Tokio, Feb. 27.
The committee on preparations for the Imperial Marriage held its first formal session this afternoon at the Imperial Palace. According to one of the committee members it is most likely that October 24 will be fixed as the date for the event.
The celebration will be observed without excessive luxury.
More than 2,000 Government, officials and foreign Government representatives will be invited to the wedding dinner.—Reuter.
Tue "North China Star" statea that a registered letter from the Orloff County in Russia, addressed to a resident of Tientsin, has beet received bearing stamps to the value of 6,000,000 roubles. The stamps were of a former denomina tion of 250 roubles, surcharged 100,- 000 roubles, and three sheets of them attached to the letter contained 6? stamps. The stamps weighed twice og much as the letter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.