Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-25
THE VU-HU RIOTS.
Details as Given in the North
China Daily News.
Causes That Led to the Recent
Disturbances.

RumOrs That Children Had Been Killed
and Their Eyes Cut Out ana Used for
Medicine by the Jesuit Tathers-The
Cathedral and Mission Buildings Looted
and Burned by Natives.
! SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.-The North
China Daily News, which arrived by the
| steamer Gaelic Tuesday, in its accounts
of the Wu-Hu riots, says it has been re-
ported for several days that mob of
i Chinese had determined to loot and burn
the property of the Jesuits at Wu-Hu,
owing to the rumor that number of
| Chinese children had been killed and
their eyes taken out to make medicine
, for the Jesuit fathers. On the afternoon
of Tuesday, May 12, mob of Chinese
gathered about the promises of the
priests and broke through the walls,
eventually setting fire to the cathedral
and to other buildings after driving out
the missionaries and pillaging the place.
Escape of the British Consul.
A mob then proceeded to the British
consulate and destroyed considerable
property by throwing stones. The ar
rival of Taotai, a local magistrate, and
the GOODNESS of the British consul. alone
saved the building from being set on
fire. The consul escaped, with his wife,
from the mob by dressing in Chinese
costume and hurrying to the custom
house and embarking with the other
foreigners ON the China Navigation
company's receiving ship. A number
of foreigners, headed by the consul,
armed themselves and passed the night
at the custom house and, assisted by
Taotai, repelled the mob who twice
during the night made an attempt to
loot and set on fire the Custom house
and residences of the foreign officials.
Next morning an immense crowd again
set fire to the custom house and the sur
rounding buildings, but the customs
staff, fully armed, charged the natives
and again put out the fires.
In the afternoon three Chinese gun
boats, which were cscorting Shen Pyng
Cheng, the governor of Anhuiu, up the
river, arrived ON the scene and learning
of the riot, began to fire blank cartridg-
es which had the effect of frightening
the mob. Some two hundred soldiers
arrived from TAPPING Foo and these lent
residents.
American Mission Not Disturbed.
The mob did not make any demon
strations against the Methodist Episcopal
American mission, but, advised by the
British consul, missionaries from that
point also embarked on the. Tehsing,
which brougiA them, together with the
ladies and children of Wu-Utf,.to Shang-
hal. AT Chan King the priestssvho es-
capped from Wu-Hu in O boat were
picked up, There was only, one British
man-of-war on the North china station |
at the time of the riot, ands this one, the |
gunboat Linnet, was near Woo Sung, |
but it was sent for and proceeded to
Wu-hu.
Trouble at Nganiing.
On May II, four days after the WI
Hu riots, the natives of Nanking made |
an attack on the Roman Catholic mis-
sion there, rumor having reached them
that Taotai, of Wu-Hu, had forwarded |
a dispatch to the authorities, declaring |
that the alleged deeds Of the missionaries
were true. The priests succeeded in
keeping the mob Off and one of the as
sailants was arrested and punished The
Catholic mission was not the only one
made descent on the island mission,
near North Gate. but the Chinese au-
thorities arrived in time to prevent any
serious damage. The crowd fingered
about the mission during the next two
days, and the native women came to the
orphanage toreclaim their children, who
were left there.
Men-of-WRr to the Rescue.
A French man-of-war was sent for
and arrived on the 18th. Captain De
Jonquieres informed the governor of
Nganking that if the rioters did not
obey the mandate of the magistrate he
would not hesitate to take strong meas
ures The governor responded that or
der would be maintained. On May 10
the German gunboat litia arrived and
Captain Archer lent his influence to Sc
cure protection for the missionaries.
Placards, however, had been posted by
the rioters, announcing that the mission
buildings would be destroyed on Friday,
May %. Placards bad also been posted
in the French quarter of Shanghai,
threatening the foreigners, 1t is report
ted that the British man-ofwar Swift
has arrived at Chianking.
The Latest Reports.
Some of the steamer Gaelic's passen-
gems brought the information that the
natives of Canton had again broken out
against the missionaries in the burned
mission, situated on the banks of one of
the rivers in the province, and put to
death all those connected Herewith.
Just before the Gaelic left, it is stated,
four of the murderers were put to death.
Gases of abduction and murder are be-
coming numerous. Several men and
women have been enticed beyond the
borders of Canton and held for ransom.
If ransom were not forthcoming the un-
happy victims are to be put to death.
-Four Killed and Six Wounded.
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