Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-16
DENIES THAT SUBMARINE BOATS
WERE USED IN BIG
BATTLE.
RUMOR SAYS GRAND
DUKE CYRIL rs DEAD
The Story Is Officially Denied at st.
Petersburg-Japanese Troops are
Delayed in corea by Malignant ILL.,
ness-Fleet in Sight off Port Arthur,

Paris, April is. - The Japanese Ie-
cation here says Rear Admiral Trims
report shows that Japanese torpedoes
sunk the Petropavovsk and damaged
the Pobieda. It declares that the re-
ports that submarine boats did the
damage is incorrect, as the Japanese
fleet had no submarine boats. The
legation pays high tribute to the late
Vice Admiral Makaroff.
ST. Petersburg, April IS. - Latest re.
ports from Port Arthur are to the eff.
feet that the Japanese fleet is still in
sight.
General kuropatkin is concentrating
his second line Of defence between
Mukden and Lao Yang. He will have
100000 men there.
st. Petersburg, April Is. - (S:25 p
n.y. Persistent rumors are circulat
ing here that Gransl Duke Cyril is dead
but the Associated Press cannot secure
any confirmation On the contrary
Lieutenant General Prince Galitzine
master of Grand Duke Vladimir's house
hold, is authority for the statement
that telegram received this morn
ing reported the condition of the grand
duke as being better.
Japanese Soldiers III.
Tien Tsin, April Is. - 1t is asserted
here that the reason for the delay in
the movements of the Japanese army
in Corea is that over twelve per cent
of the troops are suffering from 8
malignant sickness, described as be
ing a species of berihaxheri.
Services In Honor of Dead.
Paris, April 15. - An. impressive fu
neral service in memory Of Vice Ad
miral Makarof and the other victims
of the Petropavlovsk disaster was cele
! brated at the Russian church here this
morning.
Story Of Disastrous Battle.
Port Arthur, Thursday, April IA
'(Delayed) AN engagement took place
at 6 o'clock yesterday morning be
tween seven Russian torpedo boats
and the cruiser Bayan and twenty Jap
anese vessels. The Russian torpedo
boat destroyer Bezstrashni was sunk
Five torpedo boat destroyers, with the
Bayan, returned at o'clock.
The battleships Petropavlovsk, Po
bieda and Peresviet and the torpedo
gunboat Gaydamak then put to sea.
The PetropavIovsk Is Sunk.
At $3.50 a terrific explosion occurred
beneath the Petropavlovsk and the
ship went down in two minutes. The
Japanese squadron remained in sight
until o'clock this afternoon.
Russian Destroyer Goes Down.
The fighting between the opposing
fotillas of torpedo boat destroyers
lasted only about an hour. The Bee
strashni was surrounded by three Jap
anese torpedo boat destroyers and
sunk.
The Japanese boats then withdrew
and the Japanese squadron appeared
on the horizon, whereupon the Russian
squadron left the roadstead, steering
in the direction of the enemys ships
which retired. Soon, however, the
Japanese reappeared with a formida
Bile force of about a score of warships
The Russian squadron returned tt
the roadstead and took up position
in line of battle, ready to receive the
enemy.
Grand Duke Cyril, Captain Jakovleff
the commander of the Petropavlovsk
four officers and some fifty men were
saved.
The Pobieda in Harbor.
The battleship Pobieda was damag
ed amidships and went into the innel
harbor where she is anchored.
Gale Wednesday Night.
A fresh breeze which was blowins
throughout Wednesday developed into
a gale towards night.
Japanese Sorrow for Makaroff.
Toxic, April 15.-The first intimatiol