The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-23

washington Aug. q. ~ From Cen
| Chaffee yesterday the war department
received official confirmation or the
fall Of Picking and the rescue Of the
| besieged legationers. The dispatch OF
/ the American commander was not
| long and contained few details, but the
] uncoucealed satisfaction with which II
| was received by officials Of the admin
/ istration indicated clearly the anxiety
| that had been engendered by his pro-
longed silence His last communica-
ton to the government prior to the
receipt of yesterdays advices, was
dated Aug. IL at -MatoW, almost thirty
miles from Peking. The explanation OF
| His silence
is suggested in advices received by the
navy department from Admiral
Remey, who, telegraphing from Taku
on the 18th, says the telegraph line be-
tween that point and Peking is inter-
rupted. The cablegram from Admiral
Remey contains some important in
formation not mentioned by Chaffee.
He makes the startling statement, on
Japanese authority, that the inner city
/ of Picking was being bonbarded py the
allied forces. ADMIRAL Remey says
also that the dowager empress is de-
! tained in the inner city by Prince
| Yungedo. Advices received Saturday
| night from the foreign office at Toxic,
Japan, by the Japanese legation in this
city s
Confirm and Amplify
previous accounts OF the capture Of
Picking by the allied troops. Following
is the text OF the dispatch from Gen.
| Chaffee, as made public by the war de-
partment: s$ s IL
| 1--WE entered legation grounds at 5
o'clock last night OATH with Four
tenth and light battery. Eight
wounded during days fighting; other
wise all well. --Chatfee
The dispatch was received during the
morning and was transmitted im1nedi-
ately to the president at the White
| House. He expressed his qualification
| at the news contained, particularly at
| the s..
| IT. Small Loss Sustained
by the American troops. 1t will be
| noted that the dispatch indicates the
American troops entered the legation
grounds at O'clock on the evening or
the 14th inst By the Washington Of
ficials and by the several legation OF
| ficials to- whom it was shown, the date
| of Gen. Chaffee's communication Is re-
| garded as an error Of transmission. It
is believed that the word fifteenth
| should be sixteenth All previous
adyices. official and unofficial, have
! indicated that the legations were re-
| iieyed on the evening Of the 18th,
| Wednesday, after a day OF sharp Tight
4 ing. Minister WI. the Chinese repre-.
/ sentative and Minister Takahira OF
Japan
| Were quite Positive
on this point, all their official adNices
being that the entrance to the city OF
| peking. was effected early in the even
ing Of Wednesday, the 18th inst The
| fact that only eight of the American
force were wounded, none being killed,
| is regarded as notably fortunate. Ad-
miral Remy's dispatch, which contains
much information in a few words, is
as follows: 5
| .'Chefu, (no date).-Bureau of Navi-
| CATION, Washington: Taku, 1Sth.-Tel-
I egrapfl line to Picking interrupted. In
formation, Japanese sources, empress
| dowager detained by Prince Yungedo
inner city, which is being bombarded
by allies. Chaffee reports
Entered Legation Grounds
| evening 14th Eight wounded during
days fighting; otherwise all WELL >%
tg- -"Remey''
| The startling feature Of the dispatch
| is that fighting within the city Of Pc
| king was continuing. according to the
advices of Admiral Remey. The inner,
| or, as it is popularity known, the for.
| hidden city. evidently had not been
| taken Prior to the receipt of the dis
! patch it was accepted generally as q
| fact that the dowager empress, in COM
| pany with the emperor and a large
suite, had left Peking. While nothing
| is said in Admiral Remey's dispatches
as to the whereabouts of the emperor,
| 1t Is deemed
Scarcely Probable
| that he left the city without the en-
press dowager.. Some doubt OF the
| accuracy of the information received
| by Admiral Reney is expressed, par
ticularly as the Chinese minister, WI,
is very positive that the emperor, en-
press dowager and the entire Chinese
L CouIC tE1I ShIlAS SCAoiS liz O. - - -
| the gates Of the allies. Late Saturday
night the Japanese minister, Takahiri
received the following advices from
the Japanese foreign Office at Toxic:
1.-THE Japanese consul at Chefu wired,
under date Aug. IT, to the following eff
fect The foreign forces attacked on
| the eastern side of Peking Wednesday
morning. The enemy
0bsttnateiy Resisted.
/ In the evening the Japanese blew up
the Chiao-Yang gate and the Tung
Chin gate of the Tartar city and sue
ceeded in entering. In the meantime
other foreign forces entered the Chi
nese city by the Tung Pien gate. De-
taohments were sent out Immediately
| to the legations and opened conmuni-
cations. The ministers and STATS were
found safe. The Japanese loss was
over 100, including three officers,
| namely, Capt. Michiiye and Lieut.. Wa
! tanabe, wounded, while Lieut.. Yazaki
/ was killed The Chinese loss computed
| at about 400"
/ LOOKS MORE SERIOUS.
Fighting In Picking Puts More Sc