| Show I I I t I I I Congressman What standing has a Territorial gressman In Congress no may speak on tho floor of the lltlo la House but may not vote his Delegate I 0 A 0 How long has the present Pope held his position T T M D ShtcQ 1S7S ho was elected February 20th and crowned March 3rd o a Editor Tribune A contends that tho Stilt Lake City streetrailway system Is operated by water power r J contends that It Is operated by electrical power i WhJchMs right mechanical The streetrailway system here Is op cfcucd by electric power the electricity Js sencrnted by water power 6 W 4 How bid Is Winston ChurchlllV The American of that name was born 1 November 10 1S7J the Englishman on November 30 1S71 i a u What was the date of tho railroad drawbridge disaster at Norwalk Conn and how many lives were lostD TiC Ti-C 1 May C 1553 fifty lives were lost a a L wlslr to Import from Germany some music djscs l for a music box will there 10 tariff to paF K ADslcal instruments pay 45per cent I oil their vajuc > o Elsinoro June 1 1300 I Editor Tribune What Is the best method l or process of putting up eggs in summer for winter use not a few but in I large quantities Is any particular par-ticular month or time the best and how long are they supposed to keep 2 What are the requirements for a matron of a Government school particularly par-ticularly Indian school If a civil service ser-vice examination Js J required In what aro the applicants examined when and whereM II P Cold storage Is the only acknowledged I acknowl-edged successful process However eggs arc put up In brine in salt and In I lisle I with fairly good results but these I methods aro yet In the experimental stage and eggs so put up arc not considered I con-sidered a safe Investment 2 Applicants Appli-cants must be i0 years of age or over An examination In spelling and copying domestic economy keeping accounts and nursery management will be held In Salt Luke In October O Williams Salt Lake Is secretary of the local examining ex-amining board a a o How far can messages be sent bv wireless telegraphy Belton Inventor Marconi has recently made the statement that messages can be sent 100 miles under highlyfavorable conditions 0 0 How came brides to wear orange bjofcsoms F ai The practice is said to have been In trgfiucod in Europe by the Crusaders who saw that Saracen brides wore orange blossoms > 0 0 t Marian Utah June 15th Editor ribuneDi either or any of the wheels of a locomotive slip or slide I in rounding a curve If so why and If not 0whyJ G Lambert I > jrtd < ordinary circumstances they do not The wheels on each side move along nn arc of a circle the Inner I wheels traveling a circle of less radius than tho t outer and covering a less distance dis-tance A w a it What Is the fastest timeon record for a quartermile running horse race C H Twentyone and onefourth seconds made by Bob Wade at Butte Mont I August 20 1WO a o How old an Institution Is the Salvation Salva-tion ArrayF II tIts t-Its beginning was In the East London Lon-don Chrlftlun Revival poNety which was i > stabllshed In London England I In ISC by William Booth a i I Salt Lake City Juno 11th Editor Tribune Winre neighbors I apply for city water and it passes hon h-on to the other does thts first party i have to pay for the water main passing I by him or does the applicant put up for the part who docs not want the walorV Oleson I Watermain extensions are made In j response to petitions of the owners of a majority of the property abutting on I I the streets where the extensions are desired The cost Is assessed to the I i property owners in proportion to their I holdings and on that basis all the property prop-erty owners have to pay whether they I petitioned for the extension or not The extcslon cannot he made however unless un-less the owners of n majority of tho property ask for It o a How are CongressmenJiLlargc nominated nomi-nated and elected Do many give credence to Ignatius Donnellys thcbiy as to the authorship of Shakespeares wOIksQ E G I They are nominated by State conventions conven-tions and elected by the voters of an entire State 2 Xo n C a Who was the first blacksmith Mac 1 According to the Scriptures he was Tubal Cain while Egyptian tradition credits 1 the discovery of the process of working Iron to Hephaestus the king l preceding Osiris It is thought possible possi-ble that these two early iron workers were identical a 0 q I Editor Tribune AVas the silver dollar dol-lar made n full legal l tender for all debts by the act of ISiS If so Is It still a legal lender If a continct does not specify gold On a contract not specifying speci-fying gold coin can a person be forced to take national bank notes or not cpllect a debt Subscriber Panguitoh Utah June 12 1900 It wus by the act of 1ST I and it Is still a legal tender 2 No but he I would be a donkey to refuse them It > I Eureka June 11 1900 Editor Tribune Would you please I give In next Sundays Tribune a brief account of the war with Spain I Just I want the principal events giving the commanders of both forces and their I dates By doing so you will greatly lIScA Tribune Reader The war began Thursday April 21st I peace protocol signed Friday August 12 S9S The first fighting C was the annihilation of Monlljos licet In I Manila = bav by Admiral Dewey on May 1st Admiral Cervcras fleet arrived ar-rived In Santiago bay May 10th and was destroyed July 3rd by the American I Ameri-can Host under the command of Admiral Ad-miral Sampson with Admiral Schley directing the main battle Gen I Shatters force of about IGOOO men landed at Daiquiri bay on June 2122 and after lighting at Internals cap I tured Santiago with 22000 troops under Gen Toral on July 17th On August I 13th Manila was captured by the land I I forces under Gen Merrltt supported I by Deweys fleet On December 10th the Paris and peace treaty was signed at tho same was ratified by the U S Senate on February C 1SDO What was tho battle of gauges This Is tho name given to a discussion discus-sion that began among English engineers I neers about JS33 over the desirability of different gauges for railroad track Those most favored by the ronuvtanis were the gauge that Is now standard and the sixfoot gauge of the Great I I I I AVestern railway I h I Vas the 20000000 paid Spain for the Philippine Islands disbursed In one day In checks of 5000000 each 2 Is I tho Olympia a protected cruiser oran Ian I-an armored cruiser Purple Of the four draft one was paid on 1 I May Ith two on May 9th and the last on Slay 15th all in Inst year 2 Protected I I tected S Q I What was the Athcrton GadA 11 A AA resolution Introduced In the House of Representatives by C G Atherton i a Congressman from New Hampshire In 1838 Its aim was to prevent discussion i I discus-sion of the slavery question and It ordered I or-dered that petitions and papers on that I subJect should be Inid on the tnble i without debate printing or reference I In ISiS It was rescinded a f o I I Callao P O Utah June 10 1000 Editor Tribune In your questions I I 1 and answers In Tuesdays Tribune of April 21 1 1900 the question was asked when by whom and for what purpos the leaning tower of Pisa Italy was built Our teacher here says that I word built Is incorrect that it should be hullded On refrrlng to the Original YVebsteis Unabr fled D ctloi ary 1 found built was correct but was unable to find the word blinded Will you please decide this question In your questions and answers Leaner Kearney Built Is correct the regular form bulldud is antiquated I I I 0 I 0 O How came Nova Scotia folk to be called bluenoses13 TOne T-One explanation Is the effect on the color of the nose of easterly winds l and almost constant fogs Another is that the name was firs glrcMi to n spncles of I potato that was exported from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick extensively New Brunsvvlckcrs come In for the nick namo too S 6 0 Did this Government ever propose to Canada that that country join us I P y Article 11 of thc Articles of Confederation Confed-eration and Perpetual Union of 1T7S announced an-nounced that Canada would be admitted admit-ted to all the advantages of the Union and that no other colony should be taken ta-ken in unless such admission was agreed to by nine States This constituted consti-tuted a pointed bid to Canada to come In A 0 To Rock Spilngs = anonymous correspondent corre-spondent The answering of your question would be an advertisement but If you will give your address the Information will be supplied to you 9 L Editor Tilbuno AVI11 you please explain ex-plain In next Sundays Tribune the tariff of the United States from 17SO to lS32A Pupil You had better send to the Secretary of Iho Treasury for the public document docu-ment that tells about all the tariffs It Is quite a large book U a How many gallons does a round cistern cis-tern hold If Its diameter Is eight feet inside measure and Its depth is six feet Builder A fraction over 22GG gallons The rule is I 10 multiply the area of the base by the height To get the area of thrt base find the product of the circumference three and onesevonU times the diameter diam-eter Ld rcact enough iymiost purpose I and a quarter of the diameter A gallon gal-lon contains 231 cubic inches A shorter short-er rule Is to multiply the square of the number of inches In the diameter by the nudocor of Inches In the length and this product by 0031 the result being 1 the contents in gallons I I o a Did Alexander Dumas write The Son of Porthos 2 What was the name of tho Governor of the Basilic in 1571 A j I Jt does nut appear In a Carefully compiled i com-piled list of his remarkably numerous j urltt Even If It did appear It would i not be proven that Dumas wrote It Hi I was notorious and astonishingly vnmd as u plagiarist 2 Wo do not know According to Cadell the earliest registers I reg-isters t of the Institution that were found within It began with 16C3 I o t e Salt Lake June 11 1000 Editor TriburmwTo sottlc a dispute will you kindly state what is the highest high-est pi lee ever paid for one horse and where it was raised A subscriber I The horse was Rod Fox raised by the I old Duke of Westminster England and I sold by he i young Duke about four months ago to the keppcM of Monte Carlo for 191500 Flying Fox Is I a grandson of Ormonde raised In England sold and sent to i Brazil bought there I by William Mr Donough of California for lfiOOOO some three or four years ago I O q f Can I after taking up a homestead I I and relinquishing It still file on another an-other quarter section for a homestead 11 G I This depends on circumstances that I the land ofllco will review carefully If you call them to its attention In gen I oral tin In allows but one homestead i privilege but when abandonment or re llnqulshment occurred l under stress of Illness destruction or failure of crops or other I unavoidable casualty that resulted re-sulted in InabllUv to secure support for himself and thoa dependent on him tho settlor may make a second entry Other exceptions are made too for es poclal causes or localities a o oAt o-At what time where and by whom was tho present J system of reckoning I I lime madeP V tIThe tI-The present calender was Instituted i by Pope Gregory XIII in loS2 and was promulgated from Rome H was immediately im-mediately accepted by all Roman Catholic countries but the Protestant states of Germany and Denmark held to the old style or Julian calendar until un-til 1700 and England with her oolo nies America among themdid not get Into line until 1752 Russia and I other followers of the Greek church I i still stick to the old style though it has been persistently rumored of late I that Russia is soon to change no Salt Lake city June 13 1900 I Editor Tribune Was Liberia ever a protege of the United States Did not I the United States found Liberia in i order that the colored race of the I United States might colonize It and form a government of their ownC E T Jr Liberia was founded by the Aineileir Colonization society which had been organized at Princeton N J In 1S11 1 I with the object of settling1 In Africa free negroes and such slaves as could I I be sent In 1817 agents of the society j were sent to the west coast of Africa to select a site for the proposed negrn I colony they chose Sherbo island and the adjacent coast and In 1520 a colony j I of SS persons were sent by the society they were intended to l erect huts for I the reception of several hundred slaves and to cultivate the land for their own I support and the subsistence or those who were to follow In 1822 the colonists colo-nists abandoned Sherbo Island and I crossed to the mainland the now settlement I set-tlement being at Cape Mesurado In i 1 24 the Princeton society adopted a I plan for the civil government of LI I I berla the first official designation of the new colony but retained the ultimate ulti-mate decision of all questions of government gov-ernment The society sent out In all 18000 to Liberia I persons as colonials In 1128 a more formal constitution was I promulgated by the society giving the colonists more power In civil affairs To avoid threatened trouble with Great Britain which claimed hat Liberia had no existence as a nation the director direc-tor of the Princeton society surrendered surrend-ered their control over the colony and advlned the colonists to declare Liberia I nn Independent nation This W BB done luly 1 2fl SIT In 1S57 Maryland a j negro republic to the east of Cape d phi I Palmaa l founded as a colony by lanthroplKls of the Stat of Maryland l In thin country united with Liberia The country has about rOO miles of coastline and extends baCk 200 miles I on an average the area Is a lltUe leas than 15COO square miles The total population is estimated to number 106SOOO all of the African race but a I million of the total are aboriginal Inhabitants In-habitants Monrovia the capital has 5000 population Hobertsport 1200 Bu 1 chanun and Edina 5000 Harper 3000 I Greenville Slnoo 1000 Did John L Sullivan have a hundred fights during his earner as a pugilist AVas he champion twelve years and did he make a million dollars during that period Darlington Sullivan was recently naked how many men he had knocked out and rf plied Ah forget It I Being trans I lated this meant nOl that hI had forgotten for-gotten but that he didnt know Of I formal matches with signed articles and all HIP rest he did not engage In 1 nearly a hundred of the t ronieslf classified i classi-fied 1 ns folirrouncl roes he probably had more than that number Ho was I champion from February 7 1882 10 I September 7 1S32 and may have had for himself a quarter the sum you I name u 6 I What Is the significance of a Rodman gun as applied to cannonP S i A style of cannon produced In ISfiO by Capt Rodman of the United States army They were cast hollow of Iron and streams of Mater through a hollow core in the bore cooled the inside first while the outside waR kept hot Tluy were characterized by tremendous size at the breech and by having the trun nions at the center of weight All but the smaller sizes were smooth bores and the 1 callbcis ran up J to eight ten and fifteen Inches to made experimentally experi-mentally were twenty inches Al thi time of their adoption they were the most powerful cannon In existence now they are quite out of date Has anything been done to restrict Immigration in the past three years 2 Do Immigrants pass an examination on arriving In this country If so what is the examination and how largo a 1 proportion are sent back 3 Who pays their passage if they ate unable to do 80Y T Nothing of Immediate effect 2 They are examined to ascertain If I they come within the prohibitions which Include In-clude idiots Insane persons paupers or those likely to become a public charge those suffering from loathsome or dangerous contagious disease those convicted of crime Involving moral turpitude polygamists certain assisted Immigrants and laborers under contract con-tract The proportion returned is very small and the enforcement of the law recently at New York city has been disgracefully lax 3 Thoso to whom permission to land Is I refused go back at the expense of the steamship companies com-panies that brought them over |
