The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-02

$1,000, 600 aud the receipts SIS, $50 600
showing a loss of $500, 900. AT The WORLDS
Fair held IN Chic 20 the number OF admissions
was 3D. 529 400, but of this number l., 1913, SAC
were on passes which did not produce anv
revenue The cost OF the falr was S31 ,117, 1853
and the receipts were $50, 290.0S5. This in
cludes money received from all sources, name
ly: Gate receipts from cOncessiOnaires. from
sale OF bonds, accrued interest on bonds and
from miscellaneous sources, The attendance
at Paris surpassed that at the Chicago Fair.
although the latter occupied six times the area
OF ground and had 1--WE times the area rooted
compared with the Paris exposition. After
paying all The expenses there remaiDed a sur
plus of about S2,O00.000 TO he applied 10 he
payment OF stock subscriptions, about 20 per
cent. The fair did not come within several
millions OF paying for ITSELF
RAIL IN SAN MATEo-F p, Palo Alto, Cal.
The Supervisors OF San Mateo County passed a
game ordinance on the 10th of July, 1898.
which went into effect fifteen days after its
passage. Section OF that ordinance provides:
THAT every person who IN the county of San
Mateo State of California, within one year next
after the going intoeeffect Of this ordinance,
shall hunt, pursue, take, kill or destroy, or
have IN his possession. dead or alive, except for
purposes OF propagation, auy rail- shall be guilty
OF msdemednor." Other sections OF he or.
dlnance provide for the punishment OF any one
having rail- IN his possession at time when 1t
Is unlawful 10 Kill such, and another provides
for the size OF shot that may be used for the
killing OF the birds named, but as there is no
specification In the ordinance as 10 the time
when such birds may be killed, 1t Is asserted
that the general law of he Stale applies. This
provides that rail may be hunted and Killed in
any part OF the State between the LIST day OF
September and the 1st day of March in each
year, except III such counties where there may
be special provision by ordinance regulating
the matter.
A MINOR-W., City. II an alien comes TO the
Uniteo States while under the age of 8 lie eau
not enjoy the rights Of suffrage when he
attains The age of 81, unless, at The time of his
arrival 10 the United States. his father had been
a resident o. the States and had become citi-
zen, for the naturalization OF the father makes
his minor children citizens. Generally speak.
ing, the alien must have been resident five
years and have declared his Intention TWO years
before obtaining his final papers that entitle
him TO citizenship before he can vote. But in
fifteen states of the Union aliens that have de-
clared their intention of becoming citizens are
allowed 10 vote on having attained the mini
mum age OF p years. The restriction on these
however. Is that IN some States mere declara-
ton Is Sui1lclent, while in others declaI at ion
mace certain length Of time before an election
lin no case more than year preVlou9 is
necessary.
THE SILVER QUEsTION-R. s., City. To ex-
plain the silver question so that a child can
thoroughly understand it is an impossible task.
In fact II is safe to say not Thousand men in
the whole country thoroughly understand 1t In
all Its iniricacies The foundation OF the silver
! question, however. is the effort OF the silver
producers to make silver money.metal that
VIII be coined free by the Government at ratio
OF 10 10 THAT Is, sixteen ounces OF silver snail
be worth as much as one ounce OF gold. Sll2er
al present has no value Of It's own, and It's price
nuctuates the same wheat, aceo ding 10 the
gold standard. A silver dollar IS worth only Sc
cents at present. and its place could Just as
well be tiled By paper. It IS TO give silver a
standard value of its own like gold that all
Work Is being done by silver producers.
YOUNGSTOWN FLooD-T. NJ. City. Johns
town, on the south bank Of the COnemaugh
River, Cambria County, Pa, was destroyed by
flood caused by the breaking away OF dam
that held back the waters OF a reservoir formed
by small natural lake on South Fork Creek,
In the mountains, 800 feet higher than the
Town, at O'Clock IN the Afternoon OF Friday,
May 81. 1889. The loss on property was esti-
mated at 100000 The number of lives
LOST was never ascertalned, but the relief COM
lnlllee na0 record OF the recovery OF 1870
Dodles tnat were identified and GA that were
not ldenlined. 1t was reported that 600 per-
sons were unaccounted for. The Hood, as far
as couId De asceriained, left 116 widows and a
large humber OF orphans.
The YUKON COUNTRY. f. W.. Bald Butte.
Mont 10 reach the mines OF the Yukon 1t will
De necessary TO take a steamer from San Fran
cisco or some Puget Sound port 10 Juneau.
Alaska, where small steamer Will convey you
10 the nrst portage. From there IL Is overland
traVei 10 any OF the mines near the headwaters
OF Inc river. Forty-nine Mile Creek Is so named
! on account Of It's distance from Fort Yukon. 1t