The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-22
No CONVENTION II lIA|BE1.
Woes IL Christian Missionaries
Who Labor With BarblriAns.
oouwrav = auLxD ~ CRIME.

the mysterious Land Of the ORE
ent. axd missionaries who GO
There rake Their lives In Thetr
Hanas--Retarned Christian La
\ bsrers rem 81 the Lawless Deeds.
! The terrible aicentiousncss that runs RAM
pant In the mysterious land Of Thibet. ON
the western border OF China, where crime
81 priest ana native Is the only rule that
IL known, Is vtvidly told Of BY q Christian
missionary who has just returned after hts
efforts OF three years to convert some OF
the heather. Only one prospective con-
vert rewarded hin labors, and even this
one would 60 no further than read tracts
given to him. This returned worker Il w.
w. Simpson, layman missionary Of the
Christian ana Missionary Alliance Of New
York. who for seven years has been at
work IN China. and the Orient, the last
three years OF which he spent among the
barbarous Thibetans He arrived In the.
city last night, and registered At the North
ern. He Il accompanied by A. w. Lager
Quist. who has been engaged In the same
work In the province OF 6hensi, China
He came direct from Shanghai on the Ia
xumi Maru. and win spend Z Through Of
year and half In the East.
Thlbot He's inland 100 miles. by stage
coach and Chinese house boat, from ShAng-
hal. IT. people are = barbarous race ~ok
unknown number and while internationally
under the dominion Of the Chinese they
~ .rs plAc, ~ s sose e..s NY .N -
m ~ ~. s...s's,..s s.ss ~ s,,ss
~ Snrlseia''s sc'e 'A'o ei1S
Although much energetic missionary
work has been done during that period,
- Mo ;vosno.u ~ ueen s.an ~ ~ e 49,
t n 1ninetan. mAve taAoH W arni1 Asai"''
al. - css,.,,, ...,... 49,. ~. No.. :,
4hose Who braved thr nerils 81 IN In
1850 Sa ~. 49, ~ rsr,s.,. ~ s"1 ~
ses. ss lor Me saAe - Sni's 'l Deeh
Just before the departure Of the mis-
sionarfes last August, mission was de-
stroyed ana the Buddhist priests had In
. ~ physica. warfare against the
Last night MI. simpson told Of his work
IN the far-on heather land. Thinetans
known little about" he said. ssThree
wears AGO vre began the introducffon a.
rh~is.,ss ,ttv "a *rs.,, n.,,a 49, etc.
gle convert All that remains Of our WORK
Is one native sumcientIy interested to read
our tracts.
"The people are divided into two classes
fsnsrssa Mcr ~ ,,,, .,.,,s ~ ,,..s,,~r ~
thes. rs,,sson + p suS rna ano',t o ama
th,ras - $500 e D sH a,srs Oou. one
land, and have the remainder OF the people
under complete subsection in the supersti-
ton that IL they disobey they will be visit.
= 80. ~ s,m,ie un.s oniy priests can
seau, anu consequently tne Wnoie country
y IN stare OF parparism. the only
M Ind Go 60,
dates for admission to the schools must
first take the uriestlv vows
pcI~~.-.-Y. u--s..
~ctAceu'
They have o marriage custom. The
bride Is betrothed by her parents or
guardians and is conducted to the home
ice: Whent man tires of his wife he
sells her and takes another In the same
wanton manner. Polygamy is practiced
~ Is West ana most offensive form.
Of 4 wife. nor Il she held Il anv e,sva ted
state. They W are Simply slaves. chi adn
ton Is paid to them.
"Lfttle girls tust able 70 RIM around ara
nut At once to drudrerv ~ until fhev rescS
an are to he given swsv the 1srs+ ,rsIa
child is elected al birth "a he q nrtss4 the
second f. the smpnort ~ he far,ii, nv ~
honorable or other means. the third be.
Collect = fitheinr and ,iva ~ ;ndolnnns
and corrurtinn 9ravinr ~, ,naia anS ~
male subjects ankle ~ -''''o anu -
ssThose jivin1 on The ch,raso horaA.
have IL snrna avtant adnnteT r,b1nasa
customs T'hev crow q small n,,a ntitv ~
Grain a,,ch a. berlsv and cots and -, IT,
unne II ,1s,yoh ~ esttIa q NJ sbaa,s nj, ~.
also rathar f,,rs taran fro,, tha rat;vs
animais whtch thev sal, ~ tha rhirasn
Wtn IN evehanpe c3ya th.,r d,j,1,,,.r -, ~
from American cotton Their nat'5rai a ~.
dnianca hnwauar nrevents en,, grea , III
cess Sol,ou,t,,g th.,. n,,rs,,ite Tf .o,,.a,
anT ch;idra,,e "a ',,aa ,iv eli - thn ,nvh a.
he fields. while the men lie aro,,na or
81 T., hTghra, rorher. ~ aioohe ~
svvh.,, me- frS+ ha0or ~. uor,. 49,.
three Years AGO we We're wai, raceivaS