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Show SIGNS OF CIVILIZATION. , Members of Russian Duma Get In- creass In Salary. St. Petersburg. Tiro cabinet on Monday Introduced In tho dumn a hill nlslng tho salaries of tho members of tho dumn to 2,100 a year, with ' i penalty of $12.50 for each day a ''cnuty Is absent. If not excused .y the chair. Tire bill meets ihe wishes of tho deputies, as thoy ininplnln thnt tho sum they now re- elvo Is wliolly Inadequate to the St. 1 relershnrg scalo of living, nnd It Is ' expected to pass without opposition. |