Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-07
OUTRAGES In JAPAN.
American Missionaries Subjected to Assnnlf
BY Japanese students-Less Fear Of
Police Inrerference-A New


Police Inrerference-A New
Jersey Minister Benten.
SAN FRANCISCO, June Ga CORE
spondent writing from Yokohama, Japan,
under date Of May 81, says: Some uneasi-
ness prevails among foreigners in the
Japanese capital, owing to the developments
which have followed the murder of the
Canadian missionary, the late Rev. I. A.
Large.
The excitement occasioned by the news Of
the murder had just died away when one OF
the best-known foreigners in the city found
himself victim Of circumstances, which
compelled his departure, and following
close upon that another missionary was
set upon by crowd of students, and seri-
ously cut by knives. In May the Rev.
james Summers, for many years
past proprietor of the Engilsh
school at Toxic, patronized by the
nobility, was driving in one OF
the principal thoroughfsres OF Toxic with
his wife, when the carriage of the Dowager
Empress, mother of the present Mikado, ap-
preached with a cavalry escort. When
member of the royal family passes it Is
the custom for people along the streets to
uncover their heads and Summers relned
his horse into the side of the street and
halted. As the carriage approached ne
took off his hat, replacing it as soon
as the carriage was past him. One of the es-
corts in the rear of the carriage noticed the
hat and brought his lance in line with It,
so that by accident the cavalryman struck
Summers severe blow on the head. Ihe
sofdier was at once arrested and court mar
tailed. The native press Immediately TOOK
up the matter and much feeling against the
foreigners was manifested by the rough stu
dent element known as the Shosei who were
infiamed by the report that Summers had
been guilty of an act Of disrespect toward
the Empress Dowager, and SO alarmed
Summers that he lett the school In the
hands of the police, and left on the 10th
inst BY steamer for his home In England,
leaving his family in care of friends.
The Shoseis are greatly excited, and for
eigners are fearing serious outbreaks. Un-
fortunately Mr.. Summers is the same man
who about 40 years ago caused the
death of the Governor of Macao, In
China by refusing to remove his hat when q
Corpus Christi procession was passing. He
was thrown into prison by the Portuguese,
was rescued by an English Admiral and in
the pending excitement the Portuguese
Governor and one other person were killed.
On the 17th inst. the japanese
students of the Presbyterian school
known as Meiji Gakuin started to play a
game of baseball with the students of the
Koto Seigakko preparatory school and the
feeder to the Imperial University of Toxic.
Rev. G.. w. Knox, the American mis-
sionary teacher in Meiji Gakuin, ac-
compan1ed the students from his
school. While the game was in
progress another American mission
ary, Rev. W. Imbray, of New Jersey, a
teacher in the same school went to the
grounds and stepped over low hedge
fence into the field. He was
set upon by the Shosei and
beaten about the head and body and
sustained severe injuries and knife cuts
about the head. No cause is given for the
attack. He will, however, recover. Less
fear is being shown by the Shosei for the
police, and the outcome Of the excitement
is the topic of general surmise.