St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-11
That Is the Cry Of the Blood.
Thirsty Chinese at the I
Iehang Outbreak.
American and British Mission
Houses Are Burned and
Sacked.
The Consulate Attacked by a
Mob Armed With Knives {
and Axes.
Shall Americans Stand IdIy
By and Not Resent This
Awful Insult =?

Hon Kow, China, Sept. G. - The
steamer Pao Hua arrived here to-day.
with lchang refugees, twenty in all, all
of whom lost everything except the
clothes they wore at the beginning of
the outbreak. Several bore marks of
serious violence. The riot took place
at broad monday without warming or
provocation. 1t was carried out by a
handful of men, evidently acting under,
orders, III the presence of number OF
chinese officials, who knew every one
of the rioters. Their mission of de-
struction was carried out with the ut
most speed. A crowd had cole cted, I
and suddenly rush was made
for house belonging to the American
Episcopal mission. The gate was
smashed in and man heading the mob
cried, "Slay the foreigners" The riot
ers came in with rush, and one aimed
murderous blow with a shacle at Mr.
Sowerby. Mr.. Sowerby disarmed this
assailant and avoided another, then RAM
for his life, reaching the consulate,3
from where he was transferred on board
the Pao Hua. The American mission
house was set on fire and the yameni
and soldiers were set back, neither civil
nor military mandarins making AM
effort to protect the property. The
Roman Catholic convent was next fred,
and the sisters, seven in number, barely,
Escaped TO the River,
where they were thrown headlong down
the steep bank by soldiers. They were
taken in boat on board the Pao Hua,i
and were stoned by the mob on Shore!
Several sisters were badly injured by
missiles. 1t is thought number Of;
children in the convent were burned to
death. A mob armed with knives and ,
axes rushed to the consulate, but did
not attack it. The house in which we're
DR.. Prize and Rev. Mr.. Deane, togetherl
with several other buildings, were
burned. Mr.. Roekburn's house was
completely ruined, and the newt
British consulate in course Of
construction was torn down. Houses
were looted, and although no one was
killed several attempts were made to-
murder and threats were frequent AT
the old consulate the foreigners kept tho
rioters back with bayonets. The leaders
of the mob carried gunpowder and kero-
Sene with which to fire the buildings.
Those having stolen property from the
ruined buildings were arrested next
day, but no attempt was made to cap
ture the real leaders, Many of the riot
erS were soldiers who had taken off
their coats to disguise themselves. Dur
ing the whole time mandarins were
present and made no attempt to prevent
the people from
Carrying Away Plumber.
That no lives were lost is almost ems
tirely matter of luck. The Scotch
missionaries owed their escape to the
fact that they had gone boating on the .
river at the time of the outbreak. They
hurried back, and were just in time to =
rescue the senior missionaries and in4l
FAINT children and escape when the mob
arrived. The Roman Catholic sisters
barely escaped being massacred en-
masse, several being severely injured. !
AS in former cases, telegraph clerks re-
fused to send on news. A full dispatch
to the Daily News was refused
without excuse on the day of the
riot, and all foreign messages
the day after. On the third
day, when all possible damage had been
done, the military mounted guard over,
the blackened RUNS. In Han KowI
things are stirring again. Yesterday
there was gathering of the anti for-
eign element here. including large
number of magistrates and officials.
They resolved that foreigners must bel
driven Immediately from the centra1
provinces. The missions of Wuchangi
have received threatening placards or
dering them to leave at once or they
will be eXterminated. The Tastai in
spected the nunnery to-day, making al
search for bones, eyes, ETC., of children
said to have been murdered by the
cictnre