The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-12

believes him guilty does not in law make him
guilty. His guilt can only be established by
competent proof in court OF law. a lawyer
engaged to defend such person is bound by
his oath to do all he can to preserve the legal
rights of his client and to, do all that he can
when plea OF not guilty has been entered 10
establish the innocence OF the accused.
GOLD IN CUBA-G. w. H., sebastopol, sonoma
County, Cal. Gold and silver have been found
on the island of Cuba, but never in sufficient
quantity TO pay for the search OF the metal.
Traces of auriferous sand have been found in
the Holguin and Escamby rivers. Specimens
of the finest gold have been found in Agalum
and Sagua la Grande. Silver and copper have
been found in Villa Cara, the product OF silver
being seven ounces to the quintal. There are
very rich copper mines twelve miles from SAN
tiago.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER-M. E. s., Berkeley,
Cal. The duties of an electrical engineer de-
pend very much upon the particular line he is
following. Electrical engineering is described
as the science and art of utilizing electricity,
especially in the production OF light, heat and
motive power; in the distribution and trans
mission of energy and its application to great
variety of metallurgical and other processes
1t also includes the science and art OF the cree
ton and maintenance OF telegraph and cable
lines, electric railway signals and other forms
of electrical signaling.
THEATERs-"A Close Reader" City. The cor
respondent who signs himself "a close
reader of the Query Column" and neglects
to add his name, had evidently not
given the attention to that department
that his assumed signature would imply, for II
he had he would have noticed that the 1nfor-
nation about the seating capacity OF the two
theaters named in his letter has been given at
least four times within year. The seating
capacity of all theaters in this city was pub
lished in this column February "A.
To ST. MICHAELs-R. M. A., San de Fuca.
Island County, Wash. Two steamers will not
run to st. Michaels, Alaska, this summer, but
the Alaska Commercial Company will run two
steamers from st. Michaels up the river. One
will have freight tonnage of between 300
and 400 tons, while the other little less. The
company will send two vessels to st. M1chaels
this summer-one the steamer Bertha and the
other sailing vessel-the TWO having freight
capacity jointly of 100 tons. These are al
ready chartered for all that they can carry.
JoHNsTowN FLOOD. N, City. Johnstown,
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 q reservoir formed by
natural lake on South Fork Creek in the mount
aims, and 800 feet higher than the town. This
occurred at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon OF Fri
day, May 81, 1889. The property loss was
$4,000 900, while the death roll was 2419
and sos unaccounted for.
BRUSSELS CoNFERENCE-F. B., City. An inter-
national monetary convention was held at
Brussels in the autumn of 1892, at the sugges-
ton of the United States Government. The de-
bate was chiefly on the initial thesis OF the
American programme, suggested on the invita-
ton, that 1t was desirable to find some means
of increasing the use OF silver in the currency
system of the different nations. No definite
steps were taken at this conference.
COSTA RICA-F. F., Atwater, MERGED County,
Cal. The principal seaport on the Pacific
Ocean side of Costa RIGA is Punta Arena, which
is on the east side of Nicoya Gulf, an arm of
the Pacific, and is connected by mule-team
road with San Jose, the capital. II. K Gadd is
United States Consular Agent at Punta Arena.
Additional information about the country
may be obtained by addressing Rafael Gale
COS, Consul for Costa Rica in this city.
CIVIL sERvIcE-Brothers G. B. and B. o., City
Those who wish to apply for examination
under the civil service rule must be OF proper
age. No person habitually using intoxicating
liquors can be appointed. No discrimination
is made on account of sex, color or political or
religious opinion. In this City all Information
about examinations can be obtained from w.
L. Stoweli secretary of the commission, whose
office is in that of the Postmaster.
SOUTH AMERIoA-Subscriber, Alturas, Modoc
County, Cal. There are Americans, or more
properly citizens of the United States, In nearly
all the principal cities of South America. To
ascertain what inducements any of the States
of South America offer to colonists address
communication to the Consul residing in this
city and representing the country you wish to
inquire about.
GOVERNMENT LAND-C. s., City. There is no
central point at which you can ascertain what