The San Francisco call., 1901-10-04

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foreign country can challenge the holder
of the cup.
THE PRESIDENCY - Alpha, City.
There is nothing in the constitution of the
United States or the law that precIudes
man from the office of President of the
United States on the ground that he is a
member of any religious sect.
IN KENTUCKY-M. A. G., City. In
Kentucky "ungovernable temper is
ground for divorce and in Florida it is
''habitual Indulgence in ungovernable
temper These are the only States in
which temper is lawful ground for di-
vorce.
SUPERVISORS-W ]. c., City The
Board of Supervisors of the city and
county of San Francisco is composed of
eighteen members, elected from the city
and county at large. The board is the
legislative body of the municipality. The
duties of the Supervisors are specifically
set forth in the charter.
D R A U G H SMEN 20. B., City.
Draughtsmen in the United States navy,
ship, bureau of construction and depart
mental service are of three .classes-ship
draughtsmen, assistant and copyist-and
are appointed under the civil service rules.
Draughtsmen are also appointed under
the same rules in the Supervising Archi-
tect's office, the Ordnance Department
and Topographic Department Applica-
tion should be made of the clerk in the
department the applicant desires to enter
for the proper blanks.
MOUNT VERMONT. Y. L., City. The
Mount Vernon estate, Va, is under the
care and direction of the Vernon Ladies'
Association of the United States The as
sociation was founded in 1854 by Miss Ann
Pamela Cunningham of South Carolina
who was chosen the first regent. The
present regent is Mrs. Justine Van Rens-
selaer of New York, granddaughter of
General Philip Schuyler and great-great-
granddaughter of Philip Livingston, a
signer Of the Declaration of Independ-
ence.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE-Alpha,
City You have the wrong idea of the
Monroe doctrine. 1t does not declare
that because a man is of particular re-
ligious sect he cannot become President
of the United States The Monroe doc
trine is that the American continents by
the free and Independent condition which
they have assumed and maintained are
henceforth not to be considered as sub
jects for future colonization by any Euro
pean powers.
PASSPORTS-A Subscriber, City. A
person desiring to obtain a passport to
travel in foreign countries should send
to the Secretary of State, Washington,
D. c., for blank form of application and
state in the application if native or nat
uralized citizen or claiming citizenship
through the naturalization of father or
husband Communications should be ad-
dressed to 1.-THE Department Of State
Passport Division" and each communica-
ton must give the postoffice address of
the party to whom the answer is to be
sent. The fee is one dollar. This amount,
either in currency or postal money order,
should accompany each application.
LETTERS-W. r., City. If a letter Is
addressed to party and the carrier does
hot know that the party so addressed Is
an occupant of the place designated he
makes inquiry and if informed that the
name and address are correct he leaves
the letter. If the party is unknown at the
place the letter is returned to the post
office and from there to the sender, If his
name and address are on the envelope,
with the information, mot at address"
If the sender's name is not on the en-
velope the letter goes to the dead letter
office and if the address of the sender is
in the letter it is returned to him. If a
letter is delivered by a carrier the de-
partment cannot tell If the party to whom
it was addressed received It,
SUMMER RATES at Hotel del Coronado,
Coronado Beach, Cal. effective after April 15