The San Francisco call., 1909-02-22

held the record OF 1888 As, made at
Louisville, KY, against time, May "a.
1877.
that the tergm racehorse be applied to only
a running horse and that PAGERS and trotters are
not racehorse5. Is he right?
trotter or a PAGER that is entered
for speed contest is as much a race
horse as a running horse. race is a
speed contest and any horse, no matter
what his gait may be, IL entered in the
contests with other horses of his class,
is designated as a racehorse.
GENERAL SToESSEL-E. r., City. Where is
General Stoessel. the Russian who was in charge
of Port Arthur and surrendered the same to the
enemy?
He was sentenced to death for hav-
ing surrendered in the manner he did,
but about year ago the sentence was
committed to Imprisonment for 10 years.
He is still in prison.
CLUB--A. S., San Rafael. Cal. Is there an
Illinois club in San Francisco? Who is the
secretary?
The>name does not appear among the
list Of clubs in that city. Possibly
some reader of the Query Department
may know Of the existence of such an
organization.
FUTURE AND PREsENT-H A. c., city.
Which is proper, tomorrow will be Saturday
or tomorrow Is Saturday.?
The former. If you are using that
expression on Friday you refer to that
which will be in the future. If you
use is that refers to the present.
WoRDS-overand, City. friend contends
that the English language has more words than
the French AMI German languages combined.
The English language, according to
the latest dictionary. has about 100000
words; the other two combined have
an aggregate of $4,000.
nations first declared war in 1898, the United
States or Spain?
Spain. on April 81, gave United
States Minister Woodford his passport
and that act constituted the actual be-
ginning of war.
ACTRESS 0. T. S., City. Did winona
Winter ever play in the Orpheum other vaude-
vile theater In San francisco?
She played at the Orpheum before
the fire of 1906. She is the daughter OF
the author of White Wings"
CENfENT-A. s.. City. what is waterproof
cement composed of?
Water proof mastic cement is COM
posed of one part red lead to five parts
of ground lime and five parts of sharp
sand with boiled oil.
DISTRICTS Render, City. What is the popu-
iation of the sunset district and Of the Richmond
district at this time?
No census of either district has been
taken, consequently the question can
not be answered.
CoNGRESSMEN--A. J., City. In your query
column January 20 you medtion the congressman
from California In answer TO the question. who
are the congressman from California p Why did
you not include the senator's?
Because the correspondent did not
ask for them.
MADoNNo--M. A. L. Where can ascertain
Inc name OF an authority on Madonnas, ancient
and modern?
Communicate with the Art Institute,
Mason and California streets, this city
AN OCTOBER DATE-E. D. ~. City. On
what day OF the week did October 10 fall in the
They fell In the following order
Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Friday.
GERMANs--A b.. Berkeley Cal. Is there
a possibility Of obtaining list of the German
speaking people of Alameda county!
There is no such list.
KEARNEY-s Subscriber, City When did Dennis
kenrncy start his ..sand lott agitation against
the Chinese in San Franclsco7
In October. 1877.