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lift fit if ll‘ Gen. on Ddissâ€"Fcâ€"roeâ€" of 20,000 Russians Out. RUSSIANS DEFEATED. A despatch from St. Petersburg says: It is reported that Gen. Oku occupied Kaiping on Friday, driving out 20,000 Russians. Gen. Sakhai‘ofl telegraphs that the Japanese, four divisions strong, ap- peared in front of Kaichau on July 8. Early the next morning the Rusâ€" sians retired under heavy pressure. The battle was mainly between the artillery. The Russian losses are estimated at about 150. Among the killed was Count Nyrodt, a memâ€" ber of the general staff. In a despatch to the Czar dated Saturday, Gen. Sakharofl‘, after anâ€" nouncing the Japanese occupation on the morning of the 7th of the heights near Baesitchja with 12 guns, and .the Russian retirement therefrom, says:â€" "Japanese skirmishers appeared on the heights east of the railway as far as Yuilinpu. Simultaneously 15 squadrons of Japanese cavalry ad- .vanced in the direction of Sialadza and Siackhetaza. "The enemy’s battery posted in a pass south of Yuilinpu, compelled a detachment near Kiatiatien to re- treat toward Yetiakau, six kilometâ€" res south of Kaiping, the Japanese subsequently occupying Sumchaudisâ€" sin, 14 kilometres southeast of Kaiping, and the French Roman Caâ€" tholic mission at Yaubunnkau, seven kilometres southâ€"east of Kaiping. To- Ward evening five companies of Jap- anese occupied Luamiaoputse, and vast encampmcnts of the enemy were seen on the northern slopes of the River Kantakhe. "Shortly after midnight on the morning of July 8 two companies of the, enemy crept up, but the Russian advance posts on the left bank of the Kantakhe discovered and repulsed them. "At 5 a.m. the enemy continued to advance toward Kaiping with all his troops, amounting to tw0 divis- ions of infantry and a brigade of cavalry. At 8 o'clock the enemy suâ€" spended the march on the slopes of the valley of the Kantakhe River." â€"_ RUSSIANS LOST 10 GUNS. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Paris Matin characterizes as peurile the conduct of the Russian stafi in withholding the details of the capture of Kaiping by the Jap- anese. Nothing concerning the bat- tle had been given out officially up to the evening of July 9, yet it is impossible to conceal the fact that .there were . heavy losses on both sides. Ten guns have fallen into the hands of the Japanese. At the pre- ] RUSSIA DISAPPOINTICD. the St. Petersburg correspondent of the London ’l‘eleâ€" graph, surprise and disappointment are expressed here that the check the rainy season was expected to put. on the Japanese advance has not been realized, and that. despite the posed impassable condition of the country they mnrc‘ned a force to the Fenchui Pass along the. Lino-Yang According to Road at the rate of seven miles daily. Even worse than that, the column which defeated Gen. llennen- kampf on June 28 was dircovered on July 4 forty miles east of Mukâ€" den. The Tokio correspondent of the London Standard says the war has as yet in nowise affected Japan’s foreign trade, the total for the six months ending Julie 30 having been three hundred and twenty million yen (about $14,000,000) over the corresponding period last year. The exports increased eleven million yen ($5,500,000). JAPS CAPTURE GUNS. A despatch to the London Chroni- cle, from Tokio. says that the Japâ€" anese have captured more than ten guns and fifty prisoners near Kaiâ€" ping. Strenuous fighting is going on daily at all points of contact. The Russians are making a stubborn deâ€" fence. The Japanese flect at Port thur is coâ€"operaiing with the and is bombarding the forts. The Chefoo correspondent of the Express says it is reported that there has been a big engagement beâ€" tween the rival fleets at Port Ar- thur. The Japanese ashore have captured fort No. 14-, in addition to fort No. 16. Both dominate sec- tions of the main defences. Severe fighting continues. Arâ€" army, EXPECT A BIG BATTLE. With the return of three days of fine weather, drying the roads at the theatre of war, the military authori- ties at St. Petersburg are once more inclined to believe in the probability of heavy fighting and even in the possibility of a general engagement. The Japanese columns appear again to be pushing forward at all points, but the strategic plans of the Japanâ€" ese as well as the location of their main force and the place where their chief blow will be struck, whether at Kaichau, Iâ€"Iai-Cheng, Lino-Yang, or even at Mukden, are still'puzzling the Russian authorities. In a generâ€" al way the Japanese seem to be withdrawing their ' pressure south- west of Kaichau and Lino-Yang, but sent time fighting is going on along to be maintaining it north-east as if the whole line. \ He addSZâ€"“TO-mor- contemplating a combined attack on -row we shall bear that Gen. Kuroki Tatchekiao and Lie oâ€"Yang. The has dealt a heavy blow t0 the RUS- success of the Japanese flanking opâ€" sian .left wing. The despatches show prodigious activity on the part of the Japanese, who take no more no- .tfce of the rain tlhan if it did not exist." RUSSIANS LOST 300. "A despatch from Linoâ€"Yang says:â€" \-~.'A column of Russians, after proceedâ€" ing to a point about seven miles north-west of Fen-Chui Pass, on the Liao-Yang-Fengâ€"Wang-Chang highâ€" despatch from 'ing that early on Wednesday morn- road, ‘ halted at night, Worn out with heaVy marching and fighting. The Japanese hurried up fresh troops , and attacked them at dawn with a. au-perior force. The Russians retired fighting. Their losses numbered 300. The Japanese also sufiered se- verely. Another forward movement of the Russian Rifle. Brigade began during the night of July 6. The Russians attacked the Japanese position in the darkness. No particulars of the engagement are yet obtainable, but it is believed that a severe fight oc- curred. The. Japanese force of 25,000, which was advancing toward Mukâ€" den, has now fallen back. Similar backward movements are. reported from other points. Chinese report that Gen. Kuroki’s headquarters have «been established at Fenâ€"Chili Pass. QUAKER GUNS. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Telegraph says that the Russians complain that the Ja- panese employ articles painted to resemble cannon, which, now that smokeless powder is used, are often mistaken for genuine guns. 0n them the Russians con- centrate a, scathing fire. while the real guns are screened from view and a few minutes’ start in an artillery attack means sometimes all the dif- ference between Victory and defeat. The Japanese owe many of their sucâ€" cesses to their “quaker” guns. JAPANESE AMBUSHED. ‘A despatch from St. Petersburg says zâ€"Gen. Sakharofi reports an ambush of the Japanese 25 miles north of Siuyen, when the Japanese had one officer and eleven dragoons killed or wounded. erations is disconcerting the Russiâ€" ans. One by one the passes in the mountains which the Russians had fortified in advance with infinite pains have been attacked by the Japanese, who have always managed by trails not marked on the maps to circumvent the Russians. supâ€" . SLEW EN TIRE C AMP. The London Central News has a St. Petersburg stat- ing Gen. Kashtalinsky’s troops surâ€" prised and attacked the Japanese outposts at Lantynnsan. Advancing through a terrible rainstorm, the Russians reached the outlying vid- ettes of the Japanese without an alarm beingr raised. They finally rushed the camp of the main outâ€" post, killing every one in it. The Japanese were reinforced and made three fierce attacks, but were re» The advance of a second battalion enabled the first The Russians had The casualties of pulsed. Russian to retire safely. 300 casualties. the Japanese are reported to have been 1,000. The same correspondent describes an engagement between the Japanese a number of wooden’ and Gen. Kellcr’s forms, in which the Russians lost 100 men killed and wounded. The Japanese lost heav- ily. The details apparently show that it is a duplicate account of the action fought at Lnntyansan. Gen. Kashtalinsky was second in command under Sassulitch at the .Battle of the Yalu. and now coniâ€" mands the Third East Siberian Rifle lBrigade. He is operating somewhere south-east of Haiâ€"Cheng. He comâ€" iinanded the rear guard of the army ldefeat at Wafangtien or Wafangkau. JAP SCREEN PIERCED. A despatch from London says :â€" The numerous Russian reconnaissanâ€" ces which are detailed profusely by Generals Kouropatkin and Sakharofi, do not appear to have pierced the Japanese screen. Certainly nothing is revealed to the world thereby, and the situation is apparently unchangâ€" ed essentially. There are no ofllcial Ireports concerning the fighting be- tween Generals Kushtalinsky's and gKeller’s troops and the Japanese, ' which apparently is the same engageâ€"l ment reported by the Telegraph‘s Lino-Yang correspondent on Thursâ€" day. Possibly all the reports will prove to be traceable to the actions at Motien‘l‘ass on July 4. TROOPS IlEAL’l‘ll GOOD. 'A despatch to the London Times from Tokio says that news from Gen. Ol-Lu's army shows that the. health of llic troops is excellent. All the bridges betwocn l’alandicn and Wafangtieii have been repaired and trains are running. The Russian horses are said to be dying from glandcrs at the rate of 200 daily. CHOLICRA IN MANClll'ltlA. A despatch from Washington says: â€"/\ cable report from L'nited States Minister Allen at Seoul, points to the existence of a great danger to both bclligci'cnts in illunchuria. Ile Says that he has learned from a misâ€" sionary surgeon that cholera has crossed Maiicliuria and appeared at Antung. THE END IS NEAR. A despatch from London says: What little news is available in refâ€" erence to Port Arthur comes from Chinese refugees at Chefoo. Accord- ing to the doubtful evidence the Japanese occupy the heights sur- rounding the fortress and are forti- fying Lung-Wang-Tung, six miles to the east, \Volf Mountain, five miles to the north-east, and other points, completing their cordon around the place. Accepting these statements as true the critics here foresee the speedy end of Russian resistance, (leâ€" claring that the harbor, ships and forts will all be at the mercy of the Japanese artillery. The refugees further say that the Japanese hold Hwangmichun and Sanchionpu, seven and eight miles north of Port Arthur. Other Japan- ese forces are massing to the east- ward, apparently intending to march on. A marine camp containing 20,- 000 men, landed from the fleet, comâ€" mand the principal pass through the hills back of Port Arthur which is vital to the safety of the fortress. iTHE WORLD’S MARKETS REPORTS FRO-ETHE LEADING TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain. Cheese, and Other Dairy Pxoduce at Home and Abroad. Toronto, July 12.-\\'lica(â€"â€"No. 2 ired Winter and white is quoted at SJ to 90c low freiglits to millcrs. Spring wheat is nominal at 85c, east. and goose at 75c exist. Manitoba wheat is firmer. No. 1 Northern 01c. and No. 3 Northern 88c. hard is nominal at 95c. Grinding in transit prices are (So above those quoted, Oatsâ€"No. 2 white quoted at 31?J 'to 32c wast and 3231!; low freights to New York. No. 1 white, 33c east, and No. 2 at 323C east. Barleyâ€"No. 2 quoted at 41c midâ€" dle fi'ei'glits. No. 3 extra 390. and No. 3 at 37 to 373C middle freights. Peasâ€"No. 2 shipping" peas nominal at 60 to file west or cost. Cornâ€"No. 3 American yellow quoâ€" ted at 56 to 565C on track, Toronâ€" to: No. 3 mixed at 45c west for sound grain. Ryeâ€"Prices nominal at 57 to 59c at outside points. Buckwheatâ€"No. 2 45¢ outside. Flourâ€"Exportoi's’ quoted at $3.60 to $3.65 middle freights. Straight rollers of special brands for domes- tic trado quoted at $4.20 to $4.35 in bbls. Manitoba flours are steady. No. 1 patents, $4.80: No. 2 patents, $4.50 and strong bakers' $4.40 on track. Toronto. Millfeedâ€"At outside points bran is quoted at $15, and shorts; at $16.50. Manitoba bran in sacks $18, and shorts at 819 here. quoted at 44 to COUNTRY PRODUCE. Dried applesâ€"’l'rade continues dull, and prices are unchanged at 3 to 3§c per Ib. Evaporated apples, (5%} to 7c per Ifi. Beansâ€"Prime beans are quoted at $1.30 to $1.40; and hand-picked at -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"#â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€" V PARKER AND DAVIS. Candidates for PreSident Viceâ€"President. and A St. Louis despatch says :â€"Chief Judge Alton B. Parker of the New York State Court of Appeals was nominated at about 15 minutes to 6 on Saturday morning for Presiâ€" dent of the United States by the Democratic National Convention. But one roll call ensued, and so deâ€" cisive was the result of that one that contrary States began to call for recognition, and the ballot finally resulted in an unanimous vote for $1.40 to $1.45. Hopsâ€"The market is unchanged at 28 to 32c, according to quality. Honeyâ€"The market is quiet at 7 to Tlc per lb. Comb quiet at $1.50 to $1.75. Hayâ€"The market is quiet, with of- ferings moderate. Timothy is quoted at $9 to $9.50 on track. Toronto, and is selling at $10 a ton. Strawâ€"The market is quiet. with prices unchanged at $5.50 to $6 on' track, Toronto. Potatoesâ€"Car lots are quoted here at 70 to 85c per bag, according to quality. Small lots, $1 to $1.15. Poultryâ€"The demand is fair. with limited oflerings. Spring chickens, 15 to 17c per lb. the New York statesman. The scene was dramatic in the extreme. Dark- ness had witnessed the gathering of the Democratic hosts, while broad daylightkthe sun paling the electric lights, witnessed the close. The ballot for President gave Par- her 658 votes out of the 667 needed to nominate, and before the result could be announced Idaho, Nevada, Washington and others made changes to the Parker column. Governor Dockery of Missouri movâ€" ed to make the nomination unani- mous, and it carried ainidsi increasâ€" ing cheering. The result of the balâ€" lot was never announced officially, and it is not likely that it ever will be. Henry G. DaVis of West Virginia was nominated for Viceâ€"President on the first ballot. He received 652 votes; Williams, 165; Turner 100, and Harris, 58. The various States which supported other candidates changed their votes, and the nomina- tion was made by acclaination. The convention then adjourned sine die. ._._..§____.~_ MORE iMlVliGRAN‘lS. 2,000 Returns Show Good Increase Cver Last Year. An Ottawa despatch says: The of- ficial immigration returns for the fiscal year show the total number of arrivals to be 130,329, to which will be added one or two thousand morc for later arrivals. This is an in- crease, according to the present reâ€" turns of about 2.000 over the prev- ious year, when the number was 128,364, The returns are as follows: ~Bi‘itisli Isles, 50,915. as against 41,792 last year; Continent of Eu- rope and miscellaneous, 36,241, as against 37,099 last year; United States, 43,173, as against 49,473 lost your. The increase from the British Isles is over 9,000, the deâ€" crease in the numbers from the Unitâ€" ed States about 6,000, and a small decrease from the Continent of rope. .__+__.__. CANADA’S GRETN A GREEN. Windsor Keeps up Its Record for THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"We quote:â€"I“inest 1â€"lb. rolls, 14 to 15c; ordinary to choice large rolls, 12} to 14c; low to medi- um grades, 9 to 11c; creamei'y prints 17 to 18c; solids, 16 to 17c. Eggsâ€"Case lots are selling at 15 to 15:0 per dozen: seconds, 12 to 12;c. Cheeseâ€"The market is quiet, with prices steady at 9 to 9fic, the latter for twins. HOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs are unchanged, with offerings small. We quotezâ€" Bacon, long clear, 7:} to 7%c per lb., in casc‘ lots. Mess pork, $15 to $15.50; do, short cut, $17 to $11.50. Smoked meatsâ€"Hams, light to meâ€" dium, 12 to 12.5c; do, heavy, 11 to lléc; rolls, 9c; shoulders, 83%: backs, 13 to lfigc; breakfast bacon, 12.; to 13c. Lardâ€"We quotezâ€"Tierces, 7c; tubs, No.1, , Discontent lSl. Cornâ€"Unsctllod: No. 2 yellow, 1 54:0: No. 2 corn, 52y. (lotshlfiasyj No. 13 while, Mgr; No. 2 mixed. dllc. Barley and Ryeâ€"Nothing do~ ing. Cniiail Heightsâ€"Steady. Milwaukee, July 12â€"Wheutâ€"No. 1 Northern. ilch; No. ‘2 Northern, 95;, [lo (Jolly; new Scph-iiibcr, 35,} to 8.11:? aslu-d. liye~:\‘o. 1. (37 to 680. Barleyâ€"No, 2, (i2 to (33c; sample, 32 to (ilu'. (.‘oriiâ€"No. 3, ~17; to i3llc; Sopieiiibt-r, 493m bid. 1 Duluth. July 12.â€"~Wlu-ntâ€"No.. 1 jNortht-rii. ill'jc; No. 2 Northern, leap; July. 0424:,- Septi-inlwr, S-fc. CATTLE MARKET. Toronto, .liily 12.â€"Tlie market “708 1good and steady for all good cattle, gliut there was too large proportion inf scrub cattle in sight. Bids were (not active for the poorer class of stuff, but for the best cattle there was quite an active market, and pric- es were firm. The deiiuiiid for exâ€" port cattle was fair. The run for the day was 1011 loads, with 1,365 head of cattle, 1,843 sheep and lambs, 2,800 hogs, and 250 calves. Exportâ€"Market steady for the best loads. Unfinished cattle a little SIOW, but. everything pretty well sold out. Choice to extra choice cattle, $5.50 to $5.65; general run 91 exâ€" port, $5 to $5.40. Butchersâ€"Choice butchers' cattle were scarce. and some high prices were paid for the best cattle offering in this class. Butchers' heifers, very choice quality. were sold as high as $4.75 to $5 in special cases. 0r- dinary run of butchers‘ cattle at $4 to $4.40. Smokersâ€"Demand fair and steady. Sheep and Lnnibsâ€"-Trade good and prospects steady. Export ewes, $3.90 to $11.15: lambs. $3.25 to $4.- 25. l\lilch Cowsâ€"Market dull a very active demand. Hogsâ€"Market steady. Best selects quoted at $5.15, or Be higher than last week. Lights and fats. $4.90. Prospects steady. .__..+_._ RIPE FUR REVOLUTION. Becoming Acute in Russia. market and not A St. Petersburg despatch says: News of the internal Russian situa- tion continues to be of the gloomi- est nature. The Russian Prince Un« tomsky, in an interview, reports that the discontent is becoming acuge. Every gathering, even for those or scientific purposes, becomes at once political. The prisons are filled with people of intellectual note, and many are deported to Siberia. The Prince thinks the intelleCtual classes Will not join in any revolution, as they are cowed, but there may be, if the war goes adversely, a general rising of peasantry. That, however, would be decided against the landlords and property owning classes, and might, the Prince thinks, be approved by the police, who would secretly direct it against the intellectual people. He thinks that although the Czar hears much truth he is too much under court influence to retain the impression made on him. If that opinion is well founded, a great country has seldom been so terribly placed, there being the risk that the whole educatâ€" ed classes may be s‘w‘ept away. In the Prince's opinion, the Czar Was certainly justified by recent events in issuing his rescript about Fin- ‘lzlnd. The Emperor's tour to Kazan and Samara is undertaken in the hope of encouraging the mobilization of the Kharkofl' corps, whose headquarters he visited two months ago. The mobilization is still dragging. Great numbers of the men sum- moned to the colors refuse to leave Tic; pails, 75c. BUSINESS A'I‘ MONTREAL. Montreal, July 12.-â€"-The demand for oats for the local market was fair, and prices held steady, holders demanding 37c for No. 3. :lllfl .“Rc for No. 2, in store, curlon quanti- ties. Peas are about steady at 69.;c afloat Montreal; No. ‘3 bailey, 4913c; No. 3 extra, 48%c; and No. 2 rye, 62c. Flour prices were marked down by one company to-d'iy; Maniâ€" toba patents. $4.75 to $4.90; strong bakers", $4.50 to $1.60; Winter wheat, patents, $4.75 to $4.90; straight rol- lers, $4.00 to $4.70; straight rollers, in bags, $2.15 to 25. Feedâ€" Manitoba bran, in bags. $18: shorts, in bags, 819 per ton; Ontario bran, in bulk, $17 to $18: shorts, $18 to $19; mouillie, 321‘» to $28 per ton, Rolled oatsâ€"Considerable price cutâ€" tiucr is going on, and sales are reâ€" ported {it $12.20 per bag and $1.80 per bl:‘.: this being: away below *socioi‘on price, dealers are asking iu-‘Sflflflg for bags and $4.90 in bbls. on track. Provisionsâ€"Heavy (‘anuâ€" (lian short cut pork. $17.30 to 318; light short cut, $17 to $17.50: Am- orican fat backs. $17.50; compound Marriages. A Windsor despatch says: \Vindsorl still maintains its reputation as a modern Gretna Green, as is shown by ‘ the returns of marriages for the past. six months. Since Jan. lst there have been 433 marriages celebrated by Windsor clergymen. added to this those performed in Sandwich and Walkerville bring the grand total up to exactly 500. The number of births in and of deaths there were 99. the same period was 135, ' élive h0g3. $5 to $5.35. fcars. Eggsâ€"Selected new laid. lstraight gathered cmidh-d. 13c: No. Butterâ€"Fancy grades .17 to 175c; ordinary finest. 16‘,‘ in l176; \‘i'vstern (laii'yy, 1-1 to 11.1.1: lJl‘Sl, Quebec, weighed oil '2. 13; to 14c. it‘heeseâ€"Ont ario, 8c; “Tar, UNITED S'l‘ATlCS MARKETS. )illf‘lczlfl, J Elf: lW‘heatâ€"S; :‘i: 12.â€"Flourâ€"â€"Quiet. r dull: .‘Io. 1 Northern lard, 6.1. to 7c: Canadian lord. 6:} to, Tic: kettle i'endei'cd, 8-; to 0.1.1". ' hams, 11 to 13c; bacon. 1‘2 to 13p; fresh killer] abattoir hogs, $7.50: 17c:; their fields until the harvest has been gathered. In the districts remote from the railway there is no machin- ery to compel obedience. _P+~__ SEVEN LABORERS KILLED. Blasting Gang on C. P. R. Blown to Pieces. A Sudliury despatch says 2â€"Seven mun killed and two inJ-x‘ed is the re- sult of a premature dynamite explo- sion upon the new C. I’. R. Sudbury Toronto line. The aceidcnt occurred on the afternoon of the (3th inst, about four miles south of llomford, at which point the propmcd lino joins the main line of the (7. P, ll. a few llllli'S east of Sudlim'y. be dead are three Austrians. llll'L'A" l"in4 lenders and the walking boss. ll. 'I’oolo, of \‘Salicf‘ield. Que. Thu:- lmdlcfl :of the killed, saw- Poole, were liter- :illy blown to pieces. A ioi‘cigiiei as-‘uumed Mclufyrl- and a laborer were badlv injured. but will recover. The accident occurred through pluc- iug dynamite in u lu-‘ir- which had before been blown With lshortly ‘ ‘ lpowder. It was still warm. and tn: “dynamite, if is thought, was explod- 'e(l by the hunt. ___._{,. hover: THE FALLS 'SWEPT iEmploye of the Toronto Powe: , Company. A Niagara Falls, 0111,, (ivaziici‘. $935; :â€".\ \‘illl'l‘JL‘Lll iiuiiicd Albert Lo \iuc. a iiutl'ao of Aral-mun” ('(Illlilf." Quebec. this afternoon fell from llll Cl'llitlffll'li of the 'i‘ol'mitu l'owrr ('0l'ri' piiiiy's walls. i5; (Justin-1".i'v- ' ' . lac. reached the rocks at lifl.‘ . , the city water “oil. but was to exhausted to retain his hold and we. swept over the Falls.