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y THE MORNBSG. OREGONIA& -TCEDKESDAY, :ARGH - 1905- TEST IS BY COLOR Strychnine in Remains of Mrs. Stanford. QUANTITY VERY MINUTE Chemists Are not Able to Iso- late the Poison. LIVINS TM HASTILY AMERICANWOMENBREAKDOWH Irregularities and FemAls Derange meats Basalt Carol sy Lydls. JC PI Kir hum's Vefetsbls Compound. Owing to oar mode and manner of living-, and the nervous haste of every woman to accomplish just so much, each day, it is said that there is not 1NQUEST.PRACTICALLY ENDED Attorney - General Andrews With draws From Case When Objec tion 16 Made to Questioning on Theory of Suicide. HONOLULU, March 7. The testimony of the chemists in the Inquest of Mrs. Stanford's death practically completes the case-for the jury, but there will not be a verdict rendered before tomorrow night, when the witnesses will sign the tran scripts of their testimony in the presence of the jury. Further testimony was given tonight by physicians concerning the amount of fltrychnine that -would produce a fatal re sult Altoraey-Goneral Andrews has made no further appearance in the case since his brief questioning of Miss Berner yester day. Deputy Sheriff Rawlings objected to the lino of questioning made by the Attorney-General, and this objection is said to have caused the latter with drawal from the case before the jury. Attorney-General Andrews Is said to have been directing his questions with the idea of bringing out the probability of the suicide of Mrs. Stanford, using as the basis of such theory the fact that Mrs. Stanford became acquainted with the ex treme bitterness of the taste of strych nine and roado no remark on the night of her death that she had experienced the came taste In the medicine which is said to have caused the end of her life. TEST SHOWED STRYCHNINE. Chemists Unable to Isolate Any of Poison From Remains. HONOLULU. March 7. When the in quest Into the death of Mrs. Jane L. Stanford was resumed this afternoon the first witness called to the stand was R. A. Duncan, Food Commissioner and Chem if.ni Annivslst to the Board of Health. He testified that the three analyses of the nio of bicarbonate of soda found in Mn Stanford's room had been made. He "X made the first analysis alone and In ten grams of the bicarbonate of soda I p&talned .07 of a grain of strychnine. The second analysis I made in conjunction wlthr-Dr. Edmund Shorey, chemist of the United States agricultural station. In ten grams of the bicarbonate of soda wo ob tained .13 of n crain of strychnine. In the third analysis of the same amount of bicarbonate of soda we secured .14 of a c-raln of strvchnine. "By calculation we estimate that in the bottle were 43 crams of bicarbonate of nod nd that the bottle contained half of a. irrain of strychnine. The methods of analysis used In the last two experiments were more reliable. "We examined a portion of the contents of the stomach with a negative result for strychnine. We further examined one kid ney and- some of the contents oi ine in tcstines, but were unable to separate any nelson -from the substance; yet we ob tained the color reaction characteristic of Ktrvohnlne. We then combined all the remaining organs, including the liver, and found that a test of an extraction gave the same results as the intestines, namely, the color reaction indicative of strych nine. "The test we used is known as the fad ing purple test, and so- far as I know It Is the most reliable test. The color reaction we obtained is not produced except by strychnine. "We were not able to Jsolate any strychnine." Dr. Edmund Shorey corroborated the testimony of Dr. Duncan as to the result of their analysis. When asked as to the amount of strychnine Dr. Shorey said: "I have not said add would not say that" we found any strychnine in the stom ach or other organs. "T would -simply say that we developed tho color reaction which strychnine causes. "Any quantity at all will cause a color reaction if there is sufilclont residue from the jmatter being tested after the elimin ation processes." POLICE AGAIN VERY ACTIVE one woman in twenty-five "but ?vhat suffers with some derangement of the female organism, and thus is the secret of so many unhappy homes. 2no woman can be amiable, light hearted and happy, a joy to her hus band and children, and perform the duties incumbent upon her, when she is suffering with backache, headache, nervousness, sleeplessness, bearing, down pains, dbsplacementof the womb, spinal weakness or ovarian troubles. Irritability and snappy retorts take the place of pleasantness, and all sun shine, is driven out of the home, and lives are wrecked by woman's great enemy womb trouble. Read this letter: Dear Mrs. Plrikham; " I was troubled for eight years with irregtf laritie which broke down my health and brought on extreme nervousness and despon denev. Irdla, E. Pinkham1 Vegetable Com pound proved to be the 6nly medicine which helped me. Day by day I improved in health while taking it until I was entirely cured. I can attend to my social and household duties and thorougblvenjoy life once more, asLydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has made me a well woman, without an ache or a paln. Mrs. Chester Curry, 42 Sara to ca Street, East Boston, Mass. At the first indication of ill health, painful or irregular menstruation, pain in the side, headache, backache, bearing-down pains, nervousness or " the blues," secure at once a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and begin its use. PUBLIC TEA ROOM Second Floor. Under the auspices of Port land X. W. C A. 3tEXXI FOB. TODAY, Tea. Coffee. Chocolate. Milk Served From Bottles. Chicken Soup. Herrings Salad. Ham Sandwiches. Boston Brown Bread. Bread and Butter. Tea Cakes. In the Millinery Salons Second Floor, Annex. Special Today 200 .Black Dress Turbans, very tastefully trimmed- with pretty flow ers that breathe 4 of Spring in Oregon not an overdone effect, but trimmed 311st enough to dis tinguish 'em from the ordinary ready-to-wear hats. Appropriate for wear upon nearly any and all occasions, and at a very special price of $2.49 A BIG r Embroidery HAPPENING lulu she makes an absolute denial of the charge. Miss Richmond declared to the police that it was Butler William McWhinney who opened the bottles of mineral water on the occasion of the attempt made to poison Mrs. Stanford last January- She said she carried one of the bottles to Mrs. Stanford, and that the other was Intended for Miss Berner. This statement injects McWhinney into the case, and he will be closeted with the police late this afternoon. McWhinney succeeded Bever ley as butler, and had been la Mrs. Stan ford's service for five weeks prior to the first attempt made to poison her. Captain Burnett authorized the following state ment this morning: . "The San Francisco police accuse no one, and have not even the right to sus pect anyone at this time. The witnesses xwho have been examined thus far havo come to us very voluntarily. Our posi tion Is simply this: If the verdict of the Coroner's Jury In Honolulu be that Mrs. Stanford came to her death 'through strychnine poisoning, .we want to be in a position to turn over to the oflicials there every bit of evidence obtainable In San Francisco." THE ' QUALITY SHOP SUre- A) fH LEADING STORE OP LARGEST STOCKS ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE. MEMBERS OF THE OREGON "BOOSTERS' ASSOCIATION.' "BLOCK LIGHTS' Sola Agents for Portland for the famous Block Lights. They save half the gas bills- ; Sole Ageats for the United States for the official, OPALESCENT "WINDOW SIGNS Advertising Lewie and Clark XxpositioB, 83c each. Sole Agents for Oregon for the world-famous Bonnet efc Cie's Silks The kind that Time made famous. This Store Is KepfBusJust Being a Store Just merchandise else this week's great throngs of customers would not have been able to move about comfortably. Just merchandise yet in every section of the store there is something that everybody is especially anxious to see ; for the new things are pouring in. Just merchandise though embracing so much of novelty; revealing so many new ideas; illustrating so diversely the outcroppings of genius; embodying so fully the beauties of "the world's work, that all is resolved into an educational insti tution. Whatever is to be learned of modes and fabrics, of colors of design, of art and utility in short of .correct things for personal or home use is best learned here. -To show the freshest and best the world produces, to show it with most careful regard for the enjoyment and convenience of our visitors, to sell it at the lowest pos sible prices and to serve promptly and intelligently this sums up our method and purpose of storekeeping., As for the store-home itself comfort above everything. rlf need be, architectural beauty is sacrificed to this. Our growth has been great, the increase steadily cumulative simply through the right buying and selling of good merchandise. v E Receive ouaj S PROflPT ATlXflTwrg BOTHERED BY INSANE CHINESE Demand Made on Mrs. Stanford in January for Large Sum. SAN FRANCISCO. March 7. (Spe cial.) It has been learned today that Mrs. Stanford had been pestered for a number of weoks. before the attempt was made to poison her January 14, by an insane Chinese named Wong Toy Wong. The fellow wrote her' a letter In which he demanded that she give him $30,000, which he said he had deposited in the Iceland Stanford, Jr.. University Trust Bank, a mythical In stitution. The man hung around the Stanford residence until he was arrested by De tective Cleary, of the Morse Detective Agency. He was sent to an Insane asy lum February 9. Both the Morse de tectives and the local police deny they ever suspected this Chinese of poison ing Mrs. Stanford. It Is known, how ever, that they spent considerable time in tracing his movements. V. Domestics From Stanford Home Are Clven Searching Examination. SAN FRANCISCO, March 7. Since the arrival of stories from Honolulu which point toward the verification of the fact that strychnine poisoning caused Mrs. Stanford's death, the police manifest un usual activity and maintain a secrecy that makes it impossible to learn author itatively relative to what they arc doing. Butler William McWhinney. Albert Bev erley, ex-butler, and Elizabeth Richmond, ex-maid, were questioned at length In the office of Captain of Detectives Burnftt 1 1Mb afternoon. McWhInnoys examlna-1 tion was concluded at the end of an hour, and his testimony is thought to have bean of relative unimportance, since neither Mountford Wilson, the represent ative of the Stanford estate, nor District Attorney Boylngton were present. The remainder of the afternoon, how ever, was taken up with Beverley and Miss Richmond. It was 6:S0 o'clock when they wore dismissed from the inquisitorial chamber, and both looked worn and seri ous from the ordeal to which they had been subjected. 'Neither Captain Burnett. Chief of Po lice Splllane, Mountford Wilson nor Dis trict Attorney Boylngton would talk of what had taken place during the inves tigation. Captain Burnett even refused to say whether or not the police bad fin ished their "sweating" of Beverley and Miss Richmond. From the District At torney It was learned that the making or immeoiaic arrcsia was not contem plated. Although the police have steadfastly re fused to divulge the line of questioning to which Beverley and Miss Richmond hav thus far "been subjected. It has been learned from a reliable source that ox Butler Beverley has admitted to them that he wag in the habit of taking com missions on purchases made for the household While In Mrs. Stanford's em ploy. This .much the police have admit ted, but the refuse to affirm or deny the correctness of, the further statement of 1 Beverley- that Miss Berner shared with Kim In -tbesa. illegal, commissions, on pur chases. In a cable (dlsna.tch -from. Hono- Polson in Cascara Capsules. SAN FRANCISCO. March 7. The Call publishes a dispatch from Honolulu which says that the reason for the failure of the chemists to make their report last night of tho analysis of Mrs. Stanford's stomach, was the startling discovery that the cascara capsules, one of which Mrs. Stanford took at the same time she took the bicarbonate of soda on the night of her death, also contained strychnine. The chemists had finished the analysis of all organs of the body when they were unexpectedly called on to test the cascara capsules. These were kept by Miss Ber ner. She gave one to Mrs. Stanford at the same time the dose of bicarbonate of soda was prepared. On being analyzed, the capsules were found to contain strychnine. The appar ent difficulty of determining which might have caused death placed the chemists in a peculiar predicament. Miss Berner, when questioned about these capsules, Ex plained that they were prescribed 'many years ago by a San Francisco physician. BCSDfESS ITEMS. If Babr I Cuttior TmUl B im And cte tb&t da aaa ""l!-trto& rttaeCr. Xsz. Window's Soothing Sirup, tor caUirea iMVaicr. it boo tats in cnuc sotitc ta com. mart ail pain, rum wisa orilo na aiarroo. CASTOR I A For Infanti and Children. The Kind Yw Hiyi Always Bought Bears the Signature of First Floor. Another one of those surprising embroidery sales for which this great store is famous. The result of a fortunate chance our embroi dery buyer advantaged himself of while on his recent Eastern trip. The embroideries are beautiful. 10,000 YARDS IN A BARGAIN WHIRL. A word of them. The immense convention contains cambrics, nainsooks and Swisses, in all widths from 4 to 16 inches. 121aC EMBROIDERIES TOR 7c YARD. - w Pretty edges and insertions and a lot of narrow cambric edges; regular 12 c values, special at the yard 70 60c EMBROIDERIES 25c YARD. A magnificent lot of nainsook and Swiss edges and insertions, rang ing in width from 4 to 10 inches and worth up to 60c; special at the yard i250 Another lot of medium widths, values, up to 35c, special at the yard 150 A beautiful lot of wide edges and insertions, values in this lot up to 40o the yard, special at 200 90c and $1.00 EMBROIDERIES - 48c YARD. Fine nainsook and Swiss edges and insertions, all in charming ly pretty patterns, values to 90c and $L0ft; special at yd. 48 0 Also an extra fine lot of corset embroideries at the yard. 480 Ribbons BARGAINS Hundreds of pieces of rich, pretty, plain and fancy ribbons that in clude satin grosgrain, invisible stripes in black and white effects; charmingly pretty flow ered patterns and rich Persian designs, 5-inch widths. A plenty in the choosing all colors and values in the lot up to 50c, none less than 35c and 40c You may pick 'em from ,4he line while they last this week at, yard 25 1 1 1 1 immm . m 1 w l CCNTSCACH t FOH CENTS CLUETT. PSABUUT w., luiu or cuitTT tr eew The I. C S. Vote At 5 P. M. Yesterday Reginald Carter, bellboy at the Norton 38,139 Arthur Taylor, M. & A. Shogren ,.35,035 Mae Hughes, Knight Shoe Co : 34,086 Esther Carlson, Mason, Ehrman & Co 10,854 Charles Adler, Woodard, Clarke fc'-Co -7 5,526 Guy'De Pue, Portland De livery Co 9,284 ' " - 136,924 Scattering i. .' 36,316 Total ...1;... 173,240 THE MATCHLESS VALUES IN Sheets, Sheeting, Pillow Cases 1 Domestics Continue First Floor. And ceaseless throngs grow larger with the days. Patrons of the early week and shop pers who shop around and compare arjj our best advertisers. More salespeople today we'll try hard to wait on all satisfactorily and promptly. SHEETINGS. These Sheetings are of the best quality, made in the finest weaves, and are of superior weights and strength. BROWN SHEETING. l1 yards wide, price, the yard 14 1 yards wide, price the ward...; 16 z yaras wiae, price, tne yam..., lap 24 yards wide, price, the yard 19 2 yards wide, price, the yard..... 22 BLEACHED SHEETINGS. 42-inch width, price, the yard II1 . 45-inch width, price, the yard r,.-..12Vd 50-inch width, price, the yard 14 Vz yards wide, price, the yard 16 154 yards wide, price, the yard 18i yards wide, price tho yard 19c 24 yards wide, price, the yard -. 2l 2V2 yards wide, price, the yard 23 SHEETS. These Sheets are of best quality torn, ironed and ready for use made with 2V-i-inch hems. Note the prices. Size lxiVi yards, special price, each... 43 Size lx2i yards; special price, each 460 Size 2x2'yards, special price, each 52 bize 243i yards, special price, each 57c Size 2x2 yards, special price, each 64i Size 2x2 yards, special price, each 68 HEMSTITCHED SHEETS. Size 244x234 yards, special sale price, each. . . .720 Size 2x2 yards, special sale price, each. . . .780 "ECONOMY SHEETS." Made of one of the best grades of standard sheet ings. Sizes 1x2 yards; special sale price,-cach. . .360 Size lx2 yards; special sale price, each... 400 Size 2x2 yards; special sale price, each 440 Size 24x2 yards; special salj price, each. . . .480 PILLOW OASES. That are cheaper than you can buy the material and make them yourself. Lot No. 1 Made of the best quality of sheeting Size 42x36 inches; special sale price, each.... 120 Size 45x36 inches; special sale price, each. ... 140 Size 50x36 inches; special sale price, each.... 150 Size 54x36 inches; special sale price, each.... 170 Lot No. 2 The pillow cases are made of nice, smooth muslin. Size 45x36 inches; special sale price, each 90 Lot No. 310,000 pillow cases, made of good, heavy round-thread sheeting Splendid 15e value; spec for this sale at, each 110 TABLE OILCLOTH.' 20,000 yards of table oilcloth, in white, fancy colored and marbleized. Our 20c value; special sale price, the yard....lo0 FANCY SHIRTING CHEVIOTS FOR 120. Ten thousand yards of book-fold fancy shirting cheviots in jacquard patterns checks, plaids and fancy patterns the very best value offered at the price; special for one week only, at, yard 120 MAIL ORDERS FILLED l ABOVE PRICES FOR ONE WEEK: ONLY. i The "Fleisher" Yarns- In Art Shop Second-Floor Annex. are made from selected- wools, care fully spun, and have an even. lorty. elastic thread. Dyed in a full line cf beautiful shades which -can al ways be matched. An article knitted or crocheted of Flelsher's Yarns will always hold its shape and yet be soft and elastic. Every akein of the genuine bears the trade-mark ticket. Great Waist Sale Starts Today First Floor. BOYS' 35c WAISTS FOR 19c. I Pretty near a carload ot pretty waists at a great bargain. Moth ers, here's your opportunity to save in buying waists enough to last the youngsters all Summer. lnrougn a iortunate "Duv" in which quantity figured conspicu ously, our buyer of boys' waists made us the possessors of enough waists to fill a table 30 feet long, running through a wide center -aisle on the inain floor on which thej're placed this morning, marked at a figure ridiculously low .as compared to their worth. These wash waists are in both dark and light x grounds, prettily striped and figured in neat, attractive de signs; blouse and shirtwaist styles, made in splendid work manship of fine, sturdy wearing, materials. The values arc right at 35c each. Special duriug this sale at 190 TODAY THE SPRING SALE OF Housekeepings A Grand Spring Exposition of Fashions for Women In Second-Floor Salons. The largest and lead ing garment store west oL Chicago. . . . Smiling ' Spring' reigns supreme in the big ap parel sections. Fashion holds her court -here this week. Port land's Sprint; style show, par . excellence, for connoisseurs of the fine art of dress is ready welcome. You depend on this store for earliest forecasts of fashion, and these first ink lings are of authentic styles selected with the certainty that comes with acces3 to the jealously guarded secrets of fashion; a knowledge that has made and keeps Olds, Wortman & King the paramount authority on dress. It's to be a fancy season in tailored style nut that down as a certainty. The erstwhile severely simple tailored lines are lost in the elaborations of plaits, shirrings and ornate trimmings tailored styles have almost the effect jo frocks. No woman need Iw disappointed of her cherished wish as to style, either the diversity of choice is so wide. There are Blouse Jackets in the soft effects so much liked, there arc Etons, suits with the coffee-coat effect, short box styles, and the staple fitted-back coat or semi-fitted coat. But whatever the style, look for broad shouders, sleeves full at top and to elbows, and ending in cuff, gauntlet or cuff effects, as a rule. But there we could fill the page with talk of what's new. Come and see and enjoy the show, whether ready to buy now or not. NEW STREET SUITS. Li Jacket, Eton, Blouse and Tight-Fitting effects, in materials of "homespun, serges, cheviots, panne cheviots, broadcloths, Panama cloths, mohairs and handsome exclusive patterns m mannish mixtures. A full color line, embracing blues, grays, browns, greens, tans, blacks, mixtures and the ultra-tash ionable shepherd plaids and checks. The price range is wide, no matter whether it's the modest tailored suit at $12.o0 or the more elaborate grades rang ing along by easy price steps to the aristocrat at $12o.00. Each suit is best at its price. NEW SHIRTWAIST SUITS VERY MODISH. Handsome New Shirtwaist Suits, silk, wool and alpaca, in green, blue, red, black and gray; values from, suit 912.50 to $125.00 NEW SPRING COATS. New Spring Coats in tan, covert, cheviot and broad cloth, with or without collars, plain and fancy stitched seams, trimmed with velvet, etc; values from, each $7.50 to $32.50 TAN COVERT JACKETS. Plain and fancy trimmed Jackets, with collar or collarless, strapped seams; values from, each $12.50 to $38.50 NEW SPRING WAISTS. Women's Apparel Shop Second Floor. New Spring Waists, in all the late materials white, polka dot, 6tripod, checked, plaids and dark mix turesNegligee Shirt3 included, in all the new shades values from, each.. -.$1.00 to $7.50 Today the Lost of the Great Reorganiza tion Sale of Good Shoes First Floor West Annex. This sale is different from any of its predecessors. different from any shoe sale ever held in Portland different, and better. And today ends it But today will not end sho$ selling here not by a "long chalk." We'll sell more shoes than ever hereafter, and furnish better bargains. Now a word of the sale today. Waive a large staff of able helpers, and the whole store organization is pledged rto your comfort and good service. Be as fussy and particular as yom wish. Get what you want ana should have take no mate-shifts, be fitted to per fection, then pay the price of today, andvsave, like this-' WOMEN'S $4.00 AND $5.00 SHOES FOR $1.29. 220 pairs of Ideal Kid and Fine Imported Vici Kid Shoes "Adonis" lasts, low cuts; best $4.00 and $5.00 values, pair .' $1.29 WOMEN'S NEW $3.60 SHOES $2.29. 348 pairs of Women's Patent Colt and Fine Vici Kid Shoes, standard J ace or iiiucner styles, witn good welt soles; best $3.50 values for, pair $2.29 WOMEN'S $2.00 SLIPPERS 99c PAIR. Only 89 pairs in one-strap style, red colored leather and hand-turned iiexioie soies, nest j?.uu values, to close, pair 990 MEJTi $S.5 ST2E2T SHOES $2.49. 119 pairs smart, new a&d very latest styles in box call and nne Via ca xeainers, oaia. ana xiucner styles; best $3.50 values, to close, the pair $2.49 Continues on Third Floor Everything for the kitchen, pantry and general housework; nothing but worth-owning merch andiseno trash admitted. Our planning is to lessen drudg ery, and to economize without low ering the quality. Mail orders filled in order re ceived, while the quantities last: some things will be sold out quickly. Heavy Pudding Pans, 2-quart size ; our 11c value, .special at. . . .ap Flour Sifters: our 15c value, spe cial at, each U0 Heavy hp kettles, 6-quart size; our 24c value,. special at 180 Japanese decorated trays, 13-inch size; special at, eacu JLop Copper Bottom coffee pots, 3-quart size'; our doc value, special at, each 280 Teakettles, No; 8; our 40c value, special at, each oU? Oblong cake tins, 13-inch size ; our 10c value, special at, each bp Granite iron pie plates; our 12c value, special at, each. a0 Granite iron covered sauce pans, 3-pint size; our 30d value, spe cial at, each 240 White enameled wash basins; our 30c value, special at, each 24 d White enameled water' pitchers;. our 9oc value, special at Top Blue enameled teakettles; our $2.00 value, speoial at $1.60 Blue enameled teapots 3-pint size; our 95c value, special at 69 QUICK MEAL STEEL RANGES. The kitchen takes on a new charm when you havo a Quick Mfiad Steel Range as its centerpiece. We are agents for this celebrated range and each and every one is sold under a guarantee. Brooms; our 35c value, special at, each 23, Scrub brushes our 10c value, spe-1 cial at, each 7 Butcher knives; our 15c value, special at, each .90 Hatchets; our 35c value,- special at, each. .....29p Hammers; our 20c value, special at, each - .-t...... ...130 Tack hammers; our 10c value, spe cial at, each ..50 Picture cord, 25 yards; our 5c value, special at, the piece 40 Wire soaps; our 5c value, special at, each . 3d Nntmeg .graters; our 3c value, spe cial at, each .....20 Hug beaters; our 25c value, special at, each . ...j ..150 Dover etre beaters; our 9o value, special at, each...... 70 Wash boilers, confer bottoms our 95c value, special at, each 790