Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-07-26
Is Determined to Secure Possession
Of the Taku-Peking
Railroad.
DETAILS OF TEN ISM FIGHTS
Ninth infantry Had o"c-,'onrth of
Its Mem Put out of Action
Gnllnn,ry OF the
Japanese.

nounce their intention 20 keep COM i
troll OF the entire railway line be-
tween Taku and Peking until the
conclusion of hostilities, when they
purpose, they say, to restore it to the
/ Chinese.
Admiral Seymour strongly disap-
proves allowing them to repair the
line beyond lien Tsin. He considers
that the British should insure the UNI
Meanwhile the French are cndeav
oring to obtain control of all the riv-
er tugs. 1t is believed that they in
tend TO share the control with Rus
STA.
Say Foreigners Are Alive.
Tien 'Tsin, 6 p. m, July Is, Via Chez
foo, July 1, and Shanghai, July 20,
| Copyright, 1900 by the Associated
report that the foreigners i'm Pcking
are living having taken shelter in IA
bomb proof. .tbout 1000 Chinese
We're engaged i'm the battle here July
IL. More are coming from Picking.
General Meth was imprisoned be-
cause he opposed making war on the
foreigners, but aftcrward was re-
leased ON the condition that hr fight
| them. To this he :cccded with luke
/ war1nncss. After the battle he COM
| mittcd suicide
A large part of the walled city was
burned last night. arfl today the Chi
nese held Il perfect orgic, plnnderinS,
smashing houses and ti@.iting like ,lc-
mons over STORES of silks, fllrs and
/ jcwelry. Hundreds of dead Chinamci,
along the wallis and women and chill
dren killed by shrapncl are lying
among the smoking ruins.
1t is reported that some correspond
ents have in their dispatches asserted
that General Dorward thinks Colonel
Liscum blundercd i'm taking the Ninth
regiment to the right instead of to
the left, and the feeling is strained
between the Americans and British.
The fact is that the grentcst harmony
and cooperation exist
Amrricams' Henvy Losses.
Tien Tsin, Saturday. July IA, via
Chcfoo, July l6, and Shanghai, July
:! 90 Copyright, 1900, by the Associ-
ated l'ress.) The Ninth regiment,
United States infnntry, entered the
fight at Tien Tsin with 430 men. An
| incomplete list OF casualties shows Is
/ killed. T5 wounded and . missing. The
marines had 4 killed and Is wounded.
:. Major james Regain, Ninth infantry,
was wounded i'm the ieg. Captain Ed
win y. Bookmiller, Ninth infantry, i'll
the leg and groin; First Lieutenant
i Smctlley. i'm the leg; Butler, of the
United States marine corps, in the
leg; Captain W. B. LemlS, of the
United States marine corps, i'm the
Lang, Ninth infantry, in the foot.
First Lieutenant Henry Leonard, of
the marine corps, carried Lieutenant
Butler from the field under a fierce
fire He was shot in the upper left
arm while returning but ran and
SWAN under fire in getting To the rear.
His arm was nmputatcd.
Captain Charles II. Iioycs, who had
been slightly wounded in the arm and
leg, swan a mile with only his nose
above water, with request for rein
furcelncnts.
First Lieutenant Louis II. I.awton,
of the Ninth infantry. made a dash for
rcinforcements under fire and received
three slight wounds.
Colonel l4scnm was shot in the alb
domcn. and died half an hour later.
His last words wcre Keep up fir
ing"
Marched Into ~ Trap.
The Ninth was ordered to support
the Japanese, who were receiving an
enflading fire. After crossing {. mud
wall half T. mile from the city wall the
Ninth shifted, advancing against the
tiankng fire, and reached Il marsh
beside the river at the southwest cor
ner of the city. \ body of Chinese i'm
a burned village under the wall Just
across the river, where they were
strongly barricaded. poured in II fire
and whenever an American raised Il
hand lie was shot. a Nureellfelt gun
md two small cannon were also
trained upon them. They lay i'm the
mud oil day without surgeon to al
tend their wounded, who were with
out food and drinking the canal
water. They had exhausted their ann
munition except n few rounds. which
were retained i'm order TO rcpel a
charge if it should be made None cX-
pccted to cscnpe. n few reaching the
rear reported that half OF the com
mnnd had been killed or wounded, in
Guiding heat prostitution in the csti-
mate.
After the Americans had retired nm
der cover of the darkness they strae-
glcd back in squads all night, pitifnlly
exhausted and carrying their wound
ed The American hospital was
crowded and short of surgeons. there
having been no expectation of such
losses.
Allies lost 500.
Yesterday squads searched the fields
collecting the dead and wounded
Colonel I.iscum's body was escorted IL
boat last evening by two battaiions
of English troops with colonel nj
their head. Colonel Coolidge, who is
now commanding the regiment. an6
Major Lee were among the paIlbcar
ers. The captain of the marine corps
read the service at the canal lock
The body will be shipped to San Fran.
cisco. The total losses of the allies
were about 500. The British lost so;
the Japanese estimated their killed n,
so and their wounded at $50. Tho
Russians estimate their casualties a,
$50. All day long the work of bring