The San Francisco call., 1898-05-19

WOMAN SUFFRAGE -. Z., Sonoma County Cal For information about the woman's suffrage movements in this city Thirteenth and Folsom streets, San Fran cisco, Cal.
 LOST IN ALASKA-A Relative, City. If you desire to obtain information other than has been published in The Call about the disaster in the Chilcoot Pass address a letter of inquiry to ''The Chair man of the Executive Committee, SheepS Camp, Alaska.
 THE UNIvERSITY-Oa Oaklander. Oak land Cal. For information about adrniS- sion to the University of California go to the libraries in your city and consult the register of the University of California. which contains all the information on that subject Or you might communicate with the recorder of the university.
 CUBA-Student, Oakland, Cal. If your purpose is to inform yourself as to events in the history of Cuba since the recent revolution there, you will find such in formation in the Daily News Almanac and Political Register for 1886 and suose- quent years. This is published by the Chicago Daily News, and Is found in the libraries
 THE FIGHT AT CARSON-L. R. O.. City. It is impossible to answer the ques- tion 'How much did FitZsimmons weigh when he entered the ring in his fight with w.. reason that he was not weighed. Some of his attendants have said that just be- fore that time Fitzsimmons weighed, in ring costume, TO pounds. That is the best information obtainable on that point
 FORAKER-Two Buckeyes, City. J. B. Foraker was twice a candidate for the office of Governor of Ohio. He ran in 1885. when he was elected. and again in 1889, when he was defeated. At the first election he had for opponents George Hoaadly, Democrat; A. B; Leopard. Pro At the second election his opponents were E. Campbell. Democrat who was elect H. Rhodes, United Labor.
 MISS OR MRS.-F. H., Alameda Cal. A decree of divorce that allows a di- vorced woman to resume her maiden name gives her the right to drop the name of her once husband and again take her parents name. That Is to say. Miss law, becomes Mrs Mary Jones and by custom she is called Mrs. John Jones. If she obtains a divorce and is allowed to resume her maiden name she becomes plain Mary Jones, and cannot properly take the title of Miss for she Is no longer such, nor can she take the title of Mrs, - as she is no longer a married woman.
 CHINEsE-J. W. B., City. A native of Cha born of Mongolian parents cannot become citizen of the United States, consequently, Eff so disposed he cannot vote in the State of California;" nor in any other State. Still a native of China can vote in the United States, if born of white parents and he becomes a natural ized citizen, or if born to American par ents while travelling in China or while temporarily residing there, as, for in- stance, the sons of American officials born in China while the father was a resident there in official capacity. In- dividuals born in California of Mongolian parents have been permitted to vote on the ground that they are natives of the United States.
 YANKEE-J. H. K, City. There is no Yankee. It is generally believed to be an Indian corruption of English" Thierry says that it is a corruption of the Dutch word Janhde. diminutive of John. and that it was nickname given by the Dutch colonists of New York to their neighbors in Connecticut settle from the Cherokee word "Chankke,' which means coward slave" This epithet was applied to the people of the New England States by the Virginians for not assisting them in war with the Cherokees. Another version is that the manner: In 1713 one Jonathan Hastings, a farmer in Cambridge, used the word as a puffing epithet, meaning genuine Ameri- can-made. that which cannot be sur passed, such as Yankee horse. Yankee cider. etc. The students at Cambridge called Hastings Yankee Jonathan" 1t soon spread and became the pet name of the New Englander. Since then the term has been applied to any American of the Northern States.