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91 JAPANISI ARE AmCRll Russians Are Stubbornly Holding Their Ground. TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER. •A despatch from London says: A news agency despatch says that a desperate light for the possession of TUnien Pass is progressing. Thirty thousand Japanese under General Hasi'hawa are iimpetiiou.sl" attacking the itussians. I-'our bayonet charges h&vo neen already repulsed with ter- rible hlaughter. The Russians are still stubbornly holding their ground. Beforo the engajfeiiient became gcner- i at the Japanese attacked a Russian I position, fifteen miles below Kclkjond | at !) ocloclc on Hi'Tiday night. The ] rtus.-jians held them at bay until mid- j night, »vhen they were forced to fall i t\^ck on their main bod.v. They re- tired in good order, saving all their ^inri, and losing, so far as known, thirteen killed and 47 wounded. Thi're is no confirmalion of the fbrc^joing, out the latest unofficial tblegrama from Tokio sugge.st the iBMiiininco oi lighting at 'I'unien Pass. .The Russians arc repcrteti to be lyjiding the north hank of the Tumen IJIver. They are busily entrenching, telieving that the main Japanese ad- vtince against Vladivostock will be fi;oni Noi thorn Corea and i'ossiet Bay. It is reported that a battle wlis expected as long ago as July 20. According to the Tokio corre- SfJoinli-nt of the Telegraph, 2,000 Russian infantry an<l cavalry, with (our guns, came into collision prtv maturely with 300 .Iapune.se cavalry oil Thursday at Maliansan. The Uus- siqn.s retreated with great los-s. They showed reluctance to light. take command. Then the rout bo- gan. Admiral Niel)OgatoPf's orders were ignored. It was everyone for himsc-lf. The crews of some of the ships threatened to kill their offlccrs unless they surrendered. Admiral Uojestvinsky confirms what i.i generally known of the shat- tering and scattering of his ileet. lie describes the attempt to blow up the Orel after sho had surrendered. Hu says that a party of enainuers an<l young ofUcers were surprised by the Japj^neso just as they were about t* lire tho ship's maRazine. A struggle followed. If tho Orel's crew had sup- ported their ofliccrs the conspiracy would have succeeded, but none of the men stirred. The Admiral con- (irm.s the reports alrca<ly published, that ho relied on the fog to enable him to act through the straits, but says it lifted two houfL too soon. RUSSIANS WANT TO GO ITOMIO. Tlio St. Petersburg corresFpondeut of the London Stanslard claims to have good information that although Gen. Llnevitch hns been reinforced and his army Is well provisioned and well clad, the .spirit of tho troops has deteriorated. They do not share the faith of their coQumandor in fu- ture victory, and since they became aware that peace is being di.scussed they are longing; to retin-n to Ihi^ir homes. Some obeervers believe they Would enter another battle reluctant- ly. Many already utilize every oc- casion to run. LBADINB MARKETS BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, July 25.â€" Wheat â€" Ontario â€"Holders of No. 2 red and white are asking UOc to 9:ic, east and west. Gooso is nominal at 78c to 80c, and spring; at S.'Jc to S7r.. Wheatâ€" Manitobaâ€" No. 1 northern, $1.12 to *1.13; No. 2 northern, $1.- 09 to *1.10; No. 3 northern, yoic to 9ljc. Flourâ€" Ontarioâ€" $4.15 to $4.2.") for 90 per cent, patents, buyers' sacks, ea.<»t and west, with 15c to 20c more for choice. Manitoba first patents are quoted at ?r).30 to $5.60; second patents, 55 to $5.30, and bakers', S4.90 to $5,10. Oatsâ€" No. 2 are quoted 43c to 140 west, and 45c to 4ec cast and north. Barloy^Gc to 48c for No. 2, 44c for No. 3 extra and 41c for No. 3 outside. Rye â€" 60c outside. Corn â€" Canadian. 54c to 5.5c, Cha- tham freights; American, (5450 for No. 2 yellow and (i4c for No. 3 yel- low, lake and rail freights, Ontario points, and 63c to 63Jc on track Toronto. Pea.s â€" .Senrco and in demand at 72c to 73c for No. 2 outside: 7.5c for milling. Rolled Ontsâ€" $5 for cars of barrels on track here and .?1.75 for cars of bags; 25c niore for broken lots here and 40c outsidi'. . OYAMA'S SICKLE READY. A. despatch from Uridiapudzo, Man- churia, says: The Japanese armies at pre.s-cnt occupy the position of an imanen.so sickle, with tho handle reaching from a few miles south of Liao-Yang and pn.fslng through CMang-Ta-Fu, the blade circling northward toward Kiiin, with the tip on tho Corean coast, .^outh of Fossiet Hay. It is estimated that Gen. Nogf has 80 battalion.i, Gen. Ufcu «0, Gon. Nodzu 38. Gun. Kuroki ido, Gon. Kamamura 90, and Gen. HU.s.haWa 120, the battalion aver- aging a thousand men, which iivakes the numerical .strength of the Japan- ese r>5<),0n0 bayonets, with 2.000 field and mountain guns, with 2,000 lljo Hioye guns. The .Japanese ex- treme left is guarded by t!en. Ta- mura's cavalry division. I'he Chin- ese in tho .Japanese service are in the cebtre, screened by cnvaby under the Cdiniiiand of Gen. Okihara. Tho lains this year have been less heavy than usual, and it will be pos- sIdIo to begin operations sooner that oxiioctod. Japanese cruisers are makinp de- monstrations along the coast in the rear of the Russian forces in Corea. o\'idoiitly Intent on facililatiP'g the advance of Gen. Hasoguwa's force by menacing the Russian line of com- munications. INVESTMENT OF FORTRESS. A despatch from Russian Head- quarters at the Front says: The Ja- panese advance from Corea Is taking on a more energetic character, and is being pu.shod toward Mousan and Ilasagawa. Tho Japanese seem to have received reinforcements from Kielcl-Miirshal Oyama's main army ' in front of Gen. Llnevitch. A. lanil- ing of Japanese n:>ar Vladivostock would not be sirrprising, and the oi>erations appear to bo concentrat- ing in that direction. I The Japanese advance in tho Ts- ; land of .Sayhnllen has reached Vladi- |mir<)vska. The .Japanese artillery in- cludes 40 machine guns. TO E.STABLI.SII JAP ALLIANCE. I A despatch from Pari.9 says: 'ITio St. I'etersburg correspondent of the Matin says that M. do Witte con- siders ho will succeed in concluding peace, because he has received In- istructions to pji.ss over certain dllli- Iciiltics. even that of an indemnity, if I he .shall prove able to establish a lUisso-Japanese alliance firmly. , ROJESTVENSKY'S REPORT. «A despatch from Paris says; Ac- can'ing to the St. I'etersbuic, cor- r(}.spi omlont of La Lilx-rte, Admiral Rojestvensky. in his report on tho Battle of tho Sea of .Japan, which resulted in tho practical annihilation ol his fleet, sii.ys that his ships were bad. '1 hey had been not only hastily, bvt dishonestly, built. 'Jhe thickni'ss o/ their armor did not agree with tjie olficial figures in the case of any of the vessels. Mori over, it was of lAfcrior quality. '1 h;.- shells were htu\. Two-thirds of theni di,^ not explode. None of tho ships wa.s ablo to carry the noces.sary coal. Nono of them attained the guaranteed speed. Tho engines nnd boilers woi'u poor nnd always roipiirod repairs. Two-thirds of the crow.'s, including tho.-K! of Vice-Admlial Xi.-boynto'^'s oqunilron, wero incapalilo. The gun- , nera were ignorant of the elomentarv laws of firing. A mutiny occurred ' while tho fleet was at Madagascar, "and fourteen men were executed. Ad- -niirnl Rojestvensky had to train , guns on two of his ships, the Ad- miral .Soniavin and Admiral Aprax- 'ine, to restore order. 'Ihe crews had •decided secretly to .surrender to tho •enoni.v. This was discovered too .late. There was another mutin.v in ,Vicc-Admiral NiehogatolV's squadron, ^ear Fornioaa Islnrol, and Admiral Ro.ie8tvcn9ky had dllllculty in pre- â- ventinpf tha mutinoer.i from .seizing the ^renter part of the sipiadron. Ad- miral Hoiestvensky saw from tho outset of tho battle that tho Admir- al Sen'avln and Admiral Apraxinu wore not lighting, and were ignoring orders. They only tired when ho sent torpedo boats to them and threatened to sink them unless tho.V obo.vt'd. ALL ORPER.S IGNORED. U Admiriil Rojestvonsivy had not been wounded at the beginning of tho battle the result might have boon different. Almost simultaneously with his removal to a torpedo boat, Adniirnl Enquist disappeared. Admir- al l''a.^Uersnhin was killed, anti Ad- miral NicbogatofT, who was unpopu- lar with the sailors, was obliged to SUKUENDERED RUSSIANS. A despatch from Tokio snys: â€" It is ollicially announced that Russians that havo thus for surrendered ut various points of Saghalien Island number 461, including one colonel and 14 offlcer.s. An Imperial ordin- ance has been issued author- izing tho appointment of non-couimi.s- sioned ofliccrs from tho reserve con- scripts, also converting those of sun- dry servico rank into privates of fighting rank. ATTEMPT TO KILL SULTAN. Bomb Exploded Near Him Curing I Corenionial. A despatch from London sa.vs: The I Turkish ICnibns.s.v i.ssues the follo\Viiig i stutemcut: â€" "A.s the Sultan wa.s leav- I ing ih- iiio.9(iue on Friday at tho conclusion of the ceremony jyf tho Semlamik, a bomb burst in the coin't- I yard of the mosque. Divine Provi- d:ii;"e nniracuIoiLsly pre.served his Im- perial Majesty, who displa.ved on thi.-) occasion his u.stJal .self-jio.ssossion and courage. Himself driving his phao- tcn, his Majesty returned to the Inv perlal Palace, bowing to who people as if nothing hH<l occurred a couple jof iiiiniites before. A fow persons were killed and woun.led b.v th:' ox- plosion. All Ihe population of the 'capital is indignant over this infam- ous and dastardly deed." GREAT FIND OP COAL. North £lnd of Broughton Seam at Lingan Bay. A despatch from Glace Bay, N. .S., sa.vs: One of the greatest coal di.t- covcrics ever made in Canada took place on Wednesday, when tho north end of tht! Uroiighton .scam was found at the head of Lingan l)a.y by Deputy Mining Jiispoctor Novillo. The centre of tho Uroughton soam is now being worked by an lOngU.sh compaii.v, at the head of which is Horace Mnyhew, and back of which Is strong Kncllsli capital. 'I'ho seam is at least eigh- teen miles long, and greater th.in the I'hulon seoin, heretofore considered the givatest in Canada. H h;- coal is also of tho hardest to-xture, and stands handling bettor than the I'halcn, and Is what the mnrkot is now demanding. The Dominion Coal Convpan.v has the areas hon^led, and will undoubtedly proceed at once to their dovo^opmi-nt. 19c to 21c 18c to lOe 16c to 17c 14c to 15c COUNTRY PRODUCE. Crean-ery, prints do solids Dairy lb. rolls, good to choice do meiilum do tuts, goo.l to choice 1 5c to 16c do inferior 1.3c to lie Cheesc^The market is steady, with a (inn tone at 10?,c to lOJc per pound for job lots here. lOgg.s â€" Prices are unchanged at 17 Jc tol8Jc for candled, ICJc to 17c for general rJin. and 14c to 14ic f"'' culls. I'otatorsâ€" Are steady at 80c per bushel ar.d $2.25 to S'.J.50 per bar- rel. Duled Tta.v â€" Prices are unchunued at $7.50 per ton for No. 1 timolhy in ear lots on track here and 50 for No. 2. HaU>d .Strawâ€" Market continues dull and is easier at S5.50 to $6 per ton for car lots on track here. Stockers, good 3 50 3.80 do rough to com.... 2.50 3.00 Bulls 1.75 2.50 Milch cows, each 30.00 50.00 Export ewes, per cwt. 3.75 4.00 do bucks, per cwt... 3.00 3.25 do culls, each 2.50 3.50 Spring Iambs, each... 2.50 5.25 Calves, lb 3i 5* do each 2.00 10.00 Hogs, selects, per cwt. 6.35 0.00 do lights 0.10 0.00 do fats 6.10 0.00 â- â™¦ CANADIAN ROUTE TO YUKON. IZotinted Police Cutting Trail Slake Good Progress. A despatch from Ottawa says: The detacliment of Mounted Police, con- sisting of tliirty men and forty horses, whicli is cutting a trail from Peace Hiver Cros-sing to the Yukon, is (making good progress. Supt. Constantino is in charge of the party. According to last reports the de- tachmenl had reached Fort St. .John, ot thu head waters of thu Peace Kiver, and it is hoped before severe weather and snow hinder.'* operations that the trail will bo carried as far as Fort (irahani, on the Findluy River, in Dritish Columbia. Tho work which is being constrtict- ed is an e.'glit-foot trail, nnd after the police have completed their un- dertaking to Te.slin Lake, Yukon Ter- ritory, un all-Canadian route will have been found to the Yukon. Supt. Constantini! has some expert a.':emen with him, and whwe rock or boulder dilBculties are being met with d.\ na- irjte is being used. Shelter huts for travellers aro being erei'.ted about every 30 miles. SESSION ENDED AT LAST TENTH PARLIAMENT BEEN PROEOOXJED. HAS TERRIBLE .lENCE. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal, July 25â€" Grainâ€" There is a fair douiand for oats to fill immed- iati) wants at 50 Jc for No. 2 white and 49c to 49io for No. 3 whito e.x- storo. Flourâ€" Ainnitoba spring wheat pat- ents, $5.:!0 to ?5.10; strong bakers", $5 to 4'5.10; winter patents, $5.50; straight rollers, S5 to $5.15, and in bags S2.25 to $2.15. Millfcedâ€" Manitoba bran in bags, $15.50 to $l(i: shorts, $19 to *20 per ton: Ontario Ijrnn in bulk, .$14.- 50 to S15: Khoiis, S19 to $20; mouille, •?2l to ?2l per ton as to (luality. Oats â€" Prices are un h,in.:;e(l at S2.- 40 to $2.42i per bn.!;. Cormiieal al.':o unchanged at $1.35 to $1.45 per bag. Hayâ€" No. 1. ?9 to $9.25; No. 2, $7.75 to SS.25: clover, mixed, $6.75 to $7.25, and pure clover. $().50 to $r).75 per Ion in car lots. Provisions â€" Heavy Canadian .short cut pork, $20 to $21; light short cut. $18 to $19; American cut clear fat bnc'.i, S18 to $18.50; compound lard. 5]c to 64c; Canadian laid. 94 to lOJc; kettle rendered. Injc to lie according to (pmlity; hams, 1 2c, 13c nnri Itjc. according to size, nnd bacon, 1'2c to 1'lc; fre.sh killed .ilmt- toir hogs, $9.25 to $9. .50; alive, $0.- 50 to $0.75 for mixed lots; selects, $7. Eggsâ€" Straight stock, 17c; No. 2. 14 c Butterâ€" Choice creamery, 21c to 21 !c; under erodes. 20ic to iOJc; dairy, 165c to 17ic. Cheeseâ€" Ontario, 9;c to OJc; t)uo- bcc, 9ic to 93c. English 'Visitors Escape Grim Death in a Mine. A deKi'atch from Denver, Col., sa.vs: To face death by drowning in the icy wnters of a cavern 1,000 feet un'ler ground, to feel a narrow strip of ground alTordiflg temporary safet.v crumblinjf awn.v inch by inch into tho black waters lapping at their feet, to see their only hope of rescue .iust an imh above their outstrotched haads, anil, lip.ally, to bo saved after hope was gone, was the experience of Howard Wymlham and his compan- ion, .Sir George Berkley, of London. in tho Mohegan mine, in Victor, last Friday. Tho visitors went to 'Victor to in- spect the Mohegan mine, and wore beina lowered in the shaft when they saw Water below them. They jerked tho bell rope to signal tho engineer 'and broke it. Tho cage continued 1 downward, and when the water was I up to their chins the.v jumped for a ledgo and reached it. 'J ho engineer, jiiizzled by tho one I ell he ha<J heard beforo tho rope broke, began hoi.stinj;- slowly, anl the caco left them. 'J'hi n they di.scovor- ed .that tho clay ledgo they wore standing on was breaking down. Jiarely in time to savo them, the cage was lowered again and stopped where they could reach it, and the.v wore hoir.ted to sofety. 'Iho shaft had (llled to a 'leplh of thirty loot or more from seeiiiigo. BUFFALO MARKETS. Bufmlo, .July 25 â€" Flour â€" Quiet and sten<i.v. Wheat â€" Spring strong: No. I Northern, $1.16; No. 2 red. on track 91c. Cornâ€" Dull and un.sottled; No. 2 yellow, 621c; No. 2 corn, (UJc. Oat.s â€" Stronger; No. 2 white. 36Jc; No. 2 nii.xed, 34c. Canal freights â€" Steady. NEW- YORK GRAIN MARKET. New York, .July 25â€" Wheatâ€" Spot firm; No. 2 red nominal in elevator aiKl 94;c f. o. b. afioat; No. 1 north- ern Duluth, $1,163 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1 northern Manitoba, $1.10 f. o. b. afloat. LIVE S1X)CK MARKETS. Toronto, July 25. â€" Tho run of cat- tlo offering at the Western Market to-day was rather heavier than a week ago, but tho quality was gen- erally poor. Export cattle, choice. $4.00 $4.90 do good to medium. 4.30 4.00 do others 4.00 4.30 Bulls :. 3. .50 4.00 (k)ws 3.00 3.75 Butchers' picked 4.50 4.70 good to choice 4.20 4.50 fair to good 3.50 4.00 do common 2.75 3.50 do cows 2.50 3.75 Bulls 2. .50 8.30 Feeders 3.60 4.00 do medium 3.30 3.60 do built 2..50 3.30 ALIENS BILL PASSED. British Hoiise of Cominons Gives Third Reading. A despatch from London says: In tho House of Couurions on 'Ihursdny the Aliens Hill passed its third rea<l- ing by a majority of 90. The Prime Minister, Mr. Balfour, in winding up the debates on the bill, contend that tho proi'o.'jed restrictioii.s wore loss severe tlian those impo.scd by an.v other nation. Ho referred to the American inunigration laws, nnd a.skod whether niiv one would a.ssert that the Americans were indilTerent to freedom or looked with unmoved eye on the sulTering nnd tho oi«- presseil, yet'Th'oir restrictions as Well as tho restrictions imposed by the Briti.sh colonies "'Were, he said, more severe than tho.so Imiioseil by "this moderate and reasonable bill." * LOW WATER IN RIVER. 'Vessels May Have to bo Loaded at Quebec. A despatch from Montreol snys' The rapid falling of the water in the .St. Lawrence is giving the shippin;^ nun much concern. At j)resent tho d(?l)th in the ship channel between Montreal ond Queliec is less than it has been for some years jjost, and owners of large steaimships like the Allans predict that beforo the â-  s-ea- son is over th.-y will be ol)lige<l to complete their loading of outgoing vessc's at liuohoc. The depth in Montreal harbor is 29 feet, which is 15 inches lower than a year ago. and some inches lower than for eitfht years back. GovBrnor - General Closed th.e House and the Members Go Back to Their Hemes. A despatch from Ottawa .says: â€" Tho (irst session of the Tenth Parlia- ment of Canada is at an end. Tho Commons closed up its business on Thursday morning, and the Senate cleared off its order paper in half an hour in thu afternoon, so that at 3 o'clock his E.xcellency was enabled to come down to the Upper House and formally declare that Parlia- ment was prorogued until .\ug. 29, tho usual forty days' adjournment aa providotl by constitutional usage. His Excellency arrived at tho Par- liament Uiiildlngs promptly at -^ o'clock. Ho was accompanied by the P.L.D.G. under Lieut. C. J. Burrill. At tho entrance to tho Parliament HuildingM the Governor-General waa received by t*ir Wilfrid Laurier and thu Hon. R. W. Scott, together with a number of jjromineuc uilicers of tho headquarters stall. Thu Royal assent was given to a number of bills. His Excellency was then pleased to formally prorogue Parliament with tho following .spiH-ih from tho throuo: THE SPEECH. Honorable Gcutlemeu of the Sen. ate:â€" Gontleiuen of thu IIou.so of Com- nons: â€" In relieving you from this laborious nnd l(>ng-i>rotractod session I desiro to express my hearty congratulations on tho pa.ssago of tho two important measures providing for thu entry in- to thu Confederation of tho Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The Unparalleled increase in tho population during tho last throe years of tho areas thu new provinces embrace alVords tho strongest evi- dence that at no distant dale thoyj will bu tho homes of many millions of prosperous and contented people. The fair prospect of an unn.sally abundant harvest, not alone in tho three prairie provinces, but also in other parts of this •>vido Dominion, will, I trust, under a kind Provi- dence, be fully realized, justifying tho hope that tho stream of immigration now flowing into the Dominion will continun for mnn.v years to como, adding wealth to this highly favored land. 'I'Tio adililion to tho number of tho perniencnt force which you havo au- thorized will enablo ni.v Government tu relievo taxpayer.s of tho United Kingdom from tho burden of keeping up tho garrisons at Escpiimalt anu at Halifax. It is very gratifying to note that tho rovenuo of thu Dominion con- tinues to maintain tho high level it had reacheil two years ago, thtis en- abling my Govurnmont to meet the incrousod oxpendituro chargeablo against consolidated revenue, leaving a surplus to apply on copltal ac- count. Tho numerous private bills for in- dustrial objects to which I huvo as- sented point to tho existence ol many new enterprises. Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 1 thank you, in his Majesty's name, for tlio sup- plies you linve so liberally voted. Hon. Geiitlemen of the Senate: Gentleirlon of tho House of Com- mons: In returning to your several homes allow mo to express tho hope that you will find abundant evidences of tho growing pro.sperily, and that bo- fore wo meet again at aiiollier ses- sion some progress nia.v have been made in the work of constructing the national trunscontinentnl railway, so soon to become a necessity for tho transport at ion of tho annually in- creasing products of tho West. TO GET TWENTY LASHES. Circus Man Sentenced for Outrage at Roberval. A de.^l'alch from Koberval sa.vs: The trial of Gold.sborry, one of tho attcn<lants ot the Lemon Jfros.' cir- cus, for an assault on a .vo.iiig u^irl while the circus was performing hi're, was conclud(!d on Thursday, Golds- berry being dednred guilty ami sen- tenced to ono year in juil at hard labor, and to receivo twenty la.shes, ten la.shes to be od.i.lnislered 15 days after the beginning oi I'le sen- tence, nnd t:n more 15 days beforo the SI nlence o\] Ires. DEFIES THE AUTOCRACY. Zemstvo Congress Advises People to Discuss Reform. A despatch from Mo.^coW says: '1 he congress of Zonistvoisls and Diinia- sists. after a long duliato on Frida.v, decided to appeal to the masses of the people b.v manifesto urging them to discuss tho political siluntion re- gardless of the olipo.sition of the au- tlioritie-s yielding oiil.v to superior force. Tho discii.ssion on this :.-ubjoct almost, led to a split lielween tho moderates and extri'iiiisls The liost- poning of thu drafting of the mani- festo iirevented a ruiiture. A resolution condenuiing the .sy» tftuiatic violation of the rights of the. Zeinst\ OS nnd Dumns was adopted with a doclaialion of tho determina- tion "to ui hold the national rights of nian~by imciiio moans, not exclud- ing non-.'iiibmission to the a'dhorilies iiifrinu;ing those lii.hts." A noteworthy incident of the ses- sion was the receipt of a rosoltition of sympnthy from the union of of- ficials. hi>ping the congress would .se- cure freedom of the press and tho re- sponsihility of tho Ministers. WESTERN V/OOL CROP. Tho Clip This Year 'vVill be 700, 000 Pounds. A despatch from Winniiieg sa.vs. Th.! outloo'< for the wool clip in thu Territories is splendid. The total will l;o aliout 700,000 pounds, (jl which All)erta will give about '290,- 000 roinls; Aledicino Hat, (JO, 000 pound.'*: Walsh, ".)0,0(JO pounds, and Ma: lo Crook, 220,000 pounds. Tho best class of western wool is very line, almost pure merino, and will cleon up to 00 |)er cent, of scoo; c(i wool. >â- -;&£••