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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-10-15
X. s. Orr is Now Mayor OF Tacoma.

Tacoma, Oct. "a. V. Fawcett,
acting mayor since April, vacated the
Office at O'Clock this morning, the
state supreme court having decided K.
s. Orr, the contestant, entitled to be
seated pending further hearing of the
case, which will be in the superior
court in about two months. Mayor
Orr called special meeting Of the city
council for tomorrow morning to CON-
slider how public business can be most
harmoniously carried on.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-10-15

London. Oct. 12.-Edward J. Ivory,
alias Bell, the saloon.keeper Of New
York, charged with aiding and abetting
the alleged dynamite conspiracy, was
brought up again today on remand
from the Bow street police court.
Counsel for the treasury department
called several witnesses. The prisoner
was again remanded for a week.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-10-15

Ellensburg, Wash, Oct. 9.-Clsude
and Ralph Helm left today with car
load of Percheron horses, bound for
San Francisco, whencs they will sail
for Honolulu. The horses range from
l.400 to 300 pounds each.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-10-15
wbois.ai. Grs,p.D.s,er As.,vn.

Philadelphia, Oct. l2.-John Lunn,
wholesale grain dealer. has made an
assignment for the benefit Of his credit
ors. The liabilities amount to s7S, 900;
assets, $50 nnn
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1896-10-15

Melbourne, Oct ~ The assembly,
after an all.night sitting, passed the
second reading Of the bill establishing
female suffrage and ''one man to one
vote"
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
50 HE MAY BE MATTHEWS
Mclean Now Regarded as Out
 of It
BECAUSE OF THE OHIO SPLIT
AItgeId Is Said to Have an Eye on Fithian, Williams and Ladd of His
 State.

Chicago, July 10.--A conference on the vice president was held in parlor K of the sherman house tonight. Senator Jones, Senator White and others of the steering committee issued the invitations for the meeting and nearly every state except the gold states were representa-. Governor Stone of Missouri, Governor Altgeld of Illinois, Senator Daniel of Virginia and other prominent leaders were present. It was nearly Il o'clock before the meeting was got under way. The door was carefully guarded and lit tie leaked out as to the deliberations man was considered and a message was sent over to Mir. Bryan to learn his po- sition in regard to the men most talked of. The conference remained in session long after midnight. At 12:30 a. m. no decision had been reached as to who should be placed in nomination. The consensus of opinion is that candidates from the south and from states east of the Alleghenies were unavailable.
 This practically killed the chances of Sibley of Pennsylvania and National Committeeman Sewall of Maine, George Fred Williams of Massachusetts and the other candidates from the south. The split in the Ohio delegation, which was divided between John R. Mclean and Allen w. Thurman, made 1t unlikely that either of these candidates could be se- lected Governor Matthews of Indiana seemed to stand the test of criticism bet ter than most of the other candidates. Governor Altgeld discussed the qualifi- cations of Ex-Congressman Fithian of Illinois and c. K. Ladd and J. R. Will Hams of the same state. .
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11

side but sand heaped up like waves over which the burning heat of the atm9s phere formed that sort of undulafing re- flection which produces the illusions or the mirage. Fatigue at once overcame me, and I fell upon the ground bereft of strength, my head burning and pulse throbbings painfully. 1 was ready to perish with thirst The panting hyena came and smelt around me with ap- parent disquietude. Soon she darted away so abruptly and with such rapidlty that I thought she had left me to my fate I tried to rise and follow, but could not. Ten minutes passed and saw the faithful creature returning. She rushed toward me and began to lick my hands with her cool tongue, While her lips were dripping with fresh water I noticed that her track through the sand was outlined with moisture.
 "She had found water. The certainty of this restored my strength. arose and managed to follow the hyena, Who walked slowly turning her head from time to time to see if were coming. At length we reached a hole scooped out or the sand. It was moist, but contained no water. I tried to dig it deeper but my hands, scorched by the sand, made no satisfactory progress; Meantime the hyena wandered about scenting the ground. Suddenly she began to work with her paws and made a small hole which speedily filled with water. While somewhat brackiSh, it tasted delicious upon my parched tongue, and drank of it freely, bathed my hands and face and then proceeded homeward with my faithful guide, without whose kind or fees I certainly would nave perished.
 "The extreme acutenesS of the hyena,S sense of smell is wonderful. At the dis tance of four or five miles from my yelling at Phillippeville this pet animal used to discover the location Of the car cas- of a dead animal, and then the ln- stinct of the wild beast arose and would not be restrained. Invariably she man aged to elude my vigilance and dart away with marvellous speed, and finally return gorged with flesh and half dead from fatigue. On one of these gastro- homie excursions she was lost to me. A panther that had committed great ray ages in the district attacked and wound ed her so severely that she died in few hours after her return home.
 Most persons regard the hyena as bloodthirsty animal whose habits prompt it to attack and kill children and young cattle for food, and, like the vulture, to perform the duties of scavenger on the battlefield and wherever dead carcasses pollute the air. On inquiry at the zoo and headquarters of the menagerie 1t was learned that no animal is more easily domesticated or more readily responds to kindness by gatitude and faithful ser vice. A gentleman sent pet hyena to the Philadelphia zoo and four years after ward he visited the place. The moment the animal caught sight of him he reeog- nfzed his former master with all the Joy full manifestations of faithful ana al- fpctionate dog.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
PRESS COMMENTS.
Editor Enloe Is Delighted

Ed1tOr GnlOe IS D0llBh bSu'
 Nashville, July 10.-The Sun, in com menting on the nomination, will say ed- itorially tomorrow:
 s'In all the breadth of the land not one citizen could have been found more wor- thy the tremendous distinction of great party. Young, we'll born, educated, in- tellectual full of courage and aggress- iveness, of high moral character, a stu dent of men and books and conditions, the impersonation of eloquence, Cicero in his chasteness of expression and a De- mosthenes in the thunderbolt quality OF his oratory in line with the people, their familiar and their popular exponent he will go into the campaign panoplied as a Occur de Lion, adroit as Saladin and with all the vigor and manhood of his Anglo-Saxon lineage; he will push on and on in the fight for principle until he car ries his party in victory to the Capital City of the nation, where is deposited the sacred ark of the covenant of human lib- erty.
 ''The Sun believes that the prayers of those Christian ministers who opened the proceedings were heard on high, and that God Almighty, high priest and prince, bestowed his benediction upon the democratic hosts."
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
JOKING A sPANIARD.
He Was Told That Bull Fighting Was
 Child's Play to Cow Puncher.

Child's Play to Cow Funcher.
 There is a Spanish gentleman and scholar who finds it more to his comfort during the conflict in Cuba and army drafts in Spain to carry cocktails around the Marlborough bar. Incidentally he keeps right up to date on the internecine strife and continues to have child-like faith in the greatness and goodness of his native land, says the New York Her. aid. As a sort of a privileged character he joined in general discussion of bull fighting as civilzer the other day, and finally became considerably wrought up [ by declaration from one of the party to the effect that the ancient sport wasn't half so dangerous as 1t appeared to be. Some pictures were displayed by way of illustration.
 F We've got thousand cowboys out west" said the gentleman, "who could go into the bull ring of Madrid single handed with lariat and rope any Span- ish bull that ever paved up the earth"
 But these are not ordinary bulls." protested the Spaniard, and are born and bred fighters. They raise them just as you raise game cocks and breed rat terriers. They are not afraid of any, thing or anybody. It takes the bravest amen, who get enormous salaries, to meet i them in the arena, where from 50.000 to 75.0O0 people pay for the privilege of sec ing the sport.v
 "Yes, and it takes half dozen men with red blankets and lancets to stir the bull up to business,". continued the west erner, "and if anybody is. killed 1t Is usually the horse. Now, IF one of our little bronchos and an ordinary cow puncher were to tackle such an animal they'd down him and tie his legs togeth- CT before he knew where he was. I tell you, they're dead slow over there"
 That's right" put in g. man who had an arm In splints. 'we may be a little shest on bulls, but we've got the bicy vIr.
 The spaniard walked away without a word more.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
CHRISTIAN ENDEAV0R.
Second Dayof the Fifteenth Annual lnterna- tional Convenhon-Th Great Meet
 ing Last Night.

Washington, July 10.-The second days business of the fifteenth annual interna- tional Christian Endeavor convention be- gan today at the appointed hour, 9:30 o'clock, in the two tents, in the Wesley Methodist Episcopal church and in Gem tral hall Tent "Williston" was still in state of collapse, and the crowd that would have found accommodations there was distribn ad between the Wesley church and the Central hall The usual o'clock prayer meetings, held in thirty- three city churches, and the meeting for Bible study in the New York Avenue Presbyterian church preceded the formal opening. The one topic in the four great meetings was Saved to Serve" and at tention was devoted to the junior work CTS societies.
 One of the features of the large meeting was the unrolling of the missionary roll of honor being lists of names on con- tinous sheets of paper rolled up on hose reels after the manner of petitions, etc, when prepared for impressive effect. Up- on it were the names of 5869 young people societies; 5331 unior societies, represent ing thirty-five states, seven territories, seven provinces and four foreign lands, and showing contributions of $154,O22 to home and foreign mission boards and $206, ,150 to other denominational uses, total of $360,172. Of this the Clarendon Street Baptist society, Boston, and the Calvary Presbyterian society, Buffalo, each gave in excess of 5000.
 In the meetings this morning and yes terday the capacity of the tents were taxed to their utmost to accommodate the crowds. One feature of the conven- ton that calls for special praise is the singing. A chorus of over 4000 voices has been training for several weeks for use at these meetings. This chorus IS divided into four sections, one number ing more than 1000 voices for each tent and one for use in the churches The sections sit in tiers behind the speakers and sing endeavor songs, in which the vast audiences join.
 At the open air meeting on the cap- itol grounds tomorrow at o'clock the united chorus will sing, accompanied by the marine band
 The general topic for the day, Saved to Serve" was the subject also of to- nights meetings.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
The Beginning of the Romanoffs.

FOftnlRntly heVleW
 During the long civil wars in Russia which followed the extinction of the Rurik dynasty the imperial title was still claimed by upstart uSurper czarS. In 1913 new dynasty was chosen to put an end to the rule of preteRderS. Michael Romanoff, the son of Philaret, the metro- politan of Rostoff, was elected by kind of states general convoked for the pur- pose There had been various candi- dates, but a letter, said to be written by Philaret, having been placed before the assembly, which was couched in terms advocating constitutional government, the son of that church dignkary was elected. The letter said that the as- sembly ought not to confer irresponsi- ble power upon the monarch whom they would appoint but that the legislative power should be divided between the czar the house of Boyars and the states general The oath imposed upon Michael Romanoff was therefore to the effect that he should neither decree laws nor declare war, nor conclude treaties Of peace or alliance, nor infiict capital pun ishment or conflscation of property upon any person except with the assent or the Boyars and the parliament
 Afterward this letter, when 1t had served its purpose, was declared to be a forgery. A few years laten the young czar ordered the charter of 1913 to be de- stroyed, and to be replaced by another
 
 Romanoff was elected czar and auto- crat" of all the Russias. Gradually the convocation, even of a merely consulta- tive assembly became less and less ire quent. Finally it's existence was alto- gether done away with. After 1882 no took place any more-except once, under atherine IL, for 0 mere tenn porary object.
 It is to these sporadic cases of states general if they may be called so, and to a charter enshrouded in some historical doubt that Russian liberals have in our time, now and then, referred to as pre- cedent. At least they did so in writings published abroad, Russian censorship having forbidden the subject to be touched upon at all. Peter l., Catherine l., Peter IT., Anne, Elizabeth. Peter IT., Catherine IT., Paul l., Alexander l., Nich- olas l., Alexander IT., Alexander III, all ruled on the strict autocratic principle, which Nicholas II. is still bent upon con tinuing. Peter l., the Great, enlarged upon it by extending the liability to cor pora1 punishment from the nobility to the imperial family itself. He had his own sisters whipped! He put his own son to the torture, who died from it. He, too, took delight in chopping off the heads of a row of political offenders, while quaffing brandy between each fatal stroke of his reddened ax. It was sul- tanism with a vengeance.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
Declined to Commit Hart.

Philadelphia, July 10.-United States Commissioner Craig this Afternoon de- clined to commit John D. Hart, the re- puted head of the Hart Steamship line, for the action of the grand jury at Jack sonville, Fla, on the charge of aiding in a recent filibusterng expedition from that place on the steamer Laurada The commissioner decided that no case had been made out against the accused. Capt E. G. Reilly. who commanded the Laurada, and Col. Emilio Nunez. the leader, who was arrested on the same charge, were recently released by the United States commissioner at Jackson vile. The trio were arrested at the in- stance of the Spanish consul at Jack eouviIe
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
LIFE SAVED BY A HYENA.
Remarkable Experience of an America
 Traveller in AlRerlr.

Remarkable Experience of an American
 Traveller in Algerlr.
 Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Col. Martin Sykes, fomerly of Ken- lucky, now a resident of New York, re- gently said to an Enquirer reporter:
 q would like to correct a wrongful impression regarding a very kind and useful animal. In 1878 had a business errand in Algeria, and resided in that country several months One of the na- lives presented me with a young hyena, which became attached to me after the manner of faithful and gentle dog. Soon he became the constant companion of my rambles. With instinct, aided by an uncommonly acute sense of smell she served me as guide, and with her I felt sure of never going astray, to whatever distance I might penetrate into the forest mountain ravine or among those immense sandy plains which so much resembled the sea Whenever I wished to return the crea ture snuffed the soil with dilated nos trils and after moment spent in care ful investigation she wold walk on rap idly before me.
 Never did she deviate from the track by which we had come, as I constantly perceived by the marks which my feet had made in stopping to pluck some rare herb, or the evidence of where my hand had broken branch from a shrub From time to time she would stop and seat herself upon her launches, yawn- ing for caress, after which she would trot a long. If any nose was heard in the midst of the profoundsilence in the desert. she used to erect her ears and make inquisition with her quick scent and hearing. If the result produced nothing alarming she would gaily pur- sue her route.
 "One morning. enticed onward by the wonderful phantasmaeora If a mirage in the sandy plains near Thebessa, I found myself at length in the midst of a desert. could see nothing on any
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
Not So the Register.

Mobile July 10.-The Mobile Register, the oldest democratic newspaper in the south, and that managed to accept Hor- ace Greeley, although with a grimace, SayS:.
 s'Both parties are radical; both parties are wrong. The first advocates unlimited protection and encourages race antag- onism, while the other is for reducing the standard to a. silver basis and for unlm- ited issue of government money" Be- tween republicanism and populism we accept neither; and what we cannot do we shall not ask others to do. We are not of those who think evil can be tenn porized with, or that we can make terms with wrong. Knowing what we know and believing what we do believe, we would earn nothing but the contempt of honest men were we now to make a. pre- tense of loyalty to party which avows a policy we have ever denounced as un- sound and ruinous and which we are still ready as ever to denounce as such"
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
Two Views.
Truth.

Truth.
 Before the Verdict-Gentlemen of the jury, 1t has rarely been my good fortune to gaze upon the countenance of twelve men so honest, faithful and so intelli- gent as those I now see before me.
 After the Conviction-Your honor, l move that this verdict be set aside. The foreman of the jury is non compos men tis; No. has been bribed; No. is man of grossly incorporate habits; No. 9 ex- pressed decided opinions on the case be- fore he was selected as a juror. I will have affidavts concerning the others within a few days.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
STRANGER THAN FICTION.
Rifle Bullets Rendered Harmless by the
 Use of a Dynamo.

R1ne Bullets hendered Harmless py Ine
 Use of Dynamo.
 New York Herald.
 The Journal de Geneve gives some startling details respecting the deaection of steel projectiles by electricity. It will be remembered that Dr. Conan Doyle, in the Stark Munro letters, attributed an invention to his crazy hero for deflecting shots from vessels by means of accumu- lators at the stem and stern. That which appeared improbable now seems to be easy of realization-at least if the facts stated by our contemporary have not been misapprehended. They are as follows:
 "Ihe committee of the federal rifle meeting at Winterthour has made @ cu- rious discovery while summing up the results of the last course. The greater number of the hits on the targec fired from the right side of the range were marked on the right of the bulls eye, while those fired from the left of the range were almost exclusively on its left. Moreover, all projectiles partly or wholly constructed of steel had become mag netic These facts suggested various theories, and among them it was sug- geSted that the diversion of the bullets might be due to the numerous electric and telephone wires extending along both sides of the range at Winterthouf. Fresh experiments at the ranges of Berne and Thun conduced to this con clusion. The authorities at Thun seem to have little or no doubt on the subject.
 ''At Thur the authorities established parallel with the rifle range, at distance of little more than forty yards, an eiec- tric current of 5000 volts, carried along four steel cables. With a view of tracing the whole effect paper circletS were placed at every ten yards. The first eX- pertinent was made with the Swiss model rifle of 1889. With this the influence Of the electric current was apparent. In a distance of 260 yards the bullet took a. lateral deviation of twenty-four yards, and after that the curve of the trajectory was still more marked. The second eX- pertinent was made with the Japanese B. 32mm rifle of Colonel Yamagata, and they were still more decisive, the bullet being rapidly attracted to the electric wires and following their course with ab- solute servility. Further attempts were made with artillery. The range selected was one of 5000 yards and 200 yards in front of the targets, but 40 yards to the side was placed the electric battery. Ev- cry shot was diverted by it's influence far to the side of the target-to be exact the deviation was one of IA degrees.
 'The conclusions drawn from these ex- periments are that a section of Infantry exposed to fire at 300 yards would enjoy complete safety if a dynamo or accumu- lator were placed on its flank; whole company would be in the same security at 300 yards, and artillery fire would be rendered innocuous at 1000 yards. If these facts are sound the new small bore rifle is doomed, and we shall have to re- turn to the heavy bullet of lead, because it is unaffected by electricity. But to military reformers this will signify re- pulse along the whole line"
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
Fine Game of Ball.

Jacksonville. July 10.-(Special.)- Yesterday afternoon the two local baseball clubs,- the Invincibles and Vic tors, played one of the finest games of ball ever seen in this section. The score resulted as follows:
 q H II ! Vicfors .......O0 0OO1OOO 0-1 10 6 lnvincibles 70 O01011 *-3 13 6
 Batteries-Victors. Crook, Morton and Haralson; Invincibles, Wilkerson and HaineS t
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
EI,Ks RIEcr oFrIcDRs.
Judge B. M. Allen Is Grand Esteemed
 Lending Knight.

Leading Knight.
 Cincinnati, July 10.-The grand lodge of Elks today elected officers for the ensu- ing year. Among them are; Grand ex- alted ruler M. D. Detwiler of Harrisburg, Pa; grand secretary, G. A. Reynolds of Saginaw Mich; grand esteemed leading knight, B. M. Allen, Birmingham, Ala. grand esteemed loyal knight, Louis Hausser of Newark, N. J.; grand esteem ed leading knight, c. M. Foote of Min neapolis, Minn- grand treasurer, E. S.. Orris of Beaver. Pa. Minneapolis was selected for the grand lodge meeting and reunion of 1897
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
Special Primary in LauderdaIe.

Florence, July 10.-(Special.)-A special primary election was held in this county today to select a candidate for tax as- sessor to succeed D. G. Wilson. the demo- cratic candidate who died. The indica- tions are that M. Malone has carried the county by large majority
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
Below the sIoO, ,ooo, ,ooo Limit.

Washington. July 10.-The gold reserve today fell below the $100,000, ,0O0 limit for the first time since February 20. 1896. The loss of gold today was s934,700, leaving the reserve al the close of business at So9 I'll BIS
Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-11
To Meet a Grave Charge.

In the inferior criminal court this morning Judge Feagin will hear the case of Charley Brown, colored, charged with criminal assault--His victim is a negro girl. aged 16 years, named Mary Wilson.
 Go to East Lake tonight. See the pavilion studded with 1000 incandescent lights.
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