Lincoln County leader., May 25, 1900, Image 3

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FIGHTING FOR HOMES
DESPERATE CONFLICT WAGED
BY YAQUI INDIANS.
Mexicans' Occupation of Their Land
the Cusus Belli Outbreak Believed to
Be Their LoBt Stand Transvaal of
America Involved in Fierce Contest.
The fact that Mexico is at war with
the Yaqui Indians Is known, by means
of the newspapers, but it has no spe
cial significance to the average reader
who knows little about the Yaquis or
their history. This history is a ro
mance of an unconquerable race. When
Oortes landed in Mexico the Yaquis
were a powerful race numbering 300,
000 souls. They occupied the north
western part of Mexico, bordering on
the Gulf of California on the west, and
ou what Is now the State of Arizona
on the north. In the early days, how-
YAULilS
ver, the tribe spread northward into
what is now Colorado. For 300 years
these people have been lighting the
Spanish Invaders and their Mexican
-descendants, and never have they ac
knowledged a master. Reduced now
to a remnant of their former strength,
numbering not more thau 15,000, and
occupying the mining region of the
State of Sonora. their spirit of Inde
pendence remaliis unbroken, their war-
BATTLE BETWEEN YAQUIS AND MEXICANS.
'like nature Is unsubdued. The world
4loea not furnish many types of fight
ing men more difficult to subdue than
'these same Yaquis. They have much
the same qualities of endurance, brav
ery and audacity that characterize the
Apaches, but are further advanced in
civilization.
' The Yaquis excel the Mexicans in
the mechanical arts, in carpentry, in
raining, In working In metals, in weav
ing, In Industry and in persevereuce.
They cultivate the soil and do most of
the mining In a country which Is rich
In mineral wealth and which formerly
belonged to the fathers of the Yaquis
and which the Yaquis believe is right
fully their own at this day. They work
for a mere pltauce, about $2 a month,
and work hard. They make no com
plaint on that score, but the oppressive
taxes which the Mexican Government
Imposes upon them and the sovereignty
which Mexico assumes are intolerable.
The present outbreak was f rough t
about In the usual way. The Mexicans
violated the treaty made with Tetabi
ate and encroached upon Yaqui land.
Immediately the Yaquis were in arms.
The fighting blood which centuries of
warfare and oppression have been pow
erless to cool, boiled under the sense of
wrong. The Yaquis took the Held. Sev
eral engagements have been fought.
Chief Tetabiate was killed, but his fol
lowers were only fired to avenge his
death, lluudreds of. Mexican soldiers
have gone down before the Yaqui fire.
Mexico realizes that the uprising is se
rious and it is making strenuous exer
tions to meet the crisis. The war on
the part of the Indians has been con
ducted with marked ability and splen
did dash and courage. The Yaquis
have some idea of military combina
tions. To the cunning and daring of
the Apaches they add the self-control
and cool judgment which association
READY TO AMBUSH MEXICAN
with the whites and something ap
proaching civilized modes of living
have developed.
The Indians Inflicted a terrible blow
upon the Mexican forces near Guay
mas, recently, killing 300 Mexicans
and very nearly capturing the post It
self. The latter disaster to Mexican
arms was only averted by the assist
ance given the land forces by the navy.
This engagement assumed the propor-
Hons and characteristics of a battle,
and gave Mexico an idea of the grovlty
of the situation which It Is facing. But
the Yaquis had powerful allies. The
cowboys of Arizona have an Inveterate
hatred of the "Greaser," and esteem It
a special privilege when fortune puts
It In their way to legitimately kill one
of the obnoxious race. And the cow
boy Is liberal In construing the mean
ing of the term legitimate. Moreover,
the cowpunchers dearly love a light
for Its own sake, and when the Yaqui
rebellion presented the opportunity not
only for a fight but for a chance to get
a shot at the hereditary enemy, num
bers of the cowboys crossed the border
and joined the Indian forces.
Cowboy Helpers.
How much of the success of the Ya
quis Is due to the organizing ability
and strategic skill of their white sup-
porters cannot be known, but th tac
tics pursued by the Yaquis at Guay
mas suggest a directing intelligence
familiar with elementary military set
once at least. It is probable that soum
of the Rough Uiders are with the Ya
quis, putting into practice some of tin
things they learned about war in Cuba
Doubtless by means of the same Inllu
euce the Yaquis came into possessior.
of a Maxim gun, which was shippec
into the mines in sections under t lit
guise of a new style of miulug drill
This engine of destruction was set u
and It is said the Yaquis natural tal
eut for mechanics enabled them read
ily to master the gun's action and ine
chanlcal principles.
At all events, when Gen. Torres wltl:
0,000 Mexican troops moved out ol
Guaymas to attack the rebels, he was
treated to a disagreeable surprise, lit
had declared that he would end Yaqu:
rebellions once and for nil by the sim
ple process of extermination. Wltl:
the forces at his command he could, Ik
SOLDIERS.
alleged, drive the Indians Into a cornel
and then anuihilate the tribe root and
branch. But when Torres came upou
the enemy he was himself glad to es
cape annihilation, lie won the battle.
It is true, but only by the aid of a
naval landing party after the Mexican
general was pretty nearly whipped out
of his boots.
Contrary to all principles and prac
tices In Indian warfare, the Ynqui
were entrenched, and as the Mexicans
advanced they were met by a murder
ous lire from the Maxim supported by
modern rifles. The shock of the sur
prise and the mortality among the
troops demoralized Torres' Invincibly
army, which retreated precipitately
upon the river, where the gunboat lay.
Again the Mexicans charged, and
again they were driven back by the de
destructive lire. The gunboat moved
Into position to bring its guns to bear
upon the entrenched Yaquis, but the
Maxim soon put the boat out of the
fight, and it drifted helplessly down
stream until It grounded on the hither
bank.
The Final FtrUKKle.
This temporary triumph proved the
undoing of the Yaquis, as when the
gunboat ran upon the bank a party
was lauded and making a wide detour
flanked the entrenchments. Unable to
bring the Maxim to bear on two iolnt.s
at once, the assailed In front and fiank,
the Yaquis were forced to retire Into
the mountains. They executed this
movement slowly and in good order,
saving their machine gun for future
use. When the smoke of battle lifted
300 dead Mexicans were found upou
the field. The Y'aquls lost heavily also,
but not so heavily as the assaulting
column.
The battle of Guaymas has taught
the Mexican Government what to ex
pect. The extermination of the Yaquis
for resenting Mexican aggression and
breach of faith promises to be a hercu
lean task.
Away Down i the Kartri.
The deepest hole In the earth Is at
Schladebach, near Ketschau, Germany.
It is 5,733 feet In depth and Is for geo
logic research only. The drilling was
begun In 1880 aud stopped six years
later because the engineers were un
able with their Instruments to gc
deeper.
Women Make Good Prompters.
It has been discovered that the pro
fession of prompter Is more suited to
women than to men, as their voices
carry better across the stage, and are
less audible In the auditorium.
No one entirely outgrows the objec
tion to going to bed at 0 o'clock, for
fear he will miss something startling
that will happen at 10.
There are lots of good women, who.
when they get to heaven, will begin to
watch to see If the Lord goes cut
ulghts.
iiSIivention
According to Trof. Harrison Cana
dian hailstorms have two unknown
species of micro-organisms to which
he has applied the names, respectively,
of Bacterium flavus graudinis and Mu
cor .malleus graudinis. He also, like
preceding Investigators, has discover
ed iu hailstones various fluorescing
bacteria, which leads him to support
the theory of Bujwld that hailstones
are produced from surface water
which is carried uply storms and then
frozen.
Dr. F. A. Cook, describing the effects
of the long Antarctic night on the hu
man body and mind, says that on the
exploring ship Belglca, as the cold
night lengthened, all became pale
"with a kind of greenish hue." The
heart grew feeble In Its action. The
men were Incapable of concentrated
attention, or of prolonged thought. One
sailor was driven to the verge of In
sanity, but when the returning sun be
gan to appear above the horizon he
recovered.
Sir Johu Murray in a recent address
drew a vivid picture of the time, In
the remote future, when temperatures
as low ns ttirs vii!.i I'nif, Dewp.r
produces In his experiments at the
Royal Institution will prevail all over
the earth. The atmosphere and the
oceans will then have disappeared
within the rocky crust of the globe,
their elements having entered into new
combinations. Iu other words, to use
Sir Johu Murray's expression, "the wa
ters of the ocean will have become solid
rock." But over their surface will roll
the waves of a new and most wonder
ful sea, "an ocean of liquid air about
forty feet In depth." At that time, of
course, life as we know it will have
vanished from the earth.
Human science owes many a debt,
especially on the practical side, to the
Instinct of the lower animals! One of
these obligations is intimated In a re
cent scientific review of the subject of
dams. Engineers frequently build
dams straight across streams, the ob
ject being, In some cases, to save ex
pense by sparing material. But the
beaver arches his dam against the cur
rent, and experience has shown that
this form of dam is best to resist floods
and the impact of floating ice. Acting
upon the knowledge which Is instinct
ive with the beaver, and which human
calculation approves, the great Bear
Valley dam In California and some
other recently constructed dams have
been so made that their stability large
ly depends upon the resistance which
their arched form presents.
Messrs. R. E. and C. Crompton re
cently presented to the Cycle Engi
neers' Institute at Birmingham the re
sults of a remarkable investigation con
cerning the efficiency of the human
body considered as a motor. Hereto
fore the body has generally been treat
ed as analogous to a heat engine, work
helng obtained from it through chem
ical action on the muscles. But the
Messrs. Crompton believe they have
demonstrated that the greater part of
the energy-yielding processes go on
within the brain, or in the nervous sys
tem directly connected with the brain.
In bicycle-riders they find tlint the
greatest waste Is from the brain and
nerves, and not from the muscles. The
nerve waste, they aver, Is proportional
to the number of times that the nerve
centers energize the muscles In order
to make a stroke, and hence the crav
ing for high gears, which diminish the
number of strokes and tints economize
the nerve waste. They advocate, In
stead of high gearing, an Increase In
the length of the cranks, for the pur
pose both of reducing the number of
strokes and of Increasing their effi
ciency. THEY INSIST ON' THEIR DIVVY
Servants Who Systematically Hob
Their Kich Knipioycrs.
The champion toll-takers are the
loaekmeu. Most of them are lmporta
ions, and the government permits them
:o enter free of duty an Insult to our
wn drivers! Bali! But they come
aere with a purpose to "do" our Anglo
aiaulaes. The head coachman receives
from $00 to $75, and his assistant, the
!elIow who Is sometimes called "tiger"
ind "flunk," gets about $40. . The hay
may be purchased of the most, reputa
ble firm In the world, but If Mr. Coach
man does not get his "dlvy," he reports
to his employer that the horses are not
doing well the hay Is not of good qual
ity. If the oat man on the Produce
Exchange does not put something In
the privy purse of Mr. Coachman the
horses have botts, or something equal
ly as Impossible the oats are unsound.
It Is the same with feed, corn aud other
provender.
One of the leading firms on the Pro
Juce Exchange received from a mill
ionaire In Fifth avenue last week an
Indignant letter calling attention to the
very poor oats which they had sold him
it an exorbitant price. They proved
that they had given him the lot at the
Dinrket price, and Introduced a dozen
witnesses to show that the oats were
IJje finest ever sold In this market. But
the firm refused to tip the coachmnnf
In the matter of harness why, our fool
millionaires are robbed to "beat the
baud." There is an alliance between
the British harness dealers In New
Y'ork aud all the coachmen in the city..
Nothing can be bought for a horse to
wear unless through this dealer, who I
liberal ln his "dlvy." I could name a,
millionaire who paid $1,200 for a sen
of harness that I could buy anywhere
for half that price. His coachman got
the extra $000. , .
The style iu carriages changes every
season, just to keep people buying aud
swapping. The coachman stands iu
with the more prominent carriage
makers of this city deny it who dares!
and If his employer, feeling a trifle
behind the fasldon, wants to exchange
his cabriolet a year old for a new' one
he must pay nearly the original price.
His Imported British con chimin makes
usually from $200 to $400 by an. ex
change.
On horseshoeing, axle grease, harness
oils, silver and gold polish, uniforms,
etc., the men connected with the sta
bles of the millionaire are expected to
more than double their annual salaries.
And these Importations, duty free,
never fall short of expectations.
Down to the minutest detail of house
keeping there is profit for the serving
man and the serving women, and woe
to the dealer the butcher, the baker.
the candlestick-maker who refuses t
see the extended palm of Major-Domo
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way before he deposits a bottle of water
solution. The butter man agrees to
a divide before he scents the pantry
with a pound of oleomargarine. The
baker has no need of yeast In his busi
ness until he has "fixed" the people be
low stairs. The Iceman Great Scott!
The giant monopolist? Why, he freezes
to the butler and the cook as quick as
liquefied air and can give short weight
until eternity. Coal and wood? Every
ton delivered In the millionaire's base
ment costs 50 per cent, more than the
common people pay and every cord 100
per cent. New York Press.
HOW DIPHTHERIA IS SPREAD.
A Borrowed Leud Pencil Is Frequently
the Vehicle of Contusion.
Tne apparently harmless act of bor
rowing a lead pencil Is recognized by
the medical faculty as a prolific means
of propagating disease. Many people
still cling to the time-honored practke
of moistening the writing end of tho
pencil in the mouth before they proceed
to write.
The practice of borrowing pencils Is
now believed to be responsible tor
many cases of diphtheria aud tonsilltis
which could not be otherwise accounted
for. Physicians have, therefore, begun
to warn their patients against putting
the points of lead pencils In their
mouths before they write.
The practice of "swapping" and bor
rowing lead pencils is more common
among children than adults. The spirit
of camaraderie which makes pupils
grow "chummy" and social In the pub
lic schools sometimes causes lead pen
cils to become common property among
groups of school children. A child who
Is recovering from any throat disease
mlghtv therefore, be the Innocent means
of communicating the malndv to Its
companions. A well-known throat spe
cialist, who has practiced In the hos
pitals of New Y'ork aud Brooklyn, said
yesterday:
"Physicians are now beginning to
give their attention to the cause and
prevention of diseases more than ever
they did before. The rules of common
sense ore being Instilled into the par
ents of .the young patients, and a doctor
of to-day, when called to attend a child
puts Its parents through a very rigid
cross-examination as to the habits nf
his little patient. It Is often found that
the disease has been communicated by
some harmless act which most people
would not notice. Children are very
democratic. A pupil at a school will
moisten a lead pencil In his mouth and
begin to write. A companion will bor
row the pencil, and the first thing ho
will do In nine cases out of ten will !
to put the borrowed pencil In his mouth.
l nave traced several cases of tousllltls
aud diphtheria to this cause, which at
first sight appeared inexplicable. Even
the seeds of consumption may be Bown
by tills means."
Regarding the habit of moistening the
lend pencil before writing, the super
intendent of a large pencil factory said
yesterday:
"It Is a mistake to suppose that mois
tening tho lead of a pencil makes It
write better. It spoils the pencil, as It
hardens the lead, yet people will per
sist In the uncleanly habit of thrusting
borrowed ,icnclls in their mouths."
New Y'ork Journal.
Ills Gestures.
Probably the Catholic Standard,
which prints this dialogue, did not In.
tend that stiff and awkward elocution
ists should take It as a helpful hlut:
Teacher Your recitation was ex-!
tremely good, Johnny. The gestures
were particularly natural. Where dhlj
you get them ? :
Johnny Git what? J
Teacher The gestures. i
Johnny I ain't got the gestoors. It's
hives!
The people are surprised at each
other a great deal, considering bow
well they know each other.