Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-14
Several Hundred Dead in
Fighting, but Losses are
Confined to Manchus; An
other City Taken.
GOVERNMENT AIMS
TO RECAPTURE CITY
Land Force Of 10000 and
Fleet Of Warships to At
tack Rebels; Fleeing Vice
roy Ordered to Return.

| Pekin, Oct, 12.-Between 5000 ant
5000 Chi-.ese troops in Hankow native
city are reported to have mutiniet
this morning and killed from 200 tt
800 Manchus. The rebels occupied
Sui-Ting-Fu yesterday.
1t Is believed that the revolutionarie!
will attempt to destroy the rai.wa!
and prevent the transport into Hu-Pel
province of the troops that were con
centrated on Sze-Chuen last month.
An imperial edict issued today
orders the minister of war, Genera
| Yin-Tchang to proceed to IankoW
| with two divisions of Pekin troops
about 10000 of whom probably will be
Manchus. The commander of the
; Chinese navy, Admiral Ping
is commanded to assemble feet OF
warships in the Yang-Tse-Kiang river
and join the land forces in an attack
upon the rebels now in possession OF
Wu-Chang, Hankow and Han-Yang.
The edict cashiers the viceroy at
Wu-Chang who fed before the rebels,
but at the same time orders him t, re-
turn to his post and retrieve his repu-
tation. He is threatened with severe
punishment if he fails to recapture
Wu-Chang.
1t is expected that the revolutions
lists will dynamite the bridges Of the
Pekin and Hankow railroad to pre-
vent the early arrival of troops.
A dispatch to the British legation
from Chung-King, says that the rebels
of Sze.Chuen hold the Min river and
the country west and confirms also
earlier reports of daily fighting in that
vicinity.
Another City Is Taken.
Hankow, China, Oct, 1.-THE revo-
lutionary movement is gaining mo-
mentum with every hour. Since noon
yesterday it has swept the little city
of Han-Yang and the native quarter of
Hankow. Great numbers of Chinese
are joining the movement voluntarily.
The losses in the fighting thus far
aggregate several hundred, but prac.
tically all the dead are Manchus. The
slogan of the movement, which is
guided by shrewd and temperate lead
ers, is evidently down with the
Thus far there has been no indica-
ton of any animosity against foreign
ers on the part Of the revolutionists.
The capture of Han-Yang, which is
q town of about one hundred thousand
just north of Hankow, has Delivered in
to the hands of the revolutionists the
arsenal and the important Han-Yang
ron works.
The revolutionists had no trouble.
in Han-Yang. over whelmingly outnum-
oering the local troops. General
Chang Piao escaped by flight and the
members of the local government
we're dispersed The popularity of the
movement all along the
liver and in the interior is indicated
oy apparently authentic reports that
several nearby cities have fallen.
Where resistance was offered the rebel
forces, the towns appear to have been
)ut to the torch.
The Methodist missionaries in W.
Chang are known to be safe.
Palaces Guarded in Pekin.
Pekin, Oct, 12.-Elaborate military
have been taken to prevent
my sympathetic revolutionary upris-
ng in this city and the palaces are
guarded by troops Of proved loyalty.
The advices received here indicate
hat three regiments Of the army
participated in the revolt at Wr-Chang.
A telegram from Hankow states
hat at the most four battalions will
'emain loyal. 1t is known that three
WI Chang regiments Of infantry and
one regiment of artillery revolted.
The American gunboat Helena, and the
Japanese cruiser Tsushima We're ex-
oected at Hankow today.
Several British warships. have been
ordered to proceed thither The WON
IN and children on the water front
slept in the merchant steamers in the
larbor last night. According to the
Chinese, Kang-Yu-Wei, who was ad.
User to the late emperor until 1898,
when the coup of the dowager EN-.
press restored her reign and drove the
adviser into exile, has ar
lived at Hankow. The missionaries
It WI Chang are safe.
A dispatch from Cheng-Tu says that |
he insurgents in Sze-Chuen province !
lold all the country west of the Min
liver between Kia-l ing, which is !
,ighty-five miles south OF Cheng-Tn
ind Kwan-Hsien fifteen miles north !!
md thirty-five miles west CT Cheng- |
tn. Five hundred troops have joined !
he rebels am. the fighting continues
laily.