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wounded in hand. slight ..
Aug. l6.-Died of wounds I'm action;
Edward b. Mitchell. Possibly intended
for VIM. w. Earle.
| FIGHTING AT TIEN-TsIN.
London. Aug. 22-"The allies were
fighting the Chinese outside Tien-Tsin.
Aug. 49, so Rear Admiral Bruce wires
TO the British admiralty from Taku, un-
der date OF Aug. 20. writing that the
engagement was reported to have oc-
CURED six miles south OF Tien-Tsln.
Admiral Bruce also sent dispatch
dated Pekin. Aug. Il, from the general
| officer commanding there, in which moth
ing is said as to the situation at Pelxin.
IL caves partial list of British casualties
during the siege OF the legations. includ-
ing Capt. Bernard Strouts, who died OF
wounds, and regrets that owing to the
heavy road and forced march the naval
brigade was unable 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
JAPANESE OCCUPY PALACE.
An Official dispatch from Tfen Tsin,
dated Aug. 20 and received at Toxic. re-
peats that the Japanese occupied the i'm
periai palace at Pekin August l6 and says
that about Aug. ~ the Dowager Empress
and the emperor and ministers left Pekin
with three thousand tRoops. their desti-
nation. il is supposed. being Sian Flu
Pekin, it is added. being I'm great confu-
sion. was divided into several districts.
Half OF the Tartar city was placed under
control of the Japanese and committees
OF Japanese, American, British. Russian
and French officers were appointed to
maintain order.
A detachment OF Japanese troops res
cped the foreign missionaries and Chi
nese Christian converts, who had been
Japanese were killed or wounded.
coNGER sUPERcEDED.
New York. Aug. "a dispatch from
Washington says:
The war department sent Gen. Chaffee
a cablegram OF four words late this az
ternoon which practically takes things
out OF Minister Conger's hands and puts
Gen. Chaffee i'm the position OF the ut
most responsibility.
The message said:
Report operations. situation, require
ments."
There Is no intention OF depreciating
Minister Conger. The government has the
liveliest sense of gratitude for him but IL
is not deemed expedient to act on his dis
patches because. after his terrible expe-
rience, he Is naturally biased, and be-
cause he needs and deserves a rest
IL is proposed to have Mr.. Conger come
home at the first opportunity and enjoy
a long period OF rest and recuperation-
His advice can be as valuable to the
government here as his presence in Chi
ma. IL is a practical certainty that he
will not be named the representative
of this government to negotiate with Earl
Ii for the establishment of peace.
DELAYED BY RAIN.
Berlin. Aug. 22-The German war office
has received a dispatch from Taku. dated
August 10. saying the advance Of the Ger
man battalion was delayed by violent
rains. IL reached Pekin August II. Yang
Tsun, Il is added. was still threatened by
the Chinese troops on the imperial canal
The Pang Chuang missionaries who
were at the annual meeting and took ref
uge at Pekin are: Rev Arthur III. Smith
and wife, the Misses f. Gertrude and III.
Grace Wycoff. L.in-Ching missionaries un-
der the same conditions are: Rev. r. NJ.
Chaplin. wife and two children.
The passage of scripture alluded to
above is:
''Our soul Is escaped as a bird out OF
the snare OF the fowlers; the snare is
broken. and we have escaped"
SAY BATTLE is ENDED.
Rome. Aug 22.-Dispatches received
here from Taku. under date of Aug. 20.
saws that according TO advices from n
Japanese source dated August IL, the bat
tie Of Pekin was then finished, the Jap
anese had entered the imperial palace
and the foreign ministers with detach-
ments OF the allied troops occupied the
imperial city, the Chinese princes and
ministers having retired TO Seian (Sian
Fu) west of Pekin.
Field Marshal Count Won waldersee.
the German officer who is going to the
far east I'm order to take command OF the
allied forces in China, with the three Of
fcers accompanying him, breakfasted
after which the field marshal went to the
Pantheon and deposited a wreath on the
tomb of King Humbert
The field marshal left Rome at 2:30 H.
m. for Naples, where he will embark for
China.