AVKDNUKDAY, .IULY 22
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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Marriage License
License to marry was issued in the
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P, P. Moon and Miit Frcdonia Faulk
ner, both of Hammond.
To Sell Property
Mr. Sarah L. Byrd, mother of Lilly
, W. Byrd,-who i mentally deranged,
and nl guardian of her estate, peti
tioned in the county court for leave
tt utll mini, rwfil ,imiifrtv fiidrtmnnfr
to the daughter. The court granted
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the petition a required.
Arnold's Outfit Here
The average Astoria youngster is
rejoicing in the fact that E. J. Arnold,
the popular showman, is back here
with hi fninrnil "iiirrrv-iii riiiuiit "
which will be ct up today on the old
site, at the southwest comer of Com
mercial and Seventh streets.
, pany. who nave the contract for the
Lawn Party Today i bricks for the building arc in a posi-
Thc ladies of the Alter Society of ,'' o furnish them to the contrac
St. Mary's Catholic Church wilt give ; or; The machinery for the local
a lawn social and card party this af-jbril l,ai ,,a bccn o"led " te
tcruoon at 2:30 o'clock, to be held on " aml . Wppl on July 7 and
the lawn of the churc grounds at
Fifteenth street and Grand avenue.
In the evening there will be dancing
in the church hall.
Will Purse-Net Salmon
Peter Dutchct, a well known fisher
man in thenc waters and on I'uget
Sound, accompanied by G. A. Mor
gan, have arrived here in a launch
from Tacoma, and are preparing their The-official record in Portland show
purse net gear for a try at the Royal Jed a b'h as 90 degrees, though it
Chinook of the Columbia. Both freely admitted that the street ther-
mcn are exuerts and their work will
be watched with interest here.
New Clatsop Citizen
Clatsop county is fortunate in hav
ing secured another excellent citizen,
in the person of James K. P. Coles,
of McMinnville, who, with his family
has arrived at Warrenton and pur
chased a home site in Warrenton
Park, where he will build a, $2000
home and cast his lot in with the
county.
No Notice Given
There is- some complaint of the
fact that no notice is put up advising
travelers of the closing of the Skip
anon bridge while the new draw was
being installed. It has caused general
annoyance. A. L. Fox is doing the
work and will complete it in a day or
so; but he is not responsible, for the
neglected warning.
restle Repairs
The A. & C. bridge gangs are
working steadily on the main line
trestle through the .city, placing the
heavy stringers and caps wherever
the new piling calls for them. The
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company will have spent over $30,(KKh, the case of Mrs. Anna Marie Gates
on thin section of the system when it
hIihII have completed
repairs.
'this season k
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Portlander Tnrtw Farmer
Thirty-five acre of land, the prop
erty of Theodore Brackcr, located on
the pipeline, wa yesterday sold to
J Attcnbrrger, of Portland, through
the firm of Van Duscn & Company,
of Astoria. Mr. Attcnbcrger pur
chased the property, it is said, for the
purpose of raising berries and other
fruit for the local market, and he is
eX,l,e.,, ,0 V" in a
short .time. The tract is located near
: the Worslcy farm.
Waiting On Bricks
According to the representatives of
the Weinhard estate, the plan for
the VVeinhard-Astoria Hotel are now
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structure will be resumed just as soon
as the Astoria Clay Product Com-
miuuiu arrive nerc in auoiu inree
arrive here in
weeks when it will be installed, and
will be turning out bricks inside of a
week after its arrival.
Having Hot Wave
Reports from the up-river towns
and from all over the Willamette
Valley state that the weather has been
exceedingly hot for several days past.
mometer dallied up around the 100
mark.
In the Willamette Valley the!"1' w""'m inc f ncr
register showed from 90 to 100 de
grees, Meantime in Astoria the days
have been delightfully cool and the
visitors here from the interior have
drawn long breaths of relief when
they came to town, and at night
reached out in their sleep and drew
another blanket over them.
Sunday Excursions to Long Beach.
Steamer Nahcotta leaves O. R. &
N. dock at 6:45 a. m. daily. Round
trip fare to any point on North
(Long) Beach, $1.00, Sunday's only
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!AN ORDER OF COURT
BRINGS GRIEF
ANOTHER CHAPTER ADDED TO
THE UNHAPPY HISTORY OF
THE GATES DIVORCE SUIT
HERE.
Another chapter has been written
versus Iter husband, lrc E, Gates, but
it it not likely the writing of it will
close the history by any means, if
there remains a legal channel by
which to attain to the real elements of
justice that dwell within the record.
An order was made on Monday by
Hem. T, A. McBridc, in chambers, at
Oregon City, upon the petition of C.
J. Curtis, of this city, to the following
effect: That it aiincarinn: to the court
that the plaintiff, Mrs. Gates,, was
about to leave the State and "the jur
isdiction of the court, and go to Cali
fornia, taking with her the child of
the plaintiff and defendant; that said
plaintiff, was without means to sup
port herself and said child; and order
ing that the said minor child, Ira
Campbell Gates, be turned over to the
custody of Mrs. Anna Curtis, with
permission granted to both parents to
see the child under proper conditions
at all times; that said defendant pay
to the said custodian, Mrs. Curtis, the
sum of $35.00 per month for the care,
maintenance and schooling of said
minor child, etc., etc."
Ttiis order was obtained from Judge
McBridc upon the sworn petition of
C. J. Curtis, prompted by the husband
of Mrs. Gates, which sets up the alle
gations alluded fo, along with other
matter calculated to inspire the judge
with a sense, of the urgency and ne
cessity (or the order made; and the
whole matter bears the stamp of ex-
parte- presentment and determination,
miicc the plaintiff, the woman in the
case, the mother of the child, has not
been heard in the premise and is
sorely stricken with the suddenness
and surprise of the proceedings,
knowing -nothing of the plea nor or-
A .m .:, r i i let
v. i umcruy, jcsicruay, at me
home of Mrs. Anna Ford, 236 Com
mercial street, who, as gently as might
be done, claimed and took possesion
of the handsome thrcc-yeac-old baby
boy, and fulfilled the order of the
court by turning the boy over to Mrs.
Curtis; the happiest feature of the sad
case being that the baby is placed in
the hands of a most excellent lady
and faithful custodian who will do all
that any law, humn or divine,
prompts for the safety and happiness
of the baby.
The case is one of peculiar interest,
and has, as it progressed in and out
of the court, excited a good deal of
definite interest here. It first reached
public notice, in the futile attempt of
the husband, a soldier-steward at the
post hospital at Fort Stevens, to have
his wife committed to the State Asy
lum for Insane, last winter, and who
would have succeeded had it not been
for the wisdom and humanity that
governed Dr. J. A. Fulton and County
Judge Trenchard at the hour of ex
amination in this behalf. She was
promptly and fully cleared of
the charge and dismissed from the
court, and from that hour to this has
waged her battle of life as only an
invalid, poor, sick, without influence,
and relying solely upon the spon
taneous kindness of a group of
friends won in the very hour of her
extremity, could do. .She has worked
when she might and taken the best
care of the child a mother might un
der the pressure of her poverty and
invalidism. .
At the behest of friends who be
lieved in her and sought to do for her,
she went into the circuit court with a
plea for divorce,' upon statutory
grounds, and was given her freedom,
her child and alimony, he husband
failing to make appearance and plea,
The very fees in the case were re
mitted to her by the court officers,
and in addition to this; a generous
subscription was taken up for her' in
the court house itself, and to this
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kindly but meagre aid, she has added
her paltry earnings, and has a small
account at the local bank. s
Mrs. Gates has a brother in San
Francisco who has offered to give
her and her child a refuge in return
for the care she would take of that
home, and she has been hoping, with
the little she had saved, to go there
and accept the offer, but not with any
idea of evading the orders of the
court as to leaving its jurisdiction, nor
in any other way subjecting herself
to the discipline or correction of the
court. '
Attorney Charles H. Abercrombie
has rendered the poor woman all the
aid in his power and will probably
do more if he can; he appeared for
her 'in the suit for divorce and has
advised her in all ways for her peace
and comfort.
Her husband has not made any
creditable showing in the case from
beginning to end and this has been
general and common knowledge at
Fort Stevens and in this city ever
since the hour he sought to force his
wife into the asylum; he has never
paid a cent of alimony nor rendered
her any aid since she gained her re
lease; a fact that throws considerable
doubt upon his purpose or ability to
meet the charge incurred by the
order granting the sum of. $35 per
month to the custodian of the child.
And it is honed the kindness that haslthe train came t0 a st0P- At 8 P- nl-
rtnntt thm whn t,av ' tricii to !
smooth things for the unhappy
mother, will not cease nor be with
drawn until they have invoked the
larger justice that shall restore her
child to her.
There is every sign out that Judge
McBride has been imposed upon, and
the case will not be permitted to rest
where it is by any means. To those
who have watched the case from its
beginning, this last phase is but an
expression of brutal and cold-blooded
retaliation on the part of a man who
had not a morsel of merit wherewith
to appear in the open tribunal, plead
his rights, and have them adjusted.
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Summer Excursions.
During the months of July,
Alienist and SentemW tti Tlwnrn
R. R. Co. will sell round trip tickets
daily from all points on North (Long)
Beach to all points on Clatsop Beach
at rate of $1.75. Return limit thirty
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Regatta Festivities-
The supreme attraction during the
coming regatta season Will, beyond
all doubt, be the great Scandinavian
Saengerfest, and chief among its al
lurements will be the solo singing of
A. Musgrove Robarts, the famous
English baritone. There will be a
full symphony orchestra of 35 pieces,
the Astoria Philharmonic orchestra
being combined with the Symphony
Orchestra of Portland. The local
societies are making complete and
elaborate preparations for the grand
est musical triupmh of the year, and
the great choruses Will be heard
with orchestral accompaniment.
Portland will be represented by two
of its great societies, the Norwegian
and Swedish, and August 30th and
31st, Saturday and Sunday, will go to
the history of music as gala days, par
excellence. '
Accident On A. & C
The accident to the freight train
on the A. & C. that delayed the in
coming passenger train to Astoria
Monday night was not a Very serious
one. The trouble happened near
Rainier. As the train was rounding a
curve at a high speed, the air brake
and te axle of the front wheels of the
twentieth car from the engine broke,
letting the car drop onto the rail, and
tore up about 200 feet of track before
Superintendent McGuire arrived from
Astoria with engine No, 17 and a flat
car, containing two pairs of trucks.
The rear end of the train was at once
pulled into Rainier; and the trucks
Kaken up to be placed under the
wrecked car. The down passenger
train was held at Goble, and the up
train at Rainier for several hours,
under the trucks were replaced. Con
ductor Goodman received a shak
ing UP-
Notice.
Notice is hereby given to the public
that no bills will be paid by the Four-
teenh Annual Regatta Committee un
less such bill is accompanied by a
voucher duly signed by the Chairman
and Secretary- of the Regatta Com-
ntttee,
HERMAN WISE, Chairman,
JOHN H- WHYTE, Secretary.
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PERSONAL MENTION
G. F. Parker, county surveyor, is at
Seaside and expects to return about
Friday.
Messrs! D. C. Rees, of Waitsburg,
Wash., a brother of Mrs. J. VV. Welch
and William Hendershott, of Port
land, a brother-in-law of Mr. Welch,
are in the city and guests at that
pleasant home. Both are delighted
with Astoria, in this, her ideal sum
mer weather.
John Kirn, one of the Capital City's
best known and appreciated citizens,
spent the day in Astoria yesterday as
a pleasant wind-up of his summer
outing. 1
Mrs. George Hill, of North Yaki
ma, is visiting her mother-in-law,
Mrs. Dr. B. Owens-Adair, at Sunny
meade, near Warrenton.
L. H. MacMahan, 'the. well known
lawyer of "Salem, was a business
visitor in this city'yesterday, return
ing to the Willamette Valley on last
evening's express.
The Reverends E. K. Johnson, of
Rock Island, 111., and P. J. Cornell, of
Braddock, Penn. (near Pittsburg),
are in the city, on a summer tour and
are guests of their friend and fellow
churchman, Rev. G. E. RydquisL
Both gentlemen are charmed with
Astoria- and are taking very definite
interest in her ' civic and industrial
status.
Mrs. Howard M. I Brownell, who
has been visiting with her family at
Oregon City, is expected to return
home today, with her, sister, Mrs.
Oliver Shiras, who will spend a,bout
two weeks at the Brownell home.
DONE BY DEED
Ralph Sloop and wife of Svensoi
to Emil Hill and Matt Maki, lands iu
east half of northeast quarter of sec
tion 26, township 8; $2000.
Charles Scadding, Bishop of Ore
gon, to City of Astoria, certain land
for use as a publis street; $1.
Walter C. Smith and wife to Ludo
B. Starbuck, wife of T. B. Starbuck,
lots 7 and 8, in block 7, The Plaza;
$600.
Ebenezer Wells and wife to H. L
Stephenson and G. R. Stephenson,
about 140 acres in section 2, township
5 and section 34, township 6, range i