The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-12
7YE CHINESE RIOTS.
story of tho outrages on
American Missionaries. :
mp MOB BURNED AND PILLAGED.
sorlctlcs Blamed for the
,..,nlc.. Women Thrown Into tho
,,,,cr..No Attempt ut Punishment
r,, News supprcsscd..Tclcgrapli
,r,.sascs Refused

Iroy Eow, CnsA, Oct. 0.-The steam
rnolrm arrived hero to-day with
Lt,psr refugees, twenty in all They
i,I last everything except tho clothes
rorca, the beginning oil tho out.
"' Several bore marks OF violence.
Tr, rio, tool; place at broad MONDAY
'irau, warning or p%rovocation. 1t
,.carriel out by a handful OF men
,ral,p,ly acting under orders in the
,n,.,occ Of a number OF Chinese Ollie
a. who knew every one Of the rioters
Tr,ir mission Of destruction was car
.,'i MT witt, thy utmost speed. a
,,,yi Lgl collected, and suddenly Il
III, wIs made iOr 4 house belonging
:" ,hr American Episcopal mission.
Tnr rate was smashed in, and q man
I""IIag .hc mob cried, "Slay the Tor
'$"wrrs. The rioters came in with Il
U,E,.I and one aimed 4 murderous blow
,,..i .lacIc a. Mr.. Sowcrby. MI. Sow.
r,L,y Esgrmcd this assailant, avoided
.""c,hrr and then ran for his life. reach
Inc ,Dc consulate, from where no was
.r5r.lrnI to the PGohua. The AmcrI.
c,T mission house was set on fire and
H." Yomrn and soldiers fell back, neitli-
@-ciril nor military mandarins making
IN effort to protect tho property.
SISTERS Throws N THE RIVER.
The Roman Catholic convent was next
fred and the Sisters, seven in number,
barely escaped to the river, where they
vcr. thrown hcadlong down the steep
hank by the soldiers. They were taken
in A bolt OIL board the Paohua, and were
stoned by tho mob on shore. Several
Sisters were badly injured by tho mis-
.ilc.. It Is thought Il number OF clii!-
Irrn in the convent were burned to
death.
mob armed with knives and axes
rushed TO the Consulate, but did not
s,tgcS il. The house in which were
DR., liric and Rev. Mr.. Dcanc, together
with several other buildings, were
burned. Mr.. Rockburn's house was
ruined and the new British Consulate,
IN course OF construction, was torn
down. Houses were looted, and, al
though no one was killed, several at
icmpts were madUtOmurdcran and threats
were frequent. At the old Consulate
the foreigners kept the rioters back
with b]ayonets. The leaders OF the mob
carried gun powder and kerosene, with
which to fire the buildings.
40 ATTEMPT At PUNISHMENT.
Those having stolen property from
tie ruined buildings were arrested next
day, but no attempt was made to cap
turc the real imtrudcrs. Many of the
rioters were soldiers who had taken oil
their coats to disguise themselves. Dur
ins .hc whole time mandarins were
pNscnt and made no attempt to pre-
vent the people from carrying away
p!unlcr. That no lives were lost is al
most 4 natter OF luck. The Scotch
missionaries owed their escape TO the
iact that they had gone boating on the
Iiycrat the time OF the outbreak. They
haired back and were Just in time to
!e.c0c senior missionaries and infant
ciItrcn and escape when tho mob ar
rived. The Roman Catholic sisters
barely escaped being massacrcd en-
laa>se, several being severely injured.
As former cases, telegraph clerks
iciuscd to send onnews. 4 full dispatch
10 the Ua8g .Nrrs at Shanghai was re-
fused without excuse or the day OF the
not, and all foreign messages the day
after. On the third day, when ali pos
si5Ic damage had been done, the mill
lay mounted guard over the bIackencd
ruins.
FURTHER ACTION AGAINST FOREIGNERS.
In Han kow tl:ingsare stirring again.
Yesterday there was a gathering OF the
aHii-Iorcign element here, including Il
large humber OF magistrates and OIL
Gals. They resolved that foreigners
must he driven Immediately from tho
c%cHir%I provinces. The missions ut WI
Chang have received threatening pla-
cards, ordering them to leave ut once or
They viii be eHterminatod. The Tastai
inspected the %nunnory to-day, making
search Tor bones, eyes, etc, OF children
sad to have been murdered by the sis
ICrs.
AGispatch from Shanghai, dated Sep
,GM0cr u. is as follows: The North
CHlna Ddiy .NeWS saws:
!!crc are points about the IchMng
tlo' OF serious importance. Il is in no
sense tie wori: OF 4 mob. There was
indeed a prcteSt in the shape o: Il child
s4iG to nave been kidnapped on the day
Oh the riot, but this evidently Is merely
"SnDtcrlugc in order to give the shadow
OF an excuse for the outbreak. xvi.
aenccs that the riot was directed and
carried out by soldiers was only too
numerous. There were people in au.
''oflty who restrained the outbreak in
certain directions and fostcrcd il in
DINERS Tho Chinese Brigadicr General
~ lcHang is q great friend OF foreigners,
oU' lie WAS helpless in the presence
81 an order evidently CONC to his
lINAan soldiers to destroy all foreign
properly they could on that dav. Where
;o suhhoat can 20 tho position oil
;n'e'sllers, unless in numbers, is very
insecure. When soldiers got orders
IRON Their secret leaders they care
nothing ioF their officers, and the cen
, mSi government is powcrlcss. There
VIII DC no security for Tor foreign Lie
u property IN China unless the rebel
H i'UG5 secret llunanesc arc suppressed
EiIkS' RESTING