Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-04
REBELLION IN CHINA.
l,,uI. Missions Attacked and HaLY.
Christians Slain.
PRIESTS HAVE MARROW ESCAPE,
IN, Auto lies Ink.n by 'urprlsc
AID Unpftpared 10 D,fnd
Foreigners.

NEW YoRIS, Aug. 4.-rho Herald
mis- morning publishes the following
c5ffsspond0nce from Shanghai, under
date OF July an;
Brief particulars have iust reached
me Of widespread and very threat
splng rebellion IN the northern part Of
this province, Joining the boardofs
Of shauIung. The distrlc, "a that
generally known ht KiHngzsoh, which
I, always noted for the turbulence aud
hwlsnsnrti OF It's inhabitants. For
acme time past the members Of two
,,cfut tocittieF, nomcd Kin Lung
T,ae Golden Dragon R1Uels) and Ia
Tao Hwei (BfothIon VI the Great
sWordi have been vuTy uneasy and
rb5uI q fortnight ago they broke out
into open revolt, surprised the slender
and inadequate fofces Of the local
maudatius, captured several villages
and thUn directed all their energies ~
discriminating the few scattered com.
muuitlrs ia tho uclghborho5d. Three
rpmmunilits SURROUNDING tho Jesuit
mistious ut Sin Tchu, faug shaw
Iassn ana Su Tslon wuie attRcsod
Win savage tuthiessutss, tho houses
II tho wFctched people torn
down, their little huusehuld iurnl.
iufp aud farm implements being
tfumpty destroyed or carried oil
by no rebels, the miserable people
traten aud treated with the usual bru'
tshty Of Chinese mob unTesliAintd by
fear Of authorities and twO az least Of
tbo nativu Chnstians were tOully muir.
dtfed m cold blood,
Tue mission houses woro attacked
and destroyed and the French priests
In tho district barely escaped with
tn,ir nvep. These two gentlemen
Rove. Father Thomas, from ToBgohRn
aud lie Bib lul, from 5u Ssien--arrIved
hefv yesterday 20 report iully the dan
gergus anu Alarming state OF affairs ut
ths headquattofs Of the mission, as
mere WAS nothing lot Tor them ~ DO
rl the scene Of lheir lubors IN kiaug
Pen, all their iioCk having been scat.
trtel aud driven away by tine gebols.
Before they lett they had heard u "a
German iathef, one Of Bishop An4sT's
mission, had beOn killed In Shan Iuug
anu what they could learn on their
Journey down, only went TO confirm
tlir grave nowF. TolegTams have
slucs been received by Bishop uarniur
ifym tho disturbed region, via SHAN
Tunr. 10 Ia impossible, owing TO the
disturbed state VI the northern part OF
Kiau. Z5th 10 Telegraph direct show.
rug that ulairs have assumed mofs
alarming dimensions since the two
inthefs lett.
The Kiang Tung Tsao and the
Tn Tao Hwoi are exceedingly
incensod against Bishop AnEvt'-
mission, by reason OF his having lately
complained 10 Pekin OF their treat
mcnt OF his converts, and II II believed
they murdered the mtmbefs OF his
mission cut OF rOyrnpe. When the Two
priests lelt their premises, which IL
strongly built and defended with four
ws,eh toweu-One Mt each cornot-to
fttist the approach OF bandits who
habliually Foam over tue country, they
aoFo In tho hands OF tho mandarin
soldiers, who were armed and appar.
entity prepared TO defend the building
against the rebels. But telegram,
lated the a9nd ult., and sent by courier
10 Chiuauiu In san Tung, whence It
was dispatched TO Shanghai, has lust
NNNA AANNAHNAf hAhNHhN AAAk hAN AANhllf
had been obliged 10 abandon the
misalou. From It Ia inferred that the
rebels were too strong for tho local Ru.
ih0ftloa aud drove them away from
tho mission, hs they bad previously
succeeded In doing In many othor
places. The authorities were, In fact,
taken everywhere by surprise by tbs
tuddenness OF the outbreak, atd, as
usual, were all In state Of uupropsfod.
ntss anu terror when ihe rebels ross
against them.
The rebels numbered several thout.
and when my iniormanls left the
scene, but were only poorly armed,
tomt unknown circumstance having
apparently forced maltorB TO n head and
obliged them 10 commence operations
before they woTo quite ready. But,
Judging by their success, they were
quite rs we'll prepared as tue aulsoT-
lilies.