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GRAND JURY FAILS IN SEATTLE QUEST Row Among Officials, Blamed ; to Primary System, Protects : Men Higher . Up. INQUIRY ALMOST FARCE Sheriff, Commissioners and T"ro se en tor Waste Energy In Petty y Disagreements "Responsi bility to People" Is Joke. SEATTLE. Wash-. Feb. 3. (Special.) More than 70 days ago a grand jury was convened in King County, and It Is still In session. Results to date Include a shake-down of county Institutions: the ' returning of about four-score indict ments for inconsequential offenses; an expense . bill exceeding $6000. and still growing, with the end not in sight; an elrlng of petty troubles and irreconcil able differences between the Prosecuting I Attorney and the Sheriff, impairing their -usefulness to the- vanishing point; and ; the most Important of all the demon ' stratlon of tha fact that the direct prl " Tnary. in bringing out candidates, after Lward successful, responsible to no recog , ulsed political authority or organization, falls of the object which theoretically It Is presumed to accomplish. , There was big game in sight wtieri first the agitation for a grand jury was be gun. Squarely, in the fore of the inves tigations is the Interminable row be ' tween George "F. Vanderreer. Prosecuting Attorney, and Robert Hodge, Sherirf. Both men are Republicans -that Is to say, they received their nominations at ' the direct primary as the choice of that party, and were duly elected as Its nomt ' nees; but they are answerable to no one ' except themselves or. In the final analy sis', to the people at the polls. If either 'officer ever consents to give the voters Another whack at him. Sheriff Invites Trouble. Bob Hodge began to Invite trouble for liimself and the office he was destined to occupy, early In the campaign. Seattle clubwomen had made the appalling dis covery that the County Jail supported only one woman attendant. who re , ported for duty in the daytime: and that on one occasion -a woman 'prisoner fell ill at night, with a male nurse to care for her. Hodge reached out for votes at a critical stage of his campaign, and he got them. He pledged himself that, if elected, he would install three matrons at the Jail, to serve continuously in eight hour Bhifts. He has done his best to keep his word, although by so doing he lias brought down upon his head the wrath and opposition of the County Com missioners; Rutherford, Abraham and Carrtgan, and .has caused a special in quiry of the grand Jury to be directed at him. , When Hodge-demanded salaries for the matrons, the- Commissioners refused his demand. They had money enough only for one matron, they said. Then Hodge Appointed two, and declared he would pay the extra salary out of the Sheriff s profits for boarding prisoners. Tnis act made him defendant in a suit, which Is still pending, aimed to force him to pay the money to the Commissioners for such disposition as they way determine. Pugnacity Meets Stubbornness. Hodge also broke with the Commis sioners on the appointment of a Jail Physician. The Sheriff appointed his man; the Commissioners theirs and. since the Sheriff had possession, he took advantage of the nine points of the law. Admissions to the Jail was de nied to the Commissioners appointee, but on the other hand the board held the purse strings, and Hodge's man had to rustle for his salary. This question has been fought through the courts, which have held with Hodge. Those two-Instances of antagonism to the Commissioners laid the foundation for the uncompromising hostility to 3iodg--of their legal adviser. Prosecuting-Attorney Vanderveer. He is known as a fighter. Jt is said of him that he Is placid enough as long as there is no opposition in sight, but if a "scrap" appears on the horizon he will literally run to meet it.' Vanderveer is pugna cious. Hodge is stubborn. The clash came, and it re-echoed all over Seattle, when Jailer John V. Roberts reported to his chief that the Prosecuting At torney was. using high-handed mofhods in his treatment of prisoners; that he was . browbeating them and putting them through the "third degree." in or der to whip them Into proper shape for prosecution. Hodge struck at Vanderveer by with drawing the commissions of two Deputy Sheriffs. C. K. Peyton and L.. K. Church, who had been under the Prosecuting Attorney. When that step was taken. Vanderveer countered by causing the Commissioners to revoke the salaries of two of Hodge's deputies, one of them. Matt Starwick. famed as a man devoid of fear, a gunfighter. who has battled face to face with murderers and has brought them" into camp. Starwlck's salary was placed by the Commission ers at 1 a. month. They could not dis charge him, but they could fix the sal ary at almost naught. In this way Hodge has been deprived of a deputy for the Black Diamond district, a sec tion notorious in the past for disor ders a situation which has caused the residents to circulate a petition that Starwick be placed In charge again. Prisoners Set Pree. Although Hodge had removed Peyton and Church, the two deputies con tinued to act under the direction of Vanderveer. until one night Church "brought to the Jail a prisoner intended for the grand jury. Jailer Roberts, under Hodge's direction, repudiated Church's authority to make an arrest and set the prisoner free. Vanderveer again countered by procuring the grand Jury to indict both the Sheriff and the Jailer for wilful neglect of d-uty in having aided a captive to es cape. The situation seems to be that the Sheriff Is really on trial for neg lecting his tornce. But it has not been easy sailing for the Prosecuting Attorney. Before the grand Jury was called he protested em phatically against the necessity of call ing one, contending that his office, through information, was able to ac complish results.. Since the jury con vened he lias been relieved of his du ties as adviser e-x-officio and W. H. White, known as "Warhorse Bill." has been appointed special adviser; in ad dition, tiie grand "Jury ' has petitioned Attorney-General W. P.- Bell to name & special prosecutor of indictments al ready found and to .be found. The Attorney-General has not yet replied. Among the Indictments returned are four cases of accepting bribes, two assault and 21 for screens on saloons. 20 for slot-machine gambling and three for ownership of slot machines. It Is -wnurked as a coincidence that every one of the saloonkeepers Indicted has his place of business in the district south of Yesler Way. When the cases -wers heard against slot-machine gam blers Starwick swore that he had been instructed by Vanderveer to wink at that form of lawbreaking in his dis trict. -- - - Employes Caught Napping. The grand Jury has investigated the County Hospital, the Poor Farm, the Jail and the Courthouse. Some humor, amounting to an' object lesson in busi ness methods under the primary law. was Injected into the Inquiry at the Courthouse. One morning the - grand Jury "called the roll." Large numbers of employes, nearly half, according to some reports, failed to answer. The explanation was given that these em ployes worked nights; but the grand Jury surprised everyone by appearing at the ofncea that evening. Thev were t found to be deserted. Presumably some of the "big game" was thought to be not far from the board of public works and the office of the , City Kngineer. That was one of the reasons in fact, the main reason why certain powerful citizens favored the call. They cared nothing for the little fellows, whom Vanderveer could "have handled easily; but they did want to catch the "higher ups.' In this connection an analysis has been made of the methods of awarding con tracts on some of the stupendous regrade projects. specifically that of Denny Hill. The quantity of dirt in that excavation has been cited as equal to a big fraction of the great Culebra cut on the Panama Canal. The ' statement has been made that there was a rake-off of "HST.OOO in that contract alone. It Is said that the original contracting company secured the contract at 27 cents a cubic yard; that it immediately sublet the entire excavation at 22 cents a cubic yard a transaction In itself netting the contractors nearly t2TT. 000 before they had turned a wheel, it is charged further that the board of works accepted a straw bond, making the deal possible; and that by an ingenious sys tem of fig-uring some of the excavation actually brings a double rate to the sub contractors. Candidate Willing; to Tell. A. 1f. Bouillon, who Is running for Mayor on the strength of having been removed from his position as Superinten dent of Public Utilities, eys he is will ing to tell wliat he knowsabout regrades and kindred subjects. He has not yet been called before the grand Jury. So far as anyone can judge a secret Inquisitorial body, the labors to date of the King County grand Jury have dealt with questions of secondary importance. In some respects the direct primary system is on trial. "Neither Hodgen. or Vanderveer. it Is said freely, could se cure a nomination for office under the convention system; under the old sys tem She-riff and Prosecuting Attorney could not be at loggerheads, to the hurt and Injury of county business; nor could the Commissioners mix extensively In a political or personal quarrel without imperiling their own future. The trouble seins to be that these officials, having been elected by the whole people, are answerable in a general way which means no responsibility whatever. 0. A. C . ' TO CELEBRATE STATE COLLEGE QU ARTE It CEN TURY OLD THIS YEAR, Elaborate Preparation Will Be Made for Functions During Closing week of College Year. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, CorvaJllfi. Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) The Oregon Agricultural College will celebrate its quarter centennial as a state institu tion at the close of the present college year with the most elaborate function ever held at the institution. This -decision was reached at a recent meeting of the Board of Regents and officially an nounced today by "W. J. Kerr, president of the college. , The details of the celebration will be left in the hands of the facul ty, the alumni and the students. All three bodies will co-operate in making and carrying out the plans. A special effort will be made to induce representatives of the industrial phases of education, both In the educational In stitutions and in the Government service, to attend. It is possible that the col lege may confer several honorary de grees. The function will be both formal and festive. besides the conferring of de grees and the more formal exercises there will be banquets, military drills and- parades, athletic contests, student dramatics and musical concerts. The college grounds and buildings will be put In shape for the occasion. J. C. Olmsted, the landscape gardener has worked out elaborate plans for the dec oration of the campus. The mammoth armory has been completed and the cen tral part of the new Agricultural Hall will be finished before June. The dormi tories will be equipped to take care of many hundred visitors. The celebration Is in honor of the 25th birthday of the college as a state Insti tution. During the session of 1S85 the Legislature passed a bill providing for the permanent location of the state col lege at Corvallis and authorizing the Governor to appoint a Board of Regents. Prior to this the college had been a -private institution under the control of the Methodist Episcopal Church. During the Summer of 1SST the corner stone of what Is now the Administration building was laid by" the Governor of Ore gon, amid imposing ceremonies. During the quarter century the institution has Increased Its holdings of land from 35 acres to 235; the numbers of buildings from one to 20; the faculty from nine members to 94; the student body from 97 to approximately 1400. NQU1RY IS URGED Life-Savers'. Work in Czarina Wreck Questioned. CAPTAIN DEFENDS CREW Criticism of Those VVho Were Not on - Beach That Wild Night, Says Officer, 4 Should . Not Be Taken Seriously. MARSHTIELD. Or.. Feb.. 3. (Spe cial.) Since the wreck of the Czarina there has been much discussion of the question whether members of the life- saving- crew at Coos Kay properly per- formed their duties. The question has been asked by many whether the cap- t tain and, men did all that was possible 1 for them to do in attempting to rescue the men from the wrecked vessel. It Is also asked whether the equipment j at the station was sufficient to permit the men to do efficient work. On the other hand, it is contended by the captain of the life-saving crew that he did all that was possible to save the men whose lives were lost. , The question whether he vessel was overloaded when it went out has been brought up and there has been con siderable discussion of a story that the captain of the Czarina had pre eraptory orders to leave the bay that day. Captain Made Ov?n Sailing Time. Testimony taken at the Coroner's Jury was brought out to .satisfy the members of the jury on these points. W. F. Miller, the chief clerk In the office of Manager Mlllis, stated on the witness stand that Captain Duggan did not have orders to leave the bay at any cost and that he made his own time of sailing, and that such was his custom. Mr. Miller also said that the boat was not overloaded. Much of the criticism of the vessel. the company and the life-saving crew I came from persons who were not at the beach and were not familiar with what took place and with the condition of the sea. However, there also has been criticism by persons who were at the beach at the time of the wreck. While all sorts of stories have been told and various rumors have been afloat as to Just what happened, there is an ex pressed feeling on the part of many that a sufficient effort to rescue the men was not made by the captain of the life-saving crew. The members of the commission of the Port of Coos Bay have stated that they wanted the subject investigated thoroughly, and if the captain was derelict in his duty he should be blamed, and if he had doite all that was possible he would not be Injured by the investigation. The Chamber of Commerce has Joined with the Port Commission in asking for an investigation, and officials at Wash ington and the Oregon delegation in Congress have been asked to urge an Inquiry. Official Inquiry Suggested. Since the Coroner's inquest brought out some evidence and the .jury left the verdict open, neither blaming nor exonerating anyone, the feeling.of the people here now is that the whole stfb-1 jeer should be Investigated in an offi cial way. ; . - Captain - Boise of the life-saving crew said on the witness stand that an attempt was made to launch a surf boat but that this proved impossible, and that it would have been suicide to try to go through the rough breakers. He said that he was not paying atten- tion to the talk of persons who were . not acquainted with the work and were noL ai tne oeacn dui was wining to abide by the opinions of those who knew life-saving wttrk and were ac quainted with conditions and believed that such persons would support him in his statement that he did all that wa3 possible to do, and that the life saving crew could not give any assist ance to the men on the wreck. $2.50 TO $3.00 GUARANTEED RAZORS NOW ON SALE AT 97c YAMHILL CROPS DAMAGED OREGON CITY SCANS MILK Inspection Law JPasses i- Andersen Made Council Head. OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. S. (Spe cial. At the meeting of the City Council last night. William Andersen was appointed chairman and J. A. Koake was elected to nil the vacancy caused by the death of Alvin Knapp. The cow ordinance, by the terms of which not more than two cows could be kept in the city limits by one per son, failed to pass. "An ordinance providing: licensing; and regulation of the sale of milk and cream in Oregon City and for the in spection of milk, cream and dairy herds was passed. The law forbids sale of milk from which the cream has been removed unless it is put in cans labled "Skimmed Milk' ALASKA EXTREMELY COLD Temperatures in Some Places Over 7 0 Below Zero. SEATTLE, "Wash., Feb. S. Dispatches to the" United States Signal Corps report very cold weather In Alaska. Among: the temperatures yesterday, all below zero, were : Minto 76: Hot Springs 70; Fort Gibbon 66 ; Fairbanks 65; Copper Center 45. A severe sale and snow storm is raging off Ketchikan, delaying steamers. The steamer Victoria, which went to Kodlak Island to search for the mirelng steamer Farallon. has not yet returned to Val dez. The Farallon left Port Graham 26 days ago- Severe W inter Hurts Wheat and Fall Vetch He-sow i n g Planned. M'MINN'VILLE. Or., Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) Farmers in Tamhill County, in taking an inventory of their crops, are finding; considerable injury sustained by the unusually severe Winter. W. W. Nickell, in the vicinity of Bellevue, reports no Injury of any con sequence except to wheat, which is heaved badly on low lands. His vetch, sown early and pretty well rooted be fore the freezing weather, is not in jured, nor have his Fall-sown oats suffered materially. In other localities the Fall vetch is said to have suffered so much that great fields will have to be resown. Some of the farmers In the foothill sec tions are already engaged in re see ding: their vetch, believing- that February sowings will, under ordinary condi tions, produce a ' heavy crop of hay the same season. A comparatively small per cent of the land about here was seeded to grain or forage crops last Fall. Freezing weather has left it In fine condition for Spring work. HUMPTULIPS ROAD ASKED Aberdeen Chamber Inaugurates County Board of Trade Plan. ABERDEEN. Wash., Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) Among the most Important sub jects to come before the Chamber of Commerce banquet was the adoption of a memorial to the County Commission ers asking for the early completion of the road from Humptulips to Lake Qulniault, the south side road to West port and a bridge over the Chehalis River at Montesano. The endeavor of W. H. Abel, of Mon tesano, to defeat the resolution and the emphatic manner In whXch he was opposed; the inauguration of a move ment for a Chehalis County Board of Trade and the presentation of a silver loving cup to the retiring president, W. J. Patterson, were other features. GRAY MEMORIAL PLANNED Discoverer of Harbor May Come Into . . Honors Rue. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 3. (SpeefeU.) If the movement instituted at the Cham ber of Commerce banquet Tuesday night by Eldridge Wheeler, of Montesano, is successful. Grays Harbor soon will erect a spelndid monument to Captain Robert Gray, commemorating his memory and the. discovery of the harbor which bears his name. Organizations In this eity and Hoqui.m, as well as in points adjacent to the har bor, have placed the pubject before meet ings for consideration. The monument probably will be erected either in Aber deen or Hoqulam. Pre -1 n ventory Sale of Patents 50o bottle Liquocide at, ea. .360 $1.00 bottle Liquocide for. ..75J fl bot. Hood's Sarsaparilla. .75J $1.00 Ayer's Sarsaparilla at. .750 $1.00 Wine Cardui. sale for. .750 $2.00 Succu-j Alterans, at.. $1.69 $1.00' Listerine, today's sale.. 670 35c Castoria, during sale at.. 200 50c Syrup of Fig?, sale at.. 320 $1.00 Bromo Seltzer, sale at.. 750 25o Mennen's Talcum Powdr.150 25c Colgate's Tale. Powder.. 150 $1 Cooper's Sarsaparilla at.. 750 Re-rular 2oc Woodlark Tooth Paste, on sale at 3 for.... 250 Reg-ular 25c Woodlark Tooth Soap, on sale at 4 for. ...250 25c Bromo' Quinine, special.. 190 25c Carter's Little Liv. Pills. 150 25c Pierce's Pills, sale at... 150 Regular $3.75 Malted Milk. hospital size, bn sale at. .$3.15 $1.00 Warner's Safe Kidney Cure, on sale at, bottle... 750 50c Warner's S. Kid. Cure.. .360 Pre -1 n ventory Sale Hair Goods $6.00 Curls, Puffs, choice.. $1.00 $1.00 Rats and Rolls, choice.. 250 $2.00 Barettes, special, each.. 250 Imported Novelties Combs, Ban"s and Barettes, ONE-HALF PEICE Pyrography N ow on Sale 20c Stamp Box. only 2 for. .250 25c Hat Pin Holder, .2 for. .250 30c Crumb Tray, only 2 for.. 250 30c Pipe Holder, at 2 for. ..250 35c Match Holder, at 2 for.. 250 35c Panel, now at two for. .250 15c Kerchief and Glove Box. . 90 20c Panels, during sale for. . 60 30c Card and Envelope Case. v90 70c Veil Box. during sale at.. 290 75c Tabourette, selling at...29 $1.50 Card Box, selling at. $1.13 $2.00 Tabourette now only. .98 $2.75 outfit, during sale..S1.98 BIG LINE OF GOODS NOT MEN TIONED IN THIS LIST, NOW ON SALE AT ONE-HALF PRICE Fine Pictures, Values From $3.50 to $5.00 Each at $2.89 Great special sale Friday and Saturday of 100 fine Pastel Paintings, each an original hand-done picture in colors, in gold and antique frames, 3 inches in width, with hand-laid corners and gold-leaf burnishes, mostly desirable panel shapes, sizes to 30 inches length and 6 to 12 inches width, both oblong and upright. Subjects include Fruit, Lanscape, Woodland and Pastoral scenes. Staple $3.50 to $5.00 values, for two QO QQ days only, at .vZiOu Another sale of fine Etchings, Water Colors, Fruits, Heads and assorted odds and ends; regular values $1.50 to $5.00, QQp to clean up a't the low price of each OOu Odd and ends of our immense Picture Stock, hundreds to choose from, put on sale in two lots: Regular values to $1.50 on sale, each , 490 Regular values to 75c on sale, each 250 Pre-Inventory Sale Bags, Cases, Trunks Greatest Savings of Season Large Line of Fine Trunks Today on Sale Quarter Off $1000 INSURANCE POLICY FREE WITH EVERY $5.00 OR OVER LEATHER GOODS PURCHASE. $12.00 heavy cowhide leather, 24-inch Suitcase, French edge, double-action lock, heavy bolts, riveted frame, to be J?Q Ofl sold at low price of PSJJ $8.00 cowhide Suitcase, 24-inch, with heavy lock and straps all around, reinforced Q flO SUITCASES $10 sole leather Suitcase, with heavy lock, double straps, riv eted throughout; on tT Cft corners ; sale price sale at this price, ea. $8.85 heavy leather Suitcase, 24 - inch, with shirtfold. heavv iocks ana straps; rf-J C during this, sale at Vv,,vJ' HANDBAGS $8.00 Handbag, leather - lined ; 16-in. with riveted C f"fj frame, at only, ea. PU.VFLI $15.0 ) Handbag, of French dressed calf, hand-stitched, firm reinf orced cor- 1 1 OC ners; on 'sale at P l.O $10.25 Ladies' Traveline Bags, in calfskin, grained, (ZQ 16-inch, selling at P VSI A large showing of Handbags and Suitcases, ranging in value from $2 to $50 Off each, on sale at, ea Vli Vals. to $6, Art China, $1.98 Art China, Vases, Candlesticks, Jardinieres, Rose Bowls, Card Trays, Tobacco Jars, Steins, etc., in best foreign makes PI QQ and designs, values up to $6.00, Friday O I iuU Art China and Bronzes, Candlesticks, Vases, Figitres, Orna ments, Rose Jars, Fern Dishes, Jardinieres, in Amphora, Stcll macker, . Teplitz, Rozane and. many other makes; QQ values up to $10.00, special Friday uiDu Brasses and Bronzes of every kind, all shapes, sizes, styles and designs, hundreds of pieces included; values from a few cents to $12.00 ; AT ONE-FOURTH OFF Hundreds of pieces of artistic Cut Glass are offered for sale today at one-third less than the regular marked selling price. It's unusual to see Cut Glass marked at less than one fourth off, but circumstances make it imperative that we reduce stock rapidly before our annual .inventory and -also to enable us to house the large shipments of goods due to arrive shortly from the East. Your choice of hundreds of pieces to Aay, Friday : ONE-THIRD OFF Pre -1 nventory Sale of Drugs ' 25c Soda Phosphate. Merks..17 15c Borax, pound, this sale.. 0 10c Cooneras, the, the pkg.. 5 50c Cream Tartar, pound at..3S 5c Sulphur, package now at.. 3 8c Chloride Lime, can. now at 5 35c Sugar Milk. Woodlark. .20? 20c Wood Alcohol, pint, now.l-4 15c Cotton Seed Oil, bottle at 9-r 15c "Witch Hazel, bottle, now Bristle Barg'ns 25c French Tooth Brush at..l6 35c Kent and Dupont Tooth Brush, sale price, each...2D 35c wire-drawn black bristle Hair Brush, sale, eaeh....21 75c asst. of Hair Brushes, ea.Cili 75c to 85c assorted color Cel luloid Combs, on stile at GO $1.25 Very Hair Brush, same as Ideal No. 2, sale price.. 9T $1.25 to $2.00 assortment of silver-mounted Hair Br. ..8T $1.25 to $1.50 Hand Brush.. 9S $2 to $2.50 choice of Kent's, Adams' and Gerts' Mom bard H'r Br, blk. bristle. S1.63 $4 Stag Milit'v Brush. pr.$1.34 $1.75 to $5.00 Kent S; Howard . Cloth Brush at V2 PRICE $2.50 to $3.50 Celluloid Hair Brush, stiff bristle, similar . to Ideal, at ONE-HALF PRICE Sundry Sale $5.50 Pedestal iirror at..$3.2S $7.00 Triplicate Mirror at.. $4.33 $8.50 Triplicate Mirror at.. 5.87 $5.00 Easel Mirror,- sale. .$1.98 $17.00 Chafing Dish, ea.. $12.88 $12.00 Chafing Dish, ea..9.58 $5.25 Tea Kettle, sale at.. 3.98 $3.60 Alcohol Stove, sale -.$2.88 $2.90 Alcohol Stove, sale.. $2.27 25c Varnish Stain, sale price. 13J 40c Varnish Stain, sale price. 19i 25c Paint Brush, selling for. .l6 15c Coat" Hanger, selling at..ll 15c Pants Hanger, selling at. .11 25c Toilet Paper, sale, 3 for. .25 15c Toilet Paper, sale, 4 for. .25 5c Toilet Paper, the dozen. ..36-r 25c Whisk Brooms, at, each..l7 39c Whisk Brooms, at, each..l9 50c Whisk Brooms, at, each.. 33 Medicinal Wines and Fine Liquors a5cHoff'sMalt Extract, sale.27 50c Angelica, Muscatel, Ma deira, Tokay) Catawba, Clar et, Zinfandel, Riesling, Bur gundy and Sauterne, for. . -34 75c pts. Amer'n Champagne. ,48 75c Preferred Stock Whisky. 48 $1.00 Atherton Bourbon at.. 83 $1.00 Guckenheimer Kye at.'.83 $1.00 Virginia Dare, sale at..69 $1.00 Port or Sherrv, sale at. .73 $1.25 Dewar's Cpecial, at..$1.05 $1.25 Gin, during this sale...79 100,000 VALENTINE POSTCARDS, YOUR CHOICE, EACH lc BIG LINE OF VALENTINES VERDICT GIVEN MURDER CORONER'S JURY REPORTS ON SWA PEARSON'S DEATH. Body Cat to Pieces by Train and Man Seen Running Away, but Description Is Meager. ' ASTORIA, Or.. Feb. 3. (Special.) That Swan Pearson, the rancher whose body was literally cut to peices by a railway .train near Knappe on Tuesday evening:, .was murdered, ia the belief of the Coroner's jury which investi gated the case today. After hearing the evidence the Jury returned a verdict that Pearson came to his death from the result of injuries received from some unknown person, after which he was placed upon the railroad track and mangled by a pass ing train. The members of the train crew, in cluding the conductor, engineer and fireman, testified -yiat after the train stopped they got out on the right hand side and a moment later saw a man running towards the rear of the train on the other side of the track. The trainmen chased him down the track for some distance, but as neither had a revolver they could not compel him . to stop, and he escaped in the darkness. As he was passing along the train the . conductor flashed his lantern un der the car and says the man was wearing brown trousers and a black coat. That is the only description the officers have and thus far no trace of the man has been reported. Iij-le Resident's Funeral Held. . LTLE, Wash.. Fefi. 3. ( Special. Charles E. Berry was buried in the Hartland Cemetery today. He was born in Ohio in 1870, and moved to Klicki tat when 14 years old. He is survived by his mother, four brothers John, George, Carl and Albert Berry and a siBter, Mrs. Mary Plummer, who lives with her aged mother at The Dalles. Mr. Berry was a son of John C. Berry, one of the first wheatgrowers In the country tributary to Lyle. BIRDS CROWDED IN SHOW Moscow's Poultry Exhibit Improved Over Last One. MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 3. (Special.) "We are- pwamped for room for the 600 birds for exhibition this morning at the opening of the Iatah County Poultry and Pet Stock Show," said Gainford P. Mix. president. It has been two years eince the last show at this place and the Improvement in the grade- of birds shown now Is marked. Outside of Moscow, It is thought Winona, Wash., will lead In the num ber of exhibits from one locality 'with eight exhibitors with from one to four pens each. The last trains arriving, last night brought many coops of chickens which kept the management busy until well into the night. The show is to laet until Saturday evening. Nampa After Mines' Trade. NAMPA, Idaho, Feb. 3. (Special.) At an enthusiastic meeting of the busi ness men of Nampa held at the Chamber of Commerce Monday night, it was de cided to send men to investigate the prac ticality of the road from here to Jar bridge, the scene of the great gold strike. An endeavor will be made to secure for Nampa a large portion of the trade of what promises to be the greatest mining rush of the West. The road is about 120 miles long and void of heavy grades. Nampa Depot Improvements Planned NAMPA. Idaho. Feb. . 3. (Special.) Official announcement was made this week that the Oregon Short Line -will, as soon as the weather permits, expend MO.O0O In improving the depot facilities in Nampa. A brick building, 40x100 feet, two stories high will be built Just east of the passenger depot. The ground floor will be occupied by baggage and express offices and the npper story will be utilized as efflces for the divisional officers'. The present passenger depot will be en larged to accommodate the Increasing passenger traffic at this point. ' This improvement will cost $10,000. A balloon's life Is about SO flight. NEW THEORY IS RAPIDLY SPREADING OVER COUNTRY L. T. Cooper's theory concerning: the human stomach, which he claims to prove, with his new medicine, is being Kiven more respect and comment every day. Cooper claims that 90 per cent, of all ill health is due to stomach trouble. "When interviewed about his theory re cently, he said; "Stomach trouble is the great curse of the 20th century so far as the civilized races are concerned. Practically all of the chronic ill health of this generation is caused by abnormal stomachic conditions. In earlier days, when the human race was closer to nature. .and men and women worked ail day out of doors, digging their frugal existence from the soil, the tired, droopy, half-sick people that are now so common, did not exist. "To be sure, there was sickness In those days, but it was of a virulent character, and only temporary. There was none of this half-sick condition all the time with which so many are afflicted nowadays. "I know positively that every bit of this chronic ill health is caused by stomach trouble. The human stomach in civilized peqpl today Is degenerate. It lacks tone and strength. This weak ness has gradually come through a sed entary existence. I further know that few people can be sick with the diges tive apparatus in perfect shape. The sole reason for my success is because my New Discovery medicine tones the stomach up to required strength in about six weeks' time. That is why I have had more people come and thank me wherever I have gone to introduce my medicine, than I have had time to talk with." Among the immense numbers of peo ple "who are now strong believers in Cooper's theory and medicine- is Mrs. M. K. Delano, a prominent resident of the suburb of Brookline. Boston. Mass. She says: "For several years I was broken in health, caused primarily ly stomach and nerve troubles. I gradu ally became worse, until recently I was compelled to go without solid food for days at a time. I had sour stomach, palpitation of the nerves of . stomach and heart, dyspepsia, and extreme nerv ousness. I suffered terribly with in somnia, and my liver, bowels and whole system gradually became deranged. I felt instant relief the first day I began this Cooper medicine. I now feel like a new being. Today I walked all over town, shopping something I have not done for years. "I make this statement wholly from a sense of duty. I feel I ow It to any one .who might find relief and renewed happiness as I have done' Cooper's New Discovery is sold by all druggists. If your druggist cannot sup ply you, we will forward you the name of a druggist in your city who will. Don't accept "something just as good." The Cooper Medicine Co., Dayton, Ohio.