The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-10

Awfu' Details Of the laughter of
Missionaries in nina
vegetarians' Attack and nrder Them
without Warning More Gfrages RE-
ported Minister pent Takes
Prompt Action

Foo Crow. Avg. s.-DrGrcgory, an
American missionary 1o escaped
from Ku Cheng. gives q following
account Of the massacre lere Thurs
day, August 1:
AT 1890 p m a native Clistian rushed
into my study. saying seYert OF the for
elgn ladies at Hwasang. q mountain re-
sort about ~ miles from he city OF
Ku chenR. had been killed HAT morning
and that two houses had been nrncd Eff
teen minutes later a note frou'Mr. Phillips
confirmed this He wrote tf4 Ave ladies'
were dead. the stewards wertnnlssing. and
four persons were seriously wooded
"Iimmediately went into the amen. whero
hundreds Of excited natives haQlready gath
cred. and requested the dIstri. magistrate.
Wong, to send some soldle Sat once 20
Hwasang TO protect those still Ting. Ia half
an hour the magistrate wenlo Hwnsang
under an escort OF sixty solids was de-
layed in leaving Ku Cheng osng 70 the fact
that the coolies refused 10 cary chairs On
my arrival l set 10 work 70 1Ake the in
cured as comfortable as possiblst
'sOf those killed outright n and Mrs.
Stewart Nellie Saunders andLcna Pcllow,
an Irish nurse, we're almost Whey incinerated
In the burned house. In all p,bablity they
were murdered before the ,ose burned.
Kathleen Stewart saw Nellie alndere lying
unconscious on the nursery fiD0 and removed
baby stewart from beneath IA dead body OF
the nurse Helose Newcomb rs cut on the
left chcck ana left hand. proably with a
spear. and then was thrown oYt steep en-
bankment, whore we recovered 70 body.
"Mlss Marshall's throat was fkhtfully cut,
and there was deep sword iund In the
left wrist. failed TO find any lrlous wound
-, tho bf.fv ~ Miss AfnWlrf Ithx fnQlfua1
TO think she dlod from shock k1his opin-
ionis sustained by Miss Codring1hs report
TO me.
Miss Gordon received a deep bear wound
In tho face. another In the side < the neck,
and one on the right side OF thelcad Miss
Codrington tells that the ladleswc first
seized and told that they were % be bound
and taken away into captivity. afterwards
several fnint-hearted attempts isre made 10
kill them when they plead for theI lives
..At this time the leader appcaIed upon tho
scene. and noting the wavering I the gang.
shouted out 10 them: You know Jour orders.
kill them outright These ordevskere at once
obeyed and Mr. Phillips and l wkked all the
latter part Of the night placing N remains In
cofiins"
'sTopsy Saunders death was laused by a
spear wound on the right side OF te head. the
weapon entering the brain. mi last three
bodies we're lying In one heap apparently
no postmortem mutilation had bedattcmpted.
Herbert Stewart. aged 0 yels received
six severe cuts and stnbS He an OF the In
juries thirty hours later on te road to
Sulkow -Four other Stewart cAldron we're
badly wounded. and one may u All the
wounds apparently were made swords or
spears
Miss Codrlngton received SEEN wounds
ana her condition Is serious. Mis- Mabel l..
N. M Mafhn1frf nun a
only American residing In Hxasang at
the time. who was living In q sail native
house some 90 rods from the hglish cot
tages, was attacked by one assasin armed
with trident. She received slght cut In
the lobe OF the right ear, was thrmn TO the
ground. beaten about the lower xtremities
and the body While tho murdesc was en-
gagged In this attack a servant graped with
the assailant, and during the strgglo Miss
Hartford escaped
This frightful massacre was don BY mem
bers OF the secret society known asihe Vege-
tarinns. who have been causing muh trouble
alike 20 Christians and hcatheB Ia and
around Ku Cheng city. From ynrios reports
OF those who saw the attack believe
eighty men were engaged Not 90 OF the
victims had the slightest intimatn OF the
intention TO assault them 1hirt. minutes
from the time the onslaught commcrod act u
grounds OF tho massacre"
Hone KoSa, Aug. s.--The British
and American missions at Ed.Shan.
near Canton, were attacked Fednes-
day afternoon by large and infuri-
ated mob. The hospitals were demol-
ished. The missionaries fed 10 the
Sha Meen. Others remained. Chi
ncsc gunboat has been dispatoed TO
quell the riot. IL Is reported tat all
the missions at Kwang Lung vii soon
be destroyed and the missionaries
driven TO the treaty ports. The Veg
etarians are 10000 strong ad well
armed and organized, and wle TO
withstand the Chinese troops
WAsHISeroN, Aug. s.-The Inited
States anticipated Great Britainn talk
ing the most energetic steps br the
protection OF the American mssion-
aries in China. The injustice of tie crit
icisms that have been uttered insome
quarters upon the alleged indifference
of United States Minister Derby is
fully shown by mail dispatch that
has just come To the state department
from the minister IL is dated tcNard
the close of June and shows that
DENLY has made a sweeping an' per-
emptory demand upon the Chinese
government, similar TO that made
Tuesday by the British ministc TO
Picking, for the fullest protcctiol for
all Americans living In China, fd re-
dress for the dcpredations committed
upon their property and personsand
for the punishment of the pope