THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTOIUA, OREGON.
SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1907.
BAR, BAY AND RIVER
Steamship Fuku Maru Down from
Portland.
QUITO .SURVEYED IN CHINA
Santa Ana Among Th Bar Bound
Hero Alliance Held Up Ship Fen
nia Rtady For Pugat Sound Colum
bia Off For San Francisco Today.
Tb steamer Santa Ana, lumber ladn
for Saa Francisco arrived down from
from Portland yesterday morning and
swung by the city tike a race-horse
bound for tbe bar and the open sea.
She found the bar In a non-receptive
shape and came back to an anchorage
to await her turn at the big barrier,
This Is said to be the last run the"San
ta Ana will make to this port this sea
son In the lumber trade, as she goes
north to do transportation work In
Alaska for her owners who are heavily
interested in mining ventures there.
The Lurline was late getting down
from Portland last night owing to the
prevalent bad weather of the past two
days, and did not leave up until nearly
midnight. When she cannot come
through, nothing else Is likely to show
up here from the Columbia river points.
Ed. Donnelly, the newspaperman's
friend, who has been doing look-out
duty on the flagship for the past three
weeks, is back on the Astoria dock
again and along with his major duties
Is taking Items that are always worth
having.
Captain Max Skibbe, of the Calen
der Vavlgatlon Company, is a belated
passenger on the steamer Alliance
which has been bar-bound here since
WedneSJay last. He goes to Coos
county to contract for the immediate
construction of several big barges for
the use of his company, being unable
to get them at the Astoria yards which
are chock-a-block with orders on con
tracted time and cannot undertake the
work.
"She steamship Quito, Captain Shot
tem, for Shanghai, with a big general
cargo will leave out at the first mo
ment the bar is approachable, she be-
The "teamshlp Fuku Maru, Captain
Kagnwaka, arrived down from Port
land yesterday, afternoon, and llos in
the city channel, bar bound. She w ill
leave out on the first available water,
for Nagasaki, with an Immense cargo
of general merchandise.
The Russian ship Fennla came down
the river early yesterday morning on
the hawsers of the Harvest Queen, and
as soon as the weather permtts.she will
go to Puget Sound on the lines of the
bar tug Tatoosh, where she will finish
loading for Kurope.
The North Head reports were prae'
tlcally blank yesterday as to ships and
steamers off the coast The storms
that have prevailed hereabout for the
past 48 hours have had a tendency to
hang up commerce on both aides of
the bar.
THE FOREST TRIAL
All of Yesterday Devoted to This
Grave Matter.
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The steamship Columbia will depart
for San Francisco this morning from
the O. R. &. N. pier at 6 o'clock sharp.
She la loaded all over, and ha; a big
list of passengers,
The schooner Cascades arrived In
from S. F. yesterday in the afternoon,
and after a stop at the Callender docks
went on to the metropolis, for another
load of lumber.
The steame Alliance, with her big
crowd of passengers. Is still in port
here, awaiting the pleasure of the Col
umbia bar which has Its back up just
at present.
Another Demonstrate
The Interest In the Waldorf moving
picture films Is unabated because the
management Insists on putting the
best and most graphic pictures ob
tainable on the market, and in proof
of this; the line now running Is among
the very finest yet produced there. It
tells the story of a counterfeiter from
beginning to end, and gives In detail
the manipulation of the coin, the de
tections the warning, the escape, the
capture, the auto-race, and the terri
fic finale of self-imposed death of the
coiner, rather than fact the penalties
of the law. The action and figures
of the swift Jrama are intensely real
lstlc to the very point of speech ,the
only quality lacking in the pre'enta
tion.
TALE TOLD BY THE ACCUSED
List Of Witntsxs For Defense Cap
tain Foreat Deoiarea All Intsnt of
Shooting, Let Alone Killing Argu
ments of Counsel Verdiot Today.
Don't Put Off.
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It positively cured me of Rheumatism
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Why Astoria,
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Atl of yesterday was' devoted to the
testimony and pleas In the case of the
State against Captain C. M. Forest
charged with the killing of Oeorge Fish
er. The Interest In the caw is unaba
ted and despite the warning of Judge
McBrlde as to the unfitness of the old
court-room for great crowds, there was
no diminution In attendance yesterday,
nor Inst evening.
The case for the state, as far aa tes
timony went, wua closed shortly after
the court convened yesterday morning,
Paul Pengrat and Charles Cooper be
ing the only two examined In addition
to the eight that were on the stand
Thursday. The defense Introduced the
testimony of the following witnesses
yesterday forenoon, M. D. Johnson, R.
R. Dyer, John Petersen, Martin Foard.
Capt. D. J. McYlcar, L. Mansur, G. C.
Fulton. P. A. Berglund. and the aged
defendant himself, that of the first
eight named being almost wholly as to
the excellent character, and long record
of useful and quiet service rendered by
the old ship-master on this coast, his
own testimony being the most directly
concerned with the unhappy Incident
of last December. Captain Forest's
story as told on the stand, was, in sub.
stance, as follows:
He told of Usher's Joining the Annie
Larson Bt San Francisco: he had never
known or sailed with him before that
voyage; shortly after arriving In this
port and docking. Fisher went to the
Captain and asked for 5 for the pur
pose of buying some oil-skins: the
captain borrowed $20 at the office of t,
Astoria Box Company, which was load
Ing the vessel, and gave $10 of it to
Fisher, he alo gave him an order on
Foard 4 Stokes for the things he need
ed; the man worked steadily enough
for a couple of days after that, hut on
Thursday the first mate advised the
master of Fisher's alleged sickness
captain went to hunt him to ascertain
what was the matter; found him sit
ting In the fore hutch, complaining of
rheumatism, and wanting his discharge
he was told the Captain could not pay
him off and was given a note to Dr.
Tuttle for treatment, enclosed in which
was a hospital blank; later In the same
day the captain was walking about
town nd was roughly accosted and
abused by Fisher on the street, and
avoided him by going Into the office of
me Dflr pilots on Twelfth street; early
In the afternoon the captain gave Fish
er a second note to Dr. Tuttle asking
him to "examine this bum"; went on
deck about 2 o'clock and Fisher again
accosted him and called him out of his
name; the man had been drinking deep
ly and was very Insulting; the captain
thought he was going to strike him and
threw up his hand to avoid an expected
blow, and had a lighted cigar In his
hand, which struck and Burned Fisher
on the Hp; Fisher Instantly struck the
Captain In the face near the left eye
and dazed him considerably; the cap
tain turned and went below to his cab,
In, got his revolver, went back on deck
and struck it through the rigging with
the Idea of frightening Fltrtier; the ham
mer caught In the rigging and wag di
cnargeci, tne shot striking Fisher; the
man fell to the dock on which he was
standing, and the captain returned to
his cabin where he fainted from the
shock of the accident and the know
ledge it forced qjion him; he had not
shot to kill the man and did not know
the gun was' loaded; the whole trans
action occupying but the space of a
moment.
The balance of Captain Forest's tes
timony dealth with the removal of the
Injured man to the hospital; the arri
val of the officers; his arrest, and all
the well known detail that followed the
shooting.
His tale was' told In quiet, forceful
terms and carried conviction and a
sence of sympathy to every listener in
the room. The revolver was a gift
from a former member of the crew of
the Larsen and the captain did not
know anything of its condition and had
never even examined it closely.
(The plea at bar were then made
for the state and for the defense and
were able and clear statements in the
varying interests presented, U. S. Sen
ator C. V. Fulton muklng the most Im
passioned and extended speech of the
day, At 5 o'clock the court took a
reees until the hour of T Inst evening
when the closing argument for the
suite was made by District Attorney
G. F, Hedges and the case was sent to
the Jury under specific Instruction
from Judge Miltrlde, It was thought
at that hour that the Jury would bo
able to render Its verdict before bed
time, but this wis made apparent as
impossible Inter In the night snd It Is
likely the final decision will not reach
his.' honor until tho court convenes at
9:30 o'clock this morning.
The civil docket received brief recog.
nltlon at the hands of Judge Mcllrlde
yesterday when he made an order en
to il n if a do fun It in the divorce case of
Dal soy M. Phillips versus Janiea H
Phillips, and handing down a decree of
divorce a prayed for.
COUNTY ICOURT ENDS
ITS SESSION
PROVIDES FOR NECESSARY IM
PROVEMENT OF ELK CREEK
ROAD MAKES PASSING ALLU
SION TO PORT OF COL., LAW.
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The county court yesterday morning
at 9: JO o'clock and wound out Its dock
et of public affairs, In tile following
manner:
The road petitions heretofore filed by
Otto Johnnsen t. a!., and U My lion
beck et. nl were rend and referred to
Attorney J. A. Eakln to prepare the
necessary orders' conforming with that
made yesterday by the court that said
roud be opened.
In the mutter of the Improvement of
Road No. TT bids were ordered cal
led for. by tho Court, und the requisite
notices were ordered sent to tho super
visor of Road District No. g for the
porting.
In the matter of the road from the
Power housv to the Traveler's Rest,
the county surveyor was directed to
examine the various routes, and file a
report theron by the 7th of the present
month.
In the matter of tho temporary Im
provement of the Elk Creek road, tho
district attorney was requested to pre
pare a contract with A. W. Duncan for
tho doing of wild work upon that se
tln of the road beginning nt a point
near the Russian cabin, to connect at
White's Bottoms, for the sum of $.
MO name to be graded 2 feet In width
on top, with proper ditches and cul
verts and to be covered with Inches
of rock to make It available for driving,
the work to be finished by August. 1st,
and providing Tor nn upproved bond
in tho sum of $300.
In the mutter of the Port of Columbia
law, the court made and entered the
following order:
"It appearing to the court that some
of our citizens are of the opinion that
the court Is not proceeding with the
test of the Port of Columbia law, the
court desire to Mate that the attor
neys heretofore appointed to examine
and report to the court have so failed
to do so, but state to the court that It!
Is only on account of other business
preventing. The court Is fully alive
to the matter, is ready at any time
to intervene and will take proper steps
to protect Clatsop county."
The court then adjourned until 9:30
o'clock a. m. on Wednesday, April 17th.
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