Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-07

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!" Washington, D. c., May 6. The
!" state department. has received
= cablegram from United States
7" Minister Giscom at Toxic, confirm
. ing the press report of the landing
9 of the Japanese in Llao-Tung pen
y insuIa about forty miles above
. Port Arthur. This is the narrow
. est point on the peninsula and
. consequently the minister says
/" the railroad is practically closed
. and the investment of Port Arthur
/" has begun.
New Chwang, May 6. - It is re-
. ported here that Japanese troops
" which landed yesterday at Pitse-
. wo' an the Llao-Tung peninsula,
= numbered 10000 men. Port Arthur
y according to reliable information,
/" is we'll supplied with provisions
v and can stand a fairly long siege.
= Paris, May 6. - A dispatch from
. ST. Petersburg says the Japanese
9 troops who landed at Pitsewo yes
/" terday have cut the land commun-
. ications with Port Arthur.
London, May 6. - A dispatch
y to the Central News from st. Pc
g tersbure to-day. says the Japanese,
y have landed at Port adams, fifty
miles from Port Arthur on the
west coast of Lao Tung peninsula
= as well as at Pitsewo. If this re-
port Is correct. 1t is probable COM
g municatlon with Port Arthur has
= been cut off as Port Adams is on
y the railroad connecting Port Ar
" thur with Mukden and Harbn.
4 PltseWo, on the east coast is less
q than twenty miles from Port Ar
4 thur.
y Rome, May 6. - According to
= telegram received here from Chez
v Foo the garrison at Port Arthur
y has been reduced to 1000 men. All
n Important documents, money and
9 field guns have been removed to
" Mukden.
Pekln, May 8. - The minister OF
q powers, according to good author
= ity, without exception, are seek
= ing to make the Chinese govern
= ent observe strict neutrality.
y st. Petersburg, May 6. News
y of very heavy fighting near Feng
= Wang Cheng Is expected within
= thirty-six hours. Large reinforce
= ments have reached the Russian
y position. An Imperial order has
. been Issued attaching three bat
= terles of artillery to each of the
= nine rifle divisions.
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Che Foo, May 6.-The expected lant
ing of the Japanese on the easter
coast of the peninsula of Liao Tun
commenced yesterday, according to r,
ports received here from reliable ia,
anese sources.
Japanese Official Report.
Toxic, May 6. - (Noon) - The I,
port of Admiral Hosoya, received today
gives the details of the landing of th
Japanese troops on the, Lao Tung p,
ninsula, suppressing the location {
the landing place. The admiral says
"Our seventh division with torped
boats and the Hong Kong Maru and tn
arrived from the advanc
base off Liao Tung peninsula at 5:3
p. m., May 5. Discovering numbe
of the enemy's patrols, we bonn barde
them for a short time and then lant
ing party of sailors was ordere
ashore.
Sailors Wade to Shore.
"It being low tide and impossible
use the boats the sailors plunged int
the water and waded breast deep fo
about 1000 yards. They reached th
beach at 1920 p. m.
Japanese Flag Planted.
Immediately advancing they too
possession of the range of hills withou
firing a shot and planted our flag o
the hills. The >gunboats were emplo,
ed to distract the. .enemy's attention an
they discovered 100 of the enemy an
shelled them. killing several.
Are Building Piers.
1.-THE first fleet transports bega
landing at s p. M, The troops bein
forced to wade ashore. In order I
facilitate further landing of troop
piers are being erected"
News Reaches St. Petersburg.
S. Petersburg, May 6. - The detail
of the Japanese landing at Pitsew
have Just been received by the gener;
staff. From the information brought I
Port Arthur by the Chinese sixt
transports are disembarking in two d
visions. numbering altogether 5000