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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-02

BERLIN, September 2.-Exchange on
London, 20 marks Ala pfennigs. The rate
of discount for short and three months
bills. pa per cent.
The weekly statement of the Imperial
Bank of Germany shows the following
changes:
Cash in hand decreased 81 $50 600 marks:
treasury notes decreased 1.24O.0O0 marks;
other securities Increased Ga. 30 600 marks;
notes in circulation increased So, 100. 900
marks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-02
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The business on the local stock exchange
at noon today was as dull as the rainy
weather The attendance of brokers and
visitors was below the average. and the
former appeared to be afraid to venture
much in the way OF bids and offerings. II
withdraw was heard over and over again,
and much more frequently than almost any
thing else. Bids and offerings would bs made
after some hesitation, and then, as IL fear
full that somebody might accept them, they
would be taken OF the floor quickly. The
volume of business actually transacted was
very small.
The bidding of the day was chiefly con-
fined to keeping the quotations up to
the standard" Washington Gas securi-
ties. Washington Railway and Electric.
Mergenthaler. Lanston and the other
stocks that have been keeping things
lively lately failed today to start any
thing. A slight reactionary tendency has
apparently set in, after the boom of the
first part of the week.
Officers OF the East Washington Savings
Bank. the new institution on Pennsyi-
vania avenue southeast say that no ef-
fort will be made to have the stock of
this bank listed on the local exchange for
the present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-02

Bar silver. firm. 2Sl.d per ounce.
Money la1A per cent.
The rate OF discount In the open market for short
bills is 15sa2 per cent.
The rate discount In the open market for three.
months bills is 2a2h per cent
sEx-int,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-02

LONDON. September 2.-Bullion amount
ing to $4,000 was withdrawn from the
Bank of England today for shipment to
South America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-02
Today's Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for re-
demption Ss76599; government receipts
from internal revenue. $7S8. 719; customs,
$767 277: miscellaneous, $12I,sI2 expendi-
lures, s., 130. 900
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
The Kansas Oil War.

CHANUTE, Kan. March 9.--The or
der of the Prairie Oil and Gas COM
pany to run no more oil below 30 de.
grees, which practically means re.
newal of the boycott of the Kansas
field, will, it is believed, result in dis
aster to those individuals and COM
pauies, which, figuring on a return of
full buying and better prices, have re.
sumed operations.
E. c. Martin, one of the largest pro.
ducers in the field, said: ut is an
other act of defiance. 1t is another
effort to crowd the Kansas producer
to the wall. 1t will bring independent
re6neries here and make market for
fuel oil.''
w. E. Connolly, member of the ad-
visory board Of the Kansas Oil Pro.
ducers' association. said the order
was only movement on the part o!
the Standard Oil company to show its
contempt for the Kansas operators.
John O'Brien. assistant manager OF
the Prairie company, in statemen,
said that it was impossible to comply
with the laws passed by the Kansas
legislature.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Nevada will BE Wide Open.

RENO, New, March lO.-Arother
radical victory was won by the wide
open element in the Nevada lcgisla-
tire today when the bill compelling
al! gambling to be conducted on the
second floors was repealed. The
measure practically makes Nevada a
state where gambling can be carried
on in any place, either on the street
or in the houses, SO long as the gam
bier pays the license. Governor
Sparks this afternoon stated he will
sign the bill.
1t is a strange condition in that, at
the recent election, the majority of the
legislators were elected ON what is
known As the "reform ticket" pledged
to suppress gambling and restrict the
liquor interests. These legislators
for the most part vo,ei for the bill to
day, the measure carrying by u vote
of ..3 to IA.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Western StOchmen Protest.

WAsHINGTON, March 10. = Sccre-
tary Wilson, of the department of
agriculture, and DR.. Salmon, chief Of
the bureau of auima! industry of that
department, We're ia consultation to-.
day With a delcg alton representing the
National Cattle Growers association,
re! alive TO the quarantine regulations
Of The approaching season under the
law enacted at the last session of con-
gress.
The delegation consisted of Mes SIS.
Murdo Mackenzie, OF Colorado and
Texas. +. McRecley, Of Co. .orado,
Conrad Kohrs and Paul Mccormick,
of Montana, and W. G.. NJ. Comstock.
of Nebraska. The especial subject of
controversy is the treatment OF cattle
which have had opportunity for in.
fection Of the mango, which is giving
the department much concern.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Complaint Against Northern Pacific

WAsHINGToN, March 10. = Com
p,aiut has been filed before the Inter.
state commerce commission 10y Viii
liam NJ Wiley of Bozeman, Mont,
against the Northern Pacific Railroad
company. and the Yellowstone Nation
~ PARK association 1t is charged that
the railroad gives preferential rates
for the same service o! as much as
Sl1 30 per PASSENGER in favor OF the
defendant hotel and transportation
company and against other competi-
tors doing business in the park and a
large nnmber of people who care to
tour the park otherwise than stopping
at the hotels ia which the railro ad
company is charged with having an
interest,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Washington News Notes.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-The bu-
reau of commerce and labor has re-
ported that the investigation of the
STANDARD Oil trust in accord ance with
resolution adopted in congress and
by the presidents orders, will cost
the government 100000.
Francis NJ. Leupp. commissioner Of
Indian affairs, presented to the presi'
dent the five Indian chiefs who par
ticipated in the inaugural parade last
Saturday. They were Geronimo,
Apache: Quauahparker, Comanche:
Hollow Horn Bear, Rosebud Sioux:
American Horse, Brule: Sioux, and
Little Plume, Blackfoot.
Geronimo, the aged Indian chief,
today tearfully pleaded with Presi-
dent Roosevelt to "take the rope from
the hands" of himself and his people.
The great father" replied, "When
YOU lived in Arizona you had a bad
heart and killed my people. cannot
vet grant your request.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Missouri Statesmen at Work

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, March o.
MIR. kirkham of Camden introduced Il
bill in the house which he insisted was
offered at the request of Mr.. Waln--
ley OF Kansas City. 1t proposes tax
of 81 on cats. In filing lists for the
assessor the mum Der of cats owned by
each person making such a list to be
included, as in other property, and
the tax of 81 on each imposed.
The senate has passed bill m aking
all pipe lines constructed, or to be
in the state for the pur
pose of carrying oil, common carriers
and placing them under the direction
OF the railroad commissioners.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Rotten Politics In ncStieut.

HARTFORD, Conn, March l0.-Rev.
DR.. Newman Smythe, of New Haven.
who appeared before the judiciary
committee of the general assembly in
support OF corrupt practice bill, in
formed the committee that after care.
ful invests alton he had found that in
the last campaign ''money met money"
at the caucuses in considerably more
than 100 of the towns of the state.
He figured that the total sum used
might have reached Sl5O,OOO. Not.
withstauding, he said, the notorious
use of money and other valuable con-
siderations in the last campaign, mot
a single stroke of prosecuting pen
has been made, nor a dollar fine i'm.
posed, not a Jail door has swung
open to receive a single political rob.
ber of Connecticut.
He intimated that such evidence as
was at hand might be laid at the door
of the judiciary committee Of the
United States senate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15

ment was entered into between the
Standard Oil company and the Santa
Fe, the Missouri Pacific, the Mis-
souri,, Kansas s. Texas railway, and
possibly others, whereby the tariff of
the transportation of oil over the
railway lines should be placed at an
exhorbitant and prohibitive figure.
The railways were to profit from this
transaction through distribution
among the railways of 10 cents on
every barrel of oil run through the
Standards pipe lines.
This made it impossible for the In
dependent companies to ship crude
oil, and had the effect of elimin ating
competition to the Stands ard Oil com.
pany. The theory is that the Stand ard
made the producer stand this expense
by reducing the price OF crude petro.
leum corresponding amount. The
hearing will be resumed in Topeka
Monday.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Plague Spreading In India.

CALCUTTA, March 9.-The deaths
from the plague last week numbered
$4,000. The infection recently spread
to Burmah. where it is making rapid
strides. This season OF the year al.
ways favors it, spread.
The Indian government is making
every effort to eradicate it, burning
whole sections Of towns aud .egregat-
ing the inhabitants. But owing to the
climate aud the sanitary conditions
of the outlying districts and native
sections of the towns, it is difficult to
cope with the epidemic, which breaks
out continually at fresh points. The
deaths are said TO be 90 per cent. Of
those affected,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15

tol. adjoining Hotel l'Angletere here,
just before daylight this morning,
blew to atoms the owner of the bomb,
man with an English passport and
giving the name of Alfred Henry Nc.
Cullough, and wrecked the adjoining
rooms. killing the wife of an officer
and injuring several other dodgers.
The explosion was heard blocks away
and created tremendous sens alton.
There is not the slightest doubt that
the man killed was connected with ter.
rorist plots. The bomb was of the
same power which killed the late Min.
lister of the Interior Won Plehve aud
Grand Duke Sergius, creating the
same havoc as did the explosion at the
Hotel Du Nord last spring. The pol.
ice believe that Mccullough was en-.
gagged either in packing his effects or
in preparing for some desperate enter.
prise today when the bomb, which, like
like all the internal machines of the
terrorists, was provided with gravity
tubes, fell and exploded, as the one at
the Hotel Du Nord did.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Carter Alleges Fraud.

ASHINGTON, March lU.-Cnaryes
of scandal are being made 10 ,E,. uf
fairs Of the 81. Louis .Xpy...l.u CON
pauy concerning the G. C'at.iny of
awards anu also the saiya-.c .utrac,-
by "hirh certain OF the -:aul vXi'usi
tlOu nullding, are to .e r~n,o"tu.
Senator !luma, Ii. Carte. .n.,..,s
resign 4. !,i- place as chair,,'>,. Of lie
gnver,.ln.l., commits sion, ,u>l: aat
L!"ut ,:lHt onr of the SUB jeule - t.
{ II .r, Ii Gy the comm 81 4 =
Nu.ve |, co..u,iou in the enl. al the cX-
po-hloi bui.uings and al. tEe property
of the exposition a, whu, il said 10 be
IA .uadequate price received on Il con-
trac. MADE wiihou, fair tumpens alton
or Publicity.
ut is claimed b! numerous parties -
the senator added. that through the
failure OF The exposition company to
fairly describe the property for sale, a
profit Of more than 81 200, 900 was Civ.
en- 20 the favored bidders which would
involN+ {; loss to the United States of
one thiru of t'.at sum. 1t remains for
the commission to ascertain and re-
port to the president the facts concern.
Ing this trans action
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Senator Bate Passes Away.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-United
States Senator William Bromage
Bate, of Tennessee, twice governor of
his state, veteran of both the Mexi-
can and civil wars, rising from priv ate
to major general in the confederate
army in the latter war, and for eigh.
teen years a conspicuous member of
the upper house of congress, died in
his hotel apartments in this city to.
day. He was IS years old. Death
was due to pneumonia and defective
heart.
Senator Bate attended the Inaugural.
ton ceremonies of March 1, and his
death is believed to be due to exposure
on that occasion. He suffered u
slight chill on that day. He however
continued his official duties, and oc-
cupied his seat in the senate Tuesday.
Senator Bates remains will be taken
to his old home at Nashville and will
be Inferred in the Mount Olivet ceme-
terry there.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
kuinnrS If Peace.

LONDON, Marco IL. --.IccordinG to
the Daily Icle-:rap .":a.r over,ures
have areauS b.ru practically com.
meuced. The cu4pers!', !, .tiness to
negotiate has b,cu atimated to the
French government ana commune l.
tions have passed he,we,,tl )tta British
and French government, with a view
of Great Britain up.nin.. con muu-
ication- with .'ap4n.
1t i- Impossible at present t. con.
firm or VERT. the stalelneit Of the
Daily Graphic, which declares that
the decision i. due not OILY to the de.
feat of kuropa,Ilin. * but also to The al
most insurmoun,a ble difficulties Rus.
sia met in the last attempt to negoti-
ate a loan in Paris.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
MUKDEN CAPTURED.
RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS FALLS INTO
HANDS OF VICTORIOUS JAPANESE.
Large Portion of Defeated Army Must
Surrender To The Enemy.

TOXIC, March lO.-Field Marshal
Oyama telegraphs as follows under
date Of today:
1--WE occupied Mukden at 10 o. clock
this morning. Our surrounding move
ment, in which we have been engaged
for some days has now completely sue.
ceeded. The fiercest fighting now con.
tinues at several pl in the vicinity
OF Mukdeu. We captured great
number of prisoners, enormous Quan.
titles of arms, ammunition. provisions
and other supplies"
The fighting that made Mukden's .
fall possible occurred late Wednesday
afternoon at the village OF Danshun
Tun, six miles west OF Muken and
commanding that place. Rivers OF
blood flowed in the village streets of
Danshun Tun. The japanese kept
storming the place, repeatedly dis.
lodging the Russians. The latter
would return again with equally as
desperate counter attack anu recap
ture the position.
Possession was of such vital import.
ance that the Japanese reformed their
lines aud charged time after time, and
Danshun Tuu finally fell into their
hands, only after a desperate hand to
hand encounter. The dead were scat.
tered by the thousands in the streets,
courty ard and houses. Hundreds and
hundreds of corpses still remain un-
buried.
When they did gain aud were able
to hold posses sion, the japanese were
able to train their heavy guus On
Mukden's 5 railroad station, and from
this place they opened fire today,
which resulted in the capture of the
city of Mukden. The latest advices
say the japanese are concentrating
their efforts seven miles north of Muk.
den and five miles west of the railroad
with the object of being able to break
through the cutoff and surround the
Russians below.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 10.--News
that Mukden had fallen furnished a
miserable end to the Russian carnival
week. The public believes that Field
Marshal Oyama has succeeded in clos
ing the iron ring around at least q
large portion of the army.
The war Office this morning had lit.
tie consolation to offer the pi;ifu iu.
quiries for news. The papers wer,
filled with long lists vi .hu>r kill,u II
the earlier days Of the fighting auu IA.
churches are crowded with mo-. e :
loved ones be spared. Al leae. al
classes seemed 70 have Joined in 'ht
common nrief
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
PURSUED By JApS.
Retreat To Tie Pass Which Has
Been Extensively Fortified.

TOXIC, March l2.-The pursuit of
the Russian armies continues, and
resumption Of heavy fighting in the
vicinity Of Tie pass is anticipated.
Tie pass is naturally strong posi-
tion and it has been extensively forti.
fed. 1t is thought that the Russians
will rally there, and endeavor to check
the rapidly advancing japanese. The
Japanese are already in touch with
Tie pass.
The Russians are evidently confused
and exhausted, and are possibly short
of food and ammunition and, it Is be.
lieved here, they will be unable to re.
sist strong attack. Succeeding re.
ports from the field increase the extent
OF the Russian disaster: and it is
thought that it will require months to
resupply and reorganize the Russian
armies.
The general staff estimates the mum.
Der of Russians engaged in the pres
ent battle at 100000 infantry, $4,000
cavalry, with 1,34S guns. The infan.
try calculation allows for 376 battal.
ions. with an average of 800 men each.
The following report was received
today from Field Marshal Oyama:
The number of prisoners and the
enemy's estimated casualties agains,
all our forces in the direction of the
Shakhe river follow, but the number
of prisoners. guns and spoils are in-
ere asing momentarily:
Prisoners, over 10000, including
General Nakhimorf.
Killed and wounded. estimated Il,
9O,sOO.
Eremy's dead, left on the field, %.
800.
WASHINGTON. March l1.-"After
Lao Yang there was talk of peace
Russia's answer was reinforcements
Like Liao Yang, Mukden is the scene
OF another retreat, and again Rus.
sia's answer will be large reinforce.
men;s, but Of peace, not a word"
This was the emphatic statement OF
Count Cassini, the Russian ambass a.
dor, today In the light of the morning
dispatches telling OF the Russian re-
treat. The only official news he has
received in the last few days from his
government regarding the operations
is contained in brief cablegram
which came last night, saying that
General kuropatkin was retreating
after days of fighting.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
RUSSIANS MAY SURRENDER.
Japanese Forces Forming Net That
Will Cut OFF Retreat.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 9-The
most important development of the day
Is the report that a flying japanese
column has appeafed north Of Mukden
and is heading rapidly west This is
probably part of General Kuroki's
army, which is making detour by
forced marches and swinging around
to effect junction with General Nogi.
If the maueuver succeeds the net will
be closed
It is said here that General Kuro.
patkin, with his headqu arters, is now
at Fankiatung station on the railroad
10 miles below Tie pass. The general
staff admits that carnage in the battle
will exceed anything in modern war.
fare although the staff officers insist
that the Japanese must have sustained
the heaviest losses. The Russians be-
lieve they surely will reach $4,000.
LONDON, March 10.-In the opinion
of English military critics General
Kuropatkin's forces are doomed to
complete disaster. Careful study of
all the avenues of escape and the dis
position of the Japanese armies Leads 5
to the conclusion that the best Kuro-
patkin can hope is to save mere
remnant of his army, after devoting
whole divisions to slaughter. Much
Importance is attached to General Ka-
wamura's INDICATED army, which is
momentarily expected to complete the
closing of the net around the defeated
host.
The Daily Telegraph, in an editori-
al article we'll rejecting the gen.
eral opinion here on the situation in
the far east. says:
''The greatest battle in the world s
history promises to end in the world .
greatest military disaster. Even if
Kuropatkin succeeds In snatching
half his host from the terrible ring OF
fire, how can Russia hope to send out
another army to replenish his ranks.
The sword is being wrested from Rus
sia's fumbling hands. Kuropatkin's .
disastrous defeat ought to mean the
end of the war, unless the czar's blind.
ness is incurable, and he waits for
further sledge hammer blows to fall,
inevitable as those of fate"
The correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph at Toxic says, on official
authority, that fully 100000 Russians
are enveloped, and he hears that
Russia's central army is almost an.
initiated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Ucinzc Brings suit For Millions.

NEW YORK, March lo.-A suit for
s37 100000 has been brough. by the
JoFnstown Mining company against
the Boston x Montana Mining com.
pauy, in the courts of New York state,
to recover the value Of copper ores
alleged to have been taken by the
latter company from lands on which
the plaintiff is said to have had prior
locations and patent. Johnstown
company operates the Rarus mine in
Montana, aud the Pennsylvania claim
of the Boston and Montana adjoins
it. The Johnstown is Heipze prop
erty and the Boston and Montana an
Anal 4amated concern.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Bryan Champions Reforms.

MADISON, Wis, March 1O.-On iu-
vitation of both houses, Col. w. J.
Bryan today addressed the Wiscon.
sin legisl a,ure. Governor La Toilette
was present. Mr.. Bryan championed
the reform measures of the state ad.
ministration. He characterized Gov.
ernor La tollettee as the first and
foremost champion of reform in the
republican party in the United States.
The speaker opposed the influence
of corporations in politics and par.
,icularly scored the railroads. He
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Will Not Prohibit prizefights.

SACRAMENTO, Marco 9.-The Rails.
ton prizefight bill was defeated in the
lower house today. The measure, ii
it had passed, would have put an end
to professional fights in California.
1t passed the senate several days ago.
Today's vote was 33 ayes and 35 noes.
The result was predicted several days
ago when a poll was made of the
house, showing the vote would be as
recorded today.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Alleged Land Frauds In Utah

SALT LAKE, March IL Special
agents OF the federal government are
reported to have been engaged for
some time past in investig ating public
land frauds in Utah. The Salt Lake
Herald today states that hundreds of
thousands of acres of valuable coal
lands have been acquired by corpora.
tions by questionable methods. Vast
tracts of of coal lands are said to have
been filed on and patented as agricul.
tural and grazing land, and then
transferred to the coal companies.
In many instances, it is stated, lands
have been filed on as coal lands, uu.
der the law which permits every adult
citizen to acquire 100 acres of coal
lands by purchase, upon payment of
$40 an acre for such lands when stu.
ated more than Is miles from any rail.
road. and $40 an acre when situated
within Is miles of a railroad. Later
these filings have been allowed to
lapse. and the came lands have been
acquired as agricultural or grazing
land at 81 80 an acre. More than
1000 of these coal entries have been
made in the Salt Lake land Office, but
not more than one in fifty of the per-
sons who made the filings has COM
pleted the purchase, the filing lapsing,
and title being secured as agricultural
or grazing land from the state land
Office through state land selections.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-15
Bryan Loses Will Case.

HARTFORD, Conn.,, March 9.-In a
decision handed down by the supreme
court today, the superior court is up.
held in declaring that the sealed letter
in the Philo S. Bennett will contain.
ing a bequest of $4,000 to VIM. j.
Bryan is not part OF the Bennett;
will. The case went up on MIR. Bry-
ans appeal from the superior court
decision.