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‘A Lodon despatch says :â€"The cen- porship continues to prevent the humission of news regarding the nilitary and naVul movements in the Far East, and all the available news b of minor consequence. A Tokio correspondent says that Advices from Vladivostock say that the 2.500 Japanese troops who landed at. Plaksin Bay (on the east coast of Northern Corea) are ad- vancing toward Musan (218 miles from Gensan), with the intention of ultimately reaching Hunchin (on the left bank of the Tumen River, about 100 miles west of Vladivostock), and Lhreutcning the Russian flank. In prder to Checkmate this, a. Russian )utpost 100 strong, which crossed the Tumen, is advancing to occupy Koyrong, on the Tumcn, a walled lity commanding the trails along which the Japanese must, pass. The Paris Figaro or Saturday morning publishes a. St. Potersburg despatch saying that a member of the Committee on the Increase of the Navy has declared that $7,500,000 have thus far been subscribed to this end. Count, Orlofl has telegraphâ€" ed from Home that he has $1,500,- 000 at the disposition of the comâ€" mittee. The Czar, the correspondent. continues, has decided to rebuild the Russian cruiser Variag and the torâ€" pedo gunbout Korietz, which were destroyed at Chcmulpo, out. of his private purse. 'l‘he Nlchinichl, the Government organ, in an editorial on Friday says that the credit resources of the Japanese Government are ample to sustain the expenditures of a war of two years. Moreover, large loans to the Government; by the Bank of Japan are possible, and the present issue of war loan bonds has been subscribed to (our times over. Foreign possimisn as to condi- tion of the national finances is not; warranted. A despatch from Tokio says :â€" There is a. growing sentiment of af- fection over the patriotic action of Japanese noblemcn, and many other Japanese of less degree, who are ofl‘ering their private fortunes to the Government, for its use in comâ€" batting Russia. Port Arthur nespatches of Satur- day and Sunday say that everything is quiet there. The Japanese cruiser squadron was seen reconnoitcring on' Port Arthur Friday night, during u heavy snow storm. The general deduction from the news is that the RUSSian fleet is as effectively bottled up at Vladivostock as at Port Arthur. Though the lat- ter place has not been attacked fox“ some days the ships there have not“ shown the slightest sign of daring to ‘ go out of the harbOr. This also suggests corroboration of the re- ports that the outlet is considerably hampered by the vessels the Japan- ese sank there. Admiral Togo's aim in bombarding Vladvostock is con- sidered to have various objects in View. "First, the hope of tempting the RUSSian,squadron to emerge with the View to attacking, and also to learn the general condition of the‘ forts. Some experts suggest that the fact that the Japanese ships were covered with ice point to the likelihood that the Russian squadron is frozen in. the icebreaher not darâ€"' ing to work recently. The concensus of opinion is that the Russian fleet is completely useless for ofiensive purposes. J apaneso merchantmen and transports are going to and fro unarmed and unescorted. The population of Vladivostock was warned on Sunday morning of the presence on the horizon of a hostile fleet and of the prospect of an a1tack during the day, but it re- mained tranquil. The Japanese sllips were covered with ice. \The attack resulted in no loss to the Russians, but cost, the enemy 200,000 roubles ($100,000) in ammunition. Most. of the profectiles were six and twelve inch shells. A dcsDatch from Vladivostock 6113's Iâ€"A fleet of five Japanese but- tleships and two cruisers appeared 05 this place at 1.25 o'clock on Sun- day afternoon, and bombarded the town and shore batteries for fifty- flvo minutes. The fleet approached from the direction of Askold Island. at the east entrance of Ussuri Bay, and about thirty-hm) miles southeast of Vladirostock. Entering Ussuri Bay, the enemy formed in line of battle, but did not approach to a. closer range than live and one-third miles. They directed their fire against the. shore batteries, but no damage resulted, as most of their 200 lyddite shells failed to burst. The Russian batteries, commanded by Generals Vcronetz and Artumonâ€" 011‘. did not reply, awaiting a. closer approach of the enemy. The Japanese fire ceased at, 2.20 p. 111., and the enemy retired in the direction of Askold Island. Simulâ€" taneously tw0 torpedo-boat destroy- ers appeared near Askold Island, and txvo more near Cape Mai-dol. Vladivostock Bombarded I Japanese on Sunday. HVE PERSDNS KlflEfi FOR NEW RUSSIAN NAVY MARCHING ON IIUNCHIN CHEERFUL OVER MONEY HARD TO GET NEWS i The house of the Corean Secretary of the Foreign Office at Seoul, was blown up on Thursday night. A [similar attempt was made upon the jresidenca of the Acting Minister_ of iForcign Affairs. Five men have been jarrested in connectlon with the crime :whit‘h is supposed to have been inâ€" fcited by the party oppaaed to the {Japaneseâ€"Comma protocol. The gen- ‘eral situatrcm is satisfactory, awing 325,000 TROOPS. The Ecluh' of Paris publishes a despatth from St. Petersburg which ‘says that. Russia’s army in the Far East will be 325,000 strong by |'Apri1. It, is understood that the Rus- sians are determined to defend New- Chwang. Gen. Krijenofslii has Warnâ€" ed the Consuls that the Japanese will probably attack the town, and consequently the women and children are leaving. There is nothing to support. the assertions that the Rus- sians are forcing the Chinese here- abouts to work for them and appro- priating their goods without paying for them. There is reason to believe that these stories are false. A Shanghai despatch to the Ex- press states that the Japanese have occupied Port, Lazarefl, a roadstead on the east. coast of Corea. A large fleet of transports, Convoyed by warships, passed Tsushima Island, in the Strait of Corea, Thursday, bound for east coast of Coma, pre sumably Guns-an or Port anm'eff. The Vladivostock squadron continâ€" ues inactive, though it has an ample supply of coal, and the ships are in 'good condition. It has eVidently 1been instructed by the Russian GOV- ernment to remain close to the Vlad- ivostock batteries, in preference to risking a fight in the open seas. It {is declared to be only a question of 'time before this squadron will receive the attention of the Japanese navy. The Kobo correspondent, of the London Express says that the capâ€" tured Russian steamer Manchuria has been repaired, and has been used as a transport between Nagasaki and Sasebo. RUSSIAN FIELD MARSHAL. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo de Paris says that Gen. Kouropatk'in starts for the Far East on March 12. He will go in a special train and be accompanied by part of his stafi. It is reported, the correspondent continues, that the Czar said to him : "You will return a field marshal." There has not been a field marshal in Russia. since Count Gim‘ko. mails and baggage will be conveyea free. The Russian convalescents in the Japanese Red Cross Hospital at Chcmulpo will be shortly brought to Japan, where they will be quartered at Matsuyama, a seaside resort. Elaâ€" borate regulations have been framed for the treatment of prisoners of war. They include a, liberal allot- ment of food and clothes. Their Norwegian and German vessels. Two of them are said to have carried car- g‘oes of Australian coal. Japan evi- dently refrained from making a. specâ€" ial effort to prevent their entrance, and it is not impossible that she calmly permitted the delivery of the contraband goods, calculating that they would prove useful to herself at a later stage of the campaign. It is evident that several vessels laden with coal, provisions, and other contraband articles have re- cently effected the passage of the mashing Vladivostock. Their exact names are not known. but it is stated that, they included British, 'J‘sugaru Strait, and succeeded in Six Japanese cruisers, escorting ten transports, have been sighted steaming in the direction of the Gulf of Llao-Tung. This movement is connected with the reported inten- tion to clTect a landing north of Sadâ€" dle Bay, near New-Chwang. The silence regarding Port, Arthur continues to be complete, while the Japanese fleet might be non-existent so far as {my information concerning it. is concerned. A Port. Said despatch states that one of the Russian torpedo boats there is in very bad condition, and will be allowed to remain and re- pair. The whole squadron shows a lack of efficiency. The cruiser Dimit- ri Donskoi is said to be in a pitiablo state. The movements on both sides, how- ever. are purely conjectural. Exen the statements given out with an ap- pearance of authenticity suggest, an intention to mystify. small bodies or Russian troops are constantly crossing and recrossing the Corezm frontier, but. it is not be- lieved that there is any intention of seriously opposing the Japanese be- fore the latter are much nearer the Yqu River than they are now sup- posed to be. TO DEFEND NEWâ€"CHWANG TRANSPORTS EN ROUTE. VLADIVO STO CK FLEET . PRISONERS OF W. HOUSE BLOWN UP by the AR 'At Ope‘xik‘a, Alabama, C. H. Sparks, a negro murderer. on Saturâ€" day, tried to kill one of his guards with a knife as he was being taken from his cell to the scaffold. Spectators pinned him to a wall with pitchforks. and he was led to thb galloWs handcuflcd, and hanged. The SUSquehanna. River, near York Pa.., has broken its banks. Duffy’s Island is flooded, and three families were swept away. 'At Ope‘xik‘a, Alabama, C. H. 'A boy stepping on a. match in 3. Perth Amboy, N.J., dry goods store, on Saturday, caused a fire less of $100,000. Disturbance the Greatest Known in Thirty Years. A Lime, Peru, despatch says: A tremendous earthquake, which did much damage. occurred here at 5.20 on Friday morning. Nothing comâ€" parable with it has been expefienced during the last thirty years. A Berlin despatch says 2â€"Confidenâ€" tial information has reached the German Government to the efl‘ect that the Poles in Russia are plan- ning to turn decisive dis-asters to Russian arms in the Far East into demonstrations bordering on revoluâ€" tion; Despite official denials, the Poles in RuSSia. Germany, and Ausâ€" tria. have learned that Russia's mili- tary strenth in Europe, particularly Add Britain They Drifted For Five Days in an Open Boat. , A London despatch says: A pathrr tic story told by ocean castaways has just reached London. Major Litâ€" , tle, a British yeomanry officer, his wife and three children, took passage ; on the Mediterranean steamer Cygnet, r which sailed from London Dec. 25. During a gale off Vlgo, on Dec. 29, the wind blowing sixty miles an hour, fire broke out. The captain put the passengers in a boat in charge of the mate and four sailors, and then towed the boat. The Cygnet's cargo burned fiercely until the hold seemed to be a furnace. Flames spouted from the portholes and cracks in the deck. Eventually the hatches blew off. The tow rope parted and later the steamer sank. There had been no time to provision the boat except with biscuits and condensed milk. Those in the boat had no wraps. A bitter night followed, the children slept fitfully under a tarpau- lin, in several inches of water, and they soon became benumbed. An Italian sailor of the name of cirardi took off his coat and wrapped Ed- ward Little, nine years old in it. Cirardi was shortly afterwards wash- ed overboard and lost. Major Lit- tle, looking under the tarpaulin, found that EdWard had wrakped the coat around his fourâ€"yearâ€"old sister. For five daysand nights they drifted in terrible distress, cold and wet and almost foodless. They had no- thing to drink except a little rain water that was caught in the tarpauâ€" lin. The third night a sailor heard Edward under the tarpaulin praying that his father, mother and sister might be saved, and adding, “And please, God, don’t forget the mate and the other kind men." The fourth day a steamer was sighted. She was hailed by those in the boat, who also waved oars and garments, but the steamer did not see them. The night brought still severer cold. The gar- ments of the castaways were drenchâ€" ed and frozen. The bodies of the children were dreadfully frost bitten, ‘the skin peeling on" their arms and legs, but the mate says they never once complained, and there was not a. man in the boat who wodld not have gladly given his life for them. On the fifth night Major Little col- lapsed. The next morning the party were rescued by a fishing boat and taken to the little Town of Figueira. Major Little died soon after landing. All have been seriously ill since and continue weak and semi-dazed. They have only now been brought to Lonâ€" don l'i‘om Lisbon. boat was buffeted by the big seas, the . Planning to Turn Japanese Vio- tories to Account. POLES MAY STRIKE RUSSIA The Governor of the Amur issued an official proclamation on Feb. 5, ridiculing Japan as a, paltry nation, and declaring that. it was Russia’s Heaven-sent duty (0 crush the repre- sentatlves of the yellow peril, there- by rendering a, service to humanity. Six Japanese cruisers, escorting ten transports, have been sighted ofi Chemo, steaming towards the Linoâ€" Tung Gulf. This movement, is con- nected with the reported Japanese intention to land in North Saddle Bay. A report from Chefoo is printed in London of an engagement Thursday near the Yalu River. Small parties of scouts are said to have exchanged shots. Both retired, apparently without. loss. Japanese forces are stated to be within three days' march of the Russian encampment. The Russians are retiring to await reinforcx-ments. Heavy weather renders military movements difficult. to the prompt action of M. Hayashl the Japanese Minister at. Seoul. EARTHQUAKE IN PE RU. NEAR. THE YALU RIVER. OCEAN CASTAWAYS. Buffalo, N.Y., March 8.-â€"Flour â€" Quiet and only steady. Wheatâ€"No offerings. Cornâ€"Steady; No. 2 yel- low, 531c; No. 2 corn, 52c. Oatsâ€" Steadicr; No. 2 white, 50c; N3. 2 mixed, 48c. Barleyâ€"Western in store, 59 to 65c. Ryeâ€"Nu 1 on track, 86c asked. Minneapolis Cash, 9H0; tember, 88~§c; 81.012 Milwaukee, “’is,, March 8.â€"Whea.tâ€" {kc higher; No. 1 Northern, $1.01; No. 2 Northern, 95 to 990; July, 95%,c. Ryeâ€"Dull; No. 1, 765 to 77c. Barleyâ€"Steady; No. 2, 63¢; sample, 40 to 60c. Cornâ€"Steady; No. 3, 45 to 46c; July, 54c bid. Lardâ€"The demand is quiet, with prices firmer. We quotezâ€"Tierces, Bic; tubs, 85c; pails, 83c; compound, 7£c to Sc. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, light to medium, 12gc; do heavy, 12c; rolls, 10 to 10¢c; shoulders, 9% to 100; backs, 13 to 13;c; breakfast bacon, 13c. Dressed hogs are unchanged, with ofierings small. Car lots sold at $6.30 to $6.50, delivered here. Cured meats are in good demand, and nric- es firm. We quotczâ€"Bacou, long clear, 8&0 per IT). in case lots. Mess pork, $16.50 to $17; do short cut, $18.50. Butterâ€"The market continues quxet, at unchanged prices. Poor to medi- um difficult to sell, except at bakers' prices. Choice grades sell freely at good prices. We quotezâ€"Fincst 14b, rolls, 17 to 17éc; choice large rolls, 15} to 16%c; selected dairy tubs, 16%0; medium and low grades, 12 to 1415c; creamery prints, 20 to 22c; solids, 19 to 19fic. solids, 19 to 19fic. Egggâ€"Reccipts are moderate and prices easier. We quotezâ€"Strictly new laid, 3320 per dozen. Cheeseâ€"The market is dull, with prices unchanged. .We quotezâ€"FinesL September’s, 102- to 11¢; seconds, 10 to loic. Poultryâ€"Receipts are limited, and prices as a. rule unchanged. Chickens, 11 to 12c per IT). Turkeys arc quo- ted at 15 to 160 per It); ducks, I30: and geese at 10 to 12¢: per Ib. Potatoesâ€"Jrhe market is firm, with offerings moderate. Choice care are quoted at 95c to $1 per bag on track here, and inferior quafity at 80 to 85c per bag. Hopsâ€"The market is unchanged at 26 to 32c, according to quality. Honeyâ€"The market is firm at 6%} to 7&0 per 1b. for bulk, and at $1.- 25 to $2 for comb. Hayâ€"The market is quiet, with ofâ€" ferings~almost nil. No. 1 timothy quoted at $9.50 a ton here. -Strawâ€"The market is dull, Without offerings, and prices nominal around $5.50 on track here. 7 Beansâ€"Trade is quiet, and prices steady. Prime beans are quoted at $1.40 to $1.60 per bushel. Dried Applesâ€"The demand is small and prices are unchanged at 3& to 4£c per 1!). Evaporated apples 6c per 11). COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"Trade here is quiet, with prices steady at $2 to $2.50 per bbl. for the best stock. Millioedâ€"Bran steady at $17 to $17.50, and shorts at, $18.50 here. At outside points bran is quoted at $18. and shorts at $17.50. Manitoba bran, in sacks, $20, 'nnd shorts at $21 hero Flourâ€"Ninety per cent. patents are unchanged, with buyers at $3.75 midâ€" dIo freights, in buyers' sacks, for ex- port. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at $4.50 to $4.75 in bbls. Manitoba. flours unchanged, No. 1 patents, $3.50; No. 2 patents, $5; and strong bakers', $4.90 on track, Toronto. Buckwheatâ€"The market is unchang- ed, with demand good. No. 2 quot.- ed at 50 to 510 middle freights. Cornâ€"The market. is quiet, with prices weaker. No. 3 American yel- low quotcd at 54c on track, Toron- to, and No. 3 mixed at 53c. Canadi- an corn, 44c on track, Toronto, and 38 to 3850 west. Ryeâ€"The market is firm, with No 2 quoted at 56 to 570 east. and west Oatsvâ€"Market is steady. with offer- ings small. No. 2 white quoted at. 33§c north and west, and 34c low freiglits. No. 1 white quoted at 350 east, and No. 2 at 34§c cast. Barleyâ€"The market is quiet, with :1 moderate demand. No. 2 quoted at 460 middle freights. No. 3 extra at. 43 to 44c, and No. 3 at 41c middle troights. Peasâ€"The market is firm, with No 2 quoted at 65c west, and 660 east. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produc- at Home and Abroad. Toronto, March 8.-â€"â€"â€"Wheat â€"- The market was a. little firmer to-dny in tone, but very little business was done. No. 2 Ontario grades quoted at 99c to $1 low Heights to millers. Spring Wheat is nominal at, 92 to 930 east, and goose at 85 to 87¢ east. Manitoba. wheat, steady, with No. 1 Northern quoted at $1.04 at Georgian Bay ports. No. 2 Northern at $1.01, and No. 8 Northern at 98c. No. 1 hard is nominal at $1.06. Grinding ln transit prices are 6c above these quoted. REPORTS FROM. THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. THE WORLD’S MARKETS UNITED STATES MARKETS THE DAIRY MARKETS HOG PRODUCTS ; on track, No 1 Northern, 9! 1, March 3.â€"“' July 993- to 99; 'he.1t â€" c: Sep- 2 ‘IISavoy. in '21 win on so bad! posted 1 â€" ily were 0- mm. bu‘ A Farmhouse at Black River, N. 3., Destroyed. A St. John, N.B., despatch says: -â€"As the result, of a fire which broke out em 1y on Saturday in an isolated farmhouse at, Black River, five miles from Buctouche, three persons were burned to death and another proba- bly fatally injured. The dead are William Savoy. aged 22; J. Addus Savoy, aged fourteen, and Joseph o‘Savoy, aged twelve, sons of Louis ‘lSat‘oy. Alfred, who jumped froyg 'a wing of the burning building, is so badly injured that he is not ex- pected to recover. Part of the fam- ily were sleeping downstairs, and got (out. but those in the upper rooms were overcome with smoke, and their escare cut off by the flamu.’ a large business with the Southern colony, the people of which are now accustomed to use goods of United States manufacture. The exports of the Republic to New Zealand last year were $7,000,000 in value, and as Canadiai‘rmade articles are simi- lar in manufacture to those of their rivals, the task of taking away this trade from Uncle Sam is made com- paratively easy. An Ottawa. despatch says: As New Zealand has recently adopted a tariff preferential with the Empire, the Canadian Government has extended the Dominion preference to the Isâ€" land. Canadian manufacturers ex- pect to derive immense benefits from this new policy. United States ex- porters huve hitherto been transacting THREE BURNED TO DEATH. New Zealand Extends Preferenc. to Canada. He says that the force was about to return when attacked, quite un- .expectedly, at breakfast. Mr. Amy- att Burney Was shot through the stomach, but with great pluck mounted his horse and rode for some distance with the column (which was by this time heavily engaged) until he fell off, dead, not having spoken a. word since he was struck. With great difficulty a litter was made by the troops, who, in addition to being harassed by the enemy, were attacked by swarms of bees: but after two hours the fighting became so hot that the body had to be dropped. The little force fought all day. Towards evening a square was formed, and the only remaining cart- ridges served out. At dusk Capt. O'Riordan was shot by a. poisoned arrow, and (lied soon afterwards. The remainder of the force was then over- whelmed. A London despatch says: Some interesting details have been received regarding the cutting up of Capt. O'Riordan's party in Northern Ni- geria. From the accounts of survi« vors it appears that 00 of the force of 120 men were either killed or sold into slavery. A native interpreter, who escaped and brought details, was himself chained up and sold as a slave, and only reached Lolioja. after enduring terrible hardships. He says that the force was about do medium . do picked ...- do bulls . . . . . . . . . do rough . . . . . . . Light stock bulls, cwt. . . . . . . . . . . Milch cows ....... Hogs, best ...... do light . . . . . . . . . Sheep, export, cwt Lambs . . . . . . . . . . . Bucks . . .. Culls. each Calves ..... MADE SLAVES 0R KILLED. do 900 1b. . Butchers' cattle choice ....... Fate Which Befell British Fore! in Nigeria. Hogs are unchanged at $5 for so lects. Exporters. heavy $4 35 to $4 90 Bulls, export, heavy, cwt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 30 4 75 do light .......... 3 00 3 75 Feeders, 800 lbs. and upwards ...... 3 00 3 25 Short keep, 1,100 Tbs. 4 00 Stockers, 4561.0 €60 lbs. ............... 2 50 3 12; ‘ CATTLE MARKET ‘ Toronto, March 8.â€"â€"Business is still‘ of the most druggy character, with no life in the trade whatever. While butchers could do with more cattle than they are getting. if the cattle were offering, still they are compares tively indifferent and refuse to offer any special inducements 1n the way of higher prices with a view to stim- ulating business. Prices are quite high enough now, they say, and in some cases they are paying more for cattle than they are worth. Good butchers are fetching 84.50 for very choice, but above that there is no disposition to go. A few heavy ex- port cattle sold at $4.70, but there ll very little doing in this class. Sheep and lambs are steady tc firm, with prospects fair. 2 Northern, 97 to 97éc; No. 3 Norma em, 94 to 95c. Flourâ€"First patents; $5.25 to $5.35; second patents, $5.10 to $5.20; first. clears, $3.85 to $4.26; second clears, 32.50 to $2.60. Bran â€"Strong, and Eastern demand very good; in bulk, $16 to $16.25. NEW FIELD OPENED. 60 25 50 50 30 60 1 l