper's reputation, it is said. is
| not very good. General Graham, when
questioned. said that he did not think
| there would be court martial in Col.
| Barnstt's case, as II does not appear
| that he has violated the regulations.
| The details of the trial Of Lieutenant
| c. G. Ames, Seventh Illinois. have be-
| come known. The sole charge was alb
| sence without leave. he going to CO.
| lumbus, o., to be married, but without
| permission.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

CHICAGO, ROCK IsLAND Z PACIFIC RAIL
~ way-Tickets can b purchased or Baggage
checked q r ] D Twentieth street deppt, o.
G X d depot corner Fifth avenue and 1nifty.
arst street. Frank b Plummer. Agent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29
DON'T SEND THE BOYS THIS STUFF.
Some Good Things 10 Eat That Are Not
Good For soldiers.

Washington. June Calculated by
the best possible intentions. people from
all parts of the country have been send
Ing to their relatives and friends among
the soldiers in the various permanent
camps boxes and packages containing
all the good things that only loving
hesrts could think Of ard tender hands
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29
RIGHT At THE FRONT.
Where the Opposing Armies Are
Preparing for the Decisive
Engagement.
POSITIONS TAKEN BY OUR TROOPS.

Cubans Have Bioodless S,sirmishes with
the Spaniards Pacificos Say That the
DOns Lost Sevcnty-Seven Killed in FRI
days Fight - Santiago's Qualifications
Dcscribed-Hard Work to Forward Sup
plies-Gcn. Wheeler Climbs Tree.
Washington, June 29.-General Shat
ter telegraphs Secretary Alger. dating
his dispatch June % that the Yale.
which left Newport News last week
with reinforcements for the army be-
fore Santiago. arrived this morning all
right. Troops now disembarking. Your
son. who has been at the front as a
volunteer. assigned to duty on the staff
OF General Duffie!d."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago June %.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29
DR. 8. II. MILLER,
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist

All diseases OF horses and cattle
treated on approved principles. Sur
gical operations performed In scien-
tile manner Dogs treated All calls
promptly attended to. Residences, 1924
Fifth avenue. Telephone ! on 1887.
once and iunrmary, isi5-isl7 Fifth
avenue James MauckerS stable,) OPP
positc No. fire house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29

Passenger trains leave q p nloliss
RyenueD depot Eve o. minutes earlier than tine
giycn. Trains mashed daily, all other trans
daily except eunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-06-29

D OCK ISLAND q PEORIA RAILWAY
N Deptt First Avenue and Twentieth sROst.
X etockhooss. 0sn1 Tiki Agent.
The evening times., 1898-04-19
A PaiatiuI Doll House.

During the King of Slams recent Eu-
ropean travels he visited Edinburg. and
while there paid a visit to the hospitals.
including the Royal Hospital for Sick
Children. His majesty displayed the ten
derest interest in the little invalids and
had kind word to say to each and
every one of them. Evidently the i'm
preston made upon the mind of the
kindly monarch was deep and lasting
says the Golden Penny. for quite recently
the Royal Hospital for Children has re-
ceived a beautiful gift from his majesty
in the shape of very fine dolls house
which cost $3.50. Possibly nothing the
King could have thought of would have
given so much joy to the unfortunate
little invalids. The dolls house opens
both back and front. and it is most per-
fectly appointed. Already in the games
of play which the children have enjoy
ed with IL many a little sufferer has
been able to forget her pains for time.
and in the transport of happiness which
many children have experienced there has
been good cause to remember with graft
tude the visit of the good-hearted King.
The evening times., 1898-04-19
Full Dress FriyoIitjes.

Jade jewelry is the attraction of the
hour and this Eastern stone is sold i'm
the form of brooches. link buttons. studs
and rings II comes in dull green. pale
green and a flesh white. set in gypsy
bands of gold. sunk in beds of silver. for
belt clasps, carved into quaint shapes of
turtles. little dragons and grinning heads
of Chinese demons. or else splendidIv
encircled in wTeaths of flashing dia-
monds, Jade is scarcely in itself a very
beautiful or a very unique stone but
Eastern tradition says it brings good
luck and health to its wearer, and it Is
in measure decorative. Small side
combs are daily giving place TO larger
combs, used only in the rear of the head
and TO round-topped shell hairpins. Green
SHE'LL the rarest and most expensive
kind. is the most modish for the moment.
and the hairpins of the purest ivory
white are effected by brunette women.
In the evening a couple or a group of
butterflies. made of white silk and fine
ly sDangled, hover on almost invisible
wires over curly feminine heads. and
there is a fancy of wide-reaching infiu-
ence for fiesh-tinted evening gloves A
woman can now have the blushing pink
or milk whiteness of her arms exactly
matched at the glove shop she freuuents
for, since Winter has been put behind us
short-seeved evening dresses are the
rule
The evening times., 1898-04-19
Analysis of n silk Dress,

Look out girls. when you wear silk
dresses. for they are not all silk so a
Broad Street chemist. who has analyzed
a piece OF dress goods, says. He found
that over 10 per cent of this particular
piece of goods was tin. Just think of it,
tin, He secured this piece of goods at a
well-known dry goods store and was as
sured that il was of very good quality.
His analysis showed that the material
contained a large quantity of substance
that was not silk at all, being consider
ably weighted 1t would not burn with
flame, but smoldered away like tinder
and left a large amount of ash. the prin-
cpal ingredient of which was oxide of
tin. The precise composition was: Wat
er, IS parts: ash (mostly oxide of tin
and silica 1880; real silk. 2S14; organic
matters. etc, not silk, 46.13: nitrogen,
i.76 parts; in all 100 parts. The analysis
brought to light the fact that the dura-
bility of a piece of silk can be determined
by this method.
The evening times., 1898-04-19
Wives of Early ScttIers.

lhe question of getting a heipmeet Is
one that always confronts the first set.
tiers in new country, and various and
sundry are the means devised to meet the
emergency. The old Hudson Bay factors
often married Indians, purchased in ac-
cordance with the Indian custom A gun.
a colored blanket. or a twist of tobacco
would secure a most desirable suuaw in
those days; but alas: that was not all.
In bad times. which they often experience
ed in those cold countries. the wifes rel
atives. from near and far. fell upon the
husband for support. and the poor trader
was often a his wits end to provide for
this small tribe of Indians who claimed
kinship.
Other traders. warned by the difficulties
encountered by their friends. petitioned
the company To select wives for them and
send them out by the next boat Their
wishes were always complied with. and
the selections, as rule. were usually sat
isfactory. Among the archives of the
Hudson Bay Company are TO be found
receipts from factors like the following:
Received as per Lapwing Jane GOody.
as per invoice. in good condition." and
Received, as per Osprey, Matilda Tim
bins. Returned per Lapwing. as not being
in accordance with description contained
In invoice"
The evening times., 1898-04-19
The Attribute Of Mercy.

A pretty story is told of the sweet
mercy of a deeply injured woman.
Madame Carnot has lived in seclusion
ever since the death of her Inflated hus-
band, devoting herself almost entirely to
her children and grandchildren. finding
I'm them the solace for those sorrows
which have embittered her life. Recently
the brother of the husbands murderer
ventured to write to the unfortunate
widow. He laid his case before her. AZ
ter the assassination of the President by
his brother. he found 1t impossible to OBJ
tain employment In France. owing to a
not altogether unnatural feeling against
the family. In desperation. he went to
Spain. where he succeeded I'm procuring
a place as porter To one Of the monaster-
les. but he was cast adrift again when
his relationship to the murderer tran
spired. Madame Carnot. Ike noble wo-
man, saw the hardness of the case. and
at once promised 10 keep him in work as
long as he lives. He is now in Paris.
The evening times., 1898-04-19
The Vanishing uatpIn.

Every silver lining has its cloud. The
cloud of the not only silver, but gold and
jeweled, lining of the present fashion OF
costly hatpins consists of the stealing of
those hatpns. Never were these articles
more easy to appropriate When not in
use they are left unguarded in accessible
places, and when in use they are by no
means so protected as many another ar
ticle of less value. The fact that hat
pins have so long been of the unCostly
sort, of which ii really did not matter to
lose several dozen year. il need be, has
not helped matters. Ii is hard to realize
that such an implement is OF real worth
TO be taken care of, and the sacrifice of
have been some daring examples of hat
pin stealing. On suburban train the
other morning a young woman was so
jostled by a stout. rough-looking woman
that, i'm the pressure of getting through
the gate. the two almost fell upon each
others neck. The young woman. how
ever, looked upon il as mere rudeness or
awkwardness until an hour later she put
up her hands TO remove her hat. All
three of her jeweled hatpins were gone.
and with the memory of the jostler close
al hand IL was not hard TO CUES how
they had gone. The "hatpin snatcher'' Is
the newest development of the criminal.
The evening times., 1898-04-19
Another Vampire.

An ass there was, and he took delight
Even as you and ID
In sitting far into the hours of night.
Cutting and dealing with all hls might,
And hating to quit at the morning light
Gwen you and D.
Oh the sleep we lost and the heap we LOST,
And the useless cards We drew;
All in that simple and popular game.
That always enticing and popular game,
Which there's need TO name FOR YOd
An ass there was and he held pair
Even as YOU and ID
OF aces. and drew two more quite fair.
Then bet all he had. with never a care,
But ''straght flush broke him beyond repair
Gwen you aad ID.
Oh the moans we made and the groans we made
O'er the pots that ought to have won,
All in that simple and popular game.
That gentleman's game. the American game
Where YOU get good run for your mon.
Still the ass will play when he has the 1Ough
Gwen YOU and ID.
And the ehips viii come and the chips will GO;
He'll say with a nod when they're coming slow,
''It's time for my luck to change, you know
Even you and u.
And it isn't the sin and il isn't the tin
That makes all and i'll:
It's thinking of hands that We ought to have held.
The ''fulls" and the "fours'' that ought 20
hare held.
And the ''fiushes'' we coaIdn't fll
'e Boston Traveller.
The evening times., 1898-04-19
Curl, Arniu fin Fashion.

Curls have come back and new FASH
ion of hair dressing has been adopted
with the first days of the Spring. Not
that the curls are very large-there are
to. be four of them this season-and not
that the fashion of hair dressing has ma
terially changed. But swelldom and the
style are very insistent on this point, and
the maid or young matron who does not
arrange her locks in the new mode before
the month is out will be called very much
behind the times.
These curls are unique because they are
put where curls are not very often seen,
and until one becomes accustomed to the
fashion he may not notice them. They
are to go alongside of and just below the
psyche" or loose knot Of hair that is SO
much the vogue now.
Whether a girl wears thigh psyche
The evening times., 1898-04-19
HOW FLOWERS
SHOULD Be WORN
Fashion Too Often Sacrifices
Sentiment to Style.
1t Is Not Now Good Form to Wear
Roses as an Appendaee to
Street Costumes.

1t seems absurd to say that flowers are
as much subject to the whims of fashion
as any other accessory of the modern
girls wardrobe. But II is a fact, never
theless, and the flower which Is the rage
one year is only seen by accident on
the cities great avenues the next.
Fashionable girls no longer have favor
ite flowers. Sentiment is sacrificed to
style.
Flowers for street wear must be chos-
en- carefully They must be inconspicu-
fashion dictates. Roses should never be
worn with a street costume. 1t is incor-
rect to wear on the street large punches
of any ilawer.
Violets and valley lilies are the fashion
able flower of the moment for street
wear
The stems of the flowers should never
be visible. They should be covered en-
tirely by loops of ribbon. Viofets should
be worn fastened to the left shoulder.
but the valley lilies may be pinned at the
waist
IL is bad form to wear a S. bunch of
yiolets with a shabby dress and a hat
which has seen better days.
Ii is equally bad taste to wear purple
violets with vivid red dress Whenever
IL Is possible, the flowers should harmon
ize with the eoloring OF the costume with
which they are worn.
Women should never carry large
punches of flowers to the theaters unless
they are in evening costume and are to sit
in a box. 1t is not good form for a
woman to walk down the aisle of a the
ater carrying a bunch of flowers as large
as bridal ouquet.
Women should never oyerdecOrate
their hair with flowers. nor trim the cor
sage OF their gown so that 1t bears an unE
mistakable resemblance TO a fourishing
flower garden.
No matter how fond man may be of
flowers. he should study the time and
place for wearing a boutonniere. The
fashionable boutOnniere of Violets and
white carnations should not be worn with
a sack coat in business hours. II belongs
with the frock coat or evening dress. A
man should never wear a large rose in
the buttonhoie Of his coat. nor any bou-
tonniere conspicuous in size or color
When giving flowers to a young woman
he should not present them TO her him
self. He should see that they are proper
ly sent from the florists and that his
card is inclosed He should leave care
ful instructions in regard TO the time
they are To he sent. IL they are for any
special occasion, so that they will not
arrive at the last moment
When the flowers are 10 be carried
with an evening dress 10 dance or the
theater. he should ascertain if possible
beforehand the ColOring of the gown. for
carelessly-Selected flowers often mar the
entire color effect of an otherwise ex-
quisite costume. The sentiment that any
flower will look we'll with any gown is
merely delusion and snare