Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-30
uNcoNFIRMED REPon .'eo1 ,felfo,
GREAT JAPANESE VICTOR
REACHES TOXIC TODAY.
RUSSIAN SHIPS ON ROCKS
Chinese Say a Big Vessel Is Disabled
Near Port Arthur-Twenty Of the
Cars Sailors Drowned-Russian
Warship Said to Be Rammed.

Warshfp Said to Be Rammed.
Toxic, June e9.-it fs unofficial
ly reported that Chikwanshan,
Cfitanshan and sochoshan forts,
southeast of and part of the Port
Arthur defenses, were captured
Sunday after an all day fight, be-
ginning with an artillery duel.
sochoshan, 1t is added, was the
first captured and the other forts
fell soon afterwards.
The Russians retreated to the
west, leaving forty dead. The num-
Der of wounded has not been ascer,
talned,
The composition Of the Japan
ese force has not been ascertaned
beyond the fact that 1t Is said to
have consisted of all the branches
of the service.
The Japanese lost three officers
and 100 men killed or wounded.
They captured two guns and
quantity of ammunition.
The officials here do not yet con-
firm the report.
Chee Foo, June 29.-Chinese from
Port Arthur report that large YES
sel, presumably Russian, is on the
rocks ten miles southeast of Lao Tie
Chan promontory. The Chinese state
that fighting is continuous on land
and sea. The weather has been
Etcrmy since Monday and extreme
heat is reported from Manchuria.
Twenty SaiIors Drowned
ST, Petersburg, June 29.-The sub,
stitute submarine boat Delfin sank at
It's moorings in the Neva. off the Bal
tic shipbuilding yard at II o'clock
this morning with the loss of one Of
Aacer. Lieutenant Cherkascff. and
gtwuigty mel.
Is Man Tries to Escape.
y The accident was due partly to the
excessive number of the crew, who
are mostly inexperienced men, but
chiefly to the unfortunate attempt of
"a man to escape while his comrades
were screwing down the manhole. The
Delfin was afterwards raised.
A Hurried Retreat.
Tien Tsin, June 29.-It is reported
+ that the Russians were defeated about
sixteen miles east of Hal Cheng yes
i terday and owing to the rapid ad-
vance of the Japanese the Russians
Fat Tatcheniao are hurriedly retreat
Ing north, fearing that they will be
cut off,
Russian Ship Rammed.
| st, Petersburg, June 20. = The re
port has just reached the Associated
Press that the Russian ironclad Menis
rammed the Russian battleship Navar
in at Cronstadt this afternoon. The
details have not been ascertained.
i, Will Not Sail Today.
There is no truth in the report thai
a portion of the second Pacific squad
ron will sail from Cronstadt today fol
the far east
Emperor lnspects Ships.
The emperor today inspected the
condition IF the ships destined for the
far east.
oyama to Go to Front.
Toxic. June 49, - Marquis Oyama
commander in chief of the Japanes,
troops at Manchuria and Lieutenan
General Kodama, his chief of staff
start for the front July 6. Their exac
destination is withheld.
Russians Not Worrying.
Hal Cheng, June 30. - The war pic
ture has quickly changed thanks t,
General Kuroki's movement,
A heavy engagement is expecte,
soon near the village of ST Mou Chen,
fifteen miles southeast of Hal Chen,
and an equal distance due east of tn
railway.
The Japanese have now passed Da
lin hill and are twenty miles south o
the Russian position.
Z The Associated Press correspondent
returned from Ia Tche Kiao at dawl
\ today. A terrific rain rendered th
roads almost impossible.
The Russian regiments are campe,
on high ground. Signal fires from tn
hill tops are constantly flaring, light
ing up the bivouacs and the hors
lines of the cavalry regiments. Lon
trains of soldiers are constantly pass
ing and repassing.
In Good Condition.
The Russian troops are in excellen
condition
~ General Kuropatlsin and his staff ar
apparently quite easy in their minds
Che Japanese have given the Russian
time to strengthen their base an
flank, while General Kuroki is not a
SECURE as formerly from flank al
tack.
General Kurok cannot get aroun
theS Russian position without forcin
fight.
oku Marching South.
Hal Cheng. June 20. The Japan
ese are continuing to advance from
Siuyen, and Feng Wang Seng. Genera
/ Oku is also moving south from Senuct