Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-26
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Fire insurance rates in Denver have ad
vanced 25 cents per lGQ because TIN
board Of mr. ,crwriters think the local firt
department is not adequately equipped.
Tho American Association of Educator.
of Colored Youth will meet Mt Baltimore
July 25, on which occasion Professor l
Garland Penn, OF Lynchburg. Va. thu
statistician OF the association. will make
his report.
Walter Gay. Boston artist who lives in
Paris. has received the high honor of the
purchase by the French government oil
his picture in the salon of the Champs
Elysees. this year. LAS Cigarreras."
The Hon. james I. Mcmillan, a mem.
Der of the last Illinois legislature, com
mitted suicide at his home in jacksonville
Ills. He was respondent on account OF
his poor health.
1t Is said that Prince Krapotk;n. the
celebrated nihilist, returned TO Russia in
Disguise recently. and WAS arrested when
the Russian police threw out their drag
net three weeks ago.
j. Zimmerman, of Guttenburg. Ia, has
won his suit against the Mutual Fire In.
su:ance company OF Wisconsin. The su.
preme conrt a Wisconsin decided that
companies which do not hold certificates
10 do business in Iowa cannot enforce con.
tracts with Iowa citizens.
DIR. Parkhurst viii sail for Earope on
June G.
Ephra:m Bills, of Fiirbury, Ills, shot
ana seriously injured his niece. who was
returning from the opera house. He
thought she WAS a burglar.
Because Robert Dixon claimed William
Harvey was alternating the affection Of his
wife the two fought duel mt Miners De-
light, Wyo Dixon shot and killed his
adversary.
Mrs Margaret Sullivan. of Redwood
who WIS confined i'll St. Mary's hospi,al
IN milwaukee,. has smallpox Three other
patients were exposed. They have been
quarantincd.
john ii. Cafe. of indianapolis, Ind.
threatens 10 bring sal; against the Crow n
Hill cemetery for burying two bodies in
his wife's grave. lie WAS ut the grave
yard to s1perintend the removal of his
w!fe's remaiaS, when he discovered that
there were two cofiins above that in which
his Nife's remains repo>ed.
A housekeeper of Brooklyn, y. Y.
bought milk as usual and on taking it
INTO the house found in it a good sized
lizard. The milk seller could not explain.
The lawyers in charge of Lieutenant
Maney's case at Fort Smell have obtained
writ on the court martial ordering it to
appear before Judge Nelson of the United
states court. and show why it should not
he prohibited for t.. ing Nancy for killing
Hedberg.
The Sanders gang viii probably get
loose from i.savenworth by Sanders and a
few of his lieuteaants giving bonds.
.t.1
United States for the week ended Friday
were Ssoi.5G5. go. a decrease from the
corresponding week last year of Is , per
cent.
Each day Mt Lake Geneva, Wis. shows
"A marked improvement in q. w Potter's
condition. the crisis seems to be mast
anu his recovery is only a matter of time.
We Owe tile Hat to Asia.
We owe the hat to Asia, for it was in
that country that the art of telling wool
was first known, and from the most re-
mote periods the art was carried on by
the orientals. In India, China, Burmah
and Siam hats are made of straw, of rat
tan, of bamboo, of pith, of the leaf of
the Tallport palm and Of a large variety
of grasses. The Japanese made their
hats of paper. The modern hat can be
traced back to the petasurs worn by the
ancient Romans when on journey, and
hats with brims were also used by the
earlier Greeks.
1t was not until after the Roman con-
quest that the use of hats began in Eng
land. A hattie of biever," about the
middle of the twelfth century, was worn
by one OF the mobiles of the land. Frais-
sort describes hats and plumes which
were worn at Edwards court in 1910.
when the Garter order was instituted.
The merchant in Chaucer's Canterbury
Tales had ION his head a Flaunderish
beaver hat" and from that period on
ward there is frequent mention of s.fe,t
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