The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-24
CALLS QUERY COLUMN.
BEGINNING Of the <. Of L. as a National
Association.
cuproTt for orphans-Mortgage AcknOwledg-
mont Loss Of Life By Earihquakes-sol
diera' Homestead scheated Legaciss.

KNIGHTS OF LABoR-M. d. D.. City. The
Order Of knights Of Labor was established
in 1879, in Philadelphia. by Uriah 5. Ste
veDs, 4 clothing-cutteT, as the beginning OF
a national association for the protection OF
working people and the development OF edu-
Gated labor. In 1871 this first society, largely
composed of clothing-cutters. was regularly
organized as LEGAL Assembly No. /. A
ritual was adopted and the society was
called the Noble Order of the Knights OF
Labor. All its workings and even Its name
were to be kept.an absolute secret under
penalty Of dismissal. necessary public refer
ence being made by the use of five astersks
or stars until 1881. when the name was made
public. Next il was established in Pitts
burg among the coal and iron workers after
all the wOrkmen in Philadelphia had been
organized. IN 1873 the General Assembly
of North America had been formed, with
the supreme Office of General Master Work
man. The insurance branch was estab-
IShed IN 1882.
EsCHEATED LEGACIEs-A. S, City. The
English statute of limitations provides that
an estate shall not be liable for the pay
mem Of legacy after the expiration Of six
years from the date of the death Of the tes-
tator. IT, however, the executor pay the
amount OF the legacy into court and ii Is
Invested in Government securities for the
benefit OF any person whose Whereabouts is
unknown 80 years must elapSe, and then
only after three months advertisement i'll
the London Gazette will the amount escheat
to the crown. You have therefore Tour
years to run before your legacy can escheat.
But what need TO indulge in speculationS
when, as you say, you have received official
notification from the Government that 1t
has III its keeping legacy due you?
MoRTGAGE-Il. NJ. City Section 1872 Of
the Civil Code has been amended to read as
follows: The husband has the manage
ment and control of the community prop
erty, with the like absolute power of diSp0-
sti0n, other than tesiamentary, as he has
of his separate estate; provided, however.
that be cannot make q gift of such COM
munity property, or convey the same with
out a valuable consideration, unless the
wife in writing consents thereto" That IS
"the new law" and it says nothing about
mortgage. Section 1912 reads: The home
stead OF a married person cannot be con-
veyed or incumbered unless the instrument
by which il is conveyed or incumbered is
executed and acknowledged by both hus-
band and wife
The NEEDLESS. H.. Ukiah. Cal. ~
The Needles are a cluster Of thCee pointed
rocks in the English Channel west of the
Isle of Wight The Needles Lighthouse is
On the western extremity of the isle and at
an elevation of 469 feet ~ The Needles is
also the name OF a station on the Atlantic
and Pacific Railroad in M0jaye County,
ArlZ % 80 called are also picturesque
basaltic pinnacles in New Mexico, mass of
eTupted rock rising with perpendicular
sides from the middle of the valley IN the
southwestern corner Of the Mesa erde. 1t
has the appearance of an immense cathe-
oral Of rich somber brown color, terminal
ing in two spires. Its altitude is about 1900
feet about its base and above the River San
Juan Z162 feet.
SUPPORT FOR ORPHANs-A. E. l., City
Ever since the act approved March -. 1885,
the State has appropriated money for the
support Of orphans and others, that aid
having commenced on the first Monday in
July, 1880, payable in semi-annual INSTALL
Inents, with the first on the first Monday il
January. 1881. The rate is as follows: For
an orphan, 500 yearly; half orphan and
abandoned child, So annually; for found
ling and abandoned infant, SD 30 monthly
until certain age, when it comes under the
other classes.
Loss OF LIFE BY EARTHQUAKEs-J. c.
c.. City, The loss Of life by-earthquakes in
California has been insignificautly small
probably not more than about 60 or 20 dur
ing The period for which records exist OF
this number 30 were killed in the Lone
Pine earthquake on March 20. 1872, in Inyo
County. The first recorded loss of such life
was IN connection with the earthquake on
Sunday in September, 1872, when the
church of the Mission San Juan Capistrano
was destroyed and 80 persons were killed.
UNDERGROUND EXPERIENCED. S. c.,
o.
instanced as a case In point that the phe-
nOmenon is not experienced by one under
ground. The miners underground knew
nothing of the earthquake until they came
TO the surface and were informed of it.
EXPERT ACCOUNTANT. c., City. To
be an expert accountant requires knowl-
edge Of commercial and banking methods.
familiarity with the systems of keeping ac-
counts and adeptness at calculation EX-
perience at all these is the training, and
there is no royal road to attain it.
LET IN PART-A. c. R., City. 4 con-
tract for portion Of the 30 miles of rail-
road between Santa Margarita, in San Luis
ODlSpo County, and Ellw0Od, in Santa Bar
bara County, has been let to Turt0n, Knox
Co, contractors of Sacramento.
The GR1sMERs -W. r., Forest City, Cal.
The actor, Joseph r. Grismer, is a native
American his wife, Phoebe Davies, ia a
native OF Wales, but came to this country at
such an early age that she has no recOllec-
ton OF her native country.
CHICAGO AND Boston FIREs-Y. o. S.,
City. The big fire in Chicago, H., was on
October s and 9, 1871; that in Boston.
MasS.-when 65 acres In the heart OF the
citv were deyastated-waS on November 9.
1872.
BICAMERAL-M. A. r., Healdsburp, Cal
Bicamersl is from the Latin "bi," meaning
Two, aud camera" chamber. The word
means consisting Of two cham ers, or legis-
latiVe branches, as bicameral Legislature
MATTERHoRN-J. S. NEG, Santa Clara.
Cal. Matterhorn is the German name for
Mount Cervin, a mountain OF the Apennine
Alps, in Southern Switzerland. Its eleya-
ton Is 1885 feet.
SHIP IsLAND-W. r., Forest City, Cal.
There is Ship Island in BOnavista Bay,
Newfoundland, and another in the Gulf of
Mexico, 30 miles north Of Chandelier
Islands.
BUFFALO Billie. W., City. William
i. Cody c'Buffalo Bll'') was born on Feb
ruary %. 1916. and first took his wild West
Show" TO Europe in 1887.
oTEAMSHlPS-N IL, Forest City, Cal.
According TO Lloyds' Register for 1890 81
there were II, los steamships in the world.
No PREMIUM. S. Meg, Santa Clara.
Cal. There is no premium on the gold
Quarter-eagle of 1852.
EASTER IN 49,. f. III. Easter in 1s49
was on Sunday, March %.
SOLDIERS HoMEsrEAD-F. M. M, CITY.
Section 1904 OF the Revised Statutes OF the
UnHed States entities every private SOL