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JAPANESE KILL KOREANS.
Marines auell Strike Riot at Mok-
Fhe.
Reply to Japsn's Proposals Not Believed
to BE Final-Comp1ication
i Not Feared.

Seoul. - The Japanese landed ma
rines at. Mok-Phe, on the southwest
coast Of. Korea to suppress rioting in
connection with strike among labor
ers. 1t is reported that they fired upon
the mob, killing several people. J.
The strike was among Korean coolies
employed in the foreign concession,
and it precipitated clashes between the
Koreans and japanese. &...,.. rcs:
London, Eng.--Telegrams from ia
pan concur in declaring that the posi-
ton Of the Ministry has been rather
improved than otherwise by the disso-
luton Of the Diet The terms Of Rus
sia's reply to Japan have been commus
nicated to the Japanese Minister here.
Baron Hayashi, by his Government,
He said the negotiations were, incom-
plete. but significantly added he saw
no reason to change his opinion that a
peaceful issue would result therefrom,
After careful examination of the
Russian draft of the agreement. the
Foreign Office here doubts Japan will
accept the terms Immediately.
Great Britainsand Japan are bound
by treaty to keep each other fully III.
formed, and any prospect Of a critical
outcome of the Russo-Japanese nego.
tiations would necessitate; a Cabinet
council.
Paris. France.-Dr. Motono Itchiro.
the Japanese Minister, in the course Of
an interview, expressed the firm belle
that peaceful solution of the Russ
Japanese differences would result fro
the negotiations between the two T.
tions, adding:
"All depends. however, upon the a:
titude of Russia. Our Emperor is ami
mated by pacific sentiments, and the
Cars love Of peace is universally
known. and the peaceful dispositions
of the two sovereigns give a solid
guarantee that war will be avoided"
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The shy Mongolian was wont, IN
Zines gone by, to send Us all sorts Oh
1ried things for tea-dried leaves or
my old plant, with plenty Of bluestone
r soapstone sprinkled on to give color,
nd few decayed tea leaves thrown
for conscience Sake-until Congress
box hand in the matter in 1897 and
directed the Secretary of the Treasury
ITO appoint board of tea experts, to
consist Of eight men learned In tea
8growth, who were to determine stand
$ards of quality.
Last year there were thirteen stand
ards decided on. These. of course,
were Of as low 4 grade Of tea as they
thought should be imported into this
kcountry. Any tea which the inspector
kdeems below the standard is rejected.
SThe importer-or would-be Importers
Fordered to remove the stuff from 1.-THE
land Of the free" If he fails to do
so in six months it is destroyed-his-
tory thereby repeating itself.
In the Office of the tea inspector
where the kettle is always chirruping
cheerily-in the assessors storehouse,
Washington and Christopher streets,
high on a shelf, sit the stern tea tri-
bunal-thirteen austere judges. clad in
judicial robes of tin.
The faster selects three samples,
which have come in for examination,
land takes them to big round table
with q revolving top. Beside each sam
pie he places a standard-Oolong be-
side Oolong. Ceylon by Ceylon. Jap
anese by japanese, and so on. Before
each sample and each standard he puts
q handleless cup-the kind they give
US to drink from in Chinatown-and
into each he places exactly the weight
of half dime of tea. The table is re-
.yolved around, and an attendant pours
h boiling water When tea Is boiled
It draws out the tannin. so the faster
Is careful only to steep it. After four
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MINOR EVENTS Of THE WEEK
WARRINGTON ITEMS.

The Democratic Senate caucus adopt
ed a resolution making its decisions
when made by twO-thirds vote bind
ing upon it's members.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Secre'
tary Hitchcock and other officials at
tended funeral services for John r.
Proctor. late President Civil Service
Commission.
The Prairie was ordered to Colon
with her $50 marines.
Senator Hanna asked the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs to re-
quire General Wood to appear and an
swer the charges against him.
Senators and Representatives were
pleased with the suggestion Of Baron
'Estournelles of an international ex-
change of visits between the lawmak-
ers of France and the United States.
President Roosevelt has been pre-
sented with a certificate Of associate
membership in the Travellers Protec-
tive Association.
Representative Gillett, of MasSacbu-
setts, proposes q fund for retirement
of clerks to make the clerical service
more efficient.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
will give dinner on~New Years Day
to a number Of young people.
Senator Gallinger introduced a bill
for a National Forest Reserve in the
White Mountains. New Hampshire.
The bill appropriates $5,000,oO0 to buy
the lands.
Secretary Root declined to permit the
extension of New York's harbor line
200 feet into the North River.
A Senate Committee reported favor.
ing a bill authorizing Albert F. Eells.
of Boston, to construct lighthouse at
Diamond Shoal, at Cape Hatteras, to
cost $575,000.
Baron Speck Won Sternburg. the Ger.
man Ambassador, called on President
Roosevelt to pay his respects and for
mally to announce his return from his
recent sojourn in Germany. He. pre-
sented to the President communica'
ton of good will and friendship from
Emperor William.
The House Committee on Appropria.
tions reported in favor of the pension
appropriation bill which carries total
O, S13S, $50, 100.
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FOREIGN.

Revenues of Mexico for last fiscal
year were $76,9O3,4 ,416 and the surplus
$7,S00,000.
The body of Herbert Spencer was
cremated at Hampstead. England, a
few invited guests attending the clos
ing rites. Leonard Courtney, NJ. P.
made a brief address on the life and
work of the dead philosopher.
Oxford defeated Cambridge in thu
annual football match at the Queens
Club, London.
4 The Nobel prizes were awarded thus
Peace, w. r. Cremer, NJ. P; physics
III. Becquerel and the Curies: chemical
Professor Arrhenius, medical, DR.. Fin
zen; literature, Bjornstjerne Bjornson
United States warshipS found no Co
lomlian troops on the San Bias coast.
The new revolution in San Domingo
is widespread and serious.
Dispatches from India-China report
the massing of French troops on the
Siamese border, in anticipation of war
The council of foreign bondholders IL
London has written to Presiden
Roosevelt, asking his good offices to in
duce Panama to assume a part of thu
Colombian debt.
The Chilean Government has decid
ed t. spend $1O,O0O,000 for docks a
Valparaiso.
General Won Einem. Prussian Wa
Minister, in the Reichstag defended
the German Army from charges Of bru
tality, admitting, however, that Their
was some mistreatment of private
which the Government was determined
to stop.
The Norwegian Parliament ha
awarded the annual Nobel peace prize
$50, ,150, to the Hon. William r. Gre
mer. NJ. P. Of London, England, TO
his work in behalf Of international ar
bitration.
1t is reported that the somali levie
raised by the British in East Afric'
have mutinied and joined the forces o
the so-called Had Mullah.
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NINE CONvICTS GET AWAY.
Big Jail Breaking Accomplished Under
the Noses Of the Guards.

Big Jail Breaking Accomplished Under
the Noses Of the Guards.
Philadelphia, Pa.-Nine convicts, led
by Harry Siften, who is chief of the
Battle of Waterloo" gang, an organi-
zation Of thugs. escaped from the
House Of Correction. ALI the men wore
striped suits.
They were occupants Of the third tier
at the prison.
A few minutes after the morning
wake up" whistle. had sounded one Of
the guards noticed that Siften was
missing. A glance at the washroom
showed that bar was gone from the
window. A glance showed misty fig.
ures disappearing over the racetrack.
The work Of cutting the bar had
taken several days. A rough saw had
been made out Of q butcher knife. The
cuts in the bar had been filed up each
day with soap and iron filings.
The removal Of the bar left an open
ing only twenty inches wide. Through
this the men squeezed, dropping twen-
ty-6ve feet to the ground. They then
scaled picket fence ten feet ligh
guarded by sentries.
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The Carmelite convent at San Juan,
Porto Rico, has been abandoned, after
being occupied 300 years.
At San Juan, Porto Rico. the indica
cations now point to settlement of
the cigarmakers' strike by compro-
mise on Sc per 1000 for brevas.
Major General Leonard Wood has
proclaimed in Moroland, P. l., an anti
slavery law, passed in October last by
the Legislative Council of the Moro
Provinces.
Secretary Carter. Of the Territory of
Hawaii, in his annual report strongly
recommends an increase in the salaries
of the Governor and judges of the
Territory on the ground that those at
present paid are entirely inadequate to
the cost Of living there.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS kHojT
THE VICE. OF iNTsMPERANcE
Poem: The Saloon Must Go-Insurancs
Statistics That Favor Temperance Ar
= gpments-TsetotaIers, as Body, Livs
- Topoo Tko, Mon hax afrAraac

Poem: The Saloon Must Go-Insuranes
Statistics That Favor Temperance Ar
gpments-TeetotaIers, as . Body, LivG
J. Longer Than Non-Abstainersas IL
The saloon must go. e I'll
With its crime and woe, 70
And Nof its evils that burden us so.
Ine Scareless church member"
Who fails to remember: q .stss
That duty would spur hin, to master the
foe.
His actions say not; -
But yet it will go.
Though the drunkard says no.,
For blear.eyed and wretehed he, be hugs his
worst foe. 'r.f, r. ~
- While for a short season, - - 'tA'.'.
k Bereft of his reason,
The poor hardened sinner his wild oats's
, will sow. +
But, oh. the sad reaping, ''.~r",se-
The wailing, the weeping!
The saloon must 60, 'ai<t'll n ,s'sif
Though drunkards say no. -, ss
The saloon must CO.,
! Though brewers say no, g,
is'>r profits unrighteous from beer barrels
flow. , $SS -
They find their chief pleasure
+ In heapmg up treasure o. ~.
That's wrung. from hearts broken with sor-
row and woe. - - -. i, s
Though the brewers say no
The saloon must 60. 81;
The saloon must 60, =" ~
, Though the barkeepers say no.,
While each. year more hardened and
shameful they grow. SO
They ruin the lives +!t.
ne fba ob;1drop and r.vsvoo - Z -.7r
They cause all the sorrow the hunger apd
woe Ca
! That evermore come s,e.-;5l 81
To the victims of rum. sa'c-S
Barkeepers say no; "a
But still it must 60. k.
The saloon must 60,
Though the devil shouts no! =.
While viewing the heartaches, the RUM
- and woe, - -.
The bSewer and the vender,
/ InApite of their splendor, a.
Must shoulder; though for il they heavea9 &
forego. -. ...s-ts, 4, 'i. ~ M
The saloon must 60, s.4s,;,.{ Sss
Though the devil shouts ITS. no! e.
Awake! Face the foe! - ::
Fan the embers aglow, = .:ll. ss5s,t
That still in the conscience are siumberlng
While victims are weeping ! aS ss.::4f s:s:4f !.
Can Christians lie sleeping! ~ fasl ~.
For God and His cause strike the deaths Z
dealing blow. -, >. .. p, f.s..4 AZ ~ Z ~
The saloon must Co.,
For Gods word says so. a.sst,., 90. ~ = ,t
.... d, N.--Ram's Horns ~
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TRANSPORTATION OF LIVE FISH.

especially to the residents Of the in
land cities, who in this, or some SIM
liar manner, would be enabled to enjoy
the luxury Of fresh fish. whereas at
present they are limited to the canned
varieties.
This problem has been successfully
met by a Berlin merchant, Herr
Krantz, who has designed and is op-
Grating a car by which he is enabled
to place before his customers live fish
from the Mediterranean. This is de-
scribed as follows in a recent issue OF
he French publication. La Nature,
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collier captain, and when the coast
guard boarded him at the river mouth
a well-planned squabble with the cab
in boy about his light refreshments
threw him off the scent. A regular pi-
lot worked the vessel up the Arun, but
at Ford, where the water was slack,
the captain himself took turn at the
wheel and accidentally ran her
aground. AS she could not float again
till next high tide the pilot went home
for the night. and by the time he re-
turned next morning the "stuff" was
safe ashore. He noticed that the YES.
sci was higher in the water, but he
could prove nothing, though he sus-
pected much. The clever captain had
outwitted the customs.-London Tat
ler
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minutes he begins the examination.
bThe dregs are lifted up on long spoon
and smeled. That is generally suf-
fcient to the sensitive olfactory nerves
! of the experienced inspector. If he is
not satisfied with this, however. he
takes thoughtful sip, holds it in his
mouth for a few moments, and spits
/ 1t out. "Why, if we should swallow
all the tea we taste in a day." one of
them said, lit would kill us."-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
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Sporting Brevities.

The total receipts at Harvard Col
lege last year from all branches Of
sport were close on to 100000. with
q credit balance for the year of $23,-
601.60.
James Lynah. '05, Of Savannah. Ga.
has been elected captain Of the Cornell
football team for the season Of 1904.
Lynah played quarterback during the
season just ended.
Roger Kenneth Waters, Of German
town, Md. a guard for the past three
years Oh the Lehigh University foot
ball team, was unanimously elected
captain of sae team for 1904.
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SHIPPING LIVE FISH
Getting Sea Food to the Resi-
dents of the Inland Cities.

There was recently reference made
in these columns to the proposition
which has been lately agitated. look
ing to the furnishing of fish from the
Pacific Ocean to the residents Of the
cities of the Atlantic Coast. The orig
inator of this subject claimed that it
was entirely feasible to take the fish
from the waters of the Pacific. and
while they were yet alive freeze them
in blocks Of ice. and. in this form ship
them across the continent. On their
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been built. Arundel in those days
looked upon piracy with lenient eye'
unless the pirates happened to be
aliens, when retribution sudden and
severe fell upon them. Later in the
centuries it was a nest Of smugglers.
Indeed, it is scarce fifty years ago that
cargo of contraband was successfully
landed close by.
The particular "Smuggler Bill" who
ran it came in the guise Of peaceful
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Germans ReDulSed.

The Germans in German East Africa
have not yet succeeded in putting down
the Hottentot rising In their territory.
An official telegram from the Harte-
beest River states that the Hottentots
have repnlsed German patrol, wound
ing two of them.
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HELD UP PRISON CHECKS.
State Inspector Claims Kentucky Audi
tor Favored Contractors.

Frankfort. Ky. - State Inspector
Henry B. Hines. in L report to Gov.
ernor Beckham, charges Auditor Gus
Coulter with holding up checks Of the
Frankfort Chair Company aggregating
$4,000 in payment for convict labor.
The checks are dated at the end OF
each month from February to June in
elusive. The Auditor turned over all
other revenues from the prison as soon
as presented, but laid aside these
checks which, be says. he still has. He
says the company notified him that
they had no money in bank to pay the
checks.
The Inspector notified the bondsmen
Of Martin, the manager Of the COM
pany. The Prison Commissioners re-
ouire a settlement for prison labor at
the end of each month.
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DROWNED AFTER A RESCUE.
Men Taken From Floating Piece OF
Ice Meet Death.

bIiddleboro, Mass. After being
blown more than half mile over the
surface Of Lake Asdawampsett on a
piece of ice which had broken away
from the shore while the men were
standing upon it. Harry Haskins and
Frank Allen were rescued from their
precarious position by s. A. Lewis,
who rowed out to them. only to lose
sheir lives by drowning when the boat
was swamped by a squall.
Lewis managed to grasp one of the
gunwales and hold on until rescued.
but the others. weighted down by their
heavy clothing and benumbed by cold,
sank and did not reappear.
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arrival at the Eastern markets the fish
were to be ,thawed out, whereupon
they would be restored to their former
activity and would be sold alive. The
success Of this plan is said to be Who'll
ly dependent on the manner Of the
freezing and the subsequent thawing
out operations which. if performed
properly, would not do the fish the
slightest injury.
The subject has the greatest interest
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A sInuggler's Neat.

Arundel was once prosperous sea-
port. In the time of the Fitzalan earls
it was a kind of little Portsmouth and
one of the southern gates of the king.
dom. The earl, who fought at Crecy.
was thus able to land his prisoners and
his loot at his own door. By the way.
it was out of the ransom obtained for
these. prisoners that the original great
hall at Arundel Castle is said to have
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A Better Feeling.

Bradstreet's Review says: Better
eeling-approaching optimism in some
lines-is due to Improvement in retail
trade, stimulated by cold weather, the
advent of the holiday season and the
more normal tone of public sentiment"
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TO JAIL FOR POSTAL FRAUDS
McGregor and Upton Get Two Years
and Fine of $1,000 Each.

Baltimore Md.--Thonas w. McGre-
gor and G. Ellsworth Upton, the clerks
in the rural free delivery division of
the Postofice Department who were
convicted in the United States District
Court Of conspiracy to defraud the
Government on a postal contract, were
sentenced by Judge Thomas ]. Morris
to serve two years in the Maryland
Penitentiary and to pay fine OF $1,000
each.
The men were found guilty after a
trial which lasted six days. Motion
for a new trial came up for argument,
but Judge Morris refused it.
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UNION MAN ARRESTED.
Miners Committeeman Placed in Mill.
tary Prison.


Cripple Creek, Col.-Union circles
were greatly disturbed when D. G. Cop-
ley, one Of the Executive Committee
Of the Western Federation Of Miners,
was arrested at his home, in Independ-
ence, by squad Of militiamen and
landed in the military bull pen.
The reason given by the military au-
thorities for Copley's arrest is military
necessity. The union men invariably
believe that he is being detained with
out warrant Of law, and those who are
opposed to union ideas assert that they
are glad that the strike question has
come to a focus. ,.... -., :. b..
The only known charge against Cop
ley is that of completely in the explo-
sion at the Sun and Moon Mine, in
Clear Creek County, He appeared to
answer recently and is out on bond. \
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MURDERER ELECTRoCUTED.
Two Great Shocks Needed to Kill Pa.
trolman Ennis. .,... e ...

trolman Ennis. .,. O.;
Ossining, N. 1.-TWO tremendous
shocks were NEEDED In Sing Sing prison
to kill William H. Ennis, the former
Brooklyn policeman who had murdered
bis wife.
The first shock Of 1900 volts and eight
amperes continued for six seconds. Ap.
parently there was something wrong
with the electrode pressed to the right
side of the forehead, as the flesh was
burned and an electric light sprang
from the living tissue that had been
turned into carbon. Then the current
was reduced to 200 volts and ran
through the man for thirty seconds.
Surgeons then examined the body
and apparently were not satisfied, as
another shock of 1900 volts was given,
when Ennis was declared to be dead.
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Storm Kills Two in Ohio Town.

Two persons were killed and several
seriously injured during severe wind,
rain and hail storm at Akron, Ohio. In
less than half an hour nearly every
trolley, telephone and light wire WIS,
down, leaving the city in total dark
ness. The streets were piled high with
debris
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A DRIPLESS TEACUp.
No Longer Need One Soil Gle tn or
Clothes.

An improvement in teacups has been
patented by an English jewelry con-
Germ, and consists of serrated eight
pointed base instead Of a continuous
rim, as ordinarily used. The patentees
call it the "dripless teacup." as, owing
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MAD MULLAH's MEN CANNIBALs.
One Captive and Several Women Eaten
by Camp Followers.

London, Eng.-Advices from Somali-
land. East Africa, say that the Mad
Mullah's camp followers have taken to
cannibalism. owing to shortage Of sup
plies. The body Of captive recently
executed by the b1ullah was imme-
diately carried off and eaten by the
followers.
The feast was participated in by
women, whom the Mullah subsequent
ly ordered to be executed. These were,
in turn, cooked and eaten by their late
comrades. ... :.
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Large Red Apples Wanted.

Fancy apples are wanted in New
York and probably more could be sold
than are likely to come forward. Large
red apples are wanted for decorative
purposes at Christmas. A good many
box apples are being bought for that
PURPOSE.
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tai capacity for the rwenty-four tanks
Of 1920 pounds. The tanks are closed
at the upper part by a rounded cover
Of galvanized iron. containing an aper-
trre for the passage Of the nozzle.
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Mine Owner Acquitted Of Murder.
Ben G. Aylor. the Webb City mine
owner, who shot and killed Gordon AL
len, a wealthy Joplin man, two months
ago. was acquitted by a jury in the Cir
cult Court at Carthage, Mo. Aylor's
plea was self defense.
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Japanese Laws.

During the twelve last sessions Of the
Imperial Diet altogether 500 new laws,
$500 new regulations and 1000 minor
decisions were, passed and signed by
the Mikado. ..
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Peru Takes OF Tariffs.

The Peruvian Government has pro-
mulgated law by which boiler tubes,
manonletres, steel axles and all the
principal pieces used in the eonstruc.
lion of machinery will be admitted into
Peru free Of duty.
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: England's National Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Children now
has eco centers of work in operation
Afty having been added last year. .
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Two Bankers Held.

J. L. Broderick and w. L. Collins,
President and cashier Of the defunct
Indiana National Bank, at Goshen,
Ind, were bound over to the Grand
1urv
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to the fact that the bottom Of the cup
does not touch the saucer, no liquid
that may be spilled will be carried up
when the cup is lifted. The nlustra-
ton herewith is taken from the Jew
eler and MetalIorker, Of London.