Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-08-05
REBELLION IN CHINA.
Ii rs Widespread and Very Threatening
 In One Province.

In One Province.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-The Herald today published the following cores pondenee from Shanghai under the date of July 4 sFa
 aBrief particulars have just reached me Of a widespread and very threaten ing rebellion in the northern part ot this province. adjoining the borders o1 Shan Tune. The district that is gener- ally known as Kiangpeh, which IS al ways noted for the turbulence and law lessness of it's inhabitants. For some time past the members of the two secret societies. Kin Lung Tsao tdoioen Dragon Rebels) and Ia Tao H"el fBrethrea of the Great Sword), have been very uneasy and about fortnight ago they broke out into an open revolt surprising the slender and inadequate forces of the local mandarins, captured several villages and then directed all their energies to exterminating the fe" scattered communities in their nelgh- borhood. Three communities, sur rounding the Jesuit missions at Sin Tcheo, Tang Shaw Tien and Su Tsien' were attacked with savage ruthlessness' the houses of the wretehed people burned down, their little household fur niture and all their belongings being destroyed or carried off by the rebels, the miserable people beaten and treated with the usual brutality of 2 Chinese mob unrestrained by fear of the author ities, and two, at least, of the native Christians were foully murdered in cold blood.
 'sThe mission houses were attacked and destroyed and the two French priests ill the district barely escaped with their lives. These two gentlemen, Rev. Father Thomas, from Tongohan, and Le Biboel, from Su Tsien, arrived here yesterday to report fully the dan gerous and alarming state of affairs at the headquarters of the mission, as there was nothing left for them to do at the scene of their labors in Kiangpeh, all their flock having been scattered and driven away by therebels, Before they left they had heard that a German priest, one of Bishop Anzer's missions, had been killed in Shan Tung and what they could learn on their journey down only went to confirm the grave news Telegrams have since been received by Bishop Garnier from the disturbed re- zion. via Shantun. It is impossible, owing to the distubrbed state of the northern part of Kiangsee, to telegraph direct, showing that affairs have as- sumed more alarming dimensions since the two priests left.
 1.-The Kin Lung Tsao and the Ia Tao Hwei are exceedingly incensed by Bish- | op Anzer's mission, by reason of his having lately complained to Pekin of their treatment of his converts, and it is believed they murdered the member of his mission out of revenge When the two priests left their premises, which are strongly built and defended with four watch towers, to resist the approach of bandits who habitually roam over the country, they were in the hands of the Mandarin soldiers, who were well armed and apparently prepared to defend the buildings against the rebels But tel egram dated the 22nd ult, and sent by a courier to Chinafu in santung, whence it was dispatched to Shanghai, has just been received. stating that the troops had been obliged to abandon the mis- sion. ;