Show Chicago Chips Chicago 15Tbe transcontinental association has been in session today but up to 2 oclock this afternoon had arrived at no decision regarding through passenger rates from Chicago and at Louis to tbe Pacific coast About 200 stock men aeeembled here this morning pursuant to a call for the purpose of organizing a national stock association It was decided to effect a permanent organization and the association associa-tion pledged itself to make an effort to have government take action to prevent the spread of contagious disease among cattle Discussion of topics incident to stockraising and the prevention of disease di-sease is the order for the afternoon session The national swine breeders associa lion after short session this forenoon adjourned to meet in this city in November Novem-ber 1884 The steamship Argonaut which it WAS feared had gone down in Sundays storm is reported all right at Port durcn |