Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-07
RUSSIANS
HAVE FLED
JAPANESE SCOUTS REPORT THAT
THE ENEMY HAS
LEFT WIJU.
PORT ARTHUR is QUIET
No Sign Of the Japanese At Russian
Baee.-VIadivosto is Also Quiet But
Prices of Provisions Are High Be-
cause Of Shortage in Supply.

Toxic, April 5.--Reports were receiv-
ed here from Ping Yang to the effect
that when the Japanese scouts entered
Wiju on Sunday last they found the
town deserted by the Russians. The
Corean residents informed the scouts
that the Russian forces on the upper
reaches of the Yalu river consist of
small detached parties.
Says Japs Are Not Fighting.
st. Petersburg, April 5.-Major Gen
eral Plug telegraphed from Mukden
denying the reports of the Japanese
operations in Manchuria, and stating
that there are no Japanese troops in
Manchuria.
No Change at Port Arthur.
Port Arthur, April 5-There are no
signs of the Japanese and there is no
notable change in the situation. Grand
Duke Boris has left Port Arthur to
join the field forces
Vladvostock Quiet But Hungry.
Vladivostok, April 5.-Many inhabi-
tants who left Vladivostock at the out
set of the war are returning. The
Usuri railway has resumed forwarding
freight to private consignees. The
rilitary situation is quiet There is
nc sig.i Of the >remy in his region.
the prices G! lie DeIe a;li.,> u HE
are very high On account Ut b. lack
1T provisions.
An Important Pest
Win Is ene of the most important
cities in northern Corea, situated near
the mouth of the Yalu, almost opposite
Antung, in Manchuria, and it had been
supposed the Russians would make a
strong effort to hold it, There is now
no Russian force of any size south of
the Yalu
The landing of the Japanese at Chin
nampo has now ceased. The troops
have moved north from that port,
which is amply guarded by large
fleet. The Japanese military base has
been moved north from Fing-Yang and
now few troops are left there.
Big Force in corea.
The Japanese now have 100000
troops in motion or under arms at
home, exclusive of the third reserves
numbering 100000 men, who have not
yet been called into the field. Of course
it is impossible to know the exact
number of troops dispatched to
their various destinations, but it is
known that the entire first army corps
has been landed at Chinnampo and has
been moved northward from that city
This army is believed to contain about
100000 men.
Twenty Russian prisoners and a
quantity of spoil, captured in the ac-
ton at Chen-Su March 20, have arrived
at Ping-Yang.
Hyung Yong Un, who was recently
appointed Corean minister to Japan,
has declined to accept the office.
Twenty Russians Captured.
London, April s. A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Kobe says that TWEEN
ty Russians and a quantity of spoil
were captured in battle fought at
Chen Song, fifteen miles northwest OF
Wiju.
The dispatch adds that there had
been no previous information that the
Japanese were SO far north as early
as March 20.
Military Base Moved.
Seoul, April 5-The landing of Jap
anese at Chinampho has now ceased.
The troops have moved north from
that port, which is amply guarded by
large fleet.
The Japanese military base has been
moved north from Ping Yang, and
now few troops are left there.