Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-02-12
ABBREVIATED TeueoRAMs.

Mrs. August Zimrich, living on farm
near Washington, Taxewell county, Ills,
gave birth 10 four children, all girls. Tie
infants were we'll formed, but all died inn
mediately after birth.
Rev. George s. v. Howard, q Methodist
preacher at Chicago, has been arrested
and jailed on a charge OF swindling n
brother Methodist out Of SO with worth
less check.
The 'anti-snappers" Of the Thirteenth
congressional district Of New York have
adopted resolutions calling on General
Sick1es to resign his seat in congress for
voting against the Wilson tariff bill.
A colored man named William Rodney
has been discOveretia Port Huron, Mich,
who changef his color from black to white
and then hack again to black once in
about three years. Physicians cannot un-
derstand the case. Rodney suffers NO in
convenience during the change.
Roman Catholics are protesting at Bcss-
emer, Mich, against the introduction OF
Dickens 'Child's History Of England" in
the schools
Leon Goldman, a mining Spectator of
st. Louis who failed five years ago, prom
ised to pay every man he owed in full.
He has done it. He went to New York and
struck it rich in wheat.
Mn. Hetty Green, the multi millionairess,
was refused admission to the Stewart
building ut New York on the ground that
she was . book agent. She has y mortgage
for 81 I'D, 900 ON the building. She got in
all right.
There are revolutions going on now in
Brazil, Honduras and Nicaragua, and
Others looming up in other parts of South
America.
Some time ago a6l diamonds, part Of the
crown jewels Of Hawaii, were stolen by q
man named George Ryan, who was caught
and convicted. Six Of the jewels have just
been recovered from Ryan's sister ut Fort
Smith, Ark.
The unemployed Of Tacoma, Wssh have
demanded that the city Immediately issue
TO each man out Of work the sum Of t..
There ART $50 idle
The daughter Of Valiant, the Paris an
archist who Was recently executed. has
teen adopted by n duchess, which Is in de-
lance Of her fathers protests before he
died.
bor OF Diego Suarz, Madagascar, destroy
ing two-thiris Of the buildings, but result
ting in no loss Of life
nv - oosC ~ 1ossl ~ E<89t 1aW6S, MIcn.,
900 ACRES brought 8 cents an acre and ssu
acres brought - cents-all in Altoona
| county. Mich.
Two boys Of II and Il years respectively
are in Jail ut Guthrie, q. T., for burglary.
Professor W. S. Barnard, the celebrated
astronomer Of the Lick observatory, has
been engaged ON the faculty If the Uni
versity u Chicago and will take charge of
the Yerkes telescope Of that institution.
The cnse against Bishop Bouacum, Ro-
man Catholic, It Lincoln, Neb, in which
the bishop was sued for criminal libel in
suspending = priest, has been dismissed,
the judge saying that Roman Catholic
bishop has the right according to the Laws
Of that church to suspend . priest, and
civil law cannot interfere as long rs the
| church law h not violated.
A Kansas City judge fully naturalixed q
Chinaman the other day and now . United
States treasury inspector has demanded
the recall Of the papers, because national
law says . Chinese cannot become an
American Citizen.
Representative Wilson, of West Virginia,
| en- route 70 Mexico for his health, had TO
decline . reception and banquet 1t Kausas
City and SO to bed with high fever.
Young Critic and George Lavigne boxed
an eight round draw in the Second
regiment armory 1t Chicago, houors being
| slightly in Lavigne's favor.