The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-08-09
IWARSHIPS arm NEEDED
TO Protect American Missionaries
In China.
THE MISSION AT INGHoK LOOTED.
Chinese Soldiers Plumber the Residence Of
Murdered Missionary stowart--Miss Hart
ford, asurvivor of the Hwasaus Massacre.
Reinten TNer Experlences.

ford, asurvivor of the Bwasaus Massacre.
Relates Her Experiences.
NEW YORK, Aug 9.-The World today
prints the following special dispatches
from Foo Chow, ChiDa:
A mob has Just looted the American
mission chapel at Inghok, fifty miles from
here. Unless prompt, effeotive action is
taken there Is danger of great riots in
ether places. The Chinese soldiers sent
TO Kucheng to protect foreign property
plundered the Stewart residence. No
American gunboat has come hero. An Of
ncial on his way to this city from Ku.
eheng was killed on "Wednesday. There
ID no American protection. The Ameri-
can governments neglect Is Infamous.
Tho situation Is critical
The evidence already obtained shows
that the massacre at Hwasang was
planned at least week before hand The
foreign oonsuls have the names Of the
leaders In 1t, and Of some Of the partici-
pants.
An official Of Foo Chow sent 21o soldiers
into that section on July "a to prevent the
Vegetarians from numbering Chinese. The
Vegetarians thought the missionaries had
caused the troops to be sent, and decided
TO kill them. They began Immediately to
gather at certain designated place, and
in passing through the villages on their
way to the rendezvous they publicly do
elared their intention to destroy the
churches and to kill the Christians.
Tho night before tho massacre q native
pastor In the city of Kuchong heard that
the Vegetarians were going to kill the
foreigners on the morrow, He wrote o
letter Of warning to Mr.. Stewart at
Hwasang, but delayed sending IT until
daylight, and the messenger arrived half
an hour too late. DIR. Gregory was in tho
city of Kucheng at the time, but he was
not notified. The foreigners had no sus-
piclon Of the intended slaughter.
Tho World also prints in special cable
gram from Shanghai, China, an account
Of tho massacre of missionaries at Hwa-
sang, written by Miss Mabel @. Hartford,
enc Of the survivors Of the massacre, and
tho only American who witnessedIt Miss
Eartford's statement follows;
Aug 1, at 1880 a. m, heard shouts.
They were the yells of the servants, who
rushed In shouting to me to got up, for
the vegotarians were coming, tearing
down the houses on the hill belonging to
the English missions.
"a few minutes later a teacher came to
my door and told me to run. put on my
clothes and rushed to the door, / was met
BY man with a trident spear, who yolled;
Here is foreign woman He pointed
the spear at my chest. twisted IL to one
side, and 1t just grazed my car and head.
He threw me to the ground and beat mo
with the wooden end Of tho spear. A SER
want came and wrenohed the spear away,
then told me to run. I jumped down the
smbenkment and ran along the road. A
servant camo and pulled mo along until
I got up on the side Of the hill. l then lay
down there to get moro breath. After
resting twice reached secluded spot
and lay there. All this time the yells
went on, aud two houses wer9 burned to
the ground.
"After awhile the yells stopped. I sup
posed the Vegstarians had gone away. A
servant went to see how matters were. Ho
-rsturned in half an hour, telling ma to
some home, that five Indies Of the English
mission had been killed and some had
been wounded, but that my house-a
rented native house--had not been troubled
a all, went home to find Miss Codring-
ton much cut about the head and beaten
all over and did what could for her and
wounded ones. DR. Gregory arrived at
night and dressed the wounds Of the pa
tients.
"Mr. Phillips, of the English mission,
who lived in native house some distance
away, escaped all injury, only arriving in
slime to see the bodies Of the dead and hear
the Vegetarians say: We have killed all
the Foreigners
''Mr. Phillips went to the ruins and
found eight bodies; five not burned and
three burned SO as not to be recognizable.
Collins were made and the bodies were put
in them. The bones of the burned were
put In boxes
"Another burned body was found, max.
ing nine grown people massaored-R. J.
Stewart and his wife, nurse from Ire
land called Lena, Nellie Saunders and
Topsy Saunders of Australia, Hessie
Newcomb Of Ireland, Elsie Marshall and
Lucy Stewart of England, and Annie Cor.
don of Australia. Herbert Stewart died d
few hours Inter.
"Tho first four were burned beyond
recognition. Topsy ran out OF tho house
and was killed outside. Hessie was thrown
down the embankment with her hoad
nearly severed from her shoulders. An.
ME GoraOn's head was also nearly cut off
1.-THE bodies were put in collins, and we
left Hwasang for Suikow about 4 O'Clock
Friday afternoon, Aug. 2. We reached
Buikow about a, m. Saturday, and tele
graphed to Foo Chow for a steam launch
We left Suikow In native boats ut D. IN.
and on Sunday morning met a steam
launch going towards Suikow taking sol
diers. We engaged il to tow US to Foe
Chow. Soon afterwards we met the res
euing party in a launch. The party con
sisted of the United States marshal and
two English missionaries, bringing full
supplies for the sufferers"