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The morning call., 1892-02-28
FOUGHT THE BURGLAR.

Pittsbure GirPs Desperate Struggle
with Marsuder.
later Oceans Pittsburg Special.
Mrs. Mary Saville and her daughter,
Mamie, reside at $40 Penn avenue. Owing
to a slight attack of the grip, Miss Saville
was advised to sleep in a room where there
was a fire. Consequently, instead Of sleep
ing in the room with her mother, she has
been occuI wing cot in the dining-rOOm.
AT 80 o'clock in the morning Miss Saville
was awakened by some one laying his hand
on her forehead She jumped up quickly
and saw q man standing before her, and was
so frightened she was speeches.. She had
no time TO recover her senses when the
burglar said:
don't be afraid; you're only the girl
here, and | wont harm you"
He then went TO the sidebOard to take
some silver BY this time Miss Saville had
regGined consciousness, and commenced to
scream. The man grabbed her by the throat
and almost strangled her. However, she
broke away from his grasp.
He then caught her again and ran his
fingers down her throat TO stop her cries.
She biz his thumb so hard that the blood
from the wound 5trangled her, and she re-
leased her hold.
She then grabbed him by q handkerchief
that he had around his neck. and succet ded
in throwing him to the floor. a picture was
knocked down, and the crash evidently
startled the man, and he let loose his hold
on the Young lady.
She succeeded 10 opening the door Of the
room. and as t had s"ring lock she felt
sale in the hall. She then commenced to
scream. This attracted the attention of her
mother, who ran TO her aid. They both
went to the front door and screamed for
the police.
The robber by this time had escaped.
Tue police arrived in few minutes, but
there was no trace of the man. Miss Sa-
vlle's face was badly scratr he'd and her
neck was black aud blue where the ruf1ian
had cauEht her.
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

The King of Greece speaks twelve Ian
guages
The Emperor of Austria writes to the
Pope every week.
The eX-Kiug Milan of Servia is the most
frequent royal theater-goer in Europe.
Madame Patti thinks that singing should
be taught to child as soon as it can
speak.
Princess Louise, Warehouses Of Lorne,
is going to follow her husbands example
ana write story.
joseph Francis. the venerable founder Of
the United States lte-saying service, is at
the age OF 30 writing his autoDiography.
Freddy Gebhard has got home again so
full Of DchiOride of gold and good resol u
lions THAT he hasn't room to get full on any
thing else.
The Paris executioner. NJ. Deibler has
always been q passionate YiOliniSt, pTacti-
cling early every morning, execution or
otherwise.
General Jubal Early, the leader whom
Lee called My bad old man" is much
broken in health and is visibly showing tie
signs Of age.
Nictorien Sardou, the famous dramatst,
is writing novel, the subject Of which will
be the scenes portrayed in his dramatic
work. "Thermi1or."
An umbrella twenty-one feet in diameter
has been constructed for q king Of the
Africans, among whom the umbrella is a
symbol OF Soyeregns
Seth Lowe, the youthful President Of Co..
lumbla College, is a man Of somewhat
portly figure, with the general appearance
OF a prosperous merchant or banker.
The slumbers of the King of Spain are
carefully watched over by a body of Hen
called the Monteros de E5pinosa, who guaTd
the royal tatace from sunset TO sunrise.
Ex-Governor Curtin, Pennsylvania great
executive in The war days, says that he pro-
poses TO pass the remainder of his life writ
ing history oi the events in which took
some small part"
Mrs. John A. Davis Of Chicago, as the
only surviving granddaughter OF Lady
Eleanor StanhoWc, succeeds TO the title Uf
Lady Thrush StauhOwe and to CaYan House
and the Clautaueu.
Alexander Salyini has four brothers and
two sisters, but lie is the only one now on
the stage His older brother entered upon
histrl0nic career but after five years was
persuaded by his father to abandon it.
The new Minister to Ecuador, Rowland
B.ennerhassett Mahauey, is young man
and a brilliant scholar While q student at
Harvard he had Il serious controversy with
President Eliot, in which the latter came
out much the worse for the treatment he re-
ceiyed.
The child born 10 Nine. Daudet the other
day In Paris is a grandson of AlphOnse
Daudet and a great-grandson of Victor
Hugo. IL he grows 10 manhood his battle
with life will be all the harder, because he
is handicapped by his ancestry; but his
career viii interest the heredity theorists.
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His Encounter with "A Supposed Bomb
ThrOwer with Dangerous Explosive.
Boston Herald.
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WAR.
Arranging for the Next Tournament in


Arranging for the Next Tournament in
June.
San Francisco will have in April what Is
intended TO be another great tug-of-war
tournament It will be under the manage
ment Of ID. r. Mcneil Instead # ten men,
as before, there will be probably not more
than eight cOntestug on each side in the
coming tug
A great improvement will also be made In
the construction Of the cleats, and the con-
tests will be quick, sharp and spirited. In
stead of paying nightly stipends 20 the con-
testants prizes will be offered for competi-
ton.
Since the previous six days tournament
there has been considerable rivalry among
the teams which participated, aud so great
was the desire for a return match among
some Of the contesting sides that on Nc
Neil's return from the East he was asked
10 handle another tournament in which all
teams would be given chance to decide,
permanently, the title Of championship OF
the Pacific Coast,
The Scotch team won the former match,
consequently IL Is entitled 10 the lauTels.
The Canadian, Norwegian, Danish. Ger
man and Irish teams contend that the Scot
fish team handicapped them greatly in the
tournament in having Il thorough kDOwl-
edge OF the game, 1t being one Of the Scot
tish fayOrite pastimes. However that may
have been 1t does not require a lifetime of
practice for body of men TO become thor
oughly cOnyersant with all the necessary
moves.
The announcement is now made that q
second tournament will be given in June,
and all teams desiring to participate will
have ample time for the contests, so that
the losing teams will have no possible ex-
cuse to place their defeat to limited time
allowance for practice or TO a lack of knowl-
edge Of the game
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A SCARED BANKER.

His Encounter with a Supposed Bomb
Thrower with Dangerous Explosive.
Boston Herald
The graphic newspaper stories OF the raid
OF the bomb-thrOwer on Russell Sage's New
York Office no doubt filled the minds OF Bos-
ton brokers and bankers with fears that
they might be asked to share their wealth
with some desperate crank possessed of a
money mania aud bombs.
One State street banker. at least, shared
this apprehension, and for weeks expected
any moment to find himself sailing skyward
by the dynamite route
He was sitting at his Gesk in his private
Office, check book before him, busily sign
ing 'pay to order Of slips of paper, and
calculating what his next days bank bal
ance would be.
The touch o. a mans hand on his shoulder
startled him. He looked up.
The bOmb-thTower was there.
At least that thought swiftly passed
through the bankers mind.
The man who had invaded the private
Office was dressed in a busness-suit that
would not realize So 81 at secondhand
store; his hair and beard would have been
benefited by the outlay of few dimes at a
barber-shop, and we're fiery red. From his
eyes gittered determined look which said
without any accompaniment of words Il
want the earth, and I'm going TO have it
See?"
And. there was the fatal handbag, too,
which the banker eyed with evident alarm.
The stranger began to open il, and the
banker made dash to hide behind the open
door of the safe
But the bomb-thrower headed him off.
and the banker sneaked back into his seat
by the desk. Having cOrnered him, the
stranger in the frayed-out business suit
opened his bag and pulled out before the
startled eyes of the banker a large, blue,
bomb-shaped glass bottle, which contained
a liquid evidently q chemical solution.
The banker gave up all hope. lie knew
it was q bomb and that the liquid was a
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dangerous explosive. He made himself as
small as he could, and wondered If he
would die without pain.
with. 'Will you give me-"
He did not finish the request. for the
moneyed man interrupted him with: Yes,
yes, I'll give anything? Take my watch !;
but please, my dear sir, be careful how you
handle that bomb! How much shall fill
out check fOr?"
Fill out checkv' exclaimed the stranger
with red hair. you don't owe me any,
thing, but l hope you will. was about TO
ask you if you will give me few moments
of your time. [ have here the most wonder
full invention of the age in the line OF hand
grenades for extinguishng fires. I'd like to
sell you a couple of dozen-S10 dozen, and
they'll last lie time, if you don't have
fire."
The banker bought gross (but they are
not on exhibition, and when his wife
greeted him with irown at o'clock in the
morning he said he had "met man."
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The Oldest spoon Dates Back TO 1893.


The search for old spoons goes on apace,
and now one antedating all others is dis
covered 1t Is in the possession of George
A. Warren, the twelve-year-old son Of
George S. Warren of 1863 North Tennessee
street. and has the following history: 1t
was presented to Benjamin Gillem when
married in 1903, and passed TO different gen.
erations Of the Gillem family until about
the year 1850, when John Warren married
the daughter of Benjamin Gllem, a
descendant of the first Benjamin Gillem. AT
her death it passed 10 her son, Thomas
Warren. In the year 1917 Thomas Warren
left England with bis family for America,
aud landed at Halifax, and the following
year came on to Boston, Mass. About the
year 1888 Thomas Warren died and left the
spoon to his son, Thomas Benjamin War
rem (who was born in 1899, with the request
that il remain in the Warren name as long
as possible. The date and British bullion
stamp are in a good state of preservation,
which shows that it has always been looked
upon as an heirloom. 1t Is 229 years old.
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AT The BUTTS.
The Third Iufantry VIII Shoot To-Day
for the Tobiu Trophy.

The Third Iufantry VIII Shoot To-Day
for the Tobiu Trophy.
The GermaGia Shooting Club will hold its
annual shooting festival at Shell Mound
to-day. Tie club has divided more than
$500 into twenty-five prizes and expects a
large number Of maTksmen at the compe;i-
ton.
The Tobin trophy Of the Third Infantry
Regiment will be competed for to-day at
Shell Mound Park. Tie trophy is annually
competed FOX by the companies Of the regi-
ment. Each company entering is required
to place twenty-five men before the butts.
Company has won the trophy twice In
su cession, and believes il viii be able to
win it again. Lieutenant Thomas brady,
l. K. r., OF the regiment, viii award a gold
medal to the gUa-dsman who makes the
highest score on this occasion, TO be worn
for the year, or Until some one beats him at
the next yearly contest
The San Francisco SchuetZen Verein will
have its monthly buPs-eye shoot at Shell
Mound to-day.
The Nord-deutscher Shooting Club will
have its medal contest to-day at Shell
Mound.
Company Of the Second Artillery Regi-
meDt will be at Shell Mound to-day to en-
gage in the monthly medal shoot.
Company d Of the First Infantry Regi-
ment will shoot for medals at Shell Mound
to-day.
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THE WHEELMEN.
A First-Class Racing Track for the Bay
city Club.

A First-Class Racing Track for the Bay
City Club.
The Bay City Wheelmen with their Gus
tOmaTy energy and foresight and realizing
the rapid growth Of cycling oni this coast,
and the urgent need Of frst-class race
track devoted exclusively to that sport, have
been negotiating for two months with the
various cable railroads running to the park
with reference to a bicycle track.
The club is now able to announce that it
has signed a contract for the building Of a
Iour-laD track in the Bay District Driving
Park, which will cost according to estimate
1873 50 for the track alone The path
has already been surveyed and will be in
the form Of an ellpse, swinging in and out
OF the horseback by two gates so as to
utilize part Of the present hOmestretch and
the grandStands. A contract will be let for
the building Of a club house and fencing the
track; which will be locked at the two
gates. The club members viii have keys 20
track and house.
The contracts specify that all work must
be completed before May !. as the Bay City
Wheelmen intend to hold a race meet on
Memorial Day. May 60 The track Will DO
on the same plan as the one in Hampden
Park, Springfield, Mass, which is acknOwl-
edged 10 be the fastest IN America aud on
which Windle made his famous mile In 2:15
As the time for holding the league meet
Ing draws near, the fight of the different
cities interested wakes warmer, with Sacra-
mentO and Alameda in the lead. 1t is ru-
mored that the San Francisco vote will 20
to Sacramento, which, if correct, will GER
tainly give the capital city the meet.
The second number OF the magazine
Good Roads," published by the League
Roads Improvement Bureau, l.. A. W., and
sent free TO every member, is at hand. The
paper is profusely illustrated with photo
graphic views Of two varieties Of roads, one
showing the dreadful condition of roads in
the spring of the year, and the other the
magnificent highways of Europe. The latter
were collected by the Elwell party while
touring In France and Germany last year.
On the American road are shown farm
wagons SINK in the mud half way up to the
hubs under light loads, which, on q good
road, could be hauled by one horse with
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GENERAL FIELD OF SPORT.
4 New Racing. Track for The VhGGlnGI
...>. Near the Park
California Athletes Favor an Association
Governed By Themselves Trap
Shooters and Rife Cracks.

Amateur athletes representing the Pacific
Coast. Athletic ASS citation have become
very. tired eff their utilization with the Anna
-teuf Union, and 1t has been suggested that
the officers of the various clubs represent
ing The association meet as early as possible
and decide whether to remain under the
union or throw the latter overheard and
.forIn.a new association to be known as the
Pacrd6. Coast Association Of Amateur Ath-
letr Cubs.
Tie: mbeelmen are jublant over the an
nouncemeut Of a spiendid racing track
which will be. constiucted Immediately at
The Bay-BIStfict track
Trap-s66e ters @haye :te<Un: the seasons
pIEe5n-P pr iTE; and from the number Of
Clubs jn The .de Ia. tle:s On. promises to be
Tbe.oars hen !. fS'5e OCCASIONAL practice
s6ins..but. uU. Indictments can create
thorough feeling q enthusiasm among the
pdtT6Hs.ef. srlll1g::
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TO his mind it was a constitutional monarchy.
The larger idea Of political liberty (which
cannot brook king" is hardly embraced
in the expression of the great English law
authority
the walls Of Independence Hall, has been
regarded as a classical definition of free
government: ANY Government is free TO
the people under it when the laws rule and
the people are a party to those laws; and
more than this is tyranny, oligarchy and
confusion" The writer as a Royallst while
framing Government for the colonies, can
hardly be regarded as picturng the ade-
quate dea Of liberty, whereby each and
every citizen of the commonwealth be es-
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ASSESSMENT NOTICES.


NOTICE OF AsSESSMENT-OVE SILL
~ YER Mining Company: location of principal
place OF business, San Francisco California; loca-
tion OF works, Gold Hill, Storey County. Nevada.
Notice IS Hereby given that at n meeting OF the
Board OF Directors, held the tenth day Of Febru
airy, 1892 an assessment, NO SO, OF fifty cents per
share was levied upon the capital stock OF the cor
gold coin TO the Secretary, at the ONCE of the COM
pany. Ala California street, san Francisco. Cali
fOTnia
Any stock upon which this assessment shall re.
main unpaid on the sixteenth day OF March, 1892
viii be delinquent. amt advertised for sale at pub
be sold on WEDNESDAY, the sixth day OF April.
1892, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with coats Of advertising aud expenses Of sale BY
order OF the Board OF Directors
GEO. d. EDWARDS. Secretary.
ONCE, Ala California street, san Francisco. Cali
fornia fell I'd
NOTICE OF AsSESSMEN T-wELDoN MINING
IN Company Location of principal place Of bust
ness, San Francisco Cali location OF works Qul-
1otoa, ATiz
Notice is hereby given, that at meeting of tho
Board OF Directors held on the 9th day OF Febru-
Ary 1892 IN assessment, Ne. o. of cents per share
was levied upon the capital stock OF the corpora
tion, payable Immediately in United States gold
coin, 70 the Secretary, the otce of the company
Room 26, Nevada Block 800 Montgomery ST., San
Francisco, Cal
ANY stock npon which this assessment shall re-
main unpaid on the 9th day of March. 1892, will
be delinquent. and advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment is made before, VIII
be sold THURSDAY, the 14th day OF April,
1892 to pay the delinquent assessor ent, together
with the costs OF advertising and expenses of SALE
by order OF the Board OF Directors
AUG. WATERMAN. Secretary.
Offce-Room 20. Nevada Block, 800 MONTGOMERY
a.. Sau kTanGisco. Cal s1lQ ID
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REVERIE.
on A WILD WINTERS NIGHT.

on WILD WINTERS NIGHT.
As stormy gusts sweep round and on,
The lonely rattle OF a wtndOw-pane
Calls back child-memorles days agOne-
yield to tears, to longing pain.
Oh, sisters three, tonight the rain
Beats down the grass upon your graves
AS aide by side you sleep. The wind
Above the marble and the cypress raves.
1 hear the echoes Of forgotten tones
Long years since last you spoke TO me.
Your faces, long beneath the stones,
Like speCters OF the past see.
on hide my eyes In darkness black,
Let me not hear the storm winds roar.
1t sears my heart 20 call them back.
The bitter days of old once more,
English Hiu, ca. n. +. J.. TUOMEY.
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THE GUN.
Laws Which WIZ Be Strictly Enforced
This Year.

Laws Which WIZ Be Strictly Enforced
This Year.
SpoItsmen may save themselves some an
uoyance from the Fish ana Game Commits
sioners by sticking the following In their
hats for reference, being the act relative to
game as amended by the Legislatures:
Every ; erson who, in the State Of Califor-
MIA. b tween the FIST day Of March and the
first day Of October, in each year, hunts.
pursues, takes. kills or destroys any quail.
artridge or grouse. or any kind Of wild
duck OF rail, is guilty Of misdemeanor.
Dove-shootlng is prohibited between Janu-
ary and July of each year. The most
i,,nortant law and one which, according TO
ne Commissioners, will be strictly enforced
this year reads:
Every person who, in the state Of California,
betwe tie fist Gay Of January ana the hfsI
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can was extensively utilized by the jacob
ms. There is an erroneous impression that
America adopted the device from France;
whereas America used it much earlier than
1890. Ours was really the adoption Of the
classic symbol.
The French device would hardly have
been tolerated in this country at that time,
as the drift of the French revolution and its
outgrowth was quite distinct from the magic
movement of the pure and lofty spirit which
created these United States Their Goddess
Of Liberty was really an unhOIy type of
reason and her cap was the blO0d-red SYM
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pTODaDy an EngIIsn- NI1g FHnIe Z WI-H0m1
man, at any rate, lie (HSs Liberty 1884,
has duplicated the fig
ure of Britannia, aud furnished her with a
shield blazoned Liberty" instead of with
a scepter.
The fiye-dollar gold piece Of 1885 shows
a good strong type that might be claimed
as American The simple Glet that binds
ing; and her pretty mouth has a kissable
look worth more than money. The ideals
OF the past are very tenacious in their
grasp upon art The designer Of the gold
piece of 1870 was evidently a student of
Flaxnan. and has given one Of the finest
faces that appear in monetary illustra-
ton. A decade later we revert TO q rather
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trumpeter sounding the signal for battle,
was was formed ,ll Following came chariots
bull and line Of freemen carving Iba-
tions Of wine aid milk Last came the
chief magistrate with sword in hand NOV
ing toward the sepulchers of the civ A fter
sacrificing the bull he invoked jupiter and
Mercury and invited to the feast the souls
Tense of their country. After This he filed
bowl with wine saying. II drink to those
who lost their lives in defense of the liber-
ties Of Greece"
The Romans paid Difference to Libertas
the goddess of pardon, the same as the
Eleutherla OF the Greaks Sic u.as IL
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yerted into a temple of reason, aud every
tenth day was appointed to superscde the
Christian Sabbath"
Americans have the right to believe that
the system Of liberty upon which their Gov
eminent is based is the greatest and grand
est that has been youchsafed to man. They
have an equal right to be proud Of the SYM
Dol that represents her upon their coin.
There is no small interest in tracing the
changes that her features have undergone
in the century that has almost rounded out,
before she first figured as palpable feature
in the republic.
Having followed Mr.. Ruskin's idea of
distinguishing the theoretical faculty from
the moral perception. we may concern our
selves with the esthetc idea ia the imaginR-
tive results. Some Of her forms Of typical
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coins. but in time past the mutations Of
politics have made them variable and tickle
creatures The other nations of the earth
have their kings and queens their arms,
their eagles, their double eagles and their
sun5ursts, but America still retains the
proud and glorious features Of a woman.
The dollar of 1880 shows the features of a
beautiful American woman and has behind
II touching romance Of the dead artist
who made the object of his love INN ortal.
1t seems to portray peace and power, gentle
ness and fidelity, and has woven the legend
of love into the emblem OF liberty.
C. f. ~, IN Inter Ocean.
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Q IT-I
prise render it possible, a fi(ce. l527.
universal equality among
men; an equality OF rights absolutely. and
an equality OF condition, SO far as the differ
ent characters Of individuals Will allow
such equality TO be produced"
Civil aud religious liberty have an ami
cable adjustment; but the perDleXing ques-
ton of the day is industrial liberty. John
H. Bonham. in his comprehensive book
under this title, conseTyatiyely remarks:
"The manner In which the American con-
situation has remained In substantial con-
gritty with our subsequent DEVELOPMENT;
in which il has restrained where restraint
was necessary, and enlarged where free
dom grew; the manner in which it has
borne the nation through the crisis Of
civil war, has not only proven the sum OF
the great wisdom thus exercised, but it
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device struck to commemorate the crime is
still extant.
Britannia was first struck in coins by the
Romans. In the year 1867 Charles III re-
vived the device, and the new Britannia
was fac-simile of his chere annie, Barbara
Villiers, created by him Duchess Of Cleve-
by ROetier, and was pictured carrying the
can on a spear
The liberty cap was first used In this
country as the device on the flag of the
Philadelphia Light Guards. a militia or
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gan ecu SOlll6 tlill6
prior to the revOlu-
ton. The Committee
of Public Safety in
Philadelphia, August
81. 1915, passed a resO-
luton adopting as the
seal Of the board the
cap Of l!berty with the
motto, " This is my
right, and [ viii de-
fend it," 1t was first
placed upon Ameri-
can coins in 1888.
During tue French
revolution the en-
btam Of tine libprfv