The times., 1898-05-29

the District?
All American citizens are. under certain
circumstances. O. In proportion to its
Nidie population between the ages Of
eighteen and forty-five
At what age will the young king OF Spain come
| ~ Vse tnIohei z How is il that members OF
the spanish cabinet speak in the Cortes?
| al the age of sixteen. May II. 1902. q
because they are members of it.
Did Oscar Wilde ever lead society in the United
otatesf mean the fashionable set. DOCTORS.
| oscar Wilde paid this country visit
t"oiVe or fifteen vars ago and made a
| monkey of himself before such persons
! as cared to pay TO see him. He came for
money and got some. People of sense
| and respectability ignored him. of course
| as they would any human freak
Can you give me the name and location Of the
| Motel erected in New York city by some million
| low prices? II H. J.
There are several of them either erected
or building. and they are known as Mills
hotels Nos. /, 2, g. etc. The millionaire
Is u. o. Mills, formerly OF San Francisco.
Will Won give n very brief account Of the war be
tween China and Japan? J. F. WILSON
Japan had many causes of complaint
against China. She wished to drive her
out of Korea and she coveted Formosa.
certain territory on the Chinese mainland.
and perhaps the Chinese fleet. She
thought she could whip China anyway,
and she did.
Which is the higher rank, rear admiral or ad-
miral, in our Navy? G. H. H.
The order Is admiral vice admiral. rear
admiral, but we have nothing higher in
our Navy now than rear admiral
How many tons of coal does an ocean grew
mound consume in twenty-four hours? J. d. y.
From 800 10 $50 tons day. while max
ing a regular trip across the Atlantic.
Has the name Of the steamship Paris been
changed since she was taken into the Navy? 2
Did The United States buy torpedo boat from
The Paris is now called the Yale. ?.
No.
Please tell me the population of Manila. the
capital Of the Philippines? Tell something Of its
products T. Men
In 1897 the population of Manila was put
down at about 160,0J0 The Philippines
produce hemp, sugar, coffee indigo. and
copra, besides tobacco. Manila rope,
lI4SAuS AIOt4t ItII!p grown III lHG Hl44Il}1lCS
is famous the world over
:, What are the debts Of the United States, Great
Britain and France! SUB
The debt of the United States on May
l, 1898. was $1.23i,243274. The British na-
tional debt on March 81. 1897. amounted
10 about s4,00S, $1,000. France has the
largest debt. 1t amounted in 1896 10 So
go, ,000. 600.
sailors2 H "
If the prize is taken BY a vessel attach
ed 10 fleet, the commander of the feet
has One-twenJieth of the prize money. and
the fleet captain has one one-hundredth
The commander Of the vessel making the
prize gets Gne-tenth if his vessel is a part
of fleet, and three-twentieths If mis-
vessel is operating alone. The remainder
Cf the money is divided among the Off
GERS and men in proportion TO their pay
This Is the division as laid down In the
Navy Regulations.
Does the prime minister of Great Britain re-
eelye any salary as prime minister? READERS.
He does not In fact. there Is no recog-
ntzed office Of prime minister The chief
minister who chooses the cabinet is the
premier, or prime minister bur he is so
Il
hctions of the British constitution no one
privy councillor has any superiority as
such over any other. The prime minister
therefore, always assumes some salarfed (
office generally either that of foreign sec /
retary or of first lord of the treasury. It
is as one of these that he draws pay, not
as prime minister.
Some time ago the battleshfp Kentucky was
launched " here Is she and yrh rr-51 cEa h.
put into active service? c. NJ B.
She Is at Newport News. and viii be
finished in six months possibly.
How can they discern an approaching vessel by
the searchlights they have On the meu-of-vlrg
a search1ight is a very powerful electric
light its beams collected in a lens that is
mounted so il can be swung in every di-
rection- At night the searchlights are /
kept swinging around the ships in every
direction, not at random. but slowly and /
steadily. The ray sent is very bright. and
binding If 1t hits you in the face A per-
son operating a light can see ANYTHING
that the ray falls on with great distinct /
ness.
What has ever been done with the Robert Ed !
wards estate, Of New York city? Is there auv |
heirs?
There is no such estate in New York
city as the Robert Edwards estate. I
Swindlers have gone all over the country (
assuring persons that they We're heirs of .
this wonderful estate which consisted of .
land leased to the city of New .
York for ninety-nine years, the lease of .
which was just about to expire, and that /
all the heirs had to do was TO paw a /
small sum of money to the lawyers who
brought the good news; but there is abso-
luteIy no such estate.
Is Manila time earlier or later than Washington
ilnef Z are not the Phllpplne Islands west of
this country? SIR
Manila time IS about thirteen hours ear
lier than our time. ,. The Philippines
are east of the United States. BY an in
ternational agreement. made in 1874 or
thereabouts. it was decided that the day
should begin as the sun passed an mag
mary line, and thar all places that got
the sun first after it had crossed that
line should be east of those that got it
later. So the Philippines. getting the
sun before the United States. are east of
u.s. Therefore, their time is earlier than I
ours. When Dewey began his attack on I
Manila at a. m. Sunday. May l. it was
about p. m. with us on Saturday April
3d.
How far can man see with naked eve on the
ocean; also with glass? 2 How are tho t,yeIve-
nile guns sighted and fired? J. W. c.
1t depends on the mans eyes He can
see further than on land simply because
there is nothing to interrupt his sight.
:. Observers in the observation towers
ook through telescopes and get the di-
'ection and distance. Then they consult
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