Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-05
VICTIMS or HEA1HENS.
Particulars Of Butcher Of Christians
by Chinese In Ku-Cheng.
Death the Least Painful Of
} Their Sufferings.


LONDON, Aug 5.-The massacre Of mis-
tionarics near Ku-Cheng commenced early
on Thursday at Wha-Shan, near Ku-
Cheng. The houses were fired, and eight
ladies, n man and child were killed and
several were wounded, two probably
mortally.
Chinese troops have been dispatched to
the scene. The British and American
consuls Will at once have an interview
with the viceroy.
The Chinese are repeating their old tao
tics OF cutting telegraph communications
A two-column letter from Hankau, on
the Syu-Chuen mission ontrages, pub
hshed by The Times this morning de-
clares that officials are at the bottom OF all
anti-foreign agitation, and that Chinese
people themselves are quite friendly. The
ietter suggests that IL the powers tried
little benevolent retaliation II would prove
an infallible cure.
The Standard, In It's editorial on the
Ku-Cheng outrage, says: We must speak
10 China in a manner which cannot be
misunderstood. Not only must the MUIR
derers be punished, but q stern example
must be made OF the officials whose neglect
permits such outrages.
The Standards special from Shanghai
says that the news OF the massacre was
suppressed for three days by the Chinese
officials. J. Courtney Hixson. the Ameri-
can consul ut Fu.Chau. with several
volunteers, won't to the scene In steam
launch, and brought back tho wounded
Americans. Their experiences, tho dis
patch continues, were terrible, and death
w.s tho least painful Of tho sufRsrings Of
the butchered women. Tho indignation
here II intense. A mass meeting will be
convened. The mandarins will endeavor
10 throw all the blame upon ths secret
societies, but 1t Is known that they were
Encouraged BY Responsible Onicials.
AM those who were killed were British.
All the Americans escaped. There was
no provocation for the outrage. The per-
petrators were the Vegetarian society.
Rev. Mr.. Stewart, wife and child were
burned In their house. The Misses Yel-
Low and Marchall, two sisters named
Saunders, two sisters named Gordon and
Stettie Newcombe were murdered with
spears and swords. Miss Codrington was
seriously wounded about the head, and
the Stewards eldest child had kneecap
badly injured, while the youngest had an
eye gouged out. Rev. Mr.. Phillips,
with two Americans, DR.. Gregory and
Miss Hartford were both wounded, but
arrived safely at Fu-Chauh-Fu. The pre-
feet of Cheng-Tu, who was a member of
the committee Of inquiry which ex-
amined into the former outrages upon
missionaries In that region, Is seriously
implicated in the Cheng-Tu outrages.
About the vegetarians.
The Times says of the above: Rev. Mr..
Stewart resides at Ku-Cheng and super
intends the work Of the prefectures OF
Ku-Cheng and Ping-Nang. Rev. Mr..
Stewart, writing under date Of February,
1866 described how o sect known as Veg
.etarians, taking advantage OF the war,
sprang into vigorous life and committed
numerous outrages, and became so formid
able that the converts wanted him to or
ganize and arm. He concludes his letter
as follows:
Ihave Just learned that 5000 OF these have
enlisted In the last SIX months. They arr
mostly Of the lowest order, and, at the present
time, the reins Of government are practically
In their banda
The Times comments editorially on tht
massacre as follows: The Ku-C -Cheng out
RACES will Justly form the subject Of stronl
representations to China by England, ant
probably by America also. It Is quit.
possible that the outrages are due to EN-
bittered feeling against foreigners, engen
dered by the calamities of the war, and tina
tho mandarins believe a blow must b'
struck now or never to frighten foreigner
against availing themselves OF the cOncos
sions granted under the recent Chino
Japanese treaty.