The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-14

Innocent People sa.agely Massacred-Terri-
bic Revenge.

bic Revenge.
Eye-witnesses of the suppression Of the re-
cent revolt in Manchuria have reached
shanghai, and the steamer China brought
letters to San Francisco giving a vivid pc
lure OF horrors such as haven't been known
SINCE the Mahdi captured khartOum. Last
sprlng the bandits who roam over the coun.
Try Just outside tie great wall Of China loined
forces anu entered upon a regular campaign
oi plunder They were armed with repeating
liles, and, being mainly composed OF pro
scrlOed Chinese criminals. fought desperately
and defeated all local troops sent against
them. Some of tie large bands were leu oy
buddhist priests. One OF the most FAMOUS Oh
these priestly marauders was Han Nhan
Chung. lately killed IN an engagement with
the NicerOy lis troops at Nc NO hun, ABOUT
zoo miles northeast OF Jehol.
10 was he. in company with another mem
Der oil the church militant, WHO led the attack
on tho large city OF Cho rang when 1t was
captured IN November. On that occasion,
which WAS the most important incident IN the
rebellion. the rebels mustered a torce of some
5000 mon. Twenty or thirty ordinary bands
i.irei together for the occasion. Terrible
atrocities were perpetrated by these despera-
does. who showed unusual daring and ferOc-
nv. Eye-witnesses tell of the massacre Of
almost entire villages. the burning alive Of
chldron. the brutal treatment of women. and
the carrying on of everything from the houses
Of the wretched people.
in a large Manchu village in the Jehol dis
tuct 500 marauders swOOped down in tue
night. captured all whom they did not Kill
outright. carried on al the women. and then
putslXty men IN a cOrn--tOrehOuse. securely
fastening the doors. after which they set the
building on fire. while the terrified children
and the few women, who had escaped into
the surrounding hills, could hear the shrIeks
.f fIn fnfN4ra Nn4larAa on1 IvrfIava "a fhpV
were being burned alive. This village was
hutulan. ln the Jehol prefecture. IL Is only
one Ol % dozen such incidents.
The rebels are not particular whether they
destroy Christian or heather villages so long
as they get plumber. They generally indulge
IN pc uiar and revolving deviltry when their
wIetchei victims are known % be friends OF
the religion OF the Foreign Devils. and they
have gone great distances to wreak their ven
geance upon professors Of the Western faith.
AT Is place called Ialhiaw. which has been
tAustan Tor two centuries. they massacred
nine Chinese Sisters or nuns and burned IA
orphanaZe with sixty little inmates. such
as piercing the bodies OF victims
with heated bayonets and spears, dlsemeow-
cling. or Jurylng alive can be he4.d OF
wherever these outlaws have passed.
one band u.s. sald 10 be led 10y an Amazon
who rides a-trldo like q man. and Is reputed
o. druA blood TO maintain her courage. III
NH"HHA LANNn HA| NAN kAiNtAN IVA IAR"HNNtF
suppresslug the revolt. but 1t WAS really the
extreme cold which settled the rebellion. The
robbers couldn't endure campaigning in VIM
try weather. and they retired TO their fast
uos-es in tho hills. Their power is broken.
however. and spring VIII not see them on the
war-patl again.
Tho Imperial troops showed no mercy to
The conquered rebels. Many prisoners were
taken. and the punishment melted out O.
rebels was If a. most revolving charac .er. and
executions we're conducted on a wholesale
scale. Men were beleaded in hundreds and
entire trunks If trees were utilized as blocks
along which tho prisoners were ranged IN
liues. and their eXecuti0ners simply moved
of their heads when the signal was given.
Generally lu China condemned persons are
ranged I'D small knots knee. ng before the ex-
e|cutlOnor. but here the wretched miscreants
were too numerous for the usual rules to DO
observed. and they were seized by the queues
boy soldiers from the other side OF the Impro-
vised blocks and the.r heads Topped Oh.
They were not even tied. The heads We're
hung in long rows OBJ poles as o warning %
OtLors. and In q very short time the intense
cold frole the bodies stan. but not before
the camp followers had stripped them OF
clothing.