The San Francisco call., 1901-10-28

McKINLEY-X., -Hollister. Cal Pre-
vfous to his recent visit to California
William Mckinley was in this State on
his wedding tour in 1871.
YOUNGER BROTHERS City. The
Younger brothers were released from
State prison on parole July g. 1901 and
went into the business of selling grave
stones.
FIRE ENGINES-J. w H, Los Ange-
les, Cal. This department has not been
able to find any figures that give the ag-
gregate of steam fire engines in the Unit
ed States and Canada.
LIEN LOAN-M. w. CITY. This de-
partment is informed that lien loan on
life insurance policy is one which gives
the party who loaned money on the policy
first call on the money to be paid.
APPORTIONMENT-F. R. c., Clover
| dale, CAL By the provisions of the Bur-
leigh bill the apportionment of Represent
| atives according to the census of 1890 is
| increased from 357 to $50. BY this Califor-
MIA will have an additional Representative
in Congress. By the new apportionment
| Illinois. Texas and New York have made
a gain of three each, Pennsylvania and
New Jersey two each and Arkansas, CAL
ifornia, Colorado, Connecticut Florida
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi
Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota
Washington, West Virginia and Wiscon-
sin one each.
TWO RUNS-F. S. s., City. In cribbage
1t matters not in what order cards are
played in order to count a run, so long
as the cards can be counted in consecu-
tive order, without an intervening card
appearing. If the play was 6-3L7-4-5
that makes run of five because the
cards can be counted 3, A, 5, 6, T. If the
next play was duee then there would
be a run of 6. If however a card that
would not make a sequence. as for in
stance there had been played trey or a
ten after the seven, there would not have
been run.
BIG GUNS-G. V. T., Oakland. CAL 1t
is claimed that thirteen-lnch gun on
board of a war vessel could be loaded aud
fired twice minute, but such would not
be the case in an engagement. While
rapidity is desired, accuracy must be
taken into consideration. Shots from a
thirteen-inch gun are not fired off as are
f1recrackerS, just to make noise II IL
the aim of the officers in charge to make
each shot tell. During the battle Off San
tiago, the vessels of the United States
! navy fired one round from eight-inch gun
once in four minutes
BLACK HAWK-G. G. p, Seabripbt
Cal. observation-disclosures commonly caIIad
BLACK Hawk. q chief of the Sac or
Sauk. nation of North American Indians
was born on Rock River in 1867. He was
Pottawatomie by birth. but was
brought up by the Sacs- When the Sacs
were dr1ven from lower Lake Huron by
the Irouuois they went to the region ~
Green Bay. where they were ioined h,-
the Foxes, and afterward the two trtho.
inhabited both sides of the Mississinp,
River from Wisconsin to Missouri HIS
tory does not tell that Black Hawk ever
was in Florida. At one time u,ba,, IT.
tribe was in great distress Black Haul
went to st. Louis, Mo-, for assistance
The Black Hawk war occurred in 1ss1
ny a treaty with chiefs of the Sacs and
Foxes at Prairie du Chen JULY * 1Soo
their land east of the Mississinni 49,
ceded to the whites Black Hawk raf,so5
to consent and IL; 1881 made an attacL ~.
some Illinois villages and the follouyir -
year massacred whites. He was dafsat.S
at Wisconsin River July 81, 1892. and aoois.
August at Bad AK River. when he 9s.,,- 5,.ar
captured and the war ended. He 80
confined at Jefferson Barracks, Mo-. and
IN April, 1888, ne was, with other chiefs
taken to Washington, Fortress Morras
Baltimore via Norfolk, Gosport snd
Portsmouth. Philadelphia. New yorb Az
bany. Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago and Fort
Armstrong, on the upper Mississ,nn,
where he was restored to freedom aftar
having promised never to raise his band
against the whites. He was taken on the
tour described to give him an idea NJ ths
Importance of the country. He died octo-
| Der 8, 1888, on the Des Moines River.