Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-25
oYAMA WAITS, FOR NEWS OF RE.
sULT OF THE SEA
BATTLE.
REPORTS OF FIGHT
ARE NOT BELIEVED

Story That Firing Occurred on satur.
day After RoIestvensky Left Kan.
ranh Bay Are Not Credited In st.
Petersburg-Prlnters at the Capitol
Are on Strike.
st. Petersburg, April "a. -Mys-
terious rumors that another at
tempt at peace negotiations Is I'M
pending are circulating in high
quarters and the United States is
directly mentioned as the 1nterme- ,
" diary. The Associated Press has
not been able to obtain any con-
f1rmation Of the reports and no in
timation Of such move has reached
the American embassy, but at the
foreign Office, this afternoon an
official inquired, perhaps signffl-
cantly, when Roosevelt would re-
turn to Washington.
st. Petersburg, April 24-The admir-
atty is disposed to accept with reserva-
ton all foreign kilograms announcing
the whereabout of Vice Admiral KAN
imura and the Japanese ships, believ-
ing that many of them are purposely
sent out for stragetical deception.
The Novoe Vremya this morning
prints the rumor that the opposing
squadrons were engaged Saturday, but
no credence is placed in 1t.
oyama Awaits News.
News from Manchuria indicates that
Oyamas plans are to await the result
of the naval battle, it being too risky
for the Japanese army to undertake
serious operations while the outcome
Of the seafght is in balance.
A Second Port Arthur.
Should Rojestvensky reach Vladi-
vostok and Togo still be able to pro-
tect the Japanese lines of communica-
tions the general belief at the war Of
flee is that the Japanese will forthwith
attempt to cut off and invest Vladivos-
tok and make Of that place another
Port Arthur.
Russians Leave Bay.
Kamranh Bay, Indo-China. (via
Saigon, April 24.)-The Russian squad
ron, consisting of 'fifty-two ships, in
cluding the transports, left Kamranh
Bay at noon, April o. The main por-
tion Of the squadron soon dis
appeared in a northerly direction. Six
q teen vessels, the Russian cruiser Svie-
}tlana, the hospital ship Orel, four Ger
man transports, seven Danish trans
ports and three Russian transports, re-
NAMED in the offing.
Report Of Fighting.
Fishermen and others assert that
they heard heavy cannonading off
Kamranh Bay during the evening of
April %.
:. Ships Not in Good Condition.
Although the Russian crews are con
fident of victory, independent observ-
ers who got near enough to Rojest-
vensky's warships to be able to in
spect them were not unanimous re-
garding the efficiency of the squad
ron.
Still Sailing Northward.
Saigon, April "a - According to the
last news received here, the Russian
squadron was fifteen miles from the
coast The vessels were steering north.
ward
French Ships Ordered East.
4.
eign office and other government de.
partments were closed today in con.
nection with the Easter holidays. A
telegram from Toulon says it is ru.
mored there that orders have been re.
eeived to dispatch the French armored
cruisers Kleber and Desaix to the far
east and to hold the third class cruis.
ers Sassard and Alger in readiness to
put to sea.
Americans Watch Philippines.
Washington, D. c., April 24.-The
cruiser Raleigh, which some days ago
sailed from Lubuan, Borneo, for the
Cuyos islands in the Philippines, has
arrived at Cavite. 1t is assumed here
that the Raleigh's captain had reason
to believe that some of the ships of the
hostile fleets might enter Philippine
waters in the vicinity of the Cuyos
islands and was sent for the purpose
OF observation. The navy department
Is advised that the gunboat Villalobos
has sailed from Shanghai for cruise
1t is believed that her mission is to
observe the movements of the hostile
fleets in the event that they might
turn toward Philippine waters.
Printers Strike at st. Petersburo,
ST. Petersburg, April 24..- The
printers here suddenly struck yester
day, announcing their intention of re-
fusing to work on Sundays and holi
days Only the Russ and the Novoe
Vremya managed to appear this morn.
ing.
Resolutions are Ignored.
Resolutions adopted by the congress
! of representatives of the higher
schools were sent in a registered let.
ter to the committee of ministers and
hase been returned unopened.