Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-06-09
ANOTHER
KIN CHOU BAY
TORPEDO BOAT SENT OUT
AGAINST JAPs STRIKES
ROCKS AND SINKS.
JAPANESE HAVE LOSS

Gunboat on Reconnaissance In Port
Arthur Bay Is Hit Eight Times by
Guns on Shore One Sailor Killed
and Two Others Injured.
a"*A s*a*ss sa*a**#s
st. Petersburg, June 8. - Moth "
ing Is known here of the various
runors that Port Arthur has fall
len, but It is not considered pos, y
sibIe at this time.
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st. Petersburg, June s. Emperor
Nicholas has received the following
from Viceroy Alexieff:
On the night of May 26 ten tor
pedo boats We're sent out against the
Japanese boats operating in Kin Chou
bay. One of the torpedo boats struck
the rocks and sank. Her crew was
saved
Casualties at Kin Chou.
The casualties among those serv-
ing at the naval guns at the battle Of
Kin Chou were: Sub-Lieutenant Shi-
manoovshy, missing, and six sailors,
wounded
Japanese Gunboat Damaged.
| Toxic, June s. - Four Japanese gum
boats which made close reconnais.
sance of Port Arthur harbor at mid
night June 6, for the purpose of ex-
amining the entrance, were exposed
to a severe cannonade. Gunboat No.
A 4 was hit eight times and sustained
some damage. One of her sailors was
killed and two others were wounded.
i American Correspondent Buried.
Il New Chwang. June s. The funer-
al of Lewis Etzel the correspondent
of the London Daily Telegraph took
lplace here this afternoon. He was kill
ed ten miles out at sea by some Chin
ese soldiers who were searching for
! pirates s,
9 Murderers Make Escape.
immediately after@+9l q q; th Z
: mistake they had made these sTxs9
out to sea and have not beer2
since. No. Tor
Inquest is HeI4.
i United States Consul General Miller
held an inquest at Shawantaitze yes-
terday, at which the Chinese general
Lu acknowledged that Etzel was kill
J, ed by his soldiers.
Will Report the Affair.
Il Miller will forward the report to
Minister Conger at Pekin as showing
gross carelessness upon the part of
the soldiers, to say the least.
Ships May Go Through Straits.
st. Petersburg June 8. = The Grand
Duke Alexis, commander-in-chief OF
the navy, according to an apparently
reliable report which, however is not
: officially confirmed, has obtained per-
Z mission of the emperor to create a.
! third Pacific squadron from the ships
of the Black sea fleet, and permission
! has already been obtained from
Turkey to take the ships through the
/ Dardanelles on the condition that they
Twill not return.
g The New Squadron.
= This squadron will be composed, ac-
cording to the report, of the battle-
: ships Rostislav, Dvenadzat Apostoloff
and Tria Syiotitelia and will be ac-y
companied by torpedo boats and tor
IL pedo boat destroyers and win sail for
the far east simultaneously with the
9 Baltic squadron. The Associated Press
lis unable to obtain any confirmation OF
y the report
C England MOT Asked.
$ London, Eng, June 8. The foreign
= Office has not received any request
. from Russia or Turkey to agree to the
: passage of the Russian Black set fleet
through the Dardanelles. 1t is pointed
out that Turkey would doubtless be
delighted to get rid of Russia's Black
sea feet, but the passage of the war
| ships through the Dardanelles would
l,o CT ,f,.,, -
treaty, permission for which has neith-
er been asked nor is it likely to be
granted II asked for
. Japs Vacate Position.
: st. Petersburg, June s. The gem
eral staff has received the following
dispatch from General Sakharoff, the
chief of staff OF General Kuropatkin.
There is no change in the situation
lat Feng Wang Cheng. A japanese
k detachment has evacuated position
n which 1t occupied south of Vafangow
If near the village of Chu CHA Tun, ana
S. retired southwark, pursued by our cav
a. airy.
[. During a scouting June in the
d ;neighborhood of Siamatsza detach-
ment of Japanese infantry fired on our
rear guard. Their approach was
!. stopped by an advance of our troops
= The firing lasted two and half hours
:, We had two men killed and six wound
!. ed"
Tells of More Losses.
$ London, June g. - The correspond
!, ent of the Daily Telegraph in Toxic
% cables: "The commander of the fourth
Japanese fiotilla, who has returned TO
the rendezvous of the fleet, from a re-
connaissance in the vicinity Of Port
Arthur, mentions the loss of the Rus
: sian gunboat, Giliak and the blowing
Iup Of another Russian gunboat about
y the same time.
D. "a Chinaman escaped from Port Ar.
d thur says that the rations of the sol
s. diers is two pounds Of bread daily, but
d. as the officers have an abundance Of
lfood. the men are discontented..