Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. How large win the telescope be at
the University Of Toronto?-W. B. w.
A. One of the finest astronomical
observatories in the world is to be built
in Toronto for the University OF To-
ronto In this observatory there viii be
inches in diameter. It will be exceeded
in the size of the aperture only by the
one ON Mount Wilson, Calf. The in
strument for Toronto is now being made
In England.
O. Who were the last living veterans
Of the Revolutionary War. the War OF
1912 and the Mexican War?-L. p.
A. Daniel G. Dakeman was the last
pensioner Of the Revolutionary War.
He died Sc years after The close of the
war at the age of 100 years, months
and days, on April 5, 1869. Hiram
Cronk was the last surviving pensioner
Of the war Of 1912. He died on May
IS, 1905, at the age Of los years and Is
days. owen Thomas Edgar. last sur
viving penSioner of the Mexican War.
died in Washington, d. c., September
8, 1929.
@. When and where were the first
sawmills established in the United
StateS?-J. o. M.
A. New York claims three sawmills
were built there by the Dutch West
India Co. in 1923. York. Me-, claims
that q mill was built there the same
year. Good evidence exists that saw
mill was built at South Berwick. Me,
in 1881 or 1882. Among the earliest
Of steam sawmillS was one built in 1880
at Newark Valley, Tioga County. N. Y.
Electric power was used in @hwmillS
about 1900.
Q. What are the largest cities in
Africa?-P. H. S.
A. Cairo Is the largest having 790,-
939 inhabitants; Alexandria second,
with 4,617; Mozambique is third, with
382, 754; then johannesburg, 2S8,131;
Cape Town, 2o7, 404, and Algiers, 206,5s5
@. Please publish names Of the peo-
pie who have been buried in the Wash
ington Cathedral. A. G.
A. Many years ago Congress passed
special act authorizing the authorities
Of Washington Cathedral to have four
burials year in the Gothic edifice now
foundation stone Of the Cathedral was
laid by President Roosevelt in 1907
there have been IA burials in the crypts
Right Rev. Thomas John Claggett,
first Bishop of Maryland and first
bishop to be conSecrated on American
soil, and Mary CAN'T Claggett, his wife
(their remains were transplanted to
the Cathedral from the churchyard at
Croome, Md, in accordance with ac-
ton taken by the General Convention of
the Protestant Episcopal church,;
George Dewey, Admiral of the Navy and
trustee Of the Cathedral Foundation;
Right Rev. Alfred Harding, second
Bishop of Washington, and Justine
Prindle Harding, his wife; Herman
Henry Kohlsaat, journalist, editor and
publisher. noted for his service to the
public: Rev. Walden Myer, Canon of
Washington Cathedral and trustee Of
the Cathedral Foundation; Rev. J.
Townsend Russell, Canon Of Washing
ton Cathedral; Right Rev. Henry Yates
Satterlee, first Bishop of Washington,
and Jane Lawrence Satterlee, his wife;
Henry Vaughan, first architect of WASH
ington Cathedral; Woodrow Wilson,
twenty-eighth President of the United
States; Henry White, former Ambassa-
dor to France, distinguished diplomat
, and trustee of the Cathedral Founda-
ton, and Melville E. Stone, journalist,
founder of the Associated Press.
@. What Is athletes foot?-G. T. N.
A. This term originated with DR..
Charles F. PabSt to designate ringworm
of the foot