The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-06-26

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tinyllle today,
Fornnl orders were handed down
yesterday by Judge Mcbride ~ fol-
l,wN Dean Bros. steam Pump Works
~, Astorla iron Works settled and
llsmlssed Finnish brotherhood W..
Mary T. Gillette # al order far con
llrinal0n ~ SALE A. l.. Knapp ga.
ph"be r. Knapp et al. order for con-
hrmaton Of sale.
w NJ Mead, representing the CHI
eaRo II Northwestern Railway In Port
land. and one OF the best known rail-
road men on the Pacific coaa., was
stricken with paralysis At SPOKANE.
last Monday and now lies in very
critical condition there. although lat
cst adViees report him as improving.
The entire tower part OF his body is
affected
Fishers opera house was we'll filed
again last night 10 witness the Wcide-
mann company In the great rural
drama entitled a Virginia lIo-
nance" The applause was more than
liberal. showing The company is pleas
ing the large audiences by their clever
work. Tonight the farce comedy The
Naughty Kid" win be the bill Go
and have goai laugh. II is better
than dose Of medicine
chief Engineer Gill, OF the dredger
i.ndd. while al his brothers home In
Portland few days ago secured an
old picture ~ Astoria. taken in 1854.
The picture II very well preserved and
" displayed ~ Truilnger 4 Easter.
hrookp'a cigar store The city pre-
eenied far different appearance In
th0se days than now and the great
changes wrought here can be seen by
a glance at the picture. Then, Main
tnow Ninth street was the principal
business thoroughfare. and but few
streets were panked,
The labor situation In Portland IL
daily growing worse. Nov the em-
ployrs Of the Portland city & Oregon
Railway Company are on strike. about
i9j men refusing to work. The strik-
ling wood workers and building en-
ployes are stil NJ far as ever from
settlement with the employers and
business Is suffering greatly In conse-
uuerc", The boycott now being plac-
ed on Portland manufactured material
viii have far.reschlng effect as II
wIll require much time TO restore the
prestige or the unfair firms, even after
the dlhisulty wish the men is settled.
! The British ship Speke is still at
anchor In the lower harbor and will
not 81 Ia sea for few days 10 come
Captain stott had much trouble with
his men and. although full crew has
been secured. he win not put TO sea
untll a supply Of handouts Is received,
Some Of the men have appeared trou-
blesomc and the captain does not care
To take any chances. \ sailor board
ing house man said yesterday that the
Spoke belongs to the firm OF Leyland
Bros, and that she is one Of the hun
grIest feet that sails away from the
British Isles. The Leyland ships are
noted the world over for the poor food
furnished the men, and this Is largely
responsible for the trouble exper-
Ienced In getting crew here,
The case OF the State nj Oregon VS.,
Louis Kiss was tried In the circuit
court yesterday. kiss was accused Of
stealing a net, the complainiag Wit
ness being Pete VI, Carlson, Kiss
entered Il general deaial oS the crime, |
saying tn, net had been found by him
ana turned over to sheriff Linville, |
He was represented by Judge f. D.
Wuton, while the states case was !
looked after by District Attorney AL |
len The following Jury tried the case:
10, b. Writ. j. c. Reierson, Theodore |
EStoos Jacob I'tzinger, II, A, Conner |
On. ]. A. McInlre, Thomas Mitchell. |
W. II, Walker, w, A. Cole, Thomas !
Bldewell. James w Welch and II, II, |
Allen, Kiss was Jointly indicted for !
larceny with Lyman Way, but the lat |
ter has not been taken into custody, |
At | o'clock this morning the jury was
still out, ana II was evident a verdict |
would not be reached.
While the jury was out yesterday |
afternoon In the Kiss case, several at |
torneys assembled at the circuit court |
room and related interesting anecdotes
of by-gone days Judge Winton told
a good story which goes to prove that
even self confessed criminal can be
cleared II his attorney Is up to snuff. |
A man had been arrested for the theft |
Of a net, He made "a fun confession |
to n public officials, who look down the
mans statement In writing and sub
mitted 1t 90 the man for hts signature, |
which was readily obtained. After
wards. when the case was called for i
trial, Judge Winton defended the man.
He urged the man To enter a plea of |
guilty, so as to secure the leniency |
which usually follows. but the defend |
ant declined to do this The written |
confession was offered in evidence,
but Judge Wlnton argued before the |
jury that the Of - to whom the |
statement was made was so unreliable |
that the jurors should not seriously
cnnslhnr any evIdence ofhered h,. him