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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-25

Important Move Is Begun.
MANILA, April 25.-General MacAr-
thurs division left Malolos yesterday,
apparently intending to besiege Calum-
pit. General Hale at 4 o'clock had
crossed the Bagbag and had reached a
position quarter of mile from Calum-
pit, thus commanding the ford Pris-
oners captured by General Hale's troops
say Aguinaldo, General Luna and the
Filipino staff are at Calumpit with
great force of Filipino troops.
Before daylight the Fourth cavalry.
with three guns belonging to the Utah
battery, the Nebraska regiment and the
Iowa regiment under Hale, were pro-
ceeding in the direction of Kuinchua,
where the Bagbag is fordable, but COM
manded by trenches. During the after
noon the troops crossed the river.
Generals Macarthur and Wheaton,
with the Montana regiment, advanced
to the left of the railroad and the Kan.
sas regiment moved forward to the
right, north of Malolos. They had with
them long supply train.
The Insurgents attempted to destroy
the railroad bridge outside of Calumpit
and succeeded in badly warping the
iron framework. AS soon as the soldiers
left the Filipino capital the natives be-
gan Hooking in, as they did at Santa
Cruz. before the last boat of General
Lawton's expedition had sailed. Our
army is compelled to abandon all towns
when an onward movement is COM
menced, because of insufficient men to
garrison them. This gives the Fill
plno leaders framework upon which
to spin stories of American defeat.
The American commanders have left
great stores of rice at Malolos, which
they have been distributing to the ma
tives and Chinese daily.
Major Mulford Of General Lawton's 8
staff is in command of the Nebraska
regiment.
Although the sticky condition of the
ground, due to a rainstorm, seriously
ampeded its progress, General Lawton' 8
column left San Jose today and is ex-
pected to reach Norzagay this evening.
Colonel Summers is marching across
from Bocave with two battalions each
AAOAAA cAAO S40SOA dAu NlluuSSOUct TeR1.
ments, three troops of cavalry and two
guns. In the meantime General Mac
Arthur's division is in front of Calum-
pit, preparing to attack the rebel strong
hold, and General Hale, with several
guns is threatening the enemy's flank.
Many insurgents We're driven from in
front of the line of march. Fifty of the
enemy were killed, while the American
loss was only one killed.
A few rebels between Novaiches and
La Iona have persistently interfered
with telegraphic communication.
A small body of rebels at Taktay was
discovered this morning by the armored
launch Rapfdan. A few shots scattered
the rebels and drove them inland from
the lake.
All is quiet along General Halls and
General Ovenshines lines.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-04-25
CLOSING |N0N CALUMPIT
McArthur's Division Resumes
Offensive Beyond Malolos.
INSURGENTS SUFFER HEAVILY.

6ale seizes the Ford Near Calumpit After
a Hot Fisht-Insnrgent Army Thought
to Have Centralized In the Town.
Aguinalio and Luna Said to Head Force.
Importan. Movs Is Begun.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
A Utility Man.

William H. Keister, Jr., utility
infelder Of the Baltimore team of the
National League and American Asso-
citation, is a Baltimorean by birth. He
was born in that city August II, 1874,
and is consequently in his twenty-nith
year. He is small of stature, standing
feet 51a inches, and weighs about
1913 pounds. He learned to play ball
at Hanover, Pa, in 1894, and remained
with a local team two seasons, making
quite a reputation as a fielder, batter
and base runner His excellent work
attracted the attention of Manager
Hanlon, as well as several others. On
Hanlon's recommendation keister
was engaged by the New Haven club
in the spring Of 1896, when the lat
ter's team was on a Southern exhibit
ton tour. He remained with the Elm
City team until May, having partic-
ipated in ten championship games,
when his release was purchased by
Manager Hanlon of the Baltimores. He
remained with the latter until July IT,
when he was farmed out to the Scran-
ton club of the Eastern League, where
he finished the season, participating in
twenty-six championship contests with
the latter. At the end Of that cam
paign Manager Hanlon asked him II
he would like to go to the Paterson
club of the Atlantic league, and he
was so we'll pleased with the idea that
a deal was completed whereby he was
exchanged for Pitcher Cogan. Keister
took part in 1872 championship contests
with the Paterson team during the
season of 1897, and ranked high as
batsman in the official averages of that
league, having a percentage of .31S. In
the fall of that year, while the Bos-
tons were playing at Baltimore, Man
ager Selee of the Boston team, met
Keister and had a talk with him, ask
ing him how he would like to play at
Boston. That pleased Keister, and he
was accordingly drafted from the
Paterson Club by Boston. In the
spring of 1898 Keister went south
with the Boston players for prelim-
mary work, and after they returned
north he remained with the team until
the latter part of May, when his re-
lease was purchased by the Rochester
club of the Eastern League. In July
the Rochester club came to grief and
the players were transferred to OF
tawa, Can, and played their first game
under the new name on July -, at
Syracuse, N. Y, celebrating the event
with a victory. Keister participated
in ninety-five championship games
that season with the Rochester and Of
tawa teams, ranking fourteenth in the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
Species of Plants Known.

A comparison of the number of
species of plants known to the vari-
GUS learned men, who have lived dur
ing the past 1000 years, and whose
names are more or less familiar to us,
shows says Prof. F. H. Knowlton in
the Plant World how marvelously
our knowledge OF plants has been in
creased. Thus Hippocrates, called the
Father of Medicine" who lived be-
tween 5OO-400 B. c., knew only 234
species or kinds of plants. Theoph-
rastus, 371-225 B. c., who was perhaps
the first real botanist whose name has
been handed down to US, described
about 500 species OF plants, which he
divided into trees, herbs and shrubs.
By Dioscorides CT A. d. the number
was raised to 600 species, and by Pliny
(23-75 A. d. to 800 species. During
the ensuing 1,500 years and more, COM
paratively little work was accom-
plished. Ray, who wrote between
1855 and 1904, enumerated and de-
scribed 1S,625 species Of plants. The
number of plants known to Linnaeus
in 1771 was only S,551 species. less than
half the number supposed to have
been known to Ray. PERSON in 1907
recognized 10000 species of Towering
plants, while DeCandolle in 1909 rec
ognized 10000 species. An estimate
made about five years ago placed the
number Of known plants in the world
at 1906. of which the seed plants
made up about 5000. Considering
the number of new species published
every year, 1t is probable that the
number now in the books is not much
short of 100000 species.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24

What a luxury it would be to shave
oneself without doing the shaving!
Such an ideal must have seemed with
in the realization to the British OF a
century and a half ago. Among the
specious prospectuses lying on their
breakfast table one day they found a
document containing proposals" to fit
up a piece of machinery which would
shave sixty men in an hour, and comb
and powder their wigs into the bar
gain. Each subscriber to this whole
sale shaving machine was to pay
guinea a year, in exchange for which
he was to receive a copper ticket,
which would secure him as many
shaves in a twelvemonth as the most
ardent lover Of "clean face" could
desire. Then there was to be new
engine set UP for every 500 subscrib-
ers, the locality Of which was to be
decided by the first 200 to give in their
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24

milwaukee Jack" Taylor has proven
in the games he has SO far pitched for
Chicago he was worth the money he
stood out for. Connie Mack notwith-
standing.
Harry O'Hagan, the fast fielding first
baseman. who was with Kansas City
last season, has been signed by Roch-
ester and will not play in Kansas City
this summer.
The Baltimores' outfield of Holmes,
Brodie and Sheckard is said to be one
of the fastest of the league. A New
York writer is the judge, so some al
lowance must be made.
No wonder Business Manager Ban
croft did not want to pit the Reds
against Indianapolis in the early sea-
son. He was afraid 10 have them
shown up.-Indianapolis Sentinel.
Stafford of Milwaukee has a new
glove with which he scoops the ball
off the ground in great shape. 1t is
like a shovel and enables Stafford to
make one-handed catches like George
Carey.
The responsibility Of the captaincy
has had good effect in quieting Ever
lit Formerly he fared UP at every
fancied injustice. Now he puts in his
time keeping the other players from
protesting.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
BASE BALL TOPICS
CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF
THE GAME.
The Pitching Department of the Cincin-
natl Club-Stories of Some Celebrated
Players-Dunn and Shutouts- Diamond
Drift.
The Reds Pitching Corps.


1t is a good thing to have pitching
talent in reserve; but to attempt to
work seven pitchers regularly, that is,
give each one a turn, would make
pitching days too far apart A rest
Of seven days between pitching turns
would permit pitcher to become stale
and out of practice. In deciding to
work four pitchers regularly and keep
three in reserve, Captain Ewing is
pursuing a policy that will be Endorsed
by followers of the game. Pitchers OF
the calibre of Hawley, Taylor, Brett
enstein and Phillips can pitch once
every four days and be at their best.
Indeed, in the middle of the season,
when the weather is warm Phillips
can pitch every other day. In fact, he
did it for some time in the Western
League last year. Phillips made
record in the Western League last
season that has probably never been
equaled in modern baseball. He
pitched from about the middle of June
up until the middle of September
without pitching a losing game.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
The Latest in Talking Machines.

1t has long been the aim of manu-
facturers of talking machines to in
crease their loudness without changing
the quality of the sounds they repro
duce, but hitherto the efforts in this
direction have not been altogether sue
cessful. Now, however, the problem
has to a large extent been solved by
MIR. E. Berliner, the we'll known in
ventor, who has vastly increased the
1oudness Of the talking machine by the
simple device of rotating a number Of
gramophones from one motor with the
the records or cylinders SO arranged
that they all play" simultaneously.
Gramophone records are pressed from
dies or matrices, like seals, under heat
and pressure. and consequently all
records Of one catalogue number are
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
Hamilton Is All Right.

Billy Hamilton was advised last fall
by DR.. Conant of Boston to have an
operation on his knee. When the
team played the Senators at Norfolk
Hamilton's knee gave out and he told
Manager Selee that he might then take
DR.. Conant's advice and have the knee
operated On. When the team reached
Charlottesville the next day Hamilton
was taken to the University of Vir-
ginia where Professor Christian and
DR.. Hedge took Hamilton in tow and
examined his knee. The X-ray was
brought into use and the experts as
sured the fleet-footed Boston fielder
that he was all right and no operation
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
To Save Sinking Ships.

Among the inventions which had a
practical trial during the recent Span
ish-American war was a French device
for stopping shot holes, called the
Colonies stopper. One of these was
employed to close a rent made by a
shell in the United States battleship
Iowa. The hole was about foot above
the water line. AS soon as the stopper
was inserted the inflow of water, which
had begun to flood the deck, ceased.
The stopper consists of a rod having
at one end an iron plate, pivoted at
the center so that it can be folded
backward along the rod. To stop a
leak, the rod carrying the plate is first
thrust outward through the hole; then
turn of the rod causes the plate
which is weighted at one end, to be-
come parallel to the side of the ship,
and in this position it is drawn back
by the rod so as more or less COM
pleteIy to cover the hole. Next a cell
lulose cushion is placed upon the rod
and by the aid of nut forced tightly
against the inner side Of the ship over
the hole, so as entirely to stop the
leak. Shoppers of various sizes are
carried, to suit the size of the hole
that may have to be dealt with.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
Dunn and Shutouts.

There seems to be fatality against
Dunn of Brooklyn scoring a shutout.
In his entire career in the league since
1896 this pitcher, while doing some
very effective work, has never yet
sent the opposing team to the sand hill
without at least one tally. Sometimes
the stipulated nine innings have been
played without tally and even then
his own team may have won out, but
the twirler says that the other side
has never failed to get in at least one
chalk mark. In the recent series there
were two men out in the ninth and
Boston had not scored up to that
point. With the bases full, Dunn had
two strikes and two balls on Lowe.
Instead of making Lowe hit it. how
ever, Dunn tried to strike him out and
he walked, forcing run.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
Pitcher Magee.

William Magee, one of the pitchers
Of the Louisville club, graduated from
the Brockton club of the New England
league in 1896. He developed gradual
ly during his two seasons with the
Colonies and is now regarded by ex-
perts as one of the best of the younger
class of twirlers. In 1897 he pitched
in fourteen games for Louisville, Of
which he lost ten and won four, his
percentage of victories being 1856. Last
season he showed great improvement,
and his record was sixteen victories in
thirty games, percentage Of .538. He
shut out the Washingtons once and
also defeated the Senators in to 3,
thinning game, came off victor in 10
inning pitching duel with Hughes of
Baltimore by a score of 1 to 0, defeated
the Browns by to in II innings and
made a draw Of 2 to 2 in II innings
against Pittsourg and was opposed in
gruelling 12-inning contest to Nichols
with the champion Bostons behind him
which resulted in a score Of 1 to 1.
These were among his notable pitch
ing feats in 1898. Magee started this
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
Cafe Dining Car .Service on Q. & c.
Route

Commencing Sunday June 18th inst,
the train leaving New Orleans via the
Queen s. Crescent Route at 7:30 ID. m.
daily for the sum mer resorts of Tennes-
see and Virginia, and for Wsshingt
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York, will take on Cafe Dining Car at
Alfalfa, Ala, and carry it to Radio
Va, serving meals Ia carte.
This car returning will be attached
at RadfOrd and run to Alfalfa.
The hours are very favorable, and
the eervice will be first class in every
particular.
The route of the car via Chatts.
nooga and through the Cumberland
and Blude Ridge Mountain region en-
ables the traveller to view some of the
most beautiful scenery in the country
while enjoying his meals.
The q la carte plan of dining car
enables the passenger 70 almost pro-
cure any sort of meal mat suits his
fancy, from q cup of coffee and a roll to
an elaborate spread, paying only for
what he orders.
This feature of the Queen s. Cres-
cent service will, no doubt, be fully ap-
precisted by the travelling public, and
that it will receive very liberal patron
age cannot be doubted.
OThe through trains of the V. S. s. p.
and A. s. V. r. r. from Shreveport,
Monroe. Vicksburg, jackson, etc,
making connection at Meridian with
the train carrying this Dining Car, land
passengers from these places will be
equally benefited by this service.
Yours truly,
GEO. 81. SMITH, G. P. A.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24

Quite a number of Western League
players are now with Eastern League
teams Third Baseman Nyce is with
Providence, Pitcher Pappalau and Out
fielder Hernon are with Springfield; at
Syracuse, Whistler, Lohbeck, Maizena,
and Mckinney are found. Hartford
has old Phil Knell and Catcher Boyd,
once with Detroit: Frisbee and Rich
ter are at Worcester; Rochester's list
includes Campau. Catcher Smink,
Burke, O'Hagan and McHale; Montreal
has Abbey, Dooley, Sheibeck and Ban
non, while at Toronto, Wally Taylor,
once a Brewer, is looking after second
Dase.-Detroit Free Press.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
Aluminium Coins.

1t is reported that experiments have
been carried on at the United States
mint in Philadelphia for nearly a year
with a view of ascertaining the fitness
of aluminium for minor coins Some ten
thousand blanks of the size of the
nickel five-cent piece have been de-
livered at the mint for this purpose. 1t
may be mentioned that congress some
time ago appointed a commission of
experts to Investigate and report upon
this subject, and the experiments above
referred to are being carried on under
the direction Of it's members.-Journal
Of the Franklin Institute.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24

London has at last risen against the
cabby. A machine lately invented will
register every circumstance in connec-
ton with a ride in a cab, and so uni
versal is the cry for these, and SO
pointed the manner in which cabs that
have them are patronized in prefer
ence to cabs that have not, that the
owners and managers Of the various
cab systems are speedily putting them
in. The machine, which is known as
the taxameter, registers when you get
in whether you have valise or not;
directs your attention to the fact that
you have ridden a mile by the loud
ring on a bell, and at every half mile
thereafter. If you wait in front of
store the charge is just the same, as
device under the control of the driver
shifts the regulator from the wheel to
a clock. On lighting for the last time
a spring is touched to show up On a
card the amount of your fee. The
drivers of the company which put the
machines in first wear a distinguish
ing badge, and are doing all the bust
ness. They are well and regularly
paid, in consequence of which they are
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24

exactly alike in every detail. Hence
when a number are played together
they sound like only one record, and
with loudness proportionate to their
number. Mr.. Berliner has named his
new invention the multiphone, the ex-
perimental machine which he has con-
structed being a sextuplex multiphone,
that is, one In which six records are
played simultaneously.
1t has long been known that the
carrying power of the ordinary gram
ophone is most astonishing. 1t nils
a hall the size OF the Metropolitan
Opera House. in New York, and on the
water, on a quiet evening, it has been
heard over two miles. Multiply these
effects by six, and you have the per-
Torrance Of a sextupiex gramophone.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
Dairy Notes.


The passage Of the Dunlap-Lyons
pure food bill by the Illinois legisla-
ture gives the consumers and produc-
ers Of dairy products in Illinois some
hope that they will be enabled to get
some protection against frauds in the
form of authorizations and preserva-
tives. The thing that Is now needed
is to have a commissioner appointed
that will discharge his duties with
regard to public interests. The task
has become almost herculean by rea-
son Of the long years of delay. Hi
no1s has proved a rich territory to be
worked in the interests of every man
ufacturer of so-called preservatives as
well as for the manufacturers of spur
ious butter. Give us men that have
the energy and honesty that present
circumstances require.
The shipment of bitter is almost
science in ITSELF By reason of too lit
tie thought in this regard the shippers
OF butter frequently suffer consider
ably. If a man is to send forward a
good deal Of butter Of different quail
ties it is very necessary for the de-
scription of his goods to be such that
it will be understood by the commits
sion man to whom they are shipped
or by other customers. If it happens
that two qualities are in the same
batch, the whole is likely to be judged
by either the good or the bad. If it is
judged by the bad, the price he re-
ceives will be low. If it is judged by
the good, then the bad butter may
spoil a good customer. 1t is best not
to try to deceive the commission man
or any customer.
The state Of Washington has just
put into operation a law that will GER
tainly prove effective if it is properly
enforced. It provides for a state
brand for both butter and cheese The
cheese is to be labelled Washington
Full Cream cheese and can be made
only from whole milk and must con-
tain not less than 80 per cent Of but
ter fat. No cheese is to be made con-
tanning less than Is per cent Of but
ter fat. Filled cheese will be sup
pressed with an iron hand. A uniform
butter brand stencil reading Wash
ington Creamery Butter" is to be is
sued to the creameries and no butter
made outside Of the state can have the
use of this stencil. One good point
about the new law is that it prohibits
the buying of oleomargarine by any
state institution. This will put a stop
to the use Of oleo in the poor houses
and other institutions of like charac-
ter. All milk dealers in cities of over
1000 inhabitants must have licenses.
Process butter may be made, but must
be marked Renovated Butter"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
SCIENTIFIC TOPICS
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOv-
cry AND INVENTION.
What the White Mans Burden Really
Means-Cab Taxameters Among the
Latest Inventions Shaving by
Machinery.
The White Mans Burden

The London Times says: In an in
teresting statistical article in the
American Review of Reviews, DIR.
Dorchester endeavors to set forth in
square miles and population the di-
mansions Of the burden of the White
Man. His article may be recommend
ed TO those who assume that this bur-
den is of recent growth, and can be
prevented from increasing. Estimated
In area, it had already in 1900 reached
the fair total Of 6,266,sS1 square miles.
In the next eighty years S,S26,632
square miles were added to the pos
sessions of the seven great colonial
powers. Since 1880, Germany and the
United States have become the posses
Sors of colonies. 1t is a significant
fact, that Of the six powers which are
still acquiring colonies, four should
have possessed extended colonial pos
sessions at the beginning of the pres
ent century. DR.. Dorchester points out
that Of the 100000 square miles of
the whole world, %, 2SS, 152 are held in
colonial or protectorate form, and
that all this territory has been ac-
quired by Christian governments since
1900, and the greater part since 1900.
Expressed statistically, the white
Mans Burden" may be put down at
22,288,152 square miles, or AZ per cent
Of the total area of the earth's sur
face, and Al, 296, S59 inhabitants, or SO
per cent Of its population.
Within the last eighteen years $780,
120 square miles have been added to
the colonial empires of the great col
onizing powers. This total, which does
not include Egypt or the Soudan, is
made up as follows:
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-24
Dope.

The base ball dope fiends OF the
Western League circuit have prepared
a showing on which Buffalo seems to
be a cinch winner. They show that
the Buffalo team averages .252 in bat
ting and $40 in fielding. The other av-
erages are as follows: Columbus, bat
ting, .27O; fielding, 1922; Detroit, bat
ting, .253; fielding, 1926; Indianapolis,
batting, 1852; fielding, 1925; Kansas
City, batting, PAS; fielding. 1874; Mil
waukee, batting, .263; fielding, .9O6; ST.
Paul, batting, 270; fielding, 1923. Dope
figures, however, as applied to baseball,
are not certain indications of how the
teams will finish the season.