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THE ISLAND OF &BU.
A MOST DESIRABLE AND VALUABLE
CHUNK OF REAL ESTATE.

Much American Capital Already In
vested There - Fine Opportunities
For Sugar Making and Hemp Rails
ing-It Has Figured In History.
The island of Cebu, in whose capital
the sovereignty of Uncle Sam is just
now maintained by a battalion of the
Twenty-third regular infantry, is a very
desirable bit of real estate. 1t is rich
and fertile and good to look at. 1t is a
little larger than the state of Delaware
and ten times as populous. 1t doesn't
produce SO many peaches, however.
In shape Cebu looks a good deal like
zeal as large. 1t is 1875 miles from n
end to the other, and its extreme width
is 80 miles.
The city of Cebu, next to Manila and
Iloilo, is the most important seaport of
the Philippine group. That is why
General Otis sent an expedition to COB
BILE it up SO promptly after he had given
the Filipinos a decisive thrashing. Sugar
and hemp are the chief products of the
island, and immense quantities are
shipped from there.
Before the wal considerable Ameri-
can capital was invested there. One of
the largest planters, an American named
Wilson, was driven out by the Span
iards just before war was declared The
island outside of the city Of Cebu is
still unsafe for Americans, for the Fill
pinos have organized insurgent forces
there, and they had not been driven off
the island at last reports.
Cebu is a place of great historical in
terest, for it was one of the first islands
Magellan saw when he discovered the
Philippine group, and it was there,
where the city now stands, that he
stopped with his fleet. On the neigh
boring island of Mactan Magellan was
killed by the natives.
Magellan stopped at Cebu in 1921
and made a treaty with the king of the
island by which that ruler became a
subject of the king of Spain. The dusky
king agreed to accept the Christian re-
ligion, and he and his principal chiefs
with several hundreds of his subjects,
were baptized. Then Magellan crossed
to Mactan, where the inhabitants re-
fused to accept Spanish rule. and he
was killed by the natives.
After the death of Magellan the king
of Cebu threw off his allegiance to
Spain and broke out into open revolt.
He murdered 81 of the Spaniards, in
Guiding Serrano and Barbosa, who had
, 1899-04-21
GETTYSBURG, LURAY, AND WASH.
lNGTON.
PersonaIly-COnducted Tour via the
Pennsylvania Railroad.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has arranged for a five-day Personally
Conducted Tour to Gettysburg, Luray,
and Washington ON May 6. A full day
will be spent at Gettysburg, three hours
at Luray, affofdfffg ample tinete make
the tour of the wonderful caverns, and
two days at Washington.
The party Will be under the guidance
Of one OF the company's experienced
tourist agents a chaperon, whose es7
pecial charge will be %unescorled ladies,
will also accompany the party through
out. Round-LrIp tickets, including
transportation for the u trip, hotel
accommodations ut Gettysburg and
carriage drive over the battlefield, lun-
cheon, transfer, and admission to the
Luray Caverns, luncheon, transfer, and.
hotel accommodations at Washington,
and dinner going and supper returning,
at Broad Street Station iii connection
with tickets from Trenton and points
east thereof, will be sold at the ex-
tremely low rate of $50 from New York
S24 from Trenton, S22 from Philadel-
phia, and proportionate rates from
other points.
For detailed itinerary apply to Ticket
Agents, or to Tourist Agent, 1886 Broad
way, New York, 7S9 Broad Street, New
ark, N. j., or address Geo. w. Boyd,
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
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lNOW occupied Dy Onlteu olateS tfOOpS.J
been chosen by the sailors to succeed
Magellan in command of the expedition.
The surviving Spaniards burned one of
their ships and with the other two
escaped from the harbor.
Thus ended SPANS first attempt to
establish her authority in the Philip
pines. One of the ships which escaped
from Cebu, the Victoria. with IS men
left alive of the crew, finally reached
Europe by way of the Cape of Good
Hope, thus completing the first circum-
navigation of the globe.
So Cebu is the Oldest Spanish town in
the Philippines and the scene of the
first colonial revolt against the author
ity of the Spanish crown
The people who inhabit Cebu today
are mostly Of the Malay breed. closely
resembling the Tagals ON the island of
Luzon, but they are more sociable in
disposition. This trait is married. how
ever, by a desire for strong drink. In
the hills are a people who are supposed
to be pure blooded descendants of the
original inhabitants. the Negritos. but
but uuIlDCI 10 luCOilolutId DlG. anu buGJ
seem to be dying out.
The natives are much given to tat
tooing themselves, just as they were in
the days of Magellan. Often the entire
body is covered with grotesque figures.
Fer this reason the Spaniards at first
called the country Islas de los Pintados,
or Island of Painted Men.
Ton voarc oro tba pop,1,f;oo of tho
island was estimated at 5lS, 900. There
are good roads for driving, especially
in the vicinity of the city of Cebu. The
climate is h%ealthful, and the weather is
never excessively hot.
The population of the city of Cebu is
10. 900. 1t was founded by the Span
iards o o after Magellan's death and
was the capital city of the Philippine
group until the establishment of Manila
in 1881. 1t is a cathedral city and a
bishops see.
Before the war there were generally
at least a couple of American ships in
the harbor taking on cargoes or dis
charging American manufactured
goods, petroleum, etc. The city is a
dirty one. now. and its narrow streets
need the ministrations II a Colonel
Waring badly. WitA8little care,
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however. it could ~ IA healthy
and attractive pll Athe sea it
has a most pictuA kpce.
in the interior R1ee i'm
mense beds ofJ 5pever
been opened. with
good transportaV Athe
coast and a settle Mt
put of 5000 tonsV In
be effected.
HowARDV
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doing much to swell the ranks. Many
last spring. cut business and domestic
ties and have not yet knotted up these
loose ends. So they are free to seek adj
venture wherever opportunity seems to
offer. These men are welcome additions
to the army, and every inducement to
secure them will be made. They will
receive credit for their volunteer enlist
ments, thus enabling them to secure
continuous service pay, but will be
obliged to join the army for the pre-
scribed period of three years, volunteer
service not counting as part of this.
Nearly all the recruits who have ap-
piled for enlistment in the regular army
in the last few days have asked to be
assigned to regiments under orders to
proceed to the Philippines or already
there. There will be no trouble in ac-
commodating these men. as it is intend
ed to fill up the Philippine regiments
Immediately
The same opportunity presented to
the volunteers in this country who want
to go into the regular establishment
will be given to volunteer troops in
Cuba and the Philippines. There are no
volunteers in Porto Rico. 1t is believed
that many of the volunteers now en-
gagged in active campaigning against
Aguinaldo's forces will re-enlist in the
regular army.
All the volunteer troops in the Philip
pines will be brought home for muster
ont, but such of the enlisted men as
desire to remain in the service will re-
ceive their discharges at Manila or
wherever they may be stationed in the
archipelago and permitted to enlist in
the regulars. They will be entitled to
continuous service pay, travel pay from
the place where they would have landed
in the United States to the places Of
enlistment in this country and six
months clothing allowance.
With such encouragement and the
chance CT being sent to distant lands
and seeing active service there is an I'M
precedented rush to join the army. At
the principal recruiting station in New
York from 800 to 900 applications are
being received every day. Only about
40 per cent Of the men pass muster.
Recruits have as much latitude as is
practicable in selecting their regiments.
The department notifies a recruiting
officer what regiments require men, and
it ia hard work getting men to fill out
the regiments that are TO stay al home.
LlEUyENANT Il T. GAHAN.
, 1899-04-21
Wildwood Council fieeting.
THE VOTE on THE BOARDWALK a TIE
AND THE MAYOR EXERCISES HIS
PREROGATIVF.

THE VOTE on TIE BOARDWALK a TIE
AND THE MAYOR EXERCISES HIS
PRERoGATIVF.
Last Saturday evening, April 18th, u
regular meeting of the Wildwood Bor-
ough Council was held in the borough
hall, Mayor Baker presiding and Coun-
cilmen r. n. Adams, ellis, Magee,
Quimby and Ryan present. Solicitor
zeller was also present. The minutes
of last meetings were read and approvs
ed. The first business taken up was
the opening of the beach boardwalk
bids. Samuel f.. Ewing, of West Cape
May; Richard f. Smith & Son, of Cam
den, and Frank b. Smith, of Holly
Beach, were the bidders. The bid of
MI. Ewing was for both construction
and furnishing the lumber as follows:
Yellow pine, Is #. wide, S1.40 per lin
cal foot; 10 #. wide, $1.05. Georgia
pine, Is #. wide, S1.10; 10 fit. wide, so
cents; no price given for cyprus.
Smith u Son bid only for furnishing
the lumber, i. e., S23 per thousand for
South Carolina yellow pine.
Frank h. Smith bid as follows: Ten
#. wide walk, Georgia pine No. l, 81
cents per lineal foot; Select cyprus,
Sligo; Spruce No. l, 49, cents; White
pine No. 9, S1.O13. Sixteen #. wide,
cyprus, $1.60s; Spruce, $1.171; Georgia
pine, $1.24I; White pine, S1.425.
After the reading of the bids they
were laid on the table for the timebeing.
The bonds of Collector VanHorn and
Marshal Ferris were read and approx
ed. The Collectors bond is for So, 200
with Messrs. Chas. II. Nickel and
Christian Kemmerer as bondsmen.
Thomas B. Connolly was bondsman
for Mr.. Ferris, the amount being $500.
A resolution WAS passed engaging
Mr.. Rachor to build the west Pine ave-
nue. w on the same terms as the
repairing of the original lines of sewers
and the Mayor and Clerk authorized to
sign the contract with him.
The subject of the boardwalk was
taken up al this time and a debate was
carried on for sometime as to the loca-
ton of said walk. EX.Councilman
H.. A. Adams was present and address
ing Council on the subject advocated
that it be built further out than was
contemplated by Council. DR.. William
| S. Moslander, of Camden, a property
owner in Wild God, was called upon
for his opinion as to its location, aud
in an eloquent speech advised it being
built from "a standpoint Of safeness
from the storntides aud otherwise
where it was first contemplated, viz: IN
the easterly margin of Atlantic Avenue.
John N. Reeve, one of the largest indi-
vidual property Wne in Wildwood,
also spoke favoring this site. Council
men Adams and ellis stated that sew
eral property owners with whom they
had talked favored the walk being built
further out on the beach and at an in
creased elevation.
Mr.. Ryan put an end to the debate
by moving that the contract for build
ing the walk be awarded to Frank e.
| Smith at his bid for spruce lumber,
81, 0S5, the location to be on the easterly
margin of Atlantic avenue, and that
Solicitor draw up the contract. MIR.
Mags00 Nd the motion and the
re and Ryan.
.r NSamE nll CHS.
, 1899-04-21
Friday, April II, 1890.
BARRELS OF SAMPLES.

o YER Two HUNDRED THOUSAND
TRAIL BOTTLES SENT FREE BY MAIL.
By special arrangement with the
manufacturers of that justly famous
Kidney medicine, DIR. David Kennedy's
Favorite Remedy, the readers of the
JOURNAL are enabled to obtain O trial
bottle and pamphlet of valuable med
zeal advice absolutely free, by simply
sending their full name and post office
address to the DIR. David Kennedy Cor
poration, Rondout, n. Y, and men,
lioning this paper.
OF course this involves enormous ex-
pense to the manufacturers, but they
nave received SO many grateful letters
from those who have beer benefited and
cured of the various diseases of the Kid
neys, Liver, Bladder and Blood, Rheu-
matism, Dyspepsia and Chronic Con-
stipation, and all weaknesses peculiar
to women, that they willingly send
trial bottles to all sufferers.
Upon investigation it was found that
81 per CEN Of those who had used the
trial bottle had received such benefit
from it that they purchased large sized
bottles of their druggists.
1t matters not how sick you are or
how many physicians have failed to
help you, send for a trial bottle of this
great medicine, it costs you but a pos
tai card, and benefit and cure will most
certainly be the result.
Put some urine in a glass tumbler
and let it stand "a hours, If it has a sed-
iment or If it is pale or discolored, milky
or cloudy, stringy or ropy, your Kid
neys or Bladder are in a bad condition.
DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
speedily cures such dangerous symp-
toms as pain in the back, inability to
hold urine, a burning scalding pain in
passing it, frequent desire to ~urinate,
especially at night, the staining Of linen
by your urine and all the unpleasant
ana dangerous affects on the system
produced by the use of whiskey, wine
or beer. DIR. David Kennedy's Favo-
rite Remedy is sold at all drug stores at
Sl.0O for a large bottle; six bottles for
$500.
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Last Tour to Old Point Comfort, Rich
mond, and Washington Under
Personal Escort.

The last six-day personally-cond cited
tour to Old Point Comfort, Richmond,
and Washington via the Pennsylvania
Railroad will leave New York and
Philadelphia ON Saturday, April %.
Tickets, including transportation,
meals ell route in both directions, trans
fers of passengers and baggage, hotel
accommodations at Old Point Comfort,
Richmond, and Washington, aud car
rage ride about Richmond will he sold
at rate of S3i. 90 from New York, Brook
lyn, and Newark; S32. 80 from Trenton;
S3l.0 90 from Philadelphia, and proper
tionate rates from other stations.
OLD POINT COMFORT ONLY.
Tickets to Ohl Point Comfort only,
including luncheon on going trip, II
and thiec-fourtlls days board ut that
place, and good 10 return direct by
regular trains within six days, will be
sod in connection with this tour at
rate of $500 from New York; $3.50
rom Trenton; $3.50 from Philadelphia
and prapprtionate rates from other
points.
For itineraries and full Information
apply to Ticket Agents; Tourist Agent,
1886 Broadway, New York; 1873 Broad
Street, Newark, n. j.; or Geo. w.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel-
phia.
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RUSH OF RECRUITS.
HOW THE WORK OF FILLING UP THE
ARMY GOES ON.

Thousands of Mustered Out yo1un-
teers Glad of a Chance to Get Into
h Regular establishments All
Want to Go to Manila.
Back to the army again, sergeant,
Back to the army again.
Don't look SO ard, for / 'aven't no card;
I'm back to the army againi
-Kipling.
When the army reorganization act
became a law just before the late con-
gress gave up the ghost, there were 40
900 men in the regular service. As the
new establishment is to number 65, 600
men, this left room for 20, 900 recruits.
The response to the war departments
call for three year enlistments has been
prompt. AT all the recruiting stations
hundreds of men who are anxious to
wear the army blue call every day. The
war spirit is not all spent.
Among the recruits accepted nearly
one-half are former volunteers who have
been mustered out since the close of the
wal with Spain. They are all anxious
TO get back to the army again. Most OF
them waited for many weary months
i'm southern camps expecting to get a
chance to go to the front. They are aft
or adventure. They want to do some
shooting.
Uncle Sam is very glad to get these
ex-volunteers. In the first place, they
are already good soldiers, not quite up
to the regulars, of course, but infinitely
better han the raw material which
must be licked into shape.
In the second place, these recruits are
Of q better class, as a rule, than those
who offer themselves during times Of
peace. The latter are generally men
who have made a failure of everything
else and have taken to the army as a
sort Of asylum, where they will at least
be assured Of clothes and board. Army
rations are positively luxurious when
compared to the uncertain fare which
a man without a job must often put up
with.
The prospects are that the regular
army will be increased to the new
standard of So, 900 men within two or
at most three months. This means that
recruiting is going on a great deal
faster than usual. In times of peace the
war department has often had difficulty
in finding enough good men to keep the
army up to its former size of 20, 900.
The thousands of volunteers who have
had a taste of army life and like it are
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The vote being Il tie Mayor Baker vo-
ted in the affirmative and declared the
motion carried.
The question of sewer connections by
property owners On The Holly Beach
side of Cedar avenue Wa taken up and
a motion passed fixing Il charge Of ten
dollars for making connections With
the sewer and n minimum charge OF
five dollars a year during the time the
sewer is in operation, and an additional
fifty cents per room for houses exceed
ing ten rooms, subject to the rules and
regulations of the Wildwood Board of
Health.
Mayor Baker appointed the following
as members of the Board of Health;
J. Albert Harris, Jed Dubois, 3 years;
John n. Reeve, Nelson Hays, = years.
All were confirmed.
The next meeting was fixed for Sat
urday evening, April 29th.
The following bills were aid; I'M
Newcomb, haul
ing sewer pipe, $16.55. General fund
r. ID. Wood & Co., n pipes for street
crossings, $l59.45; John Newcomb,
street work, Sl6.96; Joseph Emley,
street work, So; Bernard Ironnem, 70
cents; Robert PoindeXter, 81 cents;
Harry Davis, painting street lamps, 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-15
SEPTEMBER GRAND JURORS
Selections Are Made by the County |
Board.

Selections Are Made by the County
Board.
The county board at its yesterday
afternoons session appointed the fol-
lowing for service as grand jurors
at the September term of the circuit
court:
Cordoya-Erastu Williamson.
Coe-William McRoberts.
Canoe Creek-Peter Jasperson.
Zuma-John G.. Sachau.
Port Bvron-James T. NOrmand.
Hampton-J. G. Skinner.
South Moline-E. X. Stephenson.
Moline-C. z. Mitchell, Albert ..
Anderson. William Knees.
Rock Island-W. C.. Maucker, r. A.
Donaldson, Charles Wulf, Jr., Ed
Burrill, Sr.
South Rock Island-H. c. Wivill.
Black Hawk-W. F. Tenges.
Coal Valley-L- A. Wylie.
Rural-James Walter.
Bowling-James Blakeley, Jr.
William Jennings.
Andalusia-J. II. Carlson.
Buffalo Prairie-James Sedan,
Drury-Ira DUNCAN.
1t was ordered that the circuit
court judges private Office be prop
erlv furnished ana that the Office of
County Supt. of Schools Ferguson be
rearranged and provided with neces-
sarv furniture.
Miss Harder. secretary of the Inter-
State Good Roads association, adj
dressed the board in regard to the
forthcoming convention that is to be
held in Rock Island.
The board appropriated S75 to the
Hampton G.. y. r. post and $50 to the
Milan post for the care of INDECENT SOL
diers.
The board adjourned at noon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-15
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.
red Pollard is in Chicago.

| IICu L OlldIu - III
L. II. Buck is in Freeport today.
Miss Nellie Sala arrived last night
from Bloomington, Wis, to visit rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mylo Lee, of Mime
arolis, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. F..
G. Denkmann.
Mrs j. H. Morrison and children
! left last night for a 3months' visit in
Idaho and Montana.
Mrs. Mary s. Dewey left today for
Chicago. After brief visit there
she will go to Fayette, Iowa.
Mrs. A. NJ. Blakesley and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Blakeslee departed today
for their summer home at Lake Gen
eva, Wis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Ludolph
| and daughter. Mrs. Amelia Schmidt,
of Muscatine, went to Clinton this
morning on the steamer Winona.
j. b. Collum, of St. Louis, and the
Misses May and Margaret Collum, of
Rock Island, left yesterday for a
months visit at Brooklyn, Iowa.
Frank Ziegler, former resident of
the city,is here with his bride for visit,
having been married at Kansas City
Monday to Miss Margaret Schneider.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Mccullough and
Mrs. Ann Watts, of this city, and
Mrs. Amelia Spencer, of Pittsburg,
Pa, who is visiting in the city, are
spending the day in Clinton.
Messrs. j. f. jackson and Allen
Pratt went to the great Woodmen pic
mic at Columbus Junction today to
distribute advertising matter for the
big Woodmen picnic to be held in
Rock Island.
j. NJ. Buford returned today from
Wisconsin, where he accom- panied
John Crubaugh and A. G. Dart on a
fishing expedition. Mr.. Buford re-
membered several of his friends with
samples of fine black bass, the pro-
duet of Lost Lake.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-15
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous t,
the needy and suffering. The propri :
etors of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds have
given away over ten million trial bot
ties of this great medicine, and have
the satisfaction of knowing it has abb
solutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma. bronchitis, hoarse-
ness and all diseases of the throat.
chest and lungs are surely cured by
it. Call on Hartz & Ullemeyer, drug
gists. and get a free trial bottle.
Regular size 50 cents and 81. Every
bottle guaranteed or price refunded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-15
THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS
County Association Reflects E.
D. Fisher Its Presi.
dent.
CONCLUSION OF MEETING TODAY.

Statistical secretary's Report Shows There
Are 1893 Scholars in the Jurisdiction,
and I,OI9 Omcers and Teachers-Ad-
dresses by G. w. Miller and Others-CIos-
ing Exercises.
Officers for the ensuing year were
County Sabbath School association,
which is holding its 22d annual con-
vention at the First Baptist church,
follows:
President-E. ID. Fisher, Sears.
Vice PRESIDENT. w. Stewart, Rock
Island.
Recording Secretary-Miss A. l.. B..
Lancashire, Moline.
Statistical Secretary and Treasurer
E. b. McKown. Rock Island.
Superintendent of Home Depart
ment-Miss NJ. Barnes, Moline.
Executive Committee-W. j. Cox,
Mrs. j. F. Huntoon, Moline; Rev. j.
H. Davis. Cordova: L. A. Wylie, Coal
Valley; Thomas Watson, Foster; DR..
w. H. Hunter, Hampton; Waiter Karr,
Rock Island.
The report of the statistical secre-
tary shows: Number of schools in
county, n; officers and teachers,
1.O19; scholars, 1898; mem bership,
9,OI2: average attendance. 1892, and
u home department classes.
Closing Exercises.
Today there was an address on
World Wide Sunday School Work
by G.. w. Miller. review of the
county work, missionary instruction
bv Mrs. Helen NJ. Mills, normal
training lesson by Mr.. Miller, and a
talk on the Superintendent Hour, =
by W. j. Cox, the convention con-
Guiding at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
The County Christian Endeavor
convention will be held at the Central
church tomorrow afternoon and even
ing. Supper will be served from to
Z O'Clock for delegates from outside
the city. A full attendance is de-
sired
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-15
MEAD ON THE RESERVOIR.
Engineer Has a Conference With Water
works Committee.

The waterworks committee and
others of the aldermen had a confer
ence at the city hall last night with
Engineer ID w. Mead, to informally
discuss the reservoir Improvement,
work upon which Mr. Mead, as an
expert, is to pass Judgment and report
recommendations to the council. Mr..
Mead was seen by an ARGUS reporter,
and while reluctant to talk about the
work until he had completed his eX-
aminations and compiled his report,
said that whatever he had found so
far of inferior construction could be
readily strengthened.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-15
BuckIen'. Arnica saIye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum,
fever sores, letter, chapped hands,
chilblains, corns and al skin erup-
tons. and positively cures piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price 25 cents per box. For
sale by Hartz & Whenever