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.