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sian bayonets. There were fierce breastâ€"to-breast conflicts, and the trenches were fillerl‘with dead and wounded. The Japanese siege guns have done serious damage. The premises of the principal merchahts, Gen. Stoossel's residence, the Russian Church, and the police station have been wrecked. A junk has arrived at Chefoo with her bows damaged by hitting a. mine near the Miaotao Islands. Reports of vessel captains state that many mines are floating in the open sea between Port Arthur and Chefoo. A 90â€"ton junk, from New-Chwang to Shanghai, ran on a mine 25 miles north of Chefoo on Saturday night. No one was injured. The junk was kept afloat by Waterâ€"tight compartâ€" ments, and it reached Chefoo with its available hands Working at the pumps. Since the battle both sides continue to shell at intervals daily. The Bus»- sinns make many small sorties against the Japanese trenches. Small positions frequently change hands. The Chinese say they were compelled to bury the dead by stealth at night, for the reason that the Japanese would fire on them. The London Daily Mail’s correspon- dent at Chefoo says he hears from the latest refugee arrivals that the Port Arthur garrison needs water ur- gently. Provisions are also wanted, .thougzli little is said of their small quantity and nmsatisfactory quality. The Russians still have plenty of am- munition. The London Daily Telegraph's Che- foo correspondent gives a. Chinaman's account of the desperate fighting at Port Arthur, in which the Japanese swarmed like locusts upon the Rusâ€" The Russian ships were silent dur- ing the battle, and the hitherto un- used morchnnt ships were turned inâ€" to hospifhls as a result of the fight. Several of the Chinese who \vere em- ployed in carrying dead say that the dead were so numerous that they were unable to form anything like an estimate of the number which fell in attacking and defending the supple- mentary forts near Itz. Mountain. The troops are nearly always sup- plied with brenu baked in portable kitchens. This work of the commis- snry :lepartment, the general says, explains why the army has not suf- fered from dysertery, despite the ex- cel-able climatic :onditions. The com- mander requests that the services of the commissm‘int be brought to the notice of the Czar. The latter appended a note to the report, ‘exprossing great pleasure at the exemplary conduct of the com- missuriat. It is stated that Gen. Gripenberg, the commander of the second Mam churian army, will start for the Far East in a. month. V“. .._ -4, “y muAâ€"uvl" ulnu \- poincident morement against Sinmin- .tin is indi'czxted by the fact that the Japanese have occupied Sinbeyho, .wost. of the L‘ao River. There is a concentration of Japanese forces in thevicinity of the Yentai mmes, and the advance lines are being gradquâ€" ly pushed forward. Gen. Sakhul‘ofi, in the despatches to tlie War Oilico at St. Petersburg, repeats successes in several enpmgcments of a, minor character. It. Three junks, with 160 coolics, ar- rived nt. Chefnn on Sunday. They left Port Arthur because they were forced .to carry the Wounded and bury the dead. They also were afraid that eventually they would have no food, although rice is plentiful now, accordâ€" ing to their stories. They further say that the Russians lost. heavily 'during the attacks on Sept. 19 and Sept. 23, but the Japanese loss was much heavier. 'A despatch from St. Petursburg says :â€"\Vriting to the War Office, unâ€" der date of Sept. 12, Gen. Kouropatâ€" kin praises the commissariat officials for their untiring labors. They have, he says, overcome all difficulties in the way of supplying provisions to the army. Try to Recapture Old Positions at Port Arthur. A despatch from Chefoo says: Seâ€" .Vere fighting, the Russians being the aggressors, occurred on Sept. 28 and 29 on the west shore of Linoti Pro« montory, near Pigeon Bay, according to a report brought by Chinese who left Port, Arthur on Sept. 30. The Russians already apparently are atâ€" .tempting to capture the heavy guns which the Japanese have mounted in that vicinity. The Russians are in considerable force, and they made’sev- eral sorties, dragging field artillery with them. They were unsuccessful, however. A despatch from St. Petersburg says :â€"Field Marshal. Oyama. has be gun the Mug-expected ndVance “DOD .the Russian 0.! my at Mukden, and a BUSSEANS HARE} PRESSED FIGHT FOR OLD POSITIONS FOUGHT‘ BREAST TO BREAST RUSSIAN ARMY WELL FE unce GRADUAT LY ADVANCING is admitted that the nce has uh‘eady begun NEEDS WATER. J apanose along the A dcspatch‘ from Tokio says: It is stated in Government circles that the new rules of conscription will increase the active army by 200,000 men. The ordinance needs the cx-post. l‘acto sanction of the Diet, which undoubtâ€" edly will be readily given. everybody A despatch to the London Daily Telegraph from Sinminting says that on the average 150 cars fl'eighted with supplies for the Russians arrive there monthly over the railway. Many of the supplies are sent by pri- vate speculators, including Greeks and Americans. The track north of Kaopnntse is comparatively free of both Russians and Japanese. News has been received at. St. Petâ€" ersburg from 'Mukden .1 to the died. that the Japgmesc have at last ‘begun the ofiensive. They have captured Du Pass, and are pressing 9n Gener- al Kouropatkin’s left flank». It is believed the Russians abandoned 'Da Pass Without serious resistance. Seva eral other passes of the Da" range. eastward of Bentsiaputze (twenty miles southâ€"east of Mukdcn), are also in the hands of the Japanese. Gen. Kouroputkin is evidently drawing in his forces to the less mountainous country northâ€"Westward Where lie may decide to give battle. In the meanwhile sharo fighting is reâ€" garded as imminent south-east of Mukden. whence the Japanese are ex- pected to deliver their main attack, the flank movement from the West being of secondary importance. A dcspatc'h from Mukden says: The Russians estimate Gen. Kuroki’s army to consist of 76 battalions, 18 squadrons, and 276 guns; Gen. Oku’s, 6O battalions, 26 squadrons, and 242 guns, and Gen. Nodzu’s, 44 battal- ions, 9 squadrons, and 120 guns. The total Japanese forces are computed to be 144,000 infantry, 6,380 caval- ry, and 638 guns. ’ A despatch' from New-Chwang says: The main Russian army under Gen. Kouropatkin has withdrawn north of Mukden. A strong force of infanâ€" try is still south of that city, watchâ€" ing the Japanese movements. Big detachments are also guarding the Russian flanks. These detachments have constructed many gun positions and dug trenches, which are protect- ed by barbed wire. The defenders of the eastern flank are centred at Usan, twenty-eight miles east of M'ukden. It is impossible to Say as yet whe- ther Mukden will be held. The be- lief grOWS that it will not. Tieling has been greatly strengthened, and is now reported to be occupied by Cos~ sacks. A despatch to the London Daily Telegraph from Chefoo confirms from an undoubted source the reports that the Japanese have been repulsed at Port Arthur. It adds: that it is au- thoritatively announced that the Ju- panese army must go into Winter quarters. Permanent fortifications, nflording excellent shelter, are being constructed outside the Russian main defences. Warm' clothing and addiâ€" tional troops are arriVinug. The blockade is stringent, and the trade conducted by means of junks has has been practically stopped, the Chinese refusing to enter Port Ar- thur. A Japanese lieutenant lately swam to the entrance with a torpedo. He was preparing to discharge it to- wards a battleship when the searchâ€" lights revealed him. The forts fired exploding the torpedo, which blew the lieutenant to pieces. Admiral Togo received many applications from jun- ior officers who desired to reattempt the dangerous task, but he refused to allow them to go. 'A despntch from Tokio says :â€"â€"It is reported that the Japanese at Port Arthur have invented instru- ments insulated with rubber which enable them to safely cut electrically charged entanglements. ".0 ..v_~ ., , , A Harbin despntch contains the important announcement that the Ja-- panose have occupied Siabeyho, west of the Line River, from which point they are evidently threatening Sinâ€" mintin. The despatch reads:â€" "Russian scouts have ascertained that fresh Japanese forces are con- centrating at the chtai mines and gradually moving eastward. A strong Japanese force west of the Liao Valley has occupied Siaobcyho, South of Sinmintin. 'A’compan-y of Chin- ese bandits last night attempted to Wreck the railroad near the station of Fantsiutun, 150 miles south of Harbin. They killed a sentinel and caused slight damage." r whole line, assuming its most. active form in the east. whither Field Mar- shal Oyama. continues to draft. large forces. Operations are also progress- ing west of the river. ' n INCREASE 01“ 200,000 MEN TO CUT ENTANG LEMENTS. SUPPLIES FOR RUSSIANS RUSSIANS FALL BACK LITTLE RESISTANCE. JAPANESE REPULSE JAPANESE FORCES JAPAN TO BUILD SHIPS. The correspondent of The London Times at Berlin sayszâ€"According to an American letter to the Kolnische Volks Zeitung, a. representative of the Japanese Government, has given an order to the Carnegie Steel Works for 7,500 tons'of nickel steel plates, which, it is said, is intended to ar- mor new battleships, the construc- tion of which is contemplated in Japan. It is stated that the Japan- ‘ese Imperial navy yards are now ‘fitted with the most modern machinâ€" ery, and that the arsenal at Kure {can supply the complete equipment of m battleship. Guns of a, large cali- fibre are being turnnd out at Osaka‘ .The correspondent of The London Times at Paris says a, despatch from Toulon says the Russian Government has just ordered from the Compagni des Forges et Chantiers, de la Mediâ€" berranee, eleven torpedo boat, dx,L stroyers of the latest pattern, Which will be taken in hand at once. Four will be built in the dockyards at Havre, four in the Norman dock- yards, and three at La. Soyne. They will not be finished for fifteen months. It is further reported that orders have been given for (our cruisers of the Bayan type. Tho \‘atlcnn is making great pro- paraticns to celebrate the jubilee of the immaculate conception. Bishops from an parts of the Catholic world will be present recognizing the necessity for it. The attitude of the public towards the ordinance furnishes further evidence of the nation's realization that the campaign is to be long and exhaust- mg. RAVAG ES 013‘ BERIâ€"BERI. A despatch to the London Tele- graph i'roni Shanghai Says that a, careful estimate of the number of Japanese already in the field leaves only about forty thousand trained troops now in Japan. Hence the necessity for a premature levy of con- scripts and the lengthening of the re- servists’ terms of service. It is ru- mored that the Japanese are making preparations for the occupation of the island of Saghalien during the autumn for the sake of the coal mines there. The most serious pro- blem confronting the Japanese at present is the enormous ravages of beri-beri. It is stated that the losses from this disease exceed the total casualties in the fighting. Every transport bonnd for Japan takes hundreds of sufferers. One gen- eral has been invalided by the dis- ease. It is believed that the outâ€" break is due to eating of cold rice that has been cooked for a. long time. The besiegers of Port Arthur are suffering the worst. Between beri-beri and casualties the eleventh division has practically ceased to exist. ‘A despa'teh from Tokio says zâ€"Unâ€" official estimates place the number of sick and wounded Japanese soldiers under treatment in Japan at forty- five thousand. The military hospi- tals at Tokvio, Osaka, and Hiroshima contain ten thousand each. Nine thousan have recovered sufliciently to be sent to mountain and health resorts. The system of handling and treating the sick and wounded is working splendidly and the death rate is exceptionally small. The correspondent of the London Times at Tokio says :â€"The Japanese press is uncertain whether to regard the second Russian army as a second Baltic squadron or not, but it is deâ€" clared that, at any rate, since the responsibility for the prolongation of the War rests with Russia, Japan is prepared to continue the fight unâ€" flinchingly, confident in her ability to always place in the field a larger and stronger army than Russia. It is added that no financial or econo- mic inconvenience has been experâ€" ienced hitherto. Therefore confidence is expressed that in the trial of en- durance Japan will not be beaten by the enemy. 'A 'despatch from London says:â€" The possibility of peace overtures continues to be discussed by the Eur- opean press in a manner that is not warranted by any probability. The definition of Russia’s attitude is con- firmed by a. statement in the German press to the effect that Count Lamsâ€" dorfl', the Russian Foreign Minister, informed a prominent diplomatist in St. Petersburg that the rumors of Russia’s intention to address peace proposals to Japan were entirely base less. He added that the increase in Russian armaments and the appoint- ment of Gen. Gripenberg to com- mand the second Manchurian army might be accepted as proofs that Russia would continue the War as long as necessary. The Shanghai correspeondent of the London Daily Telegraph quotes a Ja- panese oflicer as saying that the kill- ed and wounded at Port Arthur con- siderably exceed 30,000. The miliâ€" tary authorities are of the opinion that it would be useless to throw away more lives in assaulting the fortress, and that. it_would be better away more lives in assaulting the fortress, and that. it_would be better to institute a regular siege. The Japanese arsenals are working night and day turning out 12-inch howit- zm‘s and larger guns. Some batter- ies of 12â€"inch guns have recently rcach‘ed the besiegers. N0 POSSIBILITY OF PEACE. RUSSIA ORDERS WARSHIPS. 45,000 JAPS 1N HOSPITAL CONFIDENCE IN JAPAN. LOSSES OVER 30,000 Toronto, Oct. 4.â€"Whentâ€"Quom- tions are $1.05 to $1.06 for No. 2 red and White outside, and $1.08 for 01d: No. 2 goose, 89c to 90c, and No. 2 spring, 97c to 98c. Manitoba Wheat. steady at No. 1 northern, $1.- 08 to $1.08é; No. 2, 81.05 to $1.- 05%: No. 3, $1.02 to $1.03, Georgian Bay ports; 6c more grinding in tran- sit. Buffalo, Oct. 4.â€"â€"Flour steady. Wheat, spring Weak: No. 1 northern old, car loads, $1.30; Winter quiet; No. 2 red, in store, 81.18%. Corn. nothing doing. Oats strong; No. 2 white, 34-;c; No. 2 mixod, 33c. Rye quiet; No. 1, in. st'ore, 82c. Canal heights steady. RolledOatsâ€"Bags are held at $2.â€" 324» per bag of 90 pounds, and bar- rels at $4.90. Beansâ€"Choice primes, $1.40 to $1.- 45 per bushel, $1.35 to $1.37; in car lots. . Provisionsâ€"HeaVy Canadian short cut pork, $17.50 to $18; lipjht short, $17 to $17.50; !American fat backs, $17.50; American clear fat backs, $20; compound lard, 65c to 7c; Canâ€" adian lard, 6%c to 75¢; kettle render- ed, 81c to 9%c, accof'ding to quality; hams, 18c to 135C; bacon, 12c to 13c: fresh killed abattoir hogs. $7.- 50; live heavy sows, $4.50 to $4.75; mixed lots. $5.25 to $5.30; select, $5.50 on cars. Cheeseâ€"Ontario White, Sic; colore'd, 83c; Quebec, QC. .Buttcrâ€"Fancy grades, 20c to 20.10 ordinary finest, 19§c to 192C; westm'r dairy, 13c. Buffalo, Oct. I Whnat, spring weak old, car loads, $1.: Rolled Oatsâ€"Are in quiet demand at $4.50 for cars I)! bags and $4.75 for barrels on the track Toronto: 250 more for broken lots here and 40c more for broken lots outside. Peasâ€"Are steady at 63c to 64c for No. 2 west or cast. Eggsâ€"Select new laid, 21c to 22c, and straight gathered, candled, 18c to 19¢; No. 2, 13M to 14¢. do solids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18c to 19c Dairy tubs, good to choice 13c to 150 do inferior grades . . . . . . . 10c to 12c Dairy Ib. rolls, good to choice . . . . . . . . . . . 15c £0166 do medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13c to 14c liCCSeâ€"Large are quoted at 9§c to 95:12, and twins at 9% to 106 in job lots h'ere. Barleyâ€"Market is steady at for No. 2, 43c for No. 3 extra. 410 for No. 8 east or West. Cornâ€"Fair demand for cars of Can- ada. West at 52c to 53c west. Am- erican quiet at 62k: for No. 2 yel- low, 61c for No. 3 yellow, and 595C for No. 3 mixed on track Toronto. Oatsâ€"No. 1 white are quoted at 33c east, No. 2 white at 32c to 3223:: low freiglits, and Bio to 32c north and West, and old about «gc higher. Butterâ€"Good grades are in active demand. Creamery, prints ..... 19c to 20c Potatoesâ€"Quotations are unchang- ed at $1 per bag for out of store stocks and 800 to 90c on track. Montreal, Oct. 4.â€"-'1‘he oat market continues to settle dmvn day by day, but holders are gaining confidence as it comes closer to a trading basis. Merchants reporth that the recent dullness is still maintained, but, they were closer together as regards prices, a. good average being 3G§c to 37c for Flourâ€"Manitoba strong bakers’, $5.50, and patents, $5.80 per barrel in bags; Ontario straight rollers, in bags, $2.55 to $2.60; in barrels, $5.â€" 40 to $5.50, and Winter Wheat patâ€" ents in barrels, $5.70 to $5.80. Hayâ€"No. 1 is quoted at $8.50 to Hayâ€"No. 1 is quoted at $8.50 to $9 per ton on track; No. 2, $8; ex- port liny, clover ’aud clover mixed, $6.50 to $7. Feedâ€"Manitoba bran in bags, $18 to $19; s'horts, $20 to $21 per ton; Ontario bran. in bulk, $17 to $17.50; shorts, $19 to $20; mouille, $26 to $28 per ton, as to quality. Ryeâ€"Is quiet and quoted at to 600 east or West. Eggsâ€"Receipts are still light and the market is quoted unchanged, with a firm tone at 18c to 18;c. Poultryâ€"Quotations are unchanged at 11c to 130 for spring chickens, and BC to 90 for old birds. Ducks are steady at 9c to 10c. 7 Baler! Strawâ€"Is steady and un~ changed at $5.75 to $6 per ton for car lots on track here. No. 3 car lots, in store, and 37c to 375C for No. 2. I’eterboros are of- fering at 36c, and buyers are willing to pay 35% for a limited number. Peas are about steady at 72c afloat, Montreal.‘ N0. 2 banlcy, 50fc; No. Baled Hay-15 olTering freely and is quoted uncfianged at 7.50 to $8 per ton for car lots on track here. 3 extra, 500: No. 3, 49c. LEADING MARKETS. The Ruling Prices In Live Stock and Breadstufis. BUFFALO GRAIN MARKETS MONTREAL MARKETS COUNTRY PRODUCE BREADSTUFI-‘S . 15c to 166 . . . . . . . 13c to 14¢ quoted at 93‘“: to 19c 18c 13c 10c $1.08 for 90c, and Manitoba 45c and 9c 200 19c 15c 12c of a tree. McLean, directly behind, just then fired and the rifle bullet; went through Macdonald’s head and aftcr‘vards killed the moose. The prices prevailing for butchers' cattle were as followszâ€"Best but- chers‘, $4.25 to $1.40: fair to good londs, $3.80 to $4.20; medium to fair, $3.25 to $3.75; common to fair cows, $2.25 to $3. The following were the quotations for stockers and fecdcrs:â€" Stockers, calves, 400 to 600 lbs, best, $3 to $3.25; medium, $2.75 to $3; inferiors and roughs, $2 to $2.60; stockers. 600 to 900 lbs., best, $3 to $8.40; medium. $3 to $3.25; rough, $2.40 to $2.80; feeders, 950 to 1,050 lbs., good $3f60 to $3.80; shortâ€"keeps, 1,100 to 1,200 lbs, at $4 to $4.25 per cwt. The following were the quotations for sheep and calves:â€"â€" Export ewes, $3.75 to $3.90; export bucks, $3 to $3.25; lambs, $3.75 ta $4.25 per. cwt; culls, sheep. $3 to $4 ench'; calves, $2 to $10 eac’h, and 34} to 5c per I'D. Hogs were quoted as {OIIOWSzâ€" Se- lects, prime bacon hogs, 160 to 200 lbs, off cars, Toronto, $5.15; fats and lights, $4.90 per cwt. of Nova Scotia. A despntch from Halifax saysâ€" A remarkable shooting fatality oc- curred in the woods of Pictou county on Tuesday, when Allan Macdonald, coal miner, of Westville, was acci- dentally killed by a young man nam- ed McLean. A party of three were moose-hunting. Macdonald sighted a moose and fired, but missed and immediately jumped from th'e cover Charged With Causing Accident at Richmond, Que. A despat‘ch from Sherbrooke, Que., says: Norman lAtkinson, oxâ€"concluctor. on the G. '1‘. R. Was placed under an- rest on Friday night at his 'home in Melboume, and is now in jail at Sherbrooke charged with having been responsible for the deaths of the nine persons who were killed on Aug. 31 at Richmond, when the train on which Conductor Atkinson had charge ran past the station contrary to orâ€" ders and collided with the Island Pond-Montreal train about a, mile below the station. Government Ofl’ers $5,000 for Rob- bers of C.P.R. Train. A despatch'from Ottawa says: An extra of the Canada Gazette was isv sued on Saturday containing a pro- clamation of his Excellency offering a reward of $5,000 for information which will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the bandits who on the night; of Sept. 10th held up and robbed near Mission Junction, B. 0., a Canadian Pacific RaiIWay train carrying his Majesty's mail. on Dec. 15th. Council rose at 5.30. and the Prime Minister imme- diately drove to Rideau Hall to no quaint his Excellency of the decision of his advisers. By 7 o'clock it was pretty generally known around town that. Parliament had been dissolved. Toronto, Oct. 4.â€"Trude at the Western Market toâ€"day was active in the best description of butchers' and feeding cattle. Prices Were Well main~ mined in these, but medium and rough classes of feeders were slow of sale, with the market continuing unchanged. The range of values in exporters‘ was nominally $4.20 to $4.75 per cwt. A despatch from Ottawa. says:â€" At Thursday’s meeting of the Cabiâ€" net it was definitely decided to dis- solve Parliament subject to his Ex- cellency‘s approval, and the dates of nomination and polling were decided uponâ€"Nominations, Thurs- day. Oct. 27th; polling, Thursday, Nov. 3rd, the writs being returnable Took Possessioh of Train and Shot the Engineer. A (lespatch from Winnipeg says :â€" An accident which was followed by exciting incidents occurred on Wed? nesday afternoon on the Canadian Pacific at Carlstndt Station, 90 miles west of Fort William. Train No. 64 was going east, and was pul- ling in the Carlstadt siding when four bearing cars filled with Italians, attached to the rear of the train, became derailed in some man- ner. The Italians were shaken up, and started in to avenge themselves on the men in charge of the train. One named G. Lagi, armed with a shotgun, arrived at the engine. He fired at Engineer Trowel, Sending six grains of buckshot into his forearm. Not satisfied with this, the Italians made after the train hands, and would not allow them to return until the arrival of the police from Fort William on a special. Two Italians were also badly injured in the acci- dent, and three others slightly in- jured. Lagi, who shot Trowel, was placed under arrest at Fort William, Remarkable Fatality in the Wood‘s of Nova. Scotia. Definite Action FOR CAPTURE OF BANDITS. PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED. SHOT MAN AND MOOSE CONDUCTOR ARRESTED. LIVE STO CK MARfflETS RIOTOUS NAVVIES. prevailing for butchers’ ns followsâ€"Best but- to $4.40: fair to good to $4.20; medium to $3.75; common to fair. ion Taken by the Cabinet. I