Show STATE NEWS L T JACOBS POUND DEAD Verdict Death from Laudanum TJn Intentionally Taken Eureka Oct CL T Jacobs olio of tile I oldtimers of Tlnllc ivan found dead In 1 bed at his lodglnghouso this morning I He had retired last evening in hIs usual health Acting Coroner Bowen Impnneloi u Jury which returned a verdict of death from an overdose of laudanum unlntcn i tlonslly selfadministered The evidence sbohciDlhaCJ tivd bot > tlw of laudanum J partially filled Yerr ynd In his room and that he was badly disturbed last nlghj over iinivtu caiul financial mnttcrsf i AfroJncon ta tone Of s ihci hosUKhowu t I nnersar T nlle Ho wns president of UD j Miners union during tho big > Bulllbif JBwk strike of 1SW and was for stveral years district recorder of North Tlntlc iio loaves no relatives here although It Is understood that he hia n brother In the Last The luncral will ba held tomorrowS tomorrow-S JOST IS CONVICTED Judge Booth Says Jurors Had In I diflged In Improper Conduct I Provo Oct 13When the jury la the easo pf Johan O Jost retired this morn Ing al about 10ro no one who had heard the evidence expected they Would remain out but a very short time This hOwever hOw-ever proved to be a mistake and considerable con-siderable surprise was expressed that they should fall to reach an agreement SQV I crnl people remembered seeing one of the Jurors In company with defendant nail drinking with him last evening und It was thought by some that this sociability might Influence tho Juror and lhat a failure to agree would be the result of the deliberation A abort limo after 1 oclock the Jury came In and with a verdict of guilty After receiving the verdict Judgo Booth sold that hft regrolled lo have lo nay that he had heard that some of the jurors had conducted themselves In an Improper manner during the trial of the case This ho considered Inexcusable in view of the fact that he had been careful to Instruct them as lo their conduct at each adjournment adjourn-ment and the mailer would bo investigated investi-gated Foreman Whltehead nuked that the par llcular offense and offenders be made known ns ho did not desire to rest under blame He was Joined by other jurors In tills rociuesl but the Judge refused to mako any official statement but offered to tell the jurors privately after adjournment adjourn-ment In his olllce After adjournment IT they filed In one at a time and had short I interviews with the exception of Juror P S Dargor of Spanish Fork the Juror who had l been seen In the company of Mr Josl the night previous What passed I between him and the Judgo is nol known but the Interview was no doubt interest IngMr Mr Danger denies most positively that any talk was had by Mr Jost and himself about the case or that he had been Influenced In-fluenced In any way The reason ho held out ho says was because he did not understand un-derstand some of the evidence As soon as tho other Jurors had explained It to him 1m voted for conviction The Jury blood seven lo one for conviction from the second ballot one juror being undecided unde-cided on the first Mr larger being the ono favoring acquittal till the last ballot The time of sentence of defendant was fixed for the 15th Provoe New School Buildings Provo Oct 13The Board of Education has been seriously considering what to do In order to make room In the schools for the children of school age They have somo buildings not completed and last evening they decided to complete two the Maescr and the Franklin Bids wcro let to MIckoI Alexander for the Macser at a i cost of JSC7 and lo Hollndav Mlllor for the Franklin at a cost of X 5715 > Tho Franklin Is to be completed by December 10th and the Maser by November 17th |