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ISLE OF DESOLATION Redfield Proctor Tells Senate What He Saw in Cuba. VICTIMS OP SPANISH MISRULE Condition of Iteconcentrndos Pictured A Splendid Race That la Now Nearly Exterminated. Washington, March 18. Senator Proctor, of Vermont, who returned last Sunday from an extended trip to and through the island of Cuba, this after noon made a statement to the senato of his observations on the island. From many points of view the statement was remarkable. It had evidently been most carefully prepared. Every ele ment of sensationalism had been studi ously eliminated from it, and except so far as the facts recited were sensation al, it bore not the slightest evidence of an effort to arouse the publio mind, al ready keenly alive to the condition of affairs on the island. Calm and dispassionate to a notable degree, the utterances of the senator aroused a breathless interest. Every person within the sound of his voice was convinced that he was putting his' observations into careful terms, lest he might subject himself to the criticism of being emotional. He spoke in part as follows: "More importance seems to be at tached by others to my recent visit to Cuba than I have given it. It has been suggested that I make a publio Btatement of what I saw and how the situation impressed me. This I do. on account of publio interest in all that concerns Cuba, and to correot any inacouracies that have not unnaturally .appeared in some of the reported inter views with me. , "My trip was entirely unofficial, and of my own notion; it was not suggested by anyone. The only mention I made of it to the president was to say to him that I contemplated such a trip, and to ask him if thdre was any objeotion to it, to which he replied that he could see none." The senator spoke in very kindly terms of Consul-General Lee and of Consul Brioe. Referring to the Maine matter he said: "It has been stated that I said there was no doubt the Maine was blown up from the outside. This is a mistake. I may have said that such was the gen eral impression among Americuns in Havana; in fact, I have no opinion about it myself and carefully avoided forming one. I gave no attention to those outside surmises. I met the members of the court of inquiry on their boat, but would as soon approach our supreme court in regard to a pend ing case as that board. They are as competent and trustworthy within the lines of their duty as any oourt in the land, and thoir report, when made, will carry conviction to all the people that the exact truth has been stated as far as it is possible to ascertain it. "Havana, the great city and capital of Cuba, is, in the oyes of the Spanish and many Cubans, all Cuba, as Paris ie Franco. But, having visited it in more peaceful times and seen its sights, the tomb of Cloumbus, the forts, Ca banas, Morro castle, e,to., I did not care to repeat this, preferring trips in the country. Everything seems to go on tnuch as usual in Havana, and one sees few signs of war. "Outside of Havana all is changed. It is not poace, nor is it it; it is deso lation and destruction, misery and star vation. Every town and village is sur rounded by a trocha, a sort of riflo pit. The purpose of theso trochas is to keep the reoonoentrados in as well as to keep the insurgents out. From all the Burrounding country the people have been driven into the fortified towns and held there to subsist as they can. Thev are virtually prison yards, and not unliko one in general appearanoe. Every point ia in runge of a soldier's rifle. "West of Havana is mainly the rich tobacco country, east, so far as I wont, ia the sugar region. Nearly all the sugar mills are destroyed between Ha vana and Sagua. "The reconcentrados number about 400,000. They were the peasantry, farmers, some landowners, others rent ing lands and owning more or less stock, others working on estates and cultivating small patches, and even a small patch in that fruitful clime will support a small family. According to their standard of comfort, before Wey ler's order was issued they were well off. When they reached the towns to which they wore driven, they were al lowed to build huta of palm leaves in the suburbs and vacant places within the trocha, and left to live if they could. For want of space the huts are crowded close together. They have no floor but the ground, and no furniture, and after a years' wear, but little clothing. The commonest sanitary provisions are impossible. "Torn from their homos, with foul earth, foul air, foul water and foul food, or none, what wonder that one half have died and that one-quarter of the living are so diseased that they can not be saved. A form of dropsy is the result of this condition. Little children are still walking about with arms and chests terribly emaciated,' eyes swollen and abdomens bloated to three times tho natural siza Deaths in the streets bave not been uncommon. "I could not believe that ont of a population of 1,600,000, 200,000 had died within the Spanish forts, prac tically prison walls, within a few months past from actual starvation nnd diseases caused by insufficient and im proper food. My inquiries were from reliable sources, and every time the answer was that the case had not been overstated. What I saw I cannot tell GO that others can Eee it. FRANCE'S DEMANDS. Some Important Concessions to Be Ex acted of China. Peking, March 21. France has formulated the following fresh do-, mands: That China shall not cede any por tion of ' the four provinces,' : Kwang Tung, Kwang Si, Yum Nan aJid Kwci Chau; that the i railway- froVjY. Tung Chau Ting (on the northern frontier of Touquin) shall he extended via Paz, Siara, into the Yun Nan province,'and that a coaling station be granted France at Lei Chau; Fu; in the Hen Chau peninsula, north of ,' Han' Kan. Thus far China declines to comply with any of these demands. Peking, March 2L Franoe tnakes numerous other demands upon China in addition to those cabled last night. They include extensive railroad and coal .concessions, exclusive mining privileges and also insist that the di rector of the imperial postofflce be a Frenchman. . Eight days are allowed China to reply and the threats are in terpreted to indicate that the Frenoh will oocupy the province of Hai Nin unless the Chinese comply. Terrible State of Affairs. Washington, March 21. Senator Gallingor was at the capitol today for the first time since his return from Cuba. When requested to make a statement as to his observations on the condition of affairs on the island, he re sponded: "You can sign my name to any pic ture you may draw of utter wretched ness and destitution and hellishness in that country. The reconoontrados are perishing by thousands for want of the oommonest necessaries of life. The beat information obtainable leads to the conclusion that there have been be yond doubt 400,000 deaths as a result of Spain's brutal policy, and many more are occurring from day to day. Spaniards Worso Than Turks. Detroit, March 21. Professor Dean C Worcester, of the university of Michigan, who has visited the Philip pine islands in the inteiest of soienoe, says that people here are unwilling to believe the things said about the Span ish treatment of the Cubans. They seem too abhorrent, but if they oould appreciate that the outrages in Cuba dwarf those of Armenia they would have Btopped them long ago. Extra Work at Powder Mills. Santa Cruz, Cal., March 21. The powder works were in full blast Sunday making government powder. It is unusual for the force to be at work Sun day. As extra men are being em ployed, it is presumed that or-ders have been received to inoreaee the output. For the past week, the mill has been devoted exclusively to the manufacture of government brown powder. Wilmington, Del., March 21. The powder works of the E. I. Dupont-Do Moura Company fs working day and night on a government order for hexa gonal powder for the big guns. The daily capacity of the work is said to be 10 tons of powder. Work is also said to be hurried at the company's plant in New Jersey, near Gibbstown. More Trouble Brewing. Mexico City, March 21. Twelve Guatemalans of the staff of General Morales, the Guatemalan rebel leader, left hero yesterday for Vera Cruz, and will disembark at Chapuperico. Tlioy will go well armed, and take tents for 120 people. General Morales will fol low in a few days, and it is believod that this portends fresh breaking out of the rebellion. Spaniards are said to be aiding Mo rales, and will expect if he succeeds to receive favors from his hands. An Idaho Hallway Scheme. Boise, Idaho, March 21. A contract has been signed for $500,000 of bonds of the proposed Moscow & Eastern rail way, which has been projected to reach the White Pine belt, lying in Latah and Shoshone counties. The prelimi nary survey has been made and it is expected the work of constructing the line will be under way by July 1. The road is to be built to a point 40 miles almost directly east of Moscow, upon the Potlatch river, in the heart of a vast body of white pine timber, and said to be the most extensive and finest body of this timber now standing. Gold and Silver From Sea Water. New York, March 21. About 03 ounces of bullion in the proportion of one-third gold to two-thirds silver and valued at about $540, has been re ceived at the assay office in the cones. It came from tho Electrolytic Marine Salts Company, of Boston, and Arthur Ryan, its president, claims that the metal was extracted from sea water at North Lubec, Me. Of the economios of the process nothing was said. As says will bo made and upon them will depend what is to be paid for the bul lion. Plague Klots Expected. Bombay, March 21. Two hundred new oases and 210 deaths from the plague were reported today. Five Europeans have been attack od. The Mohammedans at Hubli, on the south Mahratta railway, hearing of the riots in this city, have decided to rofeist the plague committee's operations. The volunteers have been mobilized, and the infantry ha? been summoned, but as yet there has been no conflict. Does Not Want Hawaii. London, March 21. The government of Great Britain is surprised at the re port of the senate committee on foreign relations, which, after presenting a joint resolution for annexation of Ha waii, set forth that Great Britain was plotting for the absorption of Hawaii. Havana, March 21. General Pando, concerning whose safety anxiety has been expressed in some circles, arrived this morning at Ciego de Avilla, prov ince of Puerto Principe. FROM BRAZIL TO UNCLE SAM. Formal Transfer of Cruiser Amnzouat Took Place at Gravesend. Gravesend, England, March 21. The cruiser Amazonas, built by the Arm strongs for Brazil and purchased by the United-States,, was formally transferred from' the.BrazOianjBagto the, Stars apd. Stripes pfnirtlyr"a:fter il o'clock. AV M. ' The'cljwmony wfla simple and dignified, and to. the' Brazilian officers it was somewhat pathetic. Lieutenant-Commander Col-well, Uni ted States naval attache, aoopmpanied by Ensign lloberts, Assistant 'Engineer Morris and Consul-Goneral Dsborne, arrived on board ' shortly before 11 o'clock. The chief officer of the coast guard and a number of customs officers, -all in uniform, were already on board. Lieutenant-Commander Col well, salut ing Commander Corres, said: "Captain, I have here a contract of sale to which you were a witness, whereby this vessel is to bo transferred to me in behalf of the United States." Commander Cotres replied through an interpreter, saying: . ... "In handing over the ship I desire Uo say that it is done with the sincere friendship of Brazil. Colwell, saluting, replied: "In behalf of the United States I thank you for the sentiment." In the center of a circle of offloers of both nations, Colwell then faced the Brazilian flag flying from the cruiser's stern, and as the officers bared their headB the flag of Brazil was hauled down, after which, facing about with their heads still uncovered, Old Glory was run up. Lieutenant Colwell and the Brazilian officers then shook hands. Great interest was taken in the cere mony, which is said to have been unique in naval history, by whioh one power transferred a warship to another in the harbor of a third power. Several American flags were hoisted at Gravesend after the Stars and Stripes were unfurled over the Amazonas. After saluting Tilbury fort, the band played "The Star Spangled Banner," with the crew standing at "attention." Commodore Howell immediately or dered 60 tons of coal for the San Fran cisoo and 803 tons for the Amazonas, whioh is coaling, and ia expected to complete the work Tuesday, when she will go to Holshaven to take on ammu nition. THE MAINE REPORT. President Expects to Keceive It Within a Short Time. Washington, March 21. An air of suspense was noticeable in the navy department today,' due to the approach of the time for the delivery of the re port of the court of inquiry. It is not known when the document will come to Washington, and in view of the re ports of the determination of outside parties to obtain possession of it before the department receives it, the officials, if they know, will not sav how the papers are to be brought to Washington All that is known definitely is that the president has suggested that the report be made as soon as possible, and it is expected to reach this oity in the oourse of two or three days. The cabinet today talked over the matter, and the time stated above was the general opinion of the members when they had heard all that Secretary Long had to report on the subjeot, There is an impression that Lieutenant Commander Marix will bring the docu ment, though it ia within Admiral Sicard's power to choose any other offioer. A cabinet officer expressed the belief tliat the report will require careful con sideration on the part of the president and Ins cabinet before given to the pub lie, which would seem to postpone its publication to some time about the mid die ol toe week, although nothing is certain on that point. lbe new naval policy, embodied in the creation of another squadron to rendezvous at Hampton roads, was dis- cussed at the cabinet meoting at length and received unanimous approval. Every phase of the several questions involved was carefully considered, and it is believed that very soon after the report is reoeived the president, possi bly in conjunction with congress, will anuounce a definite policy. Alliance Talk I'nabated. London, March 21. The Daily Chronicle, in an editorial on the growth of the Anglo-American alliance idea, expresses the conviction that it is only a matter of tune, but that it would bo a great mistake to try to rush the movement. It says: "Amerioa does not need more help from us now than at any other time, She is superabundantly capable of meeting any situation that may arire. She will have our friendly sympathy and neutrality in the Cuban question and at this moment it is difficult for us to offer more. It is quite certain that England would never allow the United States to be crushed by a combination of European powers." Overpowered the Gnard. Boise, Idaho, March 21. A whole' sale escape of oouvicta occurred at the penitentiary at 2 o'clock this afternoon, A gang of 13 men employed in the quarry overpowered the guard and do- camped, taking the guard with them some distance. Two of them returned voluntarily, and six were captured dur ing the afternoon. Five are still at largo. T.ntnber Schooner Burned Tillamook, Or., March 21. New lias just been received from Oretown, ; small village on the coast, a bout 80 miles south of here, that the lumber schooner Arthur I, of San Francisco, is on the beach at the point, a total wreck. having been broken into several pieces by heavy seas. Nothing has been seen of the crew and it is feared that all have perished There is no telegraph line to Oretown and no further particulars are obtain able. MUST WE FIGHT CUBA? Pnlma Declares That Autonomy Will Not Be Accepted. New York, March 19. The follow ing proclamation to the people of the United States' was issued by Tomas Estrada (Palma at the office of the Cuban junta tonight: : '-"To the'American People: The f re-., quency .with which there has lately ap peared in .the public press suggestions made by malicious or misinformed in dividuals that Cuba would accept or oould be forced to. accept autonomy or anything short of independence, has impelled us to make a definite and final statement on this subject From the first, our motto has been 'Independ ence or Death.' We are now more firmly than ever determined to carry out pur .programme. As we will not aoept, we will not even discuss the pro posals of autonomy. After three years of the most sanguinary and uncivilized warfare of modern times, carried on by Spain, we are stronger than ever. It ia for us td say what will saisfy us, not for others. Our ideas and our national honor we can confide to the keeping of ourselves alone. "I cannot think that the American people have forgotten the principles laid down by their own declaration of independence, or can I believe that any true American can be found who would advise us to forsake the idea of . repub lican government for monarchial gov ernment, even in its most liberal form. "There is no way to compel the Cubans to accept autonomy, exoept by force of arms. We have fought three years, not against Spain alone, but against the whole world. Not a helping hand was extended to us,, no country gave us equal rights with Spain. The right to arm our people by purchasing weapons in this country and transporting them to Cuba is admitted, but although en gaged in lawful trafflo, we had to run the blockade to got from these shores and again run the gauntlet in Cuba. Our ships and cargoes were seized, subjected to delay, but invariably re stored, by the Blow and costly process of law. Nevertheless, we never faltered. We always appreciated the fact that the sympathy of the adminis tration was with us. Spain has proven impotent to compel us by force to ac cept autonomy. She now desires the aid of the United States to compel us to accept 'I cannot believe that the Amorioan nation would ever lend itself to the most treacherous and bloodstained mon archy of history for suoh a purpose. Should such prove to be the caso, how ever, 1 declare, in tlie name ol tue Cuban people in arms, that force alone oan oompel our submission." We who have seen hundreds of thousands of our race and families exterminated by slow starvation, by a cowardly decree of the most inhuman commander of sanguin ary Spain, will fight against anything but independence, no matter who op poses us. "But if, unfortunately, this inored- ible proposal be carried into effeot, and American bayonets be arrayed against us in our struggle for freedom, and in aid of the Spanish monarchy, we will fight on, sadly, but deter minedly, and let history judge whether the vanquished had not a purer idoa ol free institutions than our victors. In ench case we will be exterminated, but future generations will again take up our flag and our aspirations, and Cuba wi'l yet be froe. Nor will we ever agree to the truce until our independence is established. We will continue to fight, as did the Americans under Jackson at the battle of Now Orleans, even after the troaty of peace is signed, if it should beneoos- sary. The Cubans cannot be convinced that the United States will ever try to force us to remain under the Spanish flag, but I have deemod it my duty to appeal to the generosity, the sym pathy and the patriotism of the Amori can people that they may understand the justness and firmness of our demand for complete independence. "TOMAS ESTRADA PALM A." Al Oration by Blanco. Havana, March 19. At the banquet given at the palace last night by Cap tain-General Blanco to the officers of the Vizcaya and Oquendo, General Blanco toasted "the king, the queen recent, the army and the navy of Spain." He said: "The preRcnt generation will nevei see another banner than that of Spain at the entranoe to the Gulf of Moxico, That banner, representing civilization progress, liberty, humanity and relig ion, will be eternal, like that of the first American nation." Those sentiments were reoeived with shouts of applause. NEW NAVAL SQUADRON. A Defensive Fleet Will Rendezvous Hampton Uoads. at Washington, March 19. The event of the day in official circles was the issuing of an order for the formation of a new squadron of naval vessels to be Btationed at Hampton Roads. The squadron in the beginning will oon sist of five ships, al! the best of tliui types. Two of them, the battie-Btupi Massachusetts and Texas, are with drawn from the fleet at Key West an Tortugas. In ordering this movement, the navy department is not animated by any purpose of yielding to repre sentations or intimations that may have oome from the new Spanish minister. On tho contrary, the new squadron wai brought about by purely strategio con ditions, although it appears from th nature of the force so far under order to rendezvous at Hampton Roads, that this strategy is of a defensive nature. "The President' Own." Canton, O., March 18. Officers have been named for a regiment of pro visional troops, organized in this city, to be known as "The President's Own." The regiment Is oomposed of more than 600 men at present, including some of the best young men in the oity. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Trade Conditions in the Leading Cities of the World. The feature of the week in the wheat trade has been the attempt to make the bullcliquo stand from under the mar ket The attempt lias been an absolute failure) for tho L'eiter crowd have stood in the breach and bid $1,04 for May wheat and took all they could get at that price. . The "barring'' of houses representing Leitef was assign of lack of confidence on the part of i the bears. They know that the clique is amply able to pay for all the wheat it takes, but probably they do not wish to add to the incentive which the clique al ready has to run prices " up. : . A rather Bevere break has occurred in the other options, but aside from the better crop reports from the southwest the news has not been bearish. ' Foreign markets have been remarkably firm and the con stant purchase of wheat by foreigners at the seaboard bespeaks a genuine de- mand. The addition to the contract stock looks bearish, but it must be ad mitted that a very small percentage of the total receipts grades up to the standard. Some may wonder why Loiter withdrew his support from the July option. Probably because he an tioipated a haid fight on the May deal, and considered it a foregone conclusion that a bulge in the May wheat will bring the July back into line in a hurry. The crop situation is looming up against the price of deferred futures, and the excellent prospects are a -strong induce ment toward loosening up farmers holdings and to putting out of line of shorts. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 7475c; Val ley and Bluestom, 7778o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.85; graham, 3.40; superfine, $2.80 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 8687c; choice gray, 83 34c per bushel. Barlev Feed barley, $17 18.50; brewing, $20 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid dlings, $28; shorts, $18. Hay Timothy, $12.50; clover, $10 11; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per ton. Eggs Oregon, ll12o per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 4550o; fair to good, 4045o; dairy, 8540o per roll. Cheese Oregon full cream, 1 3 o ; Young America, 13 14c Poultry ChiekenB, mixod, $3.50 4.00 per dozen; liens, $4.004.50; geese, $0.00; ducks, $5.00 0.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 11 12c per pound. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 40 50c per sack; sweetB, $1.752 per cental Onions Oregon, $2.25 2. 60 per sack. Hops 14 16o per pound for new orop; 1800 crop, 4 6o. Wool Valley, 1410o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 712c; mohair, 20 22c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4o; dreBsed mutton, 7c; spring lambs, bo per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25 light and feeders, $8.004.00; dressed, $5. 00 5. 50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50 8.75; cows, $2.508; dressed beef, 6 7c per pound. Veal Largo, 66-gc; small, 78c per pound. Seattle Market. Potatoes Yakimas, $14 per ton; natives, $1113; sweetB, 2c per pound; box of 60 pounds, $1. Butter Fancy native creamery brick, 25c; ranch, 14 15c; dairy, 16c; Iowa fancy creamery, 23c. Cheese Native Washington, 12 13c; Eastern cheese, 12c. Eggs Fresh ranch, 14o; California ranch, 14u. Moats Choice dressed beef steers, 8c; cows, 77)fcc; inuttou, 8,c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 8c. . Poultry Chickens, live, por pound, hens, 12c; dressed, 14c; turkeys, live, 12c; dressed, 16c. Fresh Fish Halibut, 67c; steel heads, 78c;salmon trout, 12c; floun ders and sole, 84o; torn cod, 4c; ling ood, 45u; rook cod, Cc smelt, 8 5c; herring, 4c. Olympia oysters, per sack, $3 8.60. Corn Whole, $23; cracked, per ton, $23; feed meal, $28 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $23; whole, $22. Flour Patents, per barrel, $4.25 4.50; straights, $4.00 California brands, $4.65; Dakota brands, $6.40 $5.75; buckwheat flour, $0. Millstuffs Bran, por ton, $17; shorts, per ton, $18 19. ' Feed Chopped feed, $1820 por ton; middlings, per ton, $24; oil cake meal, per ton, $35. Hay Puget Sound, new, per ton, $1214; Eastern Washington timothy, $18; alfalfa, $12; straw, $7. Wheat Feed wheat, per ton, $23. Outs Choice, per ton, $23. San Francisco Market. Wool Nevada, 11 18c; Oregon, 12 1 4 o ; Southern coast lambs, 78u. Hups 1217-o per pound. Millstuffs Middlings, $2022.50; California bran, $16.00 16.50 per ton. Onions Silverskins, $2. 00 2.50 per cental. I'-KKS Storo.l 12o; ranch, 12, Butter Fancy creamery, 18Jo; do seconds, 17c; fancy dairy, 16,c; good to choice, 15 10c per pound. Cheese Fancy mild, new, Oojold, 9c per pound. Fresh Fruit Apples, 40c $1.40 per large box; grapes, 25 40c; Isabella, 6075o; peaches, 50c W$l; pears, 75o $1 per box; plums, 2085c. Potatoes Early Rose, 55 75c. Citrus Fruit Oranges, navels, $1.25 2.5(); Mexican limes, $5.50; California lemons, choice, $2.25; do common, 50o(.1.00 per box. THE OMAHA EXPOSITION. Oregon Commission Asks for Moral sod. Financial Support.-, To the Loyal Men and Women of Ore gon:- . ; - - The Oregon commission, consisting of the following members: W. . 8. Mason, J." E. Haseltintf, Henry E. Dosch, J. F. Batchelder and K. D. Io nian, of Portland; C. C. Beekman, of ' Jacksonville; .J... A. Wright, of Sparta; G. Day, of Ollala; Phillip Metchar. and E. P. McCornaok, of Salo-nH . Miller and O. J. Olsen, of Grants Pass; B. F. Alley, of Baker City, J. O. llanthorn, of Astoria; E. J. Frasier, of Eugene; W. E. Hurd, of Granite, and O. N. Denny, of Corvallis, appointed by Governor Lord, organized on the 9th day of'Maroli, with W. S. Mason a president, J. E. Haseltine as vice-presi dent, Phillip Metsohan as treasurer. Henry E. Dosch as superintendent and J. F. Batohelder as secretary and the undersigned exocutive committee. The commission presents to the peo- ' pie of the state the following statement and appeal: The resources of Oregon are mani fold. We have the finest of agricul tural, fruit and grazing lands, while our tire be forests, salmon fisheries and blooded stock can not bo surpassed. Besides this our mineral lands both in Eastern nnd Western Oregon are richer and broader in extent than in any of the othsr Pacific coast states. Not withstanding all this, the resouroes of Oregon are not known to the outer world as they should be. For the purpose of advertising to the world these resources, the above com mission has been appointed to devise ways and means to have our state represented at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition to be held at Omaha from June 1st to No vember 1st, 1898. The exposition is primarily intended to embraoe the industrial resouroes of the states west of the Mississippi river, but Eastern Btates, the British colonies, Mexioo and Central and South Ameri can republics win participate, ana many Eastern governments will be rep resented. The buildings and grounds and the arrangements will make the exposition in extent and completeness second only to the World's Columbian fair. To the intelligent people of this state it is unnecessary to make a de tailed statement of the manifold ad- -vantages to be derived from an exhibi tion at Omaha of the various products which go to make up the resources of Oregon, as a means of attracting the agriculturist, the stock and fruit grower, the miner, the manufacturer and the capitalist seeking investments or a new field in which to follow their avocation or invest their accumulated wealth. Therefore we give briefly the plan which the commission have adopted to accomplish this end, which is as fol lows: In the absence of a state appropria tion for the purpose of making an Ore gon exhibit at Omaha, the commission must rely upon the voluntary contribu tion of its publio spirited people. The commission lias made a careful esti mate of the cost of an exhibit, and find that it can be carried successfully with the sum of $20,000. It is a foregone conclusion that the legislature of 1899, with the business sentiment of the state at its back, will redeem these certificates kat their face value. On this basis the commission will at an early date solicit subscriptions throughout the stato. Ceitifioates signed by its officers will be given for the amount subscribed, the total issue of such certificates and the expenditures thereunder not to exceed the authorized amount of $20,000. When the legislature makes an ap propriation to reimburse the subscrib ers, these certificates, properly en dorsed, will be full evidence of suoh subscription and will be paid upon presentation from the funds at the dis posal of the commission. ' The commission will publish on the first of each month the names of sub scribers and the amount of their sub scription, and on the 81st of December, 1898, statement in detail of receipts and disbursements. Mr. II. E. Dosch, our superintend ent, is now in Omaha making his se lection from the choice space that has been reserved for the Oregon exhibit. The commission present this apiieal for moral and financial support to the loyal people of the state, W. 8. MASON, J. E. HASELTINE, H. E. DOSCH, PHILLIP METCIIAN, E. J. FKAS1ER, 3. V. BATCHELDER, Executive Committee. To Be Iloyentted. Grocers who operate bars whore in toxicating liquors are sold are to be boycotted by the Catholic total absti nence soioties of Chicago. A resolu tion calling upon all friends of temper ance to refuse to patronize groceries of this kind was passed unanimously by the county board of the federated or ganizations of total abstainers. Eternal Fire. ' Near the Caspian bcu there are sev eral "eternal fires," so called by the natives, where natural gas isues from the ground, and has been ou fire for ttgflii. The Queen Regent' Charities. Even if Spanish revenues are at a low ebb the queen regent 'bus some money to spare for charity, says an ex change. She lias given to tho authori ties i Barcelona $3,000 to help the sufferers from the recent floods. A number of women nf Barcelona who were taking active interest in helping the flood sufferers called on Cardinal Sancha for a contribution. His emi nence's treasury being exhausted, he gave them his pectoral cross and arcbi epiacopal rii to swell the fund.