The morning call., 1890-09-07
THE CALLS
QUERY COLUMN.
The Bear Flag of Sonoma and the
Republic of California.
Trancontinental Railroad = Flag Notices.
Overland ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of Vas
quez-Blaek Bart-stanley-Etc.

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Overland Observation-Disclosures Of Vas
quez-Black Bart-stanlsy-
THE CALLS Query Column Is conducted with
view to aid all seekers after knowledge Of gem
eral interest.
Catch questions will not receive any attention.
g., NJ opInloh VIII be given In this column regard
ing the feiaDility or character of any person or
firms In this city or elsewhere
Questions, answers TO which are In the nature
OF an advertisement, will not be answered.
Every inquiry must have the true and full
name OF the sender, as we'll as the correct resi-
oence. ANY inquiry that has not the cor
rect name and address of the sender will
oe Ireated as III it was not signed, and the
writer heed not expect An answer.
gHdEPUBLIC OF CALFoRNIA-Inquirer, City.
tx IN June. 1916, on or about the 18th Of
IAXY the month, California seeded from Mex.
ico and The Republic of California" was
declared by running up the "Bear" flag at SonO-
ma. A proclamation was issued, in which the
people declared themselves Independent OF Mex
lean control. On the 7ih OF July, the stars
and stripes were hoisted at Monterey, and a
United States flag was sent TO Sonoma, upon the
arrival OF which the "Bear" flag was run down
and the national banner run up. The very flag
which was run up at Sonoma in recognition Of
Pioneer Hall in this city. The emblem OF the
Bear used by the Native Sons wa. taken from
this flag.
BASEBALL &C. C., City, asks as follows:
where base-runner is on first base and the
batter knocks the Dall out of the in6eld, so that
In every case he would get SAFE but the base.
runner Is forced out at second by quick throw
OF the center feider-now, the question is, is the
batter entitled TO base hit?" To the mind of
Inc untut0fed savage this would be about as in
teligibe as Sanscrit or Chinese, but THE CALLS
base ball iend make s 1t all plain sailing by an
nouncing that " In such case as the one men.
TONED, II Is not safe hit, and the batter Is not
credited with hit." Copyrighted. All rights
reseryed1
NAVAL AUTHoRITY-A. I. e., San Jose. In
Articles for the government OF the navy" the
following appears TO be pertinent to your in.
quiiy: Article SO. No officer shall be dis
missed from the naval service except by oIder of
the PRESIDENT or by sentence OF general court
martial. Article 3S. General courts martial
may MAJ, be &C., convened by the President The Secre-
heet or squadron. Article 3d. Courts OF In
CURRY may be ordered by the President, the
Secretary OF tile Navy, or the commander of a
fleet or squadron.
STANLEY-F. j., S. S. Corona. Henry NJ.
Stanley was born near Denbgh, in Wales in
1S40 When years old lie was placed In the
Poor house OF st. Asaph, where he remained
ten years, and received an education which en-
abed him to teach in a school, AT the age Of 10
he sailed as a cabin BOY in a vessel bound for
New Orleans. Here no was adopted by mer-
chant named Stanley, whose name he took Ia
place OF his original one, which was John Row.
land. This fully answers your question. His
subsequent life Is matter OF history.
WAGON WHEEL-B. A. B., City. You state
that your question Is not catch question, but it
is. Every one knows that the motion OF the
wheel is more rapid at the periphery than at the
hub, but moving on the same plane, the advance
OF the one must necessarily be equal to that OF
the other. or the periphery would run away
from The bub The top OF the wheel Is an ad-
vance movement. while the bottom Is reverse
movement so far as rotation Is concerned. but
the plane OF the movement Is The same and Cam
not be otherwise.
BRoDERIcK-D L., City. A duel took place
between David C. BrodeIick and the late Judge
Terry about z o'clock on the morning of Sep
TENDER IS, 1859, at the Lake House Ranch,
near Lake MERGED. Broderick's pistol was pre-
malurely discharged, and lie received Ierty's
bullet full in tie right breast He fell before his !
seconds could reach him. and was Immediately |
removed 10 Inc house OF his friend. l.. HASKELL
at Black Point. where, alter intense suffering, |
he died at O'clock Friday morning, Septem-
Der 10th.
LIFE INSURANCE-R HOLSTER. In order to |
ascertain the number of life insurance COM |
panies that have failed In the United states dur.
ing The past twenty years, you VIII have to take |
the reports OF the Insurance Commissioners OF |
time and even then you Will not be able TO reach |
an acodrale conclusion. for the reason that many
eou.tIaits arc dropped from the reports that
simply wound up their business and closed their
offices. but did not fall
RED MEN-E. ii. D., City. The latest report
OF the number o; Improved Order OF Red Men in
the State OF California was made June 80. 1890,
ana gave the number as being 2427. The last
report made for the United States was Septem-
ber TO- 1889, at which Time the number was
-Fne ha ed
viii meet shortly, when this latter figure Will be
corrected to meet tile present year.
AusqP BALKAN Balloon. E. X, City. The
only STEP that can be taken toward securing tue
adoption Of the Australian ballot system Is TO
pledge every candidate OF both parties elected 10
the Legislature. either Gubernatoral. Senatorial
o. Representative, 10 vote tor the adoption OF
the Ss.san. 1he entire matter rests with the |
legis - s>SsS chss Of The State Government.
WIS zga., City. You can fad a
descripliJsNJsz e OF Winchester on which |
the poem SheridaDSs Bldep was founded in any
VAS porr Al so,nerset. parry S'NG<s.s-.sss.'.,
March G. 1881, and died al NonQqit hslsSSsssss--
sets, August 5, 1888. The biography OF Sheridan
viii give YOU iull particulars OF his career.
REDREss-R. B., Oakland. Cal. When you
ask what redress A, who has paid up his SUBJ |
scription in full, has against his partners. and
&, they not having paid anything. and the plant I
the Q. c. TO decide legal question which should
be submitted to q lawyer, aud his fee paid. The
@. e. is neither lawyer nor doctor
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, City. The natural
ization laws are accessible to all. and the ques-
ton of citizenship has been published time and
again In this column III you are OF foreign birth,
IL makes no difference how long you may have
lived In the United States or IN this State until
you have com piled with all the requirements
you cannot take out full papers.
DEsERTER W. X. H., City. An uncondl-
tloDal pardon was extended TO all volunteers
includes you. The fact that you were a minor
does not affect your case, but you cannot get
discharge under any circumstances, neither do
you obtain any of the relief granted hOnorably |
discharged soldiers.
HAY-D. X. H., MontvllIe, Colo. There Is no |
absolutely correct way to measure hay in the |
stack so as to. find out the number of tons, or |
what loose load OF hay on wagon VIII weigh, |
other tndh by weighing the same on pair OF nay
scales. All other methods OF arriving nj tile |
weight are merely estimates, and cannot be re-
lied on.
NETERANs-J. w. H., Somervile, Cal. The
Board OF Examiners to whom ali applicants for
pensions must apply consists of Drs. McGovern,
Tucker aud McQuesten. They meet every
"Wednesday at Their Office In the Appraisers
Building In this city, to hear applications.
VAsQUEz II. II. s., City. The execution Oh
Vasquez took place at San Jose at / 80 O'Clock
In the afternoon OF March 10, 1875. He was
hung ior the murder OF Lauder Davidson at LIES
Pinos. Monterey County, August 20 1900
although lie was guilty OF other murders.
MINERAL ROMA O. Port Haddock, Wash.