The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-15

afternoon by large and Infatuated
mob. The hospitals were demolished.
The missionaries fled to the Sha Meen,
others remained. A Chinese gunboat
has been dispatched to quell the riot.
1t is reported that all the missions at
Kwang Lung will soon be destroyed
and the missionaries driven to the
treaty ports. The vegetarians are T.
600 strong and well armed and or
ganized and able to withstand the
Chinese troops.
New York, Aug. 9.-The World pub
fishes the following special cable from
Foo Chow, China:
DR.. Gregory, an American mission
airy who escaped from Ku ChenS.
gives the following account of the
| massacre there: At 1870 p. III. on
Thursday, Aug. /, a native Christian
rushed into my study saying that sew
eral of the foreign ladies at Hwa
Sang. a mountain resort about twelve
miles from the city of ku Cheng, had
| been killed that morning, and that
| two houses had been burned. Fifteen
minutes later note from Mr.. Philips
| confirmed this. He wrote that five
| ladies were dead, the Stewards were
missing and four persons were serl-
| ouSly wounded. He expressed the
| hope that l was then on my way TO
| Hwa Sang. / Immediately went into
| the Yemen, where hundreds of excited
! natives had already gathered, and re-
quested the district magistrate, Wong,
| TO send some soldiers at once to HWa
| Sang TO protect those still living. In
| half an hour the magistrate went to
| Hwa Sang under an escort of about
sixty soldiers.
| At p. m. left Ku Cheng city I'M
| der an escort of thirteen soldiers, ar
| irving at Hwas Sang at = p. IN. to
| find that nine adults, all British sub
| iects had been murdered, and that all
| those still alive at Hwa Sang-eight
| only-had been more or less severely
injured. excepting Mr.. Phillips, ar
| rived there only two or three days
before, and was lodging at a native
| house some distance from the English
| cottages.
/ was delayed in leaving Ku Cheng,
owing to the fact that the coolies re-
fused to carry our chairs. On my ar
rival ] set to work to make the in
iured as comfortable as possible. Miss
CodringtOn received sword cut ex-
tending from the left angle of her
mouth diagOnally towad and down.
ward several inches long, completely
| dividing the lower LID and exposing
the interior maXillary bones: one cut
on the crown three inches in length
and, quite down to the inner table of
the skull; one cut across the nose be.
meath the right eye five inches long
and another five inches long on the
right side of the neck. The last two
were skin wounds.
| There were also wounds on the out
side of the right thigh. Her condition
Is serious. ..
Miss Mabel Hartford, Of the Meth
odist mission. the only American re-
siding at Hwa Sang at the time, was
living in a small native house some
twenty rods from the English cot
tages. and was attacked by one as
saSsin armed with trident. She re-
ceived a slight cut in the lobe of the
| right ear, was thrown to the ground
and beaten about the lower extremi-
| ties and body. While the murderer
was engaged i'm this attack a servant
grappled with the assalant, and dur
ing the struggle Miss Hartford es-
capped
Miss Hellos remained hidden until
all was over. Her nervous system
sustained a serious injury
Mildred Stewart, aged II years. re-
ceived wound on the outside Of the
right knee joint six inches long, eX-
posing the joint, and two punctured
wounds, one on the left leg and one
on the left foot. Her condition is
serious.
Kathlene Seawart. II years old, re-
ceived several slight wounds and
bruises about the face and lower ex-
tremities. They are not serious.
Herbert Stewart, years old, re-
ceived deep wound on the right side
of the neck four inches long; one on
the crown; one on the back part OF
the head four inches long, cleaving
the skull and exposing the brain; a
circular scalp wound on the LEFT side
of the head two and one-half inches
in diameter; small pr nctured wound
in the anterior part Of the chest and a
stab in the neck. He died of the in
juries thirty hours later on the road
to SUI KOw.
Evans Stewart. 3 years old, was
stabbed in the left thigh. received sew
| efal bruises anu scratches on the
head and body. His condition is not
serious.
Topsy Saunders death was caused
by spear wound on the right side Of
the head. the weapon cleaving the
boys body. The last three bodies
We're lying in one heap. Apparently
no post mortem mutilation had been
attempted. This frightful massacre
was done by members of the secret So
ciety known as the vegetarlans, which
Is causing much trouble alike to Chris
tians and heather in and around Ktl
Cheng City.
| From yariouS rnnOrtS or thoSa who