1 VOL. III. THE DALLES, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1891. NO. 8.- .Be PROFESSIONAL CARDS. WM. J. .ROBERTS Civil Engineer Gen eral engineering practice. Surveying and mapping; estimates and plans for irrigation, sewerage, water-works, railroads, bridges, etc. Address: P. O. Box 107, The Dalles, Or. WM. 3AUNDER8 Aechitkct. Plans and specifications furnished for dwellings, churches, business blocks, schools and factories. Charges moderate, satisfaction guaranteed. Of fiee over French's bank, The Dalles, Oregon. DR. J. SUTHERLAND Fiixow of Trinity Medics! College, and member of the Col lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario, Phy sician and Burgeon. Office; rooms g and Chap man block. Residence; Judge Thorobury's Sec ond street. Office hours; 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. DR. O. D. D O A N E PHYSICIAN AND SUR GEON. Office; rooms 5 and 8 Chapman Block. Residence No. 23, Fourth street, one block south of Conrt House. Office hours 9 to 12 . A. M., 2 to 5 and 7 to s P. M. AS. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Of- nee In Schanno's building, up stairs. The Dalles, Oregon. ' . . - . ' DEIDDALL, Diimei. Gas given for the . painless extraction of teeth. Also teeth set on flowed aluminum plate. Rooms: Sign of the Golden Tooth, Second Street. AR. THOMPSON ATTORNBT-AT-I.AW. Office in Opera House Block, Washington Street, The Dalles, Oregon T. T. MATS. B. S. HUimKGTON- H. S. WILSON. H CAYS. .HUNTINGTON & WILSON ATTOB- iVl nsvs-at-law. Offices, French's block over eixxi .National uanjt, xne uaiies, uregon. B.B.DCFCB. GEO. ATKINS. FBAKK KSNBPEX. DUFUR, W ATKINS & MENEFEE ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Room No. 43, over Post Office Building, Entrance on Washington Street The Dalles, Oregon. Wn.' WILSON Attorney-at-law Rooms . 52 and 53, New Vogt Block, Second Street. The Dalles, Oregon. SillPES & KLY. Wholesale aid Retail Dmiists. -DEALERS 1N- Fine Imported, Key West and Domesh' CIGARS. PAINT Now is the time to paint your house and if you wish to get the best quality and a fine color use the y Sherwin, Williams Co.'s Paint . . For those wishing to see the quality and color of the above paint we call theii attention to the residence of S. L. Brooks, Judge Bennett, Smith French and others painted by Paul Kreft. Snipes & Kinersly are agents for the . above paint for The Dalles. Or. COLUMBIA CANDY FACTORY W. S. CRAM, Proprietor. (Successor to Cram & Conoi,) Manufacturer of the finest French and Home Hade OAITprBS, East of Portland. DEALER IN Tropical Fruits, Note, Cigars and Tobacco. - Oan furnish any of these goods at Wholesale or neuiu In Every Style. 104 Second Street. The Dalles, Or. Bnhiel Out M:AdI& in Bufnm l'm. OlIGHElilt, UNDERTAKER, And Embalmer, has strain started with a new and complete stock of everything needed in . the undertaking business; Particular -attention pad to embalming and taking care of the dead. Orders -promptly attended to, day or night. Prices as Low as the Lowest Place of business, diagonally across from Opera Block, on the corner of Third and Wash ington Streets, The Dalles, Oregon dw , ' "J FRENCH & CO., BANKERS. TRANSACT A GENERALBANKING BUSINESS Letters of Credit issued available in the , Eastern States. "', Sight Exchange and- Telegraphic Kf Transfers sold op New York, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon, Seattle Wash., and various points in Or egon and Washington. ejections made at all points on fav- orable terms. 1 M AAlfl! mm Ml Isl masm J Slip (ictif Sp oveSp rail THE COMMITTEES. ne.Sneaier Announces the Following Committees Tott HEAVY FIRE IN SACRAMENTO. Senator Plumb's Remains Arrive at ;. Kansas City. KECE1VED BY THE GOVERNOR. A Cargo of Dynamite Blew up A Cus tom Officer Discharged Fatal 'Explosion. Washington, Dec. 23. Following is the composition of the principal house committees as announced by Speaker Crisp today: Ways and means Wm. Springer, Illinois; McMillin, Tennessee; Turner, Georgia; Wilson, Vermont; Montgom ery, J4.entucby;- Whiting, Michigan; Shively, Indiana ; Cochran, New York ; Stevens, Massachusetts; Bryan, Neb raska; Reed, Maine; Burrows, Michi gan ;' McKenna, California ; Payne, New York and Dalsell, Pennsylvania. Elections Oferrel, Vermont; Moore, Texas; Copp, Alabama; Paynter, Ken tucky ; Brown, Indiana ; Lock wood, New York; Lawson, Georgia; Gillespie, Pennsylvania; Johnstone, South Caro lina; Hanger, Wisconsin; Taylor, Ten nessee; Doan, Ohio; Johnson, Indiana; Reyburn, Pennsylvania and Clark, Wyoming. Appropriations Holman, ' Farney Say res and Breckenridge of Kentucky, Dockery, Mutchler and Breckenridge of Arkansas, .Barnes, Compton and O' Neill of Mass., Livingston, Henderson, Campbell, Bingham, Dingley and Groat. (Jomage weights and measures Bland, Charles Tracy, Williams, Kii gore, Robinson, Pierce, Epps and Will iams of Massachusetts; McKeigham, Bart in and Taylor, of Illinois; Stone, of Pennsylvania; and Johnson, of North Dakota. ' . Judiciary D. B. Cuiberson, Gates Bynum, Stockdale, Goodnight, Boatner and Buchannan, of Virginia; Chapin Lay ton, Wolverton, and Taylor, of Ohio Buchanan, of New Jersey ; and Ray Powers Berdeck. interstate ana loreien commerce Mills, Wise, Price, Raynor, Brickner, Gray, and Houk, of Ohio; Mallary Patterson, and O'Neill, of Missouri O'Neill, Ponne, Livid, Randall and Ketchum. . '. ' Rivers and harbors Blanchard Cathings, Stewart, and Lester, of Georgia; Clark," of Alabama; Haynes, Wordock, Jones, Paige, Byrnes, and Henderson, of Illinois ; Herman Stephen and Stone, of Pennsylvania and Quack enbush. Foreign affairs Blount, MeCreary, Hooker, Chipman, Filch, Andrews Cable, Isadar Raynor, Hill, ' Harmer. O'Donnell, Sanford. Agriculture Hatch, Lewis. Alex an der, Youmane, Shell, Farman, White, Camanetti, Moses, Long, Fvnston, Wil son, Joley, Waugh and Cheatham. Pacific roads Riley, Lanbam, Lane, Brown, Kellis, Covert, Castle, Holedge Snodgrass, Raines, Elliott, Lind, Taylor. Banking and currency Bacon, - Wike Grans, Cate Dickerson, 8 perry; Gantz and,. Cox of Tenn., Cobb of Missouri Walker of Mass., Brosius, Townsend and Henderson of Illinois. v ' Public Jands-'-McRae, . Pendleton Tucker, Merman, Bailey, Dearmand and Zerley of Ohio; Stout, Pickler, Town send, Sweet and Clark of Wyoming. Indian affairs 8.- W. Peet, Allen Turpen, j, Rockwell, Bradley, Lynch English, Clover, Kem, and Wilson of Washington,. Joseph, McKenna, 'and Hooker of New York, Hopkins Penn and Harvey of Oklahoma. Territories J. A. Washington. Kil gare, ' Monsur, Campbell, Parrett Branch, Terry, Jerry Simpson, Donovan Kife and Smith of Illinois, Perkins O'Donnell and Joseph, Pensions Wilson, of Missouri, '. Hen derson, Baukhead, Morton, Parrett Barwig, Jones, Moses, Stewart, Seull' Waugh and Houk, of Tennessee, and Bowers. PostofBces and post roads Henderson Blount, Kyle, Pattison, of Ohio, Crosby Hopkins, Caldwell, Wilson, of. Washing ton, Bergen, Laud, Came. Merchants, marine and fisheries Fowler, Fithian, Moore, Caruth - and Buchanan of Virginia. Forpjjt.. Mao-noi. Stump and Wheeler, of Michigan, and Hopkins, of . Illinois ; Atkinson, Wilson. ana i-erkina, oi lowa. A Fire for Sacramento. Sacramento. Dec. 23. The most dis astrous fire that has occurred in Sacra mento for years broke out this, morning and destroyed the Baker & Hamilton gricultural implement warehouse, con taining valuable stock. The contents of the warehouse were : wagons, reapers, buggies and agricultural implements. About - 1,000,000 gun cartridges-were among the contents and their explosion kept up a lively noise. Forty pounds of sample powder exploded just as Fremen Steve Miller-and Dick Trenjone were entering the door and they were blown backward and seriously but not danger ously burned- and otherwise injured. The warehouse building belongs to William H.' Howard of San Francisco and is insured for $8,000, which will cover the loss as the walls are intact. The contents were valued at between $75,000 and $80,000, which is nearly a total loss, but is fully covered by insur ance. Senator Plumba Remains at Kansas City Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 23. The train bearing the body of the late Senator Plumb arrived here early this morning, Those who formed the escort were Gov- ernor Humphreys, of Kansas, his staff and the officers of the state, Timothy McCarthy, department commander of the G. A. R., of Kansas, his staff, and a delegation from the various parts of Kansas. The pall bearers were Mayor Hannon and the me.ubers of the city council of Kansas City, and a committee of representative men of that city, and a detachment of the metropolitan police Governor Humphrey formally received the body from the sergeant at arms of the senate. Blew Up the Snip. Antwerp, uec. 23. lms morning a cargo of dynamite which was being dis charged from a lugger into a lighter, ex ploded, shattering one vessel and sink ing the other. Twenty men who were employed on the vessel were either in stantly killed or blown into the water where they were, drowned. A Custom Collector Discharged. Washington,. Dec. 23. The president today issued an order for the removal of Samuel D. Warmcastle, collector of in ternal revenue taxes ior the 23rd district of Pennsylvania at Pittsburg. 'Warm castle is charged with neglect of duty. Killed Bran Explosion. Kansas City, Dec. 23. The ammonia tank in Armour's establishment ex ploded this morning and four men were killed. Suicide of a Veteran. Racine, Dec. 22. Captain E. L, Baker committed suicide last night, by shooting. His body was found this morning in an open lot. He was 59 years old and a veteran of the war! He has a son in California and a daughter in providence, a. i. . Worse off Than Before. Odessa, Dec. 22. A party of Polish peasants, who some time ago emigrated to Brazil in the belief that . their condi tion would be greatly improved, have returned in a destitnte condition. They r i ... . t l 1 i I iounu it. lmpossiuie uj gain- a uvuuuuu in Brazil. Canadian Legislature to be Dissolved. Montreal, Dee, 22. It is now stated the Quebec legislature will not he sum moned the 29th inst., but that the lieutenant-governor will immediately issue a proclamation dissolving the legislature and ordering a new election. To Run to Paget Sound. San Francisco, Dec. 22. The state ment is made that on the arrival of the steamer Keweenaw from San Diego, she will .be taken off the freight line between New York and this port and be placed in the Puget Sound oal service.' A. Receiver Appointed. . New York, Dec. 22. Leo C. Dessar has beeq appointed receiver for the firm of Donnell, Lawson & Simpson, bankers, on supplementary proceedings connected with old matters, on the application of judgment creditors. . - Cruiser San Francisco is Ready. San Francisco, Dec. 22. The cruiser San Francisco came - down from Mare island navy-yard this morning, anda is anchored in the stream. It is expected that she will put to sea shortly. . Deed of a Jealous Husband.'- Omaha, Dec. 22. Nicholas Fox this morning shot his wife at South Omaha, and theij cut his throat with a razor. Mrs. Fox will recover, but her husband will die. Jealously was the cause. Weather Forecast. San Francisco, Dec. 23. Forecast for Oregon and Washington : Scattering rains western portion. " ' Portland Wheat Market. Portland , Dec. 23. Wheat, Valley 1.62 ; Walla Walla, 1.55I.57. EGAS GETTING TIRED. The Cnilian Police are (Hying ton More Attention Tnan ne Liies. WHAT WILL HARRISON DO? China Sends an Officer to Inquire About , , the World's Fair, A MISSING HEIR TURNS UP. Caused by a Defective Flue Didn't Want to Live Raising Money ' for the Russians. New York, Dec. 21. The Herald's Valparaiso cable' says that Minister Egan today officially requested the Argentine minister, Senor Urriburn, to note the presence of Chilian police . agents in the immediate vicinity of the American legation, as also the attempted arrest Saturday night of Frank Egan, the minister's son. Senor Urriburn in his diplomatic capacity will call a meet ing of the foreign ministers for the pur pose of requesting the attention of the Chilian government toward the action of the municipal authorities in main taining police surveillance of tha Amer- . : can legation. An additional insult was , offered the American minister yesterday in the ease of one of the refugees who applied for release upon furnishing bonds as recently granted Balmaceda's minister of war, V alaspuez. The gov ernment replied the refugee must first leave the American legation and sur render himself to Chilian authorities and submit to imprisonment. China and the World's Fair. New York, Dec. 22. A special high commissioner of the Chinese empire has ' arrived from France. He is Chue- Yow Sing an attache of the legation in Paris, and eomea by direct appointment of the Pekin government to investigate the ' question of a Chinese exhibition at the world's fair. To a reporter Chue Yow Sing Baid it was his first visit to this country. ' "I do not know the inten tions of the Chinese governmen," he said, "concerning 'an exhibit at the world's fair. I understood the govern ment declined to exhibit, but my in structions are to make-a searching in quiry into the conduct and probabilities of the exposition. I suppose the gov ernments decision will be influenced by my report. I want to see what prepara tions nave been made and above all, to try and learn just what interest the American people take in the fair. If China makes any exhibit I think it will ' be a creditable one, A Missing Heir Turns Up. , Cortland, N. Y., Dec. 22. John Givens, missing heir to the immense Givens estate here, has been found in -Wheeling, W. Va. He has been miss ing since June, when he left for San. Francisco. He was heard from there and then all trace was lost. His bag gage was found in San Francisco and it was supposed he had been murdered and the body concealed. He was mourned for as dead here. The executor of the estate, Hubbard, heard from him this morning. : t - Caused by s Defective Flue. Monrovia, Cal., Dec. 22. At 2 o'clock, this morning four of our largest business buildings and contents were consumed by fire. Large & Wheeler's furniture store, A. Holdzkom's harness shop, Mushrush & Adair's meat market and carriage repository were' totally des troyed. The Johnson block was par tially destroyed. The loss is heavy on all, and only a little insurance. , The fire originated in a defective flue in the har ness shop. Caused by Despondency. ' San Jose, Cal., Dec. 22. Jacob Heft, the capitalist, after living four days with two bullet-holes in his head, is dead. Heft was conscious most of the time after the shooting until last night, when he grew delirious and struggled to get up. The day after he shot himself be made his will, leaving the bulk of his property to his wife. The cause of the act was aesponaency over unprontaDie investments. - Money for the Russian Poor. St. Petersburg, Dec. 22. The czar has had Colonel Wendrick Tobostoff in vested with absolute power to organize the railway tariff so as to effect the dis tribution of corn. The czarowitz has just donated 50,000 rubles to the famine fund, while the Grand Dukes George, Alexander and Sergius each contributed 40,000 rubles. Money for relief purposes is also flowing- in freely from other sources.' t San Francisco Wheat Market. San Francisco. Dec. 23. Wheat, buyer, '91, 1.80 ; Season 1.87.