Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-03-12

HeeI. vice Admiral fAamlmurd IN MS
official report says that at o'clock
Sunday evening the Japanese saw
heavy volumes of smoke ascending
over the eastern mouth of the harbor
and it was thought for time that the
Russians were getting up steam to
come out and give battle, which was
eagerly awaited. but the smoke gradu-
ally died away with no appearance of
any of the Russian ships. The Japan
ese ships searched the surrounding
bays until noon on Monday, when they
again steamed backed to the eastern
entrance of Vladiyostok harbor.
Search for Russian Fleet.
After the bombardment to which
Vice Admiral Kamimura said the Rus
sian forts made no reply, the Japanese
fleet steam south. accommodating Pos
siet bay and other inlest in that vicin-
,ity, but found no trace of the Russi-
ans. Vice Admiral Kamimura does
not mention in his report anything
concerning the Russian operations in
the vicinity of Possiet bay or the Tu-
men river.
Commanders Given Honors.
st. Petersburg, March II. -. The
commanders of the Russian warships
Variag and Koreitz have had conferred
on them the decoration of the Military
Order of ST. George of the fourth class
because of their heroic conduct in the
engagement with the Japanese at Che
mulpo.
Ito to Pacify coreans.
Toxic, March IL. = 1t is believed in
diplomatic circles here that the Mar
quis Ito, who is to leave Toxic March
Is for Corea as special ambassador
from the emperor of Japan to the en-
peror Of Corea will be able to allay
the doubts and imagined dangers
which are reported to be haunting the
Corean emperor, who has not yet spub-
Hshed the text of the Japanese proto.
col in the official organ Of Corea.
Japan Expects More Money.
The Japanese government expects
to realize S5,O00,OOO by increased tax
alton.
The emperor and empress have do
mated $4,000 and the crown prince and
crown princess $1,250 for the relief of
the widows and orphans of the Japan
ese soldiers.
Japanese Journalists are rejoicing at
the friendly tone observable in the
American papers.
Russians Seize Houses.
Yinkow, March 1.-THE concentra-
tion of troops at the Russian strategi-
cal base has resulted in much suffer-
ing among the Chinese inhabitants, es-
pecially at Liao Yang, where even pri-
vate buildings have been appropriated
to accommodate the soldiers. Thous-
ands of Chinese are without homes.
Russian troops are encamped at all
the essential points along the railroad.
Fear AngIo-German War.
Berlin, March 1.-THE Tageblatt
prevails in government circles that
war with England will be the inevita-
BILE outcome of the war with Japan
are proceeding on an elaborate scale,
including measures for the defense of
the Baltic coast.
The minister of marine is reported
to have ordered the inhabitants of the
Island of Kotlin, in the Gulf of Finland,
| to leave their homes, which will be
IdLeu, DIS tuS SONeIuluSuI requires Gue
island for fortification purposes.
Prince Uchtomsky, the czar's conf
dante, is reported as stating that a
Russian attack on India is imminent
Bulgaria and Turkey.
st. Petersburg, March 11.-A special
dispatch to the Viedomosto paints the
Balkan situation in dark colors. 1t is
| declared that a collision between Bull
garia and Turkey may occur any day.
1t was hoped that the draft of the
agreement submitted by M. Natche-
witch, the Bulgarian diplomatic agent
at Constantinople, to the porte would
patch up peace, but the sultan at the
last moment refused to sign it, owing
to intrigues at the Yildiz Kiosk The
failure of this attempt leaves the way
open for surprises.