Show SPARKS FROM THE WIRES I J The National Red Cross association held a mooting In Washington yesterday yester-day to organize under the act of incorporation In-corporation granted at the last session ses-sion of Congress In Trenton N J the National Telephone Tele-phone and Telegraph company with an authorized capital of J50000000 has led articles of Incorporation I with the Secretary of State I Final preparations have been completed com-pleted by Senator Hanna for the trip of the notification committee from Cleveland 0 to Cantow Thursday The party will number about 300 persons per-sons N sonPort Port Townsend Wash reports the steamship I Ohio arrived there last night from Nome with eighty passengers passen-gers The Ohio was quarantined on her arrival at Nome on account of a number of cases of smallpox among the lm sen crfl among Tin Ihirtypixth annual meeting of the national lodge of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks opened at At lanta City yesterday Jerome Fisher of Jamestown N Y Circuit Judge of Chautauqua wan Heeled grand exalted ruler over William J OBrien of Baltimore Bal-timore by a vote of 33S to O The twentyfirst annual meet of the L A W may be said to by on In Milwaukee Mil-waukee The arrivals up to lust night numbered abOut 600 With the excep than of a very few fast riders every speedy man In Hio country will be on hand to compote for a share of the I I 53000 In prlzwt that wI be hung up The transport Sumner which Is schtdnled Vto leavotSan Francisco on I the 16th with a battalion of Fifteenth infantry wlll carry In addition t the regularsupply of summer clothing for service In the Philippine n complete I wlnUr outfit for all soldiers now In China and under orders to proceed to that counlri |