Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-23
cHINEsE FLEE in PANIC AND
SHIP LOAD OF REFUGEES
REACHES NAGAsAkI.
SNOW SAVES HAKODATE
Big Storm Prevents Russian vIadivos.
tok Fleet From Attacking Japanese
1 city-Japanese Minister at London
Expects Little Fighting in Future.

Cfty-Japanese Minister at London
Expects Little Fighting in Future.
Washington, Feb. 22.-The battle.
Ship Kentucky, the flagship of the
American Asiatic fleet has been or.
dered to Hong Kong. 1t is regarded as
probable that Admiral Evans will have
the remainder of the battleships of the
squadron accompany him to Hong
Kong.
Toxic, Feb. 22.-Russian warships
are reported between Japan and Corea
and the transports carrying Japanese
troops across are heavily conveyed in
consequence.
London, Feb. 22.-The owners of the
British steamer Rosalie, which sailed
from Nagasaki January 18, have been
Notified that she has been captured by
The Russians at vladivostok.
Toxic, Feb. 22.-Assurances of
France that the Russian fleet except
two torpedo boat destroyers which
have been disarmed, will be detained
until the war ends at JubutI, French
Somali'and, reached Toxic today and
produced feeling of general satisfac.
lion.
Nagaskai, Feb. 22.-The steamer
Stolberg- has arrived here from Vladi-
vostok with twenty white foreigners,
1880 Chinese, fifty Japanese and forty
survivors Of the Japanese steamer Ma
konoura Maru, which was sunk by the,
Russian squadron from Vladivostok
February II. Two of the men were
drowned during the transfer to the
Russian ships. The survivors were
well treated and provided with pas
sages home.
Snow Prevents Battle.
The Vladivostok squadron intended
TO lombard Hakodate, but a snow
storm prevented the vessels from en-
tering the straits of Tsaguru.
Will Try Again.
They intend to make another at
tempt to reach Hakodate in March
with the cruisers, five torpedo boats
and an armed transport.
Food Scarce at VIadivostok.
The civilians at vladivostok have
been ordered to leave owing to the
scarcity of food, as the government is
taking everything available. A panic
has seized the Chinese, who are leav-
ing by the wholesale.
London, Feb. 22.--The latest advices
of Japanese Minister Hayashi lead him
to believe the Japanese troops may
t1Iyr h
before undertaking aggressive opera
tions in Manchuria.
Discredits Story of Russian Rout.
Baron Hayashi does not credit the
report that $500 Russian soldiers have
been killed in an outpost engagement
at the Yalu river. He says there is no
Japanese force in that vicinity large
enough to inf1ict such loss.
May Attack Japanese Fleet.
Hayashi expects in the near future is a
possible attack on the Japanese fleet
by the powerful Russian torpedo flo
hitherto unused.
May Attack vladivostok.
On the Japanese side, except possi-
BILE actions against the Russian Vladi-
vostok squadron, the minister does not
look for any development at the pres
ent time.
Togo to Hold Port Arthur.
He believes Admiral Togo will be
satisfied to keep the disabled Russian
squadron prisoners at Port Arthur.
The Russian Resources.
The minister credits the Russians
with having barely 100000 troops in
Manchuria.
Deny Story of Slaughter.
Chez Foo, Feb. %. The Russian
authorities insist that there is no
truth in the story that $4,000 Japanese
landed at Pigeon or Dove bay and
had been annihilated.
Fired on by Russians.
The Pronto German ship was sent
from Port Arthur to Dalny for ref.
ugees, chiefly Japanese women. While
leaving Port Arthur with all her lights
out she was fired upon by Russian
cruiser. the shots striking her upper
works 1t was subsequently explained
that she was mistaken for japanese
torpedo boat.
News of Fighting is Meager.
London, Eng. Feb. %. - The cables
are still absolutely silent with regard
to the progress of the war, but there
are vague rumors of land fighting. AS
an instance in the Paris edition of the
New York Herald, a correspondent at
st. Petersburg talks of Russian re
pulse on the Yalu river with a loss OF
$500 lives These rumors are uncon
firmed, and from reliable quarter
the Morning Posts Che Foo cores
Dondent says he learns that tens OF