The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-02

NEw YoRE, Sept. l.-RsDortS ol the
outruGes upon missionaries in China
have como from members of the Amer!.
eau Baptist missionary uuicn to the
Baptist Missionary Magazine, which
show that the uprisingI were more
general than had been told before, In
the last week OF May and the first Of
June, all the missionary stations in
western China were looted by mobs
and l46 missionaries, men, women and
children were driven away, escaping
only with their lives.
In the province. OF SEE Chuau, the
largest in tho empire, thsrO were many
small stations scattered over tho valley
OF the Upper Yang,as rlyeL Most OF
the missionaries had gone 10 the field
in the past FIVE years. While the au.
thorltes seem to have tried, in somo
Instances, to protect the missions, the
only service they were able to render
was to help them escape. The mission.
aries fed hundreds OF miles down the
river, travelling on rats and in house
boats, hardly carrying go much As
change Of clothing, aud reaching places
Of safety only after two weeks OF hard.
ship.
In Chsnth, the capitol oil the province
Of SEs ChuAn, pIacArd was posted on
the 9Sth OF May asserting that the
foreign barbariaus" were hiring evil
characters TO steal small children lor
them. The next day q mob OF several
thousand tore down tho Canadian
Methodist Mission. RHd the property Of
the two other Protestant and Catholic
buildings. The missionaries appealed
to the magistrate Of the city, but he
told them he was powerless, to help
them. With the aid OF iome friendly
natives, they effected their escape,
Then the cry went up: "IhO time has
come to turn all the missionaries out OF
Szs ChuAn."
4 part Of the mob divided into
smaller parties and took the various
roads out ot town, on route for other
mission centres. In all cities the mos,
ludammatorV placarlS were posted on
the walls. RiotS INN nsdiately followed.
The baptist missionaries believe tho
riots were iucited by mOmbets of tho
Sticial class. They kept ia the back
ground, however, aud, TO all appear
ancss. the students we're at the bottom
oi the mischief.
They published a placard, fixing q
date for the destruction Of the mission
ary society at SuIchah Fu, and for kill
10. tho magistrate who was suspected
oI desiring TO protect foreigners.
In most cases, the missionaries. while
their property was being destroyed, lett
the cities and hid in the neigh borhood,
Awaiting an opportunity to escape,
They had native friends WHO helped
them to procure boats, aud to put the
Ildis, aud children aboard. At Sui.
ehau Eu, MsssrI. Warner and WellWood
and DR.. Finch, got thoir valuable pa.
Ieriand silver cut OF tho town aud Sc
c'eisd them. Hare, as everywhere, tile
it0lblo came like a thunder clap ol! OF
ieear sky.
sundays services we're we'll attended,
quiet aud very impressive aud three
Candidates were baptized by immersion.
On Monday, June 3, the city was Hood
Of with plncards.
The largest party. which numboroi
,Iiy.fve. was crowded for eleven DAYS
10 iii.s house boats, suffering terribly
and but Tor the fact that they had
money enough to pay tho oxorbIiant
rrCos asked them for everything, would
N'ye urri'hei. There arc many stories
oilntIvidual escapes. but they arc much
aiIGo In their main foaturoh