The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-11

but The Supreme Court OF the United States
declared their issue constitutional and legal,
though issued in times Of peace. No bonds
were issued Iii place of the legal tender notes
called IN.
POLICE COMMISSIONERS - n. W. C., CITY,
Some time since The Query Column, in answer
TO your question as to The power 10 remove Dan
Burns from the Office of Police Commissioner,
announced that until the adoption OF new
charter the only way that vacancy can occur
in The commission was by resignation of the
commissioner. by impeachment and by death.
This IS the ruling OF the Supreme Court of the
State IN The matter. and until that decision is
reversed IL stands as good law. When the
matter was argued before the highest tribunal
OF The State the section OF the constitution
which declares that when the term of an officer
or a commissioner is not fixed by law, that the
officer or commissioner shall hold the Office
four wears, and TINT IN no case shall il exceed
four years was submitted. The court held that
by reason of some oversight in drawing up the
constitution no provision was made to cover
The case of the commissioners, and that the
section presented did not apply.
NATURALIZATIoN-J e., San Bruno, Cal
AT present previous residence in the United
States for five successive years and residence
In the State for one year is the practice before
an applicant for the rights Of citizenship of the
United States can be naturaliZed Two years
before the naturalization he must declare under
oath or on affirmation that be intends 10 be-
come a citizen, and he must renOunce all al
legiance TO any foreign sovereign or state
Persons coming 10 this country under the age
OF Is may dispense with this declaration. APP
plicat!On for natur aliZaItOn may be made IN
either the Circuit or District courts OF the
United States or 10 any OF the State courts that
clerk. In California application can be made
at the United States and Circuit courts and at
any OF the Superior courts.
LoNG-DISTANCE RIDING-T. F., City. John
s. Prince of this city furnishes the following
records of lOng-dlStance riding, and these are
worlds records: Charles Anderson OF Los
Angeles, Cal, rode 10l1 miles with ten horses
in San Francisco in ~ hours. in May, 1883;
Charles Leroy Of Boston, Mass, rode 900
miles with ten horses in 70 hours in June,
1881. In July, 1887, Charles Anderson de-
feated Isaac Murphy In 100. mile race In New
relay every mile. Time. hours 46 minutes.
An example OF fast riding by woman was
given by Miss Murtie Peak of Baltimore at
Dallas, Tex, in june 1898. She rode twenty
miles with TWO horses, relay every mile, in 46
minutes 10 seconds.
BRITISH CURRENCY-B., City. The follow
ing are The systems of currency now in use in
the British empire: The British gold standard
Is S. d. in the British islands, the Australian
colonies New z ,aland, South Africa and a
number OF the smaller colonies. Foreign gold
standards: Ctnada and West India using
the United States gold dollar; Gibraltar.
Spanish gold and silver; Cyprus, French and
Turkish gold and silver; Newfoundland, gold
standard of Its own, the double dollar. Moditi-
cations OF the silver dollar: The Mexican dol
lar Is current in Hong Kong and The Straits
Settlements, the Guatemalan dollar in Hon
duras, and French silver on the west coast of
Africa; the rupee In India. Ceylon and Mauri-
tlus.
| CHURCH FOR COPPER IsLAND-M. j. Met,
City. Some three months ago there was shipped
from this city the prepared timberS for church
TO be erected in the far north. The timbers
are for Greek church, to be about 25x50 feet.
| They were sawed aud prepared ready for put
| ting up In the place where the church Is to
! be erected. The timbers were shipped to Petro-
polysk, the capital of Kamschatks, and from