Show I HOW PEKING WAS ENTERED Another Account of Taking Chinese I Chi-nese Capital New York AuffJ 1 A dispatch to the Herald from Peking Friday August gust 17th via Shanghai says Contrary Con-trary to the agreement the allied commanders the Russians advanced and occupied the first door of the east gate early In the morning of tho Ifth Tuesday but failed to force the second sec-ond dbof At 2 oclock In the afternoon of the 14th the British and Americans entered the gate near the legations and met with only slight resistance The Japanese met more serious opposition oppo-sition at the upper east gate all day At midnight on the 14th they blew up the gate and entered the city many Chinese being killed The people In the legation were well but somewhat starved Minister Conger said They tried to annihilate us the day before you got In Prince Ching president I of the Tsung11Yamen sent word that his officers had received orders to cease firing on us under pain of death At 7 oclock In the evening of the same day the Chinese opened tire and this continued I con-tinued all day 1 the relieving column had not arrived when I did we should probably have succumbed The Americans lost seven marlnen killed and fifteen wounded and one child died The whole movement IB purely a governmental ono The Boxers arc pnly 1 pretense having no guns t I confldcntlalradviser the Empress Emrress pqsthe leader of the Imperial troops here trOoPsj |