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iiii Gen. Sassulitoii's Force Could Not Stay Kurcki. RUSSIANS RI‘ITR EATI NG . A Tokio despatch says: Last Fri- day. after sharp cavalry skirmishes at Erhtaitsu, Santaisu and other places a detachment of infantry belonging to Gen. Kuroki's army took Fcng-Wang- Cheng. The Russians before retiring exploded the magazine, but left large quantities of hospital stores, which are being used by the Japanese hos- pitals. F‘eng-Wangâ€"Cheng was the second line of the Russian defence, and a stiff fight was anticipated. Gen. Kuro- ki pressed forward and attacked be- fore the Russians had recovered from the demoralization and confusion into which they had been thrown by their previous defeat on the Yalu River. Gen. Kuroki‘, commandant of the first army corps. reportsâ€"“On May 6 our cavalry detachment dispersed the enemy at Feng-Wangâ€"Cheng, which was immediately occupied by our infantry detachment. The enemy burned ammunition before evacuating the stronghold. Refugees of the enemy, who have been hiding in the adjoining forests and villages continue to come and surrender." WHY RUSSIANS FLED. Two official despatches to St. Petâ€" ersberg, calculated to increase the de- pression existing among all circles in Russia were given out on Sunday night. From the point of view of the progress of the campaign the most important is that regarding the capture by the Japanese without opâ€" gosition of Fengâ€"Wangâ€"Cheng on May Gen. Kouropatkin forwarded a mes- sage from Lieut.â€"Gen. Sassulitch, who has been left in command of the col- umn retiring from Feng-Wangâ€"Cheng, which described the movements of the enemy in connection with the occupa- tion of the town. The information caused no surprise to the officials, who were already ad- vised of the decision that no attempt would be made to hold Fengâ€"Wang- Cheng, the superiority of the Japanâ€" ese in allgfighting arms ensuring a. disaster similar to that at Chiuâ€"Tien- Cheng. Therefore, Gen. Sassulitoh was given strict orders that there should be no fight of the rearguard. The Russians left while Gen. Kurolii was making his dispositions for a big battle. The Japanese approached from two directions along the main road and up the valley, placing batteries so as to command the town. This proced- ure shows that the entire Japanese plan of operation had been thought- fully prepared, and that every division commander knew exactly what he should do. uâ€"uâ€"n DECLINED THEIR LIBERTY. A despatch to the London Chronâ€" icle from Tokio says that 1,363 Rus- sians were buried by the Japanese with military honors, between Chiu- Ticnâ€"Cheng and Tanâ€"Shnng-Cheng. The officers and men captured were treated better by the Japanese doc- tors than by their own surgeons. The prisoners were offered permission to leave. but they preferred to stay and attend to their OWn wounded. The Japanese are remunerating them for their services. The Russian officers who were paroled had their swords returned to them. â€".â€" BRlDG ES BLOWN UP. The Japanese have destroyed the railway at Port Adams, blowing up the bridges says a. St. Petersburg despatch. w DEATH IN TRIUMPH . During the popular demonstration at Tokio on Saturday night in honor of the victories achieved by the Ja- panese forces, 21 people were killed and 40 injured. The killed and in- jured were mostly boys. who were caught against a closed gate at an angle in the old palace walls by the throng and crushed or drowned in an old moat. DQCTORS WANTED. An urgent telegram has been reâ€" ceived at St. Petersburg from Mukâ€" den, asking for the immcdiafe dcsâ€" patch of one hundred doctors. Typhus fever, dysentery. and small- pox have assumed an epidemic char- acter among the Russian troops. 10,000 AT PORT ARTHUR. It is believed at St. Petersburg that the military force at Port Arth- ur does not exceed 10,000 men. Sailors will man the shore guns. Admiral Skyrdlofi, who was appoint- ed to succeed Admiral Makaroff, will now probably go to Vladivostock. C A LLlNG OUT RESERVES. The Russian Consul-General , at Vienna has notified Russian subjects in Austria that all naval officers and men in all categories in eleven of the Russian prOVinCe and all the re- serves employed on the volunteer fleet and in Government arsenals have been called out. A LEXIEFF REC ALLED. The Paris Journal says it is as- sured that Admiral? Alexiei‘i has been recalled at the joint instance of Gen. Kourepatkin and Admiral Skrydloff. Grand Duke Nicholas will replace him. PORT ARTHUR ISOLATED. A dcspatch received at St. Peters- burg on Friday says that Port Arâ€" thur is cut off from all communica- tion by land, the Japanese having ViceAdmiral Skrydlof’f, who is en route to Port Arthur to take over command of the naVal forces in the Far East, will be unable to reach his destination. 1’ Ministry of War has received following telegram from Major- I’flug, chief of the military The the General staff:â€" “According to the information I have received, seven of the enemy's transports, and afterwards about 40, appeared opposite Pitsewo on the ev- ening of May 4. On the morning of May 5 the Japanese began to land at Pitsewo and on the coast near Cape Terminal (about 15 miles southâ€"west of Pitscwo, under cover of an artilâ€" 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 the postâ€"office at Pitsewo were removed, and the Russian in- habitants abandoned the town. Ac- cording to Chinese reports, by the evening of May 5 about 10,000 of the enemy's troops had landed and taken up quarters in the Chinese vilâ€" lages near the points of debarkation. The enemy sent two columns of about one regiment each, one in the westerâ€" ly direction and the other to the southward. fantrymen, occupying the heights east 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 in reaching Polandien. Tranquility preâ€" vails in the Maritime Province and in Yin-Kow." Your correspondent confirms the re- ports of the closing of the harbor at Port Arthur. The Russians found the entrance practica‘lv blocked after Monday's fight. Admiral Alexiefi‘ and his staff took a train for Mukden beâ€" fore the Japanese seized the railway. The second Japanese army corps is now occupying the liao-Tung Peninâ€" sula without opposition, principally from below Newâ€"Chwang. Grand Duke Boris left Port Arthur after Monday's blockade before the railway was seized. MORE THAN 60,000. There is little that can be added to the official despatchcs, says a Lonâ€" don telegram. There is no authorita- tive statement of the strength of the Japanese forces that have landed in Manchuria. One who professes to be informed, places the number at more than (50,000. mander of the invading force is given, and the dispos1tion of troops is, of course, not divulged. Pitsewe, the place where the J apâ€" anese landed, is on the east coast of the peninsula and seventy-five miles above Port Arthur. Port Adams, the scene of the second landing, is situ- ated on the arm of Society Bay, on the west ceast of the peninsula, di- rectly opposite and about twenty miles distant from Pitsewa. The railroad that connects Port Arthur with Mukden passes close to Port Adams, and is now in the possession of the Japanese at this point. The name of the comâ€" net the REJOINED SQUADRON. The Tokio correspondent of the London Chronicle says that the land- ing of the Japanese on the Lino- Tung Peninsula has been so successful that the warships escorting the transports have rejoined the squad- ron. Simultaneously with the attack on Port Arthur the Japanese laid a. cable between one of the islands and the mainland as a protection to their landing place. .._â€"- VICTUALLED FOR A YEAR. The military authorities at St. Petersburg confess to be a. little afâ€" fected by the cutting off of Port Arâ€" thur. They do not believe that the Japanese will attempt to storm the place, they well knowing the strength of the works. They say the town is victualled for a year, and is imâ€" pregnable by sea or land. They also say that the nonâ€"resistance to the Japanese landing was in accordance with the plans of Gen. Kouropatkin. who provided for such a contingency. Various estimates are made of the strength of the garrison at Port Arâ€" thur. It. is believed that a large part of it has been withdrawn, but it disembarked in its rear, occupied the moved northward after the railroad, .and cut the telegraph. god as presaging a further vic- 0” May 6 “ passanger manoeuvre at night without lights. train from Port Arthur was fired up- on, a mile and a Quarter outside Pol- ,_ andien (about 40 miles north of Port ALARM AT NEW CIIWANG“ Arthur), by a, hundred Japanese in- A telegram from New-Chwang to is said that Con. Siocssel still com- xnands more than 20,000 irpops, while 13,000 seamen from the fleet are available for assisting in the defence. It is not expected that anything will be heard from the beleaguered fortress henceforth until Gen. Kouro- oatkin has accomplished his designs. Meanwhile patience should be exercisâ€" ed. This optimism is not shared outside of military quarters. ALL CLASSES STUNNED. A dcspatch to the_I.ondon Standâ€" ard from Odessa says that all classes are stunned by the series of disasters to the Russian army. The universal depression is intensified by the fear that the blunders of the campaign will prove irretricvablc. EXPECT FRESH TRIUMPH. There is general satisfaction in Ja- pan at the comparative smallness of the Japanese losses at Chiuâ€"Ticnâ€" Cheng. The official account of the losses has not been amended. The statement that the Japanese army battle is tory. and the report that Gen. Kouâ€" ropatkin is marching to Fangâ€"Wang- Chcng with 20,000 Russian troops is welcomed as affording the prospect of a fresh triumph. w...â€" RUSSIAN STRATEGY WEAK . A despatch to the London Times from Tokio says that the Japanese consider that the Russians' strategy at the Yalu River showed the same the Chinese strategy in and defect as 1894, namely, lack of offensive initiative. Capt. Arixna, who commanded the first two blocking fleets at Port Arâ€" thur, in a lecture at Tokio, said that no Japanese torpedo boat or torpedo- boat destroyer 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 explosives 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, more- over, were much facilitated by excel- lent electric communications. The Russians apparently lacked skill to London states that grave uneasiness prevails in the British community there. British property, valued at $2,500,000, is unprotected, and six thousand robbers are in the neighborâ€" hood. The Government blamed for the withdrawal of British cruiser Espiegle from port. n is much the the WENT DOWN CHEERING. The Japanese displayed desperate courage in their fireship attck on the night of Tuesday. The ships as they approached were divided into three groups, all heading straight for the entrance of the harbor. While still far from the shore they ran on the Russian mines, and they were under a murderous fire from the Rus- sian batteries. Three torpedo boats followed the fireships to pick up the crews of the latter. When the first the crew clambcred Emâ€" ship foundered up the mast, cheering for the peror of Japan as they went down. From the masthead of the second She began to sink, her crew waved Ianters to indicate her course to those astern. Their small boats, though soon riddled, did not 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 fire. , _+_.â€"â€"_â€"â€" CONDITIONS -lN_ RUSSIA. Alarmicg Rumor of Plots Against the Czar. The New York Sun has the follow- ing from Vienna :â€"â€"A1arming rumors regarding the internal conditions of Russia are current here. A conspirâ€" acy is said to have been discovered in Russian Poland, 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 inferâ€" nal machine is said to have been found in the Winter Palace, in one of the Czar's living rooms. __+ BEER AND CANCER. German Authority Makes an In- teresting Anneunmncnt. vessel, as A Berlin (lespnich says :â€"Dr. Wolff, :1 wellâ€"known authority on the sub- ject calls attention to the high mor- tality from cancer in the beerâ€"drink- ing districts of Germany. He in- stances Bavaria and Salzburg, both great beerâ€"drinking centres. Both of thCSe districts show high mortality among cancer patients. .._.,..â€"â€"+_.â€"â€".« ,. BRITISH GROWN COTTON. Organization With Large Takes up the Work. A London despatch says zâ€"Tlie Ex- ecutive Committee. of the British gCotton Growing Association on Wed- ncsday decided to apply for a royal charter. The capital of the con- cern will be $2,500,000 in shares of $5 each. ed during the first seven years. Capital . *Tiiii would nuns WORTS FROM. THE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. ~â€" Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. the red in Ontario grades is quiet, but tone is firm. No. 2 white and side points. Spring'wheat is nom- inal at 84c cast, and goose at 75 to 76c east. Manitoba wheat is unâ€" changed, No. 1 Notthern, 90c Geor- gian Bay ports. No. 2 Northern at 840. No 1 hard is nominal at 91c. Grinding in transit prices are 6c above those quoted. Oatsâ€"The market is unchanged, No. 2 white quoted at Bole west, and at 31c east. No. 1 white, 32c east. Barleyâ€"The market is quiet, with Idcmand limited. No. 2 quoted at l42c middle freights. No. 3 extra. at 40$ to 410, and No. 3 at 39c middle freighis. Peasâ€"The market is unchanged. with No. 2 quoted at 63 to 65c, acâ€" cording to quality and location. Cornâ€"The market is quiet, with prices easier. No. 3 American yel- low quoted at 56gc, on track, Tor- onto; No. 3 mixed at 551k. Cana- dian corn is steady at 41 to 420 west for guaranteed delivery in good condition. Ryeâ€"The market is steady, with No. 2 quoted at 59 to 60c east. Buckwheatâ€"The market is unâ€" changed, with demand moderate; No. 2 quoted at 49 to 50c middle freights. Flourâ€"Ninety per cent. patents are unchanged, Bakers' at $3.60 mid- dle freights in buyers' sacks for ex- port. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at $4.15 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. Millfeedâ€"Bran is steady, at $17 to $17.50, and shorts at $18.50 here. At outside points bran is quoted at $16, and shorts at 5517. Manitoba bran, in sacks, $20, and shorts at $21 here. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Applesâ€"There is a quiet trade, with prices unchanged at $2 to $2.50 per bbl. for the best stock. Dried applesâ€"The dcmand is limit- ed, and prices are steady at 3 to She per lb. Evaporated apples, 6§c per 1b. Beansâ€"Trade is quiet, with prices steady. Prime beans are quoted at $1.50 to $1.60, and hand-picked at $1.65 to $1.70. Hopsâ€"The market is unchanged at 28 to 32c, according to quality. Honeyâ€"The market is quiet at 6 to 7c per lb. Comb quiet at $1.50 to $1.75. Hayâ€"The market is quiet, with of- ferings moderate. Timothy quoted at $9.50 to $10.50 a ton on track, Toronto. Strawâ€"The market is dull, with prices unchanged at $5.50, on track, Toronto. Maple Syrupâ€"The market is quiet at $1 per Imperial gallon. Potatoesâ€"The market is very firm, with offerings restricted. Choice cars are quoted at $1.10 to $1.15 per bag on track here. Poultryâ€"â€"The market is steady, with limited ofierings. Chickens, 11 to 13c per lb; turkeys are quoted at 15 to 17c per lb. for fresh killed. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"The market is quiet, with the tone heavy. Supplies of poor to medium qualities are large. We quote 2â€"Finest 1~lb. rolls, 13 to 14c; choice large rolls, 12 to 140; medium and low grades, 10 to 120; creamery prints, 17 to 18c; solids, 15 to 16¢. Eggsâ€"The market is steady owing to moderate receipts; case lots sold at 14c per dozen. Cheeseâ€"The market is quiet, with feeling easier. Old quoted at Qfic per 1b., and new at 8lc per lb. ~â€" HOG PRODUCTS . Dressed hogs are firmer, with of- ferings small. Cured meats are in good demand at unchanged prices. We quote zâ€"Bacon, long clear, 8 to 8§c per 1b.. in case lots. Mess pork, $17; do., short cut, $18.50. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, light to medium 125C; do., heavy, 9ic; rolls, 11%c; shoulders, 91w; backs, 13lc; breakfast bacon, 13; to 14c. Lardâ€"The demand is fair, with prices unchanged. “'0 'l‘ierccs, 7gc; tubs, 8c; compound, 74» to 81c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Bufi‘ulo, May 10.â€"1"lourâ€"Stcady. Wheatâ€"Nothing doing. 1y steady; No. 2 yellow, 591m No. 2 corn, 57.‘_.c. Oatsâ€"Strong; No. 2 pails, Sic; Icyâ€"No mic-rings. cousin, 78c. Duluth. May hard, 92“; No. 1 Northern, 9030; 'No. 2, 903(2; May and Jilly, 90k; . September, 80%. Minneapolis, May ,clcars, $3.45 to $3.55; quote :â€" C Druâ€"I’ll i r- white, 40c; No. 2 mixed, 4lgc. Dur- llyeâ€"No. 1 “is. lO.-â€"lVlicutâ€".\'o. 2 10.â€"l\'iicntâ€"i\lay 9130, July 91k, September 80“; on track, No. 1 hard (Bic, No. 1 Nor- sccond clears .___.__________________.__.__________________________._________.____________________________________________‘________________________ C‘ ATTLE MARKET. Toronto, May 10.â€"â€"There was a \‘i‘ry heavy run of cattle, with a good brisk trade all rmmd. and prices, os- pi-cinlly during the earlier hours of the market, from 10c to 15L: higher than an 'l‘uesdny. Export trade was lively. Toronto, May 10.â€"â€"thntâ€"â€"llusincss liulls. export, heavy, Exporters, heavy 5-1 50 to 8'5 00 CW1. ..... .. 3 50 4 00 do light . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 50 4 00 Winter quoted at 90 to 91c at outâ€" Feeders, .900 lbs. and upward . . . . . . 3 00 3 25 Short keep, 1,100 lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 00 4 65 Stockcrs, 400 to 800 lbs, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 50 3 12‘ (lo 900 lbs. ........ 2 75 3 50 llutcliers' cattle, choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 25 4 40 (i0 medium 8 80 4 25 (lo picked . . . . . . 4 25 4 ()0 do bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . .l 00 3 50 (lo rough . . . . . . . . . . . 2 75 3 00 Light stock bulls, cwt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 25 2 50 Milch cows . . . . . . . . . . . 30 00 65 00 Hogs, best . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 do heavy ....... 4‘85 Sheep. heavy ewes . 4 00 4 85 do hght . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4o 4 75 Bucks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 50 3 75 Grain~fcd lambs . 5 50 6 25 Barnyard lambs ..... 4 50 5 50 Spring lambs, each . 2 50 5 50 Calves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 50 5 25 _____+__. GOLD IN THE FRASER. Collins' Dredge Now Making $2,- 000 a Day. . A despatch from Vancouver says:â€" Sam Collins and his Iowa friend: who have put a $60,000 dredge ol the Fraser at Lillooet are getting $2,000 a day, and expect soon to make it $4,000, from the bed of thl gold stream. Robert Hamilton of I’etcrboro, Ont., formerly of thil city, who put in the machinery for the Iowans, states that the ground runs one dollar per cubic yard, and that they are now raising 2,000 yards daily, with the expectation of taking care of 4,000 yards every twenty-four hours in the near future. It is estimated that within five year: one hundred dredges will be at worll on different streams in the Provincd, and that the dredging output alone will be ten million dollars. The gold. ground is unlimited. The Iowan! have tested the gravel to a depth of forty-six feet without reaching bed- rock. 11. is equally rich all the way down. â€"â€"â€"â€"+â€" DISCOVERED NEW PEST. San Jose Scale Inspector' Findl Similar Parasite A St. Caiharincs despatch says :â€" Thomas Beattie, San Jose scale in specter, has made an important dis- covery in the performance of hi! duties. It is in the form of a new species of scale, which he found on a lilac bush, the branches of which were literally covered with some thing which to a certain extent to sembled the appearance of the Sal Jose scale. By the use of a powcri ful glass he found a strange speck men of life, which is the new scale. The San Jose scale when placed under a glass has the form of a tur‘ tie. The new specimen as found ll more elongated. but its effect is sim ilar .to that of the San Jose scall on the fruit trees. Inspector Beat- tié has forwarded samples of thl new pest to the Ontario Agricultural College for examination. __._-_A_â€"~..-.‘ LARGE SUM STOLEN. Italian ext-Minister Found Guilty of Peculation. A Home despatch says :â€"-After I Parliamentary inquiry, ex-Minister Nassi, former Minister of Public Ins etruction, was found guilty of pccu< lation. He was charged with the misappropriation of several hundred thousand francs destined for the en pcnses of the Ministry, of which he was the head. The judicial authors ities have asked the permission of the Chamber of Deputies to prose- cute, and permission assuredly will be granted. The case has created a great sense.- tion in Rome. Nassi's house is be< ing watched by the police. His see- retary, Lombardo, escaped abroad, Nassi's whereabouts is unknown. ______.,.__.. THIBETANS DEFEATED. in Rout After Suffering Heavy Losses. Retire A dcspaich to the London Daily Mail from Simla says that 800 Tibe< fans attacked the British mission at Cyangtse at dawn Thursday. They were repulsed with heavy loss and fled. The British lost two Sepoys \\'n u ndcd. _..__+.____ A BUMPER CROP. Vice-President of 0.15.3. Predicts: thern, 942e, No. 2 Northern, 923C. ,_ - .Flourâ€"First patents, $4.00 to $5; coed scagon 1n \VeSt' second do., $4.30 to $4.90; first A Montreal dcszrntch says :â€"Mr. \‘i'm. \Vliyie, MCIâ€"president of the C. ‘52-‘30 to $2.40. Branâ€"~In bulk, Sliill’, li., who arrived in Montreal on ‘to $16.50. li-‘riday night. mid 1!:th within n. few Milwaukee, May 10.â€"‘.\'licntâ€".\'o, Ldays fifty per cent, of the crop Northern, 97 to 971k: No. 2 Norih- wuuld be Seeded. The condition of i0 96C; Old, Ryeâ€"No. 1, July, 735c. vern, 95 852 to sage. â€"â€"â€"I\'o. 3. 50 to 530; July, 48lc, Barleyâ€" No profits will be dividâ€" No. 2,163c; sample, 40 to Glc. Cornlprospccts were bright. for a bumper off< and “the soil was such that it would set the lateness of fire season, ,crop.