Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-09-24
FIERCE BATTLE AT OR NEAR
MUkDEN CANNOT BE LONG
DELAYED.
JAPANESE WANT TOWN
It is Thought Their Intention is to
Winter There if Possible - Re-
serves Refuse to Obey Orders to Go
to the Front. Causing Riot At odes.
sa.-Mme. stoessel Wounded.

to the Front. Causing Riot At odes-
sa.-Mme. stoessei Wounded.
London, Eng. Sept. 2s.-Uncon-
firmed rumors have reached Lon
don that the vladivostok cruisers
have sailed out. that Lieut.. Gen.
Stoessel has made q counter at
tack and recaptured fort from
the Japanese. that Nine. Stoessel
was wounded IN the shoulder
while attending wounded soldiers
at Port Arthur, and that tbs Russi-
ans are leaving Mukden.
st. Petersburg, Sept. %. - The
disturbance which occurred at
Odessa last week is now said not
to have been an anti-Jewish, but
an anti-military one, caused by re-
serve men. who, it is alleged, re-
fused to go to the far east. A de-
tachment of regular troops sent
to suppress the disturbances is
said to have refused to obey the
orders.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 23.-The. (.
Associated Press is able to deny
the statement from Pekin that M.
Lessar, the Russian minister, is
trying to arrange the sale Of the
Manchurian railroad to China.
The admiralty does not confirm
the report Of the departure Of the
Vladivostok squadron.
st. Petersburg, Sept. ga brief
telegram was received today from
General Sakharoff announcing the
advance of the Japanese from
Bentsiaputze on a village near Flu
Pass, east Of Mukden and the site
of the imperial tombs. No men,
tion is made of resistance to the
advance but It is not believed this
Indicates that the Russians do not
intend to further oppose the
march Of the Japanese on Mukden.
The Japanese are still trying to
turn Kuropatkin's left flank, but
there is no, indication of their
moving west of the Hun river.
st. Petersburg. Sept. 20. - Genera
telegraphs that the Jap
Lnese have assumed the offensive ant
ire marching from Bentsiaputze OF
Tu Pass. which is on the railroad be
ween Mukden and Fushun, abou
welve miles from Mukden.
f . T /. u.
Battle Must Occur Soon.
London. Sept. 23. ~ The great bat
lie which has been expected in the vi
Unity Of Mukden can not possibly b,
lelayed many hours, if any credenc,
nay be placed in reports from Muk
len and st. Petersburg.
The latest dispatch from Mukdel
'ays that battle is hourly expected
o occur near Fushun, which is thirt,
niles east of Mukden. While st. Pc
ersburg does not admit that battl,
S imminent, it is quite evident tha
he war Office does not feel at all a
ease. 1t admits that the japanese ar,
advancing on Mukden, but says tina
oyama's forces are moving slowly.
May Winter At Mukden.
Another dispatch which indicates
'urther that st. Petersburg in realit,
expects fierce struggle, says that til,
'eport has gained much credenc,
here that the Japanese intend to win
.er at Mukden if they can take tn,
own. This is a confession on tn,
part Of st. Petersburg that the con
iict is not far off,as reports from Mul1
len say it is turning cold there.
Japs Are Resisted.
1t is reported that \ Japanese out
posts met with stubborn resistance ii
heir attempts to take Kaoutou Pas
which commands the road to Fushun
fhe Russians are said to be in com
mand of all the passes of the Darang
and the Japanese will be driven to Sc
we're fighting before they can reach tn,
Hun river.
Fights on September 20.
Toxic, Sept.23.-An official Telegram
reports that fights have taken place a
.he towns of Telling and San Lungku
sixty miles northeast of Lao Yang
September 20. The Russians, who
we're driven to the northward, lef
lineteen dead on the field. The Jap
anese losses were very slight.
Terek Remains at Las Palmas.
Las Palmas. Canary Islands, Sept
23.-The British cruisers st. George
and Brilliant arrived here this morn
ng.
The Russian cruiser Terek, which
aas been stopping British vessels il
of Gibraltar, is here in por
n need of coal and repairs.
Ready to Fight at Fushun.
Mukden. Sept. %. General Kuro
'atlsin and his Russians have. agail
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