The herald., 1895-08-06
Ex=United States Consul Samuel
Tracey interviewed
WAS LATELY AT FOO CHOW
Tuhuuian Butclerics of Women by the
BIoodthirsty Vegetarians
r>.t.s,s of t,,e Terrible Event as Depicted in
London Times Correspondence From
Shanghai-The Victims
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Speclhl wire.
BUFFALO. N. V, Aug. 5.-Samuel
Gracey Of this city. late United States
consul to Foo Chow, China, was inter-
viewed today on the reported massacre az
Ku Cheng. Mr.. Gracey said: 'ku
Cheng. the place mentioned in the press
reportsias the scene of the latest anti for
eirn riots in China. is in kthe Fug kien
province, about thirty miles above FOO
Chow. It is fully 100 miles from Pagoda
Anchorage the highest point OF naviga'
tion for steamers in the Min river; hence
il is entirely beyond the protection OF
gunboats
THE literati have been stirring up
trouble,against the foreign residents there
for many months and the danger to life
and property became so great that about
&wo months ago all American residents
were recalled to Foo Chow. These were
the Rev. and Mrs. VIC. Wilcox and three
children, Miss Chatford and Miss Rouset
of the Women's Foreign Missionary socl-
ETY. and all of the Methodist church. The
other foreigners thers we're three or fouf
mem bers of the English church mission,
who may not have been recalled during
the recent troubles. 1t is pro bable that
matters may have quieted down there al
ter the foreigners came Eaway and some
may have returned. The common peo-
ple do not distinguish between japanese,
Americans, English and German nation
alities, but all alike are foreign and obnox-
ions. We cannot but fear that ouuages
such as have Just recently stranspired at
Chene Tu, in the northwest interior. will
-4l,n ubarq fNraipn
missionaries are residing, far away from
the treaty ports, ana hence beyond the
protection of foreign gunboats.
1.-The people and the officials OF the rug
KEN province have been the most friend
Iy in the whole territory, ana the massa'
ere was surprising to all familiar with
the country. An article printed in the
North China Herald ef July 5th is as
follows: "At Cheng Tu the officials, who
have more than an adequate force at
their disposal, made no serious attempt
to stop the destruction of the Protestant
and Catholic property, though asked to
do so from the first. Although when tho
destruction was complete they protected
the lives of the missionaries, for the idea
seemed to be to have them driven out
but not killed. The chief of police at
Cheng Tu issued the following proclama-
ton on the second day of the riots: ''At
the present time we have ample evidence
tnat foreigners deceive and kidnap child
rem. You soldiers and police must not be
disturbed and flurried. When the cases
are brought before us, we certainly will
not be lenient with them.
The correspondent of the Times at
Shanghai says the missionaries killed at
Ku Cheng were murdered by an organized
mob of eight of the Vege.arians. The
correspondent says: 1.-The ladies begged
for their lives, promising to yield their
property and valuables, but the leader of
the band shouted out his orders to kill
them outright. A corrected list Of the
victims is as follows: Rev. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart Miss Nellie Seunder, Miss Lena
Irish. Miss Stella Newcomb was speared
and thrown down a precipice. Miss
Marshall had her throat cut. Miss Cor.
don was speared in the head. Miss Top
sey Saunders was speared in tho brain.
Master Herbert Stewart, skull fractured
and Drained. Lena Stewart died from the
shock. :"
The correspondents concludes: e"Four
other Stewart children and Miss Codring-
ton were seriously wounded.
The Chinese magistrate at Ku Cneng
waited for the com pletion of the massacre
before appearing on the scene. There
are 100 soldiers at ku Oheng. 1t is there
fore absurd to say that the authorities
could not have stopped the massacre,
whichSwas evidently secretly and care
fully organized. The American mission
at Shashi near Hankow has been de-
stroyed and.thesmissionare are fugitives
The American consul has advised the
missionaries in adjacent provinces TO re-
the. Some of the speakers at today's
meeting declared they have lost conf
dence in the diplomats at Pekin. Unit
ed States Minister DENLY and British
Minister O'Connor were particularly de-
nounced. The Americans desire spe-
cial commission under United States
Consul Jernigan to inquire into the out
RACES in Sach I'm. Mr.. O'Connor has as.
sented to this. 1t is learned that after
the Ku Cheng massacre the mob looted
the buildings.