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Piggmus-'F says that his sister Ann talks culture till he falls asleep" Dismukes-"She must be a sort of Ann aesthetic" Piggnlus-" Yes; either that or worse" ."--Washingt Life.
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BEWARE OF JIU-JTTsU.

Jiu-jutsu is 9 complicated system of trick wrestling evolved by the Japanese after centuries of trials and practice by the ruling classes. It depends upon an intimate anatomic knowledge of the joints and peripheral nerves. The wrestler tries to siege his opponent in such way that he can twist joint, say the soulder, so as to give great pain American school boys have a trick of seizing another's index finger and bending it back until pain causes the sufferer to cry for mercy, and this is typical jiu-jitsu. It is combined with such tricks as pressing upea exposed nerves or tender spots in joints, such as under the lobe of the ear, while holding the opponent in a species of chancery, or an effort may be made to choke the opponent. As soon as the an- tagonist relaxes his guard in mo- ment of pain the other slips behind him. and while back to back throws him over his head by dexterous movement. While still stunned, the fallen man is siezed, bound, handcuffed or in the olden times dispatched with the sword. The system was carefully taught to all the samural or ruling caste, but the masses of the people were kept in ignorance of it's tricks. At present it is apparently used by only the police, to assist them in overpower- ing men much large than themselves. American Medicine.
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Closing Prices.

The following are the closing prices reported by Prince & Whitely. Bankers aud Brokers. 25 Broadway. New York. and 15 Center street. New Haven. Conn:
 Bid. Asked.
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Cotton Market.

Reported by Dick Bros. & O., members of New York Stock and Cotton Ex- changes. Branch office, No. Ss Center New Haven, Conn:
 New York, May 16.
 High. Low. Last,
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able agricultural land in the country will be taken. Soon the growth of towns and cities will make neighbor- ing farms lands in old states so yalu- able that, to render its ownership pro- fitable, intensive culture will be neces- sary. Peas and tomatoes, goOseberries and strawberries will supplant cattle and corn. Four hundred acre farms, steam plow7 and thrashing machines are not adapted to intensive culture. It means small farms and human labor. With intensive culture the agricultural states will get back their lost farmers and farm workers and thousands be- sides.-Chicago Tribune.
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THE CIGARETTE IN INDIANA.

The enactment by the legislature of Indiana of a law not merely making it misdemeaner to sell cigarettes, but penalizing the having of them or of the paper used in rolling them in pos session, is an example of the fragrant abuse of the police powers of a Con- monwealth under under the stimulus of ignorant and prejudiced monomanics, The cigarette is 8 roulette of tobacco incased in a shell of paper. Obviously the smoking of tobacco is not the off, fence penalized since on may smoke it in a pipe, meershum or corncob, as he pleases, with impunity, if not with legislative approval. What remains is the paper. This is a nearly pure eel lulose as can be manufactured. It gives in burning carbonic acid, pro- ligneous acid, and ash. The earbonic acid is harmless, and from a dozen packages of cigarettes one would get less of it than he would absorb in a glass of soda water. The pyroligne- ous acid is product of the destructive distillation of all hydrocarbons, and less of it would be taken into he sys- tenn as the result of days's smoking of cigarettes than from 8 pipe. In eiher case it would be less in voulme than dentist would put into the cav ity of an aching tooth. The ash re-
 mains behind and is not taken into the system in any way. Of the cigarette 1t may truthfully be said that the worst thing in it Is the tobacco, and this is as the rule, better and less sophisti- cated than that prepared for pipe smoking.
 For the prejudice against the cigar cite there is absolutely no intelligent basis. If one opposes the use of tobacco his position is perfectly intelligible and to a great extent defensible. If he to- lerates it or approves it. but denounc- es cigarette smoking as a vice, he is not necessarily a fool, but he certainly displays an ignorance of the elements of chemistry and hygine of which man of average intelligence should be ashamed. The Indiana cigarette law is an outrage in it's invasion of personal liberty and its interference with legiti- mate trade. 1t cannot for q moment be defended upon any ground that the suppression of the cigarette comes within the police powers of state If it could, precisely the same argument would apply with greater force to oNer forms of tobacco and with equal force O the sale and use of tea and coffee, which probably do a much greater amount of harm than results from to- baceo.-New York Times,
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most effective check to the influence of the St. Paul movement was the heavi- ess of the United States Steel stocks, which were depressed throughout on the fear that the Iron Ages weekly re- view Of trade conditions would make an unfayorable showing. The appear ance in Wall street of the advance sheets of that review bearing out the fears was followed by an active selling movement. which weakened all of the metal stocks and specially the United States Steel stocks. This broke the market and wiped out the days gains for the most part. There were some rallies on short covering, but the clos ing was unsettled.
 Bonds were steady. Total sales par value, s1,905,000.
 United States bonds were all un- changed on call.
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DECLINING RURAL POPULATION.
The Outlook for Agriculture in the
 Middle Western States.

The Outlook for Agriculture in the
 Middle Western States.
 A recent state census indicates that while the town and city population of Iowa is increasing, its rural population is decreasing. Grundy is cited as a typical Iowa agricultural county. Grundy Center it's county seat, is growing, but in 1895 the population of the entire county was 14,491; in 1900, 13,759; and in 1905, 13,664. "There are fewer people on the farms of Iowa." the Cedar Rapids Republican believes, than there were even twenty years ago, and it is probably right. 2
 There is no special reason why Iowa should be alarmed. What is taking place there has taken place elsewhere lin Illinois, for instance. One cause of the loss of rural population is the in- creased value of land. Many of the ris- ing generation of farmers, having much muscle and enterprise and little money and no land, go to new states, where land is cheap. Many Iowa land owners are selling out to men from Illinois and other older states. The Illinonisan who sells his land for s125 to $50 an acre takes his money to Iowa, where, at $50 to $f00 an acre, it will buy more acres than he owned here. The Iowan takes his money to Missiuri, where, at $50 to $75 per acre, it will buy more acres that he has in Iowa. This inter- esting movement Of population tends to increase the numtAr of farmers in the state is affects.
 Another patent cause of the decrease in rural population in old states is Improvements in farm machinery. Think how many men it would take to plant, cultivate and harvest this years crop without the drill, the rid ing blow the steam blow, the reaper, the mower and any number of other implements that might be mentioned. Agricultural implements are being improved every year. The more they are improved the less men farm work takes.
 Formerly the farmer, no mater how we'll off he was to the farm house to the last, even after he had become un- fit for hard work. To-day the farmer who has acquired a competence often moves into the nearest village or town when he gets along in years and en- joys his ease He may rent his farm or let one of the boys work it. If he has many sons he may set up one in busi- ness ill the village. The drift of popula- 5tion from the farms is not exclusively .to the large cities. The small places get their share of it. The population of the villages, and towns in several Illinios counties has increased, while that of the rural townships has declin- ed.
 But the the decline in rural popula- ton inFIowa and other Middle Western states will be brief. Soon all the avail
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EETy YORK STOCK MARKET.

Opening, Highest, Lowest. Quotations On the New York Stock Exchange, reported by Prince & Whitely, Bankers and Brokers, 52 Broadway, New York, and IS Center street, New Haven, Conn.
 Opening. Hign. Low. Close.
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STOCK MARKET FEATURES
WEAKNESS OF STEEL SHARES
 AFFECT MARKET

Despite the Strength and Rises of St.
 Paul-BuII Tip on U. P.-New North
 west system-Gates' Bull Talk
 Theories as to steeI-The Coppers.
 The Steel stocks were weak all day yesterday and an announcement from the Iron Age that business was lessen ing in some of the most profitable lines in the trade helped to keep them down despite the strength and rise of St. Paul stock.
 The market was again a small one, though above Tuesdays average, and the movements in it were dominated by sentiment originating on the floor of the stock exchange.
 The short interests is largest in Steel pf., Union Pacific and Atchison.
 The later selling of steel was accom- panied by talk that the United States Steel corporation feared great strike.
 The selling oe Northern Pacific was thought to represent long stock.
 The origin of the bull tip on Union Pacific could not be ascertained, but everybody had it before the market opened. There was some very good commission buying of the stock, but no news.
 Great Northern, Northern Pacific, St. Paul and Burlington are now linked as the members of a possible independent system in the northwest.
 In Boston the coppers are continually prophesied to break away from the do not find sponsors who have more than an evanescent nerve. Amalgamat- ed fell with the rest of the market yes- terday.
 John w. Gates via Boston issued an- other bullish statement on Steel pf. The 10000 shareholders, he said, were all enthusiastic bulls on it.
 The heaviness of the United States Steel shares was the feature of the in- dustrial quarter and led to some sell ing of railroad stocks. The preferred touched as low point as it has reach ed since the day it sold ex-dividend. The common declined to within one half of the previous low level.
 OHs5 tHeofSf oI tHe sTlSe III ol' Haul was that it represented the reinvest- ment hy the Union Pacific of the pro- ceeds of the sale of Northern Securities stock. ....-
 The proposition to buy all supplies for the Panama Canal in the cheapest market was the direct influence bear ing upon the steel stocks, as it revived tariff agitation and led to some talk of the rail pool being in danger.
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Miscellaneous Stocks.
Railroad Bond,

Bid. Asked B. & N. Y A. |. 5s, 1905... 100 -. Conn l.. & P. 5s, 1939t . 10S
 Consolidated Ky 4s 1954 96b 97& Cons Ky Deb As, ESQ.,. S6S S9~ Conn. E. & l.. 41ss, 1954.. 99H 100K Dan. & Nor. US. 1920. ..... I2s D. & N. 5s. 1925 5...........I17 H. & Conn. w. 4 5ss. l922.. 104h ..t Mer. & Comp. 5s. 192S..... 105 =. Meriden Street 5s, 1954... lI2 l13B liar. & Pt. Ches, As, 1954.. 10S l10 Housatonic 4s, 1912. 101 ..
 do. 5s. 1887 ......... I24 N. H. & Derby 5s, 191S.... 112 .. Northampton 6s, 1909.... 106h ,,.
 do 5s, 1914........... 106k ., :. N. H: Street 5s. 191S..... !. l06h ..
 do 5s, 1914. :. .lO7 103B N. l.. Street 5s, 1923 ..... l0S .. N. l.. Northern IS. 1910... 102 =. N.Y.,NH. &s II. deb As. 1908 l00ks
 do gold As, 1914 ..... I021s 103M
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Ei,ra,rciaI.
YEsTERDAY's STOCK MARKET
Listless Character of the Trading Not
 Altered.

AirereUs
 New York, May 1T,-There were a few more shares dealt in on the Stock Exchange to-day than on yesterday, but the listless character of the trad ing was not altered. The only con- siderable gains were established dur- ing the first hour and were slowly yielded afterwards. The exception was St. Paul, which made it's highest prices later in the day, responding to several distinct buying movements which lift ed the price a stage higher each time. The effect of this special movement on the general list steadily diminished and practically lost its influence in the later trading. Union Pacific showed 8 special sympathy at first and was al- most as active as St. Paul itself, but its price dropped and it's activity dimin- ished before the operations in St. Paul closed. Those operations were attrib- uted very largely to- professional &C., count and the many rumors afioat to account for them associated St. Paul and Northern Pacific in one way or another. The assertions regarding these two companies pointed to absorp- tion of one by the other the absorbing company varying in the rumors. Mean- time Northern Pacific itself and Great Northern of. showed evidence of some pressure and this largely deprived the St. Paul movement of it's influence. The London stock market showed sensible relief from the pressure of belated li- quidations which has, caused depres- sion there for several days past. Re- ports of a project on the part of the Kansas City Southern for securing an independent outlet to New Orleans gave some strength to it's stocks. The
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Haven office. $40 Chapel street. Nor man 4. Tanner, Manager. ..-.~
 Open. High. Low. Close
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POOLS BUSY.

The efforts of pools to get out of their holdings were conspicuous in Union Pacific, New York Central, Amer ican Locomotive and Smelting-al1 of which issues were strong during the earlier part of the lay. Yesterdays bidding up and recession under profit taking was the fourth in the series which has shown recoveries of 2 to 8 points, followed by corresponding re- sessions.
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Chicago Market.
 Chicago, H., May 17.
 Open. High. Low. Last.
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United States Government Bonds.
 Bid, Asked.

LOCAL STOCK QUOTATIONS. {. Furnished by Kimberly. Root & Day. Bankers and Brokers. 1ss Orange Street. 4. ssas.. ,
 Bank Stocks.
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IN KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN.

New York Interests Ahead and in
 Control.
 Kansas City, Mo, Mya T.-New York interests gained control of the Kansas City Southern railway at the annual meeting of stockholders, held in this city this afternoon. Out of total of 510,000 shares, SS1 ,666 shares were voted. The Hartman interests did not vote, and therefore had no voice in the meeting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-12
ARMY TOO LARGE FOR KUROPATKIN
German Verdict the Result of the Battle at Mukden-Fied
Marshal 0yama Given Unstinted
Praise.

front so that each unit may have its
proper weight against d thoughtful
and active enemy was too large for
KurOpatkin, whose training was ad-
justed to the command of some 100, 600
men The brain in command failed on
the Russian side to perceive the de
velepments and meet them with prompt
precision.
"Oyama is somewhere far from the
rim of the fighting zone. in touch by
field telegraphS and telephones with
every important unit in action. He
was doubtless able to sketch approx
mately at any time the relative posi-
lions of his own and the Russian di-
visions and coordinate the move
ments. With a certain efficiency of
forces. even with the fruits of victory
not yet fully gathered, he has achieved
an immense victory, the effects Of which
on the military situation in the far east
and in the internal situation in Russia
must be far and deep reaching"
Colonel Caedke of the Tageblatt, and
other critics, arrive at the same con-
c!UsiOn-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-12

D ERLIN, March 11.-Lieutenant Gen
. eraI A. Won Boguslawsky (retired),
of all the military critics who en-
deavOred to estimate the battle of
MUkden in the German press today,
probably is the most competent and of
the highest rank Field Marshal Oyama
he says, by the greatness of the things
he has done, must be accepted as a
great commander, and especially be
cause he did not possess superior num-
bers- The battle is of absorbing inter
est for professional soldiers because
never before have such numbers been
engaged over so wide a territory. The
very magnitude of the operations has
been test Of ingenuity of the COM
mander-in-chief.
II am incluined," says General Won
BOguslawsky, Ito sit at the green table
and give a damning verdict but still
one may be allowed to form an opin-
ion on such facts as are already avail
able.
THE task of directing 400 900 men on
a single stage, with so to 100 miles
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-12
ARMY AND NAVY BOARD
PLANS COAST DEFENSE

Washington, March 1.-THE joint
army and navy board, of which Secre-
tary Taft is president appointed by
executive order to revise the report of
the EndicOtt board. which laid down
the scheme for the national coast de-
Tense, met today and organized for the
work in hand by appointing commit
tees consisting of its members to con-
slider the various phases of the subject.
The board consists of Secretary Taft.
Lieutenant General Chaffee Major
General Gillespie, Brigadier Generals
Greeley. Crozier. Storey and Macken-
Zie. representatives from the army,
and Captains Thomas and Peery, of
the navy, with Major Goethals as sec
rotary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-12

Robert Forester, a geologist and
mining engineer with an Office at 40
DooIy block next door to the offices
of the Utah Fuel Coz, is the director
general of the field work of the coal
company. He enjoys the reputation OF
being at the head of his class, not
alone as a geOlogist and engineer ana
one of the most dependable men in
the business when it comes to looking
into the ground and deciding the course
of coal bearing assure A
part of Mr. Forrester's bust
ness for the fuel company
has been to hnd coal lands and 10 get
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-12
ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS
OENVER'S INVITATION
Especial to The Herald.O

Washington, March 11.-President
Roosevelt today accepted the invitation
of Senator Patterson of Colorado to be
the guest of the Denver Chamber of
Commerce at banquet proposed to be
given in his honor upon the occasion
of his expected visit to Colorado. The
president expects to leave here April Z
for San Antonio, Tex, where he will
attend the reunion of the First volun-
teer cavalry, and from there he will go
to western Colorado to hunt mountain
lions. After his hunt is over he will be
at the disposal of his Denver hosts for
d date to be fixed when his schedule is
definitely arranged.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-12

The land laws governing the sale of
coal lands give TO any and every citi-
zen the right to purchase $50 acres of
coal land at the stipulated price per
acre, which is so for such land when
il is more than fifteen miles from a
railroad. and $50 when it is within fif
teen miles of such road. It states ex-
plicitly that the land must be for his
own use, that he is not acting in behalf
of any other person or association or
persons, and requires from him an
affidavit to that effect In one case
which was contested it was testified
that the Utah Fuel company, through
its agents. had induced many persons
10 make these filings for a stipulated
sum of money. These persons never
saw the ground. nor knew anything of
its location or nature. They made the
coal company's agent their agent-he
did the work. made the filings and paid
the bills, and for he use of their names
they received the princely sum of 80
each. Many of them were innocent of
any intention of wrOng-doinS, and be
IeVed. as was represented to them.
that them were merely exercising their
rights in the premises, and getting
little expense money for something
they didn't know they owned.
Money Paid Contestants.
The cumbersome machinery of the
land office contains no provision for an
examination of the rights of a claimant
to purchase this land. and unless some
other individual contests that right at
his own expense. the coal company has
plain sailing Several such contests
have been brought, and with the excep-
ton of one case. which is now pending
have been mysteriously withdrawn
and the matter adjusted "out of court"
Some shrewd and Industrious persons
u i've
this way, and one entry which was
made by Owen L Davies, proprietor of
the Kenyon cigar stand in Salt Lake
City has been contested three times.
The first suit was tried in the land Of
fee here, and before a decision was
given was Withdrawn. In the second
case proceedings came to a, sudden end
early in the game. A man who has
some familiarity with land Office bust
ness places the cost of compromise in
these two instar ces at S25, 200. and the
third case is yet pending.
To put il plainly, to defend Davies
right to purchase this land has already
cost some one a pretty penny, and that
right is still assailed and can be as
sailed continuously until finally adju-
Dictated by the land office, which is now
being used as the vehicle to bleed the
poor coal company, or whomeVer Is
back of Davies.
Farm or Coal Land-Which?
While these tracts of land were being
held as coal lands. other emiSSarleS or
the coal company we're quietly but rap
idly acquiring title to them as grazing
or agricultural lands, by the assistance
of the state land board, which is en-
powered TO select any unoccupied non
mineral government lands and sell the
same to any citizen q years of age. be
he man or woman. The land office at
Washington has ruled that, to be con-
sidered coal land coal must be SHOWN
to exist on each forty-aCre tract In
nearly all cases the coal lies deep in
the bowels of the earth. and the only
outcrops are in the canyons, though
it is evident that the veins extend
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-12
LIGHT CAST ON METHODS
USED TO GRAB COAL LANDS
Following indictments in Oregon For Timber Frauds
Government Officials Investigate in Utah.
Affidavit on File Accuses Utah Fuel Company Of Fraud-Unied
States and State Land Offices Used TO Capture
Property Worth Millions of Dollars.

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-12
POCATElL0 EDITOR
WANTS FEDERAL JOB
Especial to The HeraId.O

Washington, March. 11.-SenatOr
Hepburn called upon President Roose-
Welt today and asked for a consular po-
sition for George H lift, editor of the
POcatelIo Tribune, wins wishes a con-
Sulate, preferably in Canada. The
president promised to consider fits
claim for a place. Pressure for consul
lar places has been so great since the
presidents inauguration that he has
been compelled TO answer that he will
consider no more applications until aft
Ell his return from his proposed south
ern and western trip.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-12
DEFEATED RUSSIANS
ARRIVING AT TIE PASS
Kuropatkin Twenty-Five Miles Away in Command
of Rear Guard
Enormous Losses of the Russians Men, Guns and NUM-
lions of War-Rumor that 10000 Prisoners
Were Taken.

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