The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-03-25
DEATH Of JUDGE DEADY
The Old OREGON Lawyer BrGathed HiS
Last Yesterday.
CONSCIOUS TO THE END
Record of His Life Shows HOW His Nat
ural Talents Helped to GIVE Him
Great Success.
CONSCIOUS TO THE EN-
Associated Press.

POrtlallu, Marcn 24.-Unlted States
District Judge M. P, Deady died at IA;
this morning. His death was painless
and the judge retained consciousness to
the last. Death was due to the general
breaking down of his system brought
about by spinal trouble and Brights
disease. All the family were present al
the death bed except the youngest SON
who is in the East.
All night long the judge rested quiet
ly He was surrounded by members OF
his family and immediate relatives
while his physician, DR.. Strong, who
had attended him throug all his illness,
sat by the bed side holding the sick
mans hand and carefully noting every
fiuctuation of the pulse. Mrs. Deadly
sat beside her dying husband, who
seemed to find the profoundest censo-
lation in her presence. At o'clock this
morning he began sinking again very
rapidly and his respiration from that
time forth was much interrupted.
Links of respiration came at intervals
of fifteen seconds. and every laps was
expected to be the last. AT fifteen min
utes before o'clock this morning the
pulse beat ceased, and the end had
come. While not unexpected, the death
of Judge Deadly ELECTED expressions of
regret from all who had known him.
About a year ago Judge Deady's
health became very precarious and it
was deemed dmperatively NECESSARY
that he should take rest. Accompanied
by Mrs. Deadly, he made trip to the.
Sandwich islands, and was absent sew
eral months. Though the travel did
him much good for the time being, yet
he experienced no permanent benefit
from the visit to that land of perpetual
sunshine.
During the many years Judge Deadly
has occupied the federal bench he has
made a great number of trips to San
Francisco, where he held court. He
heard and decided many very import
ant cases hile occupying the bench in
San Francisco.
For the past few months his decline |
in physical strength has been steady |
and very rapid. He has been growing
more and more feeble, until it was with |
much difficulty that he could go to and |
from The Hill to the courtroom. He has |
not occupied the bench for more than |
two weeks past.
From his first coming to Oregon, |
Judge Deadly has been an Industrious
worker in other departments than
those pertaining to justice and judicial
affairs During this period he has con-
Lributed many papers to the local and
press replete with interesting
facts concerning the early history and
settlement OF his adopted state. He
mas been devoted friend to education,
and has spent much time and labor in
he fostering care Of institutions cal
,ulated for the culture and instruction
If the community. Chief among. these
8 the Portland Library Association of
Portland. OF this association Judge
Deadly has been president ever since
S6S. and its present financial prosperity
8 largely due to his unremitting at
ention and care. He is also president
# the board Of regents of the univer-
ity Of Oregon, In which capacity he
las contributed much TO its elevation1
md usefulness. At the annual COM
of 1878 and 1879 Judge
)eady delivered two addresses to the
,raduating classes Of those years.
Besides giving great number OF
oral opinions and decisicns in the
auses before him. Judge Deadly has
vritten carefully prepared opinions in
nore than three hundred causes since
is advent to the bench, embracing
aw. equity, bankruptcy and admiralty
auses, many Of them involving mooted
uestions as to the proper construction
+ state and federal statutes and Of the I
onstitution.
or Judge Deadly 1t is said: "He has I
ldeed. not only paid the debt ]
yhich it is said every lawyer owes to
is profession. but has laid 1t under {
iany obligations of respect and graf {
.ude for the industry and legal acu-
len which have rendered much that !
vas crooked straight, and shed light in j
iany dark places"
Judge Deadly was born near Easton. {
] Talbot county. Maryland, on May Il, I
s24.
SAN Francisco. March 24.-In the !
curse Of a long editorial on the death
Judge Deadly at Portland, the Even ]
ig Bulletin says:
Judge Deady's position has bee I
nique. His singular ascendency has {
iade him the law giver, not only OF
is own court, but in a large measure /
the higher court Of public opinion. /