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t rc p CH. E MEWS, 1 Let The News Find You a Tenant Lost Anything? Let The News Find It. .Ja,, as THE ONLY AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA VOL XXXH--NO. 5071 CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 10', 1905. PRICE: 3 CENTS. errn IT" the Russian Forces Finally Gave Vay Before the Terrible On slaught of the Japanese and Relinquished Their Hold on the Fortified City. Kuropatkin and His Army Practi cally Enclosed in Iron Ring Which Field Marshal Oyama Has Been Forging and His Forces are Now in Jeopardy. i;v Aoi'iat.il m. CITY OF MUKDEN' FALLS THIS MIRNING i Tokio. March 10 Japanese troops ! oa-upied Mukden at 1U o'clock r.his irridav) morning. Dispatch from j Yinkow savs the Russians are panic ! stricken. "Thousands of prisoners i and enormous quantities of stores ! and guns have been captured. THE FIGHTING DESPERATE. After Pressing With Unrelenting Seve rity on the Enemy For Several Days the Japanese Dislodged the Russians Around Mukden. By Associated Press. Tokio. March 10. The following tel egram was received from headquarters in the field: "In the direction of Sing Clung frr some days our forces has been attacking the enemy, who is making obstinate resistances in strong positions. Finally in the neighborhood of Tieta mir force at three o'clock Thursday morning completely dis lodged the enemy, whom they are now rumiing. Our force in the vicinity of Machunlan continues in hot pur suit of the enemy toward Fushun. In the direction of Shakhe and the east and south of Mukden we entirely pressed the enemy to the basis of the Kun river. "We stopped on the left hank, at tacking the enemy's strong fortifica tions west and north of Mukden. "Our attack against the enemy, who is obstinately resisting, is being push ed vigorously. "A heavy dust storm obscured tLe sun Thursday and darkness precluded seeing any distance. RUSSIAN STRENGTH ESTIMATED. Unofficially Reported That There Are Two Army Corps West of Mukden. By Associated Tress. Tokio. March 10 Noon. It is un officially reported that the Russian strength west, of Mukden consists of two corps. The Japanese who destroy ed the railroad are pressing the Rus sians northward and the portion of the Jaoenese center which is pressing tne Russians northward along the lukuen road is now engaged six miles Drth of Hun river. i The extreme Japenese right is within e miles of Fushun. Nearly all the ttussians- heavy gUns and many field ; 0 -ilcUe been captured. The Rus- sians ,eemea to be moving eastward firm .1 buv uujeb c- ! S n - Reterence to the fighting 2 i Pua nver conflicts with offi al reports, but possibly is later news. RUSSIANS TAKING TO HILLS, '"formation ThaTthTRetreat is a De -1 1 Uo Li 11 ! I Wirn Trill nmnnf f v- moralized Condition. By A opiated Press. New Chwang, March 10. According , reliable formation the Russians, javing been driven out of Mukden and retStUin' anrJ iih the railroad cut, are reating in a demoralized condition the hiu eountry towardg eagt rltChGd bdies of Russians are Shly entrenched with a view to ardKneipu,rs.uIt mt 110 gat rear "(i action is being fought. pRESH DISORDERS. ' TrpS Hae Belnr7espatched to the South of Russia. gAsrei;ited press. have rt0l'sbur- March lO.-Troops Ore and ViSDat(hed to Chefnignoff, PPre&s Psant disorders. JAPS OCCUPY FUSHUN. t!-i... 'antin 3 " the Heights North of That j, nace. ToWolTar3 PreSS f'ed bv' ToarCh 10Fushun was occu- COntinies onTr laSt Dight Fightin Fushun the IIdshts no'th of FEARFUL SiEGE FULL! ENDS Si EVACUATION TWO NEGROES HANGED. Before the Trap Was Sprung One of the Condemned Men Identified a Negro Spectator as Slayer of a Po liceman. By Associated i-'ress. Birmingham, Ala., March 10. Jud Braham and Alex. Robertson, negroes, were hanged here today for the murder of their sweethearts. Robertson spent his last hours in his cell shooting crops and just before he reached the gallows he identified Jim Williams, a negro spectator, as the murderer of Policeman Bennett, two years ago. Williams de nied the charge but was locked up. FUNERAL OF SENATOR BATE. Held Today in Senate Chamber in Presence of Distinguished Party. By Associated Press. Washington, March 10 The funeral services of Senator Bate, of Tennessee, were held in the Senate chamber today. President Roosevelt, members of his cabinet, the Chief Justice and Asociate Justices of the Supreme Court, diplo matic corps, members of the House of Representatives and Representatives of the army attended. Dr. Prettyman preached the funeral address. TWO NEW SUBMARINES. Navy Department Makes a Contract For Their Construction. By Associated Press. ' Washington, March 10. The Secre tary of the Navy has made a contract with the Electrical Boat Company for the consti'uction of two submarine tor pedo boats, one to cost $250,000, and the other to cost $200,000. - The contract calls for the comple tion of the two vessels within eigh teen months. With those two vessels the United States navy will include ten submarine torpedo boats. Senator Bate's Successor. By Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., March 10. Gover nor Frazier, former Governor Robert Li. Taylor and former Governor Ben ton McMillin are mentioned to succeed Mr. Bate in the Senate, but the im pression prevails that the legislature will decide -upon Mr. McMillin, who was Senator Bate's most active oppon ent during the last campaign. He withdrew in favor of Bate with the understanding that should Bate retire McMillin would become the candidate. STRIKERS M&KE HO I Sensational Reports Circulated During the Night Have no Foundation. Order From Na tional Office to Return to Work Has Not Been Heeded. By Associated Press. New York, March 10. Despite the sensational reports that organized demonstrations would be made by the strikers against the men who have taken their places in the subway and on the elevated lines, which were circu lated during the night, no trouble oc curred today. Although the national office had ordered the strikers to re turn to work under penalty of expul sion, diligent inquiry failed to show that the order had been heeded. While there was some improvement in the operation of trains today the normal standard of efficiency of the service has not yet been approached. Many Hurt in Crashes. New York, March 10. The biggest crowds since the strike began flocked to the uptown subway station during the morning rush hours today. At the Sixth street station, while the plat forms were iammed, a woman fell in the narrow space between the platform and a ana her leg was badly crush- ed. A man's leg was caught in a heavy sliding door of car and hurt. Many others were roughly handled in the crash. These conditions were re peated at many other points along the line, but no more serious accidents are reported. Scores of strikers have ap plied for their positions. President Pepper, of the local union of the Amalgamated Association, after the strikers' meeting today, said he told the men not to desert the union. Conditions on all branches of the In terborough Company's lines are im proved. The service is almost normal except on Third and Second Avenues. WILL WIPE OUT EVIL. Norfolk Council Strikes at Crimps By Raising Tax on Sailors' Boarding Houses. By Associated Press. Norfolk, March 10 The Finance Committee of the City Council will recommend a tax of $1,000 annually on sailors' boarding houses with a view to taxing out of existence these places which employ ? runners commonly known as cripms. NEW BEEF CONCERN. Million Dollar Independent Corporation Has Been Formed. By Associated Press. Chicago, Ills., March 10 The West ern Packing and Provision Company an independent beef packing concern, with a capital of a million dollars has been incorporated at Springfield. EMONSTRAT ONS TREATY DISCUSSION MONDAY. Santo Domingo Matter Will Be Aired in the Senate.' By Associated Press. Washington, March 10. ' Senator Cullom, in executive session of the Senate today, reported favorably the Santo Do'mingo treaty. Its discussion will begin Monday. WILL PAY FUNERAL EXPENSES. Senate Resolution to Bear Cost of Bate Obsequies. By Associated Press. Washington, March 10. The Senate today adopted a resolution to pay the funeral expenses of Senator Bate. The Vice-President appointed Senators Pettus and Overman on the committee accompanying the remains to Tennes see. At 12.07 the Senate went into exec utive session. NOTED FORGER GETS A YEAR. Man Wanted in Nineteen States Im prisoned in Virginia. By Associated Press. Norfolk, March 10. Philip Mcln tyre, a former Tennessee lawyer want ed in .nineteen States for alleged for gery, was today taken to Richmond to the penitentiary for a one year sen tence. NOTED PHI LADE LPH IAN DEAD. Oliver Hopkinson, 6ldest Living Mem ber of Philadelphia Bar Dies of Pneumonia. - By Associated Press. Philadelphia, March 10 Oliver Hop kinson, head of one of the oldest fam ilies in Philadelphia, died today of pneumonia, 'ased 93. He was the old est living member of the Philadelphia bar; also the oldest living graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. INHABITANTS ANNIHILATED. Reported That 9,000 Somalis Have At tacked Town of Merka With Fearful Results. By Associated Press. Mokbasa, British East Africa, March 10. It is reported that 9,000 Somalis have attacked the town of Merka, on the Bexdir coast, and have annihilated the inhabitants. THEIR CHARTER REVOKED. Striking Interborough Engineers Cut Off by Grand Council. By Associated Press. Cleveland, March 10. Grand Chief Stone, of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers, today revoked the charter of the striking interborough engineers in New York. This action followed a meeting of the grand coun cil on the arrival of Mr. Stone from New York. NORTH CAROLINA LANDS. Hunter Sharpens Appointment ' Con firmed by the Senate. Bv Associated Press. Washington, March 10 The senate today confirmed the nomination of Hunter Sharp, of North Carolina, as consul at Keobe. Japan. LENT WON'T STOP THEM. New York's Gay Society Folk Must Have Their Fun. By Associated Press. New York, March iu The Deginn ing of Lent marks the end of the win ter social season and society doffs ball and opera gowns for the proverb ial sackcloth of the Lenten period.' As a matter of fact, however, society is not so eager to forego its pleasures as was the custom in years gone by. There will be no elaborate functions until after Easter, but. of late years the concerts, musicales and other af fairs of a like nature which society has decreed are . permissable during the Lenten period have grown into such elaborate affairs that those who take part in them are given little time for rest or recreation between the gay eties of the winter season and the equally wearing diversions of the summer. Reports from Atlantic "City, Lake wood and other resorts of the fashion able set fere to the effect that the ho tels and cottages are filling rapidly. What the . metropolis loses in social gayety during the next six weeks will doubtless be to the gain of these pop ular resorts. TEXT PRESIDENT KISSED. "Be Ye Doers of the Word and Not Hearers Only." By Associated Press. Washington, March 10. When Pres ident Roosevelt was inaugurated on Saturday his lips touched a passage in the Bible peculiarly in keeping with his character as a man of action. The passage is found in the Epistle of St. James, first chapter, 22d, 23d and 24th verses: -.- "But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. ' . "For if any be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like upon a man beholding his natural face in a" glass. "For he beholdeth himself, and go- eth his way, and . straightway forget teth what manner of man he was." Count Charlotte In. By Associated Press. cLynchburg, Va.. March 10. Several well-known minor league promoters are here for the purpose of starting a Virginia-Carolina baseball league to include teams in Lynchburg, Roanoke, and Danville, in Virginia, and Raleigh, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem or Charlotte, in North Carolina. The prospects appear to be good for the league. , STANDING ORDERS REVOKED. Large Company of Marines Will Be Held at Norfolk no Longer. By Associated Press. Norfolk, March 10. Orders under which a large company of United States marines were being held here for service at Guantanamos and Santo Domingo have been revoked. RALEIGH ELKS WILL BUILD II EI TEMPLE Elk's Home Construction Company Organized Today for the Pur pose of Erecting a Modern Structure in Raleigh at a Cost of $25,000. Farmers are Using About Fifty Per Cent. Less Fertilizers This Year Than They Did Last. J. Crawford Biggs Reporter of Supreme Court. Special to The News. Raleigh, March 10. The Elk's Home Construction Company was organized here today to erect a $25,000 temple for the Raleigh lodge. Work will be gin on June 1st. It will be up-to-date, four stories with a roof garden. A charter is issued for the Alma Lumber Co., of Robeson county, the capital being $100,000. .P. A. Fore is the 'principal incorporator. FIGHT ON BUCKET SHOP BILL. It is announced here that the "bucket shop" or exchanges in various, parts of the State have joined in the matter of retaining counsel for. the purpose of contesting the Woodard anti-bucket shop law passed by the recent Legisla ture, the fight to be on the ground that the amendment exempting manufactur ers and wholesale dealers renders the act unconstitutional. For the present Ware & Leland, who conduct the ex change, have a sign posted to the effect that they are taking no new business but have their exchange open for the benefit of former customers. A severe thunder storm, the first of the season, passed over the city last evening, the rain fall being, .95 of an inch. This is taken to mean that spring is upon us, although there are no signs as yet of buds putting out. The total receipts of cotton on this market for the season to date is 11,580 bales,- against 13,343 for the corres ponding date last year. FARMERS CUTTING OF FERTILI ' ZERS. Reports received in the department of agriculture indicate that there will be a falling off of fifty per cent, or 'more in the sale of fertilizers for cotton. In this county, fertilizer dealers say the falling off will.be 75 pe? cent. "although there will'- be considerable increase ' in the acreage of to.Kaeco and .fertilizers will be used for this. Many cotton farm ers propose to phint without fertilizers and others are making their own fer tilizers to a greater extent than hereto fore. i. PEACE COMMENCEMENT. The date for, the Peace Institute com mencement has been fixed for May 21 to 24, the baccalaureate sermon"to be preached Sunday, 21st, by Dr. W. R. Lair of Danville, Va. Gov. Robert B. Glenn will deliver the addregs on the zn. COMPLAINT ABOUT RAILROAD. Members of the Corporation Commis--sion left last night for Salisbury for the purpose of making an inspection trip over the Yadkin railroad from Salis bury to Norwood. They make the in spection on the strength of a complaint filed by J. W,. "Boston, mayor of Albe marle. The complaint is to the effect that the passenger service is very poor and the road bed in very baL condi tion. ' .... - SUPREME COURT REPORT. The Supreme Court elects J. Craw ford Biggs, of Durham, court reporter to succeed Z. V. Walser, of Lexington, whose term of office expired February 1st. Mr. Biggs is elected to hold office at the will of the court instead of for a fixed term as has been the practice in the past. He vfihished at, the State Uni versity and was assistant professor of law there several years, resigning to begin the practice of his profession in Durham six years ago. He is secretary of the North Carolina Bar Association. The salary as reporter is $1,200 and re quires very littie time. NO LIMIT TO ARGUMENTS. Chadwick Case May Not Go To Jury , Before Monday. By Associated Press. Cleveland, Ohio, March 10.' Argu ments in the Chadwick case began The case will probably not go to the jury until Monday as no limit is plac ed on the arguments on either side. MRS, STAFFORD'S r Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict That She Died of Strychnine Poisoning Administered by Un- known Hands. No Clue Has Been Discovered. By Associated Press. Honolulu, March 10. The coroner's jury returned a,, verdict that Mrs. Stanford died an unnatural death, due to strychnine poisoning, the person having been introduced into a bottle of bicarbonate of soda with felonious in tent by a person or persons to the jury unknown. The police of Honolulu are as much without a clue as when Mrs Stanford died. UNNATURAL DEATH SIMPLY GUESSING. The Mountain Island Deal is Still a Mystery. A prominent citizen of Charlotte who knows whereof he speaks, in formed The News' man today that ev erything that has been published con cerning the sale of the Mountain Is land property is far from the actual facts. "Why," said the above gentleman interviewed "because Dr. Wylie and Mr. Hooper of Baltimore came to Char lotte on the same tran, does not nec essarily mean that these gentlemen are connected with the big deal that has been made?" "Because Mr. Willis B. Dowd came to Charlotte to look after a Country Club site does not signify that he, too, is interested in the Mountain Island deal." "And the name of Mr. E. R. Preston. How in the world did the newspapers get him mixed up in the deal? I sup pose because he took in the inaugura tion, and Washington, you know, is only about 45 miles from the city of Baltimore, where the- deal is said to have been consummated." . The truth of the whole" matter is that the newspapers of Charlotte have , been guessing." To my mind, there are only three peqple in Charlotte who, actually know anything of the reported deal. These are Mr. Chase Brenizer, Capt. A. G. Brenizer and Mr. Charles W. Jones. When you hear others talk ing about this matter, you can put it down that such are fpllowing the pace set by the newspapers, guess ing." Ex-Mayor Hooper of Baltimore who is interested in the Mountain Island property, was here yesterday after noon. He remained in Charlotte only about twelve hours, leaving on one of the late trains last night for his home. Dr. W. Gil Wylie is still here. He leave or Rock Hill this, evening where ne goes to visit his property, the Catawba Power Company's plant While in Rock Hill he wnl also look after some patients and will return to Charlotte either Sunday or Monday and will leave for New York Monday night. ATCHISON PAID REBATES. Big Railway System Gave Million Back to Shippers. - By Associated Press. ' Topeka, Kansas, March 10. It de veloped in the testimony taken yes terday in the case of the State of Kan sas vs. the Atkinson,. Topeka. & Santa Fe Railroad that during the year end ing June" 30, 1902, the Atkinson Com pany paid back to shippers over one million dollars in rebates. Frank S. Monnett, former attorney general of Ohio, who is the leading at torney in' the suits against the Stan dard Oil Company .and the Santa Fe ilaijroad', has .started out to . show" thhjt eyef y-railroad in Kansas" is violating the Kansas anti-trust law. Monnett expects to do this partially from the sworn reports of the roads themselves as filed with the State board of rail road commissioners. It looks as if Mr. Monnett is inaugurating a gigan tic anti-trust legal war. He has been in the Indian Territory during the last week looking up the matter of the Foster lease and the connection of the Standard Oil Company with it. He also visited Oklahoma. CRIPPLE CREEK OUTPUT. February Returns $1,687,000 Equal Month's Average. By Associated Press. New York, March 10 The February Cripple Creek gold production amount ed to 48,840 tons of ore valued at $1, 687,000. The total production for the first -two months of the year exceeds $4,000,000 in value. While the production from the Crip ple Creek district for the month is lower than January on account of the short month, yet it is fully up to the average. The curtailed production from Stratton's Independence, due to the destruction of the ore bins by fire, has made a decrease in the totals. The leasing of the Stratton estate will not make itself felt during March, as it will take all of that month to get the lessees in touch with the ground. ANDERSON, S. C, RESTRAINED. Supreme Court Enjoins City From Col lection of Tax From Western Union. V By Associated Press. Charleston, March 10. The city of Anderson was enjoined yesterday iu the United Staets circuit court, on complaint of the Western Union Tele graph company, restraining the author ities from proceeding with the collec tion of the license assessed against the' pompany. The order directs the defendants to show cause on March 21 why the temporary injunction, re straining any and all interference with the business of the company, should not be issued. -The complaint of the company al leges that the license has been raised to $100, just double the license of, iast year, which is an unjust and unreason able sum, unwarranted by the busi ness which the company does in An derson. , The order of the court re strains the city authorities especially from carrying out its threat to rearrest the manager of the office, which the bill of complaint states will damage nd seriously interfere with the business of the corporation. Tardy Mark For Court Justice. By Associated Press. Washington, March 10. For the first time since -the street cars and automobiles were invented, the Su preme Court of the United States Tuesday could not muster a quorum when the appointed meeting time ar rived. The absentees were Justices Brewer, White. McKenna and Harlan, who were kept away because of the inclemency of the weather. Justice White was summoned to make tip the quorum. ; - PA'LLOP.GRIEF .OVERTHE'EIViPiRE MRS. STANFORD'S WILL. Her Various Bequeaths Made Public. Remembered Family Servants and Charities. By Associated Pres? .San Francisco, March 10 The will of the late Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stan ford, which h?.s been fih?d in Santa Clara county, leaves the sum of $2, 000,000 to the Union Trust Company, of this city,, to be held in trust for various relatives. Mrs. Stanford bequeaths to her brother, Ariel Lathrop, of Albany, N. Y., the net income of one-half .of the trust fur.dduring his life time. At his deaththe trust shall cease as to the ?1,000,000 and the property or se curities shall be delivered to. relatives. The net income of tho nthr hnif of the $2,000,000 trust fund is bequeathed to Jennie Lawton. Amv I,. Hanson her nieces, and to Daniel S Gunning ana Amy l.. Gunning, children of her deceased niece, Christine Gunning. Mrs. Stanford bequeathes to her brother, Charles .Gardner Lathrop, $1, 000,000, and to local charitable insti tutions $85,000. Various- sums are given to friends and servants. Ali her plate and articles of art are bequeath ed to the Stanford University Museum. The residue of her estate is bequeath- I ed to Stanford University. Fearful Death Rate. By Associated Press. Calcutta, March 10. The deaths from the. plague last week numbered 31, OtH). Statistics show that the deaths from Bubonic plague in India within a few years reached nearly 3,000,000. In 1903 the mortality in India from the nlaeue alone was 850. The number of deaths 1 recorded last week 'while extraordi nary is not unprecedented. The in fection . recently spread to Burmah where it is making rapid strides. This season of the year always favors its spread. ' Mr. Crittenton Coming. Mr. Charles N. Crittenton, president of The National Florence Crittenton Home, of Washington, D. C, writes to a friend her that he expects to visit Charlotte the latter part of April and hold a two or three weeks meeting in the interest of the Home in Charlotte. : THE CANDIDACY . . . nr yn m ur No Longer Any Doubt But That This Gentleman Will be the Administration Candidate for Mayor. Other Political Ru mors Afloat Today. About the only absolutely certainty in the coming mayorality campaign, is that Mr. Samuel S. McNinch, will be a candidate to succeed Mayor P. M. Brown. The News can state it as a fact, that Mr. McNinch will be a candidate, and - furthermore, that he will hardly wait for the meeting of the city executive committee to make public his an nouncement. The News learns this afternoon that to several intimate friends, Mr. Mc Ninch so stated his position today. He will, however, refrain from discussing public matters until his formal an nouncement is made through the usual channels. During today some interesting polit - ical rumors were on the wing. There was considerable talk today concerning the probable candidacy of Mr. Brevard McDowell. It is known that a number of his friends have taken the subject up with him bufrup to 3yo'clock this after noon nothing tangible has been. given out. The friends of Capt. T. S. Franklin were very much in evidence today. It was confidently asserted by some of these that he would make the race, while others equally as close to Capt. Franklin, stated positively that he would decline all overtures and would not, under any circumstances make the race. A new Richmond waaon the tongues of many today. Early this morning a quiet boom was started for Mr. R. H. Jordan, the popular druggist. To all comers, Mr. Jordan shook his head and said "No." Mr. Jordan's popularity coupled with his splendid business ability, would, it is asserted, be strong drawing cards for him. He declines to even consider the matter, at least The News man was so informed by one of his closest friends. ' Aside from the interest manifested in the mayorality race the aldermen, 13 in number, furnish splendid ground for more talk. So far, none of the pres ent board have indicated by word or act that they will make the race again. One of the aldermen in the Third Ward was tackled this morning but he was de cidedly non-committal. v There is every indication that the race for aldermen will he a warm one. IIP iuin. iui ii mi .n i a tttf mm mill in iiniuii . - ' 1 ALL HOPE GONE LISTS Of DESO PE0PLEJ1SHED Convincing Proof Reaches St. Petersburg That the Russian Army Has Met With Disaster and All Hope of Converting De feat into Victory Shattered. - During the Battle Yesterday a Dust Storm of Hurricance Vio lence Prevailed, Concealing Friend and Foe, Making Con ditions Most Dreadful. By Associated Press. BLOODIEST BATTLE NOW WAGING. Washington, D. C, March 10. The Japanese legation received the following cablegram from To kio: "Our troops occupied Muk den at 10 a. m. Friday. Our en veloping movement since some days ago proved successful, and and the bloodiest battle is now proceeding in .various 'places near Mukden, It will be impossible for the Russians to keep up any sort of resistance for many days, as there are no means of provisioning in the rough country through which they are retreating. It is believed that the Russians may at tempt to reach Kirin, 625 miles north- !east. of Mukden, through the valleys; 7 . i . but i.a special Japanese corps from the direction of the Yalu river (Probably General KamamTira's forces) threatens t0 c"t them off. General Kurokl is ad- vancinS northwest and is forcing the Russians against General Nogi's armies. The casualties on both sides are enormous. The Russian sixteenth army corps was practically annihiliated at Tatchekiao. Eight thousand Russians fell at Leukuanpeo. OYAMA CLOSES IRON RING. Large Portion of Russian Army Has Been Encircled by the Japanese For . ces. By Associated Press. St. Petersburg, March 10. The ex tent of the disaster to General Kuro patkin's" army is as yet unknown here, but Field Marshal Oyama tucceedeJ in ceasing the Iron ring around at least a large portion of the army. Com munication with Mukden is apparently cut as no word has arrived dated later than 5.00 p. m. yesterday. The situa tion" of General Balderling, who com- , - " j iv. i .-j i yesterday must have been fought un der dreadful conditions. A dust storm of hurricane violence was blowing, concealing friend and foe, while through the opaque yellow vil streams of wounded and camp followers plod ded northward. The war office this morning had lit tle consolation to offer the pitiful iu quiries for news. . The papers are filled with long lists of the killed in the earlier days of the fighting and churches are crowded with wives and mothers and , sisters praying that their loved ones be spared. At last all classes seem to have joined in a common grief. All hope of Kuropatkin -waiting for an opportune moment to strike and convert defeat into victory has been abandoned and the papers in delous strains chronicle the last and worst reverse to Russian arms. RUSSIANS IN A CIRCLE. Japanese Leader Says His Surround ing Movement Completely Succeed ed Fighting Within the Circle. By Associated Press! ' Tokio, March 10. Field Marshal Oyama telegraphs the following: "We occupied Mukden at ten o'clock this morning. ' . "Our surrounding movement, in which we have been engaged for some days past," has now completely . suc ceeded. : ' "The fiercest fighting continues at several places in the vicinity of Muk den. : - , : . , "We captured : a. great number of prisoners, . enormous quantities of arms and- ammunition, provisons and other war supplies. There is at pres ent no time to investigate the number of these," " : . - If 4 :-.V it- M 1;.' &w4- -':- 4s K-v .4'-: H