The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-07-01

twenty tHfee fDaEfek, carrying
about 1900 people were required 10 care
for the crowd that attended the let
ter-carriefs excursion 10 Seaside sun
day. The sun shone brightly all day
long. but the wind was tust a triDe
too high 20 render the day perfectly
ENJOYABLE. The excursion was very
well conducted and was quite sue
cess.
ON July and the o. n. y n. wlIl
sell excursion tickets al all landings
on the Columbia river between Port.
land and Astoria at rate ,f one fare
for the round trip, Tickets Viii be
good for return up 10 and including
July 9. Al the same time ana rnier
the Rame conditions tickets win be- sold
10 all North Beash points, Ilwaco to
Nahcotta inclusive,
An employ Of Commercial street
restaurant WAS found In the postoflce
lobby, Saturday night. lying in pool
Of blood He saii he had been So,
npoa by two ~ three men He was
badly cui about the head. and when
found rescmblcd corpse The police
found one ~ the alleged assnIIants.
but the story told by this man promp'
ed the authorities 30 drop the case.
The case against Louis Kiss. on the
second charge II larceny against him.
win be brought up Thursday In the
ri,cul, court che special ycniie
drawn "a trv The caSe Is made UP VI
The following citizens - T.. Taylor,
IC, ~ Dayice, y v, Burns Peter Sor-
anson. T., II, Libke OLAF Olsen. John
Carlson. Cross Timmons. 'harles Lor-
rim. Ado,ph sivetson. %xei Llnncy, u.
NJ Stuart. u PaimberK, q. +. Parker
and G, f. johnson.
John Flax. the self. confessed ac-
compltce of the murder of Nora Full
ler. has been pronounced fake by
San Francisco detectives ana discharg-
ed fr"m custody. He was held at Se
dro- Woolev pending the arrival Of
Bay CITY detectives. who We're not long
In rrunouncIng Flax .akl-. There
was never the least suspicion here
that the ,nan had anythlns 20 do With
the awful crime, and II was all along
suspected that the authorities would
come tn like conclusion.
Already The city is beginning TO take
on a Fourth OF July appearance The
stores along Commercial and Bond
streets are being gaily bedecked with
the national colors and by tomorrow
night there wiii be a generous display
OF attractive evrgreens. 'rhe mer-
chants are all making fine displays
The pretty arch at the corner OF Com
mercul and Tenth has been lined with
electric lights and was illuminated
last night for the first time, The
floats for the hg parade nre nearly
completed and all nre % original and
attractive design,
Steamer r, j Potter leaves Astoria
for llwaco connecting with the train
for all North Beach points ON July
Mt 5l5 p. M and on July al 6;4b p, m.
the steamer Nahcotta leaves Astoria
at I,lh a. IN, on july T. giving up-
portunlty for full lay at the beach.
The extremely low rate OF single fare
for the round trip to Ilwaco and all
beach points win be in effect and In
connection with the same ra;e be-
tween all rlver points, Astoria to Port
land, presents splendid opportunity
TO visit the beach at the most charm
Ing season OF the year or TO witness
the grand celebration Of he Fourth
at Astoria.
II Is quite possible that some Of the
river steamers win be forced to tie up
tomorrow, because of ls"r ~ engineers |
and crews says last nights Tele- !
gram The marine engineers and |
deckhands some time ago notified |
their employers that 10 per cent ad-
vance In wages is expected July /, |
and unless their notice be complied |
with II Is to be supposed that the en-
gineers win quit work, and the deck
hands go on strike, II Is under |
stood that Jacob Kamm has agreed TO
raise the wages of his deckhands and
that raise in wages all around has
been made on the steamer Spencer,
operated by the Shaver Transporta-
tion Company,
John peueich, the 9-year-old son of
Peter Deucieh, met with a serious ac-
cident near his home In West Astoria
last night about O'Clock, With
companion, the Denoich boy was learn
ing to ride a bicycle, Part of the
railing Is gone from the roadway and
through this the amateur cycllst fell /
To the rocks below, distance OF l5
feet suffering a fracture Of the left |
thigh six inches below the joint. Lit
tie Johnny's companion neglected to !
acqualnt his friends with the accident,
hut the injured boy managed to drag |
himself to a point where he could |
make himself heard. DR.. Bstes was
summoned and reduced the fracture, |
which Is vsry SERIOUS one, The ac-