The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-19
to the back of the customs house through
that volley of stones is miraculous.
ONE STONE STRUCK HER

to the back of the customs house through
that volley of stones is miraculous.
ONE STONE STRUCK HER
on the back of the head cutting a cash
about three inches long. But she had be-
come so numb by this time as to be almost
insensible to pain. Mr.. Barton of the Gus
toms on hearing the noise of the mob ran
out the frontway to le. heI into his house
but found the street gatelocked and man
holding the key in his hand. He then ran
to the back door, opened it and helped her
in and barred the door. The mob then as
saulted the house with stones. Mr.. Barton
sent his servant out the FROM way to the
Custom House for men and soldiers. By
this time Mr. Hayde who lives in the ad-
| joining house came to his assistance. They
donned their official coats and with their
| revolvels in hand kept the mob at bay until
| the customs men and soldiers can and dis
persed them.
During all this time DR.. Bigger was hay-
| ing her separate experience. At the time
the man was found on the doorstep ahe was
! treating some Chinese patients. After DR..
| Halvsrson had gone to the river followed by
| the sick man she returned to her patients.
| She waited on them and as DIR. Halvers
| had not returned became uneasy and
went to the landing TO what was the
matter. The people were quiet but they
looked at her AZ if they were dazed and
would not tell her of DR.. Halverson. She
went to several landings but could learn
nothing. She came back and when near
home meta man who told her that his SER
want said mob was
STONING A FOREIGN WOMAN
but thought she was safe in house as they
| were sfoning the house. She knew at once
| that it must be DR.. Halverson. He kindly
| went with her TO the front of the house
while the mob were pelting the house at tho
rear. She saw DR.. Halverson at the window
and she said she thought if she had chair
she would be able to get home. DR.. Bigler
came Immediately for one of the servants
| to go and call chair, but they were afraid
| to go. She said if no one would go. she
would go herself. The sight of DIR. Halver-
| son all covered with mud and wounds and
| blood nerved her to any endeavor to get her
| home not knowing how badly she might
| be hurt. She marched through the streets
| with a look of defiance on her face that
! made the coolies shrink away as if they had
| been struck. On the way TO the chair station
| she came upon Gead man lying in the
| street. This was some little distance from
| were DR.. Halverson was and the mob had
| partially dispersed. 1t is supposed some of
| them saw her going toward the dead man
| and doubtless thought that she intended to
| get his brains and eyes for medicine as they
| are always accusing the foreigners of doing.
| They began to yell XIII her, kill the for
! eign devil woman" DIR. Bigler is very tall
and commanding in appearance and the
| Chinese are afraid of her but keeping at a
| safe distance they commenced throwing
stones Through mistake she turned in
| to bird street. When the mob saw her
enter this street. they gave savage tri-
| umphant yell, thinking hey had their vic
| tim Gagged.
| SEEING HER DANGER. SHE TURNED
| and facing the mob walked cut. They
showered stone. thick and fast but in their
eagerness and rage threw such large stones
| that many of them fell short of their mark.
| One large stone however hi her head and
| might have killed her but for the protection
of a large sunhat. Finding herself near a
| foreign day school she took refuge there.
| The teac her while trying to assist her was
struck with Il stone and considerably hurt
| The husband of the teacher a Christian
| Chinaman bIavely faced the MO n protect
| ing her. The men in. the customs service
| rescued her and conducted both ladies to
| their home. We are amazed that here in
| Canton the people dared take such bold
| step, but they have become so su picious
( and exasperated AS to be almost uncontrol-
able.
| The feeling is mainly directed against
| women both foreign and native. Wild
| rumors are in circulation that women are
! selling
| SCENT BAGS FILLED WITH POISON.
| that people after smelling them drop dead
| in the street and that is the cause OF the
| terrible NOR tally now prevailing. A relative
| of one of our Bible readers sent this mes
| sage TO her do imrlore the foreign women
| not to be SO black hearted and kill off so
many of ourpeople." Many who aid in cir
| cuIating these reports know that they are
| false but they hate Christians and Chris
| t:anity and would gladly see us driven from
| their country forever. They are just now
| especially suspicious with regard to foreign
medicine. At the request of the Viceroy-
| no medicine is dispersed nd the dispense
| lies are closed for the time. He has also
req uested that missionary work be suspend
| ed as far as is practicable until the excite
ment subsidies. 1t was thought that perhaps
| after a good drenchfng rain. the plague
might disappear but for weeks past the rain
| has been pouring down in torrents and 1t hal
seemed to rage with increasing fury. Now
we are hoping that intense heat may drive
| it out.
| This bubonic plague has visited Europe
| three times. Two hundred years ago it was
| in Soudan. Lew Wallace In his last book
tho prince of India speaks of it as the
yellow Air. When it was in Hungary,
| great numbers of the Jews were put TO
death because it was supposed they brought
| the disease. Let not those in Christian
lands judge the poor ignorant Chinese too
| hardly. 1t has not been very many years
. since people in our own land were executed
on the charge of being witches. In the
| papers that come to me from time TO time
read of mobs that are disgrace to OuI
country and excel in cruelty anything we
have out here in this heathern land. II
| any ore cares to know moro about the
bubonic plague. a very correct description
of it is given in the Encyclopedia Britanni-
ca.