The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-20

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the capital on he night train James
Morrison. Of Long Dracb. II stiIi at
liberty
The street committee of the council
win on Monday next, open bids for
the Improvement Of Astur .treet wsst
from sixth. This Improvement viii
be an important one. The As.oria
Electric Company " now repairing Its
track along Astor street. which has
long been In dciapidated condition
west Of sixth
The commencement exercises al the
Convent of the Holy Names last
evening was the literary and musical
success anticipated. very large
number Of ladies and gentlemen we're
In attendance and the graduates were
recipients ~ many bouquets OF lovely
flowers. Several former students al the
convent assisted in the exercises. and
the efforts Of the young ladies spoke
volumes for the careful and efficient
training received by them NJ the
Sisters school
The 5000 damage suit OF W, a. Dees
W. rhe @Aty Of Astoria was settled yes
tcrdny by CITY Attorney Smith. Dees. |
for his son. sued for $1,000 damages
and i7j doctor bills for 1juri y spf-
fcred by the boy, who 'eii through "A
Commercial street sidewalk while that
yhoroughrare wra being improved MIR
smith brought about a compromise,
receives $500 ot iis amount the city
pays onc-half and Contractor J X.
Writ. who made thr Commercial street
Improvement. the other nalf
The sale of seats for Wiedemann's
big show opens at Griffin 4 Reeds
tomorrow morning. The reputation of
the company frum last season should
insure record breaking week The
bills for the week are all new. The
Offering Tor Friday evening II "A re-
vival Of the great French melodrama.
' The Sea OF Ice. with seven sets
~ scenery from Fourncr, costumes
from Eaves Company .of New York.
and electrical effects from Col1 4 Co
The opening bill is the four-acl COM
edy drama Dixie Land. story Of
the South during the Rebellion writ
ten by JAS NJ, Martin
The steamship Elder arrived last
night from San Francisco. bringing
a large number OF passengers and a
full load OF freight Among the pas
sengars were 20 or so Mystic shHners.
who were returning from the annual
gathering a, san Francisco Most of
the Shrners we're attired in attractive
rtSi suits. which were very much in
evidence during The two-hnur stay of
the steamer Women as well as men
wore rel, and even the children wsre
| likewise attired some Of the costumes
were remarkably gorgeous and gave
one an Idea OF the magnihcence Of the
pageant that recently marched through
the streets Of Frisco,
Here are few questions for the
leisure moments, Can YOU answer all
Of them? You can zee any day a
white horse. but did you ever see a
white colt2 How many different kinds
Of trees grow In your neighborhood,
and what are they good for? Why
does horse eat backward and Il COW
forward? Why does n hop vine wind
one way and " bean vine anotherG
Where should chimney be the Wild
est, at top or bottom. and why? Can
you tell why a horse, when tethcred
with rope. always unravels 1t, while
COW always twists II Into kinky
knot? What wood viii bear the great
est weight before breaking?
by recent decision of ihe supreme
court Clatsop County must rcatYh all
divorce fees collected by the district
attorney Under an old law, the fls-
trIct attorney received $40 for every
divorce case tried, When ihe district
attorneys We're placed on salaries, the
feature requiring payment of the $40
was not annuled with the result that
attorneys collected the moaey and
turned II into the county treasury,
The supreme court had ruled that the
fee must be paid In Multnomah Coun-
ty and an effort was made to secure
a similar ruling for Clatsop, This ef-
fort resulted in failure, as the Multi
nomah law was special one.
In the circuit court yesterday suit
was filed by G, b. TreScott against
f. NJ Warren and the Trescott Pack
ing Company asking for the appoint
ment Of John Adams as receiver IN
account of the books of the corpora
tion, dissolution OF partnership between
Warren and Trescott and Judgment
for share of the profits of the bust
ness since the year 1898, with costs of
suit The plaintiff alleges that the
concern was virtually partnership In
which he performed the business man
agement, while Warren advanced the
money and kept the accounts. and
that the business was successfully
operated until last October, when he
was summarily ousted and a SETTLE
ment and even an examination of the