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Cesario was transferred from the. prison to the palace of justice at 5 o’clock this morning under a strong escort of gen- darmes. The bridge facing the courthouse and the open space surrounding the court building was guarded by soldiers and po- lice, and the parapet along the river Saone was crowded with sightseers, many of whom had obtained seats and standing room early in the night and had kept their places throughout in the hope of ob- taining a glimpse of the assassin. At a quarter to 9 o’clock the courtroom doors were opened, and the jurymen, wit— nesses, members of the press and other necessary or privileged persons filled the small room to overflowing. The room, though not commodious, was tastefully decorated in the gay costumes of the Lyon- nais society belles, who filled the gal— leries and peered down upon the crowd below, which gave the whole scene a gala aspect. As Registrar Vidor began calling the names of the jurors the buzz of conversa- tion ceased, and at 9 o'clock the judges entered the room. Judges Duecros and J evienne entered the right of the tribune and Judge Breuillac, the presiding magis- trate, and Judge -Daveniere at the left. When the judges took their seats upon the bench, Cesario was ordered to be placed in the prisoners’ flock. The Assassin Appears. . As the assassin made his appearancebe- tween two stalwart, silver laced gen- darmes, he was the cynosm-e of all eyes. He is a mild faced, common looking youth. His complexion is fair, and there is a faint suspicion of down upon his upper lip. Altogether his appearance is efieminate, and the remark of one of the spectators that he ”looks as though he would not hurt a fly" pretty accurately describes him. The prisoner came in wearing a peaked cap, shaped something like a yacht— ing cap. He was clad in an Old light brown jacket and gray linen clot-h waist- coat and trousers. Around, his neck a mauve shaded tie in asallor’s knot con- flned his unstarcbcd collar. , As he entered the dock he gazed about him in a way that betokcncd more curios- ity than interest in his surroundings. Presently he caught sight of M. De- hruile. his counsel. His face lighted up as he bowed smilingly and gracefully to his advocate, and at that moment he seemed to remember that he still were his cap, which he removed as he took his seat. I The prisoner had hardly taken his seat when Judge Breuillac told him to stand up. As be obeyed the order he bowed and smiled again, and it seemed difficult to realize that such a mild mannered boy , was the' assassin of the chief magistrate of the French republic. Judge Breuillac then swore in an inter- preter named D’Genneval, who was ac- cepted by Cesar-lo. This was done so that there should be no doubt that the prisoner should understand everything that was laid to him. Santa Not Yet of Age. The jury was then impaneled. Several of them were objected to by Attorney Gen— eral Folchier, and these were replaced by others. Registrar Vidor then read the indictment against the prisoner, recount- ing the details of the tragedy, already familiar to the civilized world, with re- markable clearness. Judge Breuillac then began his interro- gation of the prisoner. The magistrate does not bully a prisoner, as some of the Parisian judges do, and the departure from the Parisian habit was favorably noticed by everybody present. Under the questioning of the judge Cesario recupitulatcd his antecedents. His Christian name, he said, was Santo Ge- ronimo. He was born in November, 1873, and his father was a forryman. When questions were repeated to him, be easily lost his temper, like a petulant child, and lt was necessary to translate the queries into Italian. In several cases where this was done it was claimed by some of the press repre- sentatives present that the questions were badly translated. Coming to the question of the prisoner’s responsibility, the judge said: “It is an important point whether you are responsible or not.” Cesario replied in a firm voice: "Yes; I am absolutely responsible.” Later the judge said: “Your mother worshiped you and. gave you all the ad- vantages she possibly could. She sent you to school, where you never won a prize.” “Never once, ” answered Cesario. laugh- ing with genuine gayet-y. The aplomb of the prisoner elicited ex- . pressions of surprise on all sides, nothing to equal it having ever been witnessed here. In reference to his having been sent to school he added: "If I had been a better scholar,I should have been a better man.” A few minutes later., being asked about SAT‘ITO Citsuzm. his choir boy days, when he represent: d John the Baptist in church })1'Di:er:;€lct.5, he said: "I was a child then. and children, you know, unwittingly w stupidly." The judge then . si-zlsseti C a. . rio‘s pres- ence at the revoltxi )3‘. 2r}: imturos ol' Sigr— nor Geri, a luwynr. i1: Milne. in spite. of the expostulations 0" his family. where- upon Cosurio exclaimed, "Humanity is greater than taunt: “ .this remark, and the judge hadto wait .4 ‘ Asked whether he did not act as acou- rier between the anarchists of France and Italy after the Italian anarithist- journal Amici de Popolo had been suppressed, Cesario answered: "The police do their work; I do mine. I have nothing to say more than that they (the police) taxed communications be. tween various anarchists systematiéally. ” The prisoner denied knowing a single anarchist. ' Judge Breuillac—Coming to Lyons, you stopped at Vienna and went to an anarch- ist barber? _. Cesarlo—I naturally went to a barber’s. Then he added, "I couldn’t get it done at a baker's. _ ’l‘he Judge—~21 deputation of Lyonnais anarchists visited you as a personage of importance when you Were ill in the hos- pital at Cette. Cesario— A friend from Lyons visited me, and he had some of his friends with him. but they brou ,rht me nothing. "What! Broughi. you nothing? ‘iidn’t they bring you these?" (producing photo- graphs of Hayschcl, Pallas and the Ciri- cago anarchists.) "No, ” replied Cesario. “At any rate, they were similar to these,” retorted the judge “Now you are right,” admitted the I prisoner. Throughout this examination the pris—. oner defended himself against accusations of connection with anarchists with rare skill, fighting the ground inch by inch. The Instrument of Death. There was a profound sensation in the courtroom when Assistant Registrar Ma thieu removed the covering from a dagger and handed it to the judge. The weapon was still stained with the blood of the murdered president. ‘ 'Is this the one you brought from Cet- te?” asked the judge. “Yes,” replied Cesario unflinchingly as he nodded toward the still bloody dagger. As the judge handed the weapon before passing it to the jury the prisoner was not in the least Cisconcerted, and as the dagger was handed to the- jury the crim- inal calmly brushela fly from his cheek. Through the interpreter, D’Genneval, Ccsario minutely detailed his journey from Cctte to Lyons, the jury following him attentively as he narrated his ranfliles in Lyons until he arrived outside the Credit Lyonnais. Here the prisoner. with brutal coolness, described his later move- ments as follows: “When I saw M. Carnot-’3 carriage ar- riving, I unsheathed my dagger. I ran forward and planted the dagger, turned and withdrew it. when I was struck down. M. Carnot looked’me straight in the eyes ” “Did you not have some sensation of the enormity of your act when you saw the eyes of your victim fixed upon you? Hasn’t remorsetul memory troubled you since?” asked the judge. “No. I have felt nothing whatever.” "Coming to the question ,Of premedita- tion, Cesario readily admitted that the an- archist Was the enemy of all chiefs of state, and also that the purchase of the dagger was a further indication of pre- meditation. ' Judge'Breuillac then remarked: .. “Your relations were always with an- archists?” , . f ' “Naturally," interrupted the prisoner. “I could not consort with the bourgeois.” The presiding judge questioned the prisoner concerning how much money. he had remaining after he had paid , hisbill at Cette, asking: ‘ ‘ “What- did you do with the remaining 5 francs?” . " . ' ' ‘ “I bought a poinsrd,” replied Cesario defiantly. . .. . . f, Cesario again resonated the'detai-lsiof his journey from Cettc to Lyonstelling how he finally arrived at the l‘alais .de Commerce, where President Carnot was being banqueted. ~ “Had you no idea of changing your plans?” asked the judge. ‘FDidyou not reflect that it was the anniversary of the battle of Solferino?" “Precisely,” Cesario answered. “It was a feat of the civil war.” A prolonged uproar in court followed until it had subsided before he resumed questioning the prisoner. M. Breuilla-c said: “You obtained the work which you mine to seek in France, bringing hither vengeance and mourning?” Cesario anwsered, "I came straight here to execute my mission.” 'l he Assassin's Heartless Story. The prisoner then once more narrated the incidents of the tragedy, saying: “When I was opposite the gate from whence the president was about to emerge, I knew that persons of mark always sit on the right side of the carriage. There- fore I crossed to the right hand side of the pavement. ' “I had trouble in keeping in the second row of spectators, as so many people were anxious to get- a glimpse of the president. "At !) o’clock there was a. buzz of ex- There are many kinds of pain—there 13 only one Paid Killer (Perry Davis’). It is the best knoWn remedy in: Always keep pains of every n’ature, external or ”internal. i it by you. and be prepared for an emergency. ,- ' , . W E E K. L .1' .-" NU RAIK - oA-z E r i 7.. . oltement as President Carnot 'was enter- ing his carriage. The people cried, ‘Vive Carnotl’ ‘Vvlve la repubique!’ ” The presiding judge at this point inter- rupted the prisoner,reoalling the fact that the late president’s instructions to his es— cort were to leave an open space facing the doors of the carriage so as to allow people to approach him if they wore desir- ous of presenting petitions. etc., as many personlwcre desirous of handing bouquets to the president, and some of them might have taken the opportunity to present the chief magistrate with a request in favor of some loved one in trouble. Cesario paid but very little attention to the remarks of the judge, and when the latter had done speaking he proceeded in a careless tone which contrasted painfully with the deep emotion exhibited by the audience. When the prisoner resumed his story of the terrible crime, he said: “I laid my left hand on the carriage and hustled aside a young man who was in my way. Then I made a dash at the president and dealt him a violent thrust with my dagger. The blade stuck fast in his breast, and my hand touched his coat. “Al I stabbed him I cried: “ ‘Vive la revolution!’ ” Search For a Kldnapcd Man. . SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 3.—Vigorous search is being kept up for the missing Charles Glovestin, who is supposed to have been abducted and perhaps murdered through political motives from his home at Mica, in this county. A button and blood stained leaves have been found near the house. ' The sherifi is tracing the movements of a light wagonseen at dif- ferent places in the neighborhood on the night of the abduction. Merchants May Boycott a Road. PORT HURON, Mich, Aug. 3.—The merchants Of this city are protesting against the discharge of Grand Trunk railway employees who took part in the strike. They estimate that $15,000 has been spent with them monthly by local employees of the road. A meeting has been called at which the officers will be form- ally asked to reinstate the men; otherwise the merchants threaten to boycott the road. ' In Behalf of Old Employees. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3.—Mayor Stephens of East St. Louis, at the request of the busi- ness men’s meeting which was held sev~ oral days ago, has sent a letter to the managers of the various railroads which centerin St. Louis, asking them to take back old employees who lost their places during the strike. Six Deputy Sheriff‘s Arrested. PAWNEE CITY, Neb., Aug. 3.-—The cor- oner’s jury sitting on the death of Charles Schultz rendered a verdict of unjustifiable killing from gunshot wounds inflicted by Harry P. Runyon, Ralph E. Runyon, J. Jobes, Clifiord Taylor, Arthur A. Carford and George E. Shugart. These men Were acting as deputy sheriffs and were chasing Schultz and his sons, who were endeavor- ing to escape after having shot and seri- ously wounded a farmer named Abbott. The six deputies were placed under arrest. General Tunney Will Be Arrested. COLORADO Seamus, Aug. 3.—An at- tachment has been issued for Adjutant General Tarsney, who had disregarded a subpoena to appear before the grand jury as awitness. He will be brought from Denver under arrest upon his return from Kansas City, where he went to identify ex-Deputy Joseph Wilson, who is said to have been the leader of the gang that tarréd and feathered him. Caught a Burglar 1.1: a Mealbox. O‘l’l‘UMWA, 1a., Aug. 3.—At Libertyville there was a lively battle between the ofli~ ears and four burglars who had entered a store. In the scrimmage the burglars es- caped, but one was entrapped in a monk box, where he had‘taken refuge during the shooting and could not extricate himself. He gave the name of Emery. Discharging Ear-Strikers. HUNTINGTON, Ind, Aug. 3.—'l‘he Chi- cago and Eric shops resumed work today. About 60 men were discharged for having participated in the strike. It is under stood that others will be discharged. Kilsallaghan ‘Wins the Goodwood. Loxnox, Aug. 8.—-The Goodwood cup was ‘ today by Kilsallaghan, with Barnitum second and Medici third. The ‘Veather. Fair; warmer; westerly to southerly winds. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange. NEW YORK. Aug. 2.—Money on call easy at 1 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3@5 per cent. Sterling exchange dull and easier, with" actual business in bankers’ bills at 34.885“; 4.88% for demand and at S4.87}[email protected]% for 60 days. Posted rates, 34.88%;@4.89}§. Commer- cial bills. [email protected]}§. Silver certificates. 64 @65: no sales. Bar silver, 62%. Mexican dol- lars. 50%. Government bonds steady. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds firm. Closing prices: Atchison ........ 3% N. J. Central.... 107%; North American. ‘ 3 Bur.'& Quincy.... 71% Northern Pacific. 3% 3% 0., C..C. & St. L.. 33% Chesapeake & 0.. 16% Do. pref ........... 1 Chicago Gas ...... 7:. N. Y. Central..... 97% Cordage ........... 21 Omaha ............ 34% Cotton Oil........ 27 Ontario & West.. 14% Del. & Hud ....... 133% Pacific Mail...... 15% Distillers’ Trust.. 183/4 Reading ........... 17 Erie ............... 13% Richmond Term. 14%; General Electric.. 36}! Rock Island ...... 63% Hocking Valley... 1654 Silver Bullion.... 62% Lackawanna ...... 162% St. Paul .......... 57 Lake Shore. . . . .129 Sugar Refining. . .104% Texas Pacific. . . .. 8 Union Pacific. . .. 7%, Wabash pref ..... 13% W'estern Union... 84% Lead .............. . 38 Louisville & Nash. 4696 Missouri Pacific.. 24 Northwestern... . . 402% New England ...... 1356 General Markets. NEW YORK. Aug. 2.—FLOUR———Sta«te and western fairly active and firm; city mills pat- ents, [email protected]; winter patents. W25; city mill clears, $3.55@3-65‘ winter straights, $2.55@ 80. 2. VVHEAT—No. 2 red active and stronger with corn and on better foreign news and dry weather in the northwest; good outside buy- ing: May. 66 9-16@65%c.: September. 56% 57%0. RYE—Nominal: Jersey. 47Mc. CORN—No. 2 active and higher on continued hot and dry weather. outside and foreign buy- ing and covering of shorts; May, 49m5036c.; August. 550. OATS—No. 2 quiet and stronger with corn: Augugt. 34%@34}éc.: September, M34540. BEEF—Dull: family. sienna; extra mess. 88. PORK—Steady; new mess, $l~i®l4.50: fam- ily, 814.50@15. LARD—Dnll; prime western steam, 87.32. nominal. BUTTER—Very firm,- state chi-iry. 1563210.: state creamery. “@230. CHEESE—Steady; small. 7563395540. . EGGS—Steady: state and Pennsylvania. 156.; western, 13@14c. SUGAR—Raw firm: fair refining. 2 1148a: centrifugal. 96 test, Sign: refined firm. TURPE NTINE—Steady at 2am-293fic. MOLASSES~ Quiet: New Orleans. 2363360. RICE—Firm: domestic, %@6%c.; J span. 4% state, large. 738%.; @«fific. TALLOXV—Easy'. city. 4 3480.; countr)‘. . 4 5-160. 1.9.. .5 fiars-Voiv" ' “m -. 2‘ . n; O \ ; _ - Highest of all in Leavening Powers-Latest U. S. Gov’t ,Report oyal W Baking Wu ls-prcntu Japan Gives Notice That Hostilities With China Have Begun. , HEB. AP’dLoeY‘ T0 ENGLAND. She Did Not' Know That the Kow-Shung “'as a British Vessel—The Chen-Yuan Got Into Port After a Terrible Battle Lasting Two Days. TOKYO, Aug. 2.—-The Japanese govern- ment has informed the representatives of the foreign powers here that a state of war exists between Japan and China. This is regarded as equivalent to a doc- laration of war. The Japanese government has instruct- ed its minister in London to apologize to Great Britain for firing upon and sinking the transport Kow-Shung while she was flying the British flag. The Japanese minister has been instructed to inform L Great Britain that the commander of the Japanese cruiser did not know that the Kow-Shung was a British vessel until after the fight. Captain Galsworthy of the Kow-Shung and many other persons who were on board the transport were rescued by the boats of the Japanese warship Naniwa. The News Confirmed. LONDON, Aug. 2.-—-Mr. Hugh Matheson of Hugh Matheson 8;: 00., and Jardine, Mathcson 8; Co.,' London and Shanghai, from whom the Chinese transport Kow- Shung, sunk bya Japanese cruiser, was chartered, received a dispatch today from Tientsin, dated Aug. 1., saying that Col- onel von Hannekin, formerly ald~de- camp of Li Hung Chang, the viceroy of China, who was on board the transport when she foundered, was saved. The dispatch adds that a court of in- quiry has been opened at Tientsin in or- der that the real facts in connection with rim sinking of the Kow-Shung maybe LuU\VH. ‘ . The Japanese minister at 2 o'clock this afternoon informed the Earl of Kimberly, the secretary of state for foreign affairs, that a state of war exists betwoen Japan and China.- ' The ChlneSe legation today received a dispatch from Tientsin, dated 11 a. m., Aug. 1, but no mention was made in this message of a second naval battle having taken place between China and Japan, and nomention was made of a conflict having taken place between their armies on land. Did the Chen-Yuen Escape? SHANGHAI, Aug. 2.—At 11 o’clock in the morning of July 27, the day after the attack on the Chinese transports which resulted in the sinking of the Kow-Shung, the Japanese warships Takachiho and Hlyci made an attack upon the Chinese ironclad Chen-Yuen. After a long and desperate fight the Japanese vessels were beaten off, the Hiyei being disabled and rendered helpless. The Chen-Yuan, though badly dam- aged, succeeded in reaching port in safety in company with two gunboats, which also took part in the engagement, and im- mediately went into drydock for repairs after her two days’ fighting. Advices from Yashan state that the Chi- nese are strongly intrenched there, and that repeated attempts have been made by the Japanese troops to dislodge them. In every instance, however, the attacking forces, after hard ' fought engagements, were repulsed at all points with heavy losses. A portion of the Chinese soldiers en- gaged in these battles were the best troops of the northern army of Viceroy Li Hung Chang. The Chinese losses were small. Advices from. Korea say that the J apa- nese are preparing to withdraw part of their troops from Seoul and re—enforce their army in front of Yashan, with a view of renewing their attacks upon that place. . Fears For Mlssionaries’ Safety. BALTIMORE, Aug. 2.——Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson of the Southern Methodist church. who has traveled extensively in China and Japan and spent many years in close connection with the mission work in those countries, says: “There is much reason to fear for the safety of the missionaries, both men and women, now stationed in China and Korea. While not directly concerned in the dispute between China and Japan, the missionaries will probably feel its ef- fects because of the readiness of the na- tives to visit the responsibility of trouble on foreigners, no matter how remote the work of the missiOnaries may be from the cause of the trouble. Korea is a remark- ably exclusive country and does not eye foreigners with favor even in the most peaceable times. The Chinese are so deep- ly pervaded with superstition that natural antipathy to foreigners merges into fanat- ical hatred and fear. “While this present danger to the mis- sionaries is to be feared, it is likely that the war in the long run will help the cause of the missions by calling attention to them and to their objects and by stimu- lating the government to greater conces- sions in their behalf.” The Russian Bear Growls. Sr. PE'I'ERSBUIIG, Aug. 2.-—The Russian newspapers are unanimous in saying that, whatever the result of the war between China and Japan, Russia will not toler- ate any diminishment of Korean territory nor alienation of Korean independence. Russia, it is added, will not permit any interference upon the part of\ Great Brits ain or any other power if such interference endangers Russian interests. Finally the, Russian newspapers urge thegovernment to adopt military and na- val measures in the Pacific and upon the Russo-Korean frontier calculated to up- hold the in tomsrs of Russia should she be called upon to deft-ad tl'ezn. An Old rte-y Retold. YOKOHAMA, Aug. 2.—A dispatch dated supposed to refer to the Kow-Shung. but - ' ---.. *- m ...o‘~ ,July'30 has been received here which is. wmcn may refer to the unen Iuen. It says that a Chinese warship and a trans- port having on board 1,500 troops have been sunk by Japanese warships. and that a Chinese gunboat has been captured by the Japanese. The government of Japan has been in- formed that Chinese re-enforcements have been sent to Korea, which fact Japan con- siders as a menace. Messages between Japanese officials have been stopped by China. Spain Is Getting Ready Too. LONDON, Aug. 2.—The Spanish govern- ment. as a result of its misgivings, ofli- cally expressed, regarding the possible re- sults to the Philippine islands in the event of Japan becoming the, dominant power in the east, purchased three cruis- ers from English firms today. As already announced, the Spanish gov- ernment is apprehensive that Japan may utilize the troubles at the island of Min- danao as a pretext to execute her alleged ambitious designs regarding the Philip- pine islands. Cable Company‘s Notices. NEW YORK, Aug. i3.—'1‘he Commercial Cable company issued the following no- tice today: "Telegraphic communication between Shanghai and Chain, Tientsin and the north is restored. “Messages for Japan via the northern route are still accepted only at sondcrs' risk.” - Connecticut Arms For China. NEW HAVEN, Aug. :2.-—lt is learned here on pretty good authority that several car- loads of arms and ammunition were ship— ped by the Winchester Repeating Arms company to an agent of the Chinese gov— ernment at Montreal, to go via Vancouver to China. OUR GOVERNMENT IN THE DARK. It Is Almost Certain That Official Dis. patches Haw. Been Obstructed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—-—A brief cable- gram announcing the arrival of the United States steamer Monocacy at Nagasaki, Japan, received by Secretary Herbert to- day, is the only official news from the seat of war that has come to the government here from its representatives in China and Japan, and the surmise that official dis« patches are being obétructed purposely now amounts to conviction. The Monocacy was at Chemulpo, Korea, with the Baltimore, and it is supposed that she ran over to Ilzgasakl for coal and supplies. It is thought here that the ac- tion of Japan in officially notifying the British government of the existence of a state of war between Japan and China was precipitated by the Kow-Shung incl- dent. Had such a notice preceded the sink- ing of the ship. Japan would not have in- curred liability to Great Britain and been obliged to apologize. In effect that notice is equivalent to a declaration of war, or at least it imposes the same obligation upon neutral nations. The United States, for instance, can sell to either China or Japan arms and munitions of war and supplies, but they must be delivered at the risk Of the purchaser, and any vessel can rying them is liable to seizure. So by this stroke Japan doubtless has seriously em- barrassed China in her efforts to supply herself with warlike equipments in other countries. The conditions are very similar to the Tonquin campaign in 1884—5.when under the name of “reprisals” actual war was waged on China by France. Although there was no formal declaration of war when the French decreed rice to be con. traband, the United States and all other nations acquiesced, and the only protest came from the British minister to China, who was reprimanded for it by his own government. Just what the effect will be on the Chinese treaty ports cannot be foretold now. Japan has taken the ground that they are practically foreign settle ments, and therefore has disclaimed any intention to interfere with them, regard- ing them as outside of the zone of hostile operations. _ ently claimed the right, under the treaties opening the ports, to close them in time of war. The treaties themselves present points of variance, and the whole matter, although very import-ant to commercial interests, is shrouded in doubt. There are no precedents quite fitting the present case, and it Will probably call for the mak- ing of some international law on the sub- ject unless the war ends speedily. It is believed here that China now will proceed immediately to close the more important treaty ports, beginning wéth Shanghai perhaps, by obstructing the entrances. THINKS CHINA \VILL “IN. She Can Pour Troops Into Korea Like Sand Into a Rathole. KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2. —-Dr. L. W. Luscher of this city has an intimate knowledge of the war and navy depart- ments of China and Japan and a personal acquaintance with the country for which they are contending. During the Franco- Chinese war Dr. Luscher was in the serv- ice of Li Hung Chang as a surgeon in the Chinese navy, and he has traveled much in both China and Japan. For about two years he was in the Chinese navy and was thereby accorded exceptional opportunities of studying the fighting qualities of the Chinese. In his opinion China must win in the end. It can afford to Wage war for years. and from the millions of its people can pour troops into Korea as a child would pour sand in a rathole—for amuse— ment and as a pastime—without missing them from the densely populated districts. “The fighting qualities of the Chinese must not be underestimated, ” said Dr. Luscher. “I witnessed instances of both courage and daring, and it is my opinion that they are incapable of physical. fear. In late years China‘has made considerable progress _ in war methods. At Fuchau there is a splendidly equipped navy yard. The Chine 9 make the stationary engines for all their naval vessels. Of course the supervision is under foreigners, but the work is the work of Chinese artisans. Chllna has an immense advantage over Japan 'in the Korean difficulty, because it can pour its innumerable thousands into Korea without tfouble,wh_ereas Matsuh-ito must‘transport all his troops.” ersrAxn, N. J., Aug. a—Horaco D. Baker, 3 man having 26 known aliases, was arrested at South Vineland for forge ing a check for $3. 500 on the Bank of West Viruinia . \ Powder ~ ‘ . ABSOLUTELY puma . China, however, has persist- .
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