Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1899 — MANY KILLED IN CHINA. [ARTICLE]

MANY KILLED IN CHINA.

Imperial Troops Defeated by Rebel* and Many Slain. Among the reports brought over by the steamer Empress of India is one to the effect that the rebels defeated the imperial troops near Kuyang late in January. Hundreds of the imperial soldiers were killed, and after being mutilated the bodies were thrown into the river. Afterward ths rebels took the cities of Kuyang and Men-Sheng, massacring many of the inhabitants and burning the towns. Kanchon was also taken.