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s SCEDFOItP MAIL TRIBUNE, MILORD, OREGON, TUESDAY. MARCH 22, 1910. Too Late to Classify 4 1'OR SALE At a bargain, housel-old goods, all new; must sell at once Call at 133 N. Ulvorsldo avc. 2 TROOPS RUSHED ENTOMBED UNDER "WANTED First-class cook wants Dosllion. Address H. 0., caro of this offlco. 2 FOK 8AL.K '6 acres, West Mcdtord; excellent platting proposition; will cut 28 lots; prico $2500. Address Box 12, city. 2 -New five-room bungsv fou SALE low In thf) West End; $S50; terms, Four-room houso, two porches oloctrlc lights and well; $1200 terms. Modern five-room cottage on West Tenth street; $1350, terms. Modern bungalow, live blocks Iran business center; cast front; 31S00. BENSON INVESTMENT CO. KOlt SALE Ten acres; three and one-halt miles frcm ctty; four room house; good veil, pump tank and hoso; $6000, terms. Benson Invest meat Co. 3 2OR SALE Eighteen acres; three -and one-half miles from city, at $225 per aero; will rtlvMo into six- acre tracts. Benson Investment Co. 3 1X)11 SALE Twenty-five acres; IS acres in fruit, family orchard In leariag; small house, barn and oth er buildings; good well; on two good county rjads; nine miles from station; $3000, terms. Benson In reetsacnt Co. S TOR SALE Twenty acres; near city; good flve-nm house, bare and oth er buildings; 450 Bartlctt pears. 75 ef which are 10 years old; some "Wtater Nelis end Comico pears; 19,500, terms. Benson Investment Co. 3 -room Trout; 5 house; east blocks from Main street; mice neighborhood; ready April 1. StfcArthur & Alexander. Phone 36S1. Tees 3, P. O. block. : 2 JFOR SALE 6-room house and up stairs sleeping porch; built for a "home. If you want a buy, don't fail is paoBO 3GS1. Prico $2750; terms asy. McArthur & Alexander, P. O. Block. 2 TOilNVESTIGATE DEADLY WRECK 10 QUELL REBELS' 50 FEET OF EARTH Landowners of Thessaly Flco to the Frontier for Lives Peasants Are Burnlnn Corn Depots State Bor dering on Anarchy. ATHENS, Greece, March '22. More troops were rushed to the province- of Thessaly today follow ing the receipt of reports by the gov ernment that tho peasants were burning corn depots. According to dispatches from the provinces, bands of peasants, aggre gating several thousand, are piling ing the homes of tho Turkish and Mohammedan landowners and tho present force of troops in tho vi cinity is unable to cope with the sit uation. Many of the landowners are flee ing to the frontier for Uieir lives, as the peasants are inflamed because the government has not acted on their petition to distribute tho prop erty of the Turkish landlords among the populace. In the vicinity of Knrditsn, a state bordering on anarchy is reported and throughout tho province the uprising of the peasantry has assumed pro portions which menaces the peace of tho nation. Government officials here fear that Turkey will soon intervene to protect her subjects by sending an armed force into Thessaly, ns she has already announced that such a step was being contemplated. Is yonr advertising program an ex panding one in the degree that you want your store, or enterprise, to ex pand f , Rescuers Frantically Endeavoring to Reach William Pickering, Cauyht In Shaft of Well Taps Out Mes sage to the World. POISONERS MAKE ATTEMPTJN ESTRADA Five "Nurses" Disappear from Hos pital Following Administering of Poisen to Estrada of Nicaragua. MONROVIA. Col.. March 3i Bn tombed under CO feet of earth mfil debris. Willinni PinUnriiii. iiir.nl iM). is battling against death today while hall a hundred men are laboring iranticnlly to burrow to his under srround cell. Pickering was caught bfnenth ton ot sand and timbers when the shaft of n well he was diinrinir on the Rich nrdson ranch, two miles south of this city, caved in. The rush of snm' and stone carried with it a Iioum constructed over the shaft and left a chasm 30 feet in diameter, rimmed with shifting sand. Pickering, who was the foreman of tho well crew, was tho onlv man caught by the slide. Almost imme diately his fellow-laborers heard faint tappings coining from the pit. Volunteers wcro lowered into tho shaft and nn attempt made to cut tiirough the concrete casing, behind which it was believed Pickoring was imprisoned. Throughout tho nieht tho rescuers worked, making but little impression on the concrete, which was reinforc ed with steel. Early today thoy were relieved by other workers, who eon tinned the nssault with hammer and chisel. Tho tannines censed shortly before daybreak. It is feared a fur ther settling of the debris hns crush ed out Pickering's life. Pickerintr is unmarried and his, home is in Los Angeles. T LEWIS IS IN NEW COMPANY Tarty-five Persons Killed and Many More injured In Wreck Caused by Soft Track en Rock Islam! Railroad. DES MOINES, la., March 22. An investigation of the Rock Island Trreck nenr Reinbcck, in which 45 persons wore killed and 45 injured wdl be undertaken by the stnte rail road commission. Tho railroad of ficials, who have carried on an in vestigation of their own, have not announced the cause of tho accident The morgues and hospitals IC&rahalltown, where? the dead and injured were taken, are crowded with week victims. All of the dead and injured were residents of the middle west and every train is carrying anx ious people there in an effort to identify tho victims. Most of tho "dead have been identified. Tho wreck occurred when a don uie-neaaer itoct island pnssengor Trns derailed on tho Chicago Great nestom tracks, which were bein used on account of a blockade on the Rock Island tracks. PAPERS ARE SERVED in mm CASE Deputy Marshal Hammersly Serves Fa pars in Case of Heirs of J. A. rCardwell vs. J. Nunan. Deputy United States Marshal T. E. Hammersly was at Jacksonville Monday serving papers in tho case of Medora Berry et al., heirs of James A. Cardwcll vs. J: Nuiinn et al., in Tolving the title to a tract of valu able land adjoining tho town of Jacksonville which has been trans lerred from tho circuit court to tho federal court, owing to tho fact that several of tho plaintiffs aro not now residents of tho state of Oregon. This, case is most important to Southern Oregon, from the faot that there are a number of Bimilnr cases and a decision on this ono will solve tho problems of tho others. At his death, James A. Card well wade his wife executrix. Before she had fully administered upon the er Into she died, and no fi; (her pr ceodings were taken, Things passed along enier i BLUEFIELDS. Nicaratma. March 22. It is charged here that five al leged spies working as nurses in a local nospital administered poison to Provisional President Juan J. Es trada yesterday while he was in spectinc the hosnital. Estrada's life was saved hv the hospital physicians, who administer ed powerful emetics. The "uur escaped. Soon after Estrada arrived, the hospital authorities ordered some re freshments for him. As ho was in a hurry to complete his tour of in spection, the provisional president ate hurriedly. Half an hour later he was taken violently ill. He showed every evidence of being affected by tue action or some strong irritant poison. He was rushed into the oporating room, whero emmetics were mven. At tho time it was not suspected that hstrnda had been poisoned and the physicians believed that ho was Buf fering from an acute attack of indi gestion caused by rapid eating. shortly after it was announced that Estrada would recover, five nurses disappeared from the hospi tal. A posbo was sent in pursuit of the fleeing man, but were unsuc cessful in their hunt. Meanwhile the food which Estrada had eaten was examined and an an alysis revealed tho presence of poi son which had been mixed with it. 1 M NAB MAN SUSPECTED OF ROBING EXPRESS CAR s Incorporator of Oregon Surety & Casualty Co. Capital of $100,000 Subscribed and Paid Up. ELECTRIC PARK Adjoins tlu county scat, Jacksonville; 20 minutes' rido hy train or auto troni Medford, This beaut Mil wooded traut contains (150 acres of land, com-' i niandmy; u magnificent view of Bedford and the valley. It is proposed to in corporate a company, capitalized at $05,000, with 050 shares of stock at $100 nor share. After incorporating, it is proposed to plat and subdivide the grounds into aero tracts, plant it to fruit, best adapted to the soil, and sell it at an average prico of $500 por acre, on easy terms. Each share of stoc.lv rep resents one acre, and for a short time stock will be sold for $100 por share, $10 cash and $o per month for 18 months. This stock is not for sale as a wholo at $100 per share, nor at tho rate of $100 per aero. The 'company proposes to realize much more out of it for the stockholders. Over fiftv of Med ford's live . booster business men have already invested. Two hundred more booster in vestors are wanted to purchase one sharo only each. The combined boosting of this "Electric Park bunch will make a populous suburb to Medford, make hundreds of beautiful homes, make nn hourly serv ice on Barmmi's railroad, and make its stockholders a handsome profit. For further information impure at Office, 209 West Main Stroct. Beautiful Home Sites, $100 an Acre DO YOU KNOW OP ANY TRACT OF LAND AS CONVENIENT TO TRANSPORTATION AND MEDFORD WITH FREE SOIL, BEAUTIFUL 52395 ?JTES' AT $10 PER A0KB im?TY PROMINENT PEOPLE OF aiEDFORD HAVE ALREADY SHOWN THEIR CONFIDENCE BY IN VESTING IN STOCK IN THIS TRACT. ALL PERSONS DESIRING STOCK ARE INVITED TO SUBSCRIBE FOR SAME PRIOR TO 2G' 1910' AM) MAKP TKB ttUTrA L PAYMENT OF $10 PER SHARE, AFTER WHICH DATE IT IS SUBJECT TO ADVANCE WITH OUT FURTHER NOTICE. FOR FULL INFORMATION, CALL AT . , ' Gold Ray Realty Co. 209 West Main St. Medford From Portland come tho news that Hunt Lewis, former owner of the Bear Creek orchards, and for several years a resident of Medford, is one of the incornorators and so,'- retary and treasurer of a new lifo in snrance company, tho Oregon Surety cc casualty company. Tho Specta tor speaks of it as follows: , "Another Orecon corooration. nini ilar in its prospects to tho flourish mir UrtKon Lue. was formed tlii week with a directorate and bonnl f officers culled from well-known bus iness men of Portland. It will be known as the Oreeon Surotv & Cnnu alty company and hns nn it nmJ dent Gay Lombard. The vicn.nrvi. dents are Henry Ladd Corbett njiri Orange JT. Clark and C. Hunt Lqwis nas been appointed seeretnrv and treasurer. Fully paid-up capital hiock 01 JsIUU.UUU has been uiihnri .. ed, and application has been filed for a 8tn(e license As soon as this is obtained tho corporation will open for business. The company wan nr. moted quietly and with little delay, wic organizers ueincr nnfivniv ;i rati fied with tho raising of funds, and nro luemselves heavy holders of stock. The offices of the tiave not yet been nnmcd. nlthrtm-li ,i is believed that nrefcrmiprt will h Riven to Dooly CoajMsy as ga cu nirenis. frank K. iinniv. v . president of the Ilibemin bank, is one oi tno new directors.'' SEATTLE. Wash.. March 22. Held in tho citv iail on information filed by the prosecuting attorney, al leging train robbery, Richard How ley is a prisoner to'day awaiting fur- tlier identification. The police pro fess to beliove that Howlev was con nected with tho looting of the ex press car on Groat Northern train No. 247 on May 12, 1008, and they claim tno clews by which thoy were enabled to nnnrehend Howlev worn furnished by the man's sweetheart. wlio Jives in Tncoma. Last night tho detectives who have been working on the case received a telegram from the officials of tho Great .Northoro Express company at St. Paul, savini? that a reward of $5000 would be paid for the conviction of the man under arrest. PAULHAN FLEES PGR HDKF TO ESCAPE CIVIL ACTION those days than thoy do now, so ifter a Innse of nenrlv 20 vearH n flaw in the title of J. Nunnn. niir- ehaser under a foreclosure sale, is found. The property is valuable now and tho heirs are suing for what "oy consider their just share of tho tnto. NEW YORK. March 22. Loula Fatilhan, the French aviator. nni Mme. Paulhan today aro In mld-acenn aboard tho steamship Prealdont Grant Homeward bound. Edmond Cleary, Paulhan's former manager, who sought to recover mon ey on a contract with tho aviator and who failed to obtain nossosfllon of Paulhan's aeroplanes, learned today or nls rormer star's doparture. It Is probable that Clearv will n cover norio of the money ho avers to bo due through tho alleged failure of Paulhan to keep his contract with tho manager. To Remove Pope's Body. ROME, March 22. Tho body of tho late Pope Plus XIII will bo re moved from Its temporary tomb In Rt. Peter's church beforo tho middle of April and placed In tho magnifi cent supuichro prepared for it In tho Ohurch of St. John tho Latorano. The romoval will bo conducted as unoH. tentatiously as possible A soloron funeral service will bo colobrated fol- lowing tho laying of tho body in its now resting plnco. MANY CONFESS TO GRAFT CHARGE Twelve Councilmen of Pittsburg Acknowledge Their Wrongdoings- Today Is Last Day of Grace and They Hurry to Tell of Thefts. PITTSBUnO, Pa., March 22.- The Smoky City today is in the throes of a great graft investigation fwelve councilman and ox-council- men have confessed to accepting bribes and -11 others have been in dieted. Prosecutor Blakeley announced that the expiration of tho Inst day of graco to the scapegoat council men, the prosecution would seek the indictment of tho men responsible for wholesale bribery. More confessions nro exncet'ed to ilny in Jiidiro FreboHfl courtroom several councilmen hastened to con fess yestordnv. hut were told to re turn today, as. tho law offices wore too busy taking confession of for mer and present citv officials. Several citv councilmen confessed yesterday to the acceptance of bribes ana tnese immediately after con fessinir wrote thnlr resicmntion from the council. The resignations wore inmled to .Mayor Mageo by the dis met attorney. MME. STEINHEIL RESTING IN ENGLAND, WRITING PARIS. March 22. According to friendB of Mme. RtainheU. the widow of the murdered artist, for whose death she was recently tried, she has decided to give up all idoa of livini; in France, Instead she will mako hoi home in Enelnnd. whnro she is now writine lior memoirs, and retrnlniix' that beauty of fnco and figure which made her tho favorite with tho late President Felix Fanre. It is understood that Minn, fitoin mil hns lost nil hm- Invo of lni' i tivo land. She is disgusted with it 11 18 said, on ncemint of her year iii prison and subsequent trial, which was chnractoriznd na "hrntnl" bv tli entiro press of tho civilized world. ShermanClay & Co. (SOLE REPRESENTATIVE) Steinway Pianos i 1 L..J... THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS MAKE WE CARRY A. B. CHASE, PACKARD, ESTEY, EVERETT LTJDWICr, KURTZMAN, KINGSBURY. Tho public is cordially invitod to visit tho hotiso id Shorinan Cluy & Co. and inspect tholr lino V hoauUful and strictly high-grade pinnos STEINWAY, A. H. CHASE, PACKARD, ESTEY, EVER ETT, LUDWIO, KURTZMAN, KINflSHURY AND MANY OTHERS. ' Fine Line of Player Pianos In player pinnos wo handle tho A.. H. CHASE, OEOILIAN, BUBHONA, . .KINGSBURY AND OAROLA. Every; Piano Marked in Plain Figures. One Price Only Sherman Clay & Co. lu vrncirp wtt STREET Tlnskinu for ITealth.