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m' Gen, Sassuiitch's ; „ Stay Force Could Not nUSSIANS UKTRICATINO. A Tokio despatch says: Last f'ri- (ifty, after sharp cavalry skirmishes at I'Vhtiiitsu, .Santaisu and other jiluces (I detachment of infantry belon/ijing to (Jen. Kuroki's army took I-'ong-Wang- I'hong. The Russians before retiring exploded the magazine, but loft large quiniiilirs of hospital stores, which an- being iisiytl by the Jiiiwnosf! hoa- pitals. I''eng-Wang-Cheng was the second line of the [{iissian defence, and a «tifT (ijjht was anticijialcd. Gen. Kuro- ki pre.ssr'd forward and attacked 1)8- fore the RusMian.M had re.coverod from the deinoraliziition and confusion into wliicli they had been thrown by their rirevious d-^feat on the Yalu River. lien. KuroljT, commandant of the first army corps, rejiorts: â€" "On May our cavalry detachment dispersed the i.»no4ny at Feng-Wang-Cheng, which was immediately occupied by our infantry detachment. The enemy burned ainnmnition before evacuating the stronghold. Uefugees of the on«niy. who have been hiding in the iidjoining forests and villages continue to come and surrender." WHY RUSSIANS FLRD. 'l"wo official despatches to St. Pot- ersberg, calculated to increase the de- pres.sidn existing among all circles in RiL'iaiii. were gixtn out on Sunday iiinht. From the point of view of the proRress of the campaign the moat important is that regarding the cal>turu by the .Japanejt- without op- |)oMition of Feng-Wang-Cheng on May G. Con. Kouropatkin forwarded a mes- sage from Lieut. -Gen. Sassulitch, who has bfKin left in command of the col- umn retiring from Feng-Wang-Cheng, which de.scribod the movements of the enemy in connection with the occupa- tion of the town. Tim iiiformation caused no surprise to the offieials. who were already ad- vised of ih« d.'cision that no attiimpt would bH made to hold Feng-Wajig- ChiMig. ilie superiority of the .Iai)an- ese it) nil lighting arms ensuring a disii.ster similiu- to that at Chiu-Tien- (.'heng. Therefore, (.'en. Sassulitch wn.s giv.n .strict orders that there shoidil be no light of the rearguard. The HiiBNiana liMt while Gen. ICurok'i was rriaking his dispositions for a big hat lie. The .Ja|)ancse approached from two diivrlinns along the main road and up Die valley, placing batteries no n« to roinmaiKl the town. This proced- ure show.") that the entire Japanes*- l>liin •f operation had been thought- fully iirpparod, and that every division romniunder knew exactly ' what he siKiuld do. DK.CLINKI) THKin LTDKIITY. A desiiatch to tho London Chron- icle from Tokio says that l.Hr.3 Rus- sians wcj-c buried by the .Iapane.se Willi mililary honors, between Chiu- Tieii-Chsng uiid Tan-Hhang-Cheng. The offlj'ers and uu'n cui)tui-ed wore treated better by the Japanese cloc- toiH than by their own siirgfons. The priMo«erM were offered permission to ICHM-. but they preferred to stay and alleiid to their own wounded. The •I. T panes.' are remunerating them for their .scr\ire8. Tho ltu.ssian ofliccrs who were paroled had their swords reluraod to them. nnilXlh.S HLOWN UP. The .Japunest! have destroyed the railway at I'ort .Adams, blowing up the bridges siiys a St. I'eter.sl)urg despatch. DE.Vril IN TRIUMIMf. Ituring tho popular demonstruliun •tt 'I'okio on Saturday night in honor of ih« victories achieved by (ho .Ta- pniiesff forces, 'Jl people were killed and 10 injured. Tho killed and In- jured wore inoKlly boys, who were caught against a dosed gate at an nnglo in the old palace walls by tho throng and crushed or drowned in an <dd moat. TM)CTOR.S WANTKI). An urgent telegram has been re- ceived nl St. Petersburg fiom Muk- den, asking for the iinmediato des- patch of one hundred doctors. TyphilB fever, dy.snnlery, and small- pox have assumed an epidemic char- octei among the Russian troops. 10,0t)« AT PORT ARTHtm. It 111 beliexed at St. Petersburg that the inilitiiry force at Port Arth- ur does not o.\cee(l 10,000 men. HailorK will man the shore guns. AdmirnI SkjdlofT, who was appoint- ed to sucree<l AdmirnI MakarolT. will now J)rnlinbly go to Vladivonlork. CALLING (HIT RKHF.RVKS. Tlic Kusnian Consul-Oeneral at Vienna has notitieft Russian subjects In Ausirio (hat all nnval officer;) and men in all catfgorics in eleven of the Russian [irMvlnrc and all the re- sor\rs <'niployed on the volunteer fleet and in Government arsenuls have been called out. ALBXIEFF RKCALLKD. The Paris Journal says it is as- sured that Aduiiral Alexioff has been recalled at the joint instanco of Gen. Kouropatkin and Admiral Skrydlofl. Grand Duke Nicholas will replace hiiu. FORT ARTHUR ISOLATED. A despatch received at St. Peters- burg on Friday says that Port Ar- thur is cut otT from all communica- tion by laud, the .Tapancfie having disombarkod in its rear, occupied the railroad, .and cut the telegraph. Vice-Admiral .Skrydlofl, who is on route to Port Arthur to take over command of tlic naval forces in tho Faj- East, will be unable to reach his destination. The Ministry of War has received tho following telegram from Major- Gencral Pllug, chief of tho military stalT:â€" "According to the information I have received, aavon of the enemy's transports, and afterwards about 40, api>eared opposite Pitscwo on the ev- ening of May 4. On the morning of May 5 tho Japanese began to land at Pitscwo and on the coast near Cape Terminal (about l.'i miles south-weat of Pitscwo, under cover of an artil- lery fire. At this moment about 60 transports were observed bearing down upon the whole front and our posts retired from the shore. All papers In tho post-office at Pitscwo were removed, and the Hussion in- habitants abandoned the town. Ac- cording to Chinese reports, by the evening of May 5 about 10,000 of tho enemy's troops had landed and taken up quarters in the Chinese vil- lages near the points of debarkation. The enemy sent two columns of about ono regiment each, one in the wester- ly direction and the other to the southward. On May 6 a passanger train from Port Arthur was fired up- on, a mile and a quarter outside Pol- andion (about 40 miliM north of Port Arthur), by a hundi-ed .I,apaneso in- fantrymen, occupying tho heights cast of the railway. The train carried many passengers, 200 sick occupying an ambulance carriage flying the Red Cross flag. Two of the sick were wounded. The train succeeded >n reaching I'olondien. Tronquility pre- vails in tho Maritime Province and in Vin-Kow." Your con-espondent confirms tho re- ports of the closing of tho harbor at Port Arthur. 'l''.\c Russiiin.1 found tho entrance practical''.' blocted after Monday's fight. Admiral AloxiefT and his staff took a train for Mukden be- fore the Japanese seized the railwa.v. The second .lapancsc army corps is now occui)ying the liao-Tung Penin- sula without opposition, principally fi-oia below New-Chwang. Grand Duke Uoris left Port Arthur after Monday's blockade before tho railway was seized. Mt)Rr: THAN 00,000. There is little that can be added to the oOlcial despatches, says a Lon- don tolegiam. There is no authorita- tive statement of tho strangth of tho Japnni'se forces that have landed in Manchuria. One who professes to be informed, places tho number at more than (R>.000. Tho name of tho com- mander of the invading force is not given, and the disposition of the troops is, of course, not divulged. Pitscwo, tho place where tho Jap- anese landed, is on the oast coast of the peninsula and sevonty-nvn miles above Port Arthur. Port Adams, tho scene of the second landing, is situ- ated on the arm of .Society Bay, on tho west coast of the peninsula, di- rectly opposite and about twenty niilea di.stnnt from Pitsewo. Tho railroad that connects Port Arthur with Mukden passes close to Port Adaina, and is now in the possession of the .la|)anes<> at this point. nEJOINKD .SQUADRON. T^ie Tokio correspondent of tho Lonoon Chronicle says that the land- ing of the .Japanese on tho Lino- Tung I'eninsuln has been so successful that tho warships escorting tho tnins[)orts have rejoined tho squad- ron. .Simultaneously with the attock on Port Arthur the .lapanesc loid a cable between ono of the islands and the mainland as a protection to their landing place. is said that Oen. .Stoesnel still com- mands more than i;0/>00 troops, while LI, 00(1 seamen (roin the fleet are available for atisi.sting in the defetico. It Is not expected that anything will be heard from tho bolenguereri fortress henceforth until Gen. Kouro- oatkin has accomplished bis designs. Meanwhile patience should Iw exercis- ed. This optimism is net shared outside of military qtiarters. ALL CLASSES .STUNNED. A despatch to the London .Stand- ard from Odessa says that all classes are stunned by tho series of disasters to the Ru.ssian army. The universal depression is Intensilied by the fear that tho blunders of the campaign will prove irretrievable. vi(rn!AU,En for a year. Tho military authorities at St. PelerBburg confcaa to bo a little af- fected by the cutting olT of Port Ar- thur. They do not believe that tho .lapanrso will attempt to storm tho place, I hey well knowing tho strength of the works. They say tho town is victualled for a yoar, arnl is im- pregnable by sea <»r land. They also Say that tho mm-resistance to tho Japanese landing was in ncrordnnce with the plans of (Jen. Kouropatkin. who provirtiHl for such a contingency. Various estimates are made of the strength of the garrison at Port Ar- thur. It is liclie\ed that a large part of it has licen withdrawn, but it EXPECT FRESH TRIUMPH. There is general satisfaction in .Ja- pan at the comparative ama.llnc.s8 of tho .Japanese lo.sses at Chiu-Tien- Cheng. 'J'he official account of the losses has not been amended. The statement that the .Japanese army moved northward after the battle is regarded as [)rosaging a further vic- tory, and the report that Ocn. Kou- ropatkin is marching to Feng-Wang- Cheng with 20,000 Russian troops is welcomed as affording the prospect of a fresh triumph. RUSSIAN STRATEGY WEAK. A despatch to the London Times from Tokio Says that the J,apancso consider that the Russians' strategy at the Yalu River showed the same defect as the Chinese strategy in 1894, namely, lack of offensive and initiative. Capt. Arima, who commanded the first two bloclving fleets at Port Ar- thur, in a lecture at Tokio, said that no .Japanese torpedo boat or torpedo- boat de.stroyer has been obliged to return to harbor for repairs since the beginning of the war. All has been repaired at sea. The Russians were bad gunners, although they would have damaged the Japanese ships if their cxi>losive8 had been ef- fective. The Japanese navy had been constantly practising since November with full charges until they had de- veloped a skill which inspired great confidence. Their movements, monv over, were much facilitated by excel- lent electric communications. The Russians opparently lacked skill to manoeuvre at night without lights. ALARM AT NEW-('HWAN(!. A telegram from New-Chw^ang to London states that grave unea-siness prevails in the British community there. Itritish property, valued at $2,500,000, is improtected, and six thousand robbers are in the neighbor- hood. 'I'ho (Joveinment is much blamed for the withdrawal of the Urltish cruiser Espiegle from the port. WENT DOWN CHEERINO. The Japanese displajed desperate courage in their flreship attck on the night of Tuesday. Tho shiiis as they apiiroached were divided into three groups, all heading straight for tho entrance of the harbor. While still far from (he shore they ran on the Rus.>tian mines, and they were under a murderous lire from the Rus- sian batteries. Three torpe<lo boats followed the tiroKhi|)s to pick up the crews of tho latter. When tho first ship foundered tho crew clambered up the mast, cheering for the Em- peror of .Japan as they went d.)wn. From the ma.stheud of the second ves.sel, as she began to sink, her crew waved lanters to indicate her course to those astern. Their small boats, though soon riddled, did nut raise the white flag. One of the Russian rowboats which approached a sinking ship for the purpose of saving her crew was met by a small-arm lire. CONDITIONS IN RUSSIA. Alarii.i(| Ku'wor of Plots ^ft'.nst the Czar. The New York Sun has the follow- ing from Vienna : â€" Alarming rumors regarding tho internal conditions of Russia are curri^nt here. A conspir- acy is said to have been discovered in Russian I'oland, with the result that, eighteen of the ringleaders were shot. Sanguinary collisions be- tween the people and the police have taken place in Finland, and an infer- nal machine is said to have been found in tho Winter Palace, in ono of tho Czar's living rooms. BEER AND CANCER. German Authority Makes an In- leresf.i-g Annoui :'uicnt. .\ Horlin do.Mi>nlch .sa,\s : â€" Dr. Wolff, a well-known aiitboiily mi I he sul)- ject calls attention to the high mor- tality from cancer in the beer-drink- ing districts of (Jorinany. Ho in- stances Bavaria and .Salzburg, both grent beer-drinking centres. Roth of I host- districts show high mortality among cancer patients. BRITISH GROWN COTTON. Organization With Lar^e Capit.il Takes up the WorK. A London despatch .says ; â€" The Ex- ecutive Committee of the P.ritish f.'otton Growing A.ssocintion on Wed- nesday decided to apply for n ro.ynl charter. The capital of thn con- corn will lie $2..'>O(l.n00 in shares of $.1 each. No profits will lie divid- ed during the flrst .wven years. THE mm MARKETS REFOHTS rROM, THE LEADI7TO THADE CENTEES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, May 10.â€" Wheatâ€" Business in Ontario grades is tpiiel, but the tone is firm. No. 2 white and red Winter quoted at WO to 91c at out- side points. Spring wheat is nom- inal at 84c cast, and goose at 75 to 70c east. Manitoba wheat is un- changed. No. I Notthcrn, 90c Geor- gian flay ports. No. 2 Northern at 84c. No I hard is nominal at 01c. Grinding "in transit prices are 6c nbovo those ciuoted. Oat.s â€" The market is unchanged. No. 2 white quoted at IJOJc west, and at 3lc east. No. 1 while, 32c east. Rarley â€" Tlie market is quiet, with demand limited. No. 2 quoted at i42c roiddio freights. No. 3 extra at 404 to 41c, and No. 3 at 39c middle freights. I'oas â€" The market is unchanged, with No. 2 quoted at 63 to (i.'ic. ac- cording to quality and location. Cornâ€" The market is quiet, with prices easier. No. 3 American yel- low quoted nt 56ic, on track, Tor- onto; No. 3 mixed at 5.5^c. Cana- dian corn is steady at 41 to 42c west for guaranteed delivery in good condition. Rye â€" The market is steady, with No. 2 quoted at 5!) to 60c east. Huckwheat â€" The market is un- changed, with demand moderate; No. 2 quoted at 49 to 50c middle freights. Flour â€" Ninety per cent, patents are unchanged. Bakers' nt $3.60 mid- dle freights in buyers' sacks tor ex- port. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at $4.1". to $4.30 in bbls. Manitoba flours are unchanged. No. 1 patents, $5; No. 2 patents, $4.70; and strong bakers', $4.60 on track. Toronto. Millfcedâ€" Hran is steady, at $17 to $17.50, and shorts at $18.50 here. At outside points bran is quoted at $1G, and shorts at 817. Manitoba bran, in sacks, $20, and shorts at $21 here. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples â€" There is a quiet trade, with prices unchanged nt $2 to $2.50 per bbl. for tho best f;tock. Dried apples â€" The demand is limit- ed, and price."* aro steady at 3 to 3Jc per lb. Evaporated apples, OJc per lb. Heans â€" Trade is quiet, with prices stcad,v. Prime tjeans aro quoted at $1.50 to $1.()0, and hand-picked at $1.65 to $1.70. Hops â€" The market is unchanged at 28 to 32c, according to quality. Honey â€" The market is quiet at 6 to 7c per lb. Comb quiet at $1.50 to $1.75. Hay â€" Tho market is quiet, with of- ferings moderate. Timothy quoted at $i).50 to $10.50 a ton on track, Toronto. Straw â€" The market is dull, with prices unchanged at $5.50, on track, Toronto. Maple Syrup â€" The market is quiet at $1 per Imperial gallon. Potatoes â€" 'J'he market is very firm, with offerings restricte<l. Choice cars are quoted at $1.10 to $1.15 per bag on track here. Poultry â€" The market is steady, with limited offerings. Chickens, 11 to l.'lc per lb; turkeys are ((uoted at 15 to 17c per lb. for fresh killed. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto. May 10. â€" There was a very heavy run of cattle, with a good bri.sk trade all round, and prices, es- pecially during the earlier hours of tlip market, from 10c to 15c higher than on Tuesday. lOxport trade was li\ely. Exporters, heavy ... $4 .50 to $5 00 Bulls, export, heavy. cwt 3 50 4 00 do light .3 50 4 OU IVedeis, 800 lbs. and upward 3 00 3 2.'; Short keep, 1,100 rH 4 00 4 G5 Stockers, 400 to 800 1T)S 2 50 3 12» do 900 lbs 2 75 3 50 Ilutchers' cattle, choice 4 25 4 40 do Miedium 3 80 4 25 do picked 4 25 4 60 (Jo hulls 3 00 3 50 do rough o 75 3 00 Light stock bulls. cwt o 25 3 50 Milch cows 30 00 65 00 Hogs, best 5 10 do hea\'y 4 85 .Sheep, heavy ewes . 4 00 4 85 do light 4 40 4 75 Bucks • 3 50 3 75 Grain-ted lambs ... . r. 50 6 25 Barnyard lambs 4 50 5 50 .Spring lambs, each . 2 50 5 50 Calves 3 50 5 25 TIU-l DAIRY MARKETS. Hutter â€" ^Thc market is quiet, with tho tone heax-j'. Supplies of poor to medium <|ualitles arc large. Wo (piote : â€" Finest 1-lb. rolls, 13 to 14c; choice large rolls. 12 to 14c; medium and low grades, 10 to 12c; creamery prints, 17 to 18c; solids, 15 to -IGc. Eggs â€" The market is steady owing to moderate receipts; case lots .sold at 14c per dozen. Choose â€" The market is qtiiot, with feeling easier. Old quoted at 94c l>er lb., and new nt SJc per lb. HOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs are firmer, with of- ferings .small. Cured meats aro in good demand at unchanged (irices. We quote : â€" Bacon, long clear, 8 to 8ic per lb., in case lots. Mess pork, $17; do., short cut, $18.50. Smoked meals â€" Hams, light to mediinn 124c; do., heavy, 04c; rolls, 114c; shoulders, 94c; backs, 134c; breakfast bacon, I04 to 14c. Lard â€" Tho demand is fair, with prices unchanged. We cpiote : â€" Tierces, 7Jc; tubs, 8c: pails, 8Jc; compound, 7J to 8Jc. UNITED STATES MARKF.T.S. Buffalo, May 10â€" Flourâ€" Steady. Wheat â€" Vothing doing. l-orivâ€" Fair- ly steady; Mo. 2 yellow, 594c; No. 2 corn, 57 4c. Oatsâ€" Strong; No. 2 white, 46o; No. 2 mixed, 41 Jc. Bar- le,vâ€" No olTi-rings. Ryeâ€" No. 1 Wis- consin, 78c. Duluth. May 10.â€" Wheatâ€" No. 2 hard, 924e; No. 1 Noithern, »OJc; No. 2, Odjc; May and .July, ilojc' September. HO.Tc. Minneapolis, May 10. â€" Wheatâ€" May 91 tc .hil.\ 91 Ic Septoml>or ao|c: on track, N<i, 1 hard 95i|c. No. 1 Nor- thern, 94i(c; No. 2 .Northern, 92^0. Flourâ€" First patents. $4.90 to S5; second do.. $4.8(1 to $4.90; first clears, $3.4."> to $3.55; second clears $2.30 10 $2.40. Branâ€" In bulk, $1(3 to $10.50. MilwnuUf.o. May 10.â€" Wheatâ€" No. I Northern, 07 to 974r: No. 2 Norlh- orn. 95 to 96c; old. .July, 85} to S5;c. Ryt^No. I, 73tc". Barley- No. 2. nSc; sample. 40 to 01c. Corn â€"No. 3. 50 to 5;ic; .July, 4HJc. GOLD IN THE FRASER. Collins' Dredge Now Making $2,- 000 a Day. A despatch from Vancouver sa.vs:â€" Sam Collins and his Iowa friends who havo put a $60,000 drt^dge oi the Fraser at Lillooet are getting $2,000 a day, and expect soon to make it $4,000, from tho bed of the gold stream. Robert Hamilton ol Peterboro, Ont., formerly of thii city, who put in the machinery for the lowans, slates that tho ground runs one dollar per cubic yard, and that they are now raising 2,000 ,vards daily, with the expectation ol taking care of 4,000 yards everj twenty-four hours in the near future. It is estimated that within five yean ono hundred dredges will be at work on different streams in the Provinc* nnd that the dredging output alonsi will be ten million dollars. The gold ground is unlimited. The Iowan.i havo tested the gravel to a depth ol forty-si.x feet without reaching bed- rock. 11 is equally rich all the way down. DISCOVERED NEW PEST. San Jose Scale Inspector Findi Similar Parasite A St. Catharines despatch says :â€" Thomas RcatUe, San .Jo.so .scale in specter, has made an important tlis. covery in the portorinance of hii duties. It IS ill the form of a new species of scale, which he found on a lilac bush, the branches of whicl( wcio literally covered with some thing which to a certain extent re sembled the apiieiirance of the SaD •lose scale. By the use of a power- ful glass he found a strange speci- men of life, which is tho new scale. The San .lose scale when placed under a gloss has the form of a tur- tle. The new specimen as found il more elongated, but its effect is sim. ilor to that of the Son Jose scali on the fruit trees. lnsi>ector Beat- tie has forwarded .samples of lh« now post to the Ontario AgriculturaJ College for examination. . LARGE SUM STOLEN. ^ Italian ex-Minister Fovmd Guiltji of Peculation. X Rome despatch says ;â€" .\fter a Parliamentary inquiry, ex-Minisler Nassi, former Minister of Public In- ctruction, was found guilty of pecu- lation. Ho was charged with th» misappropriation of several hundred thousand francs destined for the ex- penses of tho Ministry, of which he was tho head. Tho judicial author- ities have asked tho permission o( tha Chamber of Pepiities to pros© cute, and permission assuredly will be granted. Tho case has created a great .sensa- tion in Rome. Nassi's house is l>e- ing watched by tlie police. His sec- retary, Lombardu, escaped abroad Nassi's whereabouts is unknown. THIBETANS DEFEATED. Retire in Rout After Sufforiag Heavy Losses. .\ (iesimtrli to the London Daily Mail from Simla says that 800 Tibe- tans attacked the Ibiti.sh mission at (r.vaiigl.se al dawn Thursday. Thoy were repulsed with heavy loss ixnd fled. The British lost two Scpoye wounded. A BUMP3R CROP. Vice-President of C.P.R. Predicta Oood Season in West. .A Montreal tUspatch says ;â€" Mr. Wm. Whyte. ^ ice-president of the C. P. R.. \vh») i\rrived in Mo'ilreiil nn Friday night, p.iid Ihat within 11 few days fifty jier cent., of the crop would be so<'de(l. The condition i>( the soil was such that it would o(T- iwt the lalcnea«( of the .season , and pros|)ecti were bright for a buini>ei crop. ^^SttiMa