The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-08-31


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Company E--James q. Haii. Daniel W
simnkins.
FOURTEENTH INFANTRY.
Company K-Russeil T. Eiiicott.
| Company M-James e. wiber.
WOUNDED.
NINTH INFANTRY.
| Company F-Martin A. SILK, wounded in
head serious.
Company MA. Bailey, frs, sergeant.
wounded In arm. slight.
| Company K-George II. siemens. wound
ed in leg below knee. serious.
| Company M-Wm. +. Norton, wounded
| in leg below knee slight
FOURTEENTH INFANTRY.
Company Geo. Fox. sergeant. wound.
ed in hand, slight: Harvey Baker. musi-
can, wounded in thigh, moderate; Calvin
| i. Titus, musician, wounded in neck,
lslight; Geo. C. Kaufman, wounded In but
took.
| Company G-Henry j. Kylzla wounded
IN chest. serious.
Company H-Chas. IT. Morgan, corpor-
al, wounded in leg below knee, moderate;
ora +. Tyler, -; Geo. King, -; John
-. lyHCHt WOuHueu NIlGlls sll6HN.
Company HAIRY l.. Dublin. wounded
in leg below knee, slight.
Company L-Thos. Tanker. wounded in
chest, serious; Thos. King, wounded In
arm, serious.
Company M-wm. =. Hoffman,. cook,
wounded In thigh, moderate: Henry o..
Davies, wounded In leg below knee, seri-
out
FIFTH ARTILLERY.
Battery Flee Doyle, wounded In hand,
slight.
August 16, died of wounds received in
action Edward B. Mitchell, Company l.,
Fourteenth Infantry. CHAFFEE.
ROME, August 22-Dispatches received
here from Taku under date of August %
ray that according to advices from Il
Japanese source dated August II, the bat
tie OF Picking was then finished, the Jap
anese had entered the Imperial palace.
The foreign Ministers with detachments
of the allied troops were then occupying
the Imperial city, the Chinese Princes and
Ministers having returned to Sian Flu,
west OF Picking.
WASHINGTON, August 22.-As u result
of the conference between the President,
Secretary Root and Acting Secretary
Adee, the reply to Ii Hung Chang was
agreed upon and drafted. 1t will be de-
livered to Minister WI today and 1t is
later.
ADVICES FROM BRITISH ADMIRAL.
LONDON. August 22-"The allies are
fighting the Chinese outside from TEN
Tsin, August 49," so Rear Admiral Bruce
wires to the British Admiralty from Ia
ku under date of August %, adding that
the engagement was reported to have oc-
Cured six miles south of Tien-Tsin.
Admiral Bruce also sent dispatch dat
ed Peking, August II, from the general Of
ficer commanding there. in which nothing
is said as to the situation at Peking. 1t
gives n partial list of the British casual
ties during the siege OF the legations, the
death of Captain Bernad Strouts and re-
grets that lowing to the heavy road and
forced march, the naval brigade was I'M
able TO participate in the entry" adding
that the "way they brought their guns
by boat and road from Tien-Tsin Is an
achievement of which they may be
proud J..
An official dispatch from TIen-Tsin,
dated August 20, and received at Tokyo,
repeats that the Japanese occupied the
Imperial palace at Picking August 10, and
says that about. August II the Dowager
Empress and the Emperor and Ministers
left Picking with 5000 troops. their desti-
nation. 1t is supposed, being Sian Flu. Pc
king, being in great confusion, was divid-
ed into several districts.
Half the Tartar city was placed under
the control Of the Japanese and commit
tees of Japanese, American, British. Rus
sian and French officers were appointed
to maintain order. A detachment of Jap
apese troops rescued the foreign mission
aries and Chinese Christian converts,
who had been imprisoned In the palace
Two hundred Japanese were killed or
wounded.
BERLIN, August 22.-The German War
Office has received dispatch from Taku
de- ted August II, saying the advance of
the German battalion was delayed by vio-
lent rains. 1t reached Picking August II.
YGng Tsun. 1t is added was threatened
by the Chinese troops on the Imperial
canal.
FIGHTING WITHIN PEKING.
WASHINGTON, August 22.-The War
Department announced early in the day
that 1t was in receipt of casualty list
from Gen. Chaffee and this was made pub
lie about noon. 1t was learned, however,
that the Chaffee dispatch contained a
considerable amount of matter beside the
list of killed and wounded, and 1t was the
subject of an extended White House con-
ference between the President, Secretary
Rect and Acting Secretary of State Adee.
1t was hoped by the officials that the re-
ccipt of detailed news from Gen. Chaftce
would simplify the situation considerably
in large degree. Its future line of a"-
ten in China. This was not the case,
however. Gen. Chafree's telegram indicat-
ed that there may yet be considerable
aeavy fighting around Picking and be-
tween that city and the coast. 1t was i'm
possible to make any prediction as to the
date of the pacification on the informa-
ton thus furnished and the Admnistrp-
lion is not able to fix approximate date
for the withdrawal of our troops from
Chinese territory.
While the White House conference was
In progress the Chinese Minister arrived |
al the State Department. Mr.. Adee was |
absent and the Minister waited patiently |
for two hours. the expectation being tina. |
the reply of the United States Govern |
ment to Ii Hung Changes peace appiiea- !
ton would be handed to him. At ~
o'clock Minister WI had heard nothing |
az TO the return of the Acting Secretary |
l.. a. n.