Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-21
VERY UNSETTLED
The Condition of Things in the
FlOwery Kingdom.
Reform Elements Said to Be
Organizing There.

Seeks to Overthrow tho Present Dy-
nasty-opiniOn of n Missionary Who
Has just Returned from China.
CINCINNATI, July 81 Rev. F. 4.
Meigs, who left Cincinnati as a mission
ary four years ago for China, in comma
ny with Rev. 4. T. Williams, formerly
pastor of the Central Christian church,
preached Sunday at the Central Christ
ian church on THE Critical situation IA
China"
Mr.. Meigs was sent to China by ;,
executive committee of the Fore,
Christian Missionary society. His vac...
ton will extend into September, at
which time himself and wife, who is
now stopping with her people in western
Missouri, will return to the Flowery
= Kingdom.
Mr.. Meigs gave a reporter some of
the results of his four years experience
He said:
Thirty Missionaries at Nankin.
well, sir, myself and family like the
work very well. Onr central point is
Nankin. There are thirty missionaries,
representing four different societies. in
that city. These constitute all the En-
glish-speaking people there are. The
population of Nankin is about half million
1t has never recovered from the rebel
lion of Tai Ping, at which time it num-
bered 1000, 900 souls. The city is still
the center of great influence, being the
home of many of the prominent literary
men of the empire, as well as a CONNER
cial and manufacturing center II is
a Of ho viz ,hN 10
really the third man in the empire.
0prosition to the iseighing Dynasty.
"At present the condition In China is
very unsettled, There seems to he Sc
cret society called {as translate it) The
Society of the Elder Brothers. They
are opposed to the present dynasty, and
are seeking TO overthrow the govern
ment; and during the last two OF three
years they have taken advantage of the
superstitions of the people to precipitate
riots and attacks upon foreigners, hop
ing to stir up troubles with foreign
opportunity to accomplish their pur.
poses. The Chinese soldiers are largely
In sympathy with this movement of the
secret society.
The Wuhu Riots.
'Last May they circulated q report
that two little girls that were missing in
the city of Wuhu had been stolen by
Catholic nuns. This, of course, aroused
the frenzy of the populace against the
foreigners, and all the foreign houses In
the city were either destroyed or looted
and the foreigners obliged to flee for
their lives, the British consul and his
wife having to escape in Chinese clothes
after their premises had been looted.
The last news | had from Wuhu was
that the missionary dwellings were sur.
rounded by Chinese troops and one of
the chief officers was making his head
quarters in our house.
"The French have demanded $S,000,-
600 for the riot at Wuhu, but the Chi
nese authorities have refused to meet
the demand, saying they will go to war
first. | look most any day to find news
that the French have bombarded either
Wuhu or some of the cities on the YanT-
Use -Kiang river, and If they do ii is my
opinion that England will also be in
volved. OF course, in that event, IL ia
impossible for China to succeed, but
such war would result in opening up
the country.
theoretically, China is open to the
missionaries, but, practically there are
hundreds of places where missionaries
can not go. Mr.. Williams and DR..
Macklin of our mission have lately been
violently driven out from the city of
Fung Yang.
Chinese Education.
"What do ! think of the Chinese peo-
pie in general? Well was disappoint-
ed in the Chinese in some measure. |
expected to find them an educated peo-
ple but the Chinese education consists
simply in "a knowledge of Chinese books,
which contain description Of no other
country on the face of the globe. The
result of Chine education is a crystaliza-
ton in Confucianism, so that there have
been 10 real advances instigated by the
Chinese themselves since the time Of
Confucius.
No Advancement.
"You will find them today using the
same methods for the tilling of the soil,
manufacture etc, that were in use one
thousand years ago. | attribute this to
their system of religion, which incul-
Gates the worst of all systems of slavery
the slavery of the living to the dead
the worship of the past.
Mother browns Herself and babe.
PHILADELPHIA, July 2l.-The body Of
Mrs. Sarah Kramer, aged 80, of 1889
Crea street, was found in the Delaware
river Sunday. Attached to her waist by
means of stout rope was the body Of
her fve-months' son Willie. The
child which was drowned with the
woman was born deformed, and this
weighing heavily upon her mind prob
ably caused her TO end the existence of
both the child and herself. She was
the mother of five other children.
Serious Charge Against an italian.
CANTON, o., July 21.-John Pagliona,
an Italian, is in custody ON charge Of
attempting rape on Ebella and Katie
Gouder, two little girls aged 12 and i3.
II is said he went to the house OF the
girls while the folks were away, and un-
der the guise of wanting board, offered
them money, and attempted TO accom-
plish his purpose. Help was at hand.
and the assailant was frightened away.
Killed Herself and Children.
NASHVILLE, July 21.--Mrs. Thomas
wife of a prosperous farmer
living near Spring Hill, is reported to
have killed herself and two of her chill
iren She had been in bad health for
,ome time and her mind is supposed to
have given way.
Sunday Yachting Tragedy.
Vtc~roprA u ~ InIy Of A aailiuu