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A despatch from London says: The moderate, unbiased View, based The Japanese occupation of Sin- mlnting, which is neutral territory, is eagerly discussed. It is asserted ihat China. has filade :1 pro- itest against the occupation. but Japan is expected to plead justifica- tion because the Russians used the place as a. supply depot and station- ed troops there. It. is stated that; 'Japan is protestng to Pekln that Chinese soldiers west of Liao River are helplng the Russians. "A despatch from New-Ohwang says: 5â€"Chinese report that the Russians me burning their stores at Mukden in readiness to retreat. Their fight mg is {n a rendition of panic, but their left is reported .to be winning. A hundred Japanese cavalry from the florth reached the outskirts of Mukâ€" on and exchanged shots with the Russians. Gen. Klober, commandiné :siau second army, has been wounde< 1mg take} to the hospital at Mukden 'A despatch from Tokio sagsâ€"The public is engrossed with the progress ‘of the Titanic struggle around Mul'- den. There is great enthusiasm over the progress of the Japanese exâ€" treme left, which the people believe is far enough on the enemy's right and rear to preVent a. repetition of Gen. Kouropatkin's masterly retreat from Lino-Yang. ’l‘he mode‘atc wording of the official despatch'os is believed to cover something resem- bling a panic and flight on the Rusâ€" sian right. It is realized that the butcher's bill will be enormous, but there are no reliable details regardâ€" ing the casualties It is believed that 300,000 Russians are engaged. Gen. Klober, commanding the Rus- .-sia.u second army, has been wounded A despatch from Tocio says: Field Marshal Oyam-a is continuing his great drives around bth flanks of .the Russian army. Hs front is now a huge bow, the base m the Shakh'e River, the right arr. reaching a. point east of Fushur and the left arm extending to a yoint West of Mukden. Gen. Kuro-"ntkin is strivâ€" ing desperately to chth the Japan- ese advances, conlesing the flank encroachments and hammering the 'Japanese centre. The Japanese are making heavy gains cl ground west of the railway and have captured great quantities of stems and other spoils. There has already been bloody fighting; and heavy losses, and this will be Vastly increased ‘when the masses of infantry meet. On the ot-her hand. the Russian left has Withstod all the attacks. The first iniimzion of the immin- enoe. of decisive ee'nts on the Shaho was reported ix the loss of the heights of Ertaka, which are only a couple. of miles east of Saohctun, until recently Ger-ral Kuropatkin's headquarters. ’lic Russian con-(.- spondents express lie greatest. won- ‘der at the irresishle, frenzied rush- es of the Japanesninfantry. Rus- sian critics are surprised at the boldness and skillof the Japanese strategy in timingihe onslaught to a suitable season, ‘hen winter was over, but the river: Were still ice- bound. There is no greatest surâ€" prise at the sudden levelopnient of operations in the Lu Valley. where the Russian cavalry Vere recentlv so prominent; Uneasinss prevails for General Kuropatki's communica' Mons. The St. Petersburg correspondent of The London Times cablesvâ€""l‘he latest news from the seat of war in- dicates that General Kouropatkin's right has been rolled up and that his army is preparing to retreat, if it has not already withdrawn northâ€" ward, after sustaining and inflicting terrific losses, of which the total to both sides is estimated at 100,000 men. It is feared that the Russians have abandoned their hem/y guns on the Shaho. Remembering the mas- terly retreat from Liuoyang, when 1.eneml Kouropntkin's left, though hlled up. yet screened the orderly l‘tirement 01' the whole army, one My doubt if the present reverse will asume the proportions of a disaster. ‘PRISONERS TAKEN. Gen. Nogi’s Port Arthur Veterans Almost at the Walls of Mukden. Aheavy engagement; has been in progress £01 several days on the Rus- sian west (link. The divisions have tough: uncusingly for six days, un- til ccmpelhd by the enveloping movemmt. ti withdraw north, leav- ing the Jpanese, masters of the Whole li'unh: south of Sukhuinhll. which is iouieen miles below Muk- den. The Rusian right, which for- merly stretnhd southwest to Chang- .tan, is now mending north to Sukâ€" hudiapu and g‘urding the line of the retreat agains desperate assaults. ‘AL Sinrmintin lfOl‘Ce of Japanese is pressing the Getre. There are perâ€" sistent reports‘iere that they have stormed Shahanu and taken many thousand prisonrs, RUSH OE JAPANESE. HORNS 0F CRESCENT BURNING STORES. RETREAT CUT OFF? TERRIFIC FIGHTING. BLOODY FIGHTING. While the Japanese are evident}y making progress; there is nothing yet to indicate that Field Marshal Oyama. will succeed in inflicting a decisive blow even if he forces Kou- ropatkin to abandon Mukden.‘ Ac- cording to the reports current, which are not, however, confirmed by the War Ofiice, the withdrawals of stores and supplies northward from Mukden is already well under way. The War Office insists that, Hen. Kouropatkin is making des- perate etIorts to check Kuroki, one of Whose columns has succeeded in Working a'round the extreme Russian left, and reinforcemean have been despatched in a north-easterly direc- tion. Gen. Rennenkampfi is slowly retiring, fighting, taking advantage of the broken, hilly country, and contesting every change of ground. l The most important inference can be drawn from Gen. Kouropatkin's ‘mention of fighting; in the neighborâ€" hood of Tamagushan, which the ‘maps show is 15 or 520 miles of the ‘main pass in the Taling Mountains, and 15 miles‘in a bee line from Fuâ€" sh'un, the centre of the Russian left. This confirms the Japanese reports of the progress of the turning moveâ€" ment east of Mukden. and showsâ€"that the victors at Tsinkhechen adv’anced rapidly for five days. leaving Taling behind them. Further west, but still in the. mountains, the Japanese are at Gautuling, on another road leading to Fushuu. They have evi- dently driven the Russians from their main position in the pass, and they are also within about 15 miles of Fushun. If Gen. LinOVitch is obliged to abandon l-‘ushun it is be- lieved that the whole Russian army will be in a most precarious posi- tion. i The position of Gen, Kouropatkin's army is regarded as being more or less critical. The real turning”r move- ment. which Gen. Kuroki is operatâ€" ing in the mountains 40 miles eastâ€" wa'rd of Mukden seems to be making progress. and at ‘he same time Field Marshal Oyama Is also rolling back the Russian loft while pound- ing away at the Russian centre with heavy high-power guns. I’outilon' and Novgorod Hills have been .91in jected to a continuous three-day bombardment followed by an infanâ€" try attack, the main Russian lines being forced to retire two miles to their shelter trenches. Some of the Russian newspaper correspondents anticipate an attempt to lake the hills by storm. The Government has been informed that provisions must be imported by the railroad or towns will be face to face with famine Within a forty- night. This will necessitate some delay in the forwarding of military Supplies, which are sorely needed at, the present moment. The Siberian Rail'road )5 about to have a. further burden imposed upon it. namely, that of feeding the resident con-combatant population The stocks of provisions in Tl'kutsk and other towns in Siberia were not as large as usual at the beginning of the Winter, and are now running low. A despatCh from St. Pctorsburg says: In a long despatch from Gen. Kouropatkin. which was received here on Thursday, the Comnmndorâ€" imC-hief of the army in R'l'anchurin gives details of Various attacks by the Japanese the past few days. and a. Midian desputch received at mid- night indicates n continuation of tho. artillery duel, but neither re- port throws any light upon me rum- ored intention of Gen. Kouropatkin to withdraw northward, which has been the gossip of St. Petersburg for the last. two days. A special dc- spatch received Thursday night conâ€" cludes with this significant. sentence: “Within two weeks you may expect great events." “1LL BE FORCED TO RT'IT‘RI‘ [on the most reliable telegrams, is that Gen. Kouroputkin is still occuâ€" pying with the greater portion of his troops his original positions, and that thus far ht! has shown no Sign of falling back across the Hun River. The Russians are. clearly defending their centre with traditional stub- bornness, and they still hold the famous Putilon‘ Hill, despite the pounding of the terrible IIoWitzers from Port Arthur. Nevertheless the danger to the Russian flanks is not lost sight of. it is remarked that the Japanese are adopting tactics that the British often had to oppose in their conflicts with the Zulus in South Africa, who advanced in the form of a crescent “hen they at- tempted to envelope their enemy. The danger to the Russians is, of course, lest the horns of the crescent meet either at Mukdm or between Mukden and Tieling. Doubtless the Japanese have achieved considerable success on the wings? but military experts here do not, yet see sufficient ground for the inevitable. overâ€" whelming debacle predicted in anti- Russian quarters. TRYING TO CHECK KUROKI POSITION PRECARTO U S MAT Free England the Refuge of the‘ Russian Agitator. A Geneva dospatch says: Father Gopon, leader of the Russian Work- men on January 22, who has been here for the past tw0 days, left on Saturday by way of Paris. GOPEN FLEES TO ENGLAND Reduce Supply of Doctors, Law- yers and Engineers. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Times eables:â€"“One result of the internal crisis in Russia is the general suspension of the courses in nearly all the universities, training colleges, engineering and other high schools at St. l‘etersburg, Moscow, Kiefl‘, Kharkoff, Kazan and other large towns. These institu- tions have been closed by the authâ€" orities. At St. Petersburg General 'l‘repof‘f summoned the heads of all the colleges and stated that the courses were to be started afresh, and added that if the minority of the students refused to attend the lectures they were to be expelled from St. Petersburg, but with the right of entering the universities of other towns. If the majority refused to attend all students would be ex- pelled from the university, but the authorities will provide others of their own choosing. This interrup- tion to studies will reduce the sup- ply of doctors, lawyers, professors and engineers, already far below the nation’s requirements. Moreover, the dispersal of a large part of the students to their homes will not set-} tle the question, for it will merely‘ distribute the agitating elements throughout the country.'1 1 STOP LEARNING IN RUSSIA. The Russians wnl‘e exultant over Hie losses inflicted upon the Japan- 950. in this rally, and are eager to renew the fight. Then a stubborn light in the dark- ness began, the gloom being but slightly alienated by the pale light of the stars and the reflection from fires kindled by the explosion of shells. The Japanese brought up their quick-lire guns and forced the Russians 10 abandon the thicket, from which position the Japanese proceeded to bombard the regiments holding the head of the bridge. The right was desperate and at close quarters. The .lapnnvsn rushed up heavY rolmnns of reinforcements and charged )epoaledly across the, river, strewing the ice with the bodies of their dcad. At dawn the Russians retired across the river, carrying their wounded, but leaving 100 dead behind. The’attack on the bridge began at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening. Under cover of a heavy bombardment by field, siege and mortar batteries. Russian ('hasseurs dashed forward, and crossing the bridge, which was illuminated by the. Japanese searchâ€" lights, drove back the defenders and occupied the further end of the bridge. There the chasseurs threw up hasty entrenchments, and soon drove the JapaneSe from their de- fences at the 0nd of the bridge. An hour later other chasseurs rushed across the bridge and seized and for- titled a thicket opposite Lamuteng. overcoming a number of Wolf holes and wire entanglements. and blew up the Japanese redoubts. The ar- tillery kept up the bombardment, and succeeded by midnight in de- molishing the Japanese searchlights. A despau‘h from Russian Army Headquarters, Huan Mountain, says: After an allâ€"night battle, the Russian forces whivh seized the rail- road bridge across the Sha River retired, after having destroyed the Japanese fortifications at the fur- ther end of the bridge, and thrown the Japanese forces them into con- sternation. The Japanese losses were heavy. "Our force at Hanshn is gradually dislodging the enemy from his posi- tion '13 miles northâ€"east of Bentzia- putze and from another position sevâ€" en miles northwest. The first posi- tion is four miles West of the second. Our force has pressed the enemy northward of the Sha River and has occupied Sumnupnotzu, Lia- ochinhutun. and Sunhupoattz, three miles north of Wuito Mountain. “The enemy has many field and heavy siege guns on either side of the railroad. heretofore unused, and is now shvlling us." A despatch from ’l‘okio says: Adâ€" vices from the hoadqum‘ters of the Japanese armies in Manchuria show that the Japanese activity on the extreme right continut-s. That wing is pressing forward and is dislodging the Russians. A desputch from headquarters says: â€"“Our forces in the Sin-gking (Yenâ€" den) direction, after occupying Tsinghochong (Tsinkctchon) is now pursuing the enemy noxthward. We captured large quantities of provis- ions at Tsin-ghocheng. no matter what the lesult of the re- mainder of the action, the Japanese have again been too slow, and that Kouropatkin has made sure of his line of retreat. Except the moral ef- fect of another retirement the War Oflice officials declare that, the abanâ€" donment of the present winter quar- ters eliminates a great danger to the health of the army so soon as the Warm Weather sets in. JAI’S PRESS FORWARD BLOODY BATTLES $3.25 to $4. Butcher Cattle.â€"â€"Good to choice are quoted at $4.15 to $4.50, fair to good at $3.50 to $4, mixed at $2.50 to $3.75, common at $2 to $3, and cows at $2.50 to $4. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, March 7. A fairly heavy run of stock was offering at the market this morning, but the demand in all lines had a good tone, and with ghe exception of those for inferior grade butchers’ prices were fairly Well maintained. â€" Export Cattle.â€"-Choice are quoted at $4.40 to $4.90, good to umedium at $4.25 to $4.40, good cows at $3.25 to S4. Stockers and quoted at $2 stockers at $1 s-tockers at $1.50 to $3.40. Milch Cowsâ€"Prices are qu changed at $30 to $60 each Eggsâ€"Straight cold storage stock, 1850 to 20c; No. 2. 180 to 190; Monâ€" treal limed, 20c to 21¢; selected, 24c to 250, and new laid, 290 to 30¢. Cheeseâ€"Ontario fall white, 103C to mac; colored, 1036 to 1ogc; Quebec, 10c to 10:0. Quotations are nomâ€" inal. Butterâ€"Finest grades, 28c to 30c; ordinary finest. 260 to 270: western dairy, 22c to 23c; roll butter, 25c to 26c. Provisionsâ€"Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $16.50 to $17.50; light short cut. $16.50 to $17.50; Ameriâ€" can cut clear fat back, $20; com- pOUnd lard, ch to 7c; Canadian lard. 6&c to 7.1,c; kettle rendered, 8gc to 9&0, according to quality; hams, 12c to 13c; bacon, 12c to 13¢; fresh..â€" killed abattoir hogs, 88.25 to $8.- 50; lmcaVy fat sows, $5.25 to $5.50; mixed lo'ts. $6 to $6.15; select, $6.- 25 to $6.40. oIY curs; country dress- ed, $7.25 to $7.75. Béansâ€"Choice primes 45 per bushel, $1.23 car lots. Mealâ€"Business in rolled oats re- mains quiet, but prices are well main- tained, at $2.12; per bag, and at $4.50 per barrel. Cornmeal is also quiet at. $1.35 to $1.45 per bag. Hayâ€"No. 1, $9 to $9.50; No. 2, $8.25 to $8.75; clover, lrnixed, $7 to $7.50, and pure clover, $6.50 to $6.- Hayâ€"No. 1, $9 to $8.25 to $8.75; clover, $7.50, and pure clover, 75 per ton, in car lots Feedâ€"Manitoba bran, in bags, $17; shorts, $19 per ton; Ontario winter wheat bran, in bulk, $17 to $18; shorts, $18 to $20; mouillio, $24 to $28 per ton, as to quality. Flourâ€"Manitoba spring “heat. pa- tents, $5.80; strong bakers', $5.50; winter wheat patents, $5.70 to $5.- 80; straight rollers, $5.30 to $5.40, and in bags at $2.50 to $2.60. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, March. 7.-Grai=nâ€"Firm tone to oats and sales are confined «to car lots at 460 for No. 2 white and at 4:550 for No. 3, per bushel, ex store. Sole demand from over the cable for Manitoba. spring wheat, and sales of several loads of sapless wheat were made, which is the first that has been taken for some days past. Inquiry for American. corn continues good. but bids were again out of line. Baled Strawâ€"Is quoted fairly steady at $6 per ton for car lots on track here. Baled Hayâ€"Quotations are un- changed at $8 for No. 1 timothy and 87 per ton for mixed and clover on track here. Potatoesâ€"Ontario, 65¢ track. 75c to 800 out of em, 75c to 80¢ on track 95c out of store. Eggsâ€"New laid are quoth at 24c to 25C, fresh at 200 to 210, and Iim- ed at 19c. Rolled Oatsâ€"$4.15 for cars of bags and $4.40 for barrels on track here; 250 more for broken lots here, and 400 outside. Peasâ€"Finner at 67c to 67§c for No. 2 west and east. Buckwheatâ€"55c east and west. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butterâ€"Dairy has an easier tone, receipis coming forward fairly well. Creamery prints ............... 270 to 28c Dairy tubs, good to choice 19c 200 do medium ..................... 17c 180 do inferior grades ......... 15c 16c Dairy 1b. rolls, good to choice .............. . . , . . . . 22c 21c do large rolls ...... ...20c 21c do medium ............... 180 19c Cheeseâ€"Is steady to firm and quot- ed unchanged at lie for large and llic for twins. Cornâ€"Canadian firm; 4am to 45c for yellow, and 43-»: to 44c for mix- ed f.o.'b. Chatham freights; American ‘50 easier; No. 3 yellow, 53jc; mixed, 531e, on track, Toronto. Oatsâ€"Are firmer, No. 2 being quot- ed at 41c to 42c outside. Ryeâ€"75c to 760 for No. 2 outside. Barleyâ€"46c to 47¢ for N6.' 2, 44.: to 450 for No. 3 extra, and 42c for No. 3 malting, outside. Toronto freights. Millfeedâ€"Firmer at $14.50 to $15 for bran in bulk, $17 to $17.50 for shorts east and West; Manitoba, $19 for shorts, $17 for bl'an exports. Flourâ€"90 per cent. patents, $4.45 to $4.50, buyers' sacks, east and west; 150 to 20c higher for choice. Manitoba, $0.50 to $5.70 for first patents. and $5 to $5.30 for bran exports. Toronto, March ’7.â€"Wheatâ€"Ontario â€"Red and White, $1.05 to $1.06; Spring, 980 to 99¢; goose, 900 to 92c. Manitoba quotations are now generally all-rail. No. 1 noflhern, 31-13: No. 2 northern, $1.10; No. 3 northern. $1.04, delivered. LEADING MARKETS The Ruling Prices In Livo Stack and. Breadstufis. BREADSTUFFS Fecders.-â€"â€"Feeders are 50 to $4.40, and 50 to $3.40. ’x‘iccs are quoted un- to $1.27; $1.40 to to 70¢ on store; castâ€" and 90c to in In the same lecture Dr. Chittenden advised cutting down the food con- sumption, and recommended the Yale boys to imitate the Japs, who eat to live and do not make their din- ners their highm‘. pleasure. Tough Meat as Nutritious as Ten- der Steak. A despatch from New Haven, Conn., says:â€"Director Russell H. Chicteuden of the Sheffield Scientific SCh-ml of Yale, in discussing food nourishment with “Sheff” students, has just. made the announcement that strength ttéts show that the men who cut down their diet to about one-Lhix'd their ordinary consumption, according Lo Dr. Anderson in the Yale gym, [nae increased in strength from 35 t.) 100 per cent. in every’ case. He told the "Shel!" men not to drink milk at the same time they, ate meat, because the milk, he said. showed a tendency to collect in litâ€" tle,_ hard, indigestible masses when brought into contact with meat. He recommended that either be taken to the excl.xslon' of the other. Be an- nounced also that tough meat, if ground fine, as in the case of round steak, was fully as nutritious as tender meat. Premier Balfour informed the House of Commons on Wednesday that Lord Milnel'. the British High Commissioner in South Africa, had to his regret announced long ago that he would not remain in South Africa. ' A dcspatch from London says:â€"It is omcially announced that the Earl of Selborne. First Lord of the Ad- miralty, succeeds Lord M'ilner, as British High Commissioner in South Africa. Lord Sclborne was Under Secretary for the Colonies from 1895 to 1900. The Colonial Office anâ€" nouncement says Lord Milner re- signed "for reasons connected with the state of his health" and adds that, he will leave South Africa at the end of March. A, despatdh from Morristown, New Jersey, saysâ€"After having been im- prisoned under snow for a month a, ‘goose belonging to John Zellers of ‘Schooley’s Mountain was found to ‘be alive on Thursday. The bird was one of a flock of twelve which Mr. Zellers owned and was lost on Febâ€" ruary 1 in the blizzard. The owner thought nothing farther of is until Thursday, when he again went down to the brook to drive in his- geese. One gander did not want to go to the poultry yard and made a. loud protest. The gender kept its gaze fixed on one spot across the brook, and Mr. Zellers thought it was hyp- notized. Later in the afternoon he found the gander again in the same place. He peered across the strmm and was surprised to see something white moving under the snow Lild iCe. He kicked up the snow, bring- ing to view the lost goose, alive and apparently happy, although Some- what bedraggled from its enforced fast. Earl Selborne Succeeds Him in South Africa. Had Been Buried Under the Snow For a, Month. A despatch from Constantinople says:â€"â€"'1‘he present insurrection of Yemen Province. Arabia, appears to put in the shade all previous re- volts. The centre of the movement is at Samla, northward of Sanaa (Capital city of Yemen Province), and already there are signs of its extension to the Province of Assyr. The insurgents have again surround- ed Sanaa and a. stubborn fight has been in progress for live (lays. Many of the Turkish troops refuse to re- sist any [.thher, and are deserting. In the south the towns of Aab and llidjeh, the latter containing 2,000 troops, with four guns. are sur- rounded, and on the point of capi- tulating. The alleged victory of February lst, when it was olficially ammunch that the Turkish forces had routed the rebels investing Sauna and Hodieda, Yemen Province, and had relieved the besieged gar- rison of Sanaa. turns out to have been an insm‘gent success. Turkey’s defective ttansportation delays the despatch of reinforcements. The ob- ject of the insurrection is believed to be the creation of an autonomous Aral) State. Yemen Insurrection Grows More Serious. St. Louis, March 7.â€"Whent-â€"Cash 31.11;; May, 81.12%; July, 94%: (‘aIvos‘ â€" Trade was active and prices were steady at 340 to (no per pound and $2 to $12 each. Sheep and Lambsâ€"Export sheep are quoted higher at $3.50 to $5.- 125, butchers' firm at $3.50 to $4.50. gl‘ain‘fod lambs at $6.50 to 15 asked. IQ'PNO. 1, 830 to 84c. Barleyâ€"No. 2, file to 526; sample, 305C to 400. Cornâ€"«qtoady; No. 3, 451.: to 453a; May, 4720. St. Louis, March 7.â€"\Vhentâ€"Cash. September, 91c Duluth, Mnrch 7.â€"Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern. $1.10.}; May, $1.112}; July, 81.10}; Reptomhor, 92:0. Milwaukee, March 7.â€"Whez\tâ€"No. 1 Northern, $1.15 to $1.155; No. 2 Northern, $1.09 to $1.13: May. $1.- LOW DIET FOR STRENGTH MILNER WOULD NOT STAY. GOOSE IS RESURRE CTED. 7. Iamyards at $5.5 Hogsâ€"The market is qu « $5.60 per cwt, fm‘ s 3.45 for lights and fats TROOPS WILL NOT FIGHT. UNITED STATES MARKETS fed lambs at $6.50 to (Is at $5.50 to $6.50, market is quoted steady cwt, for selects and