The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-10-15
FROM THE ORIENT.

Latest News from China by the Empress
| oi inoih-The Ichang Riots n Deliberately
| Planned and Quickly Execute ed AHaIr by
| soldiers Under Command of "A Mandarin
| An Escaped Siberian Convict Stoaway
| -other Interesting News.
VANCOUVER, B. c., Oct. 14.-Thc
steamer Empress of India, which left
iokohama at $3.50 p. m, October I,
reached Victoria at 4:2o yesterday
morning, and after brief stop pro-
ceeded to this port. She brings six
saloon, forty-eight second cabin and
l43 storage passengers and full
cargo. When the vessel had been u
short time at sea an interesting stown.
way was unearthed. He was Demetrius
Kohopitslt an escaped Siberian con-
Wet lie had been sentenced to six.
Teen years exile, but after six years of
almost uncomfortable hardships had sue
ceeded in escaping into China. The
passengers took compassion upon the
unfortunate man and made the pas
sage comfortable for him.
oh September -, while proceeding
TO Shanghai. terrific typhoon struck
the vessel, but no damage was done.
Japanese exchanges received by tho
steamer relate the following interest
ing events:
On September IA the bark Archus,
from New Chwang, was wrecked dur
ing typhoon at the entrance of Nava-
SKI harbor, all on board being lost.
The crew of the vessel was composed
OF Chinese, but she was of1icered by
Europeans.
Al NlnItynSfn 81,
sixteen Russian convicts working on n
railroad attempted to escape. Two
were shot down, but the others es-
capped. At farm house which they
reached they killed the three inmates
so MS to obtain clothing. A French
officer was killed for the same reason,
and Russian bandmastcr was killed
and his body stripped. At latest ac-
counts none of the convicts had been
recaptured.
A correspondent of the Japan Daily
Mail, writing under the date of Shanp-
hal September 10, says: "Details
which have been received regarding the
lchang riot throw Il more serious lirht
upon that outbreak than was at first
reported. 1t was thought tina. the af-
fair would turn ont to be the work of
an ignorant mob excited into
violence by the emssaries of
kalao Hui, as at other places
on the fang-tse Kiang, but we
now know that the attack was dclbcr-
ately planned and carried out with
great expedition by a few soldiers un-
der the command of a mandarin whose
special duty was to protect foreigners
Mt lchang. The ignorant lower classes
had nothing whatever to do with tho
outbreak. Indeed mission premises in
side the city were open all day and
patients from among the poor were re-
ceiving relief Mt the dispcnsary at the
very time that the soldiers were burn.
ing foreign houses and assaulting inof-
fenslve franciscan sisters at the settle
serve the purpose OF the Bcccan ON
cals in this case. An attempt was
made, it is true, to protect the Roman
Catholic sisters, but they were in
trusted to the care of brutal soldiers
who threw them down the river en-
baniment and did their best to murder
them. Had it not been for the per-
scnal bravery Of Il German priest some
of the sisters would undoubtedly have
been killed. Although every unofficial
foreign building was burned, the Brit
sh consulate and custom house were
not damaged. The British consul was
unable to assist those attacked. For
tunately the steamer Pac IIua was in
port and every foreign resident took
refuge on board.
The attack was not only deliberately
planned but was carried out with the
utmost celcl'ity. IL was claimed that u
child had been stolen by these people,
but this was false. The water in tho
rivers was so low that the war-ships
were unable to reach Ichang. The
merchantmen Fila carried up n drtach-
mcnt of blue jackets who will protect
foreign property.