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Sore Co. ), MI I wau The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul road, according to an announce ment marie Fridav by President A. J. Eariing while in Mitchell, will be ex tended to the Pacit^c coast witn the least possible delay} Mr. Earling was iti Mitchell Friday with a party of officials of the system, en rDute to Chamberlain, whence they will drive over the surveys of the line from Chamberlain to the" Black Hills. The definite statement of the inten tion to construct the line to the coast, made for the first time today, is au thoritative. President Eariing made the announcement Friday through a member of his party, who conveyed it to the Mitchell Republican, and" also to the correspondent of The Sioux City Tribune. President Eariing said in his formal announcement that the line to Cnam berlaio will be built across western South Dakota and Wyoming as fast as-possible. Tha line now terminat ing at Evarts will also be extended westward, and at some point in Wyom ing" will make a junction with the line from Chamberlain west. From this junction point a single iine v» ill be pushed to the coast as fast as possible. ,—Rapid City Journal. It is announced by Rt. Rev. W. H. Hare, Episcopal bir-hop of South Pa kota. who has returned from a trip to Philadelphia, that he «ill remain in Sioux Falls and South Dakota until about June K. At that time he will re turn to Philadelphia to attend a meet ing of the house of bishops of the Episcopal church, at which time a coadjutator for the South Dakota field will be selected. Some time ago an assistant to Bishop Hare was chosen, but the gentleman selected *a» unable to accept the position. The coast Indians of Alaska speak Russian and bear a close resemblance to the Japanese, being small of stature and prominent of cheekbone. ^SH^THE OGLALA LIOHTW^ The salary of a chaplain in the Unit ed States army is $1,500 per year that of a capta n. mounted. $2,000 and not mounted $1,800 major. $2,500: col onel, $3,500: brigadier general. $5.50!) lieutenant general. $11.('00. and gener al $13,000. This i.« for the first five years, service, with gradual increases* every five vears. I A report from Supt. Carroll of the government school on the Mesca lero Indian reservation in New Mexi co indicates that an eoidemic of meningitis has penetrated to that point. Of four patients three are dead and the fouth is not expected to live. The commissioner has ordered that the school be closed. Indian Journal. Washington, May 9—It is understood that Secretary Hitchcock will' soon avail himself of the privilege of reap pointing the Chippewa commission in rw'.nne^ta for the purpose of winding" up the allotments of Ind:an lands. Under the provision of the last In dian appropriation bill, the secretary may name commissioners to allot lands, and there is money appropriat ed to pay ihtrn. Former Congressman, D. S Hal1, the old Chippewa commissioner. v.a* never separated from the service ac cording to his contention, but the work was simply suspended, It is not knownwhether he is to renew the work, or whether it will devolve upon Agent Simon Michelet at White Earth, who has recently been ordered to report on the statue of the Chip pewa allotments.—The Tomahawk. A large payment is soon to be made the Omaha Indian and $100,000.00 is to be distributed among the Sissetons. Papers in both localities are specu lating on the effect now that the In dians can buy liquor as freely as the white men. They expect to see the money leave the reservations with a flash and as long as it lasts expect all sorts of trouble.—Weekly Review.