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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-24
His Protest Against the Promotion
of Colonel Miller.
CREDIT FOR TIE CAPTURE OF ILOILO
Claims That 1t Was Accomplished
by the Navy
TURNED OVER TO THE ARMY

Capt. G. f. F. Wilde formerly in COM
mand of the L. S. S. Boston, has protested
against the promotion of Col. Marcus p.
Miller to a brigadier generaIshp on the
ground that the latter captured Ioilo. 1t
appears, on the contrary, that this capture
was erected entirely by naval forces under
the command of Capt. Wilde, and that it
was not until after the capture had been
erected that the place was turned over to
Col. Miller who up to that time had moth
ing to do with its capture. This statement
is Endorsed by Admiral Dewey.
Capt. Wildes protest comes too late to be
effective, regardless of the merits of the
question, for the reason that Col Miller
was promoted a brgadier general Febru-
ary 10 in recognition of his services in the
capture of Ioilo, and was retired in that
grade March II by operation of law on
account of age.
The Expedition From Manila.
lie was in command of the expedition
sent from Manila for the capture of Iloilo,
and the cruisers Boston and Petrol were
sent with him to render any assistance that
might be necessary, especially in protecting
the landing of the troops from the trans
ports While the vessels of the expedition
were lying off the port the natives began
to strengthen their defenses and fired sew
eral shots at the Petrol, which vessel was
anchored nearest the shore. The COM
mander of that small warship asked per-
mission of Capt. Wilde of the Boston to
respond, and got it, AT this time Gen.
Millers army transports were far out in
the rcadstead. Without communicating
with Gen. Miller, the two warships opened
hre on the shore batteries and soon sienced
them, and Lieut.. Niback of the Boston
landed with a battalion OF marines and
sailors and took possession of the town.
Navy Took Possession.
They took possession of the insurgent
flags on the governors house and on the
batteries and turned the city over to Gen.
Miller on his arrival an hour or so later.
They kept the captured flags, however, in
spite of Gen. Millers demand for them
At any rate, this is the naval story of the
battle of llOilO.
Gen. NiIIer's Report.
The official report Of that engagement
first received in Washington was made by
GEN. Miller to the War Department, and
simply announced the surrender of Iloilo
to the American forces under his COM
mand, without going into particulars Act
ing upon this report, and in view of the
fact that Gen. Miller had but few weeks
more to serve on the active list, the Presi-
dent appointed him to vacancy then eX-
listing in the list of brigadier generals, and,
as already stated, h retired in that grade
March - last. He is now on his way home
from Manila and is expected to reach San
francisco in a few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-24
Against SectionnIfsm.
COMING TO THE BARRACKS.
Battery NJ of 7th Artillery Return
ing From Porto Rico

Batteries c and NJ of the 7th Artillery
have been ordered 10 return from Porto
Rico. the former going to Fort Adams and
the latter to Washington barracks. It is
expected that these batteries and the re-
maiEder OF the 9Th Artillery now in this
country will be recruited to their full
strength and sent 10 Manila. Three light
batteries will sail from San Francisco to-
day. being those requested by Gen. Otis
some time ago. The belief Is general that
more artillery VIII be needed IN the Philip
pines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-24
SOLDIERS SENT TO THEIR HOMES
Fifth Regiment. Georgia Troops, Dis
missed Prom Active Duty.

ATLANTA, Ga, April 24-The 9TH Regi-
ment, Georgia militia, which was ordered
under arms last night by Gov. Gambler,
spent the night in the arnory and was dis
missed today.
Between 5000 and 1000 Atlanta people
visited the scene of the crime, the excite
ment here being intense. A man named
Moss brought back a gOod-siZed piece of
Hoses heart, which he said he would pre-
sent to Gov. Gambler Other grewsome re-
minders of the tragedy are on exhibition
at various places.
Race Trouble in Louisiana.
HAMMOND, La, April 24.-At Maxwell,
Il sawmill village in Livingston parish, a
crowd of white men attacked the negro
quarter. killing one negro and wounding
two others. The remainder of the negroes
were notified TO leave. Sam McCorrelb
Charles Stewart, Garfield kinchen and Nir-
gil Ard Cwhitcs) have baen arrested pend
ing an investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-24

No other paper I'm the world
reaches so large a percent
age of families I'm the city
where printed as does The
Evening Star In Washington.
As an advertising medium
for the District of Columbia
an equal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-24
PLANS NOT DISTURBED.
Yesterdays Fight at Quingua Has
Made No Difference.

Secretary Alger today said that yester-
days battle at Quingua. which was soffatal
to the Nebraska men, had not altered the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-04-24
seweH Also Put to Death.

ATLANTA, Ga, April PA telephone
message from Palmetto at 10 o'clock says
the mob which lynched Strickland captured
Albert Sewell. a negro who had declared
that the death Of every negro should be
avenged. and put him TO death. The mob
is said to be still on the hunt for negroes
and that probably two more viii be Iyncned
before The work has been f.uish.l.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1899-12-28
PROFIT in Soda Water.

The following estimate gives an in
teresting idea of the money that can
be made in the soda water business
when it is operated on large scale:
with the carbonated water reduced to
three cents a gallon, me profit on a
glass OF soda water is great. The sirups
and cream represent greater cost
than the water itself: but where the
haNoring extracts are made right in
the store a glass of plain soda with any
of the ordinary sirups does not cost
the dealer more than cent and half.
y good glass of ice cream soda cannot
be maze for less than three to five cents
The latter is usually the average cost
in high class stores where the best
cream is used. The price of ten cents
a glass, considering the showness with
which consumers drink II, does not
make the profit SO large as on ordinary
plain soda, "-Scieutitic American.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1899-12-28
YAQUIS OF MEXICO.
Indians Again in Rebellion Against
the Government
InteresttnS Information About .
Queer Tribe of Redm.n-Rcsist
Only when Their Terri
tory II Invaded.

The Gaquis, with whom Mexico is
now fighting, are a people who have
long resisted civilization and persist
emily sought to exclude from their
mountain Businesses the whites. and
especially the officials OF the Mexican
government. Especially gr'eyous to
the Naquis is the Mexican law ~ .uir-
ing all men to wear trousers. When he
InQuis visit n civilized village to sell
their rude pottery, their woven m7's
and the few other things they manu-
fncture, they do not put on their trous-
ers until they are about TO enter the
corporate limits, and on their journey
home they take off their hated gar
ments as soon as they are clear of the
village and put them in little bundles
on top of their heads.
At ordinary times the Iaquis are
reserved and exclusive rather than hos
tile. They sometimes desert their vii
lagos at the approach OF strangers, ieav-
ing behind them nothing that can give
aid or comfort to the invaders. When
the attempt is made to penetrate their
mountain retreats then the Noquis take
measures Of resistance, but even in
this case they often do no more than
block the paths by which the strangers
must advance.
A New Yorker who attempted to
penetrate into part of the laqui coun-
try some years ago met with these tao
tics. AS he and his companion mp
preached Yaqui village at the foot of
the mountains they could see the ma
tivos scurrying OIL through the brush.
When the travellers reached the village
they found il empty Even the food
and some of the utensils had been car
ricd of. The little matched huts with
earthen floor, standing in the midst of
small bean patches, contained nothing
to excite the cupidity of the least civ
ilized visitor.
NJ violence was offered to the eN-
plorers, but as they began to ascend
the mountains they found evidence OF
the peculiar resistance OF the laquis.
Great rocks and trees were thrown
across the narrow trail. From time TO
time the could see the Naquis pceping
out at them from behind n distant rock,
or in the act of throwing distractions
across the trail The resistance be
came so determined and effective Mt the
end of two days that the explorers
turned their backs upon the mountain
heights and rctreated TO the valley,
watched narrowly by the Yaquis.
Much of the Yaqui country is alto
gether unknown to the civilized Mex
leans and has never been surveyed by
the government engineers. There are
cxtravngant traditions OF mineral
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1899-12-28
SELECTING CIGARS
It Is the FILLER That Regulates the
strength aud Not the Color
of the Wrapper.

"One Of the most absurd ideas thaf
the average smoker has about Havana
cigars is the notion that the color of
such a weed, be it light OF dark, is indi-
cativ, Of its strength, said a large man
ufacturer OF Cuban cigars TO the writer
recently. at is no such thing. \ light
or medium -colored cigar is not neces-
sarily mild.or medium in flavor. for the
simple reason that the color only refers
to the outside wrapper. which in itself
is of very thin and small quantity as
compared with the other materials that
go to make up the cigar. As matter
of fact. the filters and bunch wrappers
are the only parts that will determine
the body or strength OF the cigar. The
actual strength, or otherwise, of the
inner body of the cigar, the filler and
bunch wrapper, is only known to the
expert, and, therefore, when purchas-
ing a cigar the smoker who is not a
Judge of the various grades of tobacco
used 20 give n cigar its flavor shcr'd be
guided in his choice of mild, medium
or full cigar by the manufacturer or
he dealer Not doing so, he will find
chat his own selection of n cigar from
the wrapper is largely matter of
chance.
The craze for light or dark colors
has nevertheless assumed alarmingly
proportions, The Manufacturers, par
ticularly those of Cuban-made cigars,
are at present at their wits ends to
know how to grapple with the mater,
Nature is very impartial and quietly ig
nores the fads and fancies of people in
general. Tobacco leaves, like most
things, are subject to the vagaries of the
natural elements. \ crop may give an
undue proportion of dark, light or
medium; except for color, all may be
equally good, What is the manufac-
turer to do IL he can only dispose OF his
light and medium and has to keep all his
dark? He already threatens to raise
the price of his lighter colors, in which
case the smoker would be paying a
higher price for by no means the best
article. II might be reasonably as
suned that MS possessing the essential
qualities of good cigar the darker
cigar is by far the best,
Star
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1899-12-28

wealth in these uucNplored lands and
one belief current in Mexico is that the
Naqui country hides the ruins Of an an
Client aud splendid capital This city.
according to tradition. occupies
mountuiu height not to be approached
save by trails which the laquis jealous
~ guard against intrusion.
The only strangers with whom the
Naqgis are on friendly terms are stray
members Of the mu-derous Apache In
dian tribe Apnches ouilawed from
United States territory have found an
asylum in the Haqui country, They are
likely to prove effective aids to the
Haquis in the present warn. y. Sun.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1899-12-28
PREVENTS ELECTROLYSIS
Discovery That May Render VaHrant
Electric Currents
Harmless.

The injury caused by the fugitive
electric currents upon gas and water
pipes in Chicago and other large cities
where electric street railway systems
are sowidely difrused and electric light
ing is well-nigh universal has engaged
the attention of many scientific mon
throughout the country. The evil is not
so serious nowadays as ii was several
years ago. Modern methods OF proyid
ing for the return Of the current have
lesscncl its vRgraut disposition. New
crthelcss. the trouble continues to some
extent,
In ST. John. n. H., IT has been the prac-
ticc for nearly half "A century TO close
the joints in city water pipes not with
melted lend. rs in most other places.
but with pine plugs. The experiment
was tried in 1851, and again in 1857. On
both occasions /, worked SO well that
the same policy was pursued two years
ago. The object in view was merely to
secure economy, But mention of the
fact reminds the public OF the iusulat-
ing qualities of wood and of the propo-
sition made last year by Harold l..
Brown that two or more lengths of
wooden pipe be introduced into the
mains in every district where trouble
was to be anticipated.
Electricity will not enter n dine of
pipe If II cannot get out again. An OBJ
stacle which would prove efTectual at
any given point along n system of me-
tallic conductors would dissuade cur
rent from going into IL in the first
place. Hence, If the wooden plugs in
tcrfcred with the conductivity of the
pipes 1t is hard to see why they would
not protect them from invasion. And
If the currents would not attempt to
travel along the pipe nj all no electroly-
| sis or corrosion would ensue.-Chicago
| Chronicle.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1899-12-28

peuses, some genius has gotten up this
automaton. 1t is made of papier-mache
and represents a drummer sitting on
sample trunk. The whole thing is
about eight inches high and is boxed up
and sent to the retail merchants by eN-
,reSs. When il arrives the business man
sets it on his desk, touches spring,
which. releases a Photographic cyl
inder inside the trunk, and the
drummer begins to talk. Good
day, sir, he says: the following
are our list prices on so and So,
and with that the machine reels off the
latest quotations of whatever trust it
happens to represent. AT the other end
of the trunk is a hole connecting with a
receiving cylinder, ana the merchant
speaks his order into it. Thank YOU,
says the manikin, when he gets
through; Il will now tell you two comic
stories and sing you a selection from
the latest opera. II the merchant
doesn't care for that part of it all he has
to do is to turn a switch Then he re-
turns the automaton to its box and ex-
presses it back to the house c. o. D..
There the order record is taken out, a
fresh one put in and the machine sent
to another customer. Its wonderful
device, and its advantages over a live
drummer begins to talk Good
II doesn't eat anything il hasn't any
hotel bills, it runs up no expense ac-
count and never draws on the house.
Then, again, think of the enormous
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1899-12-28
AUTOMATIC DRUMMER.
II 10 Made OF pnpicr-Machc and IL
just as Good AS
Live Man.

Have you heard OF the new auto
matte drummerp" said n Louisville tray
cling man. as he joined the group in
frontof one OF the hotels the other night.
NO? Well, it's n great scheme. You
see, the trusts have made brains nhso-
lutcly useless in the business, and when
n merchant has to buy Il, one place or
go without, an idiot can take his order
Just as we'll us u nan of superior intelli-
gcnce like myself. So, to cut down cN-
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1899-12-28

Forty live sea lions were captured at
the Santa Barbara islands recently for
the 200 at Antwerp. Belgium. The
lions are lassooed on the rocks with an
ordinary rope, and with much difficulty
are landed and Grated ready for ship
ment The men hired to capture the
seals are expert vaqucroa. The animals
bring about $3.50 ench.-N. Y. Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-17

Sarah E. Bowen, of Peru. Ind,
said:
{" For eighteen years I suffered
with weakness peculiar to my sex.
1 could neither sleep nor eat well,
and was reduced to a mere skele-
ton. My skin was muddy, my
eyes heavy, and 1 was dizzy much
of the time. Doctors prescribed
for me without avail; medicine
seemed to do me no good. Twas at
the brink of despair when friend
told me what DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People had accom-
plished in a case similar to mine.
bought a box and took them.
bought more and took them until
1 was we'll and strong. DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People
brought me new life and 1 recon-
mend them to every suffering
woman. From tie Republican,
Peru, Ind.
DR.. williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain, IN a condensed form, all the ele-
Inents necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are an unfailing specific for
such diseases as lOcomotOr ataxia, partial
paralysis. st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neural
gia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after-effects of the grip, palpitation of the
heart. pale and saIlow complications, and al
forms OF weakness either in male or female.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are never
sold by TIE dozen or hundred. but always in pack
ages At all druggists. direct from the Dr. VIII
liams Medicine Company. Schenectady, N. T., 90
cents per box. 6 boxes $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-17
Why Elephants Fear Mice.

1t seems incredible that so small and
harmless an animal as mouse is able
to brighten an elephant almost out of
his senses. One little mouse in the hay
on which they are feeding will stam-
pede an entire herd. In their native
land there are little animals, known as
chacanas, which feed on small, sour
berry of which elephants are very fond.
They live in settlements, something
after the manner of prairie dogs, under
the berry bushes
When feeding, the elephants trample
the little towns and the chacanas, in
their fright, run up the tubes of the ele-
plants trunks. Their long, sharp claws
catch in the flesh, and they cannot be
elected. The more violently the mon
ster blows through its coiled trunk the
more firmly the hooked claws of the lit
tie animal become imbedded in the flesh
Inflammation and death are the result
In captivity the elephants think they
are in danger of the deadly chacanas
when they see a mouse.-New York
SUn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-17
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoRERs
semi-Annuai Meeting of the County

Semi-Annual Meeting of the County
Union.
The Rock Island County Christian
Endeavor union, at its semi-annual
meeting held yesterday afternoon and
last night at the Central Presbyterian
church, elected officers as follows,
choosing Coal Valley as the place of
holding the next conventions:
President. F. Peniry, Rock ISL
and.
Vice President-Michael Bollman,
South Rock Island.
Recording Secretary-Miss Grace
Bromley, Rock Island
Corresponding Secretary - Miss
Margaret Carnaghan, Milan.
Treas1rer-Col. Walkup, Moline.
Junior superintendent Daisy
Gould. Moline.
Missionary Superintendent y Miss
Edith Vincent, Hampton.
Rev. G. l.. Cady, of Geneseo, read a
paper on The Quiet Hour" and an
other was read by Rev. II. w. Re
herd, of Milan. on "Tithing." Rev.
ID. L. Robertson. of Hamlet, delivered
an instructive address bearing on the
relation of the young peoples socie-
ties to missionary work. Miss Gould,
of Moline. gave recitation, and Miss
Katharine Gest, of Rock Island, played
an organ solo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-17
PEOPLE TESTIFY.
Reference That is Surely Worth
Looking Up.
Rock Island Lady Who Tells Her Friend.
What Has Done Her Much Good.

We will tell you what will cure the
worst kind of a case of backache
caused from the kidneys. We will
not only tell you. but will refer you
to people in all walks of life in the
city of Rock Island who have used
Kid-ne-oids with the best results.
We ask YOU to read this statement
from Mrs. c. II. Ludwig, $50 Seventh
street, Rock Island. She says: Il
have been troubled with backachei
spells of nervousness and dizziness
for over one year. Finally, when
other remedies failed to give me re-
lief, / found cure in Morrow's Kid
ne-oids and LiverlaX.
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills
but yellow tablets. and sell at so cents
a box. Morrow's LiverlaX are small
red granules. and sell at % cents a
box at all drug stores and at NJ F.
Bahnsen s drug store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manu-
featured by John Morrow & Co.,
Chemists, Springfield, Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-17
HEARD ALONG THE TRACK.
Notes and Gossip Picked Up Around the
City Depots-

Notes and Gossip Picked UP Around the
city Depots-
Fireman A. G.. Smith, of the Rock
Island, has resigned.
Henry Emmett, night car inspector
for the Rock Island, has resigned.
Charles Heisel has taken a posi-
ton as night oiler for the Rock Island.
Bill Winters, blacksmith helper at
the Rock Island machine shop. is sick.
Frank Dunsmore, night call boy at
the Rock Island round house, is off
duty.
Engineer johnson, formerly of the
Rock Island, has taken run on the
Peoria.
F. Hildebrandt, car foreman at the
Rock Island, has returned from Kan
sas City.
Engineer Harry Longbaugh, of the
Rock Island, has returned from his
western trip.
Sam Mattison, of the c., NJ. & ST.
from Fargo, S. ID.
Engineer F. Mounts has been pro-
noted from freight to passenger
run on the Peoria road.
Night Roundhouse Foreman John
Duke, of the c., K. l. & P, has re-
turned to his duties, after brief ILL.,
ness.
Claude Arnold has returned to his
duties as machinist at the Rock Island
shops after being laid up with an in
Jured finger.
The sos has been transferred to the
East Iowa division of the Rock Isl
and. Engineer Billy Sprague has been
assigned to her.
The S57 was given her initial run
yesterday on the Illinois division on
the Rock Island. Engineer Dave Bush
nell will have charge of her.
Harry Horn, engineer on the Iowa
accommodation on the Rock Island, is
off duty, suffering with rheumatism.
Engineer Ike Smith is filling his place.
The Rock Island road is at present
enjoying the heaviest business it has
seen for years. The traffic is COM
posed mostly of stock on it's way to
the Chicago market.
John Hawk, formerly foreman of
Island shops in Davenport, has been
made foreman of the company's ma
chine department at the Forty-sev-
eHln street shops III SHlcdSo.
Frank 2. Blair, of the Terminal
company, the other night, discovered
that the c., B. Il Q. folks had COM
menced laying a switch across East
Seventeenth street. He declared the
switch interfered with the proposed
Terminal crossing. There appears to
be soma doubt as to the right of the
Burlington to lay the track, and the
work was stopped.
The National Association of Rail-
way agents will hold IT'S third annual
meeting in the city of Milwaukee,
July Is to 21-neXt month-and the
executive committee has arranged a
very pleasant time for those who NAV
attend. A very. cordial invitation is
to all asents-contractin
and ticket agents-to be-
come members of this association,
and with their Immediate families
attend this meeting. Any informa-
ton as to mem bership, transporta-
ton or otherwise will be cheerfully
by w. ID. Wilson, chairman
Of the executive committee, So Monu
ment Place INDIANAPOLIS Ind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-17
Would Not suffer So Again for Fifty Times
It's Price.

awoke last night with severe pains
in my stomach. l never felt so badly
in all my life. When 1 came down TO
work this morning 1 felt so weak |
could hardly work. 1 went to Miller
* McCurdy's drug store and they
recommended Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. 1t
worked like magic and one dose fixed
me all right. 1t certainly is the finest
thing l ever used for stomach trouble.
/ shall not be without it in my home
hereafter, for | should not care to en-
dure the sufferings of last night again
for fifty times its price.-G. III. Will
son, Liveryman, Burgettstown, Wash
ington county. Pa. This remedy is
for sale by all first-class druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-17
PULPIT AND PEW.


There will be services in the vari-
nns churches tom nrrnW as follows: