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LEFT ILMEN 123 ILUS n. portions of lUyria were visited by the Gauls, who expelled the natives, and drove them to the S. Philip II., King of Macedon, waged war with the lUy- rians 359 B. c. ; and the Romans sent an army against them, and compelled them to sue for peace, 232 B. c. The second lUyrian War commenced 229 B. c, and also terminated in favor of the Romans. The Dalmatae revolted from the Illyrians 180 B. c, and formed the independent state of Dalmatia, and the remaining country was reduced into a Roman province by L. Anicius 168 B. c. It be- came an imperial province 11 B. c. Dal- maua, Carniola, and some neighboring countries, received the name of Illyrian Provinces by a decree issued by Na- poleon I., Oct. 14, 1809. In 1815, these provinces were united as a kingdom to the Austrian empire, and some altera- tions were made in its boundaries, es- pecially by the restoration to Hungary of what had formerly belonged to it, and the annexation of the whole of Carinthia instead. The kingdom was divided into the two governments of Laibach and Trieste, Laibach being the capital ; which arrangement existed till 1849, when it was subdivided, for administrative pur- poses, into the duchies of Carinthia and Carniola, and into the coast district, con- taining the territory of Trieste, and the counties of Gorz, Gradiska, and Istria. By the terms of the Treaty of St. Ger- main Carinthia remained to Austria, Carniola and Istria were given to Jugo- slavia, while Trieste, Gorz and Gra- diska, now known as Gorizia and Gra- disca, were assigned to Italy. ILMEN, formerly Moysk, a lake in the Russian government of Novgorod, with an area of 354 square miles. ILMENITE, or MENACCANITE, FeTiOa or (FeTi);Oi, a mineral found in the Urals, in Norway, France, the Adirondacks, in Connecticut, Massachu- setts and Canada. Dark brown to black in color, with a semi-metallic luster, and a lustrous conchoidal fracture. Occurs in isolated grains in basic igneous rocks, and as deposits in the beds of streams. Contains approximately 37 per cent, iron and 32 per cent, titanium., ILOCANO, the designation given to the inhabitants of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, and the Union districts of Luzon, Philippines. They are neai'ly all Chris- tians, and while they have retained many of the elements of their old pagan culture, they became habituated at an early date to the civilization which the Spanish in- vaders brought with them. They are skillful in agriculture, and produce nV-p. cotton, chocolate, corn, tobacco and sugar, and their industries include mining, cloth weaving, and stock raising. Their con- tiguity to the coast has given them a facility in commerce much superior to that noted in the interior races. They appear to be kindred to the less advanced people called Tinguian, resembling them both in speech and physique. Their number is about 850,000. ILOILO (e"l5-e'lo), the capital of the island of Panay in the Philippine group, and second only in importance to Manila, from which it is 350 miles distant. Early in 1899 it was taken possession of by the insurgents. After the treaty of peace between Spain and the United States was ratified, Feb. 6, 1899, General Miller was instructed by General Otis to communicate with the rebel governor and make conditions of surrender. This was done Feb. 11, and the insurgents were given till the evening of that day to evacuate the city. Their only reply was to fire upon the gunboat "Petrel," con- veying General Miller. The "Petrel" and her consort, the "Baltimore," then bombarded the town and in a few hours the insurgents set fire to the place and fled. Iloilo has a fine harbor, and is sur- rounded by extensive sugar plantations. Pop. about 50,000. ILONGOT, a designation given to a primitive people kindred to the Malayans^ who dwell in the valley of the Cagayan river, in northern Luzon, Philippine Islands. They show a negroid strain and keep themselves in the mountainous inte- rior, living largely in solitary and scat- tered huts, with even few villages among them. They are the least civilized and least known of the Philippine tribes, are much given to war and head hunting, and life is maintained by such simple occupations as the cultivation of rice, millet and potatoes, hunting and fishing. The tribe numbers about 3,000. ILORI (il'ox'-e), or ILLORIN, capital of a Yoruba state in western Africa, and a great commercial center. The people, about 70,000 in number, consist of Yoru- bas, Haussa, Fulah, and others, and make cloth, arms, and leather. The state is now practically a province of Sokoto; and is within the territory of the British Royal Niger Company. The re- ligion is Mohammedanism, with strong traces of heathenism. See Nigeria. ILUS (fl'us or i'lus), a King of Troy; son of Tros by Callirhoe. He extended and embellished his city, called Ilium, and also Troy, after his father Tros. Jupiter gave him the Palladium, a cele- brated statue of jMinerva, and promised