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Show To Stop Use of Opium. Consul-Op-oral Strnlglit, of Mukden, says that Chinese authoiltlcs have been active In enforcing tho provisions provis-ions of the antl-oplum edict nnd it is expected that all dens will bo Anally closed by tho caily part of Juno, 1908. Proclamations In tho vernacular have been posted everywhoio throughout tho city ur"'ng tho peoplo to nbandon tho uso or iio drug. Thero have In tho past been 1,000 dens In Mukden, tho dally consumption avoraglng 200 packets, or about 1,000 pounds a day. |