Tientsin, Feb. 13.
Smugglers in and around Tica-{sin are planning collective action nan attempt to cheek the con-Ynuows drop in market prices of contraband goods. An organiza tion is now being formed but meanwhile armed: runners are employed to carry on the trade—Central News. morning outside Shimonosek! after collision with a three-funnelled foreign steamer.
'The 24 members of the crew were all saved by taking to the boats, Subsequently they reported the collision' to the water police Shimonoseki. "They declared that the Akashi Maru, bound from Osaka Mulsure Island, was anchored at the time owing to a storm-—Reuter
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