The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-11-11
THE OLD WORLD.
News by Cable from Different
Countries.
Outrages Against Christians in Chiaa.
NM. BAGNALL, AN AMERICAN MHs-
s1ONARY MURDERED.
Wholesale Arre.. Of Nihila... ia R...ia

LONDON, Nov. 10.-Chiness mobs have been
committing fearful outrages on persons and
places OF Christian worship at Canton and in
terror points. In the province OF Kwang Tong
alone four Roman Catholic and five Protest
ant churches have been DESTROYED, 12O houses
of resident Christians looted and their occu-
pants driven away. At Nam Hoi three Cath
olic chapels we're pillsged, as were also the
houses of converts. The priests and converts
were beaten aud the females outraged. At
Ship Hung, the Church of England chapel
was destroyed. The mob tore the clothing
from the preachers wife and treated her
shamefully. At Chan Sung, q Wesleyan
chapel was destroyed. Christians are fleeing
from the province to Hong Kong. The Chi
nese gave them the alternative Of sacrificing
to their idols or leaving their home. They
preferred the latter, but while leaving
many of the women were caught and outrag-
ed. The authorities of IL Cantonese villages
have decided that all Christians must leave.
Fifteen churches in those villages have alrea-
dy been destroyed and several stores looted,
Many persons are homeless. Although the at
tention OF the Chinese government was called
TO these barbarous acts no action has been TAX
en- to prevent them or to punish the perpetra-
tors. AT Kite Yung mob destroyed all Ro-
man Catholic and English churches. At Swar
Tow Chatholic priests were ordered to leave
and after they had left the Chinese soldiers
broke into the houses and ravished the female
converts. News has reached Shanghai from
Pskin that Mr.. Bsgnall. colporteur of the
American Bible Society has been murdered in
the province OF Shan Tung.
Full reports Of the riots at Hong Kong which
began September 80, and lasted three days
show that they were less serious than ct first
reported. The trouble began through the re-
fusal OF Chinese workmen to help load 8
French merchant vessel. They were taken to
the police court and fined S. each. They at
tempted to resist the force and sixty OF them
wera captured by the police and one or the
rioters was shot dead, whereupon others fed to
the Chinese territory. This ended the riots
The British Grain Trade.
The Mark Lane Express in its weekly review
Of the British grain trade says native wheat
declined 10 a 8, -four ia lower and foreign
wheat is dragging along with prices in favor of
buyers. The downward movement continues
and itsis impossible to predict when and where
1t will stop. The position of trade is without
precedent. Free supplies are crushing the life
out OF it Maize is in small supply and prices
are sustained. A heavy drop, however, is ex-
pected when the immense American crop of
1884 gets fairly in motion.
Am Ocean Steamer Disabled.
Steamer Leparto from New York for Hull
has passed Scully with her machinery disabled
She was going to Portland.
Yellow Fever.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 10-The Spanish steamer
Pedro from Wilmington, n. O., October "a,
has arrived here She has yellow fever on
board.
In the Commons.
LONDON, Nov. 10.-The House of Commons
today rejected 1874 to 109 an amendment to the
franchise bill. the purpose OF which was 80
prevent the bill from going into operation un-
til the scheme OF redistribution should be
adopted.
The bill was then passed in COMMITTEES of
| the whole without amendment.
Mr., Ashley, under coloniol secretary reply-
| ing to an inquiry, said that the British Minis
ter at Washington had been instructed
| to negotiate reciprocal commercial
arrangements whereby America should remit
import duties on West Indian sugar, and
| the West Indies should take off the duties on
certain articles import from America, but
no arrangement was contemplated and no pro-
| posal had been made whereby the West Indies
should impose differential duties on English
as opposed to American manufactures.
France and China.
PARIS, Nov. 10.-Great excitement has pre-
vailed in the lobbies OF the Chambers today
owing to the confirmation of the report that the