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'if 'V'' "-. J, , BLANCO'S LAST ORDER Liberates All Suffering Re concentrados. SPAIN IS VISIBLY WEAKENING ON STAT EN ISLAND SHORE. Con FLEET READY FOR ACTION. The Decree Directed to the Four West ern Province, Plnar del Kin, Ha vana, Matanzas and Santa Clara Havana, April 2. Captain-General Blanco haB issued an important decree, dated March SO, and published thia morning, in which he directs the end of reooncentration in the fonr western provinces, Pinar del Rio, Havana, Ma tanzas and Santa Clara. The preamble sets forth that the pacifioation of the eastern provinoea having been considerably advanced by the combined action of arms and the natural effect of the establishment of autonomy in giving security to the country, making possible the advance ment of the sugar, tobaooo and food oropB; it also being near the time when the minor plantings give the means of living to the laboring classes and peasants; also believing the time has come to resume the normal condi tions in the towns and villages, to do away with the oause of suffering among the people, to remove so far as possible all the effeots of the concentrados and further to give complete liberty to all the country people to return to such places as they desire to do suoh labor as they may seieot, this order is isBned. The preamble further says that for , the reconoentrados who are without re sources or instruments with which to labor remaining in towns or oenters previously set apart for their use, the colonial government proposes to the .governor-general a plau of relief. In this plan, the mayors and alcaldes are expected to take part, establishing soup kitchens, etc., and doing all in their power to terminate the existing misery, After the preamble, the order con-tinues: "Article 1. After the publication of this order, the reconcentrados and their families will be allowed to return home in the four provinces given above. "Article 2. Orders all relief com mittees and military authorities to fa cilitate the workings of the decree and also to aid the reconcentrados in scour ing new houses. "Article 8. Directs the colonial government, through its eecretary and ministerial officers, to prepare to exe cute all necessary orders to secure for the oountry people work on public im provements and also to give food by economical kitchens to all suffering, attention being called to those on the email country estates. "Article 4. All the expenses over and above the funds now in the hands of the committee are to be provided for under the head of an extraordinary war credit. "Article 5. All former orders of teconoentration are abrogated." QUEEN REGENT'S APPEAL. Government Fortifications demned Property. New York, April 4. Great activity prevails on the Staten island shore at the southern extension of Fort Wads worth, whore the government has ac quired residence property and is using it for fortifioation. Tenants of condemned residences have received official notice from Major Adams, in command at Fort Wadsworth, that they must vacate in four days. Much energy is being exerted about Captain King's residence. Even while the household effects were being moved workmen were felling trees on the lawns and digging trenches. Be yond the ruins can be seen the concrete emplacements of the battery of disap pearing guns belonging to Fort Wads worth. In a diagonal line from the ruined domicile to the lawn in front of the Kine residence hundreds of workmen are making an enormous trench. The excavated earth is carried beyond, wbere a growing mound marks the site of a new battery which is to be constructed. This battery will command a view of South beach. Near by are other houses still the property of private oitizens, who, however, will have to relinquish them to the government. SPAIN GIVES IN. SPAIN'S ANSWER FINAL. The Situation Is Critical, But the Peo ple Do Not Realize It. Madrid, April 4. According to the best information obtainable today Spain has definitely resolved not to make any further concessions to the United States. Views from an authoritative source already bulletined to the prets from Madrid are the substance of the official note on the subject published today. The Spanish government takes a bright view of relations with the united States, and believes peaoe is seoured. Important newspapers oomment on the note in this strain. But inquiries made last evening of Ministor Wood ford failed to secure anything confirm ing the optimistio impressions prevail ing here. He has so earnestly been a friend of peaoe throughout that his silence now causes much anxiety in diplomatic circles. Woodford was busy until late last night. The Bubstance of yesterday's proposals of the Spanish government, the press learns, Is: First That the insurgents should ask for an armistice, and not the Unit ed States. Second That the request for an armistice should be dealt with by the autonomist cabinet of Cuba, and with out the intervention or good offloes of the United States. Extraordinary Preparations Under Way at Key West. Key West, April 2. Every prepara tion for action was taken by the war ships today. The woodwork was strip ped off exposed snots and sent ashore. The wooden pilot-houses on the oruis ers were taken down. . Even the steer er'a wooden box was removed from some ships. These precautions have been adopted to prevent, as far as pos sible, the danger of flying Bplinters in case of action. The offloers sent their personal valuables and belongings to be stored on shore. The Castine and two torpedo-boats left their anchorage after dark, and steamed to the southward, where they will patrol during the night. This precaution was ordered by Captain Sampson today. He is particularly anxious to watoh closely the southern entrance to this harbor, and also to afford additional safety for the Iowa, Indiana and New York, whioh he un protected six miles out. The naval station officials have re ceived orders to overhaul their marine engineering stock, so that it could be used instantly in case of emergenoy. The establishment if a patrol is con sidered by the few who know of it-as most significant. The entire floet is now in readiness to move at 15 min utes, notice. The five bodies from the Maine brought here last night were buried today with the usual simple oeremony. Partially B- WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. BENEFIT TO THE NORTHWEST. Reconoentrado Order Is soinded. Washington, April 1. The Spanish legation here late tonight received a oablegram from the governor-general of Cuba, saying the pacification of the eastern provinces is so far advanced that it has been decided to rescind the reconoentrado order in three provinces and allow all subjects of this decree to return to their homes in the country. To aid in the re-establiBhment ol the reconcentradoes upon their farms, the cablegram states the government will grant them the protection of the Span ish miltarv forces, augmented by local relief committees to look after their immediate needs. Eoonomio kitchens, it say a, are to be established to support the reconcentra does while awaiting for their first crops to mature, and they are to be furnished farming implements and seeds by the government. To supply them with ready money, Buch of them as are able will be given employment on publio works, and it is asserted by the authorities that these measures will result in the speedy re habilitation of rural communities in the western provinces. This cablegram was not made public till more than an hour after midnight, and no official oomment upon its sig nificance could be secured. ASKED BLANCO'S OPINION. SPAIN REALIZES HER POSITION, Wrote for Help to the Sovereigns of Europe. London, April 2. The Vienna cor- respondent of the Standard says: The queen regent of Spain, I learn, wrote personally last week to Emperor Fran cis Joseph and other sovereigns, in eluding Emperor Nicholas, requesting not precisely intervention, but the ex- eroise of such influence at Washington as might conduce to a settlement of the injury to Spain's dignity and vital interests. To her relatives in Austria her ma' 4esty wrote that she regards herself aa more fettered than a real sovereign because she is onlv a trustee who has undertaken to hand over to a son an inderitance from his father unimpaired and uninjured. "I am in a diffioult position," she said, "having to act as a guardian of the dynasty which I must not expose to any dancer. To surrender Cuba in any form will unquestionably be injur ing the dynasty under which such sur render occurred, whereas to fight for it would keep these interests intact, to gether with my country's honor. But the disadvantages Spain would have to fight under are obvious, and a peace' ful solution would best serve every purpose." I do not pretend to give the text of the queen regent's letter, but only the general sense. The recipients have been deeply impressed by the serious ness of such communication from woman of remarkable energy and sense of duty, confronted by such a moment oua crisis. A Cuban's Revenge. Havana, April 2. It is announced that Lieutenant-Colonel Benedicto, who commanded the Spanish forces which killed the insurgent leader Aranguren, while visiting the houie of Dr. Franoisco Vidal, at Guanabacoa, haa been wounded by a revolver shot in the neck. The coloied man who fired the shot escaped. La Nucha's Threats. Havaina, April 2. La Lucha, in an editorial, says: "We are at the end of the farce which has held the stage until now. Heaven should apprise Senor SagaBta that he is near the end, not only of hia political career, but also of his life." The Exploring Expeditions. San Francisco, April 2. The steam er Valencia, which will sail next Sun day for Copper river, will take away thtee government expeditions. One expedition is going north to survey the mouth of Copper river, another is go ing to Cook inlet and tbe third is to survey an all-American route via Val dea pass to the head of Copper river. In Berlin and Leipsio cyclometers are attached to cabs so. that the oc cupant may know his legal fare. , How the Situation Mow Appears in Madrid. New York, April 2. A dispatch to the World from Madrid says: The SpaniBh government has wired the sub stance of the negotiations between this country and the United States to Captain-General Blanco, at Havana, with a view of obtaining his opinion on the disposition of the insular government, the autonomist and other colonial par ties, and as to what disposition the army and the volunteers would show toward the contemplated means to has ten the pacification of Cuba. While conflicting impressions prevail .in political and diplomatic circles on the issue of the negotiations, the im pression is that the government will do its best to seoure peace by reason able concessions to America and Cuba, although complete independence may not be conceded. VANDERBILT'S PATRIOTISM. A GERMAN BLUFF. In Case of War n Will Give the Gov- eminent a 85,000,000 Warship. New York, April 4. W. K. Vander- bilt, it is roported, haa decided, in the event of war with Spain, to present to the government a warship to coit $ 5, 000,000. Thia interesting information came from a most reliable source, with the explanation that Mr. Vanderbilt, impressed with the justice of the nation's attitude, believed thia to be the most direct and practioal manner in which he could be of service to his country, ilia grandfather, uonimociore Vanderbilt, during the civil war, pre sented to the federal government the steamship Vanderbilt, valued at $1,- 000,000. Iconoclast Brann Killed. Dallas, Tex., April 4. A special to the News from Waco says: In the midst of busy preparations for city elec tion meetings, while bands were play ing and scattering handbills from their decorated vans calling the peoplo to gether, W. C. Brann, editor of the Iconoclast, and Captain M. r. Davis met and fought a revolver duel, which resulted in Brann's death tonight. The combatants met at 6 o'clock on South Fourth street, in front of the Cotton Belt ticket office, and after exchanging a few words, both began emptying their revolvers into each other's bodies. When the battle waa over Brann waa found to be perforated in the left lung, the lett leg, and the right foot. Davia was shot through the right lung and through both arms. The difficulty be tween the two men grew out of the Brann-Baylor foud of last year. The Colvllle Mining Room. Spokane, April 4. Mining men, down from the north half of the Col ville reservation last night report a lively rush to the new camp of Repub lie. in Eureka district. Four stages run daily, and men are rushing in by the hundred in wagons, on horseback and afoot. Capitalists are coming in large numbers, and many transfers are being made. Experts who have examined the Re public mine report that over $2,000, 000 worth of gold ore has been blooked out. The towneite waa put on the market two days ago, and men stood in lino for hours to buy lota. Mining men predict that the town will have 10,000 population before next winter. To Man a Monitor. . New York, April 4. Orders were received by the commander of the New York naval reserve today to send 100 men to League island to bring to this port one of the monitors now there. The men will leave at 8:80 P. M. An Effort Made to Secure Possession of Liberia. New York, April 2. Joseph Hart zell, an American Methodist bishop in Africa, who has juBt arrived from the Dark Continent, says that while he was in Liberia a German gunboat ar- rived and demanded $11,500 indemnity for an alleged offense to a German subject. The indemnity waa calcu lated as follows: Damages to property, $3,600! $3,500 for threatening to stab the German and $4,500 for the expense of collecting the money with a gunboat. President Coleman refused to pay, whereupon the oommandei of the gun boat told him that Germany would waive the claim for indemnity if a treaty was entered into plaoing Li beria under Germany's protectorate. This was also declined and President Coleman commissioned Bishop Hart zell to endeavor to move England and the United States to back Liberia in its effort to remain independent of German and French interference. The bishop saya he haa laid the mat ter before the British government and now intends taking it to the govern ment at Washington. Beach's Advice to the Cubans. Washington, April 2. Representa tive C. B. Beach, of Ohio, sent the following telegram to President Palma, of the Cuban junta: "Having maintained the war for three years by their own bravery, re sources and sacrifices, unprecedented In all history, will the Cubans accept compromise when they can overhear in the throat of their brutal enemy a death rattle? God forbid 1 Will com promise give you back your son? W ill it unrape your daughter? Will it re vive the mother who urged them on with the breath which starvation al lowed? Fight it out. Uncle Sam 's dusting off his uniform." Knows That There Is but One Thing to Do, and That Is to Give In. Madrid. April 1. While the situa tion here is outwardly of the calmest description, the actual position of affairs is regarded as oritical by both the United StateB legation and the Spanish government. The United States minister, General Stewart Wood ford, is working and will oontiuue to work energetically for peace until the first gun ia fired. It is known the Spanish admits the desirability or ne cessity of complying with the demands of the United States, and it is only in the disinclination of the ministers to put this willingness in conorete form where the danger lies. If a conference were to be held with the German or French diplomats, the matter would be settled without quoation. The point which General Woodford is now press ing is that in the interest of humanity, hostilities in Cuba must cease immedi ately. No date was fixed either in the first or in the present note, but the United States ia now dwelling upon the "immediately," and insisting that Spain acoept its general interpretation. The public generally is taking little apparent interest in the situation, but there is a goneral disinclination to be lieve that war is likely. A dispatch from Barcelona says that the armed steam yacht Giralda, pur chased by the Spanish government from Harry McCalmont, the English raoehorse owner, after the vessel had been rejected by the United States, is now being fitted up as a dispatoh boat. El Pais says four warships have been obtained bv Spain in France, and that negotiations are pending for the pur chse of several torpedo-boats In Great Britain; El Pais also says that orders have been issued to mobilize all the Spanish war ships, and that the torpedo-boat Halcon is to sail immediate- ly from Cartagena for Cadiz, where a seoond torpedo squadron is being pre pared. Military enginorrs are starting for the Canary islands, and the Bale aric islands are being fortified, Italv. it is said bv El Pais, has do- cided to sell the armored cruiser Guis seppe Garibaldi, of 6,840 tons, well armored, a sister Bhip of the .Varez, to Spain. Two regiments, according to El Pais, are going to the Canary islands to strengthen the Spanish garrison there. El Pais eeos in the meeting between General Woodford and the Spanish minister veBterday an indication that the United States is "gaining time and waiting for the rainy season, so as to take Spain at a disadvantage in Cuba." The Armstrongs' Spanish agent, I Spaniard who 1b in touch with the gov ernment and commercial people in Spain, has expressed the belief that unless the powers intercede, there will be war. Trade Conditions in the Leading Cities of the World. Lelter furniBhed proof last week of the most convincing kind that his wheat deal is to be carried through to the last day of May. An enormous loan was made $9,000,000 c the choicest securities being used. The amount borrowed was away beyond any present necessities; but the wheat bull decided it was better financiering to pay interest on unused funds than to risk a demoralized money market at the very moment when borrowing might be necessary. Loiter now has the funds In bank to pay for any possi ble wheat deliveries during the next 60 days. As important as the ftnanoial arrangement was the completion of plans to hurry the grain controlled by him abroad and into consumption. Every bushel of contract wheat now at Chicago will be on its way to Europe within the next four weeks, Up to the middle of March the railroads were loading Lelter wheat out of only one system of elevators the Armour. The closing of additional shipping con tracts with the east-bound roads for 8,000,000 bushels started loading at every elevator system In the city. On ona day last week, oars were taking wheat simultaneously at the Armour, the Weare, the Counse'man, the Na- tional. the Central and the Keith houses. That means the all rail ship ments of 2,000,000 bushels per week. Some day this week, unless the open ing of navigation is delayed beyond the expectation, the floet of 80 vessels carrying 1,700,000 bushels of the Lei ter wheat will start down the lakes toward Buffalo. Weather permitting, 8,000,000 bushels of wheat will start from Chioago this week eastward; will be at the seaboard by April 15, aud will be off ooaBt abroad by May 1. This Leiter movement of cash grain now under way for 60 days, is evident ly going straight into consumption without at all demoralizing the foreign markets. The spot No. 1 Northern at Liverpool Saturday was 7s lid, equlva- lent to $1.14 per bushel there, and which means better than 95c here in Chicago; and the spot No. 2 red there Saturday was 7s 7d,which at the low rates of freight paid by Leiter, is better than 90c at Chioago. Leiter has been making sales at figures better than these. For Relief of Cubans. Washington, April 2. Representa tive Wheeler introduced a bill today appropriating $500,000 to purchase provisions for the use of Cuban non combatants, and direct'ng the presi dent to cause them to be oonveyed at once to the starving people, and to uso as much of the military and naval forces as necessary to attain this pur pose. It bIbo direots the president to notify the Spanish government that this proceeding is an act of humanity, and not intended as an act of war. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 7879o; Val ley and Bluestem, 81o per bushel. "Flour Best grades, $3.85; graham, $3.40; superfine, $2.85 per barrol. Oats Choice white, 88 89c; choice gray, 8536o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $19 20.00; brewing, $21 per ton. Millatnffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid dlings, $23; shorts, $17. Hay Timothy. $12.50; clover. $10 11; Oregon wild hay, $910 per ton. Eggs Oregon, llo per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 4550o; fair to good, 4045o; dairy, 8540o per roll. Cheese Oregon full cream, 12o; Young America, 1814o. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $8.50 4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.004.50; geese, $6.007.00; ducks, $6.00 7.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1813o per pound. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 4050o per sack; Bweets, $1.752 per cental Onions Oregon, $2.252.60 per sack. Hops 1416o per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 46o. Wool Valley, 1416o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 7 12c; mohair, 25c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4o; dressed mutton, 6c spring lambs, $2. 50 8 each. Hoga Gross, choice heavy, $4.25; light and feeders, $3.004.00; dressed, $5.00 5.50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross! top steers, $3.50 3.75; cows, $2.503; dressed beof,'6$ 7c per pound. San Francisco, April 4. A water bi cycle driven by two men eeated tandem fashion, may daily be seen on the bay. It was built on original lines by F. O. Winquist, a foreman in the Union iron works, and E. Olsen, who proposes to sail up the Yukon. The strange craft is constructed of aluminum and steel and it is said a speed of 18 knots can be made. Tests have proven the claims of the inventors and owners. They crossed the bay on the squally day the bark Almy was wrecked. ; Freight Trains Collide. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 1. Two heavy freight trains on the Western & Atlantic railroad collided today near Adairsville, Ga. Engineer Elliot was instantly killed and Engineer McArdee fatally injured. The trains were com pletely demolished and a score of cars smashed into kindling wood. Several brakemen were badly injured. To Buy Danish West Indies. Washington, April 2. Senator Lodge has reorted from the committee on foreign relations a bill directing the president to purchase the Danish West India islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John, or any of them, for a coaling station. Five million dollars is appropriated. A lighthouse of bamboo has been built in Japan. It is said to have great power of resisting the waves, and does not rot like ordinary wood. Maine Relief Rill a Law. Washington, April 1. The aot for the relief of the sufferers by the Maine disaster was today approved by the present. The most significant of the naval or ders issued by the navy department re cently was the detachment of Com mander Horace M. Elmer, from Cramps' ship yard, and ordering him to duty "in the mosquito floet." This auxiliary orsanization of the navy, whioh is to be called into service in time of war, is to be composed of small craft of all kinds that may be obtainable by the department upon whioh a gun may be mounted, and other defensive devices placed. As far as practicable, it is the intention of the department that there Bhall he a separate set of ships for the defense cf the Boaooast cities, the whole to compose the'mosquito fleet." In the event of neuessity for a rendezvous of several of these local fleets it can be arranged, as the primary idea is for each local fleet to form the "mobile de fense" of the particular city where it will be called into service to assist in furnishing armament for vessels, and in the event of war, naval officers will be assigned to the command of each ol the several looal fleets. At Brooklyn Navy Yard. New York, April 1. At present over 2,000 men are at work in the Brooklyn navy yards, and work goes on day and night. Work on the Dolphin has been completed, and stores and ammunition have been put upon her. There are nearly 20 vessels in the yard including the Chicago, Atlanta, Texas and May flower. Kerosene frorn Sumatra is entering the markets of the far East in competi tion with the Russian oil. Soattle Market. Potatoes Yakimas, $18 14 per ton", natives,$ll12;Bweuts, 2c per pound; box of 60 pounds, $1.75. Butter Fancy native oreamery, brick, 25c; ranch, 14 15c; dairy, 18c; Iowa fancy oreamery, 23c. Cheese Native Washington, 12 18c; Eastern clioese, 12c. Eggs Fresh ranoh, 15o; California ranch, 14c. Moats Choice dressed beef steors, 8c; cows, 77c; mutton, 8c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 8o. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 13c; dressed, 14c; turkeys, live, 12c; dressed, 16c. Fresh Fish Halibut, 67c; steel heads, 78c;salmon trout, 12Uc; floun ders and sole, 84o; torn cod, 4c; ling cod, 45o; rock cod, 6c; smelt, 8 5ci herring, 4c. Olympia oysters, per sack, $38.60, Corn Whole, $23; cracked, per ton, $23; feed meal, $23 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $23; whole, $22. Flour Patents, per barrel, $4.25 4.50; straights, $4.00; California brands, $4.75 ;5 Dakota brands, $5.40 $5.75; buckwheat flour, $8, Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $10; shorts, per ton, $1718. Feed Chopped feed, $18 20 per ton; middlings, per ton, $24; oil cake meal, per ton, $85. Hay Puget Sound, new, per ton, $11 18; Eastern Washington timothy, $1617; alfalfa, $12; straw, $7. Wheat Feed wheat, per ton, $23. Oats Choice, per ton, $28. Ban Francisco Market. Wool Nevada, 11 13c; Oregon, 13 14o; Southern coast lambs, 7 8c, Millstuffs Middlings, $22.5025; California bran, $19.00 19.60 per ton, Onions Silverskins, $2.503,16per cental. Eggs Store, 1818o; ranoh, 14 15o. Butter Fancy creamery, 19o; do seconds, 18c; fancy dairy, 17c; good to choice, 15 16c per pound, Complete Success of the Mining ana Irrigation Congress at Baker City. The mining and irrigation congress whioh met in Baker City last week, will prove of muoh benefit to the Northwest. Much enthusiasm was manifested throughout its sessions, and when final adjournment was taken, it was with a foeling that the convention had been a success. It was Baker City's first experience In entertaining' a crowd of that oharacter, and its citi zens had cause to be gratifiod at the re sult. The town surprised itself by its achievement. As the oitizens and vis itors beoarae better acquainted, more nformality came into the proceedings. and miners and capitalists got oloser together, and the vastness of the min eral resources of the region was bettet appreciated. All felt a personal in terest in mining and irrigation, ana no one was so wise that he did not get new and broader ideas, and perhaps more special knowledge of those mat- tors bo essential to the industrial de velopment of the great Northwest. The last day a consitution and By laws for a permanent organization waa reported, and, after some disoussion, adopted. The name chosen was tha Mining and Irrigation Congress; ob ject, to promote and foster mining and irrigation enterprises and other kindred industries; the officers to be a presi dent, a vice-president from each state, who shall ohoose the seoretary and treasurer; the meetings to be held an nually, at a time and place to be se lected by the congress; the congress to be composed of delegates from Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Montana, California and Nevada, to be appointed as follows: Seven by the governor of each Btate; one by the mayor of each city; three-, by each chamber of commerce, com mercial olub, board of trade or other similar organization in each cityt three from each county, to be appoint ed by the county judge or ohairman ot the oounty board; three from each reg ularly organized mining district within the states. The committee on legisla tion will consist of two members from eaoh state, who will present a written report at each annual congress. When it came to solecting a place for the next meeting, J. F. Batchelder named Portland as the oommeroial and financial metropolis of the Northwest, where facilities for accommodating a oreat gathering and for a display of mining machinery and methods of re ducing ores could be found. K. w. Paris proposed Boise as able to handla a big convention, it being more central ly located with respect to the minim. states, being itself in the center ol a vast region, whose chiof industries tha congress would relate to. U. A. Johns named Baker City. A dozen speeches were made by partisans of the different places. A ballot resulted as follows: Portland, 41; Boise, 14; Bakes City, 6. Portland was made the unanimous choice. The time for holding the next meet ing was fixed for the first Tuesday in December, 1898, after a long discussion. bringing out seasonable demands ol placer and quartz mining and irrigation farming and after reforenoe to a com mittee of three whose report was adopt ed. Albert Geiser, of Baker City, wa unanimously elected permanent presi dent of the organization. The follow ing vice-presidents were ohosen: Oregon Ole J. Olson, Grants 1 ass; IdahoState Engineer F. J. Mills Boiso; Washington Dr. J. M. Boyd, Spokane; Utah Thomas D. Loe, Og- den. The executive committee is com posed of the following: Oregon Fred R. Mollis, Baker City, and J. F. Batcholdar, Portland; Idaho A. D. Morrison, Idaho Falls, and J. F. Hunt, Downey; Washington G. B. Dennis and A. P. Curry, Spokane; Utah R. S. Campbell, Salt Lake City, and R. C. Lund, St. Goorgo. Members of the legislative oommitteet Oregon C, A. Johns, Baker City, and E. J. Frasier, Eugene; Idaho John 0. Rioe, Caldwell, and Edgar Wilson, Boise; Washington J. J. Browne and Colonel Lindaley, Spokane; Utah David Keith, Salt Lake City, and II. H. Rolapp, Ogden. Tbe governors of California, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana will be asked to make appointments for their respective states. A committee presented resolutions to the effect that only questions pertaining to mining and irrigation should he dis cussed before the oougress; urging im mediate action for a mineral exhibit at the Trans-Mississippi exposition from the several states represented in tha congress; acknowledging appreciation of and extending hearty thanks to the citizens of Baker City for the many courtesies and attentions received. Captain Robloy D. Evans, who goes into command of the war ship Iowa, vice Captain Sampson, has no rival for popularity In Washington, or In tha navy department. The captain ia quoted as having said recently that if he had his way "there would be nothing but Spanish talked in for the next five years." Evans was in command of the Yorktown during the- late trouble with Chile, and he wanted to blow Valparaiso off the earth because of Iho insults put upon America by tha citizens of that town. But the navy department refused, and Evans waa oommonded for the admirable self- restraint he exercised. Since then ha has no love for Spain. Evans is gener ally known as "Fighting Bob" Evans, a pseudonym which he dislikes very much. He has a limp which he earned during his service with Uncle Sam in the '60s, and other marks of war on his person. Evans belongs to a Vir ginia family, and when the South, seceded, his mother, without his con sent, sont his resignation to Washing ton. The young officer, however, per suaded the department to abrogate it, and promptly rejoined the service. Ha has been in the navy 88 yean .1 f ;1