The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-20

dred men. This would indicate thnt
only about one-third OF General Chat.
fees force actually had entered the
city at the time he sent his dispatch.
The fact that only eight OF the Ameri-
can force were wounded, none being
killed, Is regarded as notably fortu-
nate.
3 The startling feature OF the dispatch
Is that fighting within the city OF Pc
kin was continuing. according to the.
advices OF Admiral Remey. The inner,
or, us popularly known. the Forbidden
City, had evidently not been taken. 1t
is surrounded by a massive wall OF
solid masonry, more than twenty feet
high, md 1T is not regarded as surpris-
Ing that the Chinese should make their
final stand within its shadows. Prior
to the receipt Of the dispatch 1t was nc
,cepted generally as a fact that the
.Dowager Empress, in company with
1.-THE emperor and a large suite had left
Pekin. While nothing is said in Ad-
tmlral Remey's tadvices as to the where
5abouts of the emperor, It is deemed
scarcely probable that he left the city
without the Empress Dowager.
Accuracy Doubted.
Some doubt Of the accuracy Of the
information received by9Admiral Rem
ey. is expressed. particularly as the
Chinese minister, Mr.. Wu, is very pos
tive that the emperor. empress dowa-
ger and the entire Chinese court left
Pekln before the arrival at the gates
Of the allies.
Minister WI said to the Associated
Press to-day that he had official ad-
vices to the effect that the emperor and
empress .dowager had gone from Pekin
to the province of shen-Si, a consider
able distance west Of the capital city.
He had not been advised to what city
they had gone, but 1t seemed probable
that their destination was the capital
of Shen-si province. The, minister be-
lieved they were entirely out OF dam
ger. The statement that the dowager
empress was detained by Prince Yung.
edo, therefore. gave him little concern,
although he expressed some interest in
1t. He said there was no Chinese
Prince Yungedo. 1t is not Chinese
name. 1t might be, the minister
thought, aiJapanese name, but person.
ally he knew OF no such person.
AT the Japanese legation the dispatch
OF Admiral Remey. was read. quite nat
urally. with the deepest Interest.
There. too, 1t was said that Yungedo
was not Chinese name. No Japanese
official OF that name wns known to the
legation attaches. Their solution Of
the question raised by the dispatch was
that the name should be Yung Lu. He
Is the commander-in-chief Of the i'm
perial Chinese troops and is, said to
have strong pro-foreign incllnatlons
and sympathles. 4. No conjecture was;
offered as to the reason for the .deten-
tion OF the. dowager empress by: him.
Empress Dowager's Presence Query
Among Washington officials 1t Is re-
garded as hardly likely that the en-
press dowager is being detained by any
Chinese official. II she be in Pekln at
this time she is there probably OF her
own accord. The assertion OF Minister
WI. based upon official advices from
his government. however, Is most posi-
tive that she is not in the city of Pekin.
While no surprise was evinced at the
statement OF Admiral Remey that the
inner city was being bombarded, some
concern was expressed lest the final
stand OF the Chinese troops within
what they regard as most sacred pre-
clncts should prove u very serious af-
fair.
les In one. In extent Of area It is about
the size Of New York City. The four
segments of 1t are the Chinese city, the
Tartar city. the Imperial city. and the
Forbidden city. The last Is the Inner
city" mentioned In Admiral Rcmey's
dispatch and is the residence OF the
emperor and the scat OF the Imperial
court. Nobody is allowed within its
massive walls, except by special per-
mission OF the emparor or empress
dowager. The foreigners who have en-
tered Its gates are comparatively few
in number. The imperial city Is occu-
pied only by the highest Chinese on
cials and members and attaches OF the
imperial court.
All Found Safe.
Further information as to the re-
ported bombardment will be awaited
with Keen interest.
Late last night, the Japanese minis
ter. Mr.. TakahIrn. received the follow
Ing advices from the Japanese foreign
Office at Toxic:
"Thc Japanese consul ut Che Foo
wired under date of August Il to the
following effect:
" The foreign forces attacked on the
eastern side of Pcking on Wednesday
morning. The enemy obstlnately resist
cd. In the evening, the Japanese blew
up the Chiao-Yang gate and the Tung
Chih gate OF the Tartar City md sue
cceded in entering. In the meantime.
other foreign forces entered the Chi
nese city by the Tung Plen gate De-
tachments were sent Immediately to the
legations md opened communications.
The ministers and staffs were found
safe. The Japanese loss was over one