The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-17


quire judicial determination, therefore the
matter ought to be submitted to reputable
attorney for his advice.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR-A. A, City. Of the
principal battles fought during the Revoiu-
tionary War, the Americans are credited with
having gained twenty-four victories ana the
British twenty-SeVen, but the results snow tnaI
the armies that score the highest number OF
victories are not always the winners in the end
ELECTRIC TRAINs-J. D. M, City. There are
no trolley cars in the city OF New York such as
there are in San Francisco but there are cleo
trio cars in some parts OF the CITY, The wires
used for these are all under ground The mo-
tive used for another electric line is thatWhlch
is known as the storage battery.
UNDERGROUND TRAINs-W. NJ. c., City. The
space allowed to the Query Column will not
allow the giving of description of the work
ings of the underground system of railroads in
London A good description OF this may be
found in the Encyclopedia Britannica under
the general head OF Railways
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. A. W.,
City. The Declaration of independence was
signed in the city of Philadelphia, but the pre-
lifninary articles to a treaty of peace were
signed at Versailles, France, November 80,
1882 on the basis of the final treaty. which
was not executed until the following Sep
TENDER
WHERE TO PUT IT-Miss NJ. A., City. The
United States Official Postal Guide says "a
postage should be placed on the upper right
hand corner of the address side of all mail
matter" A stamp placed on the left-hand cor
ner is the source OF a great deal of trouble to
the postal clerks.
THE AMERICAN FLAGS. c., City. Unless ad-
mitted by a special act of Congress a foreign
built vessel even though owned by Americans,
or more properly, by citizens of the United
States cannot sail under the American flag
Such vessels must carry the flag of the country
in which built.
SEVERAL VEREINs-M. NJ. NJ City. The YER
Elm that has its home in the new building
corner of Post and Leavenworth streets is the
San Francisco Verein, a purely social organiza-
ton The San Francisco Turn Verein and the
Verein Vorwarts have classes for young ladies.
IN MINNEsoTA-S. NJ. S., Menlo Park, San
Mateo County, Cal. In the State of Minnesota
the voting qualification is that an elector must
be citizen of the United States or an alien
who has declared his intention to become a
citizen OF the United States according to law
THE OWNERS Rights. L. b.. San Mateo
Cal. The authorities in the Land Office say
that If person holds piece of property in fee
simple and finds gold or other mineral upon
the land the same belongs TO him, and that IL
makes no difference whether the discovery
was made by hired man working for the
owner. In a case OF this kind the owner can
follow the vein only to the line of his property
LADY WooLsEYs FATHERS. NJ, City. The
father of Lady Woolsey was Daniel Muir
ply All the details of the fight over the
property left to the children were given in from
day TO day reports published in THE CALL dur
ing the months OF May and June, 1898.
RAFFLE-W. H. F., City. AS raflies are pro-
hibited by law the Query Column cannot give
any advice as to the right or wrong of any
| transaction in connection with one.
INsANITY-Many Subscribers, City. An in