Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-06

children in compound outside the town.
We passed a terrible time of suspense I'M
til daybreak, when torrents of rain fell,
and the Vegetariars, not liking the rain,
postponed the attack. All the mission par
ty started to get inside of t>u Cheng. The
male and female staffs, in the early morn
ing, after crossing the river in small par
ties in a tin boat, reached ku Cheng wall
which had to be scaled with ladders. Dur
ing the three following days bodies of cti-
zens guarded the walls, armed with prongs
and rusty swords. On the fourth day the
gates We're opened, and the mandarin in
command conferred with the Vegetarian
envoys What occurred during this inter-
view we do not know. But nobody believes
we have seen the end of this matter. Such
a serious affair cannot be SO easily patched
-up, and is probably only begun
Mr.. Stewart's letter concludes: "All the
women and children. on the advice of the
American and British consuls, will. be
sent to the coast. The opinion prevails
soldiers will be sent from Foo Chow to ar
rest the leaders of the rebels. But If it is
not arranged, then the Vegetarians Will in
crease sufficiently to make the rising &
success"
SHANGHAI August 6.-The Mercury of
this city today publishes a dispatch from
Foo Chow saying that the position of the
Europeans is critical, owing to the open
hostility of the natives and native officials.
1t is added that If ar outbreak occurs the
native officials will be unable to cope with
the mob. Fo-kien province is said to be
in state of rebellion. ard the American
mission at Fung-Fuk in that province has
been burned. The Europeans and Ameri-
cans have telegraphed for gunboats to pro-
tect the foreign settlement.
LONDON, August 6.-The correspondent
of the Times at Shanghai says that the
missionaries killed at Ku Cheng were mur-
dered by an organized band Of eighty of
the ''Vegetarians." The correspondent says:
1.-The ladies begged for their lives promis-
ing to yield their property and valuables,
but the leader of the band shouted out his
orders to kill them outright"
The Chinese magistrate at Ku Cheng
waited for the completion of the massacre
before appearing upon the scene there.
There are 1000 soldiers at Ku Cheng. 1t is,
therefore, absurd to say that the authorities
could not have stopped the massacre, which
was evidently carefully and secretly or
ganiZed.
The American mission at Shashi, near
Han-kow. has been destroyed, and the
missionaries are fugitives.
The American consul has advised the
missionaries in adjacent provinces to retire.
Some of the speakers at yesterdays s
Shanghai meeting declared that they have
lost confidence in the diplomats at Pekin,
United States Minister DENLY and British
minister N. r. OConnor being especially
denounced. The Americans desire a special
commission under United States Consul
Jernigan to inquire into the outrages in
Szechuen. Minister OConnor has assented
to this
1t is just learned that after the Ku Cheng
massacre the mob looted the buildings.
A corrected list of the victims is as fol-
lows: Rev. Mr.. and Mrs Stewart, Miss
Nellie Saunders and Miss Lena Irish, burnt
in the house; Miss Stettie Newcombe was
speared and. thrown down a precipice; Miss
Marshall had her throat cut; Miss Gordon,
speared in the head; Miss Topsy Saunders,
Speared in the brain; Master Herbert Stew
art, skull fractured and brain exposed;
Lena Stewart, died from shock.
England Aroused to Action.
LONDON, August 6.-The officials of the
foreign office have cabled Instructions to
the British minister at Pekin. Mr.. N R.
OConor, to demand the safety of all Brit
ish subjects in the disturbed districts and
to insist upon full inquiry into the mas
sacre. In addition, Mr.. O'Conor has been
ordered to that the culprits are pun
ished and that an independent inquiry be
made into the Ku Cheng massacre by a
British consular court