Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-22

18th. The following officers and mel
killed: Battery F, fifth artillery, Cap
tain Henry j. Reilley, morning of tn
nth; company c. ninth infantry, Rob
ert e. Walsh; company E, ninth in
fantry. James o. Hall; Daniel w. Simp
kins, company X, fourteenth infantry
Russell T. Elliot and James C. Wiber
company M, fourteenth infantry.
Wounded, ninth infantry company F
Martin A. Silk, wounded in the head
serious; company M, A. Bailey, frs
sergeant. wounded in the arm, slight
company K, George H. Siemens
wounded in the leg below the knee Sc.
riously; company M, William F. Nor.
ton. wounded in the leg below the knee
slight. Fourteenth infantry, company
E. George Fox, sergeant, wounded in
the hand, slight; Harvey Baker, musi-
clan, wounded in the thigh, moderate;
Calvin P. Titus, musician, wounded in
the neck. slight; George c. Huffman,
wounded In the bullock; company G,
Henry ]. Kysela. wounded in the chest,
serious; company H, Charles H. Nor
gan, corporal, wounded in the leg be-
low the knee, moderate; Ora F. Tyler,
George King and John L. Lynch,
wounded In the thigh, slight; company
II, Carey L. Durbin, wounded in the leg
below the knee. slight; company L,
Thomas Lanker. wounded in the chest,
serious; Thomas King, wounded in the
arm, serious; company M, William B.
Hoffman, cook, wounded in the thigh
moderate; Henry G. Davies, wounded in
the leg below the knee, serious; Battery
F. fifth artillery, Lee Doyle. wounded
in the hand slight. On August 18th,
died of wounds received in action, Ed
ward B. Mitchell, company L, four
teenth infantry. Signed Chaffee.
Note.-William Parle is not found on
the roll Of the fourteenth infantry. The
name is possibly intended for William
w. Earle.
THE BRITISH AT PEKIN.
London, August 22.-Admiral Bruce
sent dispatch, dated Pekin, August
18th, from the general officer command
ing there in which nothing Is said as
to the situation at Pekin. 1t gives a
partial list Of British casualties dur
ing the siege Of the legations, the death
of Captain Bernard Strouts, and re-
grets that lowing to heavy roads and
forced marches the naval brigade was
unable to participate in the entry"
adding, "the way they brought their
guns by boat and road from Tien Tsin
Is an achievement Of which they may
be proud"
THE GOVERNMENT OF PEKIN.
An official dispatch from Tien Tsin,
dated August Goth, received at Tckio,
repeats that the Japanese occupied the
imperial palace at Pekin on August
18th, and says that about August 18th
the dowager empress, emperor and min
listers left Pekin with three thousand
troops. their destination, 1t Is supposed,
being Sian Flu. Pekin, being in great
was divided into several
districts. Half Of the Tartar city was
ese and committees of Japanese, Amer
lean, British, Russian and French Off
GERS were appointed to maintain order. |
detachment Of japanese troops res
cued the foreign missionaries and Chi |
nese Christian converts who had been |
imprisoned in the palace. Two hundred |
Japanese were killed or wounded.
THE GERMANS WE'RE DELAYED. |
Berlin, August 22.-The German war /
office received dispatch from Taku |
lated August 18th, saying that the ad-
vance Of the German battalion was de- |
aged by violent rains. 1t reached Pc
kin on August 18th. Yang Tsun, It is |
added, was threatened by the Chinese
.roops on the imperial canal.
ANSWER FOR Ii HUNG CHANG.
Washington, August 22.-The acting |
secretary of state authorizes a state
nent that reply has been made tolay |
o Minister Wu's communication of two
kilograms from Earl Ii Hung Chang,
lated respectively August 18th and c1st,
relative to cessation Of hostile dem-
and the appointment Of
to negotiate with China.
The correspondence will not be made
public until tomorrow.
AN AMERICAN HERO.
Washington. August 22.-The war de-
,artment prepared the following sketch
# Musician Titus who, according to
IN Associated Press dispatch published
vail of Pekin with a rope by means of
which others climbed to the top: Calvin
?. Titus enlisted on April S, 1899, at
Kansas. He Is aged nineteen
md one-half years. This was his Sec
md enlistment, his last service being
n company X, first Vermont infantry,
rom which he was discharged Novem-
Der 2, 1898. He was assigned to COM
pany E, 18th U. s. infantry. He was |
born at vinton, Iowa. A cablegram
from Pekin dated August 18th inst.
,hows that he was wounded in the neck |
slightly.
PEACE NOT IN SIGHT.
Washington, August 22.-The reply Of
he United States government to Ii
Hung Chang says. in brief. that this
government cannot enter upon negotia-
lions until there is a government in /
China which can prevent the hostili-
les Of Chinese troops and Chinese citi-
sens against the forces of the powers. |
rhe text Of the reply has been commu-
1icated to other governments.
A CRITICAL SITUATION.
New York, August 22.-The executive |
Of the Asiatic committee re-
ceived the following cablegram from
the American association in China at |
Shanghai and forwarded It to the Sec