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I THOUSANDS TAKEN Loss to Kuropalkin’s Army Esti mated at 200,000 Men. TWO ARMY CORPS ARE CUT OFF Almost Without Supplies and Capture Seems Certain — Will Greatly Increase Number Taken. Kv Tokio, March 11.— All news reaching Japan, both official, semi-official and from some other sources, emphasizes what has l>een patent to military atu dents for the past week, that the pres ent movement at Mukden is the great est strategy of the war and is i)cing at tended by what is really a series of stupendous battles that w ill yo down in history as one flf the bloodiest and most territlic military conflicts of ancient or modern times. From most closely informed quarters it is learned that conservative estimates o f Russian casualties exceed 150,000, while 50,000 Russians were taken pris oners at the culmination of Marshal Oyama's great Hanking 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 spared men in the supreme encounter. While the present distribution of -General Kuropatkin’ s army, other than that part of the main body which is lasing harassed in retreat to the north of Mukden, is difficult to determine it was semi-utticially 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 Ite added to the great mass of prisoners taken when Mukden fell. The Russians are attempting to con centrate toward the south and southeast o f 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- •ea|>e. 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 is pressing the Russian main bodv northward. FU ND S FOR C O L U M B IA J E T T Y . As Finally Passed, Bill Allows Expen diture o f $700,000. Washington, March 11.— From let ters whieh 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 harla>r hill for improving the month of the Columbia river. The fact is this: The hill as enacted carries a cash ap propriation of $400,000 and authorizes the exjienditure of $300,000 additional, which latter amount will t>e provided in the sundry civil hill to lie passed next session. As the hill 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 his request was turned down. When tlie bill was being considered in tlie senate, be 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 propriation, hut tlie senate conferees would not consent. A compromise was finally reached and $50,000, one-third of the amount added by the senate, was cut off. As the Idil finally passed, it carried $100,000 ifiore than was pro vided in tiie house hill. Armed Peasants on Warpath. London, March 11.— A dispatch from Kieff to the P aily Mail says: “ An army ot 3,000 ]ieasants from the Or- lovka district is advancing southwest erly. Burning and looting of estates is in progress. Eighteen estates have already been sacked. The Michaeloff- skv sugar refinery lias lieen burned and the employes have lieen rohlied. It is also reported that the peasants have burned a refinery lielonging to the crown. A strong m ilitary force has been sent to suppress the rising, and a tdisslv conflict is feared. Demand Their Old Rights. St. Petersburg, March 11.— The Bal tic provinces, the Russification of which was regarded as practically com pleted, have been encouraged by recent developments to again demand the re storation of some or all of their an cient rights. A we 1'-developed move ment, baeked by the nobles and intel ligent classes, is now openly demand ing that the teaching of German in the schools be revived, and that native offi cials conduct provincial affairs. Irving Will Tour America. London, March 11.— Sir Henry Irv ing has signed a contract for an Amer ican tour under the management of Charles Frohman, beginning in Oc tober. He probably w ill open in New York between October 10 and 15, and w ill make a farewell tour lasting 20 weeks, of all the principal citiee. U T A H LAND FRAUDS DISCLO SED Great Tracts o f Coal Land Filed on as Farm Land by Syndicate. Salt 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 Salt Lake 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 tiled on and patented as agri cultural and grazing land, and then transferred to the coal companies. In many instances, it is said, lands have lieen filed on as coal lands, under the law which permits every adult citizen to acquire ItiO 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 persons 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 in 1901 within a period of t>0 days have recently been investigated, 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 state land office at a nominal figure under pro ceedings instituted while the land was covered by the coal land filings. DEAD IN HEAPS. DEMORALIZED MOB RetreaY of Russian Army Turned Into a Rout. SUPPLIES AND GUNS GIVEN UP Rough Estimates Make Total Follow Up Advantage. Tokio, March 9.— lM eated all along the line, with thousands of men killed and wounded, his army turned into a demoralized mob of men w ho no longer obey the orders of their officers, an enormous percentage of his munitions of war and artillery lost to him, having been abandoned to the victorious Jap anese or destroyed to prevent falling into their hands, Geneial Kuropatkin is at last reports making frantic efforts to save something from the wreck and is withdrawing a llo t his reserves north ward to a point where he can reason ably hope to reorganize his defeated army. In the meantime, tlie Japanese soldiers on the right, left and center are pressing in on the fleeing Russians and w ill make an attempt to com pletely annihilate the soldiers of the czar. The result of the fortnight’ s fighting south of Mukden is the worst disaster to the Russian arms of the whole war. Even the bold cossacks who, in other days have repeatedly proved their valor on bloody fields, have been com pelled to give way and run before the steady, relentless pressure of the troops of the mikado, who, scorning death in every form, have continued battering away at the Russian entrenchments and piercing them one by one. Oyama Reports Results o f the Battle J O IN T o f Mukden. Tokio, March 14.—The following re port has been received from Field Mar shal Oyama:: The number of prisoners, spoils and the enemy’s estimated casualties against all our forces in the direction of the Shakhe follow, but the number of prisoners, guns and spoils are in creasing momentarily: “ Prisoners, over 40.000, including eneral Nakhiinoff. “ Killed and wounded, estimated at 90,000. Knemy left dead on the field, 20,- 500. “ Flags, 2. “ Guns, about 00. “ Rifles, 00,000. “ Ammunition wagons, 150. “ Shells, 200,000. “ Small arms ammunition, 25,000,- 000 rounds. “ Cereals, 15,000 koku (about 75,000 bushels.) “ Fodder, 55,000 koku. “ Light railway outfit, 45 miles. “ Horses, 2,000. “ Maps, 23 cartloads. “ Clothing and accoutrements, 1,000 cartloa' a. “ Bread, 1,000,000 rations. “ Fuel, 70,000 tons. “ Hay, 00 tons, besides tools, tents, bullocks, telegprah wire and poles, timber, beds, stoves, and numerous other property. “ No reports have been received from our forces in the direction of Sing- king.” BRIEF L U L L IN THE P U R S U IT Losses Over 100,000 Men—Japanese LO S S OVER 100.000 MEN. Battle Bloodiest o f War — Railroad is Cut North o f Mukden. Tokio, March 9.— The great battle in Manchuria raged all day yesterday along the entire and enormous front. The Japanese were generally victorious, and they drove the Russians from a series of important positions. By nightfall it seemed imperative that General Kuropatkin would have to withdraw his shattered legions to avoid a complete disaster. Indeed, it ap peared impossiblle for him to effect a reteat without heavy losses of prisones, guns ami stores. The continuous battle is already the bloodiest of the war. Upon the ground that General Oku alone gained are 8,000 Russian dead. The reports from other armies are expected to triple this figure. It is estimated that the Jap anese have lost 50,000, making the joint slaughter thus far exceed 100,000 men. Details of the combat are lacking, but it is believed that the Japanese have cut the railway north of Mukden, leaving only the roadways and light railway from Fushun to Tie pass as avenues for the retreat of *he Russians, but army headquarters refrain from affirming or denying a report to that effect. It is thought that Mukden is still in the hands of tfie Russians. T R A IN S RUNNING AGAIN. Traffic Resumed on the New York Rapid Transit Lines. N O T E D S O L D I E R A U T H O R IS D E A D . GERMAN C L A IM S ARE T O O HIGH Negotiations for Settling the Samoan Indemnity Drag, Washington, March 13.— The nego- tiations between America, Great Brit- ain and Germany looking to a settle ment of the Samoan indemnity claims, have practically come to a standstill, owing to a wide difference of opinion as to the extent ol damage sustained by the German subjects in the Samoan group as a result of joint operations by tlie American and British naval forces in 1900 to suppress a rebellion. The question of the liability of Amer ica and Great Britain for the damages sustained by German plantation owners was decided by King Oscar ol Sweden, in favor of the claimants in 1902, but the arbitrator did not attempt to assess individual damages, leaving this to be adjusted by negotiation. These negoti ations have dragged along ever since 1902, and the principals now find them selves no nearer an agreement than at the beginning. The German claims amount to about $(15,000. The British and American negotiators insist that this sum is excessive and that $25,000 is a good price for the property de stroyed. It is probable it w ill be necessary to appoint a commission to take testimony as to the extent of the actual damage, though the smallness of the amount in volved would seem to make this an unduly expensive undertaking. Meanwhile the claimants are tiecom ing restive and are bringing pressure to hear on the German government to se cure settlement. W ILL N O T GIVE UP. Czar Will Send Another Army to the Far East. GENERAL LE W W ALLACE. General Lew Wallace, who died recently at his Crawfordsytlle find.) home, crowded vast activity Into hlJ seventy eight years o f life. Born o f distinguished stock and scorning any schooling, he took up law, lntcTrupted It to serve In the Mexican War and resumed It when the fighting was over. His history in the Civil W ar Is one o f signal distinction and his service* as governor of New Mexico and minister to Turkey are worthy no less honor. As an author his ability Is best understood through "Ben-Hur.” though he wrote several other books o f high quality. In hit long Illness be showed the superb vitality that animated all his earlier years. St. Petersburg, March 13.— The im mediate answer of the Russian govern ment to the defeat at Mukden is the an- nouncemet that a new army w ill lie raised and the forces in the Far East reorganized; that Vice Admiral Rojest- vensv w ill be ordered to sail on ami try conclusions with Togo, and that the war w ill tie prosecuted to the bitter end. This is the present temper of Emper or Nicholas and his dominant advisers, | voiced in a firm official announcement that the position of Russia is unchang ed, and that the initiative for peace can only come from Japan. Should the I r r i g a t i o n C a n a l T h r o u g h T u n n e ls . island empire choose to tender “ moder An Irrigation canal which will (Mtss ate” terms and recognize its adversary as tlie power in the Ear East, peace through three tunnels, the longest of could be easily arranged; but the voice which Is 1,100 feet, Is now being cut of her diplomacy in various parts of In Nevada. The rocky character of the world indicates that she is not much o f the country to be traversed ready to do this, and the Russian gov necessitated the tunnels. ernment, with the full magnitude of The canal la fed at Its source by the the disaster at Mukden still undeter Truekee river, whence It passes east mined, but with tiie 1905 campaign seemingly already hopelessly compro mised, retreat to Harbin inevitable and Vladivostok practically lost, declares that the time has not yet come when Russia can be forced to humble herself. Conquest •' Great American Desert ■i to const lands In the Southern States supposed before then to be suitable for pasturage only. Now they are produc ing big crops of ric* upon thousands of acres. American rice la a crop with a vast future. Texas and Arizona are curiously handicapped at to Irrigation by th » present treaty with Mexico which for bids the Impounding o f any part of the waters of the Rio Grande. Probably In the future there will be no difficul ty in arranging thla matter. Streams subject to sudden floods, like the HI® Grande and the Mississippi, are Im proved by the construction o f head water storage systems. These tend to diminish floods. Extreme low water Is also Indirectly minimized by head water Impounding. Rain tends to In crease In frequency In the dry seat B. upon Lands abundantly supplied w water from reservoirs. Evaporati cools the air and promotes rain. C trou n istau tlal K vtd e n oe HE HAS DODGED O Y A M A S T R A P Kuropatkin’ s Line o f Retreat Secure, Though Japs Pound Both Sides. St. Petersburg, March 13.— Russia still hits an army in the Far East and its line of retreat is not cut. Field Marshal Oyama’s trap was again sprung too late to hag the prey lie desired, and, thougli pounded on tiie rear and both flanks, and losing lieuvily in kill ed, wounded and prisoners, General Kuropatkin with the main portions of liis forces intact is falling slowly hnck to T ie pass, where a considerable part of his army has already arrived and oined hands with the reserves in pre paring a position tiehind which the beaten army may find shelter. General Kuropatkin himself, with the rear guard, was reported Saturday afternoon in the vicinity of Syanzia. 25 miles below Tie puss, having accom plished some 15 miles of his retreat, and being already beyond the jaws of the trap as originally set. How many if his men he was obliged to leave lie- hind, and whether any of the units of liis army were cut off or captured I k >- fore the retreat begun is not stated. New York, March 9.— A very decided improvement in the condition of traffic Resumption o f Japanese Advance is in the subway and on the elevated Expected Any Time, roads marked the second day of the Tie Pass. March 14.— The Japanese, strike, of the employes of the Inter- it is reported, have ceased their pur borough company. This was especially suit, at least temporarily. Some of the so in the subway, in whieh express Japanese are 25 miles below Tie pass. service was established this evening and A resumption of their advance is ex affairs almost resinned their normal pected. Rumors are in circulation aspect. On the elevated lines service that the Japanese are already attempt was more irregular, but continued to ing another wide turning movement to mprove. There was practicelly no drive the Russians from Tie pass. Reorder, and only a few minor aeci- The Russian troops here have been lents occurred during the day. arriving with hopelessly mixed units, Officials of the Interhorongh company in consqeuence of the ehange in the expressed confidence that they had the front. The troops are being sorted out situation well in hand and that a few Arizona Has a New Climate. and organizations reformed and assigned days would see a full resumption of to places to defend the new positions, service on all lines. El P aso , Tex., March 13.— The whole but whether Tie pass w ill tie held or This was positively denied by Presi territory of Arizona is covered with abandoned probably w ill not he decid dent I’epiier, of the Amalgamated Asso water as a result of the heavy rains and ed for several days. ciation of Street Railway employes. snows and in many places the desert that has not known water for h decade is now a lake. At Silver City there lias Kuropatkin Needs a Rest. Bloody Measures Urged. London, March 14.— The St. Peters St. Petersburg, March 9.— A sensa fallen 28 inches of rain during the lust burg correspondent of the Times says: tion was caused today by a lending edi- eight months, and rivers heretofore dry “ General Kuropatkin has asked the ’ torial in the Moscow Gazette, th tra- are now crossed by ferryboats. All re emperor's gracious permission to hand j ditional spokesman of autocracy de- cords for moisture have lss*n broken in over his command, alleging that he is claring that the present revolt in the this entire section. Railroads are de in urgent need of physical and mental interior plinuld he put down immediate- moralized, not only from washouts hut r -st. I learn on the best authority Iv in the fashion which Micael Mura- from soft tracks and many miles will that the Japanese twice have ap vieffl crushed the Polish and Lituanian have to fie rebuilt. proached Russia on the subject of peace relicllion in 18l>3. " I t would Is* a sad Investigate Railroad Rates. negotiations, hut that in each case the sacrifice of lfie ,” says the Gazette, Washington, March 13. — Ifailroad proposal failed because Japan demand “ nut a hundred times less now than if ed an indemnity and a pledge that the revolt were allowed to continue rate legislation was the subject of a Russia would not keep warships in the until it became absolutely necessary to falk today lietween the president and Senator Elkins, chairman of the inter Pacific for 25 years.” take decisive steps.’ ” state commerce committee of the sen ate. Senator Elkins said it was the Spotted Fever in the East. Portfolios go A-Begging. New York. March 14.— That cerebro London, March 9.— It is again re purpose of the committee to liegin its spinal menengitis. or “ spotted fever,” ported that Premier Balfour is ex[>eri- investigation of the rate question next Senator Elkins suggested is killing about 40 persons a week in encing great difficulty in filling the va Tuesday. this city was asserted tonight by Com cancies in tiie cabinet. It is rumored that Novemlier next would he early missioner Darlington, of the health de-1 that Walter Hume Long ami others enough to call an extraordinary session partment, and reports received from have declined the post of chief secre if one were called at all. cities and towns in Connecticut, New tary for Ireland. Gossip in the lobby Only Awaits Third Squadron. Jersey and Pennsylvania show that of the house of commons is to the effec t Pennsylvania is not alone in fighting that Sir Anthony P. MacDonald, under Paris. March 13. — Vice Admiral against the ravages of this dread dis secretary to the lord lieutenant of Ire Dotiliaeoff, who has arrived here from ease. which kills about 50 p«r cent of land, will be appointed to an imporant London on his way to St. Petersburg, those attacked by it. poet outside of Ireland. in an interview with the Echo de Paris, says Admiral Rojestvensky’s squadron Iroquois Theater Trial March 15. Baltic Fleet is Returning. is not returning to the Baltic sea, hut Chicago. March 13.— March 15 was Paris. March 9 — A dispatch to the is simply cruising and awaiting the ar fixed by Judge McEwen today for the Temps from Tananarivo, capital of the rival of the third squadron under Ad opening of the trial of Manager W ill J. island of Madagascar, says the entire miral Nebogatoff. When this junction Davis on the charge of manslaughter, Russian fleet has left the water« on its is made they w ill proceed immediately to the Far East. return to Jibutil, French Somaliland. growing out of the Iroquois fire. ENTRANCE 1 ,4 0 0 -V O O T T l N1SEU ward 14 miles to Wadsworth, Nev., and thence 18 miles to the gTeat "Oar- son Sink.” a desert plain. The canal will be 23 feet wide at the bottom, 53 feet at the top, and 15 feet deep and will receive 1,400 cubic feet of fresh mountain water per second. About 2,000 men are employed In this work, which will cost the govern ment nearly $1,000.090. The canal will o|>en vast areas, hitherto arid nnd waste, to the homesteader and to agrl culture, and will greatly promote In dustries In contingent tracts. llesert Tracts Fast Going. Irrigation Is as useful In New York State farming as it Is In many places where It Is supposed to be more appli cable to the conditions The new cen sus bulletin Just issued states that nr tlficlnl provision against drought Is used In Maine, Massschusctts, Rhode iHland, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Florida, Ala liama and Mississippi. Exceptionally high yields of fruit snd vegetables are reported as mnde possible by its iisp . Thousands of miles of canals, says the hulletln. are distributing water upon more than 8.1110.0(10 seres of latsl. producing crops worth $lno,900,000 a yea r. The Increase from 1899 to 1902 was 2c per cent; $93,1110,000 has been In vested In Irrigation works. Running streams provide three-fourths of the Irrigation now In use, wells and springs the remainder. California leads In cost o f Irrigation works. Utah coming next. The Mor mons settled In an arid tract which they have made to blossom like a gar den by bringing water down from the mountains. In Irrigated area Colorado ranks first. But the California Irri gated land averages more valuable and Is more Intensively worked More than 90 per rent of the conn try's Irrigated farms are In the semi arid region between the Rockies and the Mississippi, using the headwaters of the latter stream. Thla takes In part of the “ Great American desert" o f old geographies. The Columbia river basin la third In Importance In Irrigation projects It alone supplies nearly 20,000 farms with water The Colorado river through much of Ita course lies In a canyon so deep that It cannot be coaxed out to work Only twenty systems are sup plied from the main stream. System» I leading ne«r Vurna, Arlz., are turning desert lands Into a region of marvelous richness. Not until 1867 was Irrigation applied m Sir Henry Hawkins, a brilliant ad” vocate and one of England's greatest criminal Judges, expreesed the follow ing opinion In hlg "Reminiscences” : “ Let me »ay a word about circum stantial evidence. Some writers hav* spoken of It as a kind of ‘dangerous Innovation' In our criminal procedure. It la almost ths only svldence that Is obtainable In all great crimes and It Is the best and most reliable. I hav* witnessed many great trials for mur der. but do not remember one wher* there was an eyewitness to the deed How Is It possible, then, to bring boms the charge to the culprit unless you rely on circumstantial evidence? "OlmuiMtaiitial evidence Is the evi dence of circumstances facts that speak for themselves and that cannot be contradicted. Circumstances have no motive to deceive, while human tes timony U too often the product o f ev ery kind of motive.” IEADER Of RUSSIAN RfVOlUMONISIS. Father Gopon Is the priest leader o f The Russian people In their effort to obtain a eonstltutloual government. He headed the crowd of Russians that sought to enter the Narva gate and ranch the palace square In 8t. Peters burg, where he hoped to give the Czar s petition for a constitution. Cossacks shot down his followers, lint spared ths priest, who escaped ami disap peared from public eight. Gopon Is the eon of s peasant. As a youth he served as a awlnehen but later was sent to a Poltava school, whence be Is reported to have been expriled for ultra soclsllstle views. Later, however, he was admitted to tbs priesthood under eertaln restrictions. His face Is alleged to resemble that o f a mystic, snd he Is said to possess a wonderful voice. His power over his followers among the workmen Is strong. A fter a woman says "there's no us* talking” she keeps right on.