The morning call., 1893-06-04
QUERY COLUMN.
A Late Decision as to
Naturalization.
CAUSE OF THE CRIMEAN WAR
The White Mans Grave-How to
Change Name-Religious Sects
in the United States.


| QUEsTIoNs-H. s.. City. On the 23d of
February. 1858, the Russian Government
sent an Envoy Extraordinary to Constan-
tinople to present the ella inns of the Greek
church to the possession Of the Holy Sep
uIcher, and also to demand certain rights
| for the Greek Christians under Turkish
rule. The first petition was referred to a
commission which decided in favor of the
Greek church, but the Sultan refused the de-
mands concerning the Christians. Shortly
before this time the Russian Government
had announced to England that it would
not send any armed vessels into the Black
| Sea. Two weeks after the reply sent by
the Sultan on the subject of Christians the
| Turkish Government published mani
festO concerning the rights of Christians
under its control, aud knowing that 1t
would be unsatisfactory TO Russia imme-
diately appealed to France and England
for aid against Russia. This did not suit
| Russia and she commenced to send war
vessels to the Black Sea. This gave
England an excuse for responding to the
appeal of Turkey. In 1853 the Crimea be-
| came the theater of sanguinary war,
which lasted for twenty-siX months and
eliminated with the fall of Sebastopol.
Turkey was aided by England. France and
Sultan's power, and checking the growing
ascendency IF Russia in the Black Sea.
About all that England gained by this was
that she aided in depriving Russia of GER
tain power, % The police of this city does
not carry night lanterns as do the police of
London, because there is no regulation re-
curing them to DO so. Those in charge
of the force are of the opinion that there
is no need for dark lanterns for patrol
men. 81 One of the laws of the postal
department prohibits any employs of
the department from furnishing in
formation as to change of residence. A
person moving furnishes the p0stOffice
with his new location. but the department
Is prohibited from giving that information
to any one outside of the department. The
postal authorities OF this city a short time
since received very positive instructions as
to the enforcement of this law. "a The
law governing COrOneTs declares that a
jury called to inquire into the cause of
death OF an individual shall consist of not
less than six, and ii may be composed of
twelve. The reason for this is that in GER
tain cases it may be- necessary for the Cor
oner to summon jury in a hurry, and he
might not be able In the time allowed him,
TO summon more than six jurors. (5) The
moon, which is the earth's satellite, re-
wolves around the earth from west to east
IN period OF one month, and in conse-
quence accompanying the earth in its mo-
lion around the sun. As the moon. to an
observer on the earth, advances more than
13 deg. TO the east daily, while the CORE
spending advance of the sun is barely l
deg, her progress among the stars is more
notable than that of the latter For the
reason given the moon does not rise and
set in the same part of the armament
every twenty-four hours.
VOTE FOR PREsIDENT-N. N, City.
According to the constitution of the United
States. no alien who has taken the proper
steps to become citizen of the United
States Is entitled to vote for President
until he has fulfilled all the obligations of
the law-that is. until he has resided in
the United States five years continuously
and has obtained his final papers. In
some of the States the declaration of an
alien to become citizen entities him to
vote at a State or local election. provided
he has resided certain length of time in
the State, county and precinct, tut, as be-
fore said, such alien cannot vote at Presi-
Dental election until he has secured his
full naturalization papers-that is, accord
ing to the constitution of the United States.
The right of aliens to vote before they
have secured final papers is recognized in
Alabama. Arkansas. Colorado. Indiana,
Kansas. Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Da-
kota, Oregon. South Dakota, Texas, Wash
lngton and Wisconsin. The time of resi-
dence before an alien is allowed to cast
ballot varies in these States. There is rea-
son to believe that many such aliens have,
In the States named, voted for Presiden-
tal electors. The latest decision on the
subject of naturalization is reported in
dispatch from ST. Paul, Mimi, dated
May 90, and is in the following
Ion upa Tha Init a,
Court of Appeals. with Judges San
born, Thayer and Sheiras on the
bench. to-day handed down an important
decision limiting the power OF natura liza
ton to the national Congress. 1t was held
that the power granted to Congress by the
constitution TO establish uniform rule OF
natural zation is conclusive, and that the
naturalization laws enacted by Congress
in the exercise of this power constitute
the only rule by which foreign subjects
may become citizens of the United States
or OF the Stale within the meaning of the
Federal constitution and laws 1t is not
in the power of the State TO naturalize a
foreign subject who has not complied with
the Federal naturalization laws and con-
Sttute him citizen of the United States
or OF the State. Foreign subjects who are
qualined to become citizens Of the United
States under the revised statutes do not
become such by filing declarati of in
tention so to do. They must comply with
all the provisions of the Federal statutes"
WHITE MANS GRAvE-D. j., CITY.
The name, 'rhe White Mans Grave" is
applied to the west coast of Africa and
particularly to Sierra Leone (Mountain of
the Lion) on account of the climate, which
is the most deadly in the world. The
shores and the estuares of the rivers of
this coast are low and marshy. The chief
characteristic Of The climate is It's excess
sive moisture. The average annual rain
fall is 1879 inches, or Is feet inches,
while the mean temperature is 81 deg.
Rain commences in June and keeps up
until September, after which dense
vapor, called 'lhe smoke" arises from the
lowlands and ENVELOPES the country for
DAYS at a time. This smoke is fatal to
white people. white Mans Grave" is
also applied to Cayenne, seaport, and
the capital of French Guiana, South
America. The climate there is also very
deadly. A great swamp in the vicinity
| causes deadly levers that attack the white
people. 1t is the French penal colony and
has been such since the first revolution
10 be sentenced there is looked upon by
the prisoners as sentence to certain
| death.
RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIoNs-A. r. NJ,
| City. The latest oficial sources corrected
up IT, January of this year give the fol-
lowing as the number of comm unicants in
| the United States on the 30th of June,
| 1890: Adventists 596i6 Baptists 1T6 :