The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-05

Of the Republican party and, consequently, OF tho
init the imposing of import dutiesH u. +, G.
1. The open door means equal rights of trade to
all countries with another country. =. Tho open
door is not necessarily FREQ trade" So long as
ali countries trade on = legal equality the door Is
open. even though nigh duties should be imposed.
3. Theoretical free trade does not permit of any
import dutiesi practical free trade does.
Where was !" Bsnscll's" military school situated
by Are about seventy years ago. SHELDON.
I. Kindly give the formula used nv bankers 20
solve problems like the following: what interest
will a Sl.oGo, 8 per cent. bond. maturing in Ave
chaser: II bought and hold III maturity ,, viii
TGS that Will answer l% S%cssiops ike tbs: /" Who
vas 81. ssithin, Tartnro, Fulc NerrA, LLlith, wglter
reading a few nights ago, tho Century Book OF
Nance only answered piy and my encyclopedia three:
chronological history of the world by years. II. c.
/. Divide the rate OF interest by the cost price; the
q%uotient. loss one-hfth tho Premium. is the average
return. .. Brewers Dictionary OF Phrase and Fable
Is better than the Century book. but no one book
will give you information on all these points. 3.
Heilprin's Historical Reference Book.
How many men acted as onacers in the civil war
who came from tho Seventh Regiment? Or, to he
palmer. how many officers did the regiment snpply
from its ranksp @. ". II.
During the civil war the Seventh provided e1i on
GERS for other regiments and 81 enlisted mon.
why Is the District Of Columbia a yassal statc'
Why Ia Il that q person who becomes a citizen OF the
District of Columbia loses all political rights? j,
Because 1t is governed not by its residents. but by
4 Board OF Commissioners, made up Of two residents
of the District and an army officer. who are appoint
cd by the President. A person who becomes a resi-
dent of the District does not lose his political rights
One of those rights, that Of suffrage. is suspended
temporarily. It was found by experience that the
usual territorial and municipal government did not
work we'll in the District, so the present system was
adopted.
Can a motion OF a question which has been decided
in the negative be reConsidered atthe same meeting'
Yes. so long as the reconsideration be moved by
one of the majority. Unless there be a specific limi-
tation on motions to reconsider, they are on tho
same footing as other motions, and may be made at
any time after a vote has been announced.
lished n story called "The Peddler." I think It was
sylvanus Cobb. Can 20" tell me If it was NJ
We find no complete list of Mr.. Cobb's many
books. Can any reader help us?
Did the Cunard line ever own and run side-wheel
steamers between this country and England
DECKER.
Yes; the early Cunarders were all wooden side.
wheel steamers. In fact. tho Cunard line ran tho
~side-wheeler Scotia until 1877 or thereabouts.
Inotlce that the vote for congressman in Loutstana
has fallen of over fve-siNths, under the suffrage
clause of the new Constitution. from 2o6 .354 in
Conf ons re sSiSS" the he aSS.S5 " Elected sSu and sdA how ~G many Hit ths
ga, 296 elected? Can You give the number OF votes
that each ConGrcssrnan-elect received in 1898 ? What
is this suffrage clause? SrATIsrIcIAN.
The FOG, 354 votes cast in 1895 elected six Con-
gressmen; the SO, 2y6 in 1898 elected six. The votes
were: Adolph Meyer. 5.422: II. c. Davey, 6.so2; r.
I. Broussard. 1925; P. Brazeale, 4,424; S. Baird.
1858; S. NJ. Robertson. 2.404. The suffrage clause
10 tnn long m print hare. ~ proyidea for nm aduca-
tional or n property qualification, except for persons
entitled TO vote in the United States on Jan. 1. 1867.
and their sons and grandsons over 81 years of age.
who have lived in Louisiana for five years before
Sept. 1. 1928. and are registered. The "nigger in
the woodpile' is the date Jan. l, 1867; at that time
negroes were not voters in Louisiana. So the suf.
fraGe clause allows negroes to vote who have the
educational or property qualification. which is
placed higher than they can reach.
century" in which / 100 bodies were dumped and
ANYTHING on The spot this day or was any building
erected thereon, and, what became of the skeletons
The chief plague pit, and that to which you refer.
was in Aldgate churchyard it was about 40 feet long.
10 or 10 feet broad and 20 feet deep. and between
the 9th and goth of September. 1865. TIA bodies
were buried in it. The churchyard has not been
built over. though Aldgate burial ground has been,
Will you give me a short history of the life of State
Senator Timothy Z. Sullivan think it will interest
n number OF your readers. 1MrkIMATUR.'
The Hon. Timothy D. Sullivan was born in this
city July %. 1868; after SOM time in the public
schools he became an office boy, then a liquor dealer.
then an undertaken, and then a liquor dealer again.
He served in the Assembly from 1887 to 1898. and
in the Senate in 1sa5-a9; he is described as a real
estate dealer, and runs the Dewey Theatre: he is said
also to be interested in a saloon in Centre street, and
to be the principal hacker of an athletic club which
promotes prizeights. He is also a member of the
bar.
1. What will it cost a ship like the St. Paul to pass
through the Suez Canal! .. How far isl i from New
poem? Robert Burns's?. 4. What are the duties OF
STANLEY RoBISsoS.
l. The charge for passing through the canal is 9t
francs a ton for loaded vessels, and ! francs per ton
for empty vessels; as the St. Paul's tonnage is 1914,
it would cost her about 81. sl3 francs. or say S1I. 10
.. About 10. 500 miles. B. Perhaps The Lady OF
the Lake. Burns's is The Cotters Saturday
Night" 4. To take care of the nations interests.
his present wife? II 80. TO whomf A. S. p.
The question was put in the House of Commons
some time ago and answered in the negative.
Who is the author Of the poem Casey at the Bat p
and what IL meant by Sir Timothy in that same
poem in theline. II signalled to Sir Timothy; agair
the sFhcrold fcw"r q. b. II.
hlpueuIp ihhI n VINO W III N EEhutlhIN
Examiner. In the original the line runs: HE sig
nailed to the pitcher" The name Sir Timothy
has been inserted to localize the poem. d" Tim" Reef
having been the pitcher OF the Now York team somt
years ago.
A schooner and a sloop of equal size cruising
which requires the larger number Of men to handle
NAUTICAL,
The schooner. because her sails are smaller.
I. What is the origin OF the phrase. Make ROM
how'll" 2. What are the seven seas?' +. NJ.
l. We do not know; 1t is Of recent'or.gin. ., Th'
FIVE oceans and the Mediterranean and the Rcd seas
probably.
Is a volunteer in the United States Arm in thu
war with Spain who served his term and was honor
ably discharged enlisted TO full citizen papers with
out his being Ave years in this country? UMLUSGU.
Yes. on proof of one years residence and the pro
duction of his discharge papers.
N. BIN playing ShvtOek Edwin Booth did no
affect any Jewish accent"
George ~RouI.-Trinity Church owns more real es
tate in city than the Sailors Snug Harbor does.
". T.. B.-There were more German soldiers In tn