Show used sharp knives and fought breast to breast new york sapt 21 two men both past 70 yeara of age inmates 0 the bridgewater N J poor house fought a duel yesterday with sharp kitchen knives and both are likely to die the fighters were ceorge potts and edward riley while sitting around the institution smoking they quarreled and exchanged blows with their fists the men were warned by the keeper but when he had left the room the old men met and calmly agreed to fight a duel with knives going to the kitchen they secured tho sharp pointed ones used in peeling potatoes and started by separate routes to a remote spot on the grounds where they believed they could fight out their differences without interruption arriving there the men rolled up their sleeves and began slashing at each other they were standing breast to breast and knee to knee covered with blood stabbing each other in the back and sides when the keeper was informed so desperately were the fighters engaged that it was necessary to knock both 0 them down it they recover they will both be arrested the men who have lived together in the institution for soma time refuse to say what started the fight TREATY OF PEACE expressions of dissatisfaction in japan boklo sept 21 1030 am the expressions of dissatisfaction over the terms of the treaty of peace in the columns of the bocal papers are not so frequent as they were some time ago the liet of papers suspended since the urgency ordinance was passed includes 9 published in boklo and 13 published elsewhere 5 of which were re suspensions at the time of the outburst of popular indignation occasioned by the intervention tion of three european powers at the close of the war between japan and china he cases of papers suspended exceeded two hundred ten of which were in tokio the asahl remains suspended tt is 12 days today since its publication was ordered stopped the news of the russian emperors proposal to hold a second peace conference at the hague has not so tar evoked any comment by the press california ORANGE CROP san francisco sept 21 according to reports of traffic officials of the santa fe and southern pacific the number of cara of oranges sent east during the season just closed waa this includes shipments from butte county and the san joaquin county as well as from southern california the bulk of the business however coming from the latter section all shipments are included that went out of the state by rail in these cars thoro were boxes the total value of the shipments reached the sum of approximately of this amount it is figured that the orange growers and shippers got 14 the remainder or went to the railroads and he refrigerator car lines for freight and icing charges for the season which opens early in november the railroad people estimate there will be cars tor the eastern market 1 CABINE TAND ELDER STATESMEN MEET tokio sept 21 p m A prolonged meeting of the cabinet and elder statesmen took place today but the subject of alie conference has not yet been made public it is believed that various matters relating to homo and foreign policy were under discussion the public la daily becoming more impatient for the withdrawal of the order proclaiming the city under martial law CHINESE CUSTOMS RETURNS shanghai sept 21 the chinese customs returns tor the second quarter of 1905 show an nearly 30 per cent over biose of 1904 in shanghai the increase was nearly CO per cent |