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I IK MI HI Governor and Others Arranging for Their Comfortable Removal. CORRESPONDENCE OPENED Surgeon Carter of the Letter ifonpltal Communicated With In Hegard to the Keturn of SU-k Soldiers—Names of Those In the Hospital. Lincoln dispatch: It is only a mat ter of a few days before the sick men of the Second Nebraska, who are now in the hospitals at Chickamauga, will be sent home in such comfort and with medical and nursing attention that will insure them a safe trip. The ad jutant general, acting under the in structions from the governor, ha3 opened communication with Surgeon Glffen et the Sternberg hospital, and the plan which will be followed will l>e to ask the surgeon general of the army to detail a medical officer and sufficient, nurses to accompany the men on the trip home. Surgeon Carter of the Leiter hos pital has, in a message to the govern or, stateil that if this authority was obtained from the head of the medical department that he would furnish a hospital car and send the men from his hospital. The message was sent to the governor by C. J. West of the state treasurer’s office, who has just returned from Chickamauga, where he went to visit his brother, who is sick in the Leiter hospital. Immediately upon the talk with West, the govern or and Adjutant General Barry took the matter up this morning, and mes sages were sent to I)r. Giffen and Dr. Carter. The state officers hope that the necessary authority will be ob tained from the surgeon general and the boys moved home. Surgeon Carter gave to West just before he left a list of the Second Ne braska men now in the Leiter hospital with the condition of each noted. There are now eleven men in this hos pital who were left behind when the regiment came north. They are : «en kins of company A: Brawn, company K; Douglas, company 0; Fall, com pany M; Melnke. company L; Taylor, company I: Wood and Pinckney, com pany K; West, company B; Parnell, company E; Thorpe, company M. Jen kins and Parnell are the sickest of the lot, and all the others are regarded as in satisfactory condition by the sur geon. Dr. Fall of Beatrice, who ir, now at the Sternberg hospital, will probably bo det"il“d •><? the Qipriice.l officer to have charge of the hospital car on which the sick men will return. Llvf Stork Hhow at. the* Exposition. There is at this time every indica tion that the live stock show at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition wiil rank among the very largest and finest ever given In the country. It will offer almost unrivaled opportunity for those who wish to improve their flocks and herds to see the best stock the world contains and to gain in formation of great value. The exhibi tion will also offer exceptional oppor tunity for those who have improved stock for sale to advertise their pro ductions and to make the acquaint ance of likely purchasers. The live stocK exhibited is divided Into six classes. Of these the poul try exhibit wiil be given first—from September 19 to Septcmebr 30. On Monday, October 3. the exhibits of cat tle, horses, (in which class are includ ed jacks, Jennets and mules) sheep and swine wul open, to continue until October 20; and the fat stock will be shown from October 1- to 20, In clusive. All animals must be on the grounds of the Exposition not later than the opening date of the division to which they belong, except that, in the gener al division of caule, hogs, sheep and horses, animals which have been on exhibit at state or county fairs and are detained in transit will be admit ted to the grounds as late as 8:00 a. m., October 6. Full freight rates must be paid on all exhibits shipped to the Exposition, but animals which do not change own ership will be returned free under the usual exhibition certificate arrange ment. Terminal charges have been modi fied and a single fee includes a switch - ing charge for transferring carload lots into the grounds and also assist ance in unloading and drayage on feed and necessary show parapher nalia from the cars to the stock barns. I^ess than carload lot3 may be billed to Omaha local depots, and on these a small charge will be made for de livery to the show grounds. 8* ate Normal School. About 338 students were registered in the state normal school at the opening; that is. in the normal school proper, not including the training school. This is the largest enrollment for the third day that the state normal school has ever had. The number of new students is very large. There are more students and teachers than class room and it sometimes becomes a problem to find ouarters. In the fac ulty, which now numbers nineteen, there are several new faces. The dor mitory just completed has been opened and about eighty students and teach ers sit in the large dining hall. The whole building is lighted by electric ity and heated b" steam. It makes a spacious and cheerful home. Every thing that concerns the opening days of the year prophecies a repetition of the two successful and prosperous years now past. Union I'.title Ofllrlnl Ite.lgns. James G. Harris of Boston, for over a quarter of a century treasurer of the Union Pacific Railroad company, has resigned his position on account of 111 health. His successor haa not been appointed. William Bird of Boston has been assistant treasurer of the Union Pacific for a long term of years, and stands in line for the position. Some of the officials at local head quarters think he will be the next treasurer. F. V. S. Crosby of Boston ha3 been acting treasurer • ■ SUNDAY SCHOOL CONGRESS. 1 — A Gathering of Workers to Aaat'inlile in the Kx)><>«*it ion C'lty. Of all the numerous conventions in Omaha this year during the Trans- j Mississippi and International Exposi tion, none will attract those active .n religious work as will the Trans-Mis sissippi Sunday School Congress, to be held September 27-3'). A program has been arranged which deals with the most practical and interesting questions of Sunday School instruction and management. The congress will be unique in that it will not be a con vention or delegated body—everybody interested may attend. It will be a great “institute," or training school for Sunday School workers, such as has never been held in the west. or. for that matter, unlike anything of that nature held anywhere in the coun try. Every name on the program has a national reputation in Sunday School circles. Rev. Geo. R. Merrill. D. D., of Chicago, one of the foremost in structors in the Bible in the northwest, will have charge of Bible study. B. F. Jacobs of Chicago, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Interna national Association, will speak on association work in its various branch es. Rev. Jesse L. Hurlbut of New York, editor of the Sunday School peri odicals of the M. E. Church, will speak of “Suocpss in the Average Sun day School,” and give suggestions on how to teach. Prof. H. M. Hamill. Jacksonville, 111., International Field Worker, anil who was pronounced by many the most popular speaker before the late world'3 Convention in London, will offer suggestions as to prepara tion for teaching, how to organize tor work in state, county and township, and will give a popular evening ad dress on “The Bible and the Child." Marion Lawrence, General Secretary of Ohio, anil Hugh Cork, holding the same position in Minnesota, will talk of “Home Department" and “House to House Visitation” work, and tell how to secure attendance and offerings and how to co-opprate in cities and towns. “Primary Work," always a popular theme, will be discussed in its vari ous phases by Mrs. Roxana B. Preusz ner, of Kansas, a well known writer on this line of work, and Miss Mabel Hall, isstruetor In primary methods at the Moody Isstitute, Chicago. The pro gram as outlised for this departmest is as follows : Child characteristics and their utilization; Lesson Illustra tions—Blackboard and Objects; Sup plemental lessons; Preparation of les sons; Music in the Primary Class; Pri mary Unions. Prof. E. O. Excell, the popular cho rus leader of Chicago, has charge of the music. An exhibit of appliances, publications and helps, promises to be a popular feature. The congress will be held in the First M. E. Church, 20th and Daven port streets, Omaha, meeting at 2 p. m. Tuesday, September 27th, where a committee will be waiting to assist in securing rooms at reasonable rates. The lecture room of the First Con gregational Church will be used for section meetings. The urogram has be^n so arranged that the afternoons may be dovoted to recrsation and sight-seeing, and no doubt this opportunity will be taken to visit the exposition. The low rates, the exposition and the treat offered by the Sunday School Congress, all combined, promise to attract the larg est gathering of religious workers ever held in the west. Sunday School workers especially will feel that they cannot afford to miss this opportunity to combine pleasure and profit. Steel Wagon Kna<I Exhibited. A new idea in wagon roads, says the Omaha Bee. will be shown at the ex position by Martin Dodge, connected with the Agricultural department. The department has tested the plan thor oughly and has found that a system of flat steel plate rails, with an upper surface of about five inches, in cement and to till the interevning space with concrete. There is a flange on the inner side to hold the wheel on the track and the width of the rail is sufficient to accommodate the tire on any ordinary farm wagon. The wagon is thus enabled to roll along over the rails in the fashion of a street car and may be propelled with a small fraction of the power usually neces sary. The arguments used by Mr. Dodge in support of his system are (1) that with steel at 1 cent a pound the method is as cheap as a macadam pavement would he. (2) that its dura bility is much greater and that as there is no perishable material used in the construction the trackage is practicably indestructible, (3) that a much smaller motive force is neces sary. rs it is estimated that over the tiackage a horse is able to draw fifty times his weight whereas over the us ual country roads two or four times its weight is the load of an ordinary an'ma.l. Mr. Dod^e will lay 150 feet of track on the exposition grounds to demon strate the construction, running west on Twentieth street. He is accom panied bv E. .). Harrison, also of the Agricultural Apartment, who is an ex pert in road-making. Mr. Harrison has already discovered unsuspected paving material in this vicinity and will illustrate the most approved methods in road formation from ma terials already ltrwn to he accessible Rate* for the Peace Jubilee. The Omaha terminal lines are not going to wait till Chairman MacRae of St. Paul gets ready to call a meet ing of the Jubilee rate committee be fore deciding what rates they will put, into effect for that occasion. Several of the principal lines entering Omaha have already decided what rates they will grant for Jubilee day at the ex position. and are only waiting for the formal committee meeting and its ac tion to announce the rates. General Passenger Agent Lomax of the Union Pacific has announced a round-trip rate of $25 from Utah com mon points to Omaha for the Peace Jubilee at the exposition. This rate is about equivalent to a rate of 1 cent per mile. Salt Lake City being 1,063 miles from Omaha. Tickets will be sold for trains leaving Utah on the evening of October 9 and all day Oc tober 10. The day set apart for Pres ident McKinley is October 12. The tickets will be good to return nnv tim up to October 26. inclusive. Sep tember 14 was stated as Utah day at the exposition, and a round trip rate of $25 announced. CHICAGO MENGETIB.go; Armour, Ream and Others Buy a Controlling Intersst. GREAT RAILWAY DEAL CLOSED. A Railroad t'roiu the Atlantic to the Pacific Controlled by Western Men Now Seems Sure—“Jim" lllll's Part In the Gigantic Deal. Chicago, Sept. 19.—Philip D. Ar mour, Marshall Field and Norman 11. Ream have secured control of the 1 Cal - tirnore & Ohio railroad. They have made James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern railway, the dominat ing factor in the reorganization of the system, and have gained for Chicago and the Northwest what is practically a trunk line from ocean to ocean con trolled by Chicago capital. Mr. Ream engineered the deal by which his wealth, that of Mr. liill and Messrs. Armour and Field gained a controlling interest in the Haiti more & Ohio, which hereafter is to ho a Chi cago enterprise, fed and sustained in transcontinental affairs by the im mense mileage of the Great Northern railway. If any road completes the gap between the terminus of the Great Northern railway in St. Paul and the terminus of the Haltimore A Ohio in Chicago it will he the Chicago Great Western railway, hut that is a matter for the future. Mr. Ream will become a member of the executive committee of the reor ganized road, and either Mr. Field or Mr. Armour may become a director, although iu all probability the trio will ho represented by Mr. Ream. President Hill's connection with the transaction foreshadows the statement that he will be the prime factor of the operating department of the new Ha! timore A Ohio road. The price paid by the Chicago men is not known. MR. ARMOUR CONFIRMS IT. lie Tells a Milwaukee Reporter That the Deal Is Closed. Mii.waukkk, Sept. 19.—P. I). Ar mour, when seen after the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul annual meeting here to-day, said: "1 confirm the transaction referred to. The lino is not to he a transconti nental lino, hut simply the Baltimore A Ohio railroad. There is no deal con cerned with it relating to the lines between Milwaukee and Chicago.” lie declined to discuss the matter fur ther. MISSOURI TRAGEDY. (■erirmn Funner Cuts o Robber’s Tlirout ami Is Shot I)pu<1 by Anothar. Si’lUNOFIKt.D, Mo., Sept. 19.—Two masked robbers went to the home of Charles Duffner, a wealthy farmer liv ing in Dallas county, twenty miles north of Springfield, at f> o’clock last evening and demanded his money. The farmer and his wife and a grown son were in the yard when the robbers came up to the house. Mrs. Duffner tore off the mask of one of the men, and the robber drew a pistol and fired at the woman, the bul let grazing the side cf her head. Duff ner then seized the robber and began to cut him with a pocket knife. One slash cut the robber's throat. Otto Duffner, the farmer's son, had hold of the other robber, and was keeping him from shooting. After killing one man, the father ran to the son’s assistance, when a third robber rushed up from the road, where he had been concealed, and shot the older Duffner in the hack. The two surviving rubbers then fled, leaving the dead comrade behind in the yard. The dead robber has not been identified. SCHOFIELD WILL NOT SERVE. The President Receives Another Check to the Proposed Investigation. Washington, Sept. 19.—After a half hour's conference with the President to-day General Schofield announced that lie would not serve as a member of tho commission to investigate the conduct of the war. Making Havana Modern. Havana, Sept. 19.—Captain Hart and Captain Coster and Dr. Laine vis ited the civil governor yesterday and requested that sanitary improvements be made at Delgado, where the Trocha hotel is situated, to prevent an in crease of malaria, which is already prevalent. They also requested that the streots be lighted with electricity. The civil governor at once recommend ed to the mayor that immediate atten tion be given to the commissioners're quest. A Corean Cook Admit* tho Poisoning. Seoul, Corea, Sept. 19.—The em peror is recovering from the attem.pt to poison him, hut the crown prince is still ill. An inferior cool; at the pal ace has confessed that he placed poi son in the coffee served to the emperor and the prince. Stamped Envelope* to He Cheaper. Washington, Sept. 19.—A saving of 40 cents a thousand has been made l>y the I’ostofflco department in its new contract for stamped envelopes, com mercial size. The new price is 81.(id a thousand. On extra letter si/.j tho re duction is CO cents a thousand. Three-Cent Meal* In Havana. Havana, Sept. 19.—An economic soup kitchen, not connected with the government kitchens that havo been ordered closed, has teen opened. A meal, consisting ov a regular ration, can bo had at a cost of threo cents. FEACE COMMISSION SAILS, j - I Moinbrr* With Holiitive* nnrf Clerks I.eft on the C.impnnla. Nkw York, Sept. 10.—The United States commissioners to conclude the terms of peace with Spain sailed to day on board the Uunard line steamer Campania, on the way to Paris. The commission consists of former Seert - tary of State William 11. Day, United States Senators William P. Frye. Cushman K. Davis. George Gray and \N hiteluw lleid. Each commissioner is accompanied upon the trip by his wife or other members of bis family. In the party also arc J. 15. Moore, sec retary and counsel to the commission; John Pi. McArthur, assistant secretary, and wife; Frank Hranigan, disbursing clerk, and Mrs. Hranigan; Miss Atkin son and Miss McNuughton, sten ographers, and lOdward Savoy and Henry Freeman, confidential messen gers. Prior to going on board the steamer Judge Day said to a reporter: “ We hud a conference with the cabinet be fore leaving Washington; at least all of us except Senator Gray. All under stand the wishes of the cabinet with reference to the terms of the treaty, and I believe that there will be prac tically no change after our conference with the Spanish commissioners.” “Do you expect much opposition to the terms from the Spanish commis sioners?” “I think that America’s terms will be regarded as reasonable, and there fore 1 believe the work of the commis sioners will not be impeded by useless discussion.” CORN IS A PARTIAL FAILURE. Crop Show* a lllg Decrease Compare! With Cast Year. Toi'KKA. Kan., Sept. 17.—The state board of agriculture has issued a press bulletin giving the situation of the year’s corn crop in Kansas. Perhaps the most striking feature of the corn situation is the fact that the famed corn belt of North Central Kansas, in cluding such counties as Jewell, Mitch ell, Osborne, llepublic. Smith, Wash ington, Cloud. Ottawa and others, that are nearly every year such great pro ducers, have this year been most un fortunate and present the minimum yields per acre of three to seven bush els. The total crop for the state is figured at about 137,500,000 bushels, or 17.0 bushels per acre, which ss throe pocks per ucro loss than last year’s vicld. Itchnllioii In Formosa. Tacoma, Wash.. Sept. 10.—Mail ad vices front Japan state that another formidable rebellion has broken out in Formosa, this time in the Southern part of the island. Two battles have been fought, one near Tr.iehu, the other near Taikohu. The rebels were defeated by the Japanese troops and the police. The rebellion is the out come of an attempt by the Japanese administration to extend its jurisdic tion over the semi-savage tribes living in the interior. Tlio Trlnre Decani* Irritable. London, Sept. 19.— After passing eight weeks in an invalid's chair the Prince of Wales this week, for the llrst time, was able to walk a few paces with the aid of a stick. Ho traveled to Ilalmoral from his yacht at Portsmouth. Private letters declare the prince has been very irritable at the enforced restraint, that he has even declared that a permanent limp would be a cheap penalty to pay for release from his floating prison. .. . .. Operators Strike Rack. Fort Scott, Kim., Sept. 19.—Attor neys for the Western Coal and Mining company, the company operating tho Missouri l'nciile coal mines, have filed an injunction suit in the United States court here, asking tlxat tho attorney general, his assistant and County At torney Widby of Crawford county lie perpetually enjoined from attempting to enforce the scrip and screen law. A Spanish Ship in Sew York. Xf.w York, Sept. 19.—The Spanish steamer Gran Antila, which arrived tliis morning from Havana, is the first Spanish steamer to arrive at this port since tho declaration of war with Spain, April 21 last. She left Havana Inst Saturday evening. September 10, with eight cabin passengers and a small cargo. 0!) Yeara Tor Train Robbery. Dat.i.AS, Texas, Sept. 19.—Pearce Keating and Jeff Taylor have been convicted of robbing a Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe express train near Cole man, Texas, in June last. Each was given a sentence of ninety-nine years in the penitentiary. One railroad man was killed and unother wounded in the robbery. Clifirle* Kmory Smith to Spenk In Kamtati Washington, Sept. 19.—Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith will make a political speech at Topeka, Kan., October 7, and at Wichita, Octo ber 8. He will make an address' on Pennsylvania day at Omaha earlier in tlie mouth. I.lghtnlnff Struck a Joplin Hotel. Joitjx. Mo., Sept. 19.—In a severe electric storm hero last night the tower of the Keystone hotel was struck, wrecking it and four front rooms on the sixth floor. Several other houses were also struck, doing considerable damage. Wellborn Nominated for f'oncrosf. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 19.—The Fifth district Republican Congression ol convention to-day nominated John Wellborn of Lexington, Lafayette county, for Congi ess. MORE IN Otis Can Manage the Insurgents With His Present Force. NOTIFIES WAR DEPARTMENT. The Kvaruatlofi of the C’lty lln* Been A crump llii hud Almint Completely — Most of tho Native* Are Friendly — Manila More Thau Fays Expenses. Washington, Sept. 17.—That the at titude of the insurgents a*. Manila does not worry General Otis is shown in his cablegram to tho War depart ment to-day. The general says: “In surgents have acceded demand and evacuated eutire city of Manila, ex cept small force in one outlying dis trict. No difficulty anticipated and no concessions made to them. They ex press strong desire to maintain friend ly intercourse with United States gov ernment in all particulars. “In my opinion, based upon present indications, no further force required. Insurgent leaders in polities aud army in excitable frame of mind, but better portion untenable to reason and desire to make approved reputation before civilized world. “They organized congress Thursday at Maiolos. twenty miles north of this city, to frame a plan of government. Manila very quiet. Military govern ment being perfected gradually and large force policing and cleansing city. Health of command satisfactory. Trade and commerce active. “Treasury receipts since August 14, 85-*0,oo<> Mexican current money. Philippines' monthly expenses will aggregate at least 835),000; nearly one-half required to subsist 13.000 Spanish prisoners. believe that the receipts will largely exceed expenditures. Tariffs and duties im posed. as directed by the President on July 13, hut received in currency of country as on gold basis would al most double former Spanish duties. United States laws applied for admis sion of Chinese opium; sales of licenses for lotteries and other pastimes op posed by public morals discontinued.” Nkw York, Sept. 17.—A dispatch to the New York Herald from Manilla says: The insurgents changed their plans Inst night, and instead of evacu ating all the suburbs of the city, as General Otis ordered, they moved from Krmitii to Santa Ana. where they ap pear to be concentrating in strong force. It is reported, although it lias not been confirmed, that Aguinaldo lias ordered that this place be held at any cost. It is more likely a move on the part of I’io Pilar to embarrass the dic tator. The former rebel chief, Isahelo Artaeho, who was condemned to denth by Aguinaldo for treachery in May and was reprieved and escaped, is leading 15.000 men against Aguinaldo. Arta eho is backed by priests. A Jesuit priest has been allot for persuading rebels to desert Aguinaldo's cause. At the minting of rebel leaders in Maiolos the majority will vote for au tonomy under American protection. Coasting steamers are trading with the provinces undjr Spanish rule. Aguinaldo demands 50 per cent of freight receipts of steamers trading with the rebel provinces. All Spaniards in the northern prov inces are now prisoners. The rebels seized stocks and cash of the tobacco estates belonging toCompania Tabacc lera in Cagayan province, and also those of Coprun in ('amarines province. The losses are enormous. Aguinaldo denies tho shipment of arms from Japan. The arms were probably shipped by the priests for Artaeho. KO IS THE COBEAN CATSPAW. A Disgraced Interpreter Induced an Ofll clal t» Order the King I’nlanned. Seoul, Corea. Sept. 17.—It is report ed here that a high official of the pal ace named Ko has made a confes sion that he ordered the cook of the royal household to poison food intended for th.i king an l crow.i prince, both of whom became seriously ill on Sunday last. The official further confessed that the poisoning plot was instigated by a former interpreter at tached to the Russian legation here, who once was court favorite, hut is now in disgrace. Shot by ». Mautcr In Now York. New Yoisk. Sept. 17.—A Spanish -ifle which William IIiekey did not know was loaded went off while ho was carrying it from tlie transport Sura toga at a llrooklyn dock and the man was killed. The Saratoga arrived here two days ago with tho arms surren dered l>y the Spaniards at Santiago and Kl Caney. On hoard were 9,000 Mauser rilles and 200 tons of ammuni tion. Hickey was one cf the men en gaged in unloading the cargo. Nevada Republican*. Reno, Nev , Sept. 17 —The Repub lican state convention met yesterday and nominated a state ticket with William McMillan for governor. The platform is for the immediate con struction of the Nicaragua canal and for territorial expansion. Delicacies Still Needed. Santiago, Sept. 17.—The yellow fe ver hospital has been established on an island in Santiago bay about two miles from the city. Conditions are said t« have been greatly improved during August, but there is still much need of delicacies. General Toral's Ship Reaches Spain. Madkid, Sept. 17. — The steamer Leon XIII has arrived at Vigo, with General Toral and 2,473 soldiers and officers from Santiago de Cuba. BRISSON WAR MINISTER. The Revision of the Dreyfus Case Will Probably Cause ZurlintJen to Resign. Paris, Sept. 37.—The newspapers here say the minister of justice, M. S.irrien, lias completed the examina tion of the documents in the Dreyfus ease, and that he will communicate to the ministers at the cabinet council to be held to-morrow, his intention to re fer the matter to a commission com petent to undertake a revision of the proceedings. The general opinion is that the cabinet will adopt the propo sal for a revision of the ease unani mously, wit h the exception of the min ister of war. General Zurlinden, who yesterday informed the minister of justice that lie intends to resign if it develops that lie does not agree with his colleagues. The l-'igaro, Matin and Rappel say they believe that in ease General Zur linden resigns, M. llrisson, the prem ier, is resolved to take the portfolio of war and give the portfolio of minister of the interior to M. Vallee. According to the Gaulois, the result of the decision of the minister of jus tice will he a ministerial crisis as, this paper claims, other ministers will also resign. Chicago's Regulars IInine. Cricaoo, Sept. 17.—The Fourth United States infantry. Major Ste phen Raker commanding, arrived in Chicago to-day over the Lake Shore road. The ranks of the regiment have been sadly depleted since its departure for Santiago, only nine offlojrs and 225 men returning. lu the battle of F.l Fancy this regiment alone lost three officers and forty men, and since then many have died from fever. They ll.nl to liny Stamp.. Wichita, Kan., Sept. 17.—Ex Post master Roberts of (Jreensburg is under investigation by the federal grand jury here, charged with defrauding the government. While Roberts was postmaster, it is charged, he refused to sell money orders, hut made people buy stamps instead, thus increasing his cancellation profits. C illlilo l With a Schooner. Rostov, Sept. 17.— The steamship Gloucester, which arrived here this forenoon from Raltimorc, reports that at 1:30 this morning she collided with the Gloucester schooner Alice Jordan, off Martha's Vineyard, and that nine of | the Jordan's crew were drowned. Seven of the crew were saved and brought here upon the Gloucester. Minister* Denonnco Al^er. Wichita, Kan., Sept. 17.—The Bap tist Minister-.' association of the Chickasaw Indian nation adjourned yesterday afternoon at Earl, I. T., after passing a resolution severel}’ de nouncing Secretary Alger. A petition, i signed by nearly 150 ministers was j sent to the President, asking that the I soldiers either be mustered out or treated better in the hospitals. Ciimp Wlkoff Him 000 In th« Hospital. Ca.vi* Wikoff, Sept. 17.—A severe rain storm set in here last night and continued this morning. The camp authorities had been warned of the ap proach of the* storm and were prepared for it. Every tent had been strength ened and the storm did no damage to the camp. There were 000 men in the general hospital to-day. 7 he Atirnnla Is Safe. Qukevstowv. Sept. 17.—The Cnnard line steamer Aurunia, from New York September c> for Liverpool, which was reported off the south coast of Ireland disabled and in tow, nrrived here at 3 o'clock this morning. The captain of tho Anrania reports that the crank shaft broke at 0:20 p. m. Tuesday. Parnell** Oitl Paper C«a*e* Publication. Prm.iN, Sept. 17.—United Ireland, which was established by the late Charles Stewart Parnell in lSrtl as the organ of tho land league, has ceased publication. Lately it has been the organ of the reunion of the National ist parties. M. Cnmbon Calls On Mr. Dny. Washington. Sept. 17.—The French ambassador, M. Cambon, is hack from a three weeks' outing at Lake Cham plain and through Canada. The am bassador and M. Thiebaut called at tho State Department to-day, and had a short visit with Secretary Day. It was mainly to say goo I bye to tho secretary prior to his departure for Paris. Tho French government has invited the commissioners to meet in the famous Salon des Ambassadeurs, i which is a part of tho foreign ofllee and one of tho most sumptuous apart ments in Europe. The invitation has been accepted. Mr. Alger to Visit Camp at Lexington. Lexington. Ky., Sent 17.—Major General J. C. llreeklnridge arrived to day from Knoxville and assumed com mand of the camp. Secretary Alger will reach here Monday night and spend Tuesday visiting camps and hos pitals. He will leave for Knoxville Tuesday night. Knula Would Borrow In Germany. liKitl.lN, Sept. 17.- The Russian min ister of finance, M. I). Witte, has ar rived here to effect a new Russian loan with Germun bankers. A Congressman Is Made District Judge. Washington, Sept. IT.—Judge A. C. Thompson, member of Congress from Ohio in tho Forty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses, has been ap pointed United States district judge for the Southern district of Ohio, tc succeed .Judge Sage, retired. South Dakota lx Shaken. TIuri.kv, S. IV, Sept. 17,—An earth quake of unusual strength and dura tion aroused the people hero at 4 o'clock this morning, ltcausod houses to tremble and dishes to rattle upon the shelves for about thirty seconds. It seemed to travel eastward.