The times., 1898-10-16

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Roosevelt is pronounced as If spelled
Roosevelt. Van Wyck as Van Wike.
Who was the captain of the Merrmac before she
| was sunk in Santiago harbo-? Wild
Commander James NJ Miller, United
| States Navy. When the Merrinac was
turned over to Hobson. Commander Mil
Ter was transferred to the collier Pom
| pey, which he now commands
ball league? "
The National League and American
ASSOCIATION of Professional Base Ball
Clups The agreement between league
ana association ends in two years.
What is the largest railroad running eas, and
tion in the world? "a
The Canadian Pacific. Its main line is
2,s4 miles long. 2. Probably the United
States.
What has been the expense to the United States
OF the war up to date? What has been the rpsult
OF the war taxes far2
The war has been carried on at an ex-
pense of about $40. 100000 a month. No
report on the operation of the war taxes
has been made yet: but il is said that the
taxes are bringing in more money than
they were expected to-
How can telegraph operator get place in
| for the Government? J. D.
The positions in the White House are
filled by favor, mostly.
What is the process Of changing ones name in
| New York State? A " NJ
| A person desirous of changing his
| name in New York must apply in writing
| to justice of the supreme court giving
his new name and the reasons why he
| wants to take ii. If the Justice finds the
reasons good, he issues an order: this the
| applicant must advertise in some news
paper, and finally at the end of a fixed
| time, on proof of publication, ETC. the ap-
plicant files the order and application,
and takes the name he has chosen.
| Is Schley a southerner or a Sortherner? Q
| Give the ages of Schley. Dewey and Sampson
respectively. 3. Will sehley have to resign from
| the navy next year. because of the age limit? 4
What ship did sehley have for his flagship?
Schley is southerner: he was born in
Maryland. 2 Schley was fifty-nine on
| October 8; Dewey will be sixty-one on
December 2s, and Sampson will be fifty
| nine on February 9. 1889 3. No; he will
| retire from active service, but that is not
resisring. 4, The Brooklyn
What is the length and breadth of the vatican7
The Vatican palace is not one building,
| but is a succession of buildings, so tina.
to give its length and breadth does not
| suggest its actual size. 1t is 200 feet
| long and 1000 feet wide. 1t contains ac-
| cording to some accounts. II, 600 rooms,
| according to others, T,G00 or 5000; il has
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grand staircases. 1t has several chapels,
printing establishment mosaic works,
| and offices and workshops of every kind
1t is, in fact, more of city than a pail
ace.
In what order did Charles Dickens write his
| Sketches by Boz" appeared in 1886;
"Pickwick, began in 1896: ',oliver
| Twist" ended in 1887; Nicholas Nickle-
| by in 1888; The Old Curiosity Shop"
! in 1870; "Barnaby Rudge" in 1871: Amer
| lean Notes. in 1872; Martin Ch1z-
| zlewit,' in 1913; "Dombey and Son"
| appeared in 1S46-iS; "CopperfeId." came
| in 1S49 and 1850; Bleak House" in 1852
and 1853; Hard Times. 1854; Little Dor
| rit," 1855 and 1851; "A Tale of Two Cit
les 1859; An monumental Traveller"
1850; Great Expectations. 1851. and Our
| Mutual Friend 1861 and 1865 on April
20, 1870 he began Edwin brood, which
was not finished. Dickens died June S, 1870.
| Please tell me the date of the Cutting case; the
| date OF Cuttings arrest and trial in NeNico2
!. W W
| Augustus h Cutting a Texas editor.
was arrested in Mexico about July %
| 1856. He was charged with having printed
| and published in Texas an article Hbeling
Mexican named Medina. Under the
| Mexican law the Mexican courts have ju-
risdiction over any person who comes into
| Mexico and is accused of crime against
| a Mexican committed anywhere in the
] world. Cutting was put on trial on Au-'
! gust >. and was convicted. On August s
he was sentenced to years imprison-
ment and to pay fine OF sl05o- On Au-
gust 20 he went 10 prison, but our Gov
| ernment had been notified, and had in
terfered so that on August 25 Cutting
was released by order Of the Court of Ap-
peal
| What materials are required f-r. and what IS
! the process OF, making gunpowdeF: H. W
| To make ordinary powder. saltpeter,
| sulphur and charcoal are needed. the
process of making it has ten steps, as TO-
! ba daTe in a cor