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SP Lne plans of the Russians contem- plate 9, garriSUn numbering 100.000 men with 500 guns. Many addition- al batteries. reduubts, barriers and pits are in ('ourse of construction and enormous amounts of ammuni- tion are being accumulated. The I Asians, it is said, hope to so equip the fortress that it. will be Capable of wit).stundinu u «in-'5 A despatch from Tolx' reported here that. the Continually reinforcing at \‘ladiwmtock, and 1 of strengthening the h. gressing constantly. It the ‘plans of the Ru: plate a. gal'riSun numb men with 500 g-Jnx’. K 3] batteries. rcduubts, pits are in (011150 0 and enormous amount: tion are beincr nvmmr A despatch from Gen dated April 13, to “mm as, saysâ€""Our cavalry destroyed the railroad near Yakutzu, and hetwe and Changtu. and April alry cut the telegraph Kaiyunn." “No change has occurred in the Changtu or Fnhkmun districts except occasional cavalry skirmishes." "The enemy on the Kirin road has gradually retreated since the 11th. a portion of this force still 'remain- lug to bar the passluge of the Yushu River. The following official announcement was made on Fridayzâ€""Our force advanCin-g‘ eastward via Fushnn and Hailung road encountered and de- feated the enemy on the morning of the 12th at Prhoulu, seven miles east of Yingpun. The enemy's strength was one regiment of in- fantry. six squadrons of cavalry and {our guns. Our force thon occupied Tsnngshih. about 19 miles west of Ying'pan. The enemy n retreating toward Hailung fought at every step. Changchon is evidently the ra point of the Changtu and Fa] forces. Although a force, esti at thirteen thousand men, has detailed to occupy Fenchu, and thousand men to hold Pamie] the latter force seems assignc check and retard the Japanese Vance. A despawh from 'l‘o!:io says: It is reported that the main force of the Russians, which retired in the direcâ€" tion of Hsingkin-g, has reached Kirâ€" in. The rearâ€"gnaw, which is esti- mated at 12,000 men, continues in the vicinity of Harhmgcheng, closely in touch with the Japanese vanâ€" guard. ’l‘he main force, which reâ€" tired from Kaiyuan, ov‘er the Kirin‘ road, is reported at. Kirin, with a rearâ€"guard of eight thousand men at Itsuchow, Haklusu and Atsulipao keeping in touch with the Japanem forces. VLADIVOS'I‘OCK ,_ ‘ 'â€"â€"4â€"-u~1\141- Three hundred and eightyâ€"one mines. planted by the Japanese in {rout of Port Arthur, have been taken up and planted elsewhere. A despatch from Washington says: uâ€"lnformation has reached here, through Europe, that the Japanese navy has within the last few days commissioned ten new destroyers, built in Japanese ship-yards. It is believed that, within six weeks 25 ad- ditional destroyers, under rush or- ders, will be put in commission. 100.000 AT A despatch from Eua-Shu Pass Raysiâ€"The expected Japanese turning movement is not developing, but pro- para.1ions, it is understood, continue. Reinforcements, food and ammunition are being brought up from New- Chweng. The Japanese outposts ex- tend thirty miles on either side of the railroad. , , - _____ ..°..-. The Japanese are driving the vilâ€" lagers into the Russian lines, causing great confusion. An important enâ€" gagement is expected in a few days. OYAMA NOT YET READY. A desputch from St. I‘otersburg sayszâ€"A private desputch from Gun- tzuling says that a large Japanese force is heading towards Kirin be- yond the reach of the Russian out< posts. A large body of Manchurian bandits is moving noth beyond the runx'e of the Russian right. nu. y A dcspatch from Seoul states that on Wednesday lust thirty Cossacks appeared near Yingpnu, but were im- mediately repulsed by the Japanese telegraphers stationed there. has hitherto been much behind the western columns. The report. made by Gen. Lincvitch of a Cossack raid on the railway nenr Kaiyunn is not confirmed. A deSDatch from Tokio saysiâ€"AI‘IW headquarters reports the occupation of Yingen-Chcng, thirtyâ€"five miles north of Hing-King, and of I’at‘hiatsu on the Huilung Road, by two co- operating columns. The Russians re- tired in much confusion. This move- ment marks the first, decided advance o! the Japanese extreme right, which iHE RUSSIANS RETIRED Decided Advance of the Japanese Extreme Right. 1‘ JAPANESE WARSHIPS IMPO] {TA N ’1‘ F] G HT ARMIES IN TOUCH BUS SIANS RETREAT. 3m Tokio saysiâ€"It is mt. the Russians are .forcing the garrison . and that the work ; the fortress is pro- nly. It is said that md between Kaiyuan nd April 10 the cavâ€" telegraph line near VLADIVOS'I‘OCK Wa'rd via Fushnn and encountered and de my on the morning of h . . ‘om Gen. Lineviu‘h, to Emperor Nichol- cavalry April 9th railroad and wires accumulated. The said, hope to so P. that it will be andinp; a siege. ;(‘ems assigned to the Japanese adâ€" dently the rallying xgtu and Fakumen a force. estimated hoid Pamiencfie; SQUADR , has been 0N 'sburg news the SOON three Hon. Sydney Fisher Confers With the Trade at Montreal. A Montreal despatch sayszâ€"Hon. Sydney Fisher, Minister of Agriculâ€" ture, came to the city on Friday for ,the purpose of holding a conference 'with the cheese trade relative to the lproblem, which is a rather vexed lone, of the weighing of cheese. The ice ference “ith representatives of the lMontreal Butter and Cheese Associa- 1' tion took {lace Friday mornng in the .council chamber of the Board of f’I‘rade. Representatives of the varâ€" !ious country cheese boards were also Epresent, and gave their views on the :matter in question. With these the Minister “ill be able to devise a uni- form method of weighing, which will be binding on the trade. scribed for. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Times says a report is published that the Government in- tends to shortly float another loan of 250,000,000 roubles ($125,000,- 000). It is reported that the former loan has not yet been fully sub- I The Japanese believe they can take ‘Vladivostock during the coming ‘month. Almost any time now may come news of the arrival of Gen. Kawamura’s army before the city. It. is Well known that Oyama is making a flunk movement in force toward Kirin and to the eastward thereof. This force is supporting Kawamura, who should now be near the city. In laying out their strategy the Japanese have tried to foresee all possible contingencies. Among these is the chance that Rojestvensky may be able with a part of his fleet to escape Togo’s ships and make his Way to Vladivostock. Even if there should be a pitched battle between the squadrons and the Japanese were decidedly the victors in the engageâ€" ment, a considerable number of Rus~ sian ships might make their way to ‘the naval base, and, by strengthening the defence there, make it a much harder nut to crack afterward. If the land forces of Japan can capture Vladivostock during the coming three ‘ or four Weeks, or before the surviv- ors of Rojcstvensky’s fleet can get there, a great point will have been scored. be a trump card. The thawing of the soil and the muddiness of the roads is a factor now working heav~ fly against them. But if they suc- ceed they will havq checkmnted a possible Russian moveâ€"the assem- blage of a part of their fleets at. this strong base, and subsequent harassâ€" ment of Japanese shipping and raids on transports. A dospatch from Washington says: Field-Marshal Oyama plans to cap- ture Vlmiivostock before the Russian fleet, or any part of it, can reach that port. This information has been received here through trust- worthy channels. For the Japanese the capture of Vladivostock would WEIGHIN G 0E CHEESE. WILL CAPTURE VLADIVOSTOCK A despatch from Paris sayszâ€"Cap- tain Rode lelegraphs to the Matin that he has been the guest of Gen. Kaulbars, commander of the second Manchurian army, at the Russian ‘front. His observations showed that the Russian army had been reinforc- ed and is prepared to renew the batâ€" tle. The troops manoeuvre daily in battle formation. The Japanese cavalry advance guard, the despatch adds, is barely ten miles away, and frequently cav- alry skirmishes take place. The pris- oners captured have sabre cuts on their heads, showing hand-to-hand skirmishes. A despatch from Cracow saysâ€"Ac- cording to a newspaper here, the commission appointed to enquire in- to the surrender of Port Arthur has condemned Gen. Stoessel, who surâ€" rendered the fortress, to be shot. The sentenCe is a formality, it not being intended to execute it. Russian cruisers Rossia, Gromoboi, and Bogatyr, and it is supposed, though the Admiralty does not conâ€" firm the supposition, that they have put to sea to aflect a. diversion and prevent mine-laying. Considerable irritation is manifested in naval cir- cles at the activity of British ships in Chinese waters, which are report- ed to be steaming from Hong Kong to Singapore, and their action is at- tributed to a desire to keep in touch with the Russian squadron and re- port its movements to the world at large and to great Britain’s ally in ' particular, as happened in the case of the British armored cruiser Sutlej, which arrived at Singapore, Straits Settlement, yesterday, and reported having passed the Russian second 1 Pacific squadran at daylight. April 11, steaming north. NEW RUSSIAN LOAN READY TO RENEW BATTLE STOESSEL UONDEMNED do common 1 Feeders, short- (10 10 to 11 do 9 to 10 do bulls ....... Stockers. good Toronto, April 18.â€"The run was fairly large, but not sufficiently so t6 supply all demands, and prices for all kinds of cattle advanced 100 to 20¢ per cwt., and in some cases 25c. Trade for all classes of cattle was brisk. Export cattle, choice...$5.25 to 5.75 do good to medium... 5.00 5.20 do others ................. 4.75 5.00 Bulls 4.50 5.00 Butchers‘ good to ch’e. 5.00 5.50 fair to good do ......... 4.60 4.90 mixed lots. medium... 3.75 4.50 do common ............... 3.00 3.50 do cows ...... 2.50 4.50 Bulls ......... . . 2.50 3.50 Bufi'alo, April 18.â€"Flourâ€"Stead_v Wheatâ€"Firm; No. 1 carloads, $1.13 Winter stronger; No. 2 red, $1.10 Cornâ€"Strong; No. 2ycllow, 54:}c No. 3 corn, 52c. Oatsâ€"Unsettlcd; No. 2 white, 341m No. 2 mixed, 33c. Baled Strawâ€"Car lots 0 here are qu’oted unchanged at ton. Baled Hayâ€"The market is easy in tone and is quoted unchanged at $8 per ton for No. 1 timothy in car lots on track here, and $7 for mixed and clover. Hayâ€"Prices are easier at $9 to $9.25 for No. 1, $8 to $8.25 for No. 2, and $7 to $7.50 for shipping hay. Provisionsâ€"Heavy Canadian short cut pork, $16.50 to $17.50; light short cut $16.50 to $17; American cur. clear (at back, 820; compound land. 1690 to 7c; Canadian lard, 6%c to 75c,- kettle rendered, 31c to 950; according to quality 0! hams. $1.20 to $1.23; bacon, 12c; fresh killed abattoir hogs, $9 to 89.25; mixed, $6.25; se- lect, $6.50 to $6.65 off cars. cut pork, $16.50 to 817.50. Millfcedâ€"Manitoba bran, in bags, $18 to $19 per ton; shorts, $20 to 821. There Is very little Ontario feed to be had, and prices are about. $16 per ton highnr than Manitoba. -...-v uvnalEllb IUIJCI’U, in Bags, 752.56 to $2.55; in barrels. $5.85 to $5.45; patents, $5.70 to $5.80. _._vwv, .uuy . Flourâ€"Manitoba sii‘ong bakers’, $5.30 to 85.50, and patents, $5.60 to $5.80. Ontario straight rollers, MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, April 18.â€"-Th'e demand for all kinds of oats is light; No. 2 outs are quoted at. 45<§c to 46c in store, and No. 3 at 441gc to 450. and Peterboros at 42§c on track. No. 2 peas are quoted at 760 afloat, May. Potatoesâ€"Offerings are plentiful and the market is easy in tone. On- tario, 60c on track and 65c to 706 out of store; eastern, 600 to 65¢ on track and 700 to 75c out of store. Cheeseâ€"Ontario (all white and colâ€" ored, at 126 to 12gc. Eggsâ€"New laid at 15c. Butterâ€"Finest Creamery, 24c; roll butter, 22c to 23c in baskets. Eggsâ€"The tone of 1 slightly firm, althougl ing at‘both 14fic and Butterâ€"Quotations are ‘ Creamery, prints ....... do solids . . . . . . . . . . .. Dairy tubs, medium ....... do inferior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dairy Ib. rolls, good to ‘ choice . ..... do large rolls ..... do medium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheeseâ€"Is firm in tone a unchanged at 12c (01' large for twins. Buckwheatâ€"59": West. Rolled Oatsâ€"$4.35 bags and $4.60 for I): here; 25c more for hr and 400 outside. Peak68c to 690 101 and east, and 70c for Barleyâ€"Dull; 460 to 47c for No. 2. 44c to 45¢ for No. 3 extra, and 431: for No. 3 malting outside, Toronto Heights. ItyHNominal; 69c to 70c for No, ‘2 f. 0‘ b. outside. 1 Cornâ€"47c to 480 for yellow and 460 to 47¢ for mixed 1.0.1). Chatham Heights; American, No. 3 yello‘v, 55c to 55gc; mixed, 543% to 550 on track Toronto. OatHOc to 410 for No. 2 white. 42c east. BREADSTUFFS . Toronto, April 18.â€"\Vheabâ€"-Ontario The market continmss dull, with buyers and sellers apart, quotations heing $1.02 to $1.04 for No. 2 red and White. spring 960 and goose 89c, Manitoba, for delivery at lake ports on the opening of navigation, firmer; quotations aJ‘ezâ€"No. 1 noth‘ em, 994-0; No. 2, 960; No. 3, 89c. Fleurâ€"One lot was sold at. $4.70. Quebec. with bags, equal to about, $4.20 here. The market is easier with 90 per cent. patents quoted at $4.35 to $4.45, buyers' sacks, 8118‘: and West, 15c to 20c higher for choice. Manitoba, $5.50 to $5.60 for first, patents, $5.10 to $5.40 for second patents, and 85 to $5.30 for bakers’. Millfnedâ€"Cominues firm and scarce. with the general market at $17 for bran and $18.50 to $19 for shorts. Manitoba, $21 for shorts and $19 for brun. LEADING MARKETS BUFFALO MA RKETS CATTLE MARKET COUNTRY PRODU CE on to fair ort-keep .. 11 cwt ..... 10 cwt.... Oatsâ€"$4.35 for cars of $4.60 for barrels on track may? for broken lots here , although eggsflgrévsel-l‘ Cry From West for More Assist- : MARKET. ance in Farm Work. 18.â€"The run was A Winnipeg despatch says: "Ex- not sufficiently so tending over the whole of this year, iemands, and prices Manitoba will require the help of cattle advanced lockabout 90,000 incomers for seedinr. 12c {or large am; He and 150. 'ering's are plentiful at is easy in tone. On- track and 650 to 70c 690 {or No for milling. to 60¢ east and 3.40 lots on track the market is are unchanged. ....... 23c to 25¢ 220 to 23¢ . ...... 16c to 17¢ . . . . . 14c to 15¢ Manitoba. ’ at $9 to . 21c to 22c . 196 to 20c . 17c to 180 and quoted $6 per 4.50 4.00 mice; Mamtoba will require the help of l 100 about 90,000 incomers for seeding, :ases haying, harvesting and farm Work attle generally," said J. J. Golden, Proâ€" vincial Immigration Commissioner. 5.75 "This is a substantial increase over 5.20 last year, when about 50,000 Were 5-00 brought in for that purpose. The 5-00 class of immigrants coming to this 5-50 province this year is much superior 4'90 to that of anv previous: mm " 2 west The 'Canadizgn agent in Mexico gays Cfidhan dwlntfr apples, carefully se (3 m: paC'ed, will find market there. a EOOdl to that of any previous one.” Reports from the "800” Line are that settlers are pouring into the West from the States in unprecedent- ed numbers. are most gloomy. He intimates that May day is likely to see an outbreak of extensive riots. He says that bom-b's are being manufactured in large quantities in St. Petersburg and the provinces. Russian Authorities See Shadows of Coming Tragedy. A London despatch says: The St. Petersburg correspondent of the ‘Daily Telegraph says that well grounded fears are entertained by the public authorities and private citizens that the anarchy which now prevails throughout the empire may shortly culminate in a series 0! sanguinary massacres. Dark shadows of this traâ€" E‘edy are already falling and exerting a paralyzing influence. Owing to the threatening outlook troops that are needed by Gen. Unevitch are kept back, the Agrarian Reform Commis- sions have been dissolved, every kind of meeting has been forbid-Gen, and plain Writing and speaking are so- verely punished, While industrial and commercial enterprise is numbed. How profoundly the Government beâ€" lieves in forthcoming troubles may be inferred from the circumstances that already sixteen recently mobol- ‘ized regiments of Cossacks, whose departure was countermanded, have been disturbed in districts in which the troubles are expected to be most serious and in the industrial centres of Riga, Lilian, Dvinsk, Yazovva. and 'Kamn. The correspondent cites further inâ€" dications that the internal conditions each ............ Hogs, selects, per cwt. do bucks, per cwt... Mixed sheep ................ Lambs. ewes and weathers do bucks ..... barnyard do ...... spring do. each Calves, per lb do fair ....................... do rough to Bulls ........................ Milch cow», each Export ewes, per cwt Va-..“ .nu, luau , “J. always borne a fairly good character in the neighborhood. and has never been convicted before of any crimin- al ofi‘ence. There (We no traces of insanity in his family, Which in- cludes a number of Wellâ€"toâ€"do people in Tiny Township, near this town. He has, however, been always reâ€" ‘garded as being a little "soft" menâ€" tally. The murdered woman, whom he married some four years ago, had eight. children before marriage, and her name was Mrs. Margaret Priske. THE MURDERER’S STATEMENT. His sworn statement, as made to Crown Attorney J. R. Cotter, ol MASSACRES ARE FEARED Desroches, who is a Frenchâ€"Canaâ€" dian of about 85 years old, assigns no cause for the deed, beyond the fact that; he Was angry and jealous. Desroches told his story to the cor- oner‘s jury coolly and quietly, and shoWed no trace of insanity. He has That, in bold, gruesome outline, is the confession made by Alexander Desroches at the coroner's inquest held here on Thursday afternoon to investigate the terribly brutal mur- der of Mrs. Desroches and her 13- year-old daughter Annie, at their house, a squalidâ€"looking structure, near the railroad track, at the West end of the town, on Wednesday night at 8.30. 90,000 MEN NEEDED. A Penetanguishene despatch says: "I was jealous, and they abused me and started to kick me on Wednes- day night outside our house. So I hit my wife on the head with an axe, and when Annie, the little girl, ‘screamcd, I hit her too. I killed them both and then stabbed them with my pocket knife to make sure of the job. Then I stripped their clothes from them and hid their bodies in the cellar beneath the house." A Terrible Murder Committed at Penetanguishene. KILLED WIPE AND CHILD who is a Frenchâ€"Cana- t 85 years old, assigns the deed, beyond the Was angry and jealous. ............... 2.75 ,05 02 4.75 8.75 n) 2.60 2.50 70.00 5.50 4.50 5.00 8.00 7.7 7‘0 cm Eleven Men Killed in Russian Navy Yard. A St. Pebersburg dcspatch says: There was a crane disaster at the Putin)” Iron Works on Tuesday. A crane collapsed and crashed down up. on two gunboats, breaking the decks and killing eleven men and wounding fifteen. British Columbians Object to Ori- ental Labor. A Vancouver, 13.0., despatch' says: Oriental labor has been driven out of a, mill at Salmo. A party 0! thirtyâ€"three mien, ten of whom were Chinese and. twentyâ€"three Japanese, were takeni'h‘om this city to the ‘Kootenay shingle mill at Salmo. ‘The whites refused to allow the Ori- cntals to leave the station, and forced them to take the next train to Nelson, the nearest station. The company say they require the Ori- entals, and cannot work Without them. Another attempt will be made, with the aid of the provincial police, to land the Asiatics in Salmo. Congregationalism .. One infidel was included turns. WHITES DRIVE our JAPS Methodists Lead, Anglicans Sec», endâ€"Only One Infidel. A London, Ont, dcspatch says: Figures of the church census in this city were given out on Wednchay night, and show adherents here of 27 dinerent. sects. The returns for the more prominent bodies Were as folâ€" lows:â€" Methodists . Anglicans .. Presbyterians Baptists ....... halls, but did building. The orphanage is three storeys in height. The nearest hydrants are 200 yards from the building, one at Maw’s boatrhouse. and one on Sunâ€" nyside Avenue. On the top floor of the building about seventy children, all under five years of age are kept, and had the fire gained headway these children would surely have been burned. Some of the larger children were taken into the long ‘10“n I...L .n.) _, A 'Fire Occurs in the Sunnysida Orphanage, Toronto. A Toronto despatch says: Two hundrnd children at the Sacred Heart Orphanage, Sunnyside, had as nar- row mcape from death on Saturday night as they will probably ever :have again, and escape. At 10 o’clock a, fire was discovered In the north Wing of the building in a clothes press. Electric wires are supposed to have caused the fire. An alarm was sent in, and all the reels in the weme portion of the city re- sponded. Luckily the fire was soon extinguished, and the damage amounted to only $200, covered by insurance. LONDON CHURCH CENSUS. Desroches is a, wellâ€"built man, clean shaven, and of intelligent appear- ance. He cannot speak English, and his evidence was given to the court. through an interpreter. He is not easily angered, and those who have known him for years are most sur- prised at the horrible deed to which he he, confessed. The two axes and the pocketâ€"knife were submitted in court as evidence. Desroches had a few blood stain: on his clothes when arrested. “I am the husband of the murdered woman, Maggie Defiroch'es. 1 know what happened at our house on Wed- nesdey night. I was splitting wood there about 8.30 o’clock when An- nie Priske came home and asked [where her mother was. She went to Ward's a. neighbor's house, to look for her, but did not find her. When {she came back I told her I did not know where her mother was, as she bud not been at the house. Annie went away again, and soon came back with her mother. They abused me and kicked me outside the house. Then I picked up an axe and hit my wife on the head. She never moved afterwards. Annie screamed, and I hit her, too, with the axe. Then I dragged them both inside the house, and, as Annie still showed signs of Hie, I hit her again with another axe. I had broken the first axe when I hit her. I undressed them both and hid their bodies in the cel- ‘lar. I also stabbed them both with my pocketâ€"knife to make sure they were dead. I did not know what I Was doing. I was Very angry. They had both qnnrreied with me that morning when I went to work. I washed the blood stains on‘ the floor, so that they would not show, and then threw their clothes in the cel- lar." CRANE COVLLAPSED. THE CHILDREN ESCAPED Barrie, and the as follotm: IS . . . . . . . . holics . nalists . . . . . . . . not have to leave the jury is substantially 7,123 3,756 8,385 515 in the re