Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1900 — VALOR OF AMERICANS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

VALOR OF AMERICANS.

Sixth Cavalry, with Others, Boats Tea Thuosand Chinese. Advices from Chefoo, dated Aug. 21, state that the allied forces have completely routed the 10,000 Chinese soldicrt

who mussed near Tien-tsin for the purpose of cutting comm unieijtions. At the head of a force of "the Sixth cavalry, U. S. A., 375 Bengalese and Punjabs and 200 , Japanese cavalry, , Col. Theodore J. Wint charged upon the Boxers, who fought desperately.

Four hundred were killed, 300 prisoners taken and six towns burned. The allies’ loss was four wounded. Captain Reilly of Battery F, Fifth United States artillery, who was killed before the Imperial Palace, was buried in the legation grounds. Gen. Chaffee, the British and Japanese generals and many civilians were present at the in- - terment. : The Japanese troops have relieved the Pei-tsang cathedral, where fifteen French nuns and forty French and Italian soldiers have been isolated and besieged two months. They found that five had been killed.

CHINA ARMY TO AID. Force of 7,000 En Route to Be Diverted to Manila. No more United States troops are to be sent to China unless future developments necessitate such action. Even those now ou the way or under orders for service in China are to be diverted from their destination and sent to Manila. Such is titc order promulgated by the War Department Thursday. It marks, says a Washington correspondent, as far as tiie United States is concerned, the close u£ military activity in Chimtr un- -- less an unexpected crisis arises. Having secured its principal aim—the rescue of Minister Conger and other Americans at I’ckih the Government. in order to obtain its other demands, will, aa far as possible, substitute diplomacy for force of arms. t ■_ 1 China will now be asked by the United States to insure to her these three desiderata: 1. Restoration of order throughout the empire. 2. Securing for the future safety for American missionaries and protection for American commercial interests. 3. Indemnity for the outrages suffered

CAPTAIN REILLY.