Show landing of troops causes a sensation in russia st petersburg july S A dispatch dated july ath from general llapur noff commanding tho russian troops on the island of at 9 in the morning of july jtb a squadron approached the village of about seven miles southwest of Karsak and opened fire oa the shore another dispatch of the same date says at 3 p m japanese torpedo boats approached and the russian batteries opened alre on them and compelled the boats to retire dm ing the bombardment four of the inhabitants of were killed the bombardment had been anticipated and the commandant had ordered the withdrawal of the defenders northward though the japanese seem unwilling to risk a grand battle with general linevitch pending the peace meeting at washington the landing of troops on sakhalin Sak halin island Is consid ored to express japans decision regarding the formal conclusion of a general armistice namely that in the interim before the meeting U Is necessary to occupy the island whose possession is an important card la japans diplomatic contest at washington WEEKS STOCK MARKET new york july athe weeks speculation on the stock exchange has continued active n spite of considerable profit taking t intervals the abundance of i money and confidence in its continuance continua have constituted the broad underlying basis of the speculation the large and increasing worlds production of gold is much dwelt upon as u stimulation to higher prices for commodities modi ties and capital shares while the fixed interest hearing securities have consistently lagged immediate developments regarding the crops coming requirements on the money market hank failures in the west and the quiet iron market have had little consideration |