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The morning call., 1891-12-14
DEATH RUSHED BY HER.

Miraculous Escape of Girl Oyertaken
on a Bridge by a Train.
The engineer III charge of the locomotive
which drew train IL on the Oil City branch
of the Lake Shore Railroad to this CITY.
says the Cleveland Leader, had, during the
trip, an experience of the kind that puts
threads of silver in the hair of men of hi,
calling. The train was rushing ahead at
good speed near Jefferson, when he sud
denly came upon bridge 6, spanning a creek
and narrow ravine, and on 1t was a Young
woman. He reversed his engine and fran
ticaly blew the whistle. He saw the Young
woman step from the track and lie down on
ledge only twenty-five inches wide. beside
the tracks and then the locomotive Whizzed
across the bridge. Her death seemed GER
tain and the engineer turned his back to the
cab window, sick at heart. As soon as nos
sible the train was stopped and backed
down to the bridge. TO the establishment
of the men on the rear platform of the last
car, the young woman was walking toward
them She was taken on board and then
she told her story. She was Miss Lizzie
Arthur Of Grcggs Corners, and she was re-
turning home from her work at jefferson.
Lost in thought, she did not hear the an
preaching train until the whistle sounded
while she was on the bridge. 1t was i'm
possible to reach safety by flight, and she
lay down on the narrow strip between the
track and the slight projection at the edge
of the bridge. The rush of air accompany
Ing the train nearly tore her skirts from her.
and had they caught in a projection on one
of the flying cars she would have been
thrown directly under the wheels, That
this was not the case was regarded by all
Gus. Miss Arthur took her near approach
to death very coolly.
The morning call., 1891-12-14
AGILE GYMNASTS.
Prize Competition of the Turn
Yerein Adult Classes.
Brilliant Occasion Terminating Successful
Season-List Of the Prize-Winners.
Notes Of the Evening Session.

The prize exercises of the adult classes of
the San Francisco Turn Verein came to a
close al Verein Hall, on Turk street, yester-
day, and In the evening the prizes were dis
tributed to the successful councillors. The
outdoor sports were held at Germania Gar
dens. Harbor View, Two weeks ago. The
indoor exercises were held at the hall YES
terday. Following are the general results !:
Class First prize. p. Otto, 1881 points
out of a possible no in general exercises :;
K. LEM, prize for apparatus exercises, 563A
points; I'll. Krohn, prize in outdoor sports,
a points.
Class 2-F. Wilinbrink, first prize in gem
eral exercises, 92b points; F. Orderman,
second prize, SO points; C. II. Krohn, first
prize in apparatus exercises, 49h points; II.
Alpen. first prize III outdoor sports, As
points.
Class 3-H. Frosheim, first prize in gen.
eral exercises, 74R points; A. Brehm. first
prize In apparatus exercises, 33b points; j.
ii. Stadecker. first prize in outdoor sports,
20h points.
Glass III. EngeIke, first prize. general
exercises, 60 points; H. Franzen, first prize,
apparatus exercises, 391a points; c. Breiten.
first prize, outdoor sports, 25h points,
Class 5-H. Wen, hrst prizr, general eXer-
cises, 25h points; r. Bergman, first price
In apparatus expercises. 80 points.
The Committee of Arrangements consisted
of ID. Stieber, F. Wlllinbrink, +. Attinger,
X. LenZ g. Eiermann, and c. Flach, teacher.
The exercises consisted of prescribed
movements on the vaulting horse, length
ways and sideways; three movements on
the parallel bars and three on the horizontal
bars.
The judges were: Glass IF. Attinger. T.
Fischer and o. Hauser. Glass 2-Philip
Gretscn, ID. Frank, G. Elermann Glass g.
X. Miller, r. Crosse and d. Fredrichs.
Glasses and BE. Rosson, j. Mertes and c.
Himbert. ID. Stieber acted as leader.
AT the conclusion of the prize distribution
at night the hall was cleared for dancing to
the music of Won der Mehdeu's orchestra.
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A SERIOUS JOKE.
A Fraudulent want" Advertisement,
Makes Much Trouble.

A Fraudulent want" Advertisement
Makes Much Trouble.
County Treasurer Vic Backus has re-
Gently been the maddest man in Indiana
polls, and if within the next few DAYS he
finds the man who started out evidently to
play practical joke on him there will be
blood. The following want" advertise
ment was telepnoned to The News with in
structions to insert 1t and charge to Treas
urer Backus. The person who telephoned
represented himself to be Mr.. Il lckus:
"a ANTED-LADY rYPE-wRITERS; WAGES
w $50 per month; hours to .. V. M BACKUS;
Call at County freasurer's Office.
The first Mr.. Backus knew of such an
advertisement was about O'Clock in the
evening, when young lady called at his
home to make application for the position
By that time hundred young women stem
ngraphers In the city had read the adyer-
tiSanant and made up tflciI minus aDpfy
for the place: Many bIaved the storm of
the evening and went out 10 ask friends to
inercede Tor them with Mr.. Backus. Before
o'clock prominent attorney sent a
special delivery letter to Mr.. Backus.
and one to Frank Miller. Deputy
Treasurer, recommending a young woman
for the place. There were many applicants
at Mr. Backus' house during the night. but
the real rush did not begin until the next
morning. BY noon nearly one hundred
women called at the Treasurer office to ask
for the position. One young woman rode in
on horseback four miles from the country.
and another said she had walked sixteen
squares. Three or four came in from country
towns to apply for the place.
From o'clock until Ii two deputies in
the Office were detailed to receive the women
aud make The necessary explanation to
them Mir. Backus AYERS that if he can find
the man who is responsible for the adyer-
tisement he Will prosecute him.-Ind lanap-
oils News
The morning call., 1891-12-14
NOVEL LOGGING CAMP.

A Californian Scheme to BE Tried by
Loggers on Puget Sound.
The Vancouver Telegraph SAYS: There
has just been turned out what may be con-
sidered a novel and useful craft by the
British Columbia Iron Works Company,
Vancouver. 1t is complete floating log
glng outfit and camp. They were first used
in San Francisco about two years ago aud
have given such satisfaction to the lumber
men that there is now $50 of them in use
north of the Bay City. Mr.. j. NJ. Stewart,
hearing Of the work they were reported to be
auie u DC ana the great saving over present
met hods. sent man down the Sound to in
yesiigate and see them at work. The adj
vantages were so great over the present
system of handling logs that he decided at
once to get one aud placed his order with
the British Columbia Iron Works Company.
The work has just been completed, and
may be briefly described as fellows: A 20x
50-fOot scow is used. The forward part is
covered III and fitted up as a cabin. with
hunks for fifteen men, kitchen, etc.
The rest of the deck holds the ma
chineTy, which consists of boiler
ian upright one) and a 1O-horse power
engine ana capstan geared TO eighty-horse
power. and a coil of steel cable The scow
is fitted with side paddles, and the shaftng
can be changed to propel her at speed of
from five TO six miles an hour. A trial trip
was made across the inlet, and she worked
satisfactorily. She was then anchored near
shore aud 700 feet Of cable taken ashore
ane attached 10 a 4000-foot log, and hauled
down to the waters edge, through rough
gravel and boulders, quite easily With
this logging outfit a strip 1000 feet aloug
stream can be cleared up at trife of
what it cost under the old system of having
to buy oxen, pay for transportation and
feed and build stable for them and houses
for the men. Now, when patch is cleared
NJ, they can move from place to place with
out any expense. The whole cost, includ-
ing boat, boiler, engine aud capstan, cables,
etc. does not exceed $4,000. The outfit
has left to work at Secret Cove. If she
proves as satisfactory in general work as
she did on her trial trip, il will not be long
until they drive tie old style of logging out
fits to the wall.
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NOT A MURDER.
The Fuse Was Too Short and the Charge
Exploded Quickly.

Exploded Quickly.
Rocklin was thrown into a state of great
excitement the first of the week by the dis
covery of what was supposed to have been
a murder. MI Albert Burleson lived some
mine. His wife died about a year ago.
which left him entirely alone. On Sunday
morning some one of the neighbors went to
his house on an errand and found the door
partly open and Mr.. Burleson lying on the
floor dead. The neighbors were alarmed.
The man had every appearance of having
been murdered. 1t looked as if his right
side ard arm had been filed with
shot On account of a scarcity of neighbors
1t was difficult to secure jury and Deputy
Coroner Futon had the remains removed
to ROcklin, where an inquest was held Mon
day afternoon. An examination by phys-
clan proved, by probing the wounds. that
they were made by gravel instead of shot.
and the jury would not return verdict
until they had viewed the premises. Blood
stains were found on the steps leading
up to the porch. 1t was discovered
that he had been blasting stumps
about 100 yards distant from the
house, and an examination showed that,
not having fuse, he had provided one made
by rolling powder In paper and tying a
string around II. as part Of it was found
near at hand. The blast in the stump ex-
pioded, but did not give him time to get a
safe distance. How he reached his house
Is a mystery. Deceased was Al wears of age
and native OF Denmark. The Coroner's
jury found verdict of accidental death.
He claimed to have brother In Washing
ton State. Philip Siebenthaler OF Sacra-
mento came up and conveyed the remains
TO that city, and they were laid to rest by
the side of hiS wifa
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ball, ard with a kick worthy OF Trafford.
Harvard's famous fullback, sent it flying
down the room. Two hundred and fifty
brokers saw the flying bali. and their COM
hined voices made such frightful yell that
the sturdy policeman who was passing the
building rushed In on the double quick,
thinking there was a riot. 1t was only the
students Of the Stock Exchange taking their
recess.
They bounced upon the ball, fought
around it as savagely as cOllegians ever did,
and upset each other with scientific tack ling
in true football style. Some of the brokers
are old Yale and Princeton players. They
formed regular teams, and, assisted by the
hundreds of brokers who did not belong to
either team. tried to play a regular game.
The mallet OF Chairman Mitchell was I'M
needed, and nothing could be heard above
the din but the old college cries OF I ale and
Princeton.
The attendants of the Exchange succeeded
In cal turing the football, but another foot
ball and then a third was produced by the
irrepressible Halstead Coats were torn.
hats were smashed and eyeglasses crushed
The morning call., 1891-12-14

a small fee to call up their best girls merely
tn chaff with thtm over the wires and assure
them that they are still their 'tooisy-
wootsies. The servant girls in the various
large mansions do not exchange kitchen
gossip when the lady of the house is out or
call up the coachman for the interchange of
c0Quettish expressions of mutual admira-
ton. In a word the toll system is great.
I'VE have about $500 phones in Buffalo.
You have a thousand or SO mora here, be-
lieve. Buffalo is not the only city where
the toll system is used. San Francisco has
also adopted it, and there, l understand, the
public and the telephone company are as
pleased as we are in Buffalo. We have now
telephone connection with New York, and
next year will have communication with
Detroit and Chicago"
In connection with the above it may be
stated that General Manager Frederick A.
Forbes of the Michigan Bell Telephone
Company is well satisfied with the system
OF annual rental Of phones here. nor does
he desire to begin a crusade against the fair
sex who use the wires for purposes of in
teresting gossip or to pass the compliments
of the day
The morning call., 1891-12-14
OBITU AIRY.
HON. GEORGE G. BLANcrApn


Hon. George G. Blanchard died at his
home in Placerville at o'clock Yesterday
morning. after an illness of short duration.
his death being the direct result of pleuro.
pneumonia and ur@mia. He returned to
his home from San Francisco Tuesday last.
complaining of severe cold, bnt neverthe,
less attended TO his active law practice
until Thursday afternoon, when he was
taken with a c0ngestive chill and WAS re-
moved to his home, where symptoms of
pneumonia we're speedily succeeded by those
of virulent ursemia. A consultation of five
physicians was held last night. His death
is generally deplored here as great
loss. He was one of the oldest pioneer
residents, having arrived in PlaeervIlle
August 6, 1S49 He was the oldest
practitioner at the Ell Dorado bar. of which
he has been an active member since 1873.
His reputation extends through the State.
not only as n lawyer, but as one of the
stalwart leaders Of tho Republican party
In the last campaign ne WAS the candidate
for Congress In the Second Congressional
District, and was nearly successful, though
the district is Democratic. He was a native
Of New York. and was 65 years of age. He
leaves widow and two sons, one Of whom
is George A. Blanchard Of Sacramento. and
a married daughter. kilograms of condo
lence have been received by the family
from all parts of the State, among them be-
Ing from Governor I'll. FL. Markham. Sona-
tor FELTON,, Judge W. w. Morrow. w. ri.
Brown, Senator Voorhees, and Others. The
funeral will take place at PlaceryilIe on
Wednesday afternoon.
The morning call., 1891-12-14
WOODS NEIGHBoRs VS.. WOODS.
DIVORCE CASE.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1891.
nnnft Fail m Attend

Don't Fall to Attend.
That Mr.. Woods idea struck popular
chord and flied a long felt want was
demonstrated by the character of the audi
ence which was assembled in court when
the case was called. 1t was house"
which theatrical manager might well feel
envy in looking upon.
When the case was called the greatest in
terest was manifested, and it is due to Mr..
Woods to say that 'his entertainment was
1u1iy up to UApUGtntiVuc.
Mrs. Maria A. Woods was the plaintiff in
the case. She is a small, lady-like little per-
son of refined appearance and was closely
yelled. AS she raised her veil to wipe
away the tears she could not suppress, a
glimpse of a countenance quite handsome
was presented. She wore glasses and spoke
in low, cultured tone. Her husband was
also in court and was a fne-lOoking Young
man Of evident education
While the suit was pending he inaugurated
a system of writing letters TO his wife and
her attorney. The gist of those to his wife
did not breathe desire for a reconciliation,
nor had they any other bearing on the case
than to annoy her. He would end some of
the letters by sending his love to the chill
dren and sign himself Their Father" In
another letter he expressed pleasure that his
wife was without home. If the object was
to wound sensitive nature the letters
were calculated to produce the desired
effect.
Mrs. Woods story of the wreck OF her
marital happiness and the fall of her idol
was. according to the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch, told in simple, straightforward
manner, though with evident mental suffer-
ing Womanlike, she began her story by a
profession of affection for her hnsban ard
reference to his worth in their early mar
red life.
II love my husband" said she, "and he
was "a good husband for eight years. He
treated me as well as he could treat me I'M
til he began TO gamble. He was a book
keeper and earned SIG month. He got to
going to billiard hall and spending his
time there. / used to sit up for him.
Sometimes it would be O'clock in the
morning when he would come home. You
don't know how much suffered in those
long evenings waiting for him. was very
fond Of reading, but no matter how enter
tanning the book was | could not read l
would put the children to bed and tell them
that papa would soon come. and then
would sit and cry during the whole night.
for sometimes he would not come at all. At
last had 10 quit staying up. He stayed
out so much that / could not stand It, He
used to spend most Of his time at the bill
lard hall"
Her husband finally lost his position she
stated, and after that he did nothing for
her.
Woods denied much that his wife had
said. but admitted having struck his wife.
upon which the Court granted her divorce
with the custody OF the children.
The morning call., 1891-12-14
RENTAL OF TELEPHONES,
Tho Toll System Much Liked in BufaI,
and Elsewhere.

Tho Toll System Much Liked in Buffalo
and Elsewhere.
I'VE find the toll system of renting tele-
phones far more satisfactory than your
method of charging so much annually" said
II. G. Palmer of Buffalo, Secretary and
Treasurer Of the Bell Telephone Conn any
Of that city, to a representative of the
Detroit News. THE advantage OF the
toll system is obvious. Suppose you have
drugstore. Everyone runs in and
uses your telephone. 1t is kept jingling
all the time. Ii you have a telephone in
your house your impecunious neighbor
comes in once or twice day to orde her
dinner or to do some shopping over the
phone. A telephone in an impecunious
neighborhood may make its possessor mis-
cradle. 1t is common property, all the
neighbors think, and feel much offended If
It's use is not freely proffered. The toll sys-
tenn puts an end to all that. The tcle-
phone is then used almost entirely
Tor business messages. 1t does AWAY
with the frivolous conversation in
which women are prone to Indulge
over the wires for an hour at a time. Oh.
some women make life burden to the girls
In the telephone Office. Then it does away
with much useless MASKING over the wire.
lmpecunious clerks do not care to pay even
The morning call., 1891-12-14
ANOTHER AIR-SHIP.
An Indiana Invention Soon TO Be
Exhibited in Chicago.

dersoD, Ind, says spe ial TO the Chicago
Tribune, has applied for a patent on a fly
ing machine. Mr.. Bell has model of his
machine on exhibition in his workshop in
this city. 1t is made of bamboo, Japanese
silk and aluminium, and operated by coll
spring. The model is about 24x1S inches In
dimensions. By winding the spring and
setting the gearing the flying machine will
rise and sail about the room as directed By
the rudder.
Bell came from Elkhart, Ind, to Ander-
son two years ago. and has been working on
the model at odd times ever since. This is
his fourth machine, and he is sanguine that
The morning call., 1891-12-14
FOOTBALL ON CHANGE.
Some of the Brokers Were Old Yale an

Some of the Brokers Were Old Yale and
Princeton Players.
Dick Halstead. who has more mischief in
his composition than any three men in Wall
street. walked on the floor of the Stock Ex-
change at 1890 recently with wicked
glimmer in his eyes and a regulation foot
ball hidden away under his coat. He was
preparing to celebrate the approaching holt
day in appropriate style, and incidentally to
test the authority of Chairman Mitchell.
Watching his opportunity when the Chair
mans back was turned he drew forth the
The morning call., 1891-12-14

the large machine upon which he is now at
work will prove an absolute success. lie
describes it as follows:
The canopy-shaped litter, calculated to
carry a person weighing $50 pounds, is %
feet in diameter when expanded. It is
worked up and down by 'milk-shake' de-
vice connected with the gearing and operated
by the person in the saddle. The litter is
made of bamboo and japanese silk With
valves. An upward motion, communicated
by the gearing, causes the valves to open.
A downward motion closes them and confin-
ing the air under the canopy lifts the whole
machine. The propeller is worked in the
same manner, and can be expanded or closed.
The gearing to the litter or propeller can be
worked in unison or independently. The
rudder is fan-shaped and of the same ma
terial as the litter and propeller It. is
manipulated by the same power and guides
the machine through the air. The stirrups
are used in assisting in giving motive power
to the machine.
Mr.. Bell Will exhibit his machine at Chi
cago in April.
The morning call., 1891-12-14
- rRANcIsco. nEcEMpER 10. ls9l.

Earned runs-Portlands s. Three-base htt-Ab
bey. Two-base hit-GlenaIvin. Sacrifice hitS-Han-
ley, Everett Patton Parrott2 Reitz. Ebright, Graft
Lytle. First base errors-San Joses D. Portiands
5. First base called balls-San JoSes 2 Portland
4. Left on bases-San Joses o. fortlands IL. Struck
out-By LOokabaugh d, by Camp 4 Hit by pitcher
Stallings, GenalvIn. Double plays-Ebright to Ev-
erett 70 DooIey; Parrot to Glenalvin 10 Mott;
Patton TO PARROT: Ebright 20 DOGGY to Ebright.
Passed bslls-Spies q Wild pltch-Canp. Time Of
game hours Umpres-Sheridan aud McDer-
mott. Orcial scorer-Staplet0n.
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Bill Everett and Dooley cantered in amid
loud huzzas. This made the score 9to Z. and
1t remained that way.
One little hit in the seventh for Portland
would have wrought wonderful change,
but it did not come. They had man roost-
ing on each cushion and looked to Pap Lyle
for salvation. But Pap rolled an easy one
TO Hank RetZ, and that settled it.
Finn is now two games ahead in the race,
with beautiful gold watch on the side.
Following is the score:
The morning call., 1891-12-14

Los ANGELES, Dec. 13.-The first of the
Sacramento-Los Angeles series to-day re-
suited in victory for the visitors by score
of to 7. 1t was an exciting game through
out and was witnessed by $3.50 people.
The morning call., 1891-12-14
LATEST SHIPPING INrELLIGENCr.

LAIEbI SHIFTINtF INTELIIttENCE.
Movements of TRANS Atlantic Steamers
HAYRE-Arrved Dec 13-Stmr La Champagne.
from New York.
BALTIMoRE-ArrIved Dec l3-Stmr Ohio, from
Rotterdam.
LIvEKPooL-Arrived Dec 13-stmr Aurania, I'm
New York.
NEW YORK-Arrlved Dec l3-Stmr La Bour-
gogne. from Hayre; stmr City Of Chicago frow Liy-
erpool.
The morning call., 1891-12-14
BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS.

Firth, marriage and death notices sent by mall
will not be inserted. They must be handed in at
either or the publication ofices and be Endorsed
with the name and residence OF persons authorized
to have the same published
BORN.
REILLEY-In this city, December ~, 1891, to the
wife of James j. Kelley, daughter.
CASEY-In this city, December 10, 1891, to the
VIE of w. ID. Casey, a son.
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in the tussle 1t was closing time before
the tumult was stilled. Chairman Mitchell
has taken the names of about fifty members.
who will each pay SIS for their little game.
Mr.. Mitchell expects to collect enough to
buy the Exchange a new carpet.-N. Y.
prasc
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A NOVELTY IN DIVORCE.
Invitation Cards Issued TO the
Hearing Of the Case.

A st. Louis man has introduced novelty
In divorce cases. This bright idea had It's
conception in the brain of John T. Woods
who was the defendant in a divorce suit
tried in Judge Klein's court at ST. Louis.
The novelty consists in issuing Invitations
to your friends and acquaintance to attend
the proceedings. Mr.. Woods had delivered
to all who he thought would be in any way
interested in listening to recital of his
marital misery the following card of invita-
talon:
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Pictures Of all the Presidents from
Washington to Harrison
1T ALSO GIVES In BRIEF:

The History of Colonial Politics.
The History OF Revo utionary Politics.
The History Of the Confederation.
The History Of the U. s. Government by Con-
gressss.
The History Of the q. By Administrations
An Analysis of the Federal Government
Valuable Statistics on Debts.
Valuable Statistics on Revenues.
Valuable Statistics on Expenditures
Issues of all Political Parties.
The History Of all Political Parties which have
existed In this country.
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