The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07

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TO correspondents neglect to give correct names
and addresses they must not be disappointea II
there is answer 10 the comnlhc; so = iio
names are not for publication, but fOr reIerehce-
Questions will be answered as soon as poSSlpIe
after they are received. Sometimes an answer
cannot be had sooner than three weeks al'ei S'ai'
Questions the answers to which will amount 70
an advertisement OF any business or arucle VIII no'
Questions asking for the standing Of any In
dvdual or firm will not be answered
No questions III arithmetic aisepi"oi eS'-'
will be answered. :. -,
Material for debaters will not be furnished.
Religious questions respectfully uecnheu'
A IADy OF WEALTH-W. /. NJ, Cloverdale
Sonoma County, Cal. The answer to the ques-
ton 'sIf man marries lady OF wealth. anu
she dies what portion of her estate would her
husband be entitled to-" is that IL depehus
very much upon what disposition the lazy may
have made of her property. If there is com
munity property, according to the laws OF TINS
State, the entire community property, without
administration, belongs to the surviving nus
band, except such portions thereof as may
have been set aside by judicial decree Tor her
support and maintenance, which portion is
subject to her testamentary disposition, anu,
in the absence of such disposition, II goes W
her descendants or heirs exclusive 81 her nus
band "a lady of wealth" has right to dis
pose of her separate property by Will, ana the
portion that her husband would receive would
be that which she deemed proper should go 10
him. If she leaves husband and one chlld or
the lawful issue of one child and dies without
making a will, her property goes IN equal
shares to husband and child. If there is more
than one child but one-third goes to the hus-
band; if there is no issue half goes to the
surviving husband and the remainder 10 the
deceased's father and mother in equal shares,
or in case either one is dead, to the surviving
one; but. if both are dead then 1t goes to the
brothers and sisters and children OF any de-
ceased brother or sister by right OF representa-
ton. If the deceased leaves husband, but no
issue, father, mother, brother or sister, then
the whole property goes TO the surviving nus
band.
WHALEBACK STEAMERs-E. H. B., City. No
one interested in shipping in this city is aware
of the existence of any whaleback steamers in
the Italian merchant navy. In Europe steam
ers that are built on the Whaleback pattern,
forward, are used for carrying the mail
between Holyhead, seaport of North Wales,
county Anglesea, and Kingston, seaport on
the south shore of Dublin Bay, Ireland, and
they have proved successful. Probably the
first "whaleback' steamer was that built for
one Winans of Baltimore. 1t was intended to
shorten the transatlantic passage, but it
proved a total failure. This was in 1860. 1t
was eigar-shaped vessel. In 1873 similar
vessel was built for the purpose OF conveying
the obelisk known as "Cleopatras Needle
from Alexandria to London. Tie vessel was
without motive power and was in tow of
steamer. During gale it was abandoned in
the BAY of Biscay, but it fioated, was picked up
its seaworthiness. In 1888 Alexander Nc
DougalI built the first whaleback barge, of 437
tons register and 400 tons capacity, for use on
the great lakes His venture was ridiculed, but
in two years it produced double its cost, 49,
600, and McDougall had the laugh on his side.
The first whaleback crossed the Atlantic in
1890 and 1T provoked adverse CRITICISM from
English naval architects.
THE DEATH PENALTY-T g., City. In this
State the code says that if for any reason
Judgment of death has not been executed and
it remains in force the court in which the con-
viction was had, on application OF the District
Attorney, must order the defendant to be
brought before it, or, if at large, warrant for
his apprehension may be issued. Upon the de-
PENDANT being brought before it the court must
inquire into the facts and, ii no legal reason ex-
lists against the execution OF the judgment,
must make an order that the Sheriff execute
the judgment at a specified time. The Sheriff
must execute the judgment accordingly. A
California decision, in 80 Cal, 701, says: "lf
the Judgment of death has not been executed
on the day appointed the court rendering the
Judgment may appoint another day for carry
ing it into execution" IL Sheriff willtully
refused to carry out the order of the court he
would be in contempt, and the court would be
the Judge of the punishment to be meted out
to him.
PoLLTAx-M E., City. The law of the State
OF California permits an employer to pay the
polltax of an employe and to deduct the
amount of the same from the amount due said
employee This is under the provisions of Sec
ton $3.50 of tie Political Code, which says:
every person paying the polltax of another
such other person." At the Office of the As
SCISSOR in this city when the question asked was
submitted the answer given was as follows:
"The deputy assessors go to q firm that en-
ploys a numb Der of men and after ascertaining
how many men are employed serves the firm
with notice that it will be required to pay the
polltax of the number OF men IL has in its en-
ploy. When the firm pays for its men receipt
IS given for each man whose name appears on
the payroll. The firm is not allowed any COM
mission for paying the tax of its employees"
JURY TRIAL-G. B., Sonoma, Cal. The party
who was denied a jury trial in Police Court
was Chinese named Wong Yong Ting of Los
Angeles, arrested for practicing medicine with.
out license, under State law, not a town or
dinance Under the law which gives Judges
of the Police Courts OF cities having 10000
and under 100, 900 inhabitants the right to try
misdemeanors without jury the accused was
denied jury trial. On habeas corpus the SUI
preme Court on the 9th of last March, de-
clared the law unconsutuuonai, holding that
an accused could not be denied in one city a
right which the constitution guarantees him
in an adjoining city, and released him from
custody.