THOUSANDS TAKEN
Loss to Kuropatkin’s Army Esti
mated at 200,000 Mem
TWO ARMY CORPS ARE CUT OFF
A lm ost W ith out S upplies and C ap tu re
S eem s C ertain — W ill G reatly
Increase N u m b e r Ta ken .
Tokio, March 11. — A ll news reaching
Japan, both official, semi-official and
from some other sources, emphasizes
what has been patent to m ilitary stu
dents (or the past week, that the pres
ent movement at Mukden is the great
est strategy of the war and is being at
tended by what is really a series of
stupendous battles that w ill go down in
history as one of the bloodiest and most
terriffic military conflicts of ancient or
modern times.
From most closely informed quarters
it is learned that conservative estimates
of Russian casualties exceed 150,000,
while 50,000 Russians were taken pris
oners at the culmination of Marshal
Oyama’ s great flanking strategy. While
no figures are obtainable here on the
Japanese losses, there is no reason to
believe that they were much less than
the casualties suffered by the enemy,
although, of course, no Japanese have
been captured.
Neither army has
«pared men in the supreme encounter.
W hile the present distribution of
General
Kuropatkin’ s army, other
than that part of the main body which
is being harassed in retreat to the north
of Mukden, is difficult to determine it
was semi-officially reported yesterday
that two army corps were still west of
Mukden in an isolated position almost
without supplies.
They have small
•chances of cutting through the Japan
ese cordon and w ill in all probability
be added to the great mass of prisoners
taken when Mukden fell.
The Russians are attempting to con
centrate toward the south and southeast
of Mukden with the Japanese occupy
ing the city threatening their rear. In
this vicinity, however, where Russians
are massing in front of the Japanese
right is expected the fiercest fighting
for the next few days.
General Nogi is still marching to the
eastward completing the circle and cut
ting off every possible loophole of es
cape. The disorderly character of the
retreat indicates that'the rapid move
ment of Japanese columns caught Gen
eral Kuropatkin entirely unprepared.
The latest news is that a portion of the
Japanese center iB pressing the Russian
main body northward.
DEMORALIZED MOD
propriation, but the senate conferees
would not consent. A compromise was
finally reached and $50,000, one-third
of the amount adder! by the senate, |
was cut off. As the b lil finally passed,
it carried $100,000 more than was pro
vided in the house b ill.
U T A H L A N D F R A U D S D IS C L O S E D
G reat T ra c ts o f C o a l Land Filed
as F a rm Land by Syndicate.
on
8alt Lake City, Utah, March 14.—
Special agents of the Federal govern
ment are reported to have been engaged
for some time past in investigating pub
lic land frauds in Utah. The 8alt I-ake
Herald today states that hundreds of
thousands of acres ot valuable coal
lands have been acquired by corpora
tions by questionable methods.
Vast tracts of coal lands are said to
have been filed on and patented as agri
cultural and grazing land, and then
transferred to the coal companies. In
many instances, it is said, lands have
beon filed on as coal lands, under the
law which permits every adult citizen
to acquire lfiO acres of coal lands by
purchase, upon payment of $10 an
acre for such lands when situated more
than 15 miles from any railroad, and
$20 an acre when situated within 15
miles of a railroad. Later these filings
have been allowed to lapse, and the
same lands have been acquired as agri-
ultural or grazing land at $1.50 an acre.
More than 2,000 of these coal entries
have been made in the Salt Lake land
office, but not more than one in 50 of
the iiersons who made the filings has
completed the purchase, the filings
lapsing and title being secured as agri
cultural or grazing land from the state
land office through state land selec
tions.
Forty filings made ip 1901 within a
period of 60 days have recently been
investiga'ed, and 30 of the 40 claimants
are found to have been represented by
an employe of a big coal corporation,
exercising power of attorney. The land
was filed on and held for 14 months,
as is permitted under the law, without
being paid for, but in none of these
cases was the purchase completed, title
being acquired through the Btate land
office at a hominal figure under pro
ceedings instituted while the land was
covered by the coal land filings.
M illion s fo r G re a t C o lleg e .
Montreal, March 14. — Sir W illiam
C. MacDonald, the millonaire tobacco
manufacturer, today laid before the
Protestant committee of the council of
public instruction a proposition to en
dow an agricultural training college and
a college for the training of school
teachers in the sum of from $2,000,000
to $4,000,000.
Sir W illiam has se
lected Professor Robertson, the man
who developed the Canadian dairy bus
iness, as the director of the scheme.
The college w ill be located at Stanne de
Pel lev ue, 30 miles from Montreal.
K u ro p atk in Needs a Rest.
F U N D S F O R C O L U M B IA J E T T Y .
As Finally Passed, Bill Allows Expen
diture o f S 7 0 0 .0 0 0 .
Washington, March 11.— From let
ters which he has received, Senator
Fulton finds there is a geenral misun
derstanding in Oregon as to what ap
propriation was actually made in the
river and harbor bill for improving the
mouth of the Columbia river. The fact
is this:
The b ill as enacted carries a rash ap
propriation of $400,000 and authorizes
the expenditure of $300,000 additional,
which latter amount w ill be provided
in the sundry civil bill to be passed
next session.
As the b ill passed the
house, it carried $300,000 cash and au
thorized an additional $300,000 in the
next sundry civil bill. Senator Fulton
appealed to the senate committee to in
crease the cash appropriaiton. but hie
request was turned down. When the
bill was being considered in the senate,
he offered and secured the adoption of
an amendment increasing the cash ap
propriation to $450,000. The bill then
went to conference and Chairman Bur
ton endeavored to restore the house ap
Retreat of Russian Army Turned
Into a Rout.
London, March 14.— The St, Peters
burg correspondent of the Times says:
“ General Kuropatkin has asked the
emperor's gracious permission to hand
over his command, alleging that 'ie is
in urgent need of physical and msntal
r ist. I learn on the liest authority
that the Japanese twice have ap
proached Russia on the subject of peace
negotiations, but that in each case the
proposal failed because Japan demand
ed an indemnity and a pledge that
Russia would not keep warships in the
Pacific for 25 years.”
G overnm ent M en M ay Jo in .
Pittsburg, Pa., March 14.— Permis
sion has been granted labor leaders to
organize all government workmen who
may wish to become members of labor
unions. This announcement was made
today by Frank Buchanan, president of
the National Association of Bridge and
Structural Ironworkers, who is here
in connection with the hoisting engin
eers’ strike. Mr. Buchanan says Pres
ident Roosevelt last week gave consent
for representatives of the union to go
among the government workmen for
the purpose of discussirg unionism.
SUPPLIES AND GUNS GIVEN UP
that the Japanese are already attempt
ing another wide turning movement to
drive the Russians from Tie piss.
The Russian troops here have been
arriving with hopelessly mixed units,
in consoeuence of the change in the
front. The troops are being sorted out
and organizations reformed and assigned
to places to defend the new positions,
but whether T ie pass will be held or
abandoned probably w ill not be decid
ed for several days.
V o te on T re a ty S oon.
Washington, March 13.— Many sen
ators are indulging in speculation as to
Rough E stim ates M a k e T o ta l Losses the length of the session required to
take action on the Santo Domingo
O v e r 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 M e n — Japanese
treaty, and whether party lines w ill be
Fo llow U p Advantage.
drawn taut when the treaty comes to a
vote. Thus far it has not developed
that either party w ill caucus, and, in
Tokio, March 9.— Deleated all along fact, so much difference as to the fate
the line, with thousands of men killed of the treaty has been manifested that
and wounded, his army turned into a it iB not believed there w ill be any at
demoralized mob of men who no longer tempt to line up the forces.
Few senators were at the capitol yes
obey the orders of their officers, an
enormous percentage of his munitions terday, but nearly all of those who
of war and artillery lost to him, having j were in their committee rooms expresed
the opinion that, if there should not be
been abandoned to the victorious Jap-11
sneee or destroyed to prevent falling a line-up, and they are agreed that one
into their hands, General Kuropatkin is not likely, the treaty w ill be brought
is at last reports making frantic efforts to a vote by the end of the week, ard
to save something from the wreck and that the specials session may 'be ad-
is withdrawing all of his reserves north- journed sine die on Saturday.
ward to a point where he can reason
F o u r o f H it Ships U seless.
ably hope to reorganize his defeated
army. In the meantime, the Japanese
London, March 10. — According to
soldiers on the right, left and center the 8t. Petersburg correspondent of the
are pressing in on the'fleeing Russians Daily Telegraph, a telegram rom Vice
and w ill make an attempt to com Admiral Rojestvensky, not yet pub
pletely annihilate the Boldiers of the lished, staj.es that four of his warships
czar.
are incapacitated for firing because they
The result of the fortnight's fighting are too heavily armed, and that the
south of Mukden is the worst disaster problem of coaling has become so diffi
to the Russian arms of the whole war. cult that he feared he would be unable
Even the bold cossacks who, in,other to proceed to the Far East. Reports
days have repeatedly proved their are current at Dover that ail the ships
valor on bloody fields, have been com of the Pal tic fleet have been ordered to
pelled to give way and run before the return to the English channel pending
steady, relentless pressure of the troops further instructions.
of the mikado, who, scorning death in
W ho le A rm y Is S u rro u n d ed .
every form, have continued battering
away at the Russian entrenchments
Niuchwang, March 10. — The Rus
and piercing them one by one.
sians have not been reinforced from the
direction of Harbin since March 1.
D E A D IN H E A P S .
General Nogi’ s armv made a forced
march of 25 miles daily, and, acting in
O yam a R ep orts Results o f th e B attle | conjunction with General Oku’s army,
j surrounded 80,000 Russians in the di
o f M u kd e n .
rection of Tie pass and cut off their
Tokio, March 14.— The following re
supplies. The hurrying Japanese ar
port has been received from Field Mar
mies passed a division of Russians
shal Oyama::
without giving it any attention until
“ The number of 'prisoners, spoils
the enveloping movement was com
and the enemy’s estimated casualties
pleted, when they crushnigly attacked
against all our forces in the direction
the Russians on all sides.
of the Shakhe follow, but the number
of prisoners, guns and spoils are in
Indian Law yers G et Big Fee.
creasing momentarily:
f Washington, March 11.— The secre
"Prisoners, over 40,000, including'
tary of the treasury has issued a war
General Nakhimoff.
rant for $750,000 in favor of Mansfield,
“ K illed and wounded, estimated at
I McMurray A Cornish, lawyers residing
90,000.
I in the Indian territory, as fees for
“ Enemy left dead on the field, 20,-
services rendered by them to the Choc
500.
,
taw and Chickasaw Indians. The sec
“ Flags, 2.
retary of the interior declined to ap
“ Guns, about 60.
prove the claim on the ground that it
“ Rifles, 60,000.
was excessive.
Congress, however, di-
“ Ammunition wagons. 150.
directed the payment on the showing
“ Shells, 200,000.
that it was regular and in accordance
“ Small arms ammunition, 25,000,-
with the contract that had been mude
000 rounds.
with the Indians.
"Cereals. 15,000 koku (about 75,000
bushels.)
Need N ot D ecide Q uestion Y e t.
“ Fodder, 55,000 koku.
Washington, March 10. — There is
“ Light railway outfit, 45 miles.
authority for the statement that the
“ Horses, 2,000.
question as to whether the Isthmian
“ Maps. 23 cartloads.
“ Clothing and accoutrements, 1,000 canal shall be made a sea-level water
way or constructed on the lock system
cartloads.
need not be determined at the outset
“ Bread, 1,000,000 rations.
of the work. In fact, it is stated that
“ Fuel, 70,000 tons.
work could progress for five years or
“ Hay, 60 tons, besides tools, tents,
bullocks, telegprah wire and poles, more before this matter would neces
timber, beds, stoves, and numerous sarily tie decided and without in any
way retarding the progress of construc
other property.
“ No reports have been received from tion or causing any delay.
our forces in the direction of Sing'
A laskan T e leg rap h s W o rk W ell.
king.”
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.
Washington, March 10. — General
Greely has received a report of the
B R IE F L U L L IN T H E P U R S U IT
operations of the Alaska telegraph sys
tems during January.
The wireless
Resum ption o f Japanese Advance is w ork run8 uninterruptedly 107 miles
E xpected |my T im e ,
acroes Norton sound, and the land lines
Tie Pass. March 14. — The Japanese, are 1,500 miles in length. Various
it is reported, have ceased their p ur-, interruptions from enow and severe
suit, at least temporarily. 8ome of the storms averaged, however, less than
Japanese are 25 miles below Tie pass, three hours per station, which is only
A resumption of their advance is ex- one-sixth of the interruptions in Jan-
pected.
Rumors are in circulation ' nary, 1904.