The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-30
Part of the Cargo of the Good
Ship Columbia.
LATE ORIENTAL NEWS.
DARING oUTRAGEs BY PIRATES
ON THE CANTON RIVER.
Bloody Work Also Reported OF the
Coast of Acheen-British Steamer
Pegu Attacked and Looted
Great Deal of Plumber Gathered In
-Repels Particularly Active In
North Formosa.

Tacoma, Wash. Aug. 29-Tne steamer
Columbia arrived today on her maiden
voyage from Yokohama, with 125 pas
sengers and full cargo of freight. she
was DELAYED on several occasions and
forced to lie 30 "a hours on account of
breaking &C machinery. One Of the
firernen died of heat and was buried at
sec
The Columbia's cargo includes /, 700
bales of silk, valued at $500 600 which
VIII so across the continent via the
Northern Pacific in special train of
eight baggage cars. The Columbia
brings oriental advIces up 20 July 27.
News has just reached Hong Kong of
the prevalence of pirates on the Canton
river. and one of the most daring out
RACES perpetTated. One of the sons of
Captain Chung Kwei. a straits million
alre, Chung All PLY, who recently
went uo to Canton. was the victim
He, in company with a few of his rela.-
tlVes. hired a boat and were proceed
ing to their native place. On the sec
ono day the boat stuck in the mud and
could not proceed. During the night a
sang of men with painted faces and
fully armed boarded the boat With
reviewers leve,ed at the passengers.
they commanded silence whilst four
men began at once to look for plumber
All Phyn brought from the straits Jew
elry amounting in value to $4,000. and
$4,000 in cash. These the pirates took,
besides clothing, etc. When they had
satisfied themselves that nothing more
was to be obtained. they left the baat.
after threatening the victims with in
Seant death If they made a noise till
two hours afterwards. In the morn
ing Information wais at once sent down
TO Canton, but before the authorities
had time to send gunboat up the
pirates had made their escape. Up to
! the present time nothing more has been
heard of them.
WORK OF BRIGANOS.
Matt Salet. notorious brigand, with
! 200 followers. raided the government
station at Pulch Gaya. captured Mr.
| NeWbr0nner, ;ihe officer in charge. killed
a corporal and then sacked the treasury
of $4,000. The town. which consisted
entirely of wooden and kajang houses,
was then fired and every building de-
stroyed Cara is the expert and i'm
port center of a considerable district
and the population was largely Chi
nese
Salet. at last accounts was fortified
at Inaman and it is feared will at
tack Sandakan and massacre the Euro
peans after looting the town.
daring piracy is reported off the
coast OF Acheen. The British steamer
Pegu was attacked by six armed
| Achanese. CAPTAIN Ross managed to
| force his way through and reached the
deck, holly pursued by his savage as
I sailants, one of whom had meanwhile
laid hold of the carving knife from the
table. AS the skipper, badly wounded
as he was, struggled to get to the
bridge, this man stabbed him terribly
i in the ABDOMEN and when he fell the
rest of the Diratical gang surrounded
| the pros trate man and hacked him
savagely, actually disembowelling him,
| and leaving him a mangled corpse on
deck.
MATE AND SHERMAN NEXT.
| The mate and the sherman were the
next to be attacked. Both these men
were on the bridge, and in spite Of what
resistan nee they could offer were soon
cut down. The boatswain. however,
| climbed up the funnel stays and thus
escaped the onslaught of the pirates.
| Returning to the deck, two more of
the crew and four Chinese passengers
were killed, so to 40 more passengers,
according to one account having been
killed or met their death by jumping
overheard. The vessel was then looted.
One of the Achanese was placed at
the wheel to steer the ship nearer land,
others plundered the captains cabin,
taking repeating rife and a revolver.
! The safe was opened. $4,000 was taken,
/ two boats lowered from the ship, and
the pirates made off in the direction of
Simpang OHM. The vessel was a fright
full sight the deck being spattered with
blood and the entrails oftthe victims.
Advice from Tapeh. North Formosa,
state that the rebels have been partic-
ularly active but no serious fighting
has taken place.