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Tokio, (By Cable).—The advance guard of the Japanese army in Northwestern Korea, occupied the town of Sengcheng without opposition. Sengcheng in on the Peking road, 18 miles West of Chenju and about 40 miles

South of Wiju.

When the Japanese drove the Russians out of Chengju last Monday the Russians withdrew in two columns, one going over the Koaksan road and the other over the Peking road. The Japanese ,advance from CKenju was made very rapidly. It was anticipated that the Russians would resist this , advance, but they failed to do so. and now it is not probable thatilhere will be any further opposition South

of the Yalu River.

Chenju, because of its superior natural surroundings is the strongest place between Pingyang and Wiju. Besides these natural advantages there is an old Korean fort there, which, had it been defended with spirit, would have been hard to take. The Japanese ar^gratified at the comparative ease with which they drove the Russians from-this fort. Russian patrols are reported to be is the country East of the Peking road, but it is not probable that there is any considerable force of the Russians in that section. The patrols are withdrawmiJ • gradually to the Northward, toward the Yalu. It is reported that the ice on the Yalo is well broken up. and in the fotnrr the river roast be crossed either in junks or over pontoon bridges. TO GET PORT ARTHUR.

NEWS (NSBOBT ORPER. The Latest Hippcatafe C—Sealed lx Rapid

Lieutenant Commander Edgar Townsend Warburton, chief engineer of the battleship Maine, now at Pensacola, committed suicide in his cabin

on board the vessel.

Mrs. Cordelia Botkin testified her own behalf in her trial in San Francisco for sending poisoned candy to Mrs. John P. Dunning, in Delaware. William E. Church confessed in St. Louis, Mo, that he killed his benefactors, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W

bile they were asleep.

Yeater.

: Mart Hcpcful Thao Officials will

indeterminate sentence in Sing Sing, has applied to the board to be released bn parole. Seven hundred members of the Elevator Constructors and Millwrights, Union of New' York a*nd Brooklyn went on a strike. Otis White, of Ransomville, N. Y., deliberately walked into the rapids at Niagara Falls and was drowned. Th»- United States Army transport Logan sailed from San "Francisco for Manila with ays recruits. Mrs, Abbey Morton Diaz, the wri and reformer, died at her home, Belmont, Mass. On account of the strike of the miners a coal famine is threatened in

Iowa.

Nearly five and one-half million doles was set apart by the board of estimates in New York to be expended installing an auxiliary system of salt-water mains to be used in connection with . fire-fighting in the Boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. .- The United States Steel Corporation filed a demurrer in Trenton, N. J- to the suit of Alfred Stevens, who asked that the corporation be required to pay

dividend.

The Iowa coal miners and operators have been unable to adjnst their differences 'and a shutdown is likely to follow, throwing 13,500 miners out of

employment. 1

Edward Reglar, who is something of a White House crank, was arrested in Pittsburg and held, pending an investigation of his mental condition. The appointment of Col. Edmund Rice, U. S. A., retired, as military secretary of the ceremonies committee of the World's Fair is announced. \ The cruiser Denver was given a Chpe Ann course and again failed to meet contract speedy requirements.

London, (By Cable).—It is believed in diplomatic and naval circles here aad in Sl Petersburg that the Japanese are determined to take Port Arthur and will continue to make that the object of their offensive naval operations. The opinion prevails that j

Marine Minister Yamamoto's speech j Wair wright and other officers before the Japanese Parlirocnt about ■ North Atlantic Squadron paid

the difficulties encountered at Port i bcia! v' '' “ Arthur was dsigned to throw the | palace, Russians off their guard, and that' " r '“

the Japanese will do everything their power to take Port Arthi

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asc, » J Mr.

Retr Admiral Sigsbec, and Cap!

ight and other officers ot

MURDERED BY ROBBERS Express Messenger O’NeHJ Wis lined in Cold Blood.

NT IDE CONTENTS OF EXPRESS BOX. Shot Down By H (bwaymeo as Ho Wan Oprnfnj the Door of Express Cor—Uaoble to Opea the Leek, the Wihwiyaco Then Blow Up Safe With Dynamite, Destroytaf Part ol Its Cool cuts.

Sacremento, Cal, (Special).—Three masked men held up the Oregon Express, Southbound on the Southern Pacific railroad, at Copley, near Keswick, killed W. J. O'Neil the express messenger, and carried off the tents of the express box. The known as No. 15, and stopped at Copley, a small station, for water. As

standstill, three

men jumped v on and cut the train , taking the engine and express down the track a short distance. They stopped the engin# and demanded that Messenger O'Neil open the express car. He refused, whereupon they blew open the car with dynamite and deliberately killed O'Neil by shooting him through! the head. The bandits then robbed the of its contents, but it is not known

bow much they obtained

After robbing the express car the men cut the car loose, and, getting on the engine compelled Engineer Joesink to go ahead. When near Keswick the men dropped off the engine and dis-

appeared with their plunder.

Engineer B. F. Joesi-ak then ran his engine to Redding to take back Sheriff Richardson and a posse _ of eight men. Joesink says that after stopping at Copley the noise of drawing water drowned the noise of shots that must have been fired in the express car, **5 VVL.-Jc-'O'Neil. the messenger, WST killed by bullets. Presumably the three masked men attempted to rob the express car and the messenger made a fight. The first that Joesink knew of of the holdup was after O'Neil was killed. He and his fireman, J. F. Stury. were compelled to "dismount. They, with E. A! Bissell, engineer of the second en-

Raymond, a fireman;

gine; A. A. Raymond, a fireman; John Dcpanger, conductor' of the train and a brakeman, were compelled to march back to the express cat

•here they saw O’Neil dead.

The robbers tried to force O'Neill'

helper, who s •hen O'Neill

LIVE YASHINiTON AFFAIRS. . > ,— Control of Cual Zone. . The' Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals heard Senator Morgan explain the merits of his bill proriding for the government of the canal zone. His bill would make a military reservation of the canal strip. The Kittrcdge bill was before the committee also and it is believed it will be reported to the Senate with a few changes. The provision for the government of the canal by two commissions, one of which was to make the laws, will be eliminated and the - control of the zone left to the existing commission. It is believed that for the present only one judge will be provided for, but with a provision that others may be named if found to be necessary. The committee has agreed to insert in the bill a provision authorizing the President to designate an officer of the army or navy or any othfr officer, who shall have charge of all sanitary matters, the official to be under the Canal Commission.

SIX KfllED BY EXPLOSION S^«ib Factory Near Scran too, PaWrecked and Burned. HVB GIRLS ARE FATALLY INJURED With Ooc Exception AM of fbe Bodies Han Been Taken iron the Dcbris-Tkc Bodici of Ibe Dead Employees Were So Bid. : Horned That It Was With Oreat Diffkal' Thai They Coaid Be Recotoizcd.

Scranton, Pa, (Special).—Six per sons are known to have been killei and five fatally injured by an explo sion in \he factory of the Dicksoi Squib Company at Pricebur^ neai

here.

The dead are:

Lizzie Bray, Priceburg. Bcckie Lewis, North Scranton. Lizzie Matthews, Olyphant. George Callahan, Priceburg. Teresa Callahan, Priceburg. Lillian hfahon, Priceburg. Those fatally injured are:

Mamie Gilgallon. Martha Haybrown.

Cassic Fouha. Mettie Hevron. Oscar Ayser.

Twenty girls were employed

.0 President Amador, at the

“Dr." Dewing w* arrested in ChicaI go for buying railwad tickets at clcr-

^ j gymen's rates and selling them to tick-

—tho-jmllJic rcibitsd.i-g. 1 brokers. , .h-fn«r solely to a land campaign m Korea. A babmc Pass and NOfTTTWesttrn ,“‘ n

It is reported from Seoul that the! passenegr train was wrecked in Texas Russians, March 27. killed the perfect : and several passengers were injured, of Pakchon for not following their Further sensational incidents markinstructions. j ed the second day's _ hearnig in the The Rusians are also swd to have j Bennett will case a* New Haven, dispersed the Korean garrison of \Viji I A petition 5n ’bankruptcy was- filed after divesting the soldiers of their j against the-Pfcttipgill Advertising

tmtforms. j Agency, of Boston.

Detailed reports received by way of | Mrs. Caunccy Marlan, known as the Seoul of the engagemnt of March a8 j fattest woman in the world, died in

Between Russians and Japanese at New York.

Chengju. Korea, say the fighting) The Great Bclgradelevee broke at lasted two hours, at the end of which : Vincennes, Ind, causing much dam-

the Japanese forced the Russians to j age.

retire toward Wiju. Two Russian! Fire in the Quincy Mine, near dead were left on the field, while other ! Houghton, Mich, did considerable

bodies were carried off with the ; damage.

colnmn. A Japanese lieutenant (Ka- . The Alien Immigration Bill requir«o) and four privates were killed. I ing that the immigration of certain while Captain Kurokawa and it pri-T classes of aliens Into the UnitcJ Kingvates were wounded. j dom be subjected to/state control The Japanese are continuing'thrir j pasted its first reading \in the British cmcentration and gradually advanc- ! House of Commons. - ing on their way to Wij'i. their ad- ! The French Chamber of Dcputiei. vancc guard being at Kasan and their began a debate upon Marine Minister outposts 10 miles further North. | Pelletan's administration of the navy,

CARTRIDGE FACTORY BLOWN UP.

•Inch promises to be a test of the strength of the entire French ministry. Wert killed at ! Fortlin. j M- Muravicff, Russian minister of

" . , ] justice and recently president of The Paris, (By Cable).—The Matin s j Hague Arbitration Tribunal, in his

correspondent says that a cartridge j report to the Czar on the Vetxczulan

factory at S»..bo, Japan, wai Mown I

_ , , , . . ' the conviction that 1 he Hague Court, up Sunday last and four workmen: dne to the Russian Emperor’s init' were killed. live, will render invaluable service A Harbin correspondent of the Matin the cause of international peace, nays that General Volkaff has issued ! Bonaparte Wyse, original conces- ■ ukase informing the inhabitants of | sionair of the Panama Canal, has Manchuria and trans-Baik.ilia that all declared fhat he would appeal from

s convicted of circulating false _..s will be punished with the utmost rigor according to military law. This ukase, the correspondent says, is especially directed against handbills promulgating false news issued by the

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo Je Paris says: “I learn that the Czar intends to send Vice-Armiral Cbouknin, director of the Naval School, to Port Arthur as assistant to Vice-Admiral Makaroff."

Middletown. N. Y, (Special).— Thrown out of their graves by ground hogs ,tbe bones of many heroes of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 are often exposed to sight and plowed under by farmers tn the town of Wawayanda, Orange county. In this town there are 25 burying places, many of them dating back years before the Revolutionary War. Only eight of the graveyards are cared for. the rest being mainly the homes of woodchucks. There hare been no burials in these cemeteries for over 50 years. Apparently there is no one who cares what becomes o' the bones of those who fought for the indee ot their-country.

Liao Yang, (By Cable).—There is sa enormous movement of troops in progress and trains are arriving

several times daily. ^ . (n the rear ol Bidzevo so Cossacks arranged for The* *—-* a urong.band of Chinese regiments of troo|

the decision of the French Court. King' Peter has removed {rom his ennurage all those concerned in the murder of King Alexander and Queen The First Civil Tribunal of the Seine has decided that the Repnblic of Columbia. haring lost its sovereignty over Panama, has no standing in court to prevent the sale of the canal

Emperor Francis Joseph performed the Indent foot-washjng ceremonial in the Crystal Hall of the Hofburg, in Vienna. At a meeting of Americans and Japanese held in Tokio on the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Perry Treaty between Japan and the United States an American war charity called the Perry Memorial Relief Fund was orgainzed. and $37-500 Was immediately subscribed. Takahira, the Japanese minister, and Secretary Hay had a conference upon the war. The conviction is general among State Department officials that for the present intervention by the powers is out of the question. For sinking Japanese merchant sels in Sungari Straits at the beginning of the war $7,5,000 lias been distributed in prize money to the crews of the four cruisers of the Russian Vladivostok Squadron. Detailed reports received at Seoul of the engagement between Japanese and Russians at Chengju state that the fighting lasted t*o b the Japanese forced the Ri

retire.

The British

sticks of giant^iowder on top of thesafe. Then, they had a heavy box on the dynamite, to which a fuse ' ordered attached. All but one of the robbers then left the car. He lighted the fuse. The party had just reached the locomotive when the explosion 6£- ' currcd. It wrecked the entire car. Engineer Jdesink is not certain that the robbers got any plunder. He was made to get upon his engine and stay there until further orders came for him to carry the highwaymen south. The robbers stood at his back on the trip down, their rifles pressing against him, and he dared not Iook_around. If they had any plunder he'did not sec it. They told him .they wanted to be earned to Keswick Station, five miles south, but as they neared that station they told the engineer to run right on by that station to a point 200 yards south of there, where a bridge spans the river. When he stopped they alighted on the river side. The officers believe they made straight for Kcs-

COINED IK TONS OF GOLD.

Mint Brteftt.Afl Recerds Since the Use »f

Money Begaa.

San Francisco, (Special).—The coinage of gold that has taken place at the mint in this city since last February is finished. Superintendent Leach said

regarding the coinage: ,

‘The mint has undoubtedly broken all records for gold coinage since the use of money began in civilization. The amount coined this month has reached the enormous sum of $33,113.500, an average of more than $1,000,000 a day; in fact the deliveries to the superintendent from the coining department during the last four days averaged $1,550,000 a day. This, with the sum of $21,580,000 coined in February, makes a total of $54,693,500. In weight this amount would make more than 110 tons, or a little more than fonr. big

corloads of 25 tons each. _

“A research of books and records pertaining to coinage matter fails to show any account of a coinage executed in the same length of time equal to this in any of the other nations of t 1 *- world.” '

BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE

irelets Wortanaa Strikes Cartrifge WUh Pkk,

KlOai Three.

Brownville, Pa., (Special).—Cedar Hill tunnel, from the Connellsville Centra! railroad, two miles Southeast of this place, was the scene of ar — plosion, in which, four workmen killed outright and six were seriously injured. Three of the ini—-• •» •• feared, will die. The worl all foreigners, and went by numbers instead o( names. The tunnel is being constructed by Kellar A Crossan, contractors. The explosion was caused by one of the workmen striking a charge of dynamite with his pick. The dead workmen were terribly mangled. The injured were taken across the country to the Uniontown

Hospital.

Altoona. Pa. (Special).—The miners’ delegates unanimously voted to reject the operators’ offer of 58A2 cents fgr

Representative DeArmond, of Mis>uri, introduced a resolution providing “that the Speaker appoint five members of the House to fully investigate the Postoffice Department and report to the House at as early

date as may be practicable: that said | factory. What caused the explosioi committee shall be authorized to sit j is not known, but it is said that on« during the sessions of the House, and. 1 of the girls threw a squib i.i t>e stovt if necessary, during the vacation, when jand that the force of the explosion wai

so great that it wrecked the buildinfi and set it on fire. The squibs are used

in coal mining.

The Dickson ' Squib Company occupied only the first floor of the struct ure, the Callahan family having room! on the second flood. It was here that the two Callahan children lost their lives. Thomas Callahan, the father, was at work, and Mrs. Callahan had just left the room when the explosion occurred. The children, aged 3 years and 6 months respectively, were playing on the floor Both were instantly killed. The building caught fire, and the flames communicated to two adjoining buildings, one occupied as a hotel and the othet as a butcher shop. Both were de-

slroyed.

The bodies of the dead employee" were so badly burned that it was with great difficulty that they could be

recognized.

Congress is not in session; that the committee shall have full power to send for persons* and papers, and "he investigation hereby provided for hall be directed especially to clearing the innocent from a shadow of unmerited suspicion, to uncovering the inefficient, careless and offending and to the recommendations for the correction of abuses, to the end that justice may be done to individuals and that the service may be improved for

the benefit of the public.*’

Suae Air Mora aad Eve.

Hereafter “The Star-Spangled Banner” will be played on board ships the navy at both morning and evening colors, in accordance with an order just approved by the Secre-

tary of the Navy-

Heretofore the “Star-Spangled Ban-

<h» 0 haff«n> C elr I ner ” * la!> ^ ccn played with the raising

._ ... ______ Hail Colunlbia' T with the lowering of the colors. Some confusion arose in the navy, it is said, as to whether the" .latter was a national air, and the matter was brought fo the attention of the department. Secretary*Moody in approving the order substituting “The Star-Snangled Banner" for “Hail Columbia” for evening colore did

No Looter An EzpcrteeaL The President sent to Congress a long report on the progress erf the beet-sugar industry of the United

States in 1903.

The report was prepared by Charles F. Saylor, special* agent of the Department of Agriculture,, and includes the result* of personal observations and investigations in the 56 factories in the United States. Mr. Saylor says the industry can be no longer treated as an experiment; that successful beet raising and sugar producing is a fact. Four factories have been placed in op-

eration sirtce the last report.

DabeD's Naval Pay The House Committee on Naval Affairs has defeated by a tie vote the Dalzell bill repealing the law which rednees the pay of naval officers 15 per cent, when on shore duty. Secretary Moody was before the committee, ana as a result of the discussion of the matter the whole question of the naval pay table was referred to the Secretary for revision and suggestion by future action by the Committee.

Aaericaas la TtmMc la Africa. The Consul-General at Cape Town in a report to the State Department says that business in the Cape of Good Hope is in very depressed condition and that there are thousands erf Americans in the country who are in unfortunate circumstances.

favorable report was . authorized on the bill granting sutehood to Oklahoma and'the Indian Territory and Arrizona and New Mexico by the House committee.' Members of the minority of the House committtee filed their reasons for objecting to the impeachment of Jndge Swayne, of Florida. Senator Culberson, of Texas, introduced a resolution in the Senate for a commission to investigate the Postoffice Department. The State Department has accepted the resignation of Andrew D. Barlow, United States 'consul generef at

Mexico.

The House passed the Sundry Civil Service Bill and discussed the conference report on the Army AppropriaLicutenant Hussey submitted to .je Navy Department a report on the expedition to King Mcnclik. The President appointed a board of visitors to the United States Milhary Academy at West Point. The conferees of the two H< agreed on the Agricultural Ai Dill ...I.:-!, fann- -.rnaa 1

New York, (Special). — Detective McNally, who has been a member of the Jersey City police force for as

JAPS REPORT FIVE KILLED.

tidal Stateacst Froo folds of the Cfcoag-

Ja fight.

London, (By Cable).—The Japanese -Legation-here has-received the following official report from Tokio of the fighting between Japanese and Russian forces at Chong-Ju, Korea: “On March 28, a portion of our cavalry and infantry forces occupied Chong-Ju, after defeating the enemy. The enemy, who numbered about 600 men. retreated in the direction of Wijtt. Our casualties were Lieutenant Kano and fonr others killed. Cap 1 tani Kurokawa and 12 others wounded, of the cavalry force. There were no casualties among-our infantry. “Two dead bodies were iett by the enemy on the field, but it is reported that some seven or eight were killed inside the town. These were promptly carried off by the enemy on horseback or by ambulance. The Russians were seen conveying in an ambulance two dead men, apparently officers, and blood-stained bandages were found scattered around. The enemy must have sustained losses at least equal to our own.”

CYCLONE SENT HIM TO JAR. Wile Saw Her Desertte* Hnshaad's Name la

list at Injnret.

Chicago, (Special).—The same cyclone that made James Mclnery bomeUss in Indiana Harbor last week found him a new home in the Indiana Penitentiary. Justice, moving almost as fast as the cyclone itself, has decreed that he serve five years at hard labor for bigamy. Had it not been for the storm which destroyed Mclnery's bouse and left him with slight injuries his whereabouts might have never been known to the wife who has just brought about

his conviction.

Mrs. Olvine Anglais Mclnery, of Chicago, who claims that Mclnery deserted her in Hamilton, Onurio, 15 years ago chanced to see his name published in the list of injured by the storm. The result was the indentification and arrest of Mclnery, who two years ago was married 10 a girl in the

suburbs.

Oare Keya.

Mauch Chunk, Pa., (Special).—Mar_n Lavitski a convicted murderer, escaped from the Carbon county prison. In the absence of Sheriff Rothermel his daughter Stella was in charge of the prison. Since his conviction Lavitski has been given the freedom of a corridor, and learning th»t the Sheriff was away he called Mist Rothermel to bring him some pSL At she handed him the oil Lavitski seized the prison keys from her and made h» escape from the place. Lavitski wat convicted of killing the woman whe kept his boarding honse at Lansford

last July.

TWO KILLED. TWENTY INJURED. Fsst Express Crashes Hc*d-on Into ■ Frdfht Train. PottMown, Pa., (Special).—In >. head-on collision on the Pennsylvania railroad between the Philadelphia express. leaving Reading at 4 P. M*./’ and a copl train half a mile north of here at 4.25 in the afternoon, two persons were killed and a large number injured. An accommodation train preceded the express and a coal train was lying on the siding, the intention being that it shoulld wait there for boin to pass, but this order was apparently misunderstood by its engineer. V ittj the passing of ■ the accommodatioti train, he pulled out nn the track when -the express shot into the engine of the coal tffin, with frightful results. The tracKat that point is on a three-foot-high embankment, and there is 3 clear view for a long distance ahead. The momentum of the express train was so great that no fewer than ten coal cars were wrecked; both locomotives were badly damaged and the baggage car and one passenger coach were sent over the mass of wreckage and then fell over the embankment. The greatest consternation prevailed amon the passengers and they were thrown in every direction. In addition to the official list of injured given above, many others suffered severe bruises and had their injuriez dressed by local physicians. SMUGGLED CHINAMEN. Agents ol the Government Brcakint Up Ar Otianized Gaoi. Chicago. (Special).—An organize* gang for the systematic smuggling Chinese into the United States bj Way of the Canadian border is be arrest here of three Chinamen, who lieved to have been disrupted by th« it is said, were active agents of the organization. The arrest of an American, "the ringleader of the gang, is ai that is backing to make the breaking up of the smugglers complete, accord ing to agents of the Department o' Commerce and Labor, of Washington, who have been working secretly ir Chicago for several weeks. Those already arrested arc I-air Chee, a prominent Chinese merchant of Chicago: Leong Man, ot Joliet. Ill, who admits paying Lam Chee $150 tc arrange for the smuggling of - countryman into the United States and Leong Dock, of St. Louis, cousin of Leong Man and a patron of Law Chee. For several months the United States authorities have been aware of the existence of an organized pang which has been smuggling Chinese across the Canadian border line; principally between Windsor, Canada, and Detroit, Mich. Every effort was made to diicovea the ringleaders of the Baiul untilTasI January, when the dead body ol Leong Dick was found in a refrigera:or car at St. Louis, and Chinese Inspector C..O. Cowley, who had charge ,3f the investigation, found a clue which led to important discoveries. Cowley tracked the car in which the Chinaman had met death to Windsor, Canada. There Cowley learned that Leonk Man and Leong Dick, cousins )! the victim, had paid Lam Chee $300 :o smuggle Leong Dick across the Canadian border. Leong Dick was secreted in the -cfrigera.or compartment of a freight :ar in Canada and a week later his oody was found frozen stiff at St. Louis. The white agent of 1-am Chee. who is believed to have started Leong Dick to his fate, is now being sought.

TORNADO IN MISSOURI

t N amber vf Lives Wert Lost and Qrtal Dam* age Was Done. tarruthcrsville. Mo, (Special).—A tornado swept the country 20 mile* North of here Saturday night, causing a great loss of -life and destroying thousands of dollars’ worth of ^.IT&own that six lives have been ost and thousands of dollars worth ol property destroyed. The lives of the Shuemake* family, living near Portageville, four in number. were blotted out and their home demolished. Wesley-Miller and wife, living two niles north of Mount Pleasant, were killed and their home demolished. Their bodies were found 200 yardt tway, badly mutilated. Mr. Miller was a wealthy mill owner and planter Fifteen hundred "dollars in money belonging to him was found scattered aver the ground. Much stock war killed and woimded. It i* -feared a toll report will reveal greater loss of life. . Datch Slay Fire Hndrtd AMaese. Amsterdam, (By Cable).—A dispatch to .the Telegram from Kota Raja, Island of Sumatra, announced that a column of Dutch troops operating in Achin (Nqjtbem Sumatra) coy gaged a strong, entrenched body of Achinese in the Gajocloeas district, with the result that 541 Achinese were killed. The Dutch lost three men killed and had twenty-nre men wounded. FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING. There are no slums in Tokyo. One in eight of all Americans was born in Europe. Tubercle bacilli-will live for thirty days in butter. In Paris there are over 1,000 pro* fesskmal fortune tellers. Colombia has reduced her standing army from 11,000 to &000 men. Farm land in England ranges in price from $60 to $iao per acre. A well-constructed brick bouse will out-last one. built of granite. If an earthworm is cot in two each orticn may become a perfect worm.