The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1899, Page 6

: WERE HAPPY THE ANTI-CARTOON BILL IS IN EFFECT. : B e e L o o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1899, | | | | | | | ® | R S O O O A S S e e S S e R GRCICA C I SeC Ut S o o o o | = . D00 000000004000000000 0020000000008 0604 S 0100t 0s 00000000 rs s B O SO SRR SCIPROR OIS S 1 . | his advice. Ex-Governor Budd. Major ordinance making it a misdemeanor for DEMOCRA A E | Harney, M. F. Tarpey and W. C. GUV[HNUH GAGE any person to have in his possession | AVes, are alsod dibplaying i moat trout under five inches In length. The | nariceds: interest 151050 Debacratl thorough sportsmen of the city and coun- | affairs and ty would gladly welcome the FOR FACTIONAL WAR Plan to Dishand the Committee of One Hundred. Phelan’s Followers Scheme to Hold Control by Cheat- ing the Primary Law—Rival Candidates for Mayor—State Committee Involved. OCAL Democrats have begun thelr | ork for the cam- | paig will end in November e under t char- s of th Gal d they hardly re: which tion, but the field with ch other that, internal warfare, oppose their common oV scars of I factional quarrels which much to make Demo- spectacular have com- lan will be the bone of wtention, and his success or failure securing the Democratic nomination ava political ws even now being aimed at the ved and much-cartooned head of His Honor,” and if dark political ount for anything that inter: ppiece will be severely batte the fight is over. Those that d to the Mayor will seek in to 4 roy the local Hundred through the Democratic One of I Committee. of ention € in the scheme will leave the 1y of for a complete reorganiza- t of the municipal T v in a| T that will releg Phelan and th elements he represents to In this fight the State Central Committee will be the judge. he second contest is utterly depend- first. If the opponents of to destroy the Committee » Hundred it will be idle to block progress of the Mayor except in an If the Committee rmitted to exi: 1 probability would be succes This scheme has been [ rated with cleverne The fol- Ph n will attempt to h: zates to the municipal ~on- for by local Democrats spective of district distinctions. T rats of each district re » Democ g their own district delegates, entire body of Democrats in the for all the delegates to Il rob ave in opposit ch will determine of the Committee 1 be fought the eek early next chairman of the ittee of the Democratic Central Committee, says that a the body of which he is the will be called very soon to deter- o appeal taken by W. J. Heeney, of nber the lccal Committee of In the early stages of aign Heeney became dis- | the dominating {influence It ed that the State Cen- nearly two years ago grabbed both local Democratic factions by the neck, bumped their heads to- gather and told them to go home. Both organizations were disbanded and a committee of mnine, representing the State Central Committee, selected one hundred men to organize a new local Democracy. These hundred men declared them- selves a committee of one hundred and arrogated to themselves all the power and authority of the local or- ganization. They made themselves a County Committee, and then, to carry the Phelanites in the committee. be ill be remen tral Committ fupcen the local ¢ the farce further, declared themselves a muni al convention. They were frank to confess tk they did not dare submit themsel to their party 4t a primary, as they would have been hope- lessly beate 0 desperate was their case and so meager their supporter that they were eral of their municipal their own ranks. nominees from It was against this plan of organiza- tion apy He declared that the Com- mittee of One Hundred had usurped power which did not belong to it. Hee- ney insisted that the Committee of One Hundred had been chosen simply to create a County Committee and to do nothing else. The Committes of One Hundred, therefore, says Heen is an illegal body under Democ: laws. tic The appeal has since it was made nents of Phelan s which to wield remained forgotten but now the oppo- n ax of destruction rganization. Since the of the last campaign, howeve: failure a new factional spirit has arisen in the | State Central Committe It is under- stood that Seth Mann is not as friendly to the Phelanites as he might be, or at all events he is willing, with his asso- ciates, to discuss and consider the Hee- ney appeal. A meeting of the execu- tive committee of the State Central Committee will therefore be called. The decision of this body on the ap- peal will not be final. Whatever the outcome is, the matter must be re- ferred to the State Central Commit- tee for settlement. The action of th committee will be watched with in- terest. It will be remembered that the organization of the Committee of One Hundred was indorsed by the State Central Committee, which has not, however, officially declared the Com- | mittee of One Hundred to be a county committee. Wheth r it is or not will mean much to the political ambition of James D. Phelan. If the ‘Committee of One Hundred is disbanded by the State Central Com- mittee and a new organization is or- dered there is not the slightest ques- tion that Phelan will be forced to run as an independent candidate for May- or if he wishes to succeed himself. The men that are schemiag to undo the Committee of One Hundred are al- ready suggesting possible candidates for Mayor. Among the names is that of Robert Y. Hayne, who, however, has not a city residence. This is very easy to acquire. Among the others is John Rosenfeld, and there will be many more before the fight is won or lost. The shadow of Colonel Jim Smith has fallen even from the Phil- ippines across the path of the Mayor. If the opponents of the Committee of One Hundred fail to oust that interest- ing body a new battle will have to be planned. Already the battle lines are being fixed and the forces organized. Chris Buckley thinks he has a chance | to turn right side up in the scramble, and for some time he has been laying his plans. He began in a modest way with the carriage shop of O. F. Willey for a headquarters. Then he moved to a saloon on Bush and Montgomery streets, where the surroundings are reminiscent and congenial. This ren- dezvous became inadequate, and a third headquarters was established at a new resort on O'Farrell and Powell streets. There Buckley talks to all who want to talk to him. Rainey is skir- mishing on the outside and occasion- ally gives some pleader the benefit of reed even to take sev. | d subsequent policy that Heeney | in it a handle with | looking for an to place a wedge. The Phelanites are not by any means ignorant of this fact. They know that opportuity in a legitimate primary election they would meet with overwhelming defeat. They did not dare to submit their claims to thefr fellow Democrats before the last election, and with the stigma of unfairness and a disastrous defeat upon them they would hardly be a fac- tor at a primary election. So Gavin | McNab, Sam Braunhart, Max Popper and others have devised the first scheme to destroy the intended effect of the Stratton primary law. These men have clamored loud and long for | |a pure primary. They have shouted | every shibholeth known to the politi- | | cian to decry and condemn the in- ‘flu(«n-‘é of saloon politcs, criminal bosses and the “‘push.” | Yet these very men are the first to | attempt to defeat the purpose of a | primary law. Their plan has been out- lined. Without a hope of winning in a majority of the districts they want | to elect district delegates by a vote of | all the Democrats in the city. The Phelanites are clinging to a forlorn | hope that in some few of the districts | they ma~ pile up enough votes to over- balance the vote cast in other districi | and thus def, their opponents by a | practical fraud upon the Stratton pri- mary law. Braunhart has alreadv ught the advice of Senator Stratton { in reference to the scheme and its le- | galitiy. NOTED PHYSICIAN EXPIRES. Dr. Ricaard H. Plummer Succumbs | to an Attack of Meningitis. | Dr. Richard H. Plumm > of the | prominent physicians of | and the Pacific coast, g terday afternoon at the Hotel Plea | Death was the result of meningitis and | was not wholly unexpected, as the doctor had been ailing for nearly two months, | and some time ago his condition had be- come alarming. Deceased came to California many years | ago and practiced in different parts of the State. He y located ‘in San Fra 20 and became a partner of Dr. Jiresg 1e, with an office at 625 Mission | stre © was also professor of anatomy at the Cooper Medical College, D mer was regarded as a skiilful Plum- rgeon | and an able instructor. His advice has been sought in many prominent c: nd he was considered to have gained a high standing in his profession. A wife and stepson, M. W. Plummer, | survive him. He was 58 years of age and | was born in Ohio. The details for the funeral have not been arra MANILA IS ALL RIGHT. Official Reports Show That the Cli- mate Is of the Best. The Chamber of Commerce in re- seipt of some advance sheets of United es consular reports, and one from Consul O. F. Willlams at Manila is of particular intere: at this time, as d with the climate of the Philippines. There has been much concern in this State, and in fact all over the country about the health of the soldie now at the front fighting the Filipinos, and many statements have been made leading to the belief that the climate of the islands is such that but few white men can live there and perform any kind of la- bor. made on February 24, and it will no doubt bring relief to the minds of thou- sands who have relatives and friends in the new territory. Consul William: “I wish to refute the statements gen- erally circulated in regard to the health and climate of the Philippine Islands. Being within the tropics they of course lack the invigorating effects of frost, and the temperature averages extremes are not wide apart, and during the last year I heard of no temperature | below degrees Fahrenheit in the isl- ands, and none below the sixties in Ma- nila. Mercury in the shade rarely rises above & degrees, nor above 9 degrees in the sun. Being on the coast of a bay so large as to be almost an inland sea, and hav- ing eight miles to the east a lake of 100 miles of shore, whose waters seek the bay through the large and rapid Pasig, the city of Manila has fresh air con- stantly, as well as sea breezes. “The' sewers of Manila are not good, and never can be made first class, be- cause of its low level; but the rainfall here is above 10 feet per annum and quite evenly distributed, so that the streets are rain swept and the sewers well flushed almost every day. There {s also an ad- vantage in the hot, ‘wet weather, which hastens the decay of vegetable or animal matter, this soon rotting and being washed away. g “The city ~water supply is abundant. The water is carried in large iron pipes about seven miles from springs, and Is exceptionally pure and agreeable to the taste. 1 use it every day as a beverage, and have never experienced any ill effects therefrom. 1 have not been sick a min- ute since I left the United States, in 1 n flithy quarters smallpox may be found almost any day; but few deaths result, and the sanitary measures of the present government have been of bene- fit. The death rate is small, and it is only necessary to live properly to be en- tirély healthy e The screw alone of an Atlantic liner costs about $20,000. it | The report of Consul Williams was | high—at | 5 Manila about 75.3 degrees Fahrenheit; but | NOUT'S- | | |and then hastily parted, each taking AND W, F. HERRIN IN CONFERENCE Secret Meeting at the Palace. PUBLIC BUSINESS DISCUSSED TAKING UP THE BURDEN OF STATE AFFAIRS. | At the Conclusion of the Session Gage and the Lawyer Left the Hotel | by a Blind Stair- | way. Governor Gage has arrived in San Francisco. The manner of his coming and his conduct after his arrival are incidents of general interest to the peo- ple of the State—as \Governor Gage came here as the Chief Executive of California to transact public business. The visit of Governor Gage was no secret to the army of wolitical ruffians who swarmed the streets of Sacramento during the session of the Legislature in the service of D. M. Burns. Political tricksters, roustabouts, heelers and be- | draggled parasites thronged the corri- | dors of the Palace Hotel in expectation | of the coming of Gage. The news had been heralded to the throng of place- seekers and for hours they constituted the Governor's guard of honor. He did not expect q» see them and they did not wish him to do so. Their petty affairs had been settled in the back room of a ‘saloon by the man whose Senatorial banner they had borne. They were supremely uninter- ested in Gage except to indicate with their undesirable presence their appre- ciation of his position. Governor Gage came here for bigger game. He came to discuss the chances of appointing a United States Senator and of naming a Board of Ilealth, al- ready chosen. His mission was. ver- haps, of national public importance. Upon his arrival he was sneaked into the Palace Hotel. He neither placed | his name upon the hotel register nor selected a room in which to loige. He eluded all questioners, evaded all in- terrupting glances and acted as though he might have been a fugitve rather than the Chief Executive of a State transacting public busines: Governor Gage was spirited into ‘he hotel and s taken to an apartment ccupied by William F. Herrin, chief of the law department of the Southern Pacific Company. This incident needs no comment. It explains whv the Gov- | ernor of California did not wish to be | seen in the hotel. It tells a story deeply significant. Governor Gage locked him- elf in a private room to discuss publie | business of imperative character with | William F. Herrin. s That conference lasted for several | At 3 o'clock in the afternoon a door leading into the barroom of the hotel from a blind stairway slowlv opened. A key had turned in the lock for the door is never left unfastened. and William F. Herrin and Governor Gage emerged from their hole ubn- stairs. The Chief Executive of the State and the chief of the law department of the | Southern Pacific Company took a drink | his separate way. A conference that may mean a measure of disaster to the State was over. Governor Gage had resumed the burden of affairs of state and with listening ear, closeted from the gaze of the public, had heard the counseling words of an employe of the Southern Pacific Company. Governor Gage could not be found during the remainder of the day or night. He had disappeared as mysteri- ously as his companion, and it was un- derstood that last night he was the guest of William F. Herrin at the lat- ter’s home WILL PROTECT TROUT. County Ordinances That Will Put a Stop to the Slaughter of Baby Fishes. The Supervisors of Marin County at | hands of a horde of pot-hunters who go | their element when they | Breeder and Sportsman and the following their next meeting will doubtless pass an announce- ‘ ment of an ordinance of this kind, as the | slaughter of fingerlings has been so great | since the opening of the angling season that the Fish Commissioners have about | concluded that the stocking of streams in | Marin and Sonoma counties is a waste of | time and expense. Some people contend of the faw would have a task on his hands to catch an ang with baby trout in his possession, | but those who oppose the idea will find | to their chagrin and bitter astonishment | that if such a law is passed that ‘“‘meas- | ures will be taken” by the officers of | Marin County and Fish Commissioners to prove to the takers of little fishes that | ame of “kill all’” will cost them | v in the long run. Every sports 1 who enjoys an outing with rod and would be delighted to hear of the rvisors of every county in the State | ng ordinances protecting little fishes | young quail from murder at the out into the country not for sport, but | with a view of potting everything that | will satisfy the cravings of the inner man. | A few vears ago the Lagunitas and | per Mill creeks in” Marin County and the | Sonoma_Creek in Sonoma County were | ideal angling waters, but with the in- rease « alleged anglers who basket verything in sight,’ not excepting chubs and bullheads, the trout have a most disappeared, much to the disgust of | who return the little fishes to happen on thel the ang hook: A five-inch trout ordinance is what is needed and anglers who desire to escape the law can sily mark « five inches on the butts of their rods in | case they capture trout of doubtful size. | It is ost_certain, however, that the | Supervisors of Marin and_Sonoma coun- | ties will ordain that in future the ar gling seasons will not open until May 1 | instead of April 1, which Anglers are certainly ed in the protection the State law becoming interest- of trout, that i that are pouring | s what a resident judging from the lette This into this office. of San Jose says April 19, 1593 To the Sporting Editor, San’ Francisco Cali— Dear Sir: I have long dered why the fish- ing In the once prolific Calaveras Creek should become so poor. -But not until within the last few days did I learn that it was being dyna- , ‘and by men in our own neighborhoo , Milpitas. Such wanton destruction of fish rves the severest punishment, and now at the authorities have the leader behind the | prison bars, with the hope of soon getting the | athers, T trust the Fish Commission will con- | tinue its good work and exert every effort to | convict and make such examples of these men as will deter others from following in_their footsteps. A LOVER OF SPORT. SAN FR. "0, April 21, 199, To the Sporting Editor, San Francisco Call— Dear Sir: Fishing on the Paper Mill (or, as anglers are now wont to call it, *Trout Nil Creek) 18 very poor in the vicinity of Camp ( lor and Tocoloma, but at Point Reyes fly fishing was good last Sunday and some very | fair-sized fish were taken by C. Precht, C. Cate and Bert Spring. The trout entirely ignored salmon roe, shrimp | and worm. The fish seem to hover in the pools at the “White House” and the ‘Sandspit,” fearful of the upper portions of the stream, and they have good reason to be. Mr. Rochefort of Point Reyes is a most ac- | commodating fellow. If an angler wishes to fish at the mouth of the stream he will be | driven to the destination by making known his' | desire on his arrival at the point. The fiies | preferred are the black gnat, March brown, coachman, brown hackle and silyer au blae. | The large number of French ‘‘tourists’ who are camped on the Paper Mill and who have visited the San Geronimo, Lagunitas and Ni- casio creeks have so depleted those streams by taking all sizes of fish that unless some stringent measures are immediately taken to stop such depredations it will only be a short time before it: will be hard)y worth while to mention the aforesaid creeks among the trout streams of the coast. When_such well-known anglers as A. B. Finch, Del Cooper, Alex S. Ireland, C. Precht and W. A. L. Miller, after fishing a stretch of from three to five miles on the Lagunitas and | Paper Mill, catch but half a dozen fish each worth putting in thelr baskets it Is high time that a halt was called. There i quite an agitation in Marin County at present over the game and fish question, but if the Supervisors of the county would, | for a_period of three years, limit the number of fish to each angler and at the same time impose a of §0 upon those who had In their possession trout less than five inches fish- ing on the foregoing streams would soon be- come what It was in years gone. By legislation of this kind the angler could | count upon getting a nice mess of trout and | of a size that he would not be ashamed to | show to his friends. How many anglers of | to-day will exhibit their catch on a train or boat after returning from a day's outing? Take the angling fraternity away from Marin County for one year and the hotels along the | line, as well as the railroads, will think that a cyclone has visited them. Yours truly, TREE SPOON. —_————————— THE FOX TERRIER CLUB. ! Sportsmen Who Will Look After the Interests of the Cunning Little Bang Tails. The Fox Terrier Club reorganized at a | meeting of fanciers In the office of the named gentlemen were selected as offi- ce N. H. Hickman, president, of San Francisco; W. W. Moore, first vice presi- dent, of San Francisco; Rev. J. W. Plin- ton, second_vice president, of Victorla, B. C. K. Harley, treasurer, of San Francisco; J. B. Martin, secretary, of San Francisco; board of directors—R. E. de Lopez of Pleasanton, A. E. Mapes of | Stockton, W. B. ngfrey of San Fran- cisco, Dominick Shafnon and Harry Low- den, also of San Francisco. | In addition to the above W. J. McKeon, W. J. P. Strachan, Matt Kerr and J. P. Atkins have joined the club. The matter of offering club medals at the coming show of the San Francisco Kennel Club was broached, and in a few moments sufficient money was subscribed to purchase six medals, to be awarded as follows: One for the best dng‘puDPY. one for the best bitch puppy, one for the best novice | dog, one for the best noviceé bitch, one for the best dog in limit or open class and one for the best bitch in limit or open class, to he competed for by fox terriers owned by members of this club. The initlation fee was waived for a | period of six months, and dues fixed at §5 per year. Messrs. Hickman and Martin were ap- pointed & committee to purchase medals and have them suitably engraved. The opening of the stakes for competi- OO+ O+ O+ O+ O+ O+O+® | until convertec | behind the mantel frame. | the frame with a bar he B tlon at the show of 1900 was discussed, the members present favoring two stakes— one for dofu whelped in 1899, to be called the “Adonis stakes,” and one for bitches | whelped in 1889, to be called the *‘Venus | stakes.” The meeting adjourned until some night | during the dog show, either May 4 or 8, | at the Mechanics’ Pavilion. | —_———— MAPPING THE COUNTRY. | e | Members of the United States Geolog- | ical Survey Here. L. C. Fletcher, E. C. Barnard and J. G. Hefty, members of the United States Geo- logical Survey, arrived In this city Fri- day morning from Washington, D. C., and registered at the Occidental. They have been detalled to examine the geological structure of this State with a view to preparing maps showing such formation. This work is now being vigorously prose- cuted by the Government throughout the United States. Mr. Bernard left immedi- ately for San Mateo with his assistant, Mr. Hefty, where they will begin their la- bors. Mr. Fletcher' territory will embrace the district surrounding Napa, and after the completion of his work in that section vill proceed 10 Washington in July to ‘map” that State, Mr. Fletcher, when seen in regard to his work, said: The mapping up of the entfre United States is more important than appears at first glance. The Eastern States are beginning to realize the valuable nature of the work and their Legislatures have passed special appropria- tions to assist the Government. New York has ziven §25,000, Pennsylvania, $20,000; while Maine and Maryland each have contributed smaller amounts. The total appropriation by the Federal Government allows very little for each State, and the co-operation of the State government is of great assistance in cacrying on a work which on account of its nature is tedious and slow at best. We are engaged in making maps which will show the roads, drainage, various strata, tim- ber and shape of the country by contour lines. We also demonstrate its forestry and rough sections. The result of our labor will be found invaluable from an engineering standpoint, aside from the geological benedts. The maps are exceptionally valuable in arid regions, showing as they do the exact location of any water that there may me. They are a great aid to the mining industry, showing the breaks in the strata and the different kinds of rock. A. Turner is now working in_the southern part of California, and E. T. Perkins s at present continuing the work inaugurated in the Yosemite Valley. I was obliged to dis continue operations in the State of Washing- ton on account of rains and the streams run- ning high, especially in the Cascades, but will begin where I left off fn the month$ of July, August and September. The mapping of the United States is a work of great magnitude, and it is impossible to tell when it will be completed. —_———— TREASURY .VOTE REDEEMED. | It Was for Ten Dollars and Was of the Issue ot 1815. Several months ago Loring P. Lane, | cashier of the First National Bank of Westfield, Mass., was intrusted with a ten-dollar Treasury note of the series of 1815, with the request that he sell it, if possible, or else see if it could be re- deemed. He forwarded the note to the | Fourth National Bank of New York, but there seemed to be no one In New York who wanted the old note, so an attempt | was made to redeem it At first the no Treasury in New was sent to the Sub- York, but it was re- turned, as the officials sald they had no way of proving its genuinene: nor did they have any avallable funds to cash it The note was then forwarded to Wash- ington, where, after much investigation and many inspections, it was found to be genuine and unquestionably good for its face value. The issue of which this note was a part was authorized February 24, 1815, to pay arrearages in the expenses of the war of 1812, The issue originally was for $25.000, 000, and the act allowed the reissuance of notes or their conversion into bonds. Of the total sum authorized over $X,000,000 was actually issued and over $7,000,000 re- issued. The notes were redeemable in nine years or convertible into Government bonds. When the notes themselves were for amounts greater than 310 they bore interest, but for less amounts were able to bearer, and did not bear Nearly all of the i short time, and the last note received the Treasury prior to the one in ques: was presented in 1842. The ten-dollar note sent to New York by Cashier Lana has been redeemed and its redemption charged to the public debt matured prior to 1861. The note was found to be good for its face value because no date of ma- turity was mentioned upon it ome of the notes of the same issue have been de- clared worthless because they were not properly stamped and signed. _The history of this note is interesting. Cashier Lane received it from Joseph Welsh of West Granville, who desired to have it redeemed if possible. writes to Mr. Lane t given to him in 1871 by Mrs. Cyrus Phelon of Granville. In March of that year Mr. Welch was working for Mr. Phelon, and as he was going toward the house with a load of maple syrup he heard a commo- tion, and entering the house found a fire Breaking open extinguished the blaze. Later on in removing the rubbish Mrs. Phelon found the mutilated note in the lining of a rat's nest and presented it to Mr. Welch, who kept it until he turned it over to Mr. Lane a few months ago.—Springfield (Mass.) Republican. —_——— Indian Names. Poor Lo! he has all but passed away Tepee City, Squaw Valley and Sachem's Head show that he was once among us, as do also Indianola and Indianapolis, Indian Bay and Indian Bayou, Indian Bottom, Camp and Creek, Indian Diggings, Falls, Gap, Guich and Head, Indian Mound, Neck, Ridge and River, indian Rock, Run, Springs and Town, Indian dian Valley. sue was retired in a the note was moccasin that he used to wear, Medicine Lodge that he used to visit, and the wam- um for which he bartered his nony or is beaver skins. He has left behind him also the Indian names of many familiar objects, though the memory of these meanings have all but been forgotten, Mondamin means corn; Wawa. wild oose; Opeechee, the robin; Dahinda, the rog: ‘Roanoke, 'a_seashell: Chicago. the wild ‘onion; Omeeme, a pigeon; Wawbeek, a rock, etc. The Indian has left behind him hun- dreds of musical auiterative names, in which the consonant or vowel sounds are doubled. Good eramples are Wawaka, Wawasee, Kankakee and Kennekuk, Tus- caloosa and Tallahassee, Ocklocknee, Ohoopee and Oshkosh, Minnetonka and Massabesic, Contoocook, Loogootee and Hatchechubbee. We like to roll his Ken- Mr. Welch | arail and In- | He has left behind him his | | Kinnekinnick that he used to smoke, his | nebunk and Cuttyhunk, his Nantucket and Wachuseit, his Kickapoo and Te- tonka over our tongues, for the mountain breezes and hreath of the prairie are in them, and Il indeed could we spare them. —Self-Culture. —————— ANSWERS T- CORRESPONDENTS. From east to west I've marched beneath the eagles, From Paitres unto Gaul. VOTERS AND POLL TAX—A. S., City. No bill was passed exempting voters from paying poll tax in this State. ATTACK ON A\lAA\;lL;\—-F. H. G., City. The attack on Manila by the Filipinos was on. the 5th of February, 1899. BOTTOM LANDS—L. G. N., Waukena, Tulare County, Cal. The bill in the mat- ter of bottom lands did not become a law. SPOLIATION CLAIMS—S., Sacramento. Sacramento. Cal. As vet no bill has been passed for a settlement of the French spoliation cla; WATCH AT TH E PULCHER—J. W. W., River: Cal. This_correspondent wants to know who wrote “The Watch at | the Sepulcher,” in which are the lin | THE INDIANA—W. F. N., Somerville, Cal. There is no telling when the tran: port Indiana will return to San Francl co. She is at this time employed in ser ice at the Philippines. 2 Olty. SEVEN UP—A. In the game of seven-up the count gh, low, jack and game. It is: For a ten-spot, count ten; for n ace, four; king, three; queen, two, and jack, one. A NICKEL OF ’'6—I. B. R., Los Gatos, Cal. A nickel of 1869 “having on it the figure thirtee: hield and the words ‘In God we not com- [ nd a premium. 3 ket price, how- , is from 20 to 45 cents. A NUISANCE—A. B, Cit | living on a slope and the | m; ev If you are r from the | property above you flows onto your prem- ises and is ance you can commence proceedings against the owner of that property to abate the nuisance. HOURS OF LABOR—S., Marysville, Cal. For information as to the hours that workess are employed in cotton and wool- en mills in the United States address a communication to the United States Com- missioner of Labor, Washington, D. C. | PENSION AND POSITION —A sub- scriber, City. A soldier discharged from the service of the United States and drawing a pension would not be deprived of that pension because he had been ap- pointed to a civil office in a branch of the United States Government. GRAPHITE—W. H. T., Tehachapi, Cal. Graphite or plumbago is not one of the | articles quoted on the San ncisco | market. For information in relation to | plumbago mines address a communication | to the secretary of th Mining Bu- u, Ferry building, ancisco | DEATHS AT THE PHILIPPINES—F. | H. G., City. The number of deaths in the ‘Amvrx n’ army of occupation at the Philippines from all _causes since the hostilities with 2 0s began can be obtained by : letter of in- quiry to_the Secretary of War at Wash- | ington, D. C. | SULLIVAN-KILRAIN—-O. A. §., Oak- |land, Cal. The fig vith bare knuckles | between John L. Sullivan and Jake | rain for $10000 a side and the cham | ship at Richburg, Miss., July 8, IS8 {not a draw. Seventy-f rour | fought and Sullivan was declared.the wi | ner. | ior w w7 | KPORTS A -W. M, | santa, Rosa, Cq ¥ before the breaking out of war with Spain the com- | mercial statistics of Cuba show: £9,000.000 pesos; imports, 56,000,000, { Philipine Isiand ports,” $3( | (Mexican); impor 25,000,000 ‘;Aru 0 statistis E: |+ GNET STATES POSS e L., Germantown, Cal aska is a terri- | tory of the United 'S 1ving been | organized as such Ju , 1868, The ac- n of Hawaii o Rico and the Philippines has not added any more stars to the flag. A new star is added only on | the Fourth of July following the admis- | sion of a new State. { ADMIRAL DEWEY—L. D., Oakland, Cal. Admiral Dewey was born in V mont. He was appointed to the Naval Academy at Annapolis in September, 854. At the break out of the war with Spain_he was in command of the Asiatic squadron mposed of unarmors- | ed ships. He was ordered to destroy the | Spanish fleet, a PUGILISM AND FOOTBALL—A. O. 8., City. This department has not been able | to discover any statistics that “will show how many deaths and accidents have oc- curred in or from the prize ring as com- pared with football games in the past | twenty years.” Perhaps some friend of this department can furnish the informa- | tion this correspondent desires. | THE GAME OF POKER—A. S., Oak- | 1and, cal. In the game of poker the | joker" is not used, mor are deuces and trays discarded. The value of the cards at poker are in the following order: (1) no pairs, highest card wins; (2) one_pair, (3) two pairs, (4) three or triplets, (5) the straight or sequenc (6) the flush. (7 the full, (8) fours, (9) the straight fiush, The straight flush is the most unusual of all hands to hold and is the highest in value. SCANDINAVIAN—W.. Philo, Mendoci- | no County, Cal. Scandinavia, first used by Pliny as Scandia, in designating Den- mark as well as the peninsula that still retains that name, is properly the land of the Scandi people, so named because they livad in tents. Scandi .s derived from the Groek “skene,” which Is the word in that language for tent. Scandinavia is applied | to the peninsula that comprises Norway and Sweden: also Denmark. The ancient Scandinavians were a tall, dolichocephalic race, represented by the Row Grave and | Staengenaes skeletons, and the people of | the kitchen-middens. 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