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VOL. III.
THE DALLES, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1891.
NO. 12.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
WM. J. ROBERTS Civil, Engineer Gen
eral engineering practice. Surveying and
mapping; estimates and plans for irrigation,
Address: P. O. Box 107, The Dalles, or. .
WM. SAUNDERS Architect. Plans and
specifications furnished for dwellings,
churches, business blocks, schools and factories.
Charges moderate, satisfaction guaranteed. Of
fice over French's bank. The Dalles, Oregon.
DR. J. SUTHERLAND Fellow of Trinity
Medical College, and member of the Col
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario, Phy
sician and Surgeon. Office; rooms 8 and 4 Chap
man block. Residence; Judge Thornbury's Sec
ond street. Office hours; 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4
and 7 to 8 p. m.
DR. O. D. DOANE physician and sur
geon. Office; rooms 5 and 6 Chapman
Block. Residence No. 21, Fourth street, one
block south of Conrt House. Office hours 9 to 12
A. Jl., 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M.
1 8. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-1AW. Of
il fice in Schanuo's building, up stairs. The
Dalles, Oregon.
D8IDDA LL Dentist. Gas given for the
. painless extraction of teeth. Also teeth
set on flowed aluminum plate. Rooms: Sign of
the Golden Tooth, Second Street.
A R. THOMPSON Attornby-at-law. Office
V in Opera House Block, Washington Street,
The Dalles, Oregon
F. P. MAYS. B. 8. HUNTINGTON. H. S. WILSON.
MAYS, HUNTINGTON & WILSON ATTOR-neys-at-law.
Offices, French's block over
First National Bank, The Dalles, Oregon.
- E.B.DCFUB. GEO. ATKINS. PRANK HENKFEK.
DUFUR, W ATKINS & MENEFEE Attorneys-at-law
Room No. 43, over Post
Office Building, Entrance on Washington Street
The Dalles, Oregon.
WH. WILSON Attorney-at-law Rooms
52 and 63, New Vogt Block, Second Street,
The Dalles, Oregon.
SNIPES & KIHERSLY.
Wholesale ail Retail Diniisls.
-DEALERS 1N-
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fine imporiea, Key west ana uomesw
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
Sherwin, Williams Cos Paint.
. For those wishing to see the quality
and color oi the above paint we call their
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 & Corsoso
Manufacturer of the finest French and
Home Made
O -A. DIES,
East of Portland.
DEALER IN
Tropical Fruits, Nuts, Cigars and Tobacco.
Can furnish any of these goods at Wholesala
or Retail
OfFHESH .' OYSTERS-IS'
In Every Style.
104 Second Street. The Dalles. Or.
Bnniea Out M Apii in Business !
Win. miGHEitit,
UNDERTAKER,
And Embalmer, baa again started with a new
ana complete "BtoCK oi everyuung neeaea in
the undertaking business. Particular
attention paid 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, Tie Dalies, Oregon
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FRENCH & CO.,
BANKERS. v
TRANSACT A CTENERALBANKING BUSINESS
Letters of Credit issued available in the
, Eastern States.
Sight Exchange and Telegraphic
Transfers sol a on .New X oric, umcago, Bt.
Louis. San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
Seattle Wash., and various points in Or
egon and W asmngton.
Collections made at all points on fav
orable terms.
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PREPARING FOR WHAT?
Indications Are Very SnggestiTB. lint
tie War Rumor is Denietl.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT CALM.
The Mexican Revolution is Causing
Considerable Anxiety. "
A COWBOY'S IDEA OF TVS.
Supposed to 15 e Chilian Spies Port-
land's Bridge Committee Ahead
Committing; Suicide.
Washington, . Dec. 28. Secretary
Tracy's 'office presented a busy scene
this morning Within an hour he saw
Senator Allison, chairman of the senate
committee on appropriation. Senator
Cameron chairman of the committee
on naval affairs, Senator Bntler, a mem
ber of the same committee, Senators Frye
and Hate, Chief Constructor Wilson,
Chief Engineer Melville, Captain Phil
lips, who is to command the new cruiser
New York, Lieutenant Mason, Execu
tive officer .of the same vessel, Com
modore Folger, chief of ordnance, Com
mander Chdwick, and lastly Charles
Cramp, ship builder. Notwithstanding
this sign of official activity and the re
ports printed of the unusual, work at the
navy yard, the officials of the navy de
partment deny that there is. the least
speck of a war cloud on the
d'plomatic horizon. Assistant Secre
tary Tracy said that he had . all readv
expressed his views as to the navy yard.
When asked wherethe San Francisco
was bound he declined to give a definite
answer,- but when reminded that the
last time ehe went out for "a year's prac
tice" as .reported by the department, she
had nextr been- heard oi atVulparaiso,
he said that the vessel had no orders for
Chili. " The naval officer who should
know,' when asked if. the cruiser was
bound for Acapulco, replied that she
would' not go as far south - as Mexico.
He alao stated that the Baltimore is now
possibly north of Panama, on her way
to San Francisco.
At the department ' of state matters
moved along in the usual serene fashion,
and there is not a trace of war-like ex
citement. The officials say that nothing
has been heard from Minister . Egan
since the 23rd inst.
At the war department neither acting
Secretary Grant nor Major General
Schofield had any information, in fact
the only sign of warlike preparation
visible at the executive departments
consisted in an order issued Saturday
for the immediate preparation of the
new 12 inch gun just completed at the
navy yard here for transportation to
California together with 4000 pounds of
powder and 11,000 shells.
Sendr Montt the Chilian minister
called at the department of state at
noon, he bad an interview with Secre
tary Blaine for "half an hoar.
The Mexican
Revolution Causing Am
iety.
Washington, Dec. 28. Acting Secre
tary Grant said today that he regarded
the situation on the Mexican frontier as
serious, and that the war department is
exerting itself to prevent any further
violations of the neutrality laws by Gar
cia,s band ot revolutionists, if it is
necessary to prevent these men from
crossing backwards and forwards between
the Mexican and the United States mili
tary force under General Stanley's com
mand will be distributed along the north
bank of the Rio Grande. It is said at
the war department that Garcia's move
ment is gaining strength."
A Cow Boy's Idea of Fun.
San Antonia, Texas,JDeel 28. Half a
dozen cow boys took possession of the
south bound passenger train on the In
ternational and great Northern railroad
last night. They boarded the train at
Buda station and their first act was to
force a Chicago drummer off the moving
train because he wore a red cravat and a
high silk hat. They then made a' num
ber of young ladies in the pullman coach
sing ' for them. Enforcing all the de
mands with drawn pistols. They ruled
the train for about twenty miles, when
they stepped off at the way station. .
Supposed to Be Chilian Spies.
Chicago, uec. zo. A morning paper
says : "An officer of General Miles' staff
received a telegram late last evening
from his brother, a United States sailor.
stationed at San Francisco, telling him
of the arrest there yesterday of two for
eigners, one a Spaniard and the other a
Chilian, who had been there for the
past three weeks, and acted in a manner
to cause suspicion. They were arrested
on the charge of vagrancy, though they
are strongly suspected of being Chilian
spies.
The City Won the Salt. .
Portland, Dec. 28. Judge Deady's
court this morning rendered a decisien
in the case of the Rollins investment
company against the Portland bridge
committees. The question at issue was
whether a temporary restraining injunc
tion should Jbe; .issued : preventing . the--
bridge committee from . issuing bonds
pending the suit. The decisionwas in
favor of the city. The Rollins Invest
ment company was given ten days to
file an 'amended complaint.
Slow Way of Committing Suicide.
New York, Dec. 28. Edward M.
Field neither eats or drinks and is grow
ing weaker every day. He passed a
restless night, and this morning refused
to take breakfast. He. complains of
pains in the' head, but he refnses to
touch medicine.
A Good Deal Short.
Waeeestown, Va., Dec. 28. A statement-
of the ' affairs of Rosenberger,
Spendler & Co., of New Market, Va.,
bankers, who had branches here and in
two other towns, places their combined
shortage at $100,000. .
SlrM-en Saved.
San Francisco, Dec. 28. The steamer
Arago arrived from Coos Bay this morn
ing, with Captain Marshall and five of
the crew of the wrecked steamer, Mag
gieRoss. - Diphtheria in a Dreadful Form.
Cass City, Mich., Dec. 26. Diph
theria is raging here in a dreadful form.
Twenty deaths have occurred this week.
In the house of Fred Assten today the
father, mother and two daughters were
found dead. ' They bad not been seen
for several days, and when the neigh
bors investigated this afternoon the
whole family werodeadi
Tortured by Thieves.
Stockton,' Cal., Dec. . 27. -UewB was
received at the sheriffs office here today
that two men went to the house of Vin
cent Glann, a farmer, near Kewhope, on
Christmas eve, at about 8 o'clock, bound
him and tortured him until 3 o'clock in
the morning in an effort to make him
tell where his money was. They got $80
that he had in his pocket.
The War Against Christiana.
Teheran, Dec. 26. The priests still
maintain their interdict against the use
of tobacco, and the people obey them
implicitly. A dangerous feature of the
matter is the attitude taken against
Christians. The walls of the city are
placarded with appeals to the Moslems
calling upon them to unite forces and
exterminate Christiaus.
A Close Inspection Ordered
Roue, Dec. 26. The Osservatore Rom.
ane Bays that strict instructions nave
been issued by the government to the
effect that pork imported from the
United States henceforth be carefully
inspected, owing to the fact that some of
the meat has been found to be infected
with trichina.
" Pacific Coast Failures.
San Francisco. Dec. 26. The Brad-
street mercantile agency reports twenty
four failures in the Pacific coast states
and territories of the week ended today,
as compared with twenty-one for the
previous weeK, and seventeen ior tne
corresponding week oi 1890.
Will Contest a Seal.
Paris, Dec. 26. According- to Figaro
the conservatives of Brest have chosen
the archbishop of Aix, who was recently
fined for seditious conduct to contest
the seat in the chamber jnst left vacant
by the death of Bishop b rebbel.
Chicago . Wheat Market.
. Chicago, Dec. 28. Close,
easy; cash, January, .90; May,
wheat,
Weather Eorecast.
San Francisco, Dec. 28. Forecast for
Washington and -Oregon ; Rain.
The seventh annual meeting of the
Oregon State Horticultural society will
be held in Portland, Tuesday and Wed'
nesdey, January 13 and 14. An inter
esting programme has been prepared.
J. W. Hammond, of VVimer, will dis
course on "The Forest in Its Relation
to Horticulture."
A large number of counterfeit half
dollars are in circulation in Washington
county, Oregon, especially in the neigh
borhood of Glence, one merchant there
having taken in as many as six in a day,
The counterfeits are a very 'poor imita
tion, having a slick, .greasy feeling.
being of light weight, and having no
"ring" yet it seems that they are good
enough to deceive a great man v. It is
thought the counterfeits are made in this
neighborhood.
WILL SOON SETTLE.
The Chilian Tronole to lie Bronght tola
Conclusion.
A STRICT ACCOUNT DEMANDED.
The Manner ofJ5ettiement. Lies Wholly
With Chili.
THE SOUTHERN PACISIC STRIKE.
A Train Rolibci Captured The Russian
Wheat Crop Two Englishmen
Fined.
Washington, Dec. 26. The early set
tlement of the existing difficultfes with
Chili is confidently expected by officials
here. What the nature of the settle
ment will be depends entirely upon the
government of Chili. The policy of
waiting adopted by this government for
the reason that the difficulties that led
to me present condition ot things oc
curred under the administration ' of the
provisional ' junta or government in
Chili which might not present in any
degree the belief of the people when the
matters are fairly put before them, but
it has never been proposed or conceived
even, that Uhili would not be held to a
strict accountability for the unfortunate
and wanton attacks by the Valparaiso
mob upon the Baltimore's men, resulting
in the death of two of theiu. That will
be vigorously pressed at the proper time
and in a proper way. The time has
now arrived. Today the provisional
government gives way to the new gov
ernment under President Montt, elected
since the fall of Balmaceda and the suc
cess of the congressionalists. It has-
been hoped by President Harrison and
Secretary Blaine that in the new cabinet
minister of foreign affairs might be
found a man who would not reflect views
of the radical element in the country,
which is evidently bent on refusing to .
make suitable reparation for the attacks
upon the Baltimore's sailors and subse
quent indignities heaped upon Minister
iigan and occupants of the United States
legation. This hope has been encouraged
by the expressions of Minister Montt,
who, in all his communications with the
state department, has (riven assurances
of the pacific intention of the Chilian
government.
The Southern Pacific Strike.
San Francisco, Dec. 26. Acting
Chief Ramsey, of the order of railway
telegraphers, says the continuance of
hostile methods depends entirely upon
the action of the Southern Pacific peo
ple. He plans to have a talk with them
soon. Assistant General Superinten
dent Pratt said today that no appoint
ment for a conference had yet been
made. He said further that everything '
on the system is going on as usual, and
no prolonged difficulty with telegraphers
or train men is anticipated. '
A Train Robber Captured. . .
Fresno, Cal., Dec. 26. A skirmish
mountains south of here between Sheriff'
Hensley and Deputy Sheriff McArdie-
and Gratton Dal ton and Riley Dean, es
caped train-robbers. Dean was sur
prised in the mountains on the way to
his hiding place and compelled to sur
render without a shot. Dalton, how
ever, discovered the officers, and ' a.
coupie oi snots were exenangeu, alter
which Dalton escaped.
The Russian Wheat Crop.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 26. The minis
try has issued a report regarding the
condition of winter wheat recently sown.
According to this report the condition is
satisfactory in all the Russian provinces
in central Asia, including many of the
famine-stricken districts. In Northern
Russia and in the Crimea the crop is in
medium condition, while in southern
Russia it is unsatisfactory.
Two Englishmen Fined.
St. Ettenne, Dec. 26. John Cooper
and Walter Beldnell, two Englishmen
arrested in November for offering to
bribe the workmen of the arms factory
here to procure samples of the new
French and Russian carbines, have been
convicted. Cooper was sentenced to
fifteen months' imprisonment and a fine
of $900, and Beldnell to two months' im-
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"'' The New Orleans Affair.
Rome, Dec. 26. According to the I'oce
Certia, in this city, the negotiations of
Rudini with the government at Wash
ington have progressed fo far that the
Italian government is about to appoint a
successor to Baron Fava, minister to the
United States. It is understood that a
satisfactory settlement of the New Or
leans matter is now assured. 1