MS OF THE STATE. An amateur gardener, recently lo cated la, Nortb Grunts Pass, le annoyed because be strikes water at a depth of : about three lnohos and if) making In quiries for an amphibious breed of ' Irish potatoes to plant. Oh, just plant any kind partner; they won't ampblb my muoh after the flrat of July. M:n- Iok Journal. Crazed with drink and Imagining kimsell a "bad man," young Chester JKeady died at Corrallls on Sunday at the hands of the officers of the law, af ter he had probably fatally wounded two of them. Keady had been the ac knowledged leader of the hoodlum ele- sent In Cor vail is for months and It was In an attempt to "make good" that lie was killed. D. A. Osburn, ex sher iff of Benton oounty, Is one of the wounded men and James Dunn, ex Marshal of Corvallis, Is the other. A shot fired by Dunn, while he and Keady were both lying on the ground from wonnds received In the encounter, Is supposed to have been the fatal shot. W. O. Harryman, editor and proprie tor of the Long Creek Light, died last weok of consumption. Mr. Harryman was suspected of being Implicated In an attempt to blow up the office of a rival juper, the Ranger, February Oth. A I threatening letter, received by the edl tor of the Ranger, Charles A. Ooi, soon after the wrecking of the newspa. pur plant, was attributed to Mr. Harry man and ho waB arrested on that charge. Not a great deal of evidence was brought out at tbo preliminary rearing, as it was desired at that time eoly to make sufficient showing to bind tho accused over for appeurance before the grand jury in a small sum. It was realized at the time that the defendant' Ileal til was very procarious and the bonds were fixed at $500 by tho com' milling magistrate, Justice Lewis, of Uanyon City, The jury in the case of Dunham vs, the Southern Pacido Company, for damages received while in the employ of the company, returned a verdict of 20,000 for the plaintiff at Grants Pass, after deliberating three hours. A re hoarlng was asked by counsel for the railroad and refused by Judge Benscn The case will probably be appealed to tho Supreme Court. At tbo last seS' ion of court Dunham won also and was awarded a verdict of $12,000. Tho cir cuit court of Josephine county has been in session since Monday and tho enttro lime has been given to this case, tho verdict brought lust time having boon sot aside by Judgu Haniia. Dunham waB run over by un engine In the Grants Pass yards in March, 1002, and lost a leg by the accldont. Tho full wiib shown to have boon enured by a broken handhold on tho engine. Dun ham's original suit was for 10,000 Lawt Wednesday morning four large whules uamo In llio Sluslaw ut Hood tide. While they were apparently greatly enjoying themselves catching nab, the watchumu at the government vorks at tho jutty saw them and secur ing his gun and boat, sturted toward them. The whales started to sea, but missed the channel and three of them ran on the "south spit" and were un able to get off. The other turned and itnrtod up the river. The .watchman pursued aud shot It. Supposing that the whale was dead, he put a rope around it and tried to tow it down the river, but was unable to move the largo body. The tug L. Roseoe came along Mr Proper Treatment anil Cure. Commonly, tlic first symptom of a "cold " b n cliilly tceling, nccoHivi'tiied W sneez ing, or it tickHtiK in the throni. The most itrqtU'iU of external causes ate lrmthts, wet or cohl feet, or K'B from hot rooms Jtlilrienly into cold ones. More frequently there Is an inner cause namely the stagim lion of the blood caused hy constipation or biliousness. Almost the lust symptom is me fi-eling-of cold in the feet ami increased iHschawe from the nose, No one ever taken cold unless consti tuted, or exhausted, and having what we cwll mal-nuttition, which is attended with impoverished blood and cxlmusliou of nerve lorce. Tonics consisting of large portions f alcohol, iron or rod liver oil do not bring the desited changes in the blood, because lucy do not enter the system and are not absorbed into the blood, with the exception vf the alcohol, which shrivel up the red blood corpusclfs when it Aw come in contact with them. We leeoinmend the botanical extract of Dr. Pierce because it contains no alcohol, and oilers a reasonable ml scientific method of treating the blood, bv improving the nutritive functions of the patient. The "Ooldeu Medical Discovery " Accomplishes this, by fust lestoriup (he enfeebled digestive organs, so that food, the natural tissue builder, will be digested nut atwiniilatt d, Accept no substitute for Dr. Tierce' Golden Medical l)i-covery. There is noth ing "just ail good" for discabes of the Alouiucit. Colds. at that stage of affairs and attempti to asBlst the watchman In towing tho body. But the whale then revived from the effects of the watchman's shot and proved ltBelf very much alive The tug couldn't hold the whale, which started up the river, dragging the boat stern first. The tug finally atruok shoal and the line parted. The whale Immediately turned toward the occa and In going down the river at a ter rlfto rate struck the watohman's small boat, breaking It Into splinters and throwing the watchman about twenty leei tu tue air. ine man sucoeeaea 11 reaching the bank after an exciting ex perlence, and the whale escaped and got to sea, QHCI H AiHSHIP A S)UCCCj rUI Uavlgitlon Problem Brilliantly Solved. Baa Francisco, April 25. If Captain r. B. Baldwin, the aeronaut who narl gated It, had been a little more Urn 11 tar with the new gas engine that ia :he propollant, the flight of the Oreth airship would have opened the eyes of the world. As It was, a brilliant start was made, the huge aerial ship was handled with ease, and all went well until, owing to the rarefaction of the air at height of 1500 feet above the ground, tt became necessary to alter the mix ture of the gases In the engine. Captain IlulUwin did not have thorough enough acquaintance with the machine to do this and was forced to descend. Tho descent was made with ease and safety near the San Bruno road, and the airship was later brought back to Eleventh and Market streets In safety. Slnco the preliminary flight of sev eral months ago, when It was found that' tho gas engluo of the Greth ship was not sufficiently powerful, a new light engine has been Installed, giving considerably greater horse power, and this and everything else In place the snip took flight from the airship haven at Eleventh and Market streets and started on a brilliant journey. The great ship rose slowly at first as the restraining lines were released and then more rapidly. A height of 1000 feet was quickly reacnea ana this was Increased later. Starting his engine ahead and shaping a course to the eastward and south waru, tno aeronaut was soon over Fourth street, wliero he maneuvered his airship, to the great satisfaction oi the thousands of people whose up turned races showed their deep In to rest In the experiments. All had gone well for the first hour of the trip, the complete dlriglhlllty or the Hying ship being demonstrated Apparently Sail to Dumont was out done right In San Francisco and the Golden Gate had set the pace in aero nautics. When he was about ready to return to his moorings, however, Captain uaiuwin noticed that tho engine was not working as well as at the start Tha high altitude had affected It, requ-ring tho readjustment of the mix ture of gas, and Captain Baldwin wan not sufficiently familiar with the en- glno to do this. Ho accordingly do- cidod to descend without returning to the starting point, and so he slowly and successfully landed near the San Hruno rood, south of tho city. Another trip will be made in a few days. WILL VISIT KING OF ITALY. Many Frenchmen to Repay Visit of Italy's Monarch. Paris, April 25. President Lonbet, Foreign Minister Delcnsse and a dis tinguished company of officials, have started for Rome to repay the vl: of King Victor ICmmnnuel to Paris in October last year. Tho trip Is attract- European rulers, nppronchments air1 ng widespread attention In connectio" with tho recent exchango of visits o tho remarkable series of friendly treat ies. Tho party vws accompnnied t- lie railway station by a brilliant mili tary escort and was received there b- Premier Combes, tho other member if the cabinet, and tho Italian charge d'affaires. The train was handsomely docorated. A considerable force of detectives was on the train and atn tloned along the route to Insure tin personal security of the president anr' his party. Representatives of Klnr. Victor Emanuel will meet M, Loubet at tho Itnlian frontier. SEARCHING FOR LOST WOMAN. Redding, April 25. Mrs. Honry Lov- Ison Is lost somewhere in the moun- ains between Indian Valley and fork. Trinity county, and searching pnrtios that have been hunting four days for nor have been unable to And her. She sot out afoot to walk the fif teen miles from her homo by trail to Hnyfork. a trip she has been In the habit of making onco a month. Hot huslmnd thought that she had mode the Journey in safety until six day? Inter, when ho learned from Hayfork that she hud not arrived at her desti nation. QUAY'8 COMDITION NOT CRITICAL Atlantic City, N. J April 25. Th exact condition of United States Sena tor Matthew Stanley Quay, who Is II. ere, Is not publicly known, for th-? reason that he and those about hln. for some reason, conceal the focts. 1 is certain, however, that he has no reached the crlticnl stogo which Kit Knitted currency In tho newspaper, ell is enduring the orders of Iris dot tors bravely, but the lighting spiri. which has nhvnys been his sustainin. power In warding off the sapping o. any of bis wonderful vitality in the past when Indisposed, is not with him In tho present struggle. Ben the Nn KM Yon H,w Hinws BwgM JAPS SUFFER HEAVY LOSS Force of 500 Attacked by Rus sians and Nearly All of Them Were Killed. London, April 25. A dispatch to th Standard from t Patar 2 bvrf It I report that I while. W0 Japan wr cross- Ing th Valu rlvr n raft thy $ wr attasksd by Russians and nsarly all of thm wr killed. Th Russian sasualtl war hsavy. London, April 25. The actual news from the far east Is very Bcanty. Re ports of fighting on a considerable scale on land are universally discred ited. The notification to tbe military attaches at Toklo to hold themselves In readiness to go to the front Is taken as an indication that It will not be long before serious operations are un dertaken, but everything points to the Japanese proceeding with the greatest circumspection. Paving Way for Mediation. Meanwhile the continental press Is keenly discussing the widespread re port of King Edward's mediation. It Is generally recognized that mediation is Impossible under the present condi tions. One side or the other must have a substantial success on land be fore Intervention can be proposed, yet the Telegraph's Berlin correspondent says it seems the widespread opinion there, even In the best informed diplo matic and official circles, that some thing has happened during the past fortnight to justify the belief that some strong, cool hand Is at work pre paring the way to a cessation of hos tilities, and awaits only the psycho logical moment, referring, of course, to King Edward. Admiral Wlrenlus Returns. St. Petersburg, April 25. Rear-Ad miral Wirenius has Just returned from his unsuccessful attempt to reinforce the Port Arthur fleet with his squad ron, consist. ng of the battleship Oslia- bla, the cruisers Aurora and Dmitri Donskoi, eleven torpedo boats and two transports. In an Interview the admiral com plained of the stingoncy of the neu trality at Suez and Port Said. The British authorities would not allow the vessels to remain more than twenty four hours and permitted them to take on only monsor ullnwnnces of coal. Correspondent Arrested. Port Arthur. April 25. Tho Chicago Daily News dispatcll bimt. which ap proached Friday n;i;!it last, was board ed by Russian officers. The corre spondent was arrested, but was libe rated on condition that he avoid the Kwang Tung peninsula in the future. All is quiet and there is no change in the situation here. WHOLESALE ARREST OF MINERS. Over One Hundred Utah Strikers Are Charged With Resisting Officer. Salt Lake, April 25. A wholesale ar- rfist of discontented mine.' in Carbon county is reported In acwcial dispatch es from Price, Utah. Earty Sunday morning Sheriff; Wil cox and forty deputies armed with Winchesters marched upon the camp the strikers in the canyon, took them by surprise and arrested 120 Italians. The charge against them is resisting an officer. The men were placed In a box car and takon to the jail at Price. In the miners' camp were found several guns and revolvers and about a half bushel of knives. BIG RAILROAD MERGER. Mexican Government Completes Line Prom Laredo to Salfna Crur. Mexico City, April 25. It Is under stood that the government has bought from the receiver of the Maryland Trust company, Baltimore, the liens and property of the Vera Cruz and Pa cific railway, on conditions highly fa- orablo to the government. By this acquisition the government completes Its great railway merger and obtains a continuous line of railway from Lare do to Salina Cruz, on the Pacific ocean, tho lions combined being the Mexican Nntlonnl, the International and the In teroconnic, the Vera Cruz and Pacific and Tehuantepec railways. Although the Tetuantepec Is not formally Included in the merger, to nil Intents and purposes. It is part of the new system under government control. MANY KILLED IN RIOT. Clath Between Police and Socialists In Budapest Results Fatally. Dudnpest. April 25. A serious riot reported to have taken place at the market town of Elosd, near Gross Wnr- oin. resulting from a collision be- weon nuH'Mniis of the Socialists and linlepondonts. While order was helnc restored by the gendarmes n Socialit! red a revolver, killing tho command The g- ndarmes thereupon fired a volley, kill ig twenty-three of the riot j ers and severely wounding forty. The military was summoned from Gross Warded ; MssiiEST It r building of the run-down constitution. You will find no tonio to act so promptly and beneficially where the health ha given way, the strength over-taxed by Those living in the low, marshy miasmatic poisons and breathing poois ana wamp., tiutbeir ot... obi., a... , iwa. systems are filled with ma- 0tUsan: a.s.a.iafo4ms41olu. ! laria and their health under- ' ' m tkt u V"lu? mined, will finds. S. 5. a aUtksara'ua. It aa appotlts aal tn.rtr mot excellent tonic, and. its -k..oaflbtt.iBTTFy. Ittnnul , . ' ... 1 also a ozoolUnt klo parlOar. VormsBtkal timely use has many times wa troubled wltk an ltohtn skin noptloa on prevented the serious com- k faoi, and I triad spooiallsts jnd many im- . dlos to rot a ours, but a. B. a. Is th only modloln plications that ao Often that sosmod to rollsvo. I am no comparatively result from malaria. o'thls omption, I think a irost dl of rout I flr,r,A m,l I modlolno, bollovlnsj It to both boot blood pnrlflor I tood blood, good appe- .nd tonlo known to tho world to-dT. , tite and good digestion are . mi, FBANK KOBNlirt. the foundation stones of W 8",B,h good health. S. S. S. sun- ii iL. . ... . r. Altoona. P... Jnno SO. 1MB. pucs i i mese, containing I hv as it does ingredients for nlal, and only do so now because of a desire to the nurifiratinn nf th. hA have others bonedtod by tho ne of your moot ' , ; , oxoeiienc meaioino. Beroro using B. B. B. this and also well-known tonic eDrlna I vrr muoh relt tho need of tonlo , w.. properties making it the g! ideal remedy in cases where aceolno the blood has deteriorated Pepela, regulated my bowels, enriched my blood, iiie Diooa nas aeterioratea, and oaud m. t0 f ain a0 pouni, (n w,iint J the stomach disordered and that I feel in better physical condition than X BDnetite has failed havolnyeare. In my Judament there is no better appeuie nasianea. tonlo ,nd blooi mr on th mket than your o. o. o. being a purely preparation, and I unheeltatlnaly reoommend It Tegetable compound, leaves ,u"1- A- L- vibbsr. no bad after-effects, like the strong potash and mineral remedies, which are bad on the stomach and nerves, A course of S. S. S. now will fortify the system, and the impurities that have accumulated through the long winter months are more readily and promptly thrown off.and the warm weather finds you in good physical condition, instead of weak, run-down, tired and debilitated, with no appetite or energy, as is apt to be the case where the system is neglected and nature left to take care of herself. If you need a tonic and appetizer, you will find S. S. S. the best. Medical advice without charge to all who write us about their case. fur Jtivirraarxirn. m m TEXAS SWEPT BY Residences Several Demolished and People Injured Floods in Kuasas. Mount Vernon, Tox.; April 25. The Worst tornado ever knev.-n in this sec tion struck Mount Vernon from the Southwest last night. Eleven houses were blown down, tho residence of J. M. Mayors, vice-preatdont of the First National bank, being completely de- inonsneu. Mr. juayors was seriously injured and Mr.-;. Mayors and C. H. Harp and son and daughter were In jured. The hous of V. W. Arnold was snnttered anS strewn for hun dreds ot yards and Mr. Arnold, his wife and a young woman visiting them were all paintuiiy injured. J. P. Cns- tleberry was seriously injured in the destruction of the house. Trees, fences and wires were blown down and other damage done. The path of the storm was narrow- and it passed 3vef quickly. Kansas In Path of Storm. McPherson, Kan., April 25. A se vere tornado struck McPherson Sun day, demolishing six residences and causing more or less other damage to property. Three persons were In lured, one seriously. Much damage was done in the country north of here. Heavy Loss by Floods. Fort Scott. Kan., April 25. Fort Scott is experiencing the most serious flood in its history. Marmaton river and Mill creek, which runs into the former stream here, have risen ten feet in the pa it twenty-four hours, the result of heavy rains. As far as known no lives have been lost. The esti mated loss in live stock drowned and oronnr'tv dirne-AH )j 1 no ftrtrt For Rheumatism Neuralgia Lumbago BacKache Sciatica Sprains Bruises Soreness Stiffness Use the old reliable remedy St Jacobs Oil Brr,the II" Kmd Yen Haw Always BojgM BigattTiro ST JJS-iil. i TOIJIC increases the aoDetite. tones up the stomach, invigorates and strengthens the furnishes purer and better blood for the up hard work and close confinement. sections of the country, exposed to the impure air arising from stagnant alw.y. boon avoroo to alrlna a toitlmo- IWtSSJSSA has driven away all indloetlone of Dys- Kansas City, April 25. Unusually heavy rains and wind storms, causing more or less damage, prevailed In western Missouri and eastern and cen tral Kansas Sunday, with a blizzard In western Kansas. Small streams In Kansas are over their banks and many telephone aQd telegraph poles have been blown down. One drowning Is reported. At Odessa. Mo., James Pol lard, a young farmer, was drowned while trying to ford a usually small rivulet, which had been changed to a swift torrent by the heavy rain. Chanute, Kan., April 25. The Neo sho river at this point last night is an inland sea. caused by the most phe nomenal rise ever experienced In this gection. Five inches of water has fallen In the past twenty-four hours. Traffic on both the Santa Fe and Mis souri, Kansas and Texas railroads is paralyzed and thousands of acres of " ' ' "JZ KNIGHTS INSTALL NEW OFFICERS Reports Submitted Show Order to Be In Good Condition. San Francisco, April 25. The Grand Commandery of the Knights Temp lar of California has concluded its busi ness and Installed new officers. The reports which were submitted showed the order to be in a flourishing condi tion. The following officers were in ducted into office: R. H. Sink of Stock ton, grand prelate; Harvey D. Love land of San Francisco, grand standard bearer; L. E. Bruener of San Fran cisco, grand sword bearer; A. A. Cal a well of Pasadena, grand warder; Sam net D. Mayer of 8an Francisco, grand organist, and George W. Perkins of San Francisco grand captain of the guard. PREY OF LAND SWINDLERS. Easterners Induced to File on Worth less Claims In Humboldt County. Eureka, April 25. Ten residents of Minnesota have brought suit In Duluth .o recover $100 each for a location fee jald by them last summer to be lo :ated on government timber lands, which have since been proved to be worthless. One hundred or more men were induced to visit this county from Minnesota last season to take up tim ior claims. They were shown some ine pine timber land, which they sup iosed they filed on at the local land )fflce, and returned to their homes. It A-as not long before a rumor reached :hem thnt everything was not as rep esented and before time of proving up ieveral journeyed here again and em ployed two surveyors at Blue Lake to iurvey the land, which has proved to jo without timber. Have you seen those new souvenir post cards The Mail has in stock? NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. I.RMd office at Rosoburg, Oregon, MRrch 8, 1904 Nolice is hereby given thnt the following, named settler has tiled notice of his (ntemron to make anal proor in support of his claim nnd that said proof will be made before s Hilton. U. s. Commissioner, at bis olHce In Me.Hnrd, Oregon, on Saturday the 7th day of ANDREW GRISSOM, on II. E. No. 8518. for the s e section 18, In township 37 south, of range 'i east. He minus the following witnesses to prove his continuous resilience upon and cultivation of suhl land, viz: r'rsnk A. Pell. George v. Nichols. William H Mln. on, John W. Wllev, all 0f Mclfonl Oregon. J.T. Bhidoes, Register. 'ASTORIA, The Kind Y hin Mints Sought BANDIT PROVES SOCIETY San Jose Club Held Up and Des perate Battle Follows, End ing in Robber's Death. San Job, April 25. The body ot tha robber who held up tbe Del Mont gambling rooms early Sunday mora. Ing baa been identified aa that ot Bert Thorndyke, part owner ot a local printing establishment and son-in-law of Capitalist O. M. Bruce, wbo lived in a handsome home on Stockton ave nue. The remains were positively Identified by several citizens, and the announcement that Thorndyke was the desperado created a profound aen satlon throughout the city. Desperado Wounded. The chase of Thorndyke, after he left the clubroom with $500 and a $1000 diamond ring, the property of William George, the manager of the place, through Fountain alley, where several exchanges at revolver shots were made between the pursued and pursuers, ended In the rear of C. W. Quilty's home on South Third street, abuot twenty blocks distant. Exactly one hour after the robber; ten officers and about fifty citizens surrounded Quilty's house, intending to wait until daylight. A revolver shot fired from ambush by Thorndyke gave the posse a cuo, however, and a regular rain of bullets was directed to the spot from which It came. Then a second shot was heard, and it Is be lleved that this time Thorndyke fired with suicidal intent Thorndyke Dies in Great Agony. There boing no reply to their fusil lade some of the policemen rushed upon the robber, who quietly surren dered. He was suffering terribly from three bullet wounds. In one of his pockets were found tho diamond ring and $373.50. He was promptly re moved to the city prison, where he died at 3 o'clock in great agony. Thorndyke, his wife and their 7-year-old child lived on the Alameda, in the home of his late father-in-law, one of the most handsome residences In San Jose. His wife Inherited a con siderable fortune. His mother lives In Stockton. A Frequenter of Race Coursea. He has been a frequenter of the race courses of Oakland and San Francisco for several months, and the passion for the sport took complete possession of him. During the past week he is known to have lost large sums, and it Is thought that his losses caused him to worry so much that he became insane. During the past three or four days he has not appeared him self, so much so, In' fact, that tha senior member of the printing Arm refused to allow him to longer manage the business. SOLDIERS KILLED IN COLLISION. Special Train Conveying United States Soldiers Wrecked. Needles, Cal., April 25. A special conveying United States soldiers go ing west and a light engine coming east collided head-on five miles west of here Sunday. Engineer Jesse Thompson of the light engine was badly injured. One of the soldiers not yet assigned to any company, Eugene Kuhn of Duluth. Minn., was killed, and two or three others, names not learn ed, will probably die. Twenty-two nther soldiers are more or less In jured, some seriously.. The wrecking crew left here Imme diately and the road Is now open. CARMEN VOTE TODAY. San Francisco. April 25. The Car len's union will vote today whether j accept or reject the terms of peace iTered by the United Railroads. The isult will probably decide whether or "ot a strike will be ordered. The out come formed the universal topic of onversatlon Sunday among the mem bers of the union, whether platform men or employed In any other capac ity, and the result Is awaited with 1 nuch interest by the whole commu- atty. PACIFIC COAST BASEBALL. At San Francisco Oakland, 2; Ta- conia, 1. At Oakland (morning game) Oak- land, 7; Tacoma. 2. At Los Angeles Los Angeles, S; Portland, 3, San Franoisco, 3. At Portland Seattle, 3 Sour Stomach n, 'hi.y't" loss of ""Ph. n.rvea tlSh9' oonsllP'on. bad breath, general debility, sour risings, and catarrhal the stomach are all due lo indigestion. Kodo5 cure, Indigestion. 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