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EMACIATED TENANTS COULD LAST BUT LITTLE LONGER.

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The Chinese Had Been Furiously For Two Days.

attacking

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[Spxora, Tro Tee Examiner.]

Loypoy, Aug. 22.—The flags of the

allles, says the Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail, wiring yesterday, are now floating over the Imperial Palace. Street fighting, however, continues.

Pexin, Aug. 14, via Cheefoo, Aug- 21.—The American and Ressian flags were planted on the east wali of Pekin at 11 o’clock this morning.

The Indian troops entered the British legation at one and the ‘American at three o’clock. There was a joyful recep” tion from the wall. The emaciated ten= ants could have lasted but little longer. They had only three day’s rations.

The Chinese had been attacking furi- ously for two days. Four thousand shells fellin the legation during the siege. Sixty-five peorle were killed

‘and one hundred and six'y wounded,

The Japanese began battle before day- light, and are still fightirg about the north wall where part of the Chinese are defend- ing. The plan wasto make a general attack tomorrow and troops were arriving at camp from miles east all night. They were completely exhausted and slept in the corn fields in the rain,

The generale, however, alarmed at the sound of the heavy attack un the legations pushed forward independently, the British, Americans and Freach on the leftof the river and the Russians and the right.

Beginning at 2 o’clock this morning the Japanese drove the brunt of the resistance fo the northe n of the cily, their artillery engaging the Chinese heavily there.

The Americans and British met with but little resistance until they entered the city where there was street fighting. Company 14th of the United States In. fantry planted its flag on the cuter wall, musician Titus scaling the wall with a rope by means of which others climbed to the top.

Food supplies sent to legations by the Empress Dowager were sufficient for one day.

Loxpoy, Aug. 22.—Ino the news that reaches London this morning direct from China, there is nothing to confirm the report that the Empress Dowager has been run to earth.

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ISLAND WEDNESDAY

ISLAND BOYS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Interesting Letter from Mr, Mellish

CHARLES HINES, WILLH ARRIS’ ROY HARRIS AND REG COX

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Join Others at Springs—Off the Armored Train

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Through the kindnees of J.T. Mellish, Esq., Taz Examiner is permitted to give the followin, extracis from a letter from hisson, Mr. Arthur Mellish,—

Springs, Transvaal,

12th July, 1900, Dominion Day found us aitill here, the glorious Fourth came and went and we remained, aod ncw I sit down to pen you a few lines on the Orange anniversary, Tne battle is still going on a short diese tance from us, and we.aie garrisoning this place and performing outpost duties. The experience Of Our company on the arroored train wae short—to Elansfontein and back. Now we are setiled down with an addition of four men, Our total strength being up to44, The four are Islanders who nave rejoined ue, namely, Charlie Hines, Will Harris, Reg Cox and Roy Harris. Wher the Island boys are compelled to stay be- hind from ‘sickness they are not the ones to remain longer than they cao help. You will have noticed in my various let~ ters how they constantly overtook us, undergoing a]! kinds of hardships and pri- vations to accomplish this. I may men- tiocg Brace, who overtock us at Jacobs spruit, tbe draft atWioburg, McKinnon at Pretoria and McRae at Irene. If many fell out or tell sick you cao bardly re ard jtaeamark of weakness when you re- member how those who had rot to carry the same burdens and were better clothed and better fed also succumbed. Oo Monday night I went out on No.4 Outpost on a coal dump, the party of 12 being in charge of Lieut. McDonald, Sh-rtly after settling there we saw some ambulance wagons coming in; we sent two men to etop them, and found they were English coming from the front with wounded men. ‘They had been de~ tained at the Boer laager the previous night. The surgeon in charge was de- lighted when he found that we were British and that we held tbe place. Shortly after this I went dowoin the village to buy some supplies. A man named Fourie came to me and said that a woman who lived near wished to go see herticter, whose husband, a burgher, had been killed in Saturday’s fight, the news having been just brought in by a oalive runner. I accom. panied bim and took the woman and her children to her sister’e, Of course you kaow the people are rot al- lowed tosmove about at night of their own accord, Fourie told me that some other burghers beiunging to the Springe had also been wounded on Saturday. Among them was @ man who had been struck in the breast bya bullet tnat had gone through him and come out low down in his back. The same man bad been wound- ed io the foot early in the war; afterwards be broke his arm; on recovering he again went to the front and shot one of his com- radee, and still continuisg in the ranks he was wounded as staied above. After get- ting back I went on sentry from 11.30 to 1 30. Although the night was cold the place we were stationed at was warm from the coal being on fire, The elack coal is constantly dumped over the outer end of the wide pile which is smoulder- ing away, little wreathes of smoke coming out here and there all over it. A _ full moon was shining and nothing important occurred during my watch. Long before daylight a great racket aroused me and I caw little coal cars coming and going past where I was lying. A long steel cable stretched away down tothe mines rau along the topof narrow track. It came up to nearly the end of the dump where it went round a large wheel placed horizontally and went back over another track parallel to the other. The cable is lifted up off the track and placed in an iron V at the head and on top of the car and as itis drawn forward the V turns and jams it and the cablehauls the car right slong. At the end ofthe journey negroes disengage the cable, run the car out tothe edge ofthedamp on little tracks, upset the refuge slack coal out and attach the car to the cable on the returning track where it is carried to the starting point. This endlesscable is of course kept moving by machinery at the mine. It was very interesting to watch the work going ov. Acouple of fires had been started to give light as the mcon had gone down. The moving aod jangling, the i black figures of the natives running hither and thither and the light flickering uncertainly on the whole seene made

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ACCORDING TO A’'REPORT FROM COLONEL OTTER.

Health of Canadian Officers and Men Said to be Good,

J8rzcraL ro Tam Examiner]

Orrawa, Aug, 22.—The last repor; from Col. Otter, dated Springs, July 13th, says :

“The Wales’ regiment has been re- inforc:d by some 300 of the Mounted Infantry.

“ The health of the officers and men has been very good since coming to thie station, and so far as I can gather those in hospitals io different parts of the country are improving.

‘While eo ae weeks ago there seemed a strong probability of the early close of

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TO GET RID OF TARTE.

He Will be Speedily Shipped Back to Paris.

(SpeciaL ro luge Examiner, ]

QOrrawa, August 22,—When the Gov- ronment appeals to the country it will be minus Tarte a8 & minister. It appears now that the Master of the Administration is likely to prove a veritable Jonah, hence he must be got rid of before the appeal to the electorate. He will speedily be shipped back +o Paris.

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Wil] Address Meetings in the Mari- time Previnces.

(Speorat To Tue Examman]

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