/"■mnnTuiijTy THE LEADER LEADS ♦ And is the New4e.*t, Brightest : Home Paper in the County. A d v e r t i s e r * . M a k e » N o te o f T h is . 0 ’£ v 'E£-'d>~ ly.-iíij VOL. I. MOHO, S H E R M A N NEWS OF THE WEEK FOR THE OMAHA F A IR . T h i r t y - F i v e S ta t e * M a k in g P r e p a r a tio n » to P a r tic ip a te . Omaha, March 23.—Plans for state SPAIN’S LAST CARD CO U N TY , OREGON, FROM BRAZIL To UNCLE SAM. F o r m a l T r a n s fe r o f C r u is e r A m a z o n a s T o o k P la c e a t G ra v e» cn d . LEAD W EDNESDAY, M ARCH SUPPLY IS SUFFICIENT Gravesend, England, March 21.—The THE 23, PUBLISHED.... IX THE INTEREST OF SHER­ MAN < OUNTY. < K eep V our E ye on th e L ead er. — 1898. OMAHA E X P O S IT IO N . O r e g o n C c m m i« « lo n A «k « fo r M o ra l a n d F i n a n c i a l S u p p o r t. NO . ISLE OF DESOLATION To the Loyal Men and Women of Ore­ W EEKLY MARKET 4. LETTER. Ir a il« - C o n d itio n » in t h e I.c a J iiij- C it ie s o f t h e W o r ld . • The wheat traders are kept bupy cruiser Amazonas, built by the Arm­ From all P a rts of the New buildings nt the Trans-Mississippi ex­ gon: days watching Leiter and Ar­ Food Enough in Dawson to Redfield Proctor Tells Senate these position are coming in rapidly. The Pando Seeking a Conference strongs for Brazil and purchased by the mour, and are unable to see their way The Oregon commission, consisting and Old W orld. Last T w o Years. United States, was formally transferred department of publicity lias just re­ W ith Cuban Leaders. W h at He S aw in Cuba. clearly in May. They have given up of the following members: W. S. from the Brazilian flag to the Stars ami BRIEF AND INTERESTING TI ERS C o m p r a h e n .lT « R e v i e w o f t h e Im p o r t* » n t R a p p e l l i n g , o f t h e C u r­ ren t W eek. An Ottawa dispatch says the house of commons rushed the Yukon railway bill through committee in less than half an hoar. A clause in the hill provides that a majority of the direct­ ors of the road must he British. The bill now stands for a tjiird reading. The Wolff & Z wicker iron woiksof Portland, Or., have received an Older from the secretary of the navy to rush work on the three torpedo boats they are now building, with all possible speed. By working night and day the 22 lg-knot boats Davis and Fox can be made ready for service in three months. General Superintendent McGuire has announced that large gangs of men are at work all along he line of the Astoria & Colombia lliver railroad, and only 11 miles of rails are yet to be laid. The last spike will be driven about April 1, with appropriate ceremonies. The man to drive it lias been selected from the ranks of the men who have worked faithfully during the winter to push the line through. The Republican lea lers of the house are pressing for an early adjournment, and it is said that their course meets the full approval of the president. All save three of the appropriation bills have gone to the senate. Tne action of the appropriations committee in prepar- in ^ th e general deficiency bill at this AIM* is the best evidence of the inten­ tion to secure early adjournment. * The construction of five modern dry- docks has been agreed on by the house committee on naval affairs. They are to he locate-1 at Portsmouth, N. H .; Boston, League island, near Philadel­ phia; Algiers, La., and Mare island, Cal. These docks are to be of wood, except those at Algiers and Ports­ mouth. The material of construction of these will not be determined upon until later. Charles E. French, formerly a prom­ inent citizen of Redlands, Cal., com­ mitted suicide by shooting himself through the heart, after making care­ ful preparations for his end and attend­ ing to the minute details of his busi­ ness affairs. He first mangled his wrist with a pocket-knite and lost over a quart of blood, but fearing that death would not come, be fired a shot from a pistol into his body. A ledge of gold-bearing quartz has been found by men engaged in grading Seventeenth street, in San Francisco. The street is being cut through a bluff _ carving from 40 to 55 feet high, and about 300 feet long. Thr e years ago a tunnel was sunk through the hill to allow the laying of a large water main to the reservoir on Clarendon Heights, and low-grade quartz was then uncov­ ered. The quartz which is now declared to show traces of gold was uncovered by a blast. A patient at the Oregon State in­ sane asylum, C. B. Chatfield, pushed an attendant, Arthur Moore, through a window and jumped out himself. The fall was from the third story, and the attendant and patient are now in the asylum hospital, under treatment for fractured bones and bruised flesh. Two estimates of appropriations to meet the oost of the recent addition of two regiments of artillery to.the army have been sent to congress by Secre­ tary Alger. One was of a supplemental estimate of *40,131 for the pay of the army for the fiscal year, and the other of a deficiency of *154,150 in the cur­ rent year appropriations to defray the expenditures for the remainder of this year. The Washington state superintend­ ent has refused to issue certificates to applicants in the recent examination on account of violation of the rules which prescribe that no communication shall be allowed during the time the candidate is writing upon the ques­ tions. This is the third time the su­ perintendent has enforced the law re­ lating to certification. One of the cases is held in the courts of Pierce county still undecided, upon the de­ cision of which rests the superintend­ ent’s rights m the premises. Benjamin Cluff, jr., president of the J3rigliam Young academy at Provo, U3Ri, has returned from a visit to the Hawaiian islands, where he went at the solicitation of United States Sena­ tor Frank J. Cannon, to determine the status of tiie annexation sentiment among tl>e Hawaiian islands. He said: “ As a result of my investigation I would say that probably one-half of the intelligent natives of th« islands are pronounced advocates of annexation. Of the remaining one-half I would say that the great majority are primarily in favor of the restoration of the mon­ archy, and secondly they would much prefer annexation to the United States to a continuation of the present govern­ m ent.” Thirty-six carloads of ammunition have been sent to Tampa, F ix Dr. Tomas Estrada Palma, of the Cuban junta in New York, is quoted as saying: “ 1 consider Mr. Quesada’s presence at Vice-President Hobart’s reception to the Belgian prince in Washington Tuesday a matter of great importance. He was invited as the accredited representative of the Cuban republic, together with the Spanish minister and other memliera of the dip­ lomatic corps. Mr. Quesada’s presence as an honored gnest is very significant It is a semiofficial recognition of Cuba.” The governor of Kentucky has re­ ceived a message from Middlesboro stating that there are 70 new cases of smallpox and 400 suspects there; that the city is quarantined, has no money, the county cannot appropriate any, and that the city’s stricken people are liable to starve. The governor at once prepared an emergency special message to the legislature, urging it to make an appropriation and intimating that he will sign a rushed hill without any question as to the irregularities of fMsring such a measure through in one day. ceived the architects’ drawings of the Minnesota building, the Arkansas building, the Denver building and the Missouri building. The plans for the proposed Iowa building meet the hearty approval of the exposition au­ thorities. The Illinois building is nearly completetj. The Wisconsin building is well under way. The Ne­ braska building is practically com­ pleted. The j Ians for the Denver, or Coloradd building have been accepted, and the contract will he let in a day or two. Plans for the Georgia pine pal­ ace have been submitted. It will be a handsome structure, built wholly of pine donated by the people of Georgia. The Minnesota building will be con­ structed on similar lines of unhewn logs. Plans for the Oregon building are now being drawn, and will lie submit­ ted next week. Other states send as­ surances that plans for their state buildings will be forthcoming within a short time. It is highly probable that the states of NewYork and New Jersey will construct handsome buildings. Thirty-five states have to date de­ cided to participate in the exposition. In 30 of these, commissioners have been appointed and reports from agents in the field are to the effect that at least five more states will be organized within the next ten days. The great government building. 500 feet long, and the pinnacle of whose dome Is nearly 200 feet high, is nearly done. The management finds it neces­ sary to build several annexes to accom­ modate the extraordinary demand for exhibit space. THREE DEATHS R ESULTED N w d e r o u « A t t a c k o f W h it e N r < r » ’l C a b in . M eii on a Muskogee, I. T., March 22.—A das­ tardly outrage was committed last nigiit at Wvbark, five miles from here, resulting in the death of two men and a woman. The house of Ed Chalmers, a negro, who recently married a white woman, was attacked during the nigiit by six white men, who had evidently determined to murder both the negro and his wife, both of whom had been threatened by white men who disliked the union. A door of their cabin was broken in, and both the negro and his wife were shot down, but not before Chalmers had put up a good fight against his assailants. The woman was killed outright, and although Chalmers succeeded in driving off the attacking party, they left him mortally wounded and he died before daylight. Tiiis morning, the body of Matthews, an aged white man, who lived at Gib­ son station, was found near the Chal­ mers cabin pierced with a bullet. Matthews answers the description given by Chalmers before he died of one of his assailants. There were evidences that Matthews’ body had been draifCed from Chalmers’ house to the place where it was found. A gun lay beside the body, evidently put there to give the impression that the dead man had murdered tiie negro and ids wife. Deputy United States marshals are investigating the killing, and it is believed the murderers will be brought to justice. • M A S S IN G HER S H IP S . E n g l a n d G a t h e r in g a P o w e r f u l F le e t in t h e O r ie n t . Tacoma, Wash., March 22.—Officers of the Northern Pacific steamship Vic­ toria, which arrived last night from China and Japan, report that the British government is massing a very powetful fleet of warships in Chinese waters, and that the British are buying all the coal coming to those waters for the men-of-war. So anxious are they to get it that they send vessels to Sea and there hail colliers and bargain for their cargoes paying gilt-edge prices if necessary. They are said to l>e hnyiug all the available coal from the Suez to the northern coast of Siberia, as they do not want to use Japanese coal. Purser McDonald says there are now 35 or 40 British warships on the China station, and tiie fleet has been consider­ ably augmented ill the past few weeks. Among the latest arrivals was the big marine tighter Powerful, one of the most destructive war vessels afloat. FOR W ia .o u r i, S T A R V IN G CUBANS. K a n . » . nn»l O k la h o m a T r a in S o u th . Sen d Kansas City, March 22. — A relief fund of *0,033 and 12 cajs of provi sions and clothing, collected in Mis­ souri, Kansas ami Oklahoma for the starving Cubans, were forwarded south from Kansas City today. The relief measures are being carried out under the management of the Kansas City Star, and the agents of tiie Star will aid in the distribution at Matanzas, under the direction of United States Consul Brice. This relief is being car­ ried free in a special train over the Memphis road .to Memphis, thence over the Illinois Central to New Orleans. The United States government lias granted transportation from New Or­ leans to Mantanzas. The principal articles of food sent are wheat, flour, cornmeal, rice, potatoes, rolled oats, condensed milk and sonp extracts. The contributions of clothing include a great number of calico dresses for women and children, mostly of the “ Mother Hub­ bard” pattern, made by various church sewing circles. S a n F r a n c is c o * » D e fe n a e a . San Francisco, March 22. — Within three weeks San Francisco will have one of the most strongly fortified har­ bors in the United States, and will have a fleet of warships capable to hoi 1 its own with a country that has more ships than Spain can send to the Golden Gate. The monitors Monterey arid Monad- nock have been ordered here from the south; the Baltimore is to come from Honolulu, three torpedo-boats will be sent here, and the cruisers Charleston and Philadelphia are being prepared for service at Mare island, us is also the gunboat Yorktown. S p a n l* li F ia h in g S m a c k S e i z e d . Punta Gorda, Fla., March 19.—The Spanish fishing smack Cannon has been towed into this harbor by the revenue cutter Forward. She had been seized lor violation of the navigation laws. Stripes shortly after 11 o’clock A. M. The ceremony was simple ami dignified, FROM THE MI NOOK COUNTRY THE FINAL OFFER OF AUTONOMY and to the Brazilian officers it was somewhat pathetic. Lieutenant-Corn maniler Col well. Uni­ S k a g w a y G a m b lin g R o u s e s C ln x ed D o w n M a*»o a n d G o m e s , I t 1.« B e l i e v e d , W i l l ted States naval attache, accompanied —• B u t F e w C u a e i o f S c u r v y R e j e c t t h e O ile r , a m t M a r c h o n by Ensign Roberts, Assistant Engineer Mt I>uw «on N o w . H a v a n a —O t h e r N e w » . Morris and Consul-General Osborne, Skagway, Alaska, March 16.—(Via Havana, March 22.—News has just arrived on board shortly before 11 reached this correspondent, from au­ o’clock. The chief officer of the coast Port Townsend, March 2!.—Ben At­ thentic sources, that the autonomist guard and a number of customs officers, water arrived here last nigiit from Cir­ government at Madrid, is now playing all in uniform, were already on board. cle City and Dawson, N. W. T., bring­ its last card to secure peace in Cuba Lieutenant-Commander Colwell, salut­ ing 100 pounds of mail from the above places. Atwater’s former home was and prevent intervention by the United ing Commander Corres, said: “ Captain, I have here a contract of in Morrison, III. He went to the Yu­ States. Near Palo Prioto and Via Jacas Gor- sale to which you were a witness, kon country in 1886, and has resided das, in tiie province of Santa Clara, - whereby tiiis vessel is to be transferred there ever since. Atwater, accom­ on the west side of the Juearo Moron to me in behalf of the United States.” panied by H."C. Pettit, of Snohomish, Commander Coires replieJ through Mash., left Circle City January 10 ami troeha, are gathered several thousand Dawson February 8, with dog teams. insurgents, under command of Calixto an interpreter, saying: “ In handing over the ship I desire The trip up the river and lakes was a Garcia and other prominent chiefs, ac­ companied by Senor Masso, president to say tiiat it is done with the sincere hard one, the weatiier being bitterly cold. of the Cuban republic, with seveial friendship of Brazil.” Atwater says that there is food Colwell, saluting, replied: members of his cabinet; also oil the “ In behalf of the United Sta’es I enough in the Klondike country to last west side of tl.e troeha, in the district the present population two years. As of Sancti Spiritus, less than 10 miles thank you for the sentiment. ” In the center of a circle of officers of a consequence of the tood scare the distant from General Garcia’s (ones, are stationed 2,000 insuregnts under both nations, Colwell then faced the output of the mines will be curtailed, Generals Pancho, Carrillo, Monteatl- Brazilian flag flying from the cruiser's lie estimates it at about *8,000,000. Atwater says that many claims guedo, Lanclise, Legon an 1 Gonzales. Htern, and as the officers bared their The Spanish commander, General heads the flag of Brazil was haute»! which were considereil to be only wild­ Pan-lo, with General Ramirez, Ctiar down, after which, facing about with cat properties on various creeks are vez and other generals, is within a fev. their heads still uncovered. Old Glory turning out well. Dominion is pay­ miles of General Calixto Garcia. Gen­ was run up. Lieutenant Colwell and ing finely, and will have a big cleanup eral Gomez is west of the Juearo Moron tiie Brazilian officers then shook hands. next spring. Sulphur and Hunker are Great interest was taken in the cere­ also good, and so is lielian. Quartz troeha, within easy reach. All the in­ surgent generals, President Masso and mony, which is said to have been ledges have been found on the latter the insurgent officials with General unique in naval history, by which one cre» k which look well. There is quite Garcia, got through General Pando’s I»ower transferred a warship to another a settlement at the mouth of Stewait river, hut no reports have as yet been lines some time ago, and the latt-rgave in the harbor of a third jiower. Several American flags were hoisted received from the pros|>ector9 who went up the campaign, which was to be a grand military conp-de-graee, in the at Gravesend after the Stars and Stripes up the river early in tiie winter. On Walsh cm k, five links below province of Santiago do Cuba or tho were unf tilled over the Amazonas. After saluting Tilbury fort, the hand Big Salmon, dirt lias been found which province of Puerto Principe. In addi­ tion to passing through the troeha, the played “ The Star Spangled Banner,” yields 75 cents to the pan. A stain- insurgents turned General Pando’s with the crew stamlingat “ attention.” pe»le occurred from Circle City about Commodore Howell immediately or­ January 10 to American creek, ato»ut flank. It is just i.issilde that this flank movement will be the means of General dered 60 t( ns of coal for the San Fran­ 300 men leaving for that section. At­ Pando’s carrying out a long contem­ cisco and 305 tons for the Amazonas, water met 800 or 400 men from Daw­ plated conference. General Pando’s which is coaling, and is expected to son making their way to American purpose, to further which he has or­ complete the work Tuesday, w hen she creek. American creek is 50 miles dered a practical armistice in the »ast­ will go to Holshaven to take on ammu­ from Forty-Mile, nnd about 25 miles below the international boundary on ern part of Cuba, is stated succinctly nition. the Alaska side. as follows: T H E M A IN E R E P O R T . The reports from the Mi nook coun­ To have a personal conference with try are very encouraging. A courier General Calixto Garcia, Presi lent Masso and other insurgents, ami even P r e » ld e n t E x p e c t « to R e c e i v e It W it h in from Nlinook arrived nt Circle City just a S h o r t T im e . before Atwater left that place, with with General Gomez, if posrible, and Washington, March 21.—An air of about 50 pounds of mail. Tiiis At­ to make them a formal offer of auton­ omy, accordir g to tiie programme draw n suspense was noticeable in the navy water brought out. The courier had by the left or radical wing of the paity. department today, due to the approach with Him a quantity of gold from As previously cabled, this offer in­ of the time for the delivery of the re­ Minook, and ue state«! that the pros- It is not pectoia had struik it rich in that sec­ cludes, in return for the ending of the port of the court of inquiry. insurrection, the disarmament ami dis­ known when the document will come tion. Atwater says there are but few cases banding of all volunteers, commercial to Washington, ami in view of the re­ treaties to be concluded without Spanish ports of the determination of outside of scurvy in Dawson. The hospital interference, a maximum sum ■<{ *2,- parties to obtain possession of it before contains hut 45 inmates, and these 000,000 annually to lie paid toSpiin'by the department receives it, the officials, have eithei met with accidents or are Cuba, as the latter’s nominal suzerain, if they know, will not say how the suffering from chronic diseases. The no insurgents to be shot or imprisoned papers are to be brought to Washington. general health of the people is good. As a result of the agitation here on account of the existing insurrection, All that is known definitely is that the and no insurgents to be sent as prison­ president has suggest»! that the report against the “ sure-thing” men led by ers out of Cuba for future offei s s. be made as soon as possible, and it is "Soapy’1 Smith, Unite.! States Com The advices received here are in sub­ expected to reach this city in tiie course missioner Smith and Deputy Unite»! States Marshal Mclnnes closed all the stance that General Pandok-lt confident of two or three days. The cabinet today talked over the gambling-houses on Wednesday night. of securing the conference, while, on the other hand,Captain-Gei era! Blanco, matter, and the time state»l above was It is said that an arrangement was Secretary-General Cong' - t o a m i the the general opinion of the members made whereby the gambling will be re­ Spanish staff officers of high rank, and when they had heard all that Secretary stricted to so-called legitimate games, many radical members of '.he autono­ Long had tc report on the subject. and all sure-thing or bunco games will mist government, felt sure that the There is an impression that Lieutenant- be prohibited. The sure-thing men are proposition, being the tost ever offered, Commander Marix will bring the docu­ leaving the town in twos and threes. The weather here for the past week and assuring practical independence, ment, though it is within Admiral would be accepted, that the rebellion Sieard’s power to choose any other has lieen mild and spring like, an»l the warm south wind and the sun are play­ would be declare»! at an end, ami that, officer. consequently, all excuse for the inter­ | A cabinet officer expressed the belief ing havoc with tiie winter trail, which vention by tiie United States would be that the report will require careful con­ follows the river for a distance of eight sideration on the part of the president miles. Hundre»ls of [leople are making ended. Such views, however, were not held and his cabinet before given to tiie pub­ their way over the divide, however, when this dispatch was sent by those lic, which would seem to post[>oDe its undeterred by wind or weatiier. The best acquainted with General Gomez publication to some time about the mid­ snow has entirely diaapjieared from the an»l his chiefs, nor by the Spanish- dle of the week, although nothing is streets, which are now muddy beyond conception. Cuban merchants, bankets, editors or certain on that point. The strike of the longshoremen for 75 The new naval policy, embodied in lawyers, nor the liberal class in Havana. Tiie latter were sure that nothing but the creation of another squadron to cents an hour has been declared off by absolute independence for Cuba would rendezvous at Hampton roads, was dis­ a v te of the local union. The rat« ever be considered by General Gomez cussed at the cabinet meeting at length now paid is 50 cents an hour, the Fteainship companies agreeing not to or any of bis principal follow eis. In and received unanimous approval. employ Indians in hauling freight on Every phase of the several questions support of the latter view it is officially announced that after the efforts near involved was carefully considered, and the docks. Manzanillo only two privates of Salva­ it is believed that very soon after the L i v e d o n l i n g D ie t« report is received the president, possi­ dor Ruiz’ band surrendered. Seattle, March 21.—H. C. Pettit, It is known besides that General bly in conjunction with congress, will who arrive»! here from Dawson City Panrto, in order to advance his plans announce a definite policy. this morning on the City of Seattle, for the proposed campaign in Santiago says that a large party left Circle City A l l i a n c e T a lk F n a b a t e d . do Cuba, greatly weakened all the in January, with supplies for the Tan­ Lon Ion, March 2 1 .— Tho Daily ana Indians on the headwateis of Tan trochas, taking from them several Chronicle, in an editorial on tiie growth . ana river. The Indians number about thousand men ami mu h artillery. It is regarded ns certain in well- of the Anglo-American alliance idea, 800. Every winter they depend ou a informed circles here that Generals expresses the conviction that it is only run of moose and cariboo for food. The Gomez ami Garcia, after refusing to a matter of time, but that it would be run did not materialize this winter, confer with General Pando, or if they a great mistake to try to rush tho and, after they had exhausted their do confer, after refusing the terms movement. It says: supplies of salmon, they were foroed to “ America does not need more help eat their dogs, the supply of which was offered, will take sufficient cattle and provisions from their comparatively from us now than at any other time. small. well-stocked plantations immediately She is su[>erabiinilantly capable of A trapper passing through the dis­ west, and then inaugurate a raid iij io ii meeting any situation that may arise. trict became acquainted w ith their sit­ tho provinces of Matanzas, llavanaaiid She will have our friendly sympathy uation. He immediately carried the probably I’inar del Rio, appearing near and neutrality in the Cuban question, news to Circle City, and a relief expe­ here within 15 or 18 days, which is and at this moment it is difficult for us dition was at once sent out. to offer more. It is quite certain that considered possible. D o w n F r o m C o p p e r R iv e r . Letters received here from prominent England would never allow the United Seattle, March 21.—The steam autonomists in tho provinces of Santa States to be crushed by a combination schooner Rival arrived today from Clara and Puerto Principe have been of European powers.” Copper river. Tho Rival encountered shown to this correspondent. The O v erp o w ered th e G uard. a terrible storm on the way down and writers are not favorable to the United Boise, Idaho, March 21.—A whole­ was forced to put into Y’akutat hay for States; they still cling to tho theory of autonomy, anil class as false the asser­ sale esca|»c of convicts occurred at the three days. Of the 1,000 prospectors tions that the Spanish soldiers are un­ penitentiary at 2 o’clock this afternoon. that have landed at Valdes, 600 have paid, unfed and living in towns, while A gang of 13 men employed in the started into the interior. The remain­ their officers are conspiring against the quarry overpowered the guard and de­ der are camped on the ice at Valdes. The Riva! reports having spoken the autonomist government and refuse to camped, taking the guard with them take the field, either denying tiie pres­ some distance. Two of them returned schooner Moonlight, northbound, with ence of insurgents or saying “ Let the voluntarily, and six were captured »lur­ all well on board. The schooner Gen­ Five are still at eral Siglin arrived out safely, dis­ troops who are in favor of autonomy ing the afternoon. charged and is now returning. Noth­ _______________ large. fight its battles.” ing was seen of the brigantine Blakely L um ber S ch oon er B urned. Other letters from tho same souces or her consort, which left here some Tillamook, Or., March 21.—News insist that all tho plans laid to secure the surrender of the insurgents have has just been received from Oretown, a weeks ago for Copper river jiorts. been badly conceived ami poorly exe­ small village on the coast, about 30 S c h e m e 1« I m p o « « lb le . cuted. These letters add that only in miles south of here, that the lumber schooner Arthur I, of San Francisco, is isolated instances have any of the in­ M tdrid, March 21.—A semi-official surgents laid down their arms, and on tiie beach at the point, a total wreck, agewey today publishes the following the leader, Masso, who surrendered, it having been broken into several pieces announcement: is still further asserted, was proscribed by heavy seas. “ It is useless to talk of the sale of Nothing has been seen of the crew, by General Gomez and was liable to be Cuba. The sale could not be arranged, and it is feared that all have perished. tried by court-martial,while of the 100 insurgents who surrendered with him There is no telegraph line to Oretown except by parliament, and it is impossi­ at Fomento, more than half were back and no further particulars are obtain­ ble that any Spanish chamber would agree to sell the island at any price. ” with the insurgents within a fortnight. able. P o n to fH c e s R o b b e d . T h e N e w M e x ic o H ill. The general opinion seems to be that St. Louis, March 21.—Postoffice In­ Washington, March 21.—The house tiie Pando conference will in any event be the end of autonomy, ami the most committee on public lands agreed today spector Dice toilay received details of sanguine assert that it will make the on the New Mexico bill, allowing tiiat tiie robbery of tho postoffice at Boones- intervention of the Unito«l States im­ territory to take immediately about boro. Burglars who blew the safe open perative. Those who have tiiis view lialf tiie lands to which she would be took several hundred dollais in stumps claim that the troops of the United entitled in event of admission us u state. and money, and fired the building. W. W. Whyte, the postmaster, was nearly States will be necessary to prevent out­ Madrid, March 21.—A terrible explo­ burned to death. A report later said rages which will disgrace civilization and also to protect Americans in Cuba. sion took place today in the Santa that the postoffico at Cuba, Kan., was Under the circumstances, news from Isabel mine, at Belmez, province of entered, the safe blown open and the scene of the conference is awaited Cordova. Seventy coipses have al­ stamps and money stolen. Three sus­ ready been recovered, and many men pects have been arrested. here with the greatest anxiety. are yet unaccounted for. Five of those of stamped steel are becom­ Phiidelphia leads in asphalt paved rescued have succumbed to their ing Ceilings popular. injuries. streets, having 203 utiles. Mason, J. E. Haseltine, Henry E. Dosch, J. F. Batchelder ami R. D. In­ man, of PoEtland; C. C. Beckman, of VICTIMS OF »SPANISH MISRULE Jacksonville; J. A. Wright, of Sparta; J. G. Day, of Ollala; Phillip Metchan ami E. P. McCornack, of Salem; H. B. C o n d itio n o f R e c o n c e n t ru d o» P ic t u r e d — Miller and O. J. Olsen, of Grants’ A S p le n d id R a c e T h a t I» N o w Pass; B. F. Alley, of Baker City; J. N e a r ly E x t e r m i n a t e d . O. Hanthorn, of Astoria; E. J. Frasier, Washington, March 13.—Senator of Eugene; W. E. Hurd, of Granite, ami O. N. Denny, of Corvallis, appointed Proctor, of Vermont, who returned last by Governor Lor»l, organized on the 9th Sunday from an extended trip to and ■ lay of March, with W. S. Mason as through the island of Cuba, this after­ president, J. E. Haseltine as vice-presi- noon made a statement to the stxiate of »lent, Phillip Metsclian as treasurer, iiis observations on tiie island. From Henry E. Doseli as superintendent and many points of view the statement was It had evidently been J. F. Batchelder as secretary and the remarkable. most catefiillv prepared Every ele­ undersigned executive committee. The oominissiou presents to the peo­ ment of sensationalism ha 1 lieen studi­ ple of the state the following statement ously eliminated from it. and except so far as the facts recited were sensation and ap|»eal: The resources of Oregon are marii- ' al, it bore not the slightest evidence of fold. We have the finest of agricul­ an effort to arouse the public mind, al­ tural, fruit and grazing lands, while ready keenly alive to the condition of our timber forests, salmon fisheries and affairs on tiie island. Calm and dispassionate to a notable blotsle»! stock can not lie surpassed. Besides tiiis our mineral lands liotli in degree, the utterances of the senator Eastern ami Western Oregon are richer aroused a breathless interest. Every and broa ler in extent than in any of person within the sound of his voice the other Pacific coast stales. Not­ was convinced that lie was putting his withstanding all this, tile resources of observations into careful terms, lest he Oregon are not known to the outer , might subject himself to the criticism of lieing emotional. world as they should lie. He spoke in part as follows: For the pnrjiose of advertising to tiie world these resources, the above com- J “ More importance s«3ems to be at­ mission iias been appointed to devise tached by others to mv recent visit to ways and means to have our state Cuba than I have given it. It lias represented at the Trans-Mississippi been suggested tiiat 1 make a public ami International Ex|>osition to he statement of w hat 1 saw and how the held at Omaha from June 1st to No­ situation impress»-.! me. This I do, on account of public interest in all vember 1st, 1898. The exposition is primarily intended that concerns Cuba, and to correct any to embrace tiie industrial resources of inaccuracies tiiat have mil unnaturally the states west of tiie Mississippi river, appeared in some of the reported inter­ hut Eastern states, the British colonies, views with me. “ My trip was entirely unofficial, and Mexico ami Central and South Ameri­ can republics will participate, and of my own notion; it was not suggested many Eastern governments w ill be rep­ by anyone. Tiie only mention I ma»le resented. The buildings and grounds of it to the president was to say to him ami the arrangements will make the that 1 contemplated sucli a trip, and to exjiosition in extent and completeness ask him if there was any objection to sei-ond only to the World’s Columbian it, to which he replied that he could see none.” fair. The senator spoke in very kindly To the intelligent people of tiiis state it is unnecessary to make a de­ terms of Consul-General L»»e and of tailed statement of the manifold a»l- Consul Brice. Referring to the Maine vantages to be derived from an exhibi­ matter he said; “ It lias been stated that I said there tion at Omaha of the various products which go to make up the resources of was no doubt the Maine was blown up Oregon, as a means of attracting the fruin the outside. This is a mistake. agriculturist, tiie stock ami fruit I may have said that such was the gen­ grower, the miner, the manufacturer eral impression among Americans in ami the capitalist seeking investments Havana; in fact, I have no opinion or a new field in which to follow their about it myself and carefully avoided avocation or invest their accumulated firming one. I gave no attention to these outside surmises. I met the wealth. Therefore we give briefly the plan members of the court of inquiry on which tiie commission have adopte»! to their boat, but would as soon approach accomplish tiiis end, which is as fol­ our supreme court in regard to a pend­ ing «'ase as that board. They are as lows; In the alisence of a state appropria­ competent and trustworthy within the tion for the purpose of making an Ore­ lines of their duty as any court in the gon exhibit at Omaha, the commission land, and their report, when made, must rely ui»on the voluntary contribu­ will carry conviction to all the people tion of its public spirited people. The that the exact truth has been stated a9 commission lias made a careful esti­ far us it is possible to ascertain it. “ Havana, the great city and capital mate of the cost of an exhibit, and find that it can be carried successfully with of Cuba, is, in the eyes of the Spanish and many Cubans, all Cuba, as Paris is tiie sum of *20,000. It is a foregone conclusion that the France. But, having visited it in legislature of 1899, with the business more peaceful times and seen its sights, sentiment of the state at its back, will the tomb of Cloumbus, the forts. Ca­ redeem these certificates at their face llanas, Morro castle, etc., 1 d ii not care to repeat this, preferring trips in tiie value. On this basis the commission will country. Everything seems to go on at an early date solicit subscriptions much as usual in Havana, and one sees few signs of war. throughout the state. “ Outride of Havana all is changed. Ceitilicates signed by its officers will be given for the amount subscribed, tiie It is not peace, nor is it wrr; it is deso­ total issue of such certificates and the lation and destruction, misery and star­ expenditures thereunder not to exceed vation. Every town and village is sur­ rounded by a troeha, a sort of rifle pit. tiie authorized amount of *20,000. When the legislature makes an ap Tiie purpoM of these trochas is to keep propriation to reimburse the subscrib­ the reconcentra»lo8 in as well as to ers, these certificates, properly en- keep the insurgents out. From all the ilotsed, will be full evidence of such surrounding country the people have subscription and will lie paid upon ! been driven into the fortified towns presentation from the funds at the dis- > and held there to subsist as they can. They are virtually prison yards, and l>osal of tiie commission. The oom mission will publish on the not unlike one in general appearance. first of each month the names of sub- | Every point is in range of a soldier’s scribcrs and the amount of their sub­ rifle. “ West of Havana is mainly the rich scription, and on the 31st of December, 1898, statement in detail of receipts tobacco country, east, so far as I went, is the sugar region. Nearly all the and disbursements. Mr. 11. E. Dosch, our superintend­ sugar mills are destroyed between Ha­ ent, is now in Omaha making liis se­ vana and Sagua. “ The reconcentrados numlter alxmt lection from the choice space that lias been reserved for the Oregon exhibit. 400,000. They were the peasantry, The commission present this ap(»eal farmers, some landowners, others rent­ for moral and financial sup|»ort to the { ing lands anil owning more or less stock, others working on estates and loyal people of the state. cultivating small patches, and even a W. S. MASON, small patch in that fruitful clime will . J. E. HASELTINE, sup[xirt a small family. According to H. E. DOSCH, their standard of comfort, before Wey- PHILLIP METCHAN, ler’s order was issued they were well E. J. FRASIER, off. When they reached the towns to J. F. BATCHELDER. which they were driven, they were al­ Executive Committee. lowed to build huts of palm leaves in the suburbs and vacant places within T o Re B o y c o tte d . Grocers who operate bars where in­ the trocha, and left to live if they toxicating liquors are sold are to be could. For want of space the huts are boycotted by the Catholic total absti­ crowded close together. They have no nence scieries of Chicago. A resolu­ floor but the ground, and no furniture, tion calling iqion all friends of temper­ and after a years’ wear, but little The commonest sanitary ance to refuse to patronize groceries of clothing. this kind was passed unanimously by provisions are impossible. “ Torn from their homes, with foul the county board of the federated or­ earth, foul air, foul water and foul ganizations of total abstainers. food, or none, what wonder that one- E t e r n a l F ir e » . half have died and that one-quarter of Near the Caspian sea there are sev­ the living are sodiseased that they can­ eral “ eternal fires,” so called by the not be saved. A form of dropsy is the natives, where natural gas isues from result of this condition. Little children the ground, and has been ou tire for are still walking alout with arms and ages. chests terribly emaciated, eyes swollen and abdomens bloated to three times T h e Q u e e n R e g e n t ’» C h a r lt le « . Even if Spanish revenues are at a tiie natural size. Deaths in the streets low ebb the queen regent has some have not been uncommon. money to spare for charity, says an ex­ “ I could not believe that out of a change She has given to the authori­ population of 1,600,000, 200,000 had ties of Barcelona *3,000 to help the died within the Spanish forts, prac­ sufferers from the recent flixxls. A tically prison walls, within a few number of women of Barcelona who months past from actual starvation and were taking active interest in helping diseases caused hv insufficient and im­ the flood sufferers calle»! on Cardinal proper food. My inquiries were from Sancha for a contribution. His emi­ reliable sources, and every time the nence’s treasury being exhausted, he answer was that the case had not been gave them his pectoral cross and archi­ overstated. What I saw I cannot tell épiscopal ring to swell the fund. so that others can see it. It must be seen to be realized. P e a n u t C o o k ie » . “ Miss Clara Barton, who has charge Shell sufficient peanuts—roasted— to make u pint when chopped fine, re- of the relief work in Cuba, needs no indorsement from me. I have known niovii^t, of course, the tiiin, papery and esteemed her for many years, but skin. Cream two tablespoonfuls of liad not half appreciated her capability butter and a cup of sugar; add three and devotion to her work. The Ameri­ eggs, two spoonfuls of milk, a quarter can people may be assured that their teaspoonful of salt and the chopped bounty will reach the sufferers with nuts with sufficient flour to make a soft the least possilbe cost, and in the best dough. Roll, cut in circles and bake manner in every respect.” in u moderate oven.—Detroit Free New Y’ork, Marcli 19.—The United Press. States transport Kelnott sailed today Of the 51,000 breweries estimated to lor Matanzas, Cuba, with a cargo of be in tiie world, 26,000 are in Ger­ provisions for the destitute people of many. Cuba. fighting Loiter, and if he is to have any scrimmage it will be with Armour. The latter has been buying in tiie Northwest and Southwest, and will bring 900 cars of wheat from the North­ west to Chicago. Last week he was tiie seller of May. There was also liquidation by holders here and in the Northwest, tiie latter be ng closely identified with Armour. Snorts in the Northwest have been covering, some large lines having l,een taken. No one but scalpers has the temerity to sell May short, and they do not stand long, as they know that Leiter »xrntrole it, and can put the price where he desires. The attention of the tra»le is attracte»! to the July and September. There is a disposition to discount the effects ot a possible large crop here and in Europe this year by eellling the new crop futures at the wide difference under May. Those who have been bulls on May, if they are in the market at ail, are selling July and September. The former has the preference, but there is more risk in selling it, owing to the crop uncertainties. Some traders on July at 90c think that September at 78c is about on a right basis. On the other hand some very good traders who have been and are still long on May are bearish on Septemtier and be­ lieve it should be sold on all bulges. They are afraid of the short side of July, but think the September a safe sale at 12c under the July. No one is selling May wheat now except Armour and those who have case stuff to de­ liver. The s'^ rts are gettirg out, and the market is narrow ing s») that the speculative shortage by the first of May is liable to be very small. Those who have the wheat bought Will get the cash stuff in May. As Chicago is the highest market in the cotntry, May wheat here being 5c over New York ami Baltimore,