The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-09
How the Chinese Mob Butch
cred the Missionaries.
TOLD BY AN AMERICAN WOMAN.
Chinese officials Evidently in SYM
psthy With the YegetarianS.
The Latter Not Only Desest Foreigners,
but Aim at Overthrow of The rekiug
Government - Fcochow Dispatches
Attack the American Governments
for Apathy.


New York. AuE. S--The World tomorrow
viii print the following special dispatches:
Foochow. China. Aug. &A mob has
Just looted the American mission chapel
at Inghok, fifty miles from here. Unless
prompt and effective action Is taken there
is danger OF great riots i'm other places.
The Chinese soldiers sent 10 kucheng TO
protect foreign property piundered the
Stewart residence No American gum
boat has come here. The situation Is
critical
An official on his way TO this city from
kucheng was killed yesterday. There is
no American protection. The American
governments neglect is Infamous.
The evidence already obtained shows
that the massacre al HwaSang was
planned at least week beforehand. The
foreign consus have the names OF the
leaders i'm 1t. and Of some OF the partiei-
pants. An official from Foochow sent 10
soldiers into that section on the 2ith OF
July TO prevent the Negetarians from
numbering Chinese, The Negetariana
thought the missionaries had caused tho
troops to he sent, and decided to kill then-
They began Immediately to gather at a
certain designated place In passing
through the villages on their way TO the
rendezvous. the Vegetarians declared
their intention 10 destroy the churches
and to Kill the Christians.
The local officials knew Of this, hut they
did nothing to protect or even warn tho
foreigners. The night before tho massa-
Gro a native pastor in hucheng heard that
the Vegetarians were going 20 kill the
foreigners on the next day. lie wrote
letter of warning TO MIR. Stewart, at
Hwasang. hut delayed sending IL until
daylight. The messenger arrived half
an hour too late, DIR. Gregory was In the
city OF kucheng at the time, hut he was
not notified. The foreigners had no sus-
picion OF the intended slaughter.
New York Aug s.-The World viii
print tomorrow special cahlegram from
Shanghai. China. giving an account Of tho
massacre of missionaries at Hwasang,
written by Miss Mabel G. Hartford. ono
of the survivors of the massacre and tho
only ono who witnessed Il. Miss Hart
ford's statement is as follows:
''On August at 80 a. m, heard
shouts. They were the yclls Of the SER
wants, who rushed In. shouting tn me To
get up. for the Negetarians were coming.
tearing down the house on the blu be-
longing to the English mission. few
minutes later n teacher came to my door
and told me TO run. | got on my clothes
and rushed 10 the door. ! was met by a
man with a spear. who yelled. Here is
foreign woman He pointed the weapon
AT my chest. 7 twisted II TO one side,
and ID Just grazed nay ear and mead. He
threw me TO the ground and beat me with
the wooden end of the spear. servant
came and wrenehed II away from him.
and told me to run. J. jumped down the
enbankment and ran along the read. a
servant iostled me along until | got np
on the side OF the hill. ] then lay down
there 10 get some breath After resting
twice | reached n secluded spot and lay
there All this time the yells went on.
and the two houses We're burned 10 the
ground After while the Selis ceased.
| supposed the Negctarians had gone
away. A servant went 10 geo how mat
tors we're He returned In half an hour.
telling me to come home. that 1--WE ladies'
of the English mission had been killed
and some had been wounded. but that my
house. rented native house, Lad not
been troubled
II went home 10 find Miss coirington
much cut about the head and beaten all
over: Mildred stewart. II years 81 age.
knee cut and bleeding very hard: terbert
stewart years Of age. cut on me head
and almost dead: baby Stewart with one
eve black and swollen. The second Stew
art girl. Kathleen. n years old, with the
second hov Evan. 2 years old, %ere beat
en- and pierced with spears. but not sefi-
ouslv injured The hoy vomited ah day.
but We thought II was from fright
Mr. Phillips. Of the English mission.
who lived in a native house some distance
awav did not receive any injury, only ar
riving I'm time 10 see the bodies OF the deaf
and hear the VeEetarians say: We have
Killed ALI the foreigners At first we heard
that some foreigners had escaped ana
we're hiding but Mr.. Stewart did not come.
and we feared the worst. Mr. Phillips
went 10 the ruins and found eight bodies.
Gva not burned and three burned 40 aa not
10 ba recognizable Dr. Gregory arrived
al dark and dressed the wounds OF the pa
tlerts cohfns were made and the bodies
were nut In them The bodies Of the bairn-
Cd were put IN boxes Another burned
body was found, making nine grown peo-
nla rnassacrad. r. O. Stewart and his
IwaI 4A oh
Nellie Saunders Topsv Saunders Of Aus
,ralIa. who lived In the upper house. called
the Stewart house: Bessie Newcombe, or
Ireland. Ellya Marshall and Lucy Stew
art, Of ENGLAND. and Annie Gordon. or
Australia The first four were burned be-
,ond recognition Tepsy was killed out
side Bessie was thrown down the EN-
hankueni with her head nearly severed
from her shoulders Annie Gordon's head
was also nearly cu' on.
ssThA bodies were paIt in collins. a-f
we left HwasanR for Suikow about
o'clock Friday afternoon. August 2. Her
bert died about three hours later Just Re-
Low Coioug We took the body In chair
and had a coffin made for n a. Suikow.
We reached Tuikow about a. m. Satur-
aav and ielegranhe1 30 Foochow for n
steam launch We ief, Sulkow in native
boats at r. N. and on Sunday morning
met a steam launch going toward Suikov
taking soldiers. We engaged ~ 10 tow
the reeci1sng party in launch. The pari1
consssteA Of the United States marshal
AMI two English missionaries bringing
eli s,,nrsies for the sufferers.
| ..y-har I was thrown down my teachers
u,tse called on some Hwasang men around
| "a save me. There were four men there
| "a only one Vegetarian. but they would
~, help me- She came and tried 10
,su me away as he was beating ms.
/ TFs Vegetarian kicked her The Nege-
t.r4an Who heat ma started up the Hill
! ~ come 80 our house; three others came
u,i.h him hsft these ran of 80 ! ESCAPED
yyith only one per%ecutor. There wers
| sho,tt Hffv yeRssaTia.s. but ! only saw
! are The man who attacked me shouted:
.f4ere fs a foreign woman He had
| .a.s- Sorra had swords There was az
| 49,. one gun. for heard u fred or. The
,ass,,e. saw there we're more. Tong. The
Knchenw magistrate. came To iiwasanZ
/ sstmrsav. August 2. with 100 soldiers. lie
-feoraa the bodies saw the injured, in
| ,,,frnA tbs. narstes and residences Of the IN
/ 3avea ard made out ar account. lie dif
! vshat he could 30 help Us ~ get OF 20 sfrt-
/ kow Mebftts M fsis - ofsb-
| washington city. Aug. the state d>-
r,ar.uent has not called on the secretary
/ ~ the navy for war veFSeis 70 assist IN
| psotectgng the missions IN China. but IL
| is known al both departments that the