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O^H CAPTURED Z8 GUNS Graphic Story of the Great Japanese Victory JAPANESE VICTORY. A dospntcH from Tokio says: The Japanese .army swept the Russians irom Kinchau on Thursday evening, and in a d(.'si)erate night attack stormed the almost impregnable po- sition of the Russians on Nanshan Hill, wi'st of Talienwan. The battle raged in the hills all through the nii^ht, and fragmentary telegrams from the Japanese headquarters re- port that the engagement is still in progress, and that the Japanese arc still pursuing the Ruasians south from Nanslian and the head of Tali- enwan Bay. A Rus.sian gunboat bombarded the Japanese left flank from Talicnwan Bay, while the Japv- ancse warships worked with the army from Kinchau Kay. The Russians had made el.aborntc preparations to check the Japanese movement south on the Liao-T^ing Peninsula towards Port Arthur. After occupying Kinchau the main Japanese force advanced on Nan- shan Hill and silenced the exposed Russian cannons after .a lively artil- lery duel. They drove the defenders from the successive terraces and trenches. The Japanese made sever- al heroic charges, but were stopped by the wire entanglements and a stubborn rifle tire from the higher ridges. Tlie final bayonet charge at 3 o'clock in the afternoon dis- lodged the enemy from their la.5t trench, and the Russians, abandoning the north face of the hill, retreated to the southern slopes in the direc- tion of Man-Kuan-Ling. They blew up the Tafangsh.an station on the Dalny branch of the railway. At 7 o'clock in the evening the .Tapane.se completely occupied the Nanshan Hill. Meantime the Rus- sians are holding the trenches on the 99uth .shore of Talienwan Bay. Dalny is isolated and helpless. Four war- ships co-operated with the Japanese army in bombarding the Russians from west of Kinchau. Japanese hcadciuarters has com- plimented the army on its extra- ordinary fortitude. A Japanese officer of high rank made the following statement; â€" "1'he Jarcncse in attacking Kin- chau and Nanshan Hill had to fight against groat odds. The Riussians were in full comjiiond of the strate- gic advantages afforded by nature, and these advantages were augment- ed by the newest inventions for de- fence. The forts on Nanshan Hill were armed with heavy guns. Tlie Japanese had only field guns, heavy guns being unavailable on account of the difliculties of transportation. Our army dcsc^-ves great credit for hav- ing driven the Russians from this stronghold. It was a feat previous- l.v considered to Itave been impos- sible. "I fear our los.ses have been heavy, but we have gained the strongest point barring our way to the in- vestment of Port Arthur." AWFUL CARNAGE. Subsequent reports received at Tokio indicate that the storming of the Nanshan Hill on Thursday was a bloody affair. The Japanese cen- tred their fire on the Russian batter- ies, in which work they were aided b.v four gunboats from Kinchau Ba.v. They succeeded in silencing many of the enemy's guns. Tlie Russians had constructed a series of trenches around the hill on a terrace protected by wire entangle- ments and other such devices. The Japanese made a series of rut--hes. but they were in vain. The deadly rifle and cannon fire of the enemy checked them repeatedly. Finally at three o'clock in the af- ternoon the Japanese reformed and stonned the crest of the hill. The Russians held to their position dog- gedly and it was seven o'clock is the evening before the Japanese fin- ally gained possession of the ridge. rE-,TAILS OF THE BATTLE. Japan paid heavily for her vic- tories at Kinchau, Nanshan, .and Talienwan. losing 3,500 men in kill- ed and wounded in the repeated as- saults against these positicns. but slie scored a swccjiing and valuable victory over the Russiane. captm-ing seventy guns, clearing the way to Port Arthur, and indicting terrible losses on the Russians, says a To- kio de.spatcb. It is otoubted if the Russians will stand again north of Port Arthur. They retired from the field beaten, and they failed to rally at Nan- quanling. where it was anticipated •that a second stand would bo made. The des|>erate on.^lnughts of the Japanese on the heights of Nan.sJian were telling, for the Russians left 800 dead in the trenches there. A complete search of this field ia cx- |)ected to show a greater number of dead. Nanquiinling Was occupied on Fri- day morning by » JofC! of infantry, artillery, and cniiinoers under the command of Gen. Kakamur.a. The main .Japanese force spent Friday night billeted in the villages around Nanslian. JJhc soldiers were greatly fatigued as*a result of . the constant lighting, but they entered with much spirit upon the new operacions. A force of Russians held Sanchili- pu Station, which is north-west of Dalny, but the Japanese drove them out. The Russians abandoned and burned the station, and retired in the direction of Port Arthur. The estimates- of the Russians en- gaged in the defence of Kinchau, Nanshan Hill, and the soutJi shore of Talienwan Bay vai-y,' but it is evi- dent that the Russians drew for liien from the forces iit Port Arthur and olTerod all the resistance possible. It is uhderstocd here that Liout.- Gon. Stoeasel, commander of the mil- itary forces at Port Arthur, was in personal command of the rc<:ont oi>- orations. As soon as the Japanese troops have rested they will press on to the south. The assault on Nanshan TTill was one of the fiercest and bloodiest af- fairs in modern warfare. In the earlier rushes of tlio .,Q- gagenicnt every man participating was shot down before he reached the first line of > Russian trenches. It vraa foiund neccisary to stop these inf.antry charges and renew the urtillei-y fire from the rear be- fore the final and successful assault on the Russian position could bo made. RU.SSIAN LINES PIERCED. The success of this assault was brought about by one detachnient of Jaipanoso troops, more intrepid than their comrades, who succeeded in piercing the Russian lines. A splendid stroke of fortune was the discovery and destruction by the .Jal'ani'se of the electric wires lead- ing to the mines at the eststern foot of Nanshan Hill. This prevented the Russians from exploding these mines when the Japanese infantry crossed the ground . where tliey had been placed. It is possible that the fortune of the day hinged upon these mines. If the Russians had been able to ex- plode them at the right time the losses among the Japanese troops wotdd have been tremendous, and it is pc^ible also that the Uiis.sians would have teen able to hold the hill. NANSHAN SPLENDIDLY DFJENDED. Nanshan was sjiiendidly defended. Nearly fifty gtns of various sizes wore n omttd en the various em- placements, and there were also two .batteries of quick-firing fiuld pieces. I Tlie aitillory was sheltered behind t loopholed trenches on the terraces of ' the hill. The infantry ii-anning the i field pieces ran with them around the hill, thus using these gmus for ' the protection of the most iiuport- , ant points. The Japanese began the fight by bringing all their field guns into ac- tion and concentrating thi.ur lire on the emvlacemcnts on the hill. By 11 o'clock in the morning the prin- cipal Huasian batteries had been silenced. The two Russian lield bat- teries ticn withdrew to Nanqiianling Hill, and from there continued to fire on the -Japanese until nightfaU. After the Russian batteries had been silenced the Japanese artillery opened on the eiicniyjs trenches, the Japanese infantry advancing mctm- while to within rifle range. The .Japanese gradually worked to with- in 100 yard.s of the Russian lines, where they i-ncoimtercd wire and other entang'-louents. EVERY MAN SHOT DOW.'C. They succeeded in di.scovering an opening iu these obstacles and get- ting fimilly to within 200 yanis of the Russian trenches, they rushed for the line, f^everal successive charges were made. but eveiw offlcer and man ia the attaekinb parties was i .shot down twenty or thirty vards from the line. The charges were then stopped and the Japanese artillery renewed iUi preparatory fire on the enemy's po- sition. Towards evening a detachment of Japanese carried a secticn of the Riis.sian trenches, breaking through thp enemy's line. Hundreds of the comrades of the.so men, inspired by their success, sprang forward, anej then the entire .Japanese line swept up the hill, driving the Russians from their po- sitions. It was in the desperate in- fantry chargto that the .lapanew* sustained tho bulk of their losses Ru«ia that Port ArtJuir will fall in the course of June. As this will involve the captiue or destruction of the remains of the Ru9»i,aii fleet, it is felt that Russia has little to hope for except by a long process of ex- ka nation of her enemy. GLOOM IN RUSSIA. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Standard dwells at lengtih upon the stagnation of finan- cial, commercial and industrial life. The concluding item of the blact ac- <;ount is an official statistical report of last year's harvest, which in 39 provinces, inhabited by 65,000,000 people, is described as middling, or below middling, while in the remain- ing 33 provinces the best description is above middling. Nowhere is it good. The writer winds up by say- ing that it is only in .St. Pelcrsburf^ among the practically irresponsible bureaucracy, which rules Russia, that attempts are still made to nuain- tai.n optimistic views of the progress and the end of the war, but tho pro- gress of the war is a matter of pub- lic knowledge now-a-days. and that it is not too much to .say that tho bureaucracy is now on its trial be- fore the enlightened public opinion of tho empire, and. the evidence has been dead against that from the outset. FATE OF PORT ARTIJUU. TTho Iwavy coat ot Jatxui'H victory at Kinchau does not diminish Euro- pean coulidcnce in the complete suc- ccFS of her nrmn ifuring tho present HuirmuT'i cain4>aiKn. The conviction is now almost universal outside of JAPS LOSE BOATS. Admiral .MexielT, in a despatch to St. Petersburg, dated on Thursday, reports as follows: â€" "Rear-Admirals Witgcrt and Gregerovitch report that the enemy had bombarded Inchcntse Bay with gunboats. The following night they tried to block the road- stead at Port Arthur with mines, and as it appeared from the .shore, some steam launches and two torpedo boats were sunk. Eleven mines sown by the Japanese to block the harbor were taken up by the Russians be- tween May 18 and aiay 21 Boats belonging to the merchant steamer Amur, a dredger, and ,a s-tcam launch have been brought to Port Arthur from Dalny." RUS.SIAN ARTILLERY. That the Russian artillery in Ifan- churia is admitted by correspondents at the front to be inadequate again.st the Jal'anesc, who exceed therein both as regards efllcioncy and new- ness comes as a discoacertin.f sur- prise. Of the 230 guns at Gen. Kouropatkin's disposal fewer than half ai'e of later make than 1899. EAT HORSE AND DOG FLEEH Miners in Alaska Obliged to Re- sort to This Diet. .\ Tacoma, Wash., despatch sa.vs: â€" Miners on the Tanana River and its tributaries have resorted to steaks of horse and dog meat during the last few weeks, while awaiting the arrival of supplies. .Staples have been very short all the Winter on the Tanana. Early iu May flour was $40 per hundred, and oats 25 cents a pound at Fairbanks. llam, bac- on, sugar, rice and lard were entire- ly out. Some dogs were first killed to save them from dying of .starva- tion. Later meat became so scarce that (logs and horses wore killed for food, pending tho arrival of supplies now en route from Dawson by steam- er. The Tanana district will pro- duce $2,000,000 gold this season by primitive ^ methods. The introduc- tion of machinery will greatly in- crease the output. FOR SOUTH AFRICA. steamer Sails From Montreal With Full Cargo. A Montrevnl despatch says: The Elder-Uempater steamship Melville. Capt. W. Jones, sailed from this port on Tli)nr.sday afternoon for South African lorts with a full gen- eral cai'go, made up of American and Canadian manufactured goods ;iiid Canadian produce. The cargo com- prised 10,000 bushels of No. 1 Nor- thern wheat, 5.000 bushels of Can- adian rye, and 2,0(H) bu.shels of buckwheat. A large amount of flour is also being sent forward. The Melville is equipjied with an up-to-date cold storage, and in this are placed .300 tons of bacon, ,'550 tons of porU, frozen beef and poultry and 7.5 tons of similar cargo. .She is alfo carrying l.'iO.OOO feet of white pine, 100 boxes of first-class cheese, and a number of carriages of Cana- dian make. BOUGHT ASSINIBOI LAND. 40,000 Acres Transferred to Chi- cago Capitalists. \ Winnipeg despatch says :â€" The largest land sole of the season was closed on Friday, when 40,000 acres in Eastern .\.«i8iniboia were purcha-scd by Chicago capitalists. It is the in- tention of these now proprietors to put the whole tract under cultiva- tion at once. They say '.he land will be under crop by a year from this spring. It is but the start of a aeries of such gigantic farms. The highest market price was paid. The total trnnsaction involving nn outr lay in the neighborhood of $.500,000. the work will be carried through oii a scale never before attempted In Canada THE WORLFS MARKETS EEPOHTS PEOMi THE LEADIIIO TEADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Chees*, and Other Dairy ?roduc» at Home and Abroad. Toronto. May 31.â€" Wheatâ€" The market continues firm for Ontario grades, which are scarce. No. 2 white and red Winter quoted at 95 to US^c outside. Spring wheat is nominal at 90 to 91c east, and goose at 81 to 82c east. Manitoba wheat is unchanged. No. 1 North- ern, 93c Georgian Bay ports; No. 2 Northern at 90c and No. 3 Northern 88c. No. 1 hard is nominal at 94c. Grinding in transit prices are 6c above those f|Uoted. Oats â€" The market is unchanged, with demand moderate. No. 3 white quoted at 31i to 31 Jc west, and at 32ic low freights to New York. No. 1 white, 33ic east and No. 2 at .32.i cts. cast. liarley â€" Tho market is quiet, with demand limited. No. i2 quoted at t2c middle freights. No. 3 extra, 40 to 4()ic, and .N'o. 3 at 38 to 39c middle freights. Peas â€" The market is dull at un- changed prices, with No. 2 shipping pens quoted at Gl to 62)C west or east. â-  -. Corn â€" ^The market i.s quiet, and prices firm. No. 3 American yellow quoted at 00* (o 61c on track, Tor- onto; No. 3 mixed at 60c. Canadian -•orn nominal at 44 to 4.')C west for sound grain. R.w-â€" The market is quiet, with prices nominal at .37 to .^Sc outside. Buckwheatâ€" The market is dull with prices lower. No. 2 43 to 46c outside. CAITLE MARKET. Toronto, May 31.â€" Export â€" ^Market steady for chol^u cattle. The beat ulterlngs fetched from $5 to 96.25, tlie latter price being paid for a bunch of very choice cattle, weigh- ing 1,400 ibs., and sold by Maybee, Wilson and Co. Several good loads { sold at !J5.10 to $5.15. 'The sup-' ply of medium cattle was a little too! heavy in proportion to the whole. A few more choice cattle were want-, ed. Butcher.s â€" Market was barelj- stea- dy, and for the inediiim cattle prices wore off from 10 to 15c. For good butchers there was no easing ott noticeable. Choice cattle sold at S4.25 to $4.30 and some picked light export butchers at 84.00 to S4.()5. Medium to common cattle sold at S3. 50 to $4, / Stockers and F.iedeis â€" Market stea- dy to firm for cood iiuality light i'tockers and feeders. Calves â€" Market dull.- Shecp and Lambs â€" ^^larket steady. Hogs â€" Market' .steady al S5.10 for selects and $4.90 fats and lights. A DARING ROBBERY. . How Five Armed Men Cleaned Out a Chicago Boot Store. A Chicago de.sj latch Siuvs : â€" One of the boldest and quickest robberies Chicago has known in j-ears was committed on ^Saturday night in less than a minute at the shoe store of Frazin & Oppenheim, 105 Madison street, one square from the Cit.y Hall and the Central Police Station. There were fourteen customers in the store, and si.x clerks were attending quoted at i '° their wants, when four men enter- ed the place in successiun, each about Flo^iirâ€" Ninetv""per cent, patents are 'f ^^ ^"^^ behind rho man in front of unchanged at '$3.65 in buyers' bags ,'•""â-  ^-"16 of the clerks started for- for export, middle freights. Straight i ^"^'•'1 *» Wet the supposed cu.stomers. rollcis of special brands -for domes- : "'h''" throe of the men drew revolv- tic trade quoted at .$4.25 to .?4.40 i^re, each robber having two weapons bbls. Manitoba flours are steady. 1""" ordered No. 1 patents, S4.80; No. 2 patents, S4.50, .and strong bakers', 84.40 on track, Toronto. Millfeed â€" Bran is steady at $17 to $17.30. and .shorts at S16 here. At outside points bran is quoted at S15- 50, and shorts at S16.50. iSIanito- ba bran, in sacks, $17, and shorts at Sl9 here. COUNTRY PRODft'F.. Dried apples â€" The demand is limit- ed, and prices are steady at 3 to 31c per lb. Evaporated apples, 6ic per lb. Beans â€" Trade is quiet, with prices steady. Prime beans are (|Uoted at SI. 58" to $1.60, and hand-picked at ?l.r)5 to 81.70. Hop.s â€" Tho market is unchanged at 28 to 32c, according to quality. Honey â€" The market is quiet at 6 to 7c per ib. Comb quiet at $1.50 to .?1.75. Hayâ€" The market is quiet, with of- ferings moderate: Timothy quoted at §9.50 to $10.25 a ton, on track, Toronto. .Straw â€" Tho market is quiet, with prices unchanged at .?.5.50 to $(> on track .Toronto the clerks and custom- ers to tile rear of the store. While the jjoople were ha.sleninK to obey, the fourth man took all the cash from the register, .?381 , and then the four robbers ran out in Madison, street and disappeared. The store is .slighlty below the street, level, but while the robberj- was in protrress the doors were open and people passing along Madison street had a plain view of the inside of the store. riie robbery was cujried out .so ciuickly, however. that there was no po.ssibiiity of interference, and the nicn escaped. STEAi^lSHIPS TO MEXICO. Domiaion Government Calls Tenders. for An Ottawa despatch says : â€" The Department of Trade and Ccuniuercei is issuing a call for tenders for! monthly steamship .services bet ween | Canada and Mexico for a period of five years. The .Atlantic service will be between Montreal in tho summer and Halifax in the winter and the Mexican ports of Progreso. Coat/.a- coalcoas. Vera Cruz and Tanipico. .Maple syrupâ€" The market is quiet | touching at Nassau, the Haliaiiias at SI per Iniperiol gallon. Potatoes â€" The market is quiet and steady. Clioice cars are quoted at SI to SI. 05 per bag. on track here, and jobbing lots at $1.10 to SI. 20. Poultry â€" Tho demand is unchanged, with limited offerings. Chickens, 12 to 13c per lb.; turkeys. 15 to 17c per lb. for fresh killed. 1100 PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs are unchanged, with olTerings small. Cured meats are in good demand at unch.aiiged prices. We quote : â€" Bacon, long clear. 8 to Sic |ier lb., in ease lots. Mess pork, $17; do., short cut, $18.50. .Smoked moats â€" H.ams, light to medium. 12.Jc: do., heavy, llj to 12c; rolls, 9 to 9Jc; shoulders, 10c; bocks, 12 J to 14c; breakfast bacon, 131c- Lard â€" The demand is fair, with tho prices unchanged. We quote:â€" Tierces! free carriage of their Covernmenl 7Jc; tubs, 8c; pails, Sjc; compound. 71 to Sic K and Havana, Cuba. The I'licilic ser- vice will be between Viincouver. II. C. and the Mexican ports of iMai'.at- lan, San Bias. ManzaniUo. Acapuicu. Puerto Angel, Salinu Cru/, Tdulul and San Kciiito. Tenders may bo made for oil her or both services. The vessels employed are to class Al. to run under the British flag, to have a carrying capacity of not less than 3,000 tons, with adequate pas- senger accommodation. to main tain between ports a minimum speed of ten knots per hour. The Mexican (iovcrnment have ex- pressed their willingness to give a subsidy of $100,000 in Mexican cur- rency for the Pacific service. :ind S20.'000 for the .Vtlnntic .service. Tho Dominion flovernment will supple- ment this sum by each .subsidy as they may deem e.xpedienl. The Mex- ican Government jirovides for thu THK DAIRY MARKETS. Butler â€" The market is quiet, with no changes in quotations. Receipts continue good and are chiefly of in- ferior to medium grades. We quote : â€" Finest 1-Ib. rolls. 13 to l-lc: or- dinary large rolls. 1 I to 12c; med- ium and low grades, 9 to 10c; creamery prints, 17 to 18c; .solids. 15 to 16c. Eggs-^The receipts are fair. and mail and freight up to ten tons. TEN MINERS SUFFOCATED. Peculiar Accident in a Mine at Williamstown, Pa. A Wilkesbarre, Pn., despatch says: â€" A telegram received at tlie Susque- hanna Coal Company's ollices in this city on Wednesdiiy night states that ten miners were sulVoculed b.\- gas and sulphur fumes from a small loco- motive in the workings of the Sum- prices are unchanged at I5c per do/- : ,„ii Branch Coal Company at Wil- en, m case lots. liamstown. The accident was ono Cheeseâ€" Tho market is cpiiet. with | ^f ,„p ,„oKt peculiar iu the history prices unchanged. Old quoted at 91 |<,f .^e aiilhrncito mines, and no rea- to lOc per 11).. and new at SJ to ls„„ f„r ;,, ^nn be assiirncd hv the of- SJc, tho latter for twins. UNITED ST.VPES MARKETS. Buffalo. May 31 .- l-'loiir- Firm. Wheal- Hull; o'flerings light; $1.01 asked for No. 2 hard Witiler. Corn â€" Easy; No. 2 yellow. (>0c; No. 2 mixed. 5.5^ to 56c. Ontst â€" Quiet: No. 2 white. 47c: No. 2 mi.xcd. i'i^c. Hurley â€" Medium Western, in store. 55c. Milwaukee. Maj' .31.â€" Wheatâ€" No. I Northern ern Rye â€" Nominal. Barley â€" No. 2, fi3c sample. 40 to 60c. Corn â€" No. 8, 49 to 51c; July. 47ic bid. Minneapolis. May 31. â€" Wheal â€" May. 94Je; July. 93|c; September. 8.1c; on track. No. 1 hard, 97 Jc; No. 1 Northern. .,#64c; No. 2 .Northern. .93ir. Fl.ourâ€" Flrnt. . pntorifn, %^.tO to $5.20;. iipcond -patents, 1f5 to f5;-,Uio^». mrfW^ t(tr'flrgt;^^»ears.""$;f.()li; .^<;<V]d.cle(i;rs^.!,,^,9<.ita>-,^-t^^^ b„i aid came SJJ.60. Branâ€" In bulk, $16.30 »• I r},Ye'*for Forauan Golden and .....,„ â€" ^v.. ...-V â- '*â-  ....^"w ..„. ^ was louna 11 irthern. 99 to 99^c; No. 2 North- !,|,e pnrtv in 1. 97 to 9,Sc; old July. 87ic bid. \.onw bv the »17. liciuls. Tho tunnel is used to con- vey coal to the breaker. The men lomplo.ved in the mines have made a ! practice of riding to and from their work on the cars that are hauled by i.iiiall locomotives. Wodnosdny nfter- I noon (.leneral Inside Foreman Golden land about fifty miners boarded a car land about half of the journey was I made when some of the nii-ii hailed I the engineer, who stopped, and it Was found that nenrly oV(.ry man in the cots had been over- gn.s and sulphur which pmanaled from the stack of the loco- motive and floated back over them. The engineer crow<lo(l on. all steam and the unconscious men were hur- ried to the Willi.Tnjfitowii end of tho tnnnel. Hei"© helji was ii'l once sum- moned and the men Wpri; 'Ankea . to tho miKiMCc. wj»t^ 4%oor|«^r)f irtWsl! fjioB*" lil^W^^e^er.v |Jb!:ipihle efTort if niiii '0' <iA ^ other victiuui.