The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-23
PUBLISHED BY
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY, Sc Fifth Avenue.


now. and were on June II. even If technically We
| are not at
!; What the principal battles of the Revolution
American side? .. How many bushels o. corn were
raised in Illinois in 1877; how many bushels Of
cattle. hogs and sheep. VIM.
l. Trenton. Dec. 20. 1879. Gen. Washington; Still
water or Saratoga. Oct. 7. 1777. Gen. Gates; Mon
mouth. June 20. 1878 Gen. Washington: Kings
Mountain. oct. I. 1870. Gen. Campbell; Guilford
Court House. March Is, 1881, Gen. Greene York.
town. Oct. II, 1881, Gems. Washington and Rocham-
bean, Admiral De Grasse. ?. According TO tho Agri-
cultural report 233 900 900 bushels Of corn $751;
900 bushels Of wheat and % bushels of oatst
1.OO3,21s cows and ,3O4 1872 other cattle, 2,16o,~
<26 swine and 8ol lGs sheep.
Can a policeman or any other oficer Of the law
arrest and lock locomotive marine or stationary
engineer while there is fire under his boiler and
Officer enter the engine room 10 make such arrest
for simple offence. like a night, Also, would an
| CHARGE YRS.
We md no provision Of law on the subject but
| the Police Regulations provide that policeman ar
resting motorman or mail driver shall accompany
him To the end Of his route that trac shall DO
stopped common sense would apply similar rule to
the arrest OF engineer only after tho FIRE has been
drawn or some qualified person put in charge of the
| engine. Engineers not exempt from arrest.
Their engine rooms are not sanctuaries. An enRi-
neer would not be Justified in resisting arrest un-
der the circumstances suggested.
Who is at the head OF the Secret Service Internal
Revenue Department at Washington, u. CT Also
principal theatrical stages in the worid' s. NJ G.
The Chic: OF the Secret Service Division OF the
Treasury Department Is John f. wilkie The largest
stage in this country is that of tn" Metropolitan
Opera House in this city; it is lO1 feet wide. 50 feet
deep and II feet high. The Auditorium. Chicago.
has stage 1ooI7s. 80 feet high; the Music Hall. ST.
Louis. has one l2Oxtl. L. feet high. The figures Of
height refer to the distance from the stage to the
rigging loft The largest stage in the world is that
of the Paris Grand Opera. which feet wide by
nearly 200 feet deep and so feet high We have NO
figures for other foreign stages
Has Queen Victoria ever lost grandchild through
other violent manner ". IL d,
Yes; Prince Frederick wilhelm Of Hessc n son OF
Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. a daughter
Of Queen Victoria. killed 10y fall fr IN a win.
dowon May 20 1873, when not quite 3 years old.
Kindly inform me If there is larger steamer than
or projected s. 3.
There is no larger steamer than the Great Eastern
built. building or projected The Great Eastern was
6v2 feet long sa feet broad the largcs steamer now
Ahoat IL the Kaiser wilhelm der Crosse Gao feetlonR
ca feet broad.
Gus AH,r.-The yellow perch is not saltwater
FISH.
r. NJ line Brooklyn bridge runs northwest
and southeast.
Constant Rrdd,r.-Twenty-cent pieces were coined
in 1876. 1870 1877 and 1878.
4. H. D.--The names OF no vegetarian restaurants
In this city appear in the business directory.
J. Dickson.-sir Thomas Lipton. the owner Of
Shamrock, WAS born in Glasgow, Scotland. Of Irish
parents.
r. C-French is not taught in the public schools
Of this city, except in the High Schools and Normal
College.
F. E.-A sailor or soldier may not be sentenced to
death for deseron in time OF peace. See Articles OF
War section ~.
T. B.-The British thermometrical standard Is
the same that of the United States; 1t 10 tho
FIhrenheit system.
BE- IA messenger In the customs service gets
5000 yoarI assistant Woigher. S8 and 81 . dayt
clerk. from 5000 up
J. Hsw.-FAthSr TheobAld Msthew. the Apostle
OF Temperance" came 70 this country in July IsIs
and left in the autumn OF 1861.
y. DuB-ThS Philippines produce rice. corn. cot-
Gaon. Tobacco. sugarcAne. cocoAnuts, hemp coffee
dAyS woodA They also produce the usual troD.
seal fruitA oranges. bananas. 10.