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Show FIND WOMEN DEAD IN BED ' Mrs. R. F.vMycrs and Mrs. , William Jones, Visitors, .Arc Asphyxiated. PORTLAND. Ore., . June v 28. The bodies of airs,. It." F. Myers and Mrs. rwilllam Jones, who cama to this city to visit the Lewis and Clark Centennial exposition' Trom 'Jefferson. Ore'., were found dead In their apartments at 256 Eleventh street this morning:. An open eras Jet showed the manner of the death f the two women. It U supposed that ' the women retired for the night, leav-- leav-- In a small Jet of gas burning, and that a. rush of air extinguished the flame, .releasing the deadly gas. ' i It waa evident that Mrs. Myers awakened awak-ened to realise her peril and endeavored endeav-ored to reach the door of the room, but she was too far gone to aid herself, end died on the threshold. Mrs. Jones waa not awakened by the efforts of L Mrs. Myers to gain fresh air, nortwere ,-any of the other occupants of the f house. " |