St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-09

FOO CHOW, Aug. S.-A mob has
just looted the American mission
chapel at Inghok, fifty miles from
here. Unless prompt, effective ac-
ton is taken, there is danger of
great riots in other places. The Chi
nese soldiers sent to Ku Cheng to
protect foreign property plundered
the Stewart residence. No Amer
lean gunboat has come here. The
situation is critical.
FOO CHOW, Aug. S.-An official
ON his way to this city from Ku
Cheng was killed yesterday. There
is no American protection. The
American governments neglect is
infamous.
FOO CHOW, Aug. S.-The evidence
already obtained shows that the
massacre at Hwasang was planned
ait least a week beforehand. The
foreign consuls have the names of
the leaders in it and some of the
participants. An official of Foo Chow
sent 20 soldiers into that section on
the 24th of July to prevent the Veg
etarrans from numbering Chinese,
The VegetaIians thought the mis-
scenarios had caused the troops to
be sent, and decided to kill them.
They began Immediately to gather
at a designated place.
In passing through the villages on
their way to the rendezvous the Veg
etarfans publicly declared their in
tennon to destroy the churches and
XII the Christians. The local Off
Gals knew Of this, but they did moth
ing to protect Cur even to warn the
foreigners. The night before the
massacre a native pastor in Ku
Cheng heard the Vegetarians were
gong to kill the foreigners on the
morrow. He wrote a letter of warn
ing to Mr.. Stewart at Hwasang b,,t
delayed sending it until daylight.
Inc messenger arrived half an hour
TOO late. DR.. Gregory was in the
city of Ku Cheng at the time. b,1t
he was not notified. The foreigners
had no suspicion of their intended
slaughter.
MISS HARTFORD'S STORY
NEW YORK, Aug. S.-The World
VIII print tomorrow, in a special ca
plegram from Shanghai, an account
OF the massacre of missionaries at
aWaSang written by Miss Mabel c.
Hartford, one of the survivors of
the massacre and the only American
VINO witnessed it. Miss Hartford's
statement follows:
Aug at 7:30 a. m. heard shouts.
They were the yells of servants who
rushed in shouting to me to get I'D.
Ior the Vegetarians were coming
tearing down the houses on the hill
belonging to the English mission.
A Few minutes later teacher came
10 my door and told me to run.
put on my clothes and rushed to the
door. I was met by g. man with .
trident spear, who yelled: Here is
a foreign woman
he pointed the spear at NV chest
twisted it to one side and if inst
grazed my ear and head. He threw
me TO the ground and beat me with
the wooden end of the spear. A
servant came and wrenched the
spear away and told me to run.
Jumped down the enbankment and
ran along the road. A servant came
and pulled me along until L got upon
the side of the hill. 1 then Law down
there to get more breath. After rest
ing twice L reached a secluded SPOT
and lay there.
All this time the yells went on
and two houses were burning to the
ground. After awhile the wells
stopped. I supposed the vegeta-
r1ans had gone away. A servant
went to see how matters were. He
returned in half an hour, telling me
TO come home, that five ladies of the
English mission had been killed and
some had been wounded. but that
my house-a rented native house
had not been troubled.
ACCOUNTING SIGHTS.
1 went home to find Miss Codring-
ton much cut about the head and
beaten all over; Mildred Stewart
twelve years old, knee cut and bleed
ing very hard; Herbert Stewart. six
years old, cut on the head and al
most dead; Baby Stewart, with one
eye black and swollen; the second
Stewart girl, Kathleen, eleven years
old, with the second boy, Evan. three
years old, were beaten and pierced
with a spear, but not seriously in
jured. The boy vomited all day.
but we thought it was from fright.
MI Phillips, of the English mission.
who lived in native house some dis
lance away, escaped all injury, only
arriving in time to see the bodies of
the dead and hear the Vegetarians
say: We have killed all the for
eigners'
AT first we heard that some for
eigners had escaped and were hid
ing, but Mr.. Stewart did not. come
and we feared the worst. Mr.. Phil
lips went to the ruins and found
eight bodies-five not burned. and
three burned so as not to be recog-
DR.. Gregory arrived at dark
and dressed the wounds of the pa
tients. Collins were made and the
bodies We're put in them. The bones
of the burned were put in the boxes.
Another burned body was found,
making nine grown people mas
sacred-R. G. Stewart and his wife,
nurse from Ireland called Lena,
Nellie Saunders, Topsy Saunders, of
Australia, who lived in the upper
house called the Stewart house; Hes
sic Newcombe, of Ireland: Elsie Mar
shall and Lucy Stewart, of England.
and Annie Gordon, of Australia. The
first four were burned beyond rec
ognition. Topsy ran out of the
house and was killed outside. Hessie
was thrown down the embankment.
with her head nearly severed from
her shoulders. Hannah Gordon's
head was also nearly cut off.
A SAD JOURNEY.