Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-09
GEOGRAPHIC.
TOLD BY ASURVlTOR'
,a E,r,lord's Statement Regarding
tbs Massacre in China
,,p,.nnov ESCAPE PROM DEATH


xrw YosR, Aus. s.-rhs Wo,'d
.alprla, tomorrow ,p'olsi oap.o.
yum from shanghai, China' giving
r~ ..,,,, of the iuassaUrs OF mitsiop-
;. ., VIA sang. written by M''i
u.s,IC Hartford, one OF the surViV'
.o,tbs massacre, and the only ono
Vi, Witnessed IT, r.,
"a, Angus; let, at 1850 SIN. l hoard
1t, they were the yolls OF ser
.,s,, Who rushed 10, shouting to ms
49,, up. fyr the Vesctarlnns were
- tearing down the house on the
siiI bslonging to tbs Ensllsh inl',ioh.
"a few miuutsu later > IeAohet
ans 10 my door aud told ine 70 Inn'
Tgol my clothes on and ruSheu 70 the
49,. was met by man Win
,s,sr, WHO yelled, "Hefo 10 a foreign
ri. polntsd the weapon on my
....t tyistod It 10 one side, ana ~
mi suzed my ear and head. he Ihsn
,s,sv me 10 the ground aud heat me
-,,h ths wooden end " the spear. A
..,,.nt came and wrcnched u away
nom aim, aud told me t. run.
N Iumpei down the Umbanhmcnta
o., .isus lie foal. A servant came
nd I,,iisd me along until got w on
tbs 'ide Of the hill / then lay uOwn
,ss,s 10 GET some breath. Alter resting
tWiee 1 reached = secluded spot anu
ty tbrfs, All this time tue yellH went
~. and the two houses were burning 10
IN. gfoupd, After a while the yells
s,,,sd, | supposed the NsgetAfians
U,t zone away. A servant went TO see
bsV matters were. lie returned In
bali 40 hour, telling me 10 come homui
mat five ladies OF the English mission
bsi been He'd aud sons had bSen
vounIed, but that my house, n rented
native house, had not been troubled.
"Nins grown Teoplo were massaerod.
Fyut wsfo turned beyond recognition.
uWhen | was thrown down my
faehtf's wife called ON some Wha
Fang men around 10 save me. Thtte
were iout men there 10 only one NeEe.
tartan, bu. they would not help me,
She came and tried 10 pull me away
a. be va. heating mo. The Nsgutnr-
ian hicstd her. When the Vegetarian
who teat me started down the hill to
come to our hOu's, thtoo others were
viii him, but these ran of after some
Chiuamen, 10 escaped with only one
Iefteculoi. There were about nfty
W. slafisBs, but only saw one. The
msu who attacked me shouted, "Hefe
IL foreign woman" He had u
ifldeb, spear. Some had swords. There
was al least one gun, for l heard II
fred %. fho natives say there were
NJ more. uonY, the Ku Ch.ng magic.
ifa,s, came To VIVA sang FfIJay az
trfh0op, August 2ud, with 100 soldiers.
He viewed ths bodies, saw the IN.
lufsd, inquired tho names and rest
uencss Of the Injured aud made out
au socoun,. He ala what he could 10
a,lp Us get OIL to Suikow."
The eyiit nee already obtained show,
that the massacre at Whs Sang wal
Planned at least q week beforehand
The foreign oonsuls have the names 0
The leaders IN IL and oil bom0 Of tho par
liciTanis,
An official from Foo Chow sent 2lG
iolliSfs into thEt section on ths 2ith Of
July Iv prevent the Vegetarians from
numbering Chinese. the Vegetarian
thought the missionaries had caused
The troops 10 DO sent, and decided &
hlll them,
They began Immediately 10 gatho
nt certain designated place, Ir
passing through tile vlllsgss Oa thoi
way 10 tho rendezvous, tue Negetari
ans declared their intention ~ Dies,
lIoy the churches and to kill tn,
Christians.
The local officials know Of this, bu
lhcy did nothing 10 prevent or ever
warn the Foreigners.
Ihs night before the massacre, 0
native pastor In Ku Chsng heard III,
Nogslaflans were going 10 Kill tn,
loielgntfs on the next day. He wToI,
sle'let u warning 70 MIR. S owart n
VIVA Sang, but delayed senuiug II un
WdaylighL The messenger arrive,
hall an hour too late. DIR. GreEorl
was 10 the city Of ku Cheng at tn
!lme, hut he wGs not notified. Til,
istelgnels had no suspicion OF ths in
Tended daughter