The San Francisco call., 1898-04-09
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 THE GoLDENsoN HANGING-M. M. McN.. City. Alexander Goidenson ,soo was hanged on the lsth ,an,,s or eG2eIfW KeIlV' ''
 DECLARATION OF WARM. L., City. Tn the . nited States the power to ueeiale are war Is vested in Congress ana Lo iiioy of tba clare war despite the oppo'i'
 President.
 I PROFESSIONAL BALLPLA1 EEoLW' S.. Stockton, Cal. A pro1esslonai ual- player is one who plays lays lor nswer a er' covers for money prize Ihai dn'
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 THE RAILROAD HoUsEG. W. R., City. If by your query you insat street Railroad House on Commercial :, near Front. then the answer IS shaa II was damaged by the earthquaKe ol oc'o- Der 2l, 1S6S
 WAR PRIZES. A. M, City. 1T our- ing a war vessel of the United states navy should be captured by the enemy u would be a war prize of the enemy. ne ne captors would not be bound 10 .a ie[ui ,in1ess vessel after a declaration or PeeaCo 1t was so stipulated in the treaty
 ALPHA AND oMEGA-o. o. '. S. City. Alpha is the first letter or 'Hc Greek alphabet, hence ''the first IL IS pronounced alf-a. with the sound of the last as in far; omega is the last t iettG5 of the same alphabet, hence Ihe s .ae~ It is pronounced omega, Wilh I.S sounded as in o in move, as IS souiiue- in abiegate and as in lar
 DEFRAUDING AN INNKEEPER-A. S., Martinez, Cal. Any person who oO- tains food or accommodation at an nm or boarding house without paying there for with intent to defraud the proprlet0E or manager thereof. or who obtains creon at an inn or clearinghouse by the uSa of any false pretense, or who, haVlng oo- tained credit or accommodation at an mn or boarding house. absconds ana surIep- titiously removes his baggage there:Ton without paying for his food O. accomrno- dation, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
 SLAvERY-G w, Newville, Cal. H. N. Casson in Bliss Cyclopedia of Soclai Reform says in the edition Of lssf ha principal centers from which slaves ara now furnished to Egypt, Persia, Turkey and Arabia are three in number; (ll Iha Soudan south of the Great Desert, seems to be as yet vast hunting grounai i9;gvs T5s are annually marched to FeZzaH In9 number of slaves in Morocco IS aoout 50.000 @ The basin of the sN1le, e1tend- ing toward the Great Lakes. C5) Lns Portuguese possession on the East AIrl- can coast.
 EXEMPT FROM ATTACHMENT-o. S.. City, The law of the State of Califor' nia says of various matters that are ex' empt from attachment: ''The earnings of the Judgment debtor for his personal services rendered at any time within thirty days next preceding the levy of ex- ecution or attachment, when it appears by the debtors affidavit. or otherwise, that such earnings are necessary Tor the use of his family residing in this state, supported in whole or in part by his la bor. but where debts are incurred Dy any such person, or his wife or famliy, Iot the common necessaries Of life, me one< half of such earnings are, nevertheless subject to execution. garnlshment or al- tachment to satisfy debts so incurred
 AN OLD SONG-A correspondent writ ing from Berkeley furnishes the follow ing information concerning An Old Song" about which another correspond ent wrote: Half a century or more ago the Hutchinson family, Judson. Abba, John and Asa, gave public concerts throughout the New England States Among their songs was one called Away ] Down East Of which the quotation given was the fourth line of the first verse. The song was sung by John Hutchinson. the comedian Of the troupe. 1 who. with younger members of the fam | fly. gave concerts in San Francisco quite l a number of years ago The songs sung | by the quartet were published at a very ! early date. and il is possible that they ] can be obtained from some Of the old established publishing houses Of Bos- ton.