The San Francisco call., 1898-06-22


 to 100000 square feet.
 JAMES G. BLAINE-s. M. ", City James c. Blaine was a Presbyterian. He was a pew holder in the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Washington, D. C., and his funeral took place rom that church.
 A MILLIONAIRE' WEALTH-N. C. T., San Jose, Cal. What a man who IS classed as a millionaire or nulti-n1iliion.. guess. What John W. Mackay is actually worth is not known to outsiders ana IL IS doubtful if MT. Mackay himself could with certainty state what he is worth, pug ms wealth has been varioUsly stated at from forty to seventy millions.
 THE AGE UNITE. F.. Oakland, Cal The rules of the United States army and navy bar men " o have passed the age limit, though they may be phy- Sically up to the requirements and may be -well-trained German soldiers Un- cle Sam says that when a man has at tafned a certain age, if he is an appli- cant for enlistment in the army or navy, he must be rejected.
 TURF NOTES-Can Reader. City. Rey el Santa Anita never won a race in the Brooklyn Handicap. He won the Ameri- can Derby in 1894; time, 2:96. The Brook lyn Handicap is an all-age- event. The record of fixed turf events does not con- tain American Handicap" If by the question asked you mean American Der by" then the answer is that it is a Swear old event; that The Roman cannot enter by reason of age, and that in 1893. the year of the worlds fair at Chicago, BOundlesS was the winner in 2:36.
 MONITORS M. w., Soledad. Cal. The question Were there any monitors in use by any other nation besides the United States?" is somewhat vague, but it is probable that the writer means dur iT1cy TIa nf1-il haf iE ha HH the writer, then the answer is that the original monitor, built by John Ericsson in 1862, was the only vessel of its class in service at that time. Since then there have been a number of improvements made on the original model. The vessels of the monitor type are called turret ships, and are in the navieS of nearly all the foreign powers.
 NATIONAL GUARD-Subscribers Hay wards, Cal. The Governor of a State has only territorial jurisdiction with the Ma tional Guard. In case of war with for egn power he would not have the au- thority to order the Guard out of the State to engage the enemy, but could or der it for duty within the borders of the State. In the present war with Spain the First. portions of the Sixth and Seventh regiments, N. G. C., volunteered to enter the service of the United States war. At this time they are volunteers mustered in from the National Guard of the State.
 CAMP MERRITT-C. DIX, City. The military camp on the Bay District track site was opened on May IS. 1898. It was then called Camp Richmond, and the first troops to arrive there on that day were two battalions of the First Nebraska Volunteers. General Merritt arrived in this city May 26, took command of the department of the Pacific on the follow ing day, and on the 30th he moved into army headquarters in the Phelan build ing. On that day the name of the camp was changed to Merritt, by which it has been known since. After the name was changed to Merritt the first troops to take position there were two bat talions of the North Dakota Volunteers. This was on the 31st of May.