The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-05
WHAT FOREIGNERS ] !. 8:
In Shanghai Think Of the Terrible
Chinese Situation.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

long circumstantial Accounts Of Al,
legged Chinese Victories-Downger
Empress Living at Tai Yuan Fu.5
FIFTY Missionaries Slaughtered.
Women Exhibited Naked for Sew
e.d Days. M KS.
Copyright 1900. The Associated SPress.)
SHANGHAI Sept. 4.--Dispatchesi an,
uouncing that the American govern
mcnt refuses to agyeeito the withdrawal
Of the troops from Pekin. before satis-
faction for the outrages upon and the
losses for Its subjects Is given. have
been received here. and are applauded
BY the entire foreign colony in Shanghai.
Any other posicy according to the bust
mesa men. and missionaries with whom
the Associated Press representative
has tllked, would be avital blow to tho
prestige Of the foreigners and would
weaken their STATUE! In China. The
local English papers fercely denounced
the proposals to eyacuate Pekin, and
say tina, the Chinese would interpret
evacuation as defeat. The masses Of;
Cinnamon now believe that the Chinese
arms victorious. &
Alleged Chinese Victories,
The Chinese papers printed In Shang-
hal, contain long. clrcumstantial ac-
counts OF alleged Chinese victories at
Pekin, Tien Tsin, and Lung Chao: and
the shops In the native quarter display
for sale lurid pictures of the celestial
army driving the European soldiers into
the sea at Taku and cutting them to
pieces at Tien Tsin. They also show
pictures of the foreign admirals being
tortured In the presence of viceroys.
Vice Admiral Seymour. is represented
with his arms pinioned Kowtowing be-
fore the throne. The people accept
these, reports and pictures as correctly
representing the situation and consider
the reports OF the English press as
merely foreign lies" The European
community continues to demand the de-
struc.ion of Pekin and punishment Of
the offenders. Undoubtedly the infor-
nation in detail Of massacres of for
e!gaers daily received infames this SEN
tlment. 3 =
Fifty Missionaries Slaughtered.
The Dowager Empress is living in the
Yame1 at Tai Yuan Flu. in Shan 81
providence. Fifty missionaries have
been slaughtered In Yamen, under or
deEs. practically In the presence of the
viceroy. They were beheaded in the
court, and the others were killed bar
bariously in; the court yard. Their
bodies were thrown to the dogs.
The empress has ordered commits
sloner to investigate the conduct OF the
southern viceroys who made compact
with the foreign consuls. and their de-
graduation is expected. No investiga-
ton OF the officials opposed to foreign
ers has been ordered.
The Associated Press representative
learns from official sources the facts of
the killing. OF several. American women
missionaries. At the request of the
misslen, board the details were withheld
out OF regard for the feelings offthe
relatives Of the murdered women: but
other prominent Americans, who have
long antagonized the policy OF sending
women 10 isolate inland posts think it
important that the facts should be
known. The names OF the victims are
withheld: BY request.
Led Around Naked.
Two OF these women were captured
while attempting 10 leave the stations
where they we're located and were lead
about the country naked, repeatedly
outraged, and finally. killed by method
too revolving to be described. Two
other American women were coming to
the coastwith a party, which number
OF Cinnamon followed and stoned. The
women fell exhausted and were taken
by the Ghlnamen. into the presence OF
the local officials. They were pros.
.tratcd upon the. execution block and a
feint was made OF beheadlng them. One
OF them became hysterical and laughed.
and. thinking her insane. the Chinese
escorted her TO the coast because OF
their superstition regarding the insane.
On the journey. however. the woman
was repeatedly cflmlnatiy outraged by
her;escort. The other woman, after b.
ing exhibited naked for some days. and
suffering assault by several men. was
tortured to death. by the same shameful
methods as were practiced in the other
cases.
Their: Lives Spared.
Two Swedish missionary women
arrived At Shanghai after. similar ex-
periences except that their lives were
spared. The foreign foregoing are mat
ters OF official record.
The fourteen English missionaries. In
Guiding six women and four children,
who weremurdered at Chu chau. in the
province Of Che kang. according to the
story Of Spanish priest who escaped.
we're killed with hay forks and ancient
spears by the magistrate body guard,
and the naked bodies were hangad from
trees.
The Incidents made /, JenJert n,I,o,,