The morning call., 1892-01-31

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numb red 1880 giving il a total strength
/ in round numbers II 300. o. Her navy
C insists of 80 vessels IN comml. sion aud
! bur ding as follows: / armOr-clad steel tur-
/ ret ship, steel cruisers. 3 first-clasS tor
! ped0 gunboats, 10 frst-class and second
/ class toTpedO-boats, 3 corvettes, 3 rams, )
| dispatch vessels. transports and gun
! boats. The navy comprised $50 sailors, go
marines. 50 officers and 152 other officers, be-
/ sides the cadets at the naval college at Val
1 parajSo.
/ TARIFF ON SPIRITS. l.. B., TurlOck,
! Cal. According 20 the new customs tariff
/ all imitation spirits pay as spirits; brandy
/ and other spirits manufactured or distilled
/ from grain or other materials, and not
! specially provided for, s. 30 per proof gal
! Ion; likewise cOrdialS liquors, arrach, alb
sIOthe, klrschWaSSer, rai ana and other
SulTltu0uS beverages or DitteTS containing
! spirits, with an additional duty Of ) cents
! on each bottle; bay rum or water 81 80
| per gallon; alcoholic compounds generally
| and alcoholic perfumeTy, % and 30 per cent
| ad yalOTem and s. per gallon; spirits or
/ lavender and rosemary and nutmeg, being
medicinal preparations, 90 cents per pound
HOME RULE IN NEW YoRK-T. H. D..
/ City The cry for home rule" in New
/ York City is raised by those who believe
! that the city should have absolute control
| of lis affairs. Legislatures have taken Ger
! tam powers from the Aldermen and vested
/ them in the Mayor have interfeTed with
/ the granting of franchises and In other
! ways have aroused the hostility OF the eth
ZeEs of the metropolis, particularly those
who are dominated in politics by Iammany
Hall This element whenever its prIYi-
leEeS are aSSaied by the lawmakers, raises
the cry OF "haysetd legislation" and cIamor
for "h0me rule.
HUAwoLDT BAY-A. c., City. Hum
/ bo.dt Eay is fifteen miles long, with an
average width OF three miles, and has a
tidal area Of forty square miles, with an
aggregate length of seventy-Gve miles Of
uaVgable channels. i is land-lOCked, with
an entrance about one mile wide, but with
breakers on either side, between which is
q channel quarter Of a mile wide, with
about eighteen feet of water at low tide.
Eureka Is a shipping point in this bay on
the east side and six miles from the Gu
trance.
SURVIVING MEuBEks-J /. B., Tur-
lock, Cal Tie surviving members Of the
Hayes-Tiiden Electoral Commission are,
according to the best ohtaiDabe infoTma-
/ ton: Justices of the United States Su-
Hltllt NHUIl " llt-Aiu strong. =. q. MiitI
and =. j. Fields; United States Senators
George +. Ejmuuds, 4. q. Thurman and
his successor in the commission. +. q. heT-
/ nan, Thomas f. EayaTd; United States
Representatives II. B. Payne. Eopa Hun
ton, j q. Abbott aud George Z. Hoar.
Tn LEvER-R r.. City. The lever is
the most simple and common but at the
/ same time the most important Of the seven
d -l-t
flexible rod. straight or bent supported at
some point or its length on a prop, which
IS called the fu.cyum, aud having the
weight 70 be move aud the power to move
it applied al two other points.
PUGulsrIc j. II. and J. T. X, City.
Z Curbett and CLoyusH met on May 30,
1889, in a fight Of fouT rounds, in a barn near
Fairfax. Marin County and n second time
10 q fight to a finish, on June 9th. on "a barge
at BeucIa, SOlan0 County. - C0rbett was
professional before he fought Jackson,
3 ana met him before he fought hi!rain.
GcoDwN AcT-J. L. B., Turlock,
Cal Tie Goodwin act only pre,ends to
shorten the term Of a convict by giving him
credits for good behavior, said credits being
deducted from the term fer which he was
sentenced. Only an unconditional pardon
D
citizenship Ia The enjoyment of The elective
franchise
| BANK-BUEGLAR HoPE-J. G. Z, CITY.
/ James Hope was sentenced on November /,
/ 1851. in Department Il Of the Superj OF
/ Court the late Judge T. W. Freelon pre-
/ siding. to serve seven and a half years Of
/ imprisonment for an attempted burglary Of
/ the bank at the northeast corner of Mont
/ gomery and Commercial streets Oh june -,
/ 1881
MAINE LIQU0E LAw-R. D. W, Yuba
City, Cal Your question regarding States
having the Maine liquor law was answered
explicitly in the q c. Of December -, 1921.
RENEWALS OF PAssPORTs-M NJ, City.
Every passport from the United States must
be renewed within one year from lis date,
efIeetualiy disp0slng Of your question
whether one as good Tor tea years"
/ LEAP-YEAE BIRTHDAY ~ r. City.
| Speaking generally the person born on the
I 2q,h Of February VIII have an anniversary
Of his birthday every fourth or leap year.