Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-26
JAPS BEHEAD RUSSIANS
BIav General Declares In Report That
1870 Russian coIonists on the Island
Of sakhaIin Were Decapltatcd for
Refusing to Give Up Homes-Em-
peror Listens to Protests.

Vladivostok, Sept. 25.-The old
time business activity of this city has
been rapidly returning sine. sle pro-
clamation Of peace Inhabitants who
left during the troublous times ere re-
turning and commercial anG industrial
i..e Is resuming Foreign steamers
and sailing vessels with freight are al
ready arriving.
Americans Want Business Quarters.
The municipal authorities have re-
ceived inquiries from thirty American
firms concerning the requirement of
business quarters at Vladivostok.
Japanese firms are also coming in.
Russians Beheaded.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 25. = Start
ling revelations have been made in a
report Of Gen. Senemowski, command
or of the Alexandrovsk district, which
declares that the Japanese forces on
the Island Of Sakhalin have decapi-
tated 180 Russian colonists because
they refused to give UP their homes
to the Japanese for nominal sum.
According to the report, the Japan
ese are forcing all the Russian inhabi-
tants to sell their property, real and
personal, for a song.
Tell of Japanese Atrocities.
ST. Petersburg, Sept 25. The au-
Hhorities here have received official re-
ports from the Siberian coast to the
effect that the Japanese are pursuing
the ruination of the inhabitants
throughout the. Island of Sakhalin,
north and south. The Japanese are
forcing the people to sell their prop
erty of all kinds at absurdly low and
arbitrary prices and sign receipts for
it at good prices under the threat of
death.
The Inhabitants Of the southern por-
tion Of the island are being forced to
emigrate and those of the northern
half are being plundered of their
houses, cattle and crops and must en-
igrate as they have nothing on which
to. live. AS an example of the extrem-
ity of the Japanese methods Gen. Sen
emowsky commanding the Alexan-
drovsk district reports that 180 Rus
sian colonists were led into the
marshes by the Japanese and decapi-
tated.
No great damage was done to the
town or people of O!lhotsk by the Jap
anese when they landed there on Ar-
gust II.
Emperor Hears Protests.
Toxic, Sept 25.-The emperor is Civ
ing his personal attention to the me-
MORALS presented to the throne against
the terms of peace. These memorials
now number nearly 100 agitators who
are trying to interview the privy coun-
cillors to advocate refusal to ratify
the treaty of peace and the public is
almost unanimous in demanding the
resignation of the cabinet. Even the
moderates do not conceal their grief at
the result of the negotiations.
Say Rumor is False.
Toxic, Sept 25.-The Russian
charge that the Japanese committed
murder and pillage on Sakhalin island
is ridiculed by the Japanese here 1t
is said to be totally unfounded in fact
No Boycott.
Washington, D. c., Sept. 25.-Consul
General Rodgers at Shanghai cabled
the state department today as follows
There is no longer any evidence of
boycott conditions in or about Shang-
hal and American trade is active par
ticularly with the northern part OF
China and there has been no stamping
of goods boycott marks as was re-
ported. On the whole the condition OF
affairs seems to be satisfactory
konura Improving.
New York, Sept. 25. - Baron Ko
mura the Japanese peace envoy has SC
far recovered from his illness that he
will start on his journey to Japan oD
Wednesday,