Show CUBA AND PORTO RICO The Abrcu mansion at Ccrro Cuba has been burned Involving t loss l of 200000 Gen Wood will present the Cuban com mission to the President He will leave Invana Friday and go to Washington by way of Tampa Fla Tho receipts of customs for Porto Rico for the Just month were S775S as com pared with 2iSi for February while the whl the exports for March were JJ149D74 as agaInst 777222 In February Ij The commission appointed by the Cuban Constitutional convention to go to Wnsh ngton and lay before President McKinley ho desires of the convention reKardlnjj tho future relations convcnton Cuba and CUoa the United States will leave Havana Sat urday A few days ago the Platt amendment was reported defeated In tho Cuban Con COI nllutomil convention by n vote of 2J to 2 A Httlo later the vote ltte vot was given as J S 10 10 As n matter of fact final action has not been taken fnal acton Most of the people In this country do not understand tho real reeling In Cuba as Senator Phut The news reports from Havana have been very conflicting They are almost as untrustworthy as the dispatches from China last year about tho Boxer troubles cr The Ponce P R Chamber Commerce mel ywturday In response to a special call and < lsu ted the commercial and general conditions of the Islands The adminis tration of Porto Rico was criticised and It was resolved to cable to Washington Icnyine the statements of Coy Allen and Ind secretary Hunt In regard to the prosper ity of Porto Rico prolper |