The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-07

whose parents were and always have been sub
| jects of the Emperor of China, was mot witnn
| any of the classes excepted from citizenship
| and the jurisdiction of the United aies over
| him at the time OF his birth was exclusive OF
| that of any other country" be thus denneo
bis view OF the words, subject 10 the Jufisdic-
They alone are subject to the jurisdiction CT
! the United s. afes who are within their Oomin-
| ions and under the protection OF their laws,
| and with the subsequent obligation TO obey
| them when obedience can be rendered; and
only those thus subject by their birth or natu-
raliZation are within The terms OF the amend
| ment. The language used has also
more extended purpose 1t was designed TO
| except from citizenship persons who, though
| born naturaliZed in the United States, have
| rencuuced their allegiance to our Government,
| and thus dissolved their political connections
with The country"
AT The registration office In San Francisco
| the officers hold that descendant OF Chinese,
born in the Unit d States, of proper age, Is en-
| Titled to registration. and they draw attention
| to the fact that TWO years ago man, son of
| Chinese parents. born In this State. was regis
| tered aud given the right to vote. Under The
| law" the officers say. "any person born la the
! United States Ia entitled to be registered so
! that he may be able To VOTE"
POPULATION AND RELIGIoN-A. o. S.. City.
The population of The Uniled States according
10 the census of 1890 was 62, 1922, $50; as fur
| nisEed by the Governors Of the several States
| and Territories on the first OF the current year
| the population was &c ,680,740. The following
| figures given as the number OF communicates
| In the churches OF the United States are take
in part from The census of 1890 and in part
| from McCartby's Statistician, which claims re-
| turns up to January 1, 1894. Those that are
not preceded by a star are from the census
| while those that have a star In front OF them
are from the Statstician. The Query Column
| gives the figures as found and will not indorse
or dispute them.
MISUNDERSTANDING church. 25,Sl6; Evan
Seventh-day Adventlsts. b. $50 Grand total of
| Adventists, SO. 646 Baptists, 1910 ,047; Anti
other Free Baptists, 34.i44: Christian Baptists,
| l29.353: Christian Church (South) Baptists. 49,
Baptists, 10000; Seventh day Baprists. 9l3s;
seventh'day German Baptists, 1874: Slx-Princip le
6s5 Esss s GPa1 csr sSsa 81
| toIic, 1894; Armenian, 335; Greek Orthodox,
100; Russian Orthodox, 1904; Russian Inmates,
| 1880; old Catholic church. 665; Reformed
! Catholic church. 1000; Roman Catholic, $3.50
046. Grand total of Catholics, 6,2T7 1898. Chris
ton. s0,7IS; Christian Reformed. I2.47O: Chris
tan Onion independent 1924; Church OF God.
Congregstionalists, 4s1,9s5 communlstic so
ceties, 4469; Aman Society. 1000: Bruder-
New fcara, 81 oneida 1 comm1nists s' 2sS;
Shakers. 172s: Alturists %: separists 200; Dis
clples OF Christ 641. OBJ; Dunkards. couserva-
tive, 81 .1O1: Dunkards progressive. sOss: Epis-
copalian, Protestant, 470.o76; tpiscopalian. re-
| Quakers, 1U7 ,2Os; German Evangelical Protestant
Church of North America Sc, 1855; German Evan
gellcal synod, ls7.4s2 Jews, orthodox, 1891
seventeen separate organizations, 1.l99.514;
Wsyf E
African Union. 34l5: Congregational, 1000;
Episcopal. 2236,4l3; Episcopal, coored. 10. oOp;
| Episcopal. South, 1.l6l,6o6: Evan gelical Asso-
citation, 1457o3; Free. 1898: Independent.
Sooo: Primitive. o 55o2; d Protestant, l47;6o4;
rem, 5o,hS2: Welsh Calyinistic. 12,722; wes-
leyan. 16,492: total Methodists. 4.434.l5l
nr1u 4 att Aufv,f
! 144552: poIygamous Mormons. 2l,773
Total Mormons, l6b.l25. Plymouth Brethren,
America. 1883: Cumberla and. l64,s4o; Cumber-
land, eolored, l3.439; Northern, 753.74s; re-
37 General synod. 1902; rittsburg Presby terians,
600 synod, 1854: southern. 16l.742; United
Reformed Church of America. 1890; Reformed
Church of the United States. 204, 01S; Salvation
45.U30; Swedenborgisns. 5000; Temple Society,
$40: theosophisIs: 6S2: Unitarians, 67.749;
Total, 20. 569.2l5. his leaves 42O52, O35 of the
population unaccounted for, SO the data is very
unsatisfactory.
The SWORD OF BUNKER HILL-T. c., City,
"Tbe Sword of Bunker Hill" was written by
William Ross Wallace and was set to music by
Covert. 1t was first published as a song In Bos-
ton In 1855. The words are:
He lay rpon his dying bed:
His eye was growing dim,
When with feeble voice, he called
"weep not. my boy" the vet'ran said;
Il bow TO heavens high will;
But quickly from yon antIers bring
The sword OF Bunker HILL"
The sword was brought. The soldiers ere
Lit with sudden fame:
And Is he grasped the ancient blade
He Inurmured Warren's name.
Then said my boy. leave you gold;
But what is richer still,
leave you. mark me, mark me- now
The sword of Bunker Hill.
"'Twas on that dread INN ortal day
dared the Briton's band.
captain raised this blade me-
tore IL from his hand:
And while the glorious battle ragged
IL llghtened freedoms will;
For. boy. the God of freedom blessed
The sword OF Bunker Hill.
"Oh, keep the sword-'' his accents broke
A smile-and he was dead.
But his wrinkled hand still grasped the blade
The son remains; the sword remains
It's glory growing still.
And twenty millions bless the sire
And the sword OF Bunker Hill
A DIyoRCE-A. c.. City. The trouble of this
correspondent is told in her letter which is az |
follows: II am an English woman. NV hus
band is Russian, but DaturaliZed citizen of
the Unired States. He is the captain of YES |
sci sailing out of the port OF San Francisco. |
He came to Melbourne, where lived we met. |
he proposed and l accepted him. We were
married In 1888, lived together for three
months. and then he left me, promising to re. |
turn for me; but he never came ana have
never seen him since. After he had been in |
San Francisco for tme-lt could not have
been more than two years-he applied for and |
obtained divorce on the ground that had de- |
serted him. He hired men who had never
lveo IN Australia-men l had never seen-to
swear that had deserted him. 1 never was
served with papers In the divorce case and
there was no notice In the advertising columns
OF the papers of Australia. Now | undersrand
mat lie Is ABOUT 10 marry again. Can he do so
without being prosecuted for blgamy A. C.
Is informed that II she has reason to suppose
tnat her husband obtained divorce from her
by fraud she mas right to go into court ana
ask mat the decree Of divorce be set aside
She will nave TO prove the allegations of fraud
or misconduct IN the matter OF obtaining the
divorce. Ii the divorce he obtained il regular
on Its face there Is no law OF this State to pre-
vent him from marrying again. unless II be
shown that be obtained his legal separation by
fraud and perjury.
DEBT OF THE UNITED STA TEs-B. r. X.