The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-29
TWO CENTS FOR TROOPS
This Rate is Favored Ey the Western



70 be made for the transportation 0
was taken because all the roads IN IN
association were not represented. bu
they will De given a chance to vote o.
the proposition. The rate is 70 be cent
per mile for the transportation Of troop
Of all sorts. no matter whether they arr
state troops or have been mustered int
the service of the government The roads
so far as they have been heard from
are a unit IN favor OF the 2-cent rate
I The plan to charge ] cent, es Is the cas'
when the state militia i. carried to it,
annual encampment, has not met witt
favorable consideration, and II will not
now be taken into account al all
The meeting Of the ines today brought
out the fact that with the exception o.
| the troubles with the Canadian Pacific
! rates in the territory Of the assocIa ton
are generally in a favorable condition.
Richmond, Va. April 27.-GeneraI F4tz-
/ hugh Lee has been summoned to Wash.
ington, and will leave here on the noon
train tomorrow.
Lincoln. Neb.. April N-Nin eteen Of the
twenty-four companies Of the Nebraska
militia assembled here today. The re-
naming companies viii arrive tomorrow.
Eastport, Me, April 27-The cruiser Min
| neapolis will probably sail at . O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon in the direction of
Cape Sable,
Reading. Pa, April 27.-on a rush order.
no
200 thirteen-inch proiectiles, weighing 100
pounds each. to the Brooklyn and Norfolk
navy yards.
New Orleans April 27.-The New Orleans
naval battalion. which has detailed 104
men for service on the monitor Passaic at
Norfolk, sent men tonight to establish a
signal station at Galveston.
London, April 27-GeneraI Stewart L.
Woodford will probably sail for New York
al the end of the week He will only spend
few days there and then return to Wash
ington. after which he VIII return to
Europe.
Paris, April PA dispatch received here
from Rio de Janeiro announces that the
dynamite cruiser Nictheroy, purchased by
the United States. will sail northward on
Saturday next. escorted by a Brazilian
warship.
London. April 27.-Many Spanish yes
sells, according to a dispatch from Ma
Mia to the Daily Telegraph, are leaving
the capital OF the Philippines crowded
with passengers and carrying much
treasure. Thedispatch says the Ameri-
j. III
Fremont, O.. April 27-Captain II. G.
Stahl, late of the Third Ohio cavalry. and
who IS an expert swordsman has sent
challenge to Lieutenant Carranza, Of the
ex-Spanish legation, to fight a duel liz
place of Ftzhugh Lee ard Captain Sigs-
bee who have been challenged by Car
rama
Baltimore. April 1.-THE Fourth regi-
ment Maryland national guards has
broken camp at Pimlico and returned 20
the armory IN this city II is reported
they have rebeued because OF dlssatisfac-
ton at not having been assigned to active
service by General Wrmore. the Fifth be-
ing assigned TO that honor.
Tacoma Wash. April 27-Mrs Susie
Paters of this city received a letter from
her son today. who IS an apprentice on
the Oregon The letter is dated Callao.
Peru, and says they are on the lookou.
for Spanish torpedo boat and expect 10
meet one. He says Spanish warship left
Callao three days before the arrival OF
the oregon.
Lisbon. April Elm the house Of peers
today the government denied the rumors
published 2 Spain that President NCKin-
ley had called upon Portugal 10 obtain the
departure Of the Spanish squadron from
s. Vincent. Cape Verde Islands Senior
Ba--cs Gomez. the mn ster q foreign at
fairs. said. experimenting the ofIc.aI de- +
NAL: Portugal knows how 70 maintain /
2 strict neutrality"
Key West. April ZT-Uni,ed states Dis
.rict Attorney Stripping said ton Ent mat +
80 MS opinion the Spanish vessels already
ssp-ured do not come under tbe protection +
< President McKiaIzy's proc. amzt.ou. He +
i15d the examination q me Spanish crew
soa.d 80 o. as Z 70 proclamation had I
seen issued
TIE monitor Terror 81 Sunday took 4
i-,.= prize. news % whica was frs.
earned tcdav-t1e Spanish schooner Saco.
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