Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-20
FIGHTING At PEKING.
Tartar City Held Out Against
Out Against Allies.
EMPRESS SAID TO BE TIRE
A Chinese OficiaI, as to Whose Name the
Dispatches Differ Said to Have Detain-
cd Her--Minister Received Information
That She Had Fled.

That She Had Fled.
London, Aug. 20. Rear Admiral
Bruce cables the admiralty from Che
Foo, August 10, dispatch containing
the following
"A IN informed on the authority of
the Japanese that street fighting still
continues in Picking. part of which Is
on fire.
"Yang Sa prevented the empress
from leaving, and last stand Is now
being made in the inner city, which
is surrounded by the allies ant being
bembarded.'
Rome. Aug. pa dispatch from
Taku. via Che Foo, Aug. Is, said:
Fighting continues in the streets Of
Picking, and the allies have bombarded
the point that is still resisting. Prince
Yung prevented the departure OF the
empress dowager."
Washington. Aug. 20.2The navy de
partment received the following cable
gram:
"Taku. Aug. 1s.-Telegraph line to
Picking interrupted. Information Jap
anese sources empress dowager de-
tanned by Prince Yungedo inner city,
which is being bombarded by allies.
Chaffee reports entered legation
grounds evening 14th. Eight wounded
during days fight. Otherwise all well.
"Remey."
The war department received the
following Dispatch
"Che Foo, Aug 10, Pekin. Aug. IL
We entered legation grounds at )
o'clock last night with Fourteenth and
light battery. Eight wounded during
days fighting. Otherwise all well.
"Ghaffee."
War department officials thought the
date, Picking. Aug, 15 was an error
In transmission. They believed It
should be August IL, as all previous
reports indicated that Picking was
captured on the 18th inst.
The startling feature of the dis
patch is that fighting within the city
of Picking was continuing, according
to the advices of Admiral Remey. The
inner, or, as is popularity known, TIE
Forbidden City evidently had not been
taken It is surrounded by a massive
wall of solid masonry, more than 20
feet high. Prior to the receipt of the
dispatch it was accepted generally us
fact that the dowager empress, in
company with the emperor and large
suite. had left Picking. Nothing IS said
In Admiral Remey's adviees as to the
whereabouts of the emperor. Some
doubt If the accuracy Of the informa-
ton received by Admiral Remey was
expressed. particularly as the Chinese
minister, Mr.. WI, was very positive
that the emperor, empress dowager
and the entire Chinese court left Pc
king before the arrival at the gates of
the allies.
Minister WI said that he had official
adviees to the effect that the emperor
at3A @wtnress dowager had gone from
Picking to the province of Shen ST, Z
colisiueraDft distance west of the CAPT
tai city. He had not been advised 70
what city they had gone. The minis
ter believed they were entirely oft ef
danger The statement that the dow
ager empress was detained by Prince
Yungedo therefore gave him little con-
Germ. although he expressed some III
terest in it, He said there was 80
Chinese Prince Yungedo. 1t is not y
Chinese name. 1t might be- the min
lister thought. Japanese name, but,
personally, he knew of no such per-
son.
At the Japanese legation 1t was said
Il
No Japanese official of that name was
known to the legation attaches. Their
solution of the question raised by the
dispatch was that the name should be
Yung Lf He was the commander In
chief of the imperial Chinese troops,
and was said to have strong anti-f69-
eign inclinations and sympathies No
conjecture was offered as to the reason
for the detention of the doWager en-
press by him. Among Washington Off
Gals il was regarded as hardly likely
that the empress dowager was being
detained by any Chinese official II
she be in Peking at this time she is
there probably of her own accord.
The assertion of Minister w. based
upon official advices from his govern
ment, however, is most positive that
she is not in the city of Picking.
The Japanese minister, Mr. Taxa
hira. received the following advices
from the Japanese foreign office at
Toxic:
1.-THE Japanese consul at Che Foo
wired under date August II to the
following effect:
1.-The foreign forces attacked on the
eastern side of Picking on Wednesday
morning The enemy obstinately rc-
sisted. In the evening the Japanese
blew up the Chiao Yang gate and the
Tung Chin gate of the Tartar city and
succeeded in entering. In the meantime
other foreign forces entered the Chi
mes city by the Tung Pien gate. De
tachments were sent Immediately to
the legations and opened communica-
tons. The ministers and STATS were
found safe. The Japanese loss was
over 100, including three officers, name
ly, Captain Michiiye and Lieutenant
Watanabe wounded, while Lieutenant
Yazaki was killed. The Chinese loss
computed at about 400"