The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-09
A MISSION LOOTED.
MObs of Chinese Continue Their
RiotOus Depredations,
TheAmerican Mission of Inghok
is Destroyed.
DANGER is NOT OVER.
The U. S. Governments Neglect
is Called Infamous"
DANGER is NOT OVER

NEW YORK, Aug e.-The World
prints the following special from Foo
Chow, China:
A mob has just looted the American
mission chapel at Inghok, fifty miles
from here. Unless prompt, effective
action is taken there is danger of
great riots in the other places. The
Chinese soldiers sent to Ku Cheng to
protect foreign property plundered
the Stewart residences. No American
gunboat has come here. The situa-
ton is critical.
An official on his way to this city
from Ku Cheng was killed yesterday.
There is no American protection. The
| American governments neglect is in
famous.
The evidence already obtained shows
that the massacre at Hwasang was
planned at least a week beforehand.
The foreign consuls have the names of
the leaders in it and of some of the
participants. An official of Foo Chow
sent 21O soldiers into that section July
"a to prevent the vegetarians from
numbering Christians.
The vegetarians thought the mis-
! siOnaries had caused the troops to be
| sent and decided to kill them. They
began Immediately to gather at GER
tain designated place. In passing
! through the villages on their way to
| the rendezvous the vegetarians pub
/ licly declared their intention to de-
| stroy the churches and to kill the
| Christians. The local officials knew of
| this but they did nothing to protect or
even warn the foreigners. The night
before the massacre native pastor in
| Ku Cheng heard the vegetarians were
coming to kill the foreigners on the
morrow. He. wrote letter of warm
| ing to Mr.. Stewart at Hwasang, but
delayed sending it until daylight. The
! messenger arrived half an hour too
late DR.. Gregory was in the city of
| Ku Cheng at the time but he was not
notified. The foreigners had no sus-
piciOn of the intended slaughter.
The same paper also has a special
cablegram from Shanghai, China, Civ
ing an account of the massacre of mis-
siOnaries at Hwasang, written by Miss
| Ma bel @. Hartford, one of the survivors
of the massacre, and the only one who
witnessed it.
Miss Hartford's statement follows:
| August |, 1880 a. m, l heard shouts.
They were the yells of servants, who
| rushed in shouting to me to get up, for
the vegetarians were coming, tearing
down the house on the hill belonging
to the English mission.
ga few minutes later a teacher came
to my door and told me to run. l put
on my clothes and rushed to the door.
I was met by a man with spear, who
yelled, Here is a foreign woman
HE pointed the spear at my chest. I
twisted it to one side and it just 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.
81 jumped down the embankment
and ran along the road. A servant
came and pulled me along until l got
up on the side of the hill. 1 then lay
down there to get more breath. After
resting twice l reached secluded
spot and lay there.
''All this time the yells went on and
two houses were burning to the
ground. After awhile the yells
stopped. 1 supposed the Vegetarains
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.
81 went home to find Miss Codring-
ton much cut about the head and
beaten all over; Mildred Stewart, IL
years old, knee cut and bleeding very
hard; Herbert Stewart, years old,
cut on the head and almost dead; baby
Stewart with one eye black and
swollenj the second Stewart girl
Kathleen, II years old, with the sec
ond boy, Evan, 8 years old, were
beaten and pierced with a spear, but
not seriously injured.
Mr.. Phillips, of the English mis-
sion, who lived in a native house some
distance 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 foreign
ers.'
Another burned body was found
making nine grown people massacreC
R. G. Stewart and his wife, a nurse
from Ireland called Lena, Nellie Saun
ders, Topsy Saunders, of Australia
who lived in the upper house, called
the Stewart house; Hessie Newcombe
of Ireland; Elsie Marshal and Lucy
Stewart of England, and Annie Cor
don, of Australia
1.-The first four were burned beyond
recognition. Topsy ran out of th,
house and was killed outside. Hessi
was thrown down an embankmen
with her head nearly severed from he
shoulders. Hannah Gordon's hea,
also was nearly cut off.
THE bodies were put in collins anC
we left Hwasang for Suikow about
o'clock riday afternoon, August 2 ,
, Kansas Veterans.
PARSONS. Kan, Aug. 9.-The regis