The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-07-27
MURDGROGS CHTNAMEN.
Their MurderOus Antipathy to
Christian Teachers.
SWEDISH MISSIONARIES KILLED.

Set Upon by a Mob and One Is Slain
with an An, While Another Is Beaten
to Death with stones-TerribIe Famine
in shausi.
VANCOUVER, b. c., July .27.-Late adj
vices received here by the steamer EN-
press OF India give full particulars Of the
barbarous massacre of Swedish mission
aries which occurred ON the LIST instant
at Singpu. The two Swedish mission
aries, Rev. Mr.. Wilkholm and Rev. Mr..
Johansen, only arrived in Singpu in April
last, and were the only missionaries In
that town.
When the two unfortunates first went
there they rented Chinese house in the
busy part of the town, which they contin-
ued to occupy up to the time of their
death. They had their servants living
with them, and this little household Of
five people was the only Christian spot in
a large town peopled with the most
ferocious and bitter enemies of Christian
ity to be found on the face of the earth.
The efforts of the missionaries and their
continued presence in the town inhamed
the passions of the people to the highest
pitch, and kept them from making any
converts in the stronghold Of paganism.
A couple of weeks ago the Chinese serv-
ants heard that their masters were to be
murdered on the 18th of July. They told
the two foreigners to lose no time getting
out of the town, but apparently the poor
fellows did not think the danger so very
pressing. On the day named however,
the missionaries were not left long in
doubt as to the hostile intentions of the
townspeople. Early in the morning the
house where they lived was completely
surrounded by bowling mob chiefly com
| posed of the loafers of the town. The lat
ter went about from man to man, melting
them to kill the foreign dogs" The mis-
| sionaries came to the door, but were
greeted with a shower of stones, and beat
n hasty retreat inside the house and pa
| tiently awaited events.
The unhappy men then made desperate
but futile attempt to escape Chamber
| ing out of one of the upper windows at
| the back of the house, they reached the
! roof, but as soon as they made their APP
! pearance at the top of the house they be-
| came mark for perfect hail of stones,
/ some of which struck them, cutting them
| badly.
Finding they could not remain they ran
/ along the roof and over the roofs of a score
| OF 50 u llt tNlJbluliE UOuStSs L ne llOI
| pursued them down the street, yelling,
| cursing and pelting them till at last the
| missionaries could proceed no further A
| high house barred their further progress
and, desparing, the poor men dropped into
the street into the midst of the wolves in
| human shape who were thirsting for theii
| blood. Happily their agony was not a long
| one A huge man smashed in the skull OF
| Mr.. Wickholm with an axe, and Mr.. Jo
hansen was speedily pounded out of human
guise by the shower of stones that wert
rained upon him. The bodies were ther
striped naked, subjected TO needless anC
revolving mutilation, and left lying in thu
street n prey to the dogs, while the mol
went off to complete their work, some t.
loot and burn the house occupied by tn,
two poor missionaries, and others to catcl
and maltreat the three Christian servants
but these men escaped with their lives anC
were spared to bring the tragic story Il
Hankow.
The Hupao says that terrible account
of distress prevailing in Sbansi on accoun
of famine in that province have beei
brought to Ningpo by man who arrived
there on the 10th inst in the STEAMSHIP
Pekin. People of the distressed provinc
are dying by thousands The flesh of TIN
arms and thighs of the poor wretches whC
sink down with exhaustion are frequentl,
cut off by those who have still strength t.
do so and eaten.