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«.i&A$h«aii^^.<. «*»' WARSHIP mi ''*l'« Lose Two of Their Best Vessels and 600 Men Drown. STUUCK A MINE. Thf Japanese llect has sulTored a â- eriouB loss says 'a Tokio despatch. Wliilc roiiio\ inK iiiint'.s nnd covering the laiidin/j troopH near Dalny on Monihiy the baltlcHhiii llatsusc. the largosl waxHliij] in the .Jalianese navy, and one ot the most ijowcrful in the world, Btruck a Russian mine nnd sank. Of the 741 men on board, less than one-half wore saved, the vessel BinkinK in two minutes. The same day the cruiser Yoshitio was rammed by the Ktisuga, and also sunk, only 60 of the crew of 300 escaping. The loss in men was 681, a.s follows: â€" Saved. Drowned. Yoshino (cruiser) .... 60 240 Uatsuse (butllcsliip) :iOO 441 360 681 Hiving details of the disaster, Vico- Admiral Togo rejjorts: â€" "At fourteen minutes past one in the afternoon of May 15, in a deep fog off Tort Arthur, the Kusuga rammed the Yoshino. sinking the latter in a few minute.s. Ninety of her crow were Kaved. "The same momi'ng the Ttatsusc, while crui.sing o!f I'ort Arthur, cov- ering the landing of the soldiers, struck ;i mine ten knots south-east of the harbor entrance. She signaled for help, and instantly struck anoth- er mine. She sank in half an hour. Throe hundred of her crew wore sav- ed by tori)edo boats." The Yoshino was a protected crui- si-r of 4,180 tons, with 15,750 horse- power, HfiO feet long. Tier armajnont consisted ot four (i-inch guns, eight 4.7-iruiii gun."?, and twenty-three 6- pounders. Ilcr speed was 2.3 knots, and her crew numbered 300 men. The Ka.«uga, Willi which it collided, was one of the two fast protected cruisers which Japan bought from Chili just before the war commenced. The ITat.suKo was a battleship of 1.5,000 tons, nnd of the latest mod- el. She was only completed in Oreat Britain in 1900| was 100 feet long and was heavily armored. Her arma- ment consisted of four 12-im'h guns, fourteen 6-inch guns, twenty 12- pounders. anil eight U-pounders, and four 2J-pounders. She had four torpedo tubes, esti-natofl speed 19.11 knots, and her crew numbered 741 men. attack removes one of the greatest Hussian difTieultieJs. Now that the .Japanese have revealed their plan, the Uu.sKians know where and liow to olTer resi.stnnce. The previous uncer- tainty involved much superfluous pre- caution. Of the operations on the Liao-TunR Penins-ula, and in the n(Mghl>orhood o' jNew-Chwang, there is nothing new. All tyw riespatchofi from these disr- tricts deal with l)ast events. TOOO SKNDS TIIS ItEPORT. Vice-.Admiral 'J'ogo's full report is as follows ; â€" "It is regrettable to have to report a double misfortune. At r> o'clock Sunday morning 1 received a wire- less message from Hear-Admirnl Dowa, saying that on that day at five in tile morning, while returning from the work of blocking I'ort Arthur, he eneountcicil a den.sn fog north of the Shan Tung liromontoiy. The Kasuga colli(Ie<l with the Jjort stern of the Yoshino, which was sunk Hoats fr<mi the Kasuga saved 90 of her crew. The dense fog still continues. "This has been a most unfortunate day for our navy. While the fleet was watching the enemy olT I'ort Arthur the Hal.suse struck one of the enemy's mines nnd her rudder was damaged. She sent a message for n ship to tow her, which was being sent when another message brought the Inmeiitable rejiort that the Uatsuse had struck another mine and immediately begun to sink. The Ifatsuse then «as ten knots off l.,iao- Te-Shuu proniotorj-. No enem.V was in sight. It must have been a mine or a submarine boat. Three hun- dred of the oflicers and crow were snv.jd. The Uatsuse sank in thirty minutes. While sinking, sixliien ot the enemy's torpedo craft appeared nnd were driven oH. "Our fleet report Is Bomcwhat vague on account of the fact that some of the messages were received by wireless telegraphy." .SOMKONE BI.flNDF.RET). Among the professions of calmnass over the late disasters there are in- dications of ,a belief that somebody has blundered or failed in watchful- ness, says a Tokio despatch. Some of the n'wspapers add to their ear- nest comments the hope that the dis^ asters will lend to increased prudence and care. There is acute recognition of the fact that the lost ships can- not be re|>laced during the war. The public rnourniiii; is general. Flags e\-ery\vhere are half-mastwl, and mony of the theatres are closed. It is re- called that the i>ublic sympathy when Admiral MivkarolT was lost was sim- ilarily, if less generally, shown. THE GREI^aSf PLAGUE. A now disenso, called the green plague, has broken out amongst the Russians (|uarterecl in Cliinese houses in Mukden. Their eyesight is first alTected, after which green si>ots ap- pear on the body. The dist^-ase is highly contagious. A ni.ijority of ca.ses are fatal'. The doctors arc baffled. The Chinese seem to be im- mune. JAl'S BEAT A RETREAT. The reports of the Japanese re- treat to Fcng-Wnng-Cheng are offi- cially confirmed says a Now Chwang despatch. The Japanese, numbering 20,000 men. came upon 32,000 Russians in n strong fiosition on Monday, sixty miles west of Feng-Wang- Cheng. It being unwise to risk a battle the Japanese retreated in good order and with great rapidity. An unoflicial llussian authority says a pitched battle was not fought but rumor .says there was consider- able loss on botli sides during the clashes, with the Cossacks harassing the flanks of the -Inpanese. This di- vision presumably was executing a reconnni.ssnncc. The pursuit was checked when the main body of the .lapnnese was rejoined. This news apparently accounts for the withdrawal to an tmknown des- tination of wnr.';hips and transports from Tower Hill, ten miles north ot Kai-Chou, I>iao-Tung peninsula, and of renewed defensive activity nt New Cliwanjj. KURCKI NOT IUn'UL.SEn. So far as can be judged from the news thus far received at I.cndon, the St. ]'i?tersburg rumor of the repul.se of (!en. Kurol.i with great loss, is untrue, and in based on the engage- ment of Alay 18, rei^orted by (Jen. Kouropatkin, which was little more th«n a »kirmish. 'I'he fact seems to be that no imi>ortant information is more likely to be available now thnn hitherto, either from the lUiHsian or Japanese side, until the commandeirs have had the linnl ftay. Two or three Bjierlal ciincsj (indent b with tl.e Rus- Rinns send colorless messages, which throw no light on the situation. The ]Inrl)in correspondent of tJie London Morning Post says that the Russians only allow telegrams to bn sent in the Ru.««iiin language. They refuse to ik^rmit the corre!»|K)ndents at Har- bin to leave at present. The Mukden rorresi'ondent of th" London I)/tily Wail refers to the rom- fng battle., whicK has for so long b«'en declared to bo imminent. He reiterat<« the report that the .Tap- linese are advancing in IJao-Yang from the east . and adds that the re- moval of the uncertainty regarding the direction of tlui Jaiianosc line of HOTiIIlARDFn THE COAST. A Tokio despatch Bays : Admiral llosoyn, commanding the third squadron, reports that with tho third KC|U,adron, consisting of tlie Fuso, 'lei Yen, Tsukushi, Sai Yen an<l oth- or ve.K.'el.s, he protected the landing I of the troops at a new unnamed mince, i)rohabl.v Taku Shan, on Thur- sday. Ixuiibnrdcd the const, and j landed n party of blue; jackets, who ! occupied a point of land and raLsod tli(^ .Japanese flag at 8 o'clock on Friday morning. The landing < f trooiis immediately commenced and was accojiipllslied very (juickly. RUSSIANS WERE REPULSED. Tho following ofTicial statement has just been issued at Tokio: "A section ot infantry ot tho Liao Tung forces Went in the direction ot Shell Chu.san to reconnoitre and mot two sect ions of Russian infantry. The Itussinns were repulsed in thirty min- utes. Our casualties were one odicor nnd four men killed, and one oll'icer and eight men wounded. The Rus- sian ca.^ialtieH were one officer and forty to fifty men killed. "The landing of Japane.se troope at Tal^u Shan began on Thursday." NUVnER UNKNOWN. mio loss of life incurred by tho 'sinking of the cruiser Yoshino, in- cluded CapUiln Snyeki, ('o:iiniander IllrowiUeri, three first lieutenants, live seoontl lieutenants, live midship- men, a [laymaster, surgoon, tlirre en- gineers, cnrlets und eight boatswain motes. flf the crew the number of tho.se lost is unknown. Those wlio went down with the bat- tleship Ilatsiiso when she foundered were Commander Tsuksmoto, Com- mander Viscount Nire, Commander Arimori. five secontl lieutenant.s, five sub-enyineors, two surgeons, six midshipmen, four cadet engineers nnd ten non-eommiBsioned officerH. It is not known yet in thin case how nmny of the men perisihed. The IlntsuBe was surely sunk by coming in contact with n submerged mine, and not by the attack o( ly sub- marine boat. The report thnt the battleship .Shlkishima was damaged nnd the bnttlenhip Fuji sank is denied at Tokio. A IIRISK FUJIIT. An official report has been recpived at St. Petersburg to the offcct that flencrnl Rennonkami)(I's Cossackfl fell on the Japanese column advancing on Fengwang-cheng on Wednesday and that tho .Japanese were com- pelled to retreat for ^ distance of twelve miles. The ItuBsians have evacuated Kal- Ping (or Kai-Chou), about H5 milce south of New-Ohwang, without a fight. CRUISER ON ROCKS. The correspondent at St. Peters- burg of the Echo do Paris Bays:- - "The iiussian cruiser Bogatyr grounded during a fog on the rocks near the entrance to Vladivostock. Her position is critical. Her crew was saved." COREA IS TOTTERING. Corean independence is tottering, says a Seoul despatch. The court is shaky and reeks with intrigues that surpass even the worst periods of the last ten years. A weak Em- peror is apjJointing, and removing a faction-torn Cabinet, and is concen- trating in himself whatever .semblance of government the country still pos- sesses. Yet he is a com|)lete prey to the witches and fortune-tellers who are infissting the palace, and the vic- tim of two scheming women, who en- joy Japanese supjiort. CRUISER WAH DESTROYED. A despatch to the St. James' Gaz- ette, London, from Kobe, Japan, dated Saturday, after confirming the report of the stranding of the Rus- sian protected cruiser Bogatyr on tho rocks near the entrance to Vladi- vostock. adds that the Uogalyr sub- sequently was blown up by the Rus- sians to prevent her falling into the hands of the Jal>anese. JAPS CALM UNDER LOSS. The lo.ss ot the warships at Port Arthur is received by tho .Japanese with profound regret, but courage- eously. They do not consider that it was due to carelessness. Earlier in the war, they say, the loss would have been serious, but now it will not affect the result. Japan's posi- tion at Port Arthur, Dalny and Kin- Chau might have cost half the fleet. The Jiji considers that the clearing of tho sea at Kin-Chau so facilitates Japanese movements that the fall of Port Arthur may be expected soon JAPS WIN NEAR TAKUSHAN. Tho Japanese force which landed at Takushan had an engagement witli a bod.y ot Ru.ssian cavalry, about a squadron strong, at 7 o'clock Fri- day evening, near Wanchitun seven miles north of Takushan. The Jap- anese sunoundcd and routed the Russians, who lost many killed and wounded. A Hussian captain was taken prisoner. No Japanese casu- LOSSES AT YALU FIGHT. Gen. Kuroki reports that the Ja- panese los.ses at the battle of Chiu- Tien-Cheng (May 1) were: â€" Killed. (Ive officers and 218 men. Wounded, 33 ollicers and 783 men. Thirteen hundred and sixty-three Russian de.'id were buried and 18 officers and r>',K> men were made prisoners. The Japanese captured 21 ciuick-firing guns. 19 ammunition wagons, 1,417 shells, eight machine guns, and .37,- 300 rounds of auimunition for those guns; 1,031 rigs and 350 good rounds of ammunition; 63 liorses, 10 wagons and 1,21't coats nnd 541 tents. The Jnpanese captured 357 shells for mountain guns, 188,000 rounds of rille nnimuniti'on, 1,720 coats, 400,- 000 loaves of bread and othi'r sui>- plies, together with a (luantity of tools and telegraph stores. CROPS LOOK WELL Wheat in Farmers' Hands Has Been Underestimated. A Montreal despatch says: G. C. Hastings, the well known miller, of Winnipeg, who is in tho city, says that the crops in the West are look- ing exceedingly well, though, of course, it is yet too early to judge of how matters will turn out. As in the East, tlie season is about two weeks late, but in spite of this ev- erything is looking up, including tlie blades of wheat. ,In speaking of wheat available in the West. Mr. Hasting.-i Is of tho opin- ion that the IMontreal Hoard ot Trade has been inclined to underestimate tho amount. He states that there are still two million bushels in farmers' hands outside of elevators, and that the old wheat, which will be export- ed durin'.f tho Bet sea.son, will be a good nnount obove the usual esti- mate, which was 2,500,000 bushels. The acrenge increase o\cr last year he estimates at about ten per cent., which would moan 400,000 acres more land under cultivation than there was a yeiar n«o. CZAR REVIEWS TROOPS. Receives an Enthusiastic Welcome at Kharkoff. A Kharkoff despatch .>m.V8; Emperor Nicholas Was enthusiastically rcceivetl on his arrival here on Wednesday by a large crowd of people. His Ma- jesty re\iewed the troops under or- ders to go to the front. During his stay here the l'"mperor received depu- tations from the Jewish and other comniunitieB. who presented loyal addresses, to which his Majesty made grncioiiR responses. The Emperor left here (or Poltava- THE world;s markets REPORTS FROjyL THE LT:ADI1I0 TRADE CENTRES. Prices of Cattle, Grain, Ghees*, and Other Dairy Product at Home and Abroad. Toronto, May 23.â€" Whealâ€" No. 2 white and red Winter quoted at 94 to UCc on low freights. Spring wheat is nominal at 90 to 91c east, and goose at 81 to 82c east. Mani- toba wheat is unchanged; No. 1 Nor- thern, 92c, Georgian Bay ports; No. 2 Northern, at 89c, and No. 1 Nor- thern Is a7c. No. 1 hard is nomin- al at 93c. Grinding in transit pric- es are 6c above those quoted. 1. Oatsâ€" No. 2 white quoted at 31i Ito 32c west, and at HZic middle freights. No. 1 white, 33J to 34c east, und No. 2 at 33c cast. Barley â€" No. 2 quoted ut 42c middle freights. No. 3 extra, 40 to 40ic, and No. 3 at 38 to 39c middle freights. Peas â€" No. 2 shipping peas quoted at 61 to G2c west or east. Corn â€" No. 2 American yellow quot- ed at 00c on track, Toronto; No. 3 mixed at 58 to 59c. Canadian corn ia scarce, with sound marketable stuff quoted at 44 to 45c west. Rye â€" The market is quiet, with prices nominal at 57 to 58c outside. Buckwlie.at â€" The market continues quiet, with demand limited. No. 2 quoted at 49 to 50c east. Flour â€" Ninety per cent, patents are Unchanged at $3.65 in buyers' bags, for export, middle freights. .Straight rollers ot special brands for domestic trade quoted at ?4.25 to $4.40 in bids. Manitoba flours are steady. No. 1 ]iatents, $4.80; No. 2 patents $4.50, and strong bakers', $4.40 on track, Toronto. Millfced â€" Bran is steady at $17 to to $17.50 and shorts at $16 here. At outside points bran is puoted at $15.50 and shorts nt $16.50. Man- itoba bran, in sacks, §17, and shorts at $19 here. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Dried apples â€" The demand is limitctl, prices are steady at 3 to 3Jc per lb. Evaporated apples, 6Jc per lb. Beans â€" Prime beans arc quoted at 91.50 to SI. GO, and hand-picked at $1.65 to Si. 70. Hopsâ€" The market is unchanged at 28 to 32c. according to quality. Honey â€" The market is quiet at G to 7c per lb. Comb quiet at $1.50 to $1.75. Hay â€" Tho market is quiet, with of- ferings moderate. Timothy quoted nt $9.50 to $10.25 a ton, on track, Toronto. Straw â€" The market is quiet, with prices unchanged at $5.50 to $0 on track, Toronto. Maple syrup â€" The market is quiet at $1 per Imperial gallon. Potatoes â€" Tho market is quiet and steady. Choice cars ars quoted at $1.05' to $1.10 per bag, on track here, nnd jobbing lots at $1.15 to $1.25. Poultryâ€" Chickens, 12 to 13c per lb.; turkeys at 15 to 17c per lb. for fresh killed. THE PAIItY MARKETS. Butterâ€" Tho market is dull, with supplies ot medium nnd inferior qual- ities Very large. They are hard to sell. We quote : â€" Finest 1-lb. rolls 13 to l4c; ordinary large rolls, 11 to 12Jc; medium and low grades, 10c: creamery prints, 17 to 18c; solids, ]() to 17c. Eggs â€" Tho market continues quiet and firm, with receipts light. Case lots sell at 15c per dozen. C^heese â€" Tho market is ciuiet, with prices uiietinnged. Old ijuotcd at 9 to 91c per lb., nnd new at 7Jc. HOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs are unchanged, with offerings small. Cured meats are in good demand nt unchanged prices. We quote: â€" Bacon, long clear, . 8 to HJc per lb. in case lots. Mess pork $17; do., short cut, S18.5(). Smoked moats â€" lla/iis, light to medium, 12}c; do , heavy, 11.} to 12c; rol's, 9 to 9Jc; .shoulders, 10c; backs, 13J to 14c; breukfust bacon, 131c. Lard â€" Tho demand is fair, with prices unchanged. We quote : â€" Tierces, 7Jc; tubs, 8c; pails, 8ic; compound, 7 J to 8}c. BUSINESS AT MONTltEAL. Montreal Ifay 23.â€" Tlie market for oats was steady to-day, and there was npiiaicntly little doing for local consumption, though some sales were being made for outside points, through shipment. Prices for those were said to be rather more favor- able for sellers. (Juotations are generally 37i to .38c for No. 1 and 384 to 39c for No. 2; n few car- loads of Peterboro' oats wore sold at 38Jc track to-day; peas were about sleadj- at 71c afloat May; No. 2 barley, TOc; and No. 3 extra, 49c: No. 2 rye, 02c. Flour â€" The market was stendy; Mnnitobn patents, $4.90 to $4.95; strong bakers', $4.t)0 to $4.0.'>; Winter wiiout patents. $4.80 to $5.10; straight rollers. $4.05 to $4.85; straight rollers, in bags. $2.20 to $2.ao. Feed- The market was quiet; Manitoba bran in bags, $19; shorts. $21 per ton; Ontario bran. In bulk. $18.50 to $19; shorts, $19.50 to $20; niouillie, $26 to $28 per ton. Rolled oatsâ€" The market ir. tlrm; dealers are asking $2.32J for bags, nnd $4.90 in hnrrels on truck. Provisionsâ€" Heavy Canadian short cut |iork, $17.50 to $19; light short cut, $1(> to $17.50; American fat backs, $17.50; compound lard, "J to .8c; Canadian lard, 7 to 7jc: ket- tle rendered, 8J to Hjc; hams, U to 18c; bacon, 13 to ia|c; fresh killed obattoir hogs, 87.85 to $7.50; Uve hogs, $5.25 to $5.50. Eggsâ€" New I laid, 15 to 15Jc. Butterâ€" New made J 5 to IHc; We' tern dairy, 12 to 18c; rolls, 12 to 13c. Cheese â€" New fod- der Ontario, 7ic; best Quebec, 6J to 7c. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Buffalo, May 23. â€" F'lourâ€" Strong. Wheat â€" Spring, no Duluih wheat here, and No. 2 hard Winter about cleaned up; No. 1 Northern, Buffalo inspection, $1.13. Corn' â€" Strong for good grades; No. 2 yelUiW, 60c; No. 2 corn, 56ic. Outs â€" Quiet; No. 2 white, 47c; No. 2 mi.xtnl, 42 Jc. Bar- ley and rye â€" Nothing doing. Milwaukee, May 23. â€" Wheut. â€" No. 1 Nortliern, 98}c; No. 2 do. 96i to 97c; old July, 871 -to 87}c asked, Ryeâ€" No. 2, 77 to V7Jc. Barley- No. 2, 63c; sample, 32 to 60c. Corn No. 3, 50 to 53c; July, 47i to 48o asked. Minneapolis, May 2.3. â€" Wheat â€" May, 941c; July, 92J to 93c; September, 81 to 81 ic; on track. No. 1 hard, 97ic; No. 1 Northern, 9Gic. Floui â€" ^First patents, $5 to $5.10; second do, $4.90 to $5; first clears, $3.50 to $3.60; second do, $2.50. Branâ€" In bulk, $16.50 to $17. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, May 23.â€" The number of operators seeking butchers' cattle was large, and trade in the best grades was brisk. Values were firmly main- tained, and some of tho finest cattle sold at $4.75 for straight loads. Picked lots sold in excess of that fig- ure. Choice heifers, averaging at>ouli 1,000 lbs., were scarce, and wanted. Short-keep feeders continued to bo wanted, but the o^Tering.s were small, and several gentlemen who were pre- pared to buy went away without any cattle. The firm tone ijrov.ailing in the butchers' and exporters' lines had a tendency to stilTen values in these, and in stockers and feeders, which were olTered pretty freely, but not in sullicient numbers to supjily the do mnnd. Stock calves of 400 lb. and upwards were in ['articular request, and hardly any were sold below $3.- 50 per cwt. Trade in shc>ep and Lambs was good on account of tho limited ofTering's thereof, and prices were about steady at Tuesday's quotations. Calves were in fair demand, and p'rices in the best kinds were pretty steady. The most of these sold about f 1.25 per cwt. Tho range in exporters' was $4.60 to $5,17i f>cr cwt. The bulk ot the cattle sold for less than So -per cwt. Quotations for butchers' cattle fol- low:â€" C^hoice butchers', $4.50 to $4.- 75; t'jir to good, $4.15 to $4.35; com> mon to fair - cows, $;?.5ll to $4.10; rough cows, $3.25 per cv,t. The prices of feeders and stockers were firm. We quote: â€" Feeders, 1,- 000 to 1,300 R\, at $4.40 to $4.- 90; feeders. 800 to 1,000 n>,. $4 to $4.35; stockers, 600 to 800 Its., $3 to $3.75; stock calves, 350 to 80() lbs., 53,80 to S4.20; olT-color and rough, same weight, $3.25 up. Sheep au'd lambs were unchanged. W'e quote: â€" Heavy owes. SI to S4.40;, light sheep, $4.25 to S4.50; bucks.' $3 to S.3.50; grain-fed lambs, $5.50 to $5.75; barnyard lambs, $3.50 to $4.50 per cwt.; Spring Uimbs, $2.50 to $5..50 each. Calves brought $2 to $10 each, ana 3 J to 5ic per lb. Milch cows were steady at $30 tp $60 each. The bulk of these sold below $40 each. Hogsâ€" Quotations follow: â€" Selects, KjO to 200 rtis., of prime quality, off cars Toronto, $4.90; fats. S4.65; sows $3.50 to $3.75; stags, $2 to $2..^0 per cwt. FIRST CIGAR KILLED HIM. Ten-Year-Old Boy's Life the Pen- * alty of a Smoke. A rhiladcli hin despatch sa.vs: A Coroner's inquest wjis held on Tues- day to investigate the death of ten- year-old W'illiani Black, who on Sun- day smoked his first cigar. The lad's father, who lixes nt 107 .South I!on- sall street, said that Willie came home late Sund:iy ntteriioon nnd com-' plained of a s<^verc pain in his stom- ach. Two ph'ysicinns from tho Chil- . ^roll's Hospital found the boy in con-' vulsions. An eir.etic resulted in ' oringing up the stump of a cigar. The boy recovered consciousnesaf shortly before he died, and said that he had tried to smoke his first cigar. ACCIDENTS TO V/ORKMEN Number During April Reached a Total of 187. An Ottawa despatch says : â€" The Department of I.,nbor has been noti- fied ot 197 accidents to workmen during April in ditVerent parts of tho Dominion, resulting in the loss of 59 lives, and in severe injuries to other workmen to the number of 13.S. Twenty-thrco were killed in railway service nnd eleven in running machinery. Compnred with tho month ot Alarch n decrease of 77 is shown in tho tolnl nuiiiber of acci- dents to workmen, the number of deaths being the same. ,Y DESTROYED IT VILLAGES. Armenian Insurgent Bands Cause Great Havoc. A Constant inoi^le (lespntch says: Ac- cording to a de.sj>ntch from the Vnli of Bitlis. Asiatic Turkey, seventeen villager ha\ e been destroyed by Ar- menian in.surgents in the district ol Sussaui. More thnn Ot'O .'Vrnienian families have takoo refuge in Mush, i town in Bitlis.