New-York tribune., 1895-08-06
THE MASSACRE AT WHASANG
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Smith has sent inquiries TO China In regard ~ the
massacre and the Rev. Or. Charles C. Creegah' VI
the New-York Office expected to receive some III
formation yesterday
Dr. Creegan says that there are l.aD m'ssio""ie"
in China. representing forty different boards prih
cipally from the United States and GREAT Britain"
He fears that the massacre may prove 70 ha'e Dee
over more serous than reported IL was "a'h''
Yesterday that there Is a small to"n nam"
Kucheng in the Fuh-kien Province apou' ''''
miles from Foo-Chow. The town Is SHOWN OH
small map printed In pamphlet issued Wy '''
American Board
HOW THE WORK Is CARRIED On
A, tho Office these additional facts were given
."rhe American Board Is the orsan.za""" "'p
norted mainly by the Congregational churcnes. ~
carries on three missions in China, canea 'he 20
chou, y,,sslon the North China Mission ana the
Hong Kong Mission. Kucheng the scene oi '"e
reported massacre, IL in the province oi '' , -
about fifty miles from Foo-chow. ana thus u "''
the territory covered by the Foo-Chow MISSION Al
present there are twenty y-nine Americans '"e'e ""
der the Of the Board pue "'"o 0' ~
stationed at Kucheng
.DThe city of Foo-chow Is the centre or 'he ns m
sion station which was founded on January iSb; is;
The first church wa iorn'rt nsd on az fbe mission
Eyanpestic work Is carried forward with the ara
of natives at chape.s sen cties and dis
trIcs The educational department coihpLls1is tm
INSTITUTE one women's Ychool ana tne cVnliD,, cVa
schools in cities and villages. one OF the i;lus.VSr S
which the missionaries have succeeueu III u ns
from the minds " the Chinese vas that gr,s W. :
secured by the missionaries to be transpor,sn 10 h he
West or 10 be manufactured into opium IN. me
medical work OF the mission il now done py t"fee
physicians and their assistants c,.. ,,,as,o ,,,-
'aThe field covered by the Foo-o how Miss,on Gov
ers large regions in the Foo-Chow anu ohau~u u
districts and is inhabited by more than one n!pn
persons The natural facilities for carrying on !ne
work in certain sections are favorable, ana INC
announcements to labor Notwithstanding t"e ~
fha
There are four stations and twenty nine out.sta-
tons; seven missionaries; three physicians; hfteeh
female assistant missionaries. two OF them Phy-
sicians six native pastors nineteen native preassn.
ers: thirty-eight native teachers; twelve 0tner
helpers; sixteen churches. with ~ members. @5 OF
them women. l6l were received into membership OF
the churches during the year; two theoiosical
schools, with eleven pupils; two boys poarulls
schools, with siAty-nine pupils: one girls poaruins
school,, with seventy-four pupils one women >
boarding school with eighteen pupils; twenty
eigh; common schools. with 5& pupils. ~ OF Wnom
girls; $40 Sunday school pupils *lZ3 cohtr'Du'eo
by natives -, -, -, -.
rnc American missionaries now in the Foo-Ch bow
District under the Boards auspices are: AZ roo
Chow-Caleb = Baldwin and Harriet +. BALDWIN
now in Americal, William l.. Beard. Ellen l..
Beard Caroline :. Chittenden, Elsie NJ Garretson,
Dwight Goddard. Charles Hartwe.L Hannah L..
Hartwe. .Hardman y. Kinnear. NJ d Ellen Ellen. J..
Lyman p. Peet. Caroline *. Peet Hannah c.