The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-21

some OF them being among the earliest es-
tablished, also gave it prestige. Failing in
the race with San Francisco, it became
twice the capital, the inhabitants having put
forth strenuous efforts to make ii the perma-
nent seat Of the government. Vallejo,
founded in 1850, was also a rival, but the
capital was removed from Benicia, the
terms stipulated on the part Of the State NOT
having been complied with. Benicia has
been called 1.-THE City of Promises" The
third session of the Legislature was held in
January. 1852, at Vallejo. but because no ac-
commodations could be found for the men,
bers it adjourned one week after to Sacra-
mento. The next, in 1858. met again at
Vallejo, but after one month adjourned to
Benicia. The fifth also met at Benica in
1854, but before March removed to Sacra-
meuto.
The JONES HoTEL-A. o. S., City. The
DR.. Jones House." which was one of the
features in San Francisco in the days of 40,
was, according to Thomas A. Barry In his
" Men and Memoirs of San Francisco in the
Spring of Fifty" ga two-story wooden house
on California street, north side, corner of
the alley just above Kearny street, built by
Dr. Jones in 1919. DR.. Wallace purchased
and occupied for many years the DR.. Jones
House" Captain Lees, referring,to the above
says that in 1S49 the site now occupied by the
eastern portion Of the Merchants Exchange
was then occupied by building known as
the Jones Hotel" Captain Lees was well
acquainted with Dr. Jones, and is under the
impression that he subsequently, returned
to bis home in the East, where he has since
died. Captain William +. Swasey, who is to-day
the Oldest continuous resident of San Fran
cisco, having come here in 1916, says that
the hotel in which DR.. Jones was interested
in 1916 and 1886 was tie Portsmouth House,
on the southeast corner of Clay and Kearny
streets, and it was run by the doctor and his
father-in-law. named Kettleman. Facing
the Portsmouth House on tine north and
across Clay street, stood an old adobe build
ing, and across Kearny street on the west
was the Leides1orfT Hotel, afterward known
as the City Hotel. Jones & Kettleman sold
out the Portsmouth House in 1916 to John
ID. Brown, and later on Dr. Jones returned
to his home in Pennsylvania, where he aft
erward died. With the exception Of the
two bostelries mentioned, there is no record
Of any hotel kept or owned by man named
Jones'
POLICE COURT AND GIAND JURY. D.,
City. ~ A Police Judge may dismiss
charge without trial, and this is often
done on the motion of the Prosecuting At
torney, who, having inquired into the
facts, finds that there is no evidence to
warrant conviction, OF when complain
ant does not appear, or when the accuser
does not desire to prosecute, or when de-
fectS in the papers or irregular proceedings
In the arrest are made to appear. ~ Grounds
must be shown for Grand Jury to iu-
Quire into a case that has been dismissed
by. the Police Magistrate. g, The course
to be taken is to address the foreman of the
Grand Jury, stating the facts and asking a
hearing OF yourself and witnesses; or you
may interview the District Attorney and
have him submit the matter (4) The du-
ties OF the Grand Jury are to inquire into
all matters for the benefit of the public and
the proper administration of justice, and to
present indictments where there is reason
able ground TO believe that offenses have
been committed. (5) Generally speaking,
the duties of policeman do not cease with
the arrest and accusation Of the person ap-
pretended by him. o. Inasmuch as any
citizen can have issued, on complaint made,
warrant for the arrest of the person ac-
cused, and as the Police Court lawyer does
not Issue the warrant, the right of the latter
to charge for his services in procuring the
issuance OF the warrant depends altogether
upon the agreement between him and client
as regards the pay for services rendered.
He has an undoubted right to charge for
any services.
MoHAMMED's FLAG-F. l.. j.. City. 1t
was Mohammed ii, surnamed ''the great
and the victorious" and of whom it was
said that ''his nose was SO high and crooked
that it almost touched his upper lip," who
invested Constantinople in April, 1853, with
large fleet and an army of 100000 men.
After a siege of ffty-three days the city
three days it was given up to pillage and
massacre. The Turks having become
masters Of Constantinople they adopted the
crescent, the Byzantine symbol. ard in
scribed 1t upon their standards, banners and
mosques, and named their dominion the en-
design was of the flag carried by Moham-
med III at the siege the Q. Z. has vainly es-
sayed 10 learn, unless it was the war flag,
which Is black with the Mohammedans,
being the curtain which hung before the
door Of Ayeshah, Mohammed's favorite
wife, and which is never unfurled unless as
a declaration of war.
BARREL PosToFFICEs w. P. W..
City. Your query regarding "barrel post.
Office" refers to the circum stance that
years ago whalers and fur-sealers in round
ing Cape Horn were in the habit of sending
boat ashore to take or leave for delivery
letters placed in a metallic box in rock at
sand Point, in the Straits of Magellan. The
wnaler bound westward who found letters
in the box addressed to vessels on cruises in
western seas would take them for delivery
and homeward craft would likewise take up
and deliver letters addressed to home ports.
Such 4 postoffice was also found on Body
Rock, Torres Straits, between Australia and
New Guinea, at the northern extremity of
Australia. The Q. c. has it from mariner
that 1t was theIe as late as 1867. since which
there has sprung up there q settlement
known as Townsville.
IT Is CETAoEAN-E j. f., Oakland,
Cal. The dolphin Is OF the cetacea, an order
Of vertebrated. mammiferous marine ami
mails. it and the porpoise being of the third
group. including the smaller species. both
Jaws having teeth in contradistinction to
the whales, which have no teeth or have
them only in the lower jaw; and the fourth
group, the monodon or narwhal family,
with one or two tusks instead of teeth. In
ichthyology the dolphin is designated a
cetaceous mammal.
FouR-MILE RACES M. L., City. ~
The four-mile race between the noted
horses Thad Stevens, True Blue and Joe
Daniels took place at the Ocean View race
course on November 10, 1873. (2) The next
great running race was between Katie
Pease, Thad Stevens, Henry, Joe Daniels,
Alpha, Hook Hooking and Hardwood al
the Bay District Track (aiso called Golden
Gate Park) on November IA, 1874.
For AUDIToI-C. P. c.. City. At the
election in this city for Auditor in Novem.
Der, 1882, the candidates and votes were
William NJ. Edgar 9, 1921, Henry Brickwedel
1901; in November, 1884. F. f. StrotheI
1924. Napoleon b. Stone 17,406, w. NJ
Edgar 1923.
In One RESPECT ONLY-H. G. p, City.
The only condition observed at the recent
election, which also forms part of the
plan Of the so-called Australian ballot eys.
tenn, was in the requirement that 10 person
shall peddle or offer any ballot TO another