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unless Wit till Lose Two 0i Their Best Vessels and 600 Nlen Drown. STRUCK A MINE. The Japanese fleet has suffered a serious loss. says a Table despatch. While removing mines and covering the landing troops ncur Dalny on Monday the battleship Hatsuse, the largest warship in the Japanese navy. and one of the most powerful in the world, struck a. Russian mine and sank. 0f the 741 men on board, less than one-half were saved, the vessel sinking in two minutes. The same day the cruiser Yoshino Was rammed by the Kasuga, and also sank, only 60 of the crew of 300 escaping. The loss in men was 681, as follows:â€"â€" Saved. Drowned. Yoshino (cruiser) 60 -240 Hatsuse (battleship) 300 441 360 681 Giving details of the disaster, Vice- Admiral Togo reports:â€" "At fourteen minutes past one in the afternoon of May 15, in a deep fog off Port Arthur, the Kasuga rammed the Yoshino, sinking the latter in a few minutes. Ninety of her crew were saved. "The same morning the Hatsuse, while cruising off Port Arthur. covâ€" ering the landing of the soldiers, struck a mine ten knots southâ€"east of the harbor entrance. She signaled for help, and instantly struck anothd er mine. She sank in half an hour. Three hundred of her crew were sav- ed by torpedo boats." The Yoshino was a protected crui- ser of 4,180 tons, with 15,750 horseL power, 350 feet long. Her armament consisted of four 6â€"inch guns, eight 4.7-in..h guns, and twentyâ€"three 6â€" pounders. Her speed was 23 knots, and her crew numbered 800 men. The Kasuga, with which it collided, was one of the two fast protected cruisers which Japan bought from Chili just before the war commenced. The Hatsuse was a battleship of 15,000 tons, and of the latest mod- el. She was only completed in Great Britain in 1900, was 400 feet long and was heavily armored. Her arma- ment consisted- of four 12â€"inch guns, fourteen 6â€"inch guns, twenty 12â€" pounders, and eight 3â€"pounders, and four 21â€"pounders. She had four torpedo tubes, estimated speed 19.11 knots, and her crew numbered 741 men. TOGO SENDS HIS REPORT. Vice-Admiral Togo’s full report is as follows :â€" "It is regrettable to have to report a. double misfortune. At 5 o’clock Sunday morning I received a‘ less message from Rearâ€"Admiral Dewa, saying that on that day at five in the morning, while returning from the work of blocking Port Arthur, he encountered a dense fog north of the Shah. ’l‘ung promontory. The Kasuga collided with the port stern of the Yoshino, which was sunk Boats from the Kasuga saved 90 of her crew. The dense fog still continues. “This has been a most unfortunate day for our navy. While the fleet was watching the enemy off Port. Arthur the ‘Hatsuse struck one of the enemy’s mines and her rudder was damaged. She sent a message for a ship to tow her, which was being sent when another message brought the lamentable report that the Hatsuse had struck another mine and immediately began to sink. The Hatsuse then was ten knots ofi Lian,- Teâ€"Shan promotory. No enemy was in sight. It must have been 9. mine or a submarine boat. Three hun- dred of the officers and crew were saved. The Hatsuse sank in thirty minutes. While sinking, sixteen of the enemy’s torpedo craft appeared and were driven 011. “Our fleet. report is somewhat vague on account of the fact that some of the messages were received by wireless telegraphy." KUROKI NOT REPULSED. So far as can be judged from the news thus far received at London, the St. Petersburg rumor of the repulse of Gen. Kuroki with great loss, is untrue, and is based on the engage- ment of May 18, reported by \Gcn. Kouropatkin, which was little more' than a skirmish. The fact seems to be that no important information is more likely to be available now than hitherto. either from the Russian or Japanese side, until the commanders have had the final say. special correspondents with the Rus- sians send colorless messages, which throw no light on the situation. The Harbin correspondent of the London Morning Post says that the Russians only allow telegrams to be sent in the Russian language. They refuse to permit the’correspondents at Har- bin to leave at present. The Mukden correspondent of the London Daily Mail refers to the com- which has for so long ing battle,, been declared to be imminent. He reiterates the report that the Jap- anese are advancing in Linoâ€"Yang from the cast, and adds that the rc~ moval of the uncertainty regarding the direction of the Jaimnese line of wireâ€" , lattack removes one of the greatest Russian difficulties. Now that the Japanese have revealed their plan. the Russians know where and how to ,of'fcr resistance. The previous uncerâ€" tainty involved much superfluous pre- Caution. Of the operations on the Liao-Tung Peninsula. and in the neighborhood of New-Chwang. there is nothing new. All the dcspntcbcs from these dis- tricts deal with past events. I SOMEONE BLUNDER ED. Among the professions of calmness over the late disasters there are inâ€" dications of ,a belief that somebody has blundered or failed in watchful- ness. says a Tokio despatch. Some of the newspapers add to their ear- nest comments the hope that the dis- asters will lead to increased prudence and care. There is acute rewgnition of the fact that the. lost ship‘s canâ€" not be replaced during the war. The public mourning is general. Flags everywhere are halfâ€"iiimstod, and many of the theatres are closed. It is reâ€" called that the public sympathy when Admiral Makaroff was lost was simâ€" ilarily, if less generally, shown. THE GREEN PLAGUE. A new disease, called the green plague, has broken out amongst the Russians quartered in Chinese houses in Mukden. Their eyesight is first affected, after which green spots apâ€" pear on the body. The disease is highly contagious. A majority of cases are fatal. The doctors are baffled. The Chinese seem to be im- mune. JAPS’ BEAT A RETREAT. The reports of the Japanese rcâ€" treat to Feng-Wangâ€"Cheng are offiâ€" cially confirmed says a New Chwang despatch. The Japanese. numbering 20,000 men, came upon 32,000 Russians in a. strong position on Monday, sixty miles west of Fang-Wang- Cheng. It being unwise to risk a battle the Japanese retreated in good order and with great rapidity. An unofficial Russmn authority says a pitched battle was not fought but rumor says there was considerâ€" able loss on both sides during the clashes, with the Cossacks harassing the flanks of the Japanese. This diâ€" vision presumably was executing a reconnaissance. The pursuit was checked when the main body of the Japanese was rejoined. This news apparently accounts for the withdrawal to an unknown des- tination of warships and transports from Tower Hill. ten miles north of Kai-Chou, Liaoâ€"Tung peninsula, and mi renewed defensive activity at New Cliwang. BOMBARDED THE COAS' . A Tokio despateh says: Admiral Hosoya, commanding the third squadron, reports that with the third squadron, consisting of the Fuso, Flei Yen, ’l‘suku-shi, Sai Yen and oth- er vessels, he protected the landing of the troops at a new unnamed iplace, probably Taku Shun, on Thur- :sday, bombarded the coast, and Handed a party of blue jackets, who 'occupied a point of land and raised l . ‘fhe Japanese flag at 8 oclock on 'Ii‘riday morning. The landing t-f ,troops immediately commenced and was accomplished very quickly. RUSSIANS WERE REPULSED. The following official statement has just been issued at Tokio: “A section of infantry of the Lino Tung forces Went in the direction of Shen Chusan to reconnoitre and met two sections of Russian infantry. The Russians were repulsed in thirty minâ€" utes. Our casualties were one officer and four men killed, and one oilicer and eight men wounded. The Rus- sian casualties were one ofilcer and forty to fifty men killed. “The landing of Japanese troops at Taku Shan began on Thursday." NUMBER UK KNOWN. The loss of life incurred by the ,sinking of the cruiser Yoshino. in- ‘cludcd Captain Sayeki, (Son. ULlCT Ilirowateri, three first llt‘thI‘ its, five second, licuttrnants, five nil ship- nien, a paymastcr, surgeon, three enâ€" gineers, cadets and eight boatswain vmates. Of the crew the number of TWO 01‘ threelthose lost is unknown. Those who went down with the bat- };tleship Ilatsuse when she foundeer were Commander Tsuksmoto, Comâ€" mander Viscount Nire, Commander -Arimori, five second lieutenants, five sub-engineers, two surgeons. six midshipmen, four cadet engineers and ten nonâ€"commissioned officers. It is not known yet in this case 'how maiy of the men perished. The ‘Hatsuse was surely sunk by coming 'in contact with a submerged mine, and not by the attack of a sub- marine boat. I The report that the battleship ‘iShikishima was damaged and the battleship Fuji sank is denied at Tokio. < gracious responses. A BRISK Fl G HT. An official report has been receiver! at St. Pctershurg to the effect that. General Rennenkampfl's Cossacks fell on the Japanese column advancing on Fcngwang-cheng on Wednesday and that the Japanese were comâ€" pelled to retreat for a distance of twelve miles. The Russians have evacuated Kaiâ€" Ping (or Kai-Chou), about 35 miles south of New-Chwang, without a fight. CRUISER ON ROCKS. The correspondent at St. Peters- burg of the Echo de Paris says:â€" "Thc Russian cruiser Bogatyr grounded during a fog on the rocks near the entrance to Vladivostock. Ilcr position is critical. Her crew was saved." COREA IS TOTTERI NC. Corean independence is tottering, says a Seoul despatch. The court is shaky .and reeks with intrigues that surpass even the worst periods of the last ten years. A weak Flin- peror is appointing. and removing a factionâ€"torn Cabinet, and is concenâ€" trating in himself whatever semblance of government the country still posâ€" sesses. Yet he is a complete prey to the witches and fortune-tellers who are infesting the palace, and the vicâ€" tim of tw0 scheming women, who en- joy Japanese support. CRUISER WA S DESTROYED. A despatch to the St. James’ Gazâ€" ette, London, from Kobe, Japan, dated Saturday, after confirming the report of the stranding of the Rusâ€" sian protected cruiser Bogatyr on the rocks near the entrance to Vladi- Vostock, adds that the Bogafyr subâ€" sequently was blown up by the Rusâ€" sians to prevent her falling into the hands of the Japanese. JAPS CALM UNDER LOSS. The loss of the warships at Port Arthur is received by the Japanese with profound regret, but courageâ€" eously. They do not consider that it was due to carelessness. Earlier in the war, they say, the loss would have been serious, but now it will not affect the result. Japan’s posi- tion at Port Arthur, Dalny and Kinâ€" Chau might have cost half the fleet. The Jiji considers that the clearing of the sea at Kin-Chau so facilitates Japanese movements that the fall of Port Arthur may be expected soon. JAPS WIN NEAR TAKUSHAN. The Japanese force which landed at Takushan had an engagement with a body of Russian cavalry, about a Squadron strong, at 7 o’clock Friâ€" day evening, near Wanchitun seven miles north of Takushan. The Jap- anese surrounded and routed the Russians, who lost many killed and wounded. A Russian captain was taken prisoner. No Japanese casu- ...â€"â€"_. LOSSES AT YALU FIGHT. Gen. Kuroki reports that the Ja- panese losses at the battle of Chiuâ€" Tien-Cheng (May 1) were:â€" Killed, five ofilcers and 218 men. Wounded, 33 officers and 783 men. Thirteen hundred and sixtyâ€"three Russian dead were buried and 18 officers and 50.”; men vsere made prisoners. The Japanese captured 21 quick-firing guns, 1‘.) ammunition wagons, 1,417 shells, eight machine guns, and 37,- 300 rounds of ammunition for these guns; 1,031 rigs and 350 good rounds of ammunition; 63 horses, 10 wagons and 1,214 coats and 541 tents. The Japanese captured 357 shells for mountain guns, 188,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, 1,720 coats, 400,â€" 000 loaves of bread and other sup- plies, together with a quantity of tools and telegraph stores. CROPS LOOK WELL Wheat in Farmers’ Hands Has Been Underestimated. A Montreal dcspatch says: G. C. Hastings, the well known miller, of Winnipeg, who is in the city, says that the crops in the West. are look- ing ekceedingly well, though, of course, it is yet too early to judge of how matters will turn out. As in the East, the Season is about two weeks late, but in spite of this evâ€" erything is looking up, including the blades of wheat. In speaking of wheat available in the West, Mr. Hastings is of the opinâ€" ion that the Montreal Iloard of Trade has been inclined to underestimate the amount. He states that there- are still two million bushels in farmers' hands outside of elevators, and that the old wheat, which will be exportâ€" ed during the set season, will be a good ali‘Ollnt above the usual estiâ€" mate, which was 2,500,000 bushels. The acreage increase over last year he estimates at about ten per cent., which would mean 400,000 acres more land under cultivation than there was a year ago. ._.__¢._._._ CZAR REVIEWS TROOPS. Receives an Enthusiastic Welcome at Kharkofif. A Kharkoff despatch says: Emperor Nicholas was enthusiastically received on his arrival here on Wednesday by a large crowd of people. His Ma,â€" jesty reviewed the troops under or- ders to go to the front. During his stay here the Emperor received depuâ€" tations from the Jewish and other comnuinities, who presented loyal addresses. to which his Majesty made The Emperor left here for I’oitava. REPORTS FROM; THE LEADING- TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, and Other Dairy Produce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, May 28.â€"\\’heatâ€"No. 2 white and red Winter quoted at 94 to 95c on low freights. Spring Wheat is nominal at 90 to 91c east. and goose at 81 to 82c east. Maniâ€" toba wheat is unchanged; No. 1 Nor- thern, 92c, Georgian Bay ports; No. 2 Northern, at 89c, and No. 1 Norâ€" thern is 87c. No. 1 hard is nominâ€" al at 93c. Grinding in transit pric- es are Go above those quoted. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white quoted at 31§ to 32c west, and at 32% middle lfreights, No. 1 white, 331} to 84c east, and No. 2 at 330 east. Barleyâ€"No. 2 quoted at 42c middle freights. No. 3 extra, 40 to 401e, and No. 3 at 38 to 39c middle freights. Peasâ€"No. 2 shipping peas quoted at 61 to 62c west or east. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow quot- ed at 60c on track, Toronto; No. 3 mixed at 58 to 59c. Canadian corn is scarce, with sound marketable stufi' quoted at 44 to 45c west. Ryck-The market is quiet, with prices nominal at 57 to 58c ,outside. Buckwheatâ€"The market continues quiet, with demand limited. No. 2 quoted at 49 to 500 east. Flourâ€"Ninety per cent. patents are unchanged at $3.65 in buyers’ bags, for export, middle freights. Straight rollers of special brands for domestic trade quoted at $4.25 to $11.40 in bbls. Manitoba flours are steady, No. 1 patents, $4.80; No. 2 patents $4.50, and strong bakers’, $4.40 on track, Toronto. Millfecdâ€"Bran is steady at $17 to to $17.50 and shorts at $16 here. At outside points bran is puoted at $15.50 and shorts at $16.50. Man- itoba bran, in sacks, $17, and shorts at 819 here. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Dried applesâ€"â€"The demand is limited. prices are steady at 3 to 3§c per lb. Evaporated apples, 6&0 per lb. Beansâ€"Prime beans are quoted at $1.50 to $1.60, and handâ€"picked at $1.65 to $1.70. Hopsâ€"The market is unchanged at 28 to 82c, according to quality. Honeyâ€"The market is quiet at 6 to 70 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 $10.25 a ton, on track, Toronto. Strawâ€"'ic market is quiet, With prices unchanged at $5.50 to $6 on track, Toronto. Maple syrupâ€"The market is quiet at $1 per Imperial gallon. Potatoesâ€"The market is quiet and steady. Choice cars are quoted at $1.05 to $1.10 per bag, on track here, and jobbing lots at $1.15 to $1.25. Poultryâ€"Chickens, 12 to 13c per 1b.; turkeys at. 15 to 17c per lb. for fresh killed. ._.,_â€"- THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Tho market is dull, with supplies of medium and inferior qual- ities very large. They are hard to sell. We quote :â€"â€"Iv‘inest 1â€"lb. rolls 13 to 14c; ordinary large rolls, 11 to 1213c; medium and low grades, 10c; creamery prints, 17 to 18c; solids, 16 to 170. Eggsâ€"The market continues quiet and firm, with receipts light. Case lots sell at 150 per dozen. Cheeschhe marl-Let is quiet, with prices unchanged. Old quoted at 9 to 91¢ per 1b., and new at Tic. HOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs are unchanged, with offerings small. Cured meats are in good demand at unchanged prices. We quote :â€"â€"Bacon, long clear, 8 to Sic per lb. in case lots. Mess pork $17; (10., short cut, $18.50. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, light to medium. 125,.c; do., heavy, 119; to 12c; I‘o"s, 9 to 91c; shoulders, 10c; backs, 131- to 146; breakfast bacon, 133c. Lardâ€"The demand is fair, with prices unchanged. We quote :â€" Tierces, Tic; tubs, 8c; pails, Sic; compound, 7; to Sic. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal May 23.â€"The market for oats was steady to-day, and there was apparently little doing for local consumption, though some sales were being made for outside points, through shipment. Prices for these were said to be rather more faVor- able for sellers. Quotations are generally 37:; to 380 for )(o. 1 and to 39c for No. 2: a few car- louds of Pcterboro’ oats were sold at 883C track toâ€"day; peas were about steady at 71c afloat May; No. 2 barley, 70c; and No. 3 extra, 4%; No. 2 rye, 620. Flourâ€"The market was steady; Manitoba patents, $4.90 to $4.95; strong bakers', $4.60 to Feedâ€"The market was quiet; Manitoba bran in bags, $15!; shorts, $21 per ton: Ontario bran, in bulk, $18.50 to $19: shorts, $19.50 to 920: mouillie, $26 to $28 per ton. Rolled oatsâ€"The is; firm; dealers are asking $2.32!, for bags, and $4.90 in barrels on track. Provisionsâ€"Heavy Canadian short ‘3220 to $2.30. cut, $16 to $17.50; American fat backs, $17.50; compound lard, . to Sc; Canadian lard. 7 to 7.1,c; ketâ€" tle rendered, 8; to 9.‘_.c; hams, 11 to 13c; bacon. 13 to age; fresh killed THE weile Minus $4.65; Winter wheat patents, $4.80 to $5.10; straight rollers, $4.65 to1 $4.85; straight rollers, in bags. market , cut pork, $17.50 to $19; light short l abattoir hogs, $7.35 to $7.50; live hogs, $5.25 to $5.50. Eggsâ€"NeW' laid, 15 to 15gc. Butterâ€"New made 15 to 10c; l\’e"tern dairy. 12 to 18c; rolls, 12 10 13c. Cheeseâ€"New fodâ€" der Ontario, Re; best Quebec, 63 to 7c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, May 23.â€"â€"-1;'lourâ€"â€"â€"Str0ng. Wheatâ€"Spring, no Duluth wheat here. and No. 2 hard Winter about Northern, Buffalo Cornâ€"Strong for lcleuned up; No. 1 inspection, $1.13. good grades; No. _\(‘ll()“’, (50c; No. 2 corn, 5(ific. Outsâ€"Quiet; No. 2 white, 47c; No. 2 mixed, 42ic. Bur- ley and ryeâ€"Nothing doing. Milwaukee. May 23.â€"thut.â€"No. 1 Northern, SJHic; No. 2 do. 96* to 97c; old July, 87;: to 87% asked. Ryeâ€"No. 2, 77 to 7745c. Barleyâ€"- No. 2, 63c; sample, 32 to 60c. Corn No. 3, 50 to 53c; July, 47} to 480 asked. Minneapolis, May 23.â€"l\7heatâ€"â€"May‘. r) ‘4 04h; July, 92% to 93c; September, 81 to Site; on track, No. 1 hard, 9731c; No. 1 Northern, QGlc. Flour -â€"First patents, $5 to $5.10; second do, $4.90 to $5; first clears, $3.50 to $3.60; second do, $2.50. Branâ€"v In bulk, $16.50 to $17. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, May 23,â€"The number of operators seeking hutchers' cattle was large, and trade in the host grades was brisk. Values were firmly inniw taincd, and some of the finest cattle sold at $4.75 for straight loads. Picked lots sold in excess of that fig- ure. Choice heifers, averaging about 1,000 lbs., were scarce, and wanted. Shortâ€"keep feeders continued to he wanted, but the offerings were small, and several gentlemen who were pre- pared to buy went away without any cattle. The firm tone prevailing in the butchers' and exporters’ lines had a tendency to stiffen values in these, and in stockers and feeders. which were offered pretty freely, but not in sufficient numbers to supply the de- mand. Stock calves of 400 lb. and upwards were in particular request, and hardly any were sold below $3.- 50 per cwt. Trade in sheep and lambs was good on account of the limited offerings thereof, and prices were about steady at Tuesday's quotations. Calves were in fair demand. and prices in the best kinds were pretty steady. The most of these sold about $4.25 per cwt. The range in exporters’ was $4.60 to $5.174} per cwt. The bulk of the cattle sold for less than $5 per cwt. Quotations for butchers’ cattle fol- low:â€" Choice butchers’, $4.50 to $4.â€" 75; fair to good, $4.15 to $4.35; com nion to fair cows, $3.50 to $4.10; rough cows, $3.25 per cm. The prices of feeders and stockers were firm. We quotezâ€" Feeders, 1,- 000 to 1,300 lb., at $4.40 to 84.â€" 90; feeders, 800 to 1,000 11)., $4 to $4.35; stockers, 600 to 800 lbs., 553 to $3.75; stoek calves, 350 to 800 lbs., $3.80 to $4.20; off-color and rough, same weight, $3.25 up. Sheep and lambs were unchanged. We quotezâ€" Heavy ewes, 8-1» to $11.40;, light sheep, $4.25 to $4.50; bucks, $3 to $3.50; grain-fed lambs, $5.50 to $5.75; barnyard lambs, $8.50 to $4.50 per cwt.; Spring lambrs, $2.50 to $5.50 each. Calves brought $2 to $10 each, and 31: to 55c per lb. Milch cows were steady at $30 to $60 each. The bulk of these sold below $40 each. Hogsâ€"Quotations follow:-â€" Selects, 160 to 200 lbs., of prime quality, all cars Toronto, $4.90; fats, $4.65; sows $3.50 to $3.75; stags, $2 to $2.50 per cwt. -â€"-â€"â€"~-¢»â€"â€" FIRST CIGAR KILLED HIM. Ten-Year-Old Boy’s Life the Pen- alty of 8. Smoke. A Philadelphia despatch says: A Coroner's inqucst was held on Tuesâ€" day to investigate the death of tenâ€" year-old William Black, who on Sun- day smoked his first cigar. The lad's father, who lives at 107 South 130n- sall street, said that Willie came home late Sunday afternoon and com-' plained of a severe pain in his stomâ€" ach. Two plivsicians from the Chil-, dren’s Hospital found the boy in con-’ vulsions. An emetic resulted in bringing up the stump of a cigar. The boy recovered consciousness shortly before he died, and said that he had tried to smoke his first cigar. +__‘A__.. ACCIDENTS T0 WORKMEN QI‘Iumber During April Reached a. Total of 197. An Ottawa derpatch says :â€"The lDepartnlcnt of Labor has been noti- Tied of 107 accidents 'to workmen during: April in different parts of the lDominion, resulting in the loss of 59 lives, and in severe injuries to other workmen to the number of 139. ’i‘wenty-three were killed in ’railway semice and eleven in running lmaehimu‘y. Compared with the ’lnontli of \larch a decrease of 77 is shown in the total murmur of acciâ€" dents to “orl-znu'n, the number of ’deaths; being the same. i â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".).__ ’ r‘ . r ,Di:STR01ED l? iArnienian Insurgent Bands Great Havoc. A Constantinople (leSDn‘L-Lh s’a‘rs: Ac- cordingr to a (la-sputch from the Val; 01‘ llitlis. Asiatic ’l'IJi'kcjx, snvz-nh-en es hm f‘ Leer. destroy ff bj.’ Ar- .. n insurgents in tlm riirtrkt of 18.. '. More than (it'll Arnwnian ,fmn' .3 have taken refuge in Mush, 1 'tovcn in Bitlis. VILLAGES. Cause 1 Iviilag ll'