Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-29
RUSSIAN SEAMEN
MURDER OFFICERS
Mutlnous Crews on TWO Of the Cars
Warships Threaten to Bonbard
odessa-B -BIack Sea Fleet Expected
Strike in Poland Spreads to Four
New Districts.

ST. Petersburg, June PA ru.
NOR spread throughout the city
last night that General kuropat-
kin had been killed. This rumor
was connected sometimes with a
report that 10000 Russians had
been cut off by General Nosps
army and that kuropatkin had
been taken prisoner. Nothing con-
flrmatory Of these rumors has
been received.
Washington, d. c., June 2S.-
When President Roosevelt arrives
at Oyster Bay on Friday he will
be notified that Japan accepts M.
Nelidof as plenipotentiary of the
car and that Russia fully ap-
proves the selection Of Baron Ko-
mura as the representative Of the
mikado.
Following this exchange the
question to be settled Immediately
will be in regard to the appoint
ment of the co-plenipo of
& M. Nelidof and Baron Komura.
7 Unoff1cfaIly Baron Rosen and Min
lister Takahira have been suggest
ed q by their respective govern
men ts, and the Off cial communities
ton Of their names will mean the
end Of the preliminary Of peace.
] Washington, ID. c. a a sJ,lna rs Anieri-
pi:ans consul Heenan at Odessa today
.abled the state department the fol.
lowing: H ii t3ssy ~
"The Russian warship Kniaz Potion.
kin and one torpedo boat arrived here
yesterday evening. All Of the officers
were murdered at sea and the bodies
were thrown overheard. The men
threaten to lombard the town If in.
terfered with. The situation is preca.
rious The Black sea fleet is expect.
ed here today" ~.
Confirmed by Press Dispatch.
Odessa, June 2s.-The crews Of the
battleships in the roads have mutt
MED and murdered their officers. It is
reported the mutineers are threaten
ing to lombard the town. All work al
the port has been stopped.
Cause Of Mutlny.
st. Petersburg, June 28.-Late ad
vices from Odessa announce that the
mutiny occurred on account of the
summary shooting of sailor who de
manded better food, by order Of the
commander of the battleship.
Strikers Stop Traffic.
st. Petersburg, June %. = Dis
patches from Odessa say the striker:
everywhere have been successful ant
that they have stopped all traffic.
Mobilization Begins.
Mobilization in st. Petersburg ant
Moscow began at midnight. The work
men are grumbling and trouble is ex
pected.
Excitement arising from the event
at Lodz and Warsaw has spread to tn,
cities in Jewish Palein and all the olt
Polish provinces along the western
border of Russian Poland proper.
Strike In Poland Spreads.
Warsaw, June %. - A strike wa
declared today at the coal and iro1
mines, foundries and factories in th
districts of Dombrowa, Strzemies, Sey
ce and Sosnowiec.
Conditions at Lodz are unchanged
excepting that most of the workmel
have returned to work Martial lay
still prevails and universal condemna
tion of the strike movement has ha,
the effect of quieting the situation.
Japanese Vessels Near VIadivostok.
Vladivostok, June 27. -(Delayed)-
Japanese warships, believed to be to1
pedo boats, were seen on the horizon
today.
chouknin Refuses Portfolio.
st. Petersburg. June %. = Vice A6
miral 'Couknin, commander of tn
Black Sea fleet, has declined to accep
the post of minister of the marine.
Rosen Leaves for America.
Paris, France, June 2s. - Baro
Rosen, the new Russian ambassador
to the United States and Barones
Rosen, sailed from Cherbourg toda
for New York on the Kaiser Wi
helm H.
Mob Annbushed in Forest.
Warsaw, June 2S.-A secret meetin
of 200 socialists in the forest of Zouerz
near Lodz, was surprised by Cossack
yesterday. Eighteen of the Socialist
were wounded and 1870 arrested.
The authorities received informatio,
j that the meeting was being held an
sent a squadron of Cossacks. who SUI,
rounded the forest and fired into th
socialists, taking them entirely una
wares. The wounded were taken t
snspitals at Lcdz, and thos