The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-10-12

TWO GREAT FIRES-Subscriber City.
The great fire In Chicago was on October
Sill, 1871, and the great fire in Boston was
on November g. 1872.
THE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION-S.
City. The Centennial Exposition at Phil
adelpfia opened May 10, 1876, and closed
on the 10th of November following.
SOLDIER-M., Alcatraz, CAL The fact
that man has been dishonorably dis
charged from the army of the United
States does not affect his right to vote.
,HONOLULU-H. r., San Rafael, Cal
The steamers of the Japanese line stop
at Honolulu on the return trip, but cam
not carry any passengers from that point
TO San Francisco
OH, IN TEXAS-H C. S., City. The
principal oil discoveries In Texas have
been in Beaumont County. 1t is said
that the indications are that there may
he .'gushers" started in every part of the
State.
FLOWING RIVERS-F B., MERGED,
Cal. Without knowing if the property
fronts on both sides of the river, whether
the stream is .navigable one and
whether there was any appropriation of
the water before the present owner of the
land acquired his deed to the same, 1t is
impossible to answer the question.
HEADERS-F. J. W., Salinas, Cal This
department is unable to find any record
of headers in this State that cut a swath
fifty-two feet wide. The swath of a
header is sixteen feet, maximum. There
is no index that The Call has published
that there was header that cuts swath
seventy-two feet wide.
NINEPINs-M. G., City There is no
law of the State of California nor an or
dinance Of the city of San Francisco that
prohibits the game of nineplns. To ascer-
tain If there is any such ordinance in ny
city of the United States or any law in
anv Of the forty-four States would re-
ouire correspondence with every city in
the Union, task this department can
not undertake.
NO SUCH ORDER-E. K. H. City. The
United States Transportation Department
located in this city asserts that it never
received any order prohibiting female pas
sengers from being carried on transports
between San Francisco and Manila. No
Messengers except such as ordered by the
Government to sail on transports are
taken. and such pay for their subsistence
on the voyage.
MORTALII4-b. W., lily. Compare
tive mortality tables for April, 1901, show
that the mortality in San Francisco was
1s 10 per one Thousand inhabitants The
mortality in other cities was: Baltimore.
q. go: Boston, 26.46; Charleston, s. c., ZIP;
Chicago, IT; Cleveland, O.. 1914; Detroit,
% %: Memphis, 23.70; Minneapolis, 1os5;
New Orleans, 25 u; New York. q 81; Phila-
delphia, 30; Pittsburg, 2230; Portland, Me-,
252O: Portland, Or, 1918; Richmond, Va.
20 "a: st. Paul. Mimi. 1888; Tampa, Fla.
11.23, and Wilmington, s. c., 2370.
INSURING FURNITURE-T. NJ, CITY.
II a man buys furniture on the INSTALL
ment plan the purchaser and the seller
should each insure the same, because If
destroyed by FIRE before the final payment
ia made the seller would recover tha
amount still due him and the purchaser
would recover the amount he had paid in
installments. If furniture so sold was de-
stroyed by fire before final payment the
seller could not recover the balance be-
cause there would not be any delivery in
law until the last payment was made, and
he would be the owner until such last
payment was made.