The times., 1898-10-30
NUTEo AND QUERlD6.
Where is Troop A of the Fifth Cavalry,
On October Is 1t was still In Porto Rico.

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where is Troop of the Fifth Cavalry,
On October Is It was still In Porto Rico.
How many negro Representatives have we in
'onsiesf POLITIC.
There is only one. He is Mr. Gsor,s
Henry White. and represents the second
North Carolina district. He is a LAWYER
by profession.
II my father is foreigner, becomes natural
ized citizen. and come here as i foreigner un-
out being naturlzed?
Yes, If you were here and under age
when he took out his final papers.
OF the legal voters of South Carolina and Loais-
ANA how many are white and how many are
BY the census of 1890 there were in
south Carolina 102,s5T whites OF voting
age and 1889 negroes: in Louisiana.
there were lsoIiS whites and ns.sI5 ne
groes.
Did Admiral schley give any orders to any Of
the American vessels while they were destroying
ttrVera meet! G.. VI. II.
He did most certainly. He directed the
whole battle.
What were the names of the men who went with
| HObson the MeTrimacl F. L.
Daniel Montague chief master-at-arms.
U. S. s. New York: George Charette, first
class gunner's mate. on the New York:
| j. E. Murphy. coxswain Iowa: Oscar De-
| nignan, coxswain, Merrimac: George F.
| Phillips, frst-class machinist, Merrimae;
and Francis Kelly, water tender, Merri-
mac. Rudolph Clausen, a cOxswain on
| the New York, also aided in the attempt
and did good work.
What is the highest speed in knots per hour
| ever made by an ocean steamer OF any size, such
/ the Atlantic lineTs2 2 What are the three
| highest ranking cities OF tie world in commerce?
]. W B.
The highest speed on record is that of
! the German steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. made November l5-16. 1881. when
/ 567 knots were covered at the rate of
so knots (25,OO mi,es) per hour. 2 Lon
don, New York. Liverpool.
What is the distance between New York and
! Queenstown, and what is the bcst time made by
! an Atlantic liner? >. What is the distance be-
| tween New York and san Francisco. and what is
the best time for through freight tain? ".
The distance from New York to Queens
town is 2,S00 miles; the best passage was
| made by the Cunard steamer Lucania
October q TO &c, 1894. the time being five
days, eight hours and thirty-eight min
utes. From Queenstown to New York,
though the distance is the same the time
| is less. The Lucania did 1t in five days,
seven hours and twenty-three minutes,
| September S to II. 1884, 2. The distance
from New York to San Francisco is $3.50
| miles. The regular schedule for through
freight trains is about seven days; We dc
not know the best time.
How much per acre and how should paris green
| be used on cotton 10 kill worms? Il there any
| thing else that will answer the purpoSsf
The Agricultural Department learned
! that one pound to the acre would suffice
to cover the cotton we'll The best way Is
| to put paris green into two bags of loose
burlaps which are tied at either end of a
| pole about S feet long; this is carried
across the back of a mule or horse which
is ridden slowly between the rows Of cot
| ton. shaking out the poison. , Another
mixture is one pound paris green. ten
\ pounds of flour and twenty pounds of
cotton seed meal, we'll mixed and shaken
| as before described. To get rid of the
/ moths put in shallow dishes around the
| field a mixture of whisky. white arsenic.
molasses and water This is said to be
most enticing to the moths and very
deadly.
Who compose McKinley's Cabinet at PRESENT.
. Please name the members Of the different
American Peace Commissions! J. k b.
Secretary OF State. John Hay; Secretary
of the Treasury, Lyman J. Gage; Secre-
| tary of War, Russell A Alger: Attorney
| General John W. Griggs; Postmaster
| General. Charles E. Smith; Secretary of the
| Navy, John D. Long; Secretary of the In
terror. Cornelius n Bliss; Secretary of
|
| Evacuation Commission is composed OF
/ Mai. Gen J. F. Wade. Rear Admiral w.
| T Sampson and Mai. Gen NJ c. Butler.
| The Porto Rico Evacuation Commission
is composed of Mai. Gen. J. R Brooke
Rear Admiral w S Schley and Brig Gen.
| w. W. Gordon. The Peace Commission
| now in Paris is made up of William r
Day, recently Secretary Of State; Sena-
tors Cushman X. Davis. William p. Frye
and Geo Gray, and Mr.. Whitelaw Reid
| Is Fitzhurh Lee 1 graduate OF any high school2
! When aid the Graeco- Turkish war begin and
md. and waat caused it? 5. When d the Clinase-
| japanese war begin and end. and what caused III
l. Was Gladstone university man!
He is a West Pointer. 2. The Graeco-
Turkish war began on April IS. 1897. and
| ended on September IS, 1891. The visible
cause was the refusal of the Greeks to
| allow the powers to settle the disturb
| ances in Crete in which settlement the
rights of the Greek subjects were en-
| tirelv ignored. The Greeks began the
| war. but the Sultan declared war on the
| date given, and peace was made on the
latter date 3. The Chinese-Japanese war
was declared on July 81. 1884, and was
ended by a treaty signed on April II. 1885
| 1t was caused by japanese unrest at Chi
| mas hold over Korea, kingdom which
| Japan wanted, either as her own or as
| independent. The Chinese had asserted
the rights which the Koreans had admit
| ted for years. but Japan demanded that
| she have a share with China in carry
| ing out certain reforms. Hostilities be-
| gan in June. but war was not declared
| formally until the end of July. 4. Glad
| stone was an oxford man. He graduated
in 1881.
What Is the length Of the Russian road across
! Siberia? > What is the origin Of the Rcd Cross
| Society and what is its mOdus operandi? 8. Tell
\ me. il possible. the ancestry of Gen Lawton ths
| fighting general? Is he South Ca,olinian?
More than 400 miles. 1t begins at the
| European frontier on the Ural Noun
tains. and runs TO Vladivostock- .. The
so-called Red Cross is really the Inter
national Order of the Red Cross. II
| originated in 1868. when NJ. Henri Du-
| nant Swede, called a convention at
! Geneva TO discuss the formation of re-
lief societies to help the wounded in war
| The meeting was successful, and all civ
ilized nations, except our own Chen in