Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-08

I ed yesterday afternoon Dy d IarBe anu
infuriated mob. The hospitals were de-
moushed. The missionaries fed to Sha
Meen. others remained. A Chinese gun
boat has been dispatched to quell the
riot It is reported that all the missions
at Kwang Lung will soon be destroyed
and the missionaries driven to the
treaty ports. The vegetarians are 12,-
600 strong and well armed and organ
lied and able to Withstand the Chinese
troops.
New York. August THE World to-
day will publish the following special
cable from Foo Chow, China:
Dr. Gregory, an American missionary,
who escaped from Ku-Cheng, gives the
following account of the massacre there:
At 1890 p. IN. on Thursday, August
LIST. a native Christian rushed into my
study. saying that several Of the foreign
ladies at Hwasaug, a mountain resort
abou. twelve miles from the city Of
Ku-Cheng. had been killed that morning
and that TWO houses had been burned
Fifteen minutes later a note from Mr..
Phillips confirmed this. He wrote that
five ladies were dead, the stewards were
missing and four persons were seriously
wounded. He expressed the hope that
[ was on my way to Hwasang. I i'm
meliately went into the Yamen where
hundreds of excited natives had already
gathered and requested the district mag
israte. Wong. TO send some soldiers at
once TO Hwasang TO protect those still
living.
In half an hour the magistrate went
10 HwsaSarg under escort of l30 soldiers
arriving at Hwasang at p. NJ, to find
that nine adults. all British subjects,
had been murdered. and all those still
alive at Hwasang eight only had been
more or less severely injured. About
sixty soldiers, expecting Mr.. Phillips,
arrived there only TWO or three. days be-
fore and were lodging at a native house
some distance from the English cou,a-
gcs.
was delayed i'm leaving Ku Cheng,
owing TO the fact that the Coolies refus-
ed TO carry chairs.
on my arrival I set to work to make
the injured as comfortable as possible.
| Miss C0drington received sword cut
extending from the left angle Of her
mouth d.agonally outward and down.
ward seven inches long. completely di-
vdiug the lower lip and exposing the
inferior maXilliary bone; one cut on
/ the crown three inches in length and
quite down to the inner table of the
/ skull: one cut across the nose beneath
the right eye five inches long, and an
! other three inches long ON the right
side of the neck The last two were
skin wounds only.
There We're also two cOntusions on
/ the right arm and very deep pune
| ured wound on the outside of the right
/ thigh. Her condition is serious.
Miss Mabel c. Hartford of the Meth
/ oil ST Mission. the only American re-
siding I'm HwaSang at the time, living
i'm a small native house some twenty
rods from the English cottages, was
attacked by one assassin armed with
/ n trident. She received a slight cut N
| the lobe of the right ear. was thrown
! 10 the ground. beaten about the lower
/ eXtremit.os and the body.
While The murderer was engaged in
this attack a servant grappled with
the aSsailaut and during the struggle
! Miss Hartford escaped.
! Miss Hellis remained hidden until
an was over. Her nervous system sus-
! tanned q serious injury.
Mildred Stewart. aged u years, re-
ceived a 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.
Kathleen Stewart. II years old, re-
ceivod several slight wounds and
bruises about the face and lower eX-
rremities. They are not serious.
Baby Stewart. thimeen months old,
has severe injury 10 the eye, small
pene-rating wound in the left of the
| frontal region. which enters the cranial
cavity. and several severe bruises on
he head and body.
All wounds were apparently made by
swords or spears OF those killed out
right Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart. Nellie
Saunders and Lena pillow. an Irish
nurse were almost wholly incinerated
I'm the burned house. In ali PROBABLE
f-v they we're murdered before the
house burned.
Kathleen Stewart found Nellie SCUM
doris living unconscious on the nursery
floor and removed baby Stewart from
beroq-b the body of the nurse. She
S7vs Newc0mb was cut on the LETT
cheek. ON the left hand probably by
81 smear and was thrown over steep
ombqnkment. where they left the body.
7 failed to find any serious wound on
-ns body of Miss Stewart
/ am inclined TO think she died from
shock. This opinion is sustained by
Miss CodringtOu's report 20 me.
Miss Gordon received q deep spear
v-ound i'm the face. another in the neck.
and another on the right side OF the
| head.
Herbert Stewart. four years o-d' re-
caivad a deep wound on the right size
! of -ba neck four inches long; one on taa
| crown which Clipped the external table
! NJ The skull: one on the back part of tna
head four inches long. cleaving the
skull and exposing the brain; circu-