Severest Land Engagement. 'Since the War Began. JAPANESE VICTORY. A despatch from Tokio says: The | Japanese army swept the Russians Kinchat' on Thursday evening, in. a desperate night attack stormed the almost a lg a Pe Russians on Na Talicenwan, 'The cate! raged in the hills all throvgh the; night, and fragmentary telegrams | from the Japanese headquarters = re port that the engagement is still in progress, and that the Japanose are still' pursuing the Russians south from Nanshan and the head of Tali- enwan Bay. A Russian gunboat bombarded the Japanese' Jeft flan from Talicnwan Bay, while the . west of Kinchau Bay. The Russians had made. elaborate preparations to check the Japanese movement south on the Liao-Tung Peninsula towards Port Arthur. _ After occupying Kinchau the main Japanese force advanced on Nan- shan Ilill and silenced the exposed Ruesian cannons after » lively artil- lery duel. from - the. successive terraces and } trenches. The Japanese made sever- al heroic charges, but were stopped | by the wire entanglements and a stubborn se fire from the higher 'he final bayonet cherge o'clock in. the afternecn dis- the enemy from their last from. lodged trench, and tke Russians, abandoning | the north face of the to the ticn of Man-Kuan-Ling. They up tke Tafangshan 'staticn on Dalny branch of the railway. At 7 o'clock in the evening Japanese _ completely occupied Nanshan Hill. Meantime the Rus- sians are holding the trenches on the south 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 headquarters hes plimented the army on _ its ordinary fortitude. Japanese. officer. of high rank : made the following statement:-- "The Japenese in attacking Kin- chau and Nanshan Hill had to fight against great odds. The were in full command of the strate-! gic advantages afforded by nature, end these advantages were augment- ed hy the newest inventicns for fence. The forts en Nanshan were armed with heavy guns. Jaranese had only field guns, uns being unavailable on accou nt of ~ the difficulties of transportation. Our ariny deserves great credit for hav- ing driven the Russians from this | strenshold. It was a fsat previous- , Ivy considercd to have been impos- ; sible. "T fear our losses have but we have gained the -- strongest | pont barring ovr way to the -- in- | vestirent of Port Arthur." AWFUL CARNAGE. Subsequent reports received at Tokio indicate that the storming of the Nanshen Hill on Thursday was a bloody affair. The Japanese cen- tred their fire on the Russian batter- | ies, in which work they were aided by four gunboats from Kinchau Bay. They succeeded in silencing many of the enemy's guns. The Russians had constructed a series of. trenches around the hill on a terrace protected by wire entangle- ; ments and other such devices. The Japancse made a series of rughes, but they were in vain. deadly rifle and enemy checked them repeatedly. Finally at three o'clock in the ternoon the Japancse reformed and storired the crest of the hill. The Russians held to their positien cog- | gedly and it wes seven o'clock in the evening before the Japanese fin- ally gained possession of the ridge. hill, coin- been heavy. af- PORT ARTHU R'S SAFETY. Despite the official ailenes Which is doubtless to be explained by the sey- erance of communications, the news , of the Russian defeat at Kinchau is not doubted at St. Petersburg. It as thrown a cold douche on _ the spirits of those ~ who were recently elated by the destruction of the Jap-' anese battleship Hatsuse and other Japanese misfortunes, of the safety of Port Arthur is again uppermost. For the moment the anxiety is being cial Yeports that Gen. Kouropatkin is taking the offensive, and is wedg-| ing Gen. Kondratovich's command between the Japanese armies. Gen. Kouropatkin's they are not expected to reveal any movement until it has-been carried' out stiécessfully, seem rather to in- dicate that the J@panese are' preparé | ing to take the Eee ves TO HOLD MU} MUKDEN. A. despatch pba tag pee seed t the Jap- | 'ancse warships, worked with the army They drove the defenders | retreated | southern slopes in the direc- | blew | the ; se | Bay with gunboats. extra | Russians | The | cannon fire of the ; The questién | removed by unofli- | despatches, although! isfy HEAVY FIGHTING. A despatch to the London Daily | Telegraph from New-Chwang states lore a Chinese army captain reports that Japancse scouts discovered the | enemiy in strength at Taticnling, -35 miles northwest of Feng-Wang-Cheng, lon Saturday. When their exact po- , sit ticn was ascertaincd the Japanese sent a flying column from Siuyen, | which made a strong demonstration on the enemy's frcent, and at day- light on Sunday engaged the Rus- sians with artillery from the south. Meanwhile the main force, accom- panied by mountain guns, advanced i westward from the Feng-Wang- iCheng road, . turning" the Russians' left flank and enfilading their trench- es. .The Russians retreated hastily to the Tatungling Pass, losing over a thousand killed, wounded and cap- tured. The Japanese losses were slight. The division which outflanked the Russians were the 8 who ac {cording to the St, Petersburg reports lyetired from FPeng-Wang-Cheng, their retirement being part of the Japan- ese tactics in Sunday's battle. The ' Japanese now occupy Tatungling. ! 'The Shan-Hai-Kwan correspondent of the Chronicle says that he hears 'that 15,000 Russians were surprised lin the Tatungling Pass by °30,000 | Japanese. The. Russian casualties ; Were 4,000, and more than a thou- ; sand erence) ed. JAPS LOSE BOATS. Admiral Alexief, in a despatch to {St. Petersburg, dated on Thursday, 'reports as follows:-- "Rear-Admirals | Witgert and Gregerovitch report that ; the enemy had bombarded Inchentse The following night they tried to biock the. road- stead at Port Arthur with mines, 'and as it appeared from the shore, ; Some steam launches and two torpedo iboats were sun Eleven nrines sown by the Japanese to block the harbor were taken up by the Russians be- itween May 18 and May 21. Boats | belonging to the merchant steamer | Amur, a dredger, and, steam launch have been oo to Port | Arthur from meee all i | EMPRESS HOSPITAL TRAIN. The Empress' hospital train start- ;ed from St. Petersburg on the long i journey to the Far East on 'Thurs- ; day. Among those at the station 'lo witness its departure were Grand 'Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, the heir presumptive, and Duke Peter of 'V | Oldenburg, the I<mperor's brother-in- jluw. The train is the finest railway | hospital eyer constructed. It con- | sists of two sections, the first ;Posed of fourteen ambulance 'fitted with every appliance for 'comfortable transportation of. the ill 'and wounded The second section | contains two operating cars; sup- Plied with every adjunct of the mo- 'dern operating room, tiled interiors capable of instant cleansing, disin- | fectants, stores, instruments, ban- "| dages, and adjustable operating {tables. 'Phese cars. are intended to the detached from the train and sent }to various points, wherever they | will be of the most use, along the line. | The remainder of the train contains a library, chapel, and Jathrooms, in- cluding a special electric bath, an **x" ray car with dynamos, and all 'apparatus, and a kitchen car from i which all the patients are fed. There ;are also cars containing a dispen- isary,- sterilizing and disinfecting ap- 'paratus, a water distilling plant and ice-manufacturing machinery. There went out with the train three doctors, four sisters of mercy, and three assistants. The Empress not only furnished the' 'entire train, but furnishes $500 mon- thly to aid in the purchase of deli- cacies for thé sick. 2,000,000 TROOPS. The St. Petersburg correspondent ! of the_ Echo de-Paris-says-that Rus (sia "S preparations for effectually end- ing the war include the mobilization of 2,000,000 troops in European Russia, The mobilization wiil be car- ried) out progressively. The corres- 'pondent quotes "an influential per- son" as declaring that Russia will _involve the whole world in war rath- ,¢r than submit to inte ees by other powers to make An important agreement, ae the despatch, has ben reached by Rus- -Sia and Germany. The negotintions between them with regard to the ; Customs tariffs have been virtually concluded." It is stuted-that Russia ,has made concessions¢that will en- 'able Chancellor von Buelow to sat- the agrarians. while Germany promises to support Russin at the end of the war, with.a view 'af. pre- venting the assembling of another Berlin Congress. "GLOOM IN RUSSIA, { ' | The- St. Petersburg correspondent to the London 'Tele- of the London Standard » headquarters, length *| ship, . . The writer winds up by say- good ing that it is only in St. Poterabate among. the practically irrespansible bureaucracy, which rules Russia, that attempts are still made-to --matn-~ 4 tain- optimistic' wiews of the progress ond the end of the war, but the pro- gress of the war is a matter of pub- lic knoe? now-a-days, and that it is not too much to say that the bureaucracy is now on its trial be fore the enlightened public opinion of the empire, and the evidence has been dead against that from. the outset. " eee RUSSIAN ARTILLERY. That the Russian artillery in Man- churia is admitted by correspondents at the front to be inadcquate against the Japanese, who exceed therein both as regards efficiency and new- ness comes as a disconcerting sur- rise. Of the 280 guns at Gen. Kouropatkin"s disposal fewer than half are of later make than 1899. BLAME JAPS AND NATURE. The. St. Potersburg correspontient of the London Express says that the officials energetically deny that any mincs were laid outside territorial Waters. If any are afloat beyond these waters they are Japanese, or went adrift, by accident. Russian naval officers; they add, would never think of strewing mincs at sea, they are well aware that they would thereby risk their own vessels and render Ruesia liable for the fiayment of indemnitics for accidents to neu- tral vessels. Moreover, despite their success in destroying the Japanese battleship Hatsuse, the officials at Port Arthur would be glad if there were no Russian mines at the en- trance of the harbor, for the recent inactivity of their own ships has been largely due to their not know- ing accurately the positions of the mines, owing to their shifting in the ough sea. If any power protests, Russia is confident of her ability to refute the charge of wilful malign in- tent. The foreign criticism, indeed, has created surprise gnd indignation, especially in view of the fact that ussia has been the. chief sufferer from accidental explosions, It is still believed that the Russian bat- tleship Petropavlovsk Was destroyed by one.of these explosions. DALNY DOCKS INTACT The attempt made about a fort- night ago to destroy the docks and piers at Dalny was not successful, and alter the receiyit of the ews of the loss of the "Japanese battle- Tatsuse, ; Lieut.-Gen. Stoessel, commander of the military forces at Port Arthur, ordered that the docks and piers be not. destroyed. 'The German steamer Chefoo fired on by a Japanese erniser in Pechili Gulf to-day. She miisunder- stood the signals of the cruiser. The Swedish steamer Karin also was fired on during last night while off Liao- Tishin§ Promontory, but it is not known whence -this fire came. Was RUSSIANS BURN SHRINES. A telegram has been received at Scoul from Gensan, saying that the Russians, after the engagement with Corvan trcops at Ham-Heung on May 19th, burned the shrines and the royal mausoleum, which were cr- ected there by the founder of the pre sent Corean dynasty in the year 1364, and = which were regarded by the Coreans as. sacred. This. appar- ent wanton desecration of tombs in a land imbued with the spirit of an- cestor worship has caused excited de- nunciation'of the Russians on the part of Seoul officials. Ham-Heung is on the coast Corea, and about 50 miles north Gensan. of of ~~ A TRAMP ERADICATOR. An eee nae Is = Operation aleigh, N. C. The New York Herald --- the <td Jowing from Raleigh, --Th Town of Selma has Aiscovered an iginal way of getting rid of tramps. The railway runs straight through the town, and along the track is strect_ hall a---mile--tong:>~~Tranips upon arrest are allowed by the May- or to race for frecdom, the last inan of the.contest to go to "the road" for thirty days. Then the tramps are lined up at the Town Hall, while a policeman is at.the boundary, half a mile away: The tramps run with all their might, ners are seen no more, [watching policeman captures 'the last man, who is sent to "the roads." It is said that -tramps go,.near the town Gnly once, and that the device for getting rid of theni is eniirely. original. on co OFF-SHORE FISHING RIGHTS. French Government Book on An- glo-French Treaty. A despatch from Paris says :--The Government on Thursday issued yellow book on. the Anglo-French colonial treaty... It says the wisite King Edward to the "tnahissaniey Pag of the President - | Manitoba Le headed western, vos LRADING The Ruling | 'Heine' in Ties: ete end Breadstuis, + BREADSTUFFS. Toronto,--M 14 ay--81.--Wheat--Thera is | scarcity of winter wheat and the a decline in- prices in outside mar- kets doos not materially affect the market for winter grades in Ontario. Sales of red and white aro reported as high as 96$c middle freights west. dealers to-day quoted the price at 95c to 96c. Goose is steady at 85c for No. 2 east. Spring is steady at 90c for No. 2 cast. Manitoba wheat is steady at 94c for No. 1 hard, 98c for No. 1 northern, 90c for No. 2 northern, 'and 88¢ for No. 3 northern at Georgian Bay ports, and 6c more grinding in transit. Flocr--There is qa good demand, the offerings are light andthe market is firmer. Some 90 per cent. winter patents sold to-day at $3.75 in buy- crs' bags middle freights west, Choice brends are held 15c to 2c 'hicher. flour is steady at $4.80 for cars of Hungarian patents, $4.50 for second patents, and $4.40 for strong coal bags included, on the track Toron Millfecd--Te steady at $16.50 for cars of shoris and $15.50 for bran in bulk west or ¢ast.. Manitoba mill- feed is steady at $20 for cars -of shorts and $19 for bran, sacks = in- cluded, Toronto freights. Barley--The market is quiet at 42c for No. 2, 40c for No. 3 extra, and 38c for No. 3 west or Buckwhrat--Is No. 2 west or east. * Rye--Is steady at 57e to 58c for No. 2 west or enst. : , Corn--Is steady. Canadian is quo- ted at 45c¢ to 46c for cars west. Am- erican is steady at 62c for No. 2 yellow, 61c for No. 3 yellow and 60c for No. 3 mixed in car !ots on the track Toronto. z Qats--Are steady at 883e to B4c for No.,1 white, and S38c¢ for No. 2 white east. No. 2 white are quoted at 32c to 324¢ west. Rolled Oats--Are steady at $4.50 for cars of bags and $4.75 for har- rels on the track Toronto; 25c more for brol#n lots here, and 40¢ more for broken lots outside. Peas--Are steady at 62e to 63c for No. 2 west or cast. COUNTRY PRODUCE Butter--Receipts in all lincs large Here, and the market is weak in tone. Quotations. are changed. , Crearsery, do solids are still un- l7c to 18¢ 1i5c to 16¢ i Tic to 18¢ do large "rolls lle to 12¢ do poor to medium 9c to 10c The total exports of butter from Canadian ports to Europe since May 1 are 3,134 packages, against 12,- 935 for the same time last year. Cheese--Continues to show a firm- er tone. Quotations for new are 4c higher at 83c for large and 9c_ for twins. Old large is steady at 94c. Total exports of cheese from Can- adian ports to Evrope during week ending May 22 were 32,670 boxes, against 89,616 for the same time last vear and 29,289 for the same reriod 1902, Since May 1, 70,239 boxes have been exported, as against 86,296 for the same time last year and 90,834 in 1902. IEggs--The market is steady, with receipts still inclincd to be light. Quotations are unchanged at 15c per dozen, although some dealers -are showing a tendency to ask 15$c for small lots. Potatoes--There are plenty coming a and the markct has an easy tone. Quotations are lower at 90c¢ to 95c for car lots on track here and $1.19 for out of store stock. Halted Hay--Car lots on track here are quoted unchanged at $9 per ton. Buled Straw--Is_ in fair demand. Quotations are unchanged at $5.50 per ton for car lots on track here. BUFFALO GRAIN MARKETS. Buttulo, May 31.--Flour firm. Wheat dull: offerings light; $1.01 asked for i Corn easy; - No. , No. 2 mixed, 55}$c to Oats quiet; No. 2 white, 47e; No. 2 mixed, 42ic. Barley, mediten in store, 55c. ' LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, May 31.--Trade was brisk in. exporters' cattle, although -- 'the offerings were liberal gud values kept Some choice cattle were the prices paid were correspondingly high. Business open- ed up carly and drovers were -- sold out long before noon. Buyers were numerous. The active feeling in exporters' did not prevail in butchers' to such an extent. The demand was moderate and seemed to be. not quite cgual to the supply, resulting in sales passing off a littl? slowly and prices casing a little towards the conclusion of the market... Valucs in cows. were considerably lower than last week, while medium and fair steers gnd hei- fers generally sold at lower figures. The bulk of the butchers' which ar- rived were of pretty good quality. Owing. O° 8 fair ecall for feeders east. steady at 46c for and that the visible pel country is 'diminishi Milch cows of Exporters' cattle sold at $4.60: $5.25 per cwt. The bulk hands at $4.80 to $5. 10. per cwt. papa to fair cows, $3. 50 to $4: rough cows, $8 to $3.40 per cwt. The prices of feeders and stockers . were firm. We guote:--Feeders, 1,000 to 1,800 Its., at $4.40 to $4.90; feeders, 8C0 to 1,0C0 Ibs., $: 85: -stockers, 600 to 800 Ibs., $3.75; stock calves, 850 to 800 Ihs,, $3.80 to $4.20; off-color and rough same weight, $8 up. Sheep and lambs were unchanged. We quote: ---Heavy ewes, $4 to £4.50; bucks, $3 to $3.50; lambs, $5 to 5.50; spring lambs, $2.50 to $5.50 each. Calves bnoeene $2 to $10 each, and 8$ to 44c per Ib. Milch cows were steady at $380 to $50 each. Hogs--Quotations follow:-- Selecta, 160 to 200 Ibs., of prime quality, off chrs, Toronto, $3.15; fats and lighta, $4.90: sows, $38.50 to $3.75; stage, a to' $250 per cwt. oe EAT HORSE AND DOG FLEEH Miners in Alaska Obliged to Re- sort to This Diet. A Tacoma, Wash., despatch says:-- 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 heen very short all the Winter on the hy in May Sour was l and oats 25 cents "at Fairbanks. Ham, bac- on, suger, rice awnd lard were entire- Iy out. Some dogs were first killed to save them from dying ef starva- tion. Later meat became' so scarce that dogs and horses were killed for food, pending the arrival of supplies now enroute from Dawson by steam- er. The Tanana district will pro- duce $2,000,000 gold this season by primitive methods. The introduc tion of machinery will greatly in- erease the output. Sete: waar e no FOR SOUTH AFRICA. Steamer Sails From Montreal With Full Cargo. A Montreal despatch says: Elder-Dompgter steamship © Melville, Capt. W. 5, Sailed from port on 'Thlirsday -- afternoon South Africen ports with o ful eral cargo, a Canadian Canadian produce. prised 16,000 bushe o. thern wheat, 5,000 bushels ane adien rye, and 2,000 buphels buckwheat. A large almount of flour is also being sent forward. The Melville is equipped with an up-to-date cold storage, and in this are placed 800 tons of baccn, 350 tons of pork, frozen beef and poultry and 75 tons of similar cargo. Ske is also carrying 180,000 fect of white pine, 100 boxes of first-class cheese, and a number of carriages of Cana- dian inake. RUSSIANS HANGED. Alarming Story. 'Published by Lon- on Newspap The London Standard tee a despatch from a Russian correspond- ent, in whom the paper says it plac- es great confidence, containing most sensaticnal statements regarding the alarming condition. of Russia as the outcome of the war. The correspond- ent asserts that disturbances in var- ious cities have been | followed by wholesale executions without any civ- il trial. It is stated that 600 per- sons have been hanged. in-Warsaw alone, .and that many others have been Hanged In Cronstadt and "Mos- cow... At--the-latter placé the troops buried cighty coffins, containing tho bodies of those who have been hang- ed. The bodies were buried secrotly, © in the dead of night, presumably in the woods. The Standard, in an editori uJ, it ublishes -- this correspondent's | statement. under all reserve, but it thinks there are many indications, such, for instance, as the sinking of the batticship Orel, that the normal disaffection of the population of Rua- sia has been greatly stimulated by the war. -----$---- -- Me COFFIN-MAKERS' STRIKE. says People of Malaga va Cannot Properly Bury Their Dead. A despatch from Madrid says >--- The coftin-makers. of -Malaga. mas ters as well #s-journcymen, are out on strike, 'They say that the Gov- | ernment" oppresses their trade. with special. taxes, which {profitable, They . have -- ppaenne closed their shops, 1 t signboards with inser +, in ~ _ in Co