Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-10-11

other physicians were taken into the
open and sacrificed to the ghost Of
CHAINS tay0rite official.
Cha"s IS said TO have been consider.
ate with his ARMY SO long as they per,
formed any ya,orous deeds. His usual
reward 10 soldiers was silk and money.
But or the other hand, whenever he
saw a soldier My clad. or one who did
not march as vigorously rs he liked.
that man was at once taken out and
killed. II was related that once he
gave q soldier piece Of silk, The I'M
wise fellow complained to a comrade
that It's quality was not Zip to standard,
y spy reported the fact to The king,
With the result that the soldiers indis,
Greet remark caused the slaughter OF
the entire legion to which he belonged,
numbering 1000 men.
On au1,her occasion Chang tayocd
his attention 20 the judiciary 1. the
provinces, including all the legal fra.
terniW In the royal city there were
600 protects, or Judges, and others be.
longmg to the profession wise men,
rs they were termed, Within two
years all these were disposed Of, with
the exception Of twenty, all murdered
on slight prcteNt
There were number O, euuichs of
the Taj-mung-seau family who wouldn't
call Charg king, but persisted in ad,
dresslnE ham by his surname, OF these
500 were ordered out one day and
killed for this little breach of Ell,
quetto
Next Chang turned his attention to
Chinese priests He had about 10000
of them brought together ON the pre-.
text that he desired to promote their
interests. Then he ordered them be-
headed 10 his mind they had been
guilty OF some little departure from
the strictest proprieties and they had
to so.
The Catholic worker next relates the
particulars of Changes capture Of the
city Of Nau-Chung, Just north OF his
province 1t appears that in 1916 he
raised an army of Use, 900 S2o.Chuens.
IN addition TO his own followers, who
had entered this province with him and
snbjugated it, During the siege OF Nau,
Chung 10000 S2c-Chueus. tired OF the
blcsrdy domination of this king desert.
ca and Joined the army in Nau-Chung,
Upon learning OF this net Chang or
"'''U '"' '',HS'oIo Vi every one OF the
wiling to sacrifice that number of his
army to ayenge himself upon the de
serters The bodies Of many of these
victims we're skinned. These were
stuffed with straw, and, with the heads
sewcd on these figures were publicly
carried into the towns where they were
borne as warning TO their friends
and families.
Not long after this the King ordered
that all students in his province should
come together LOT examination. / ms
brought to one point $4,000 candidates
for scholastic honors, whobelieyd they
had been commanded to appear before
the wise men for promotion. Details
are lacking as to what grievance Chang
had upon his mind at this time. but,
instead Of carrying out the examina.
ton, he commanded the execution Of
every ono of the candidates, 1t was
done,
Civ u,,d.a rhono,I u.A
In 1916, when the Tartars entered
The province of Xensi, adjoining SEE.
CAuon, to give battle to Chang, he per.
petrated the most enormous criminal
and bloodthirsty act Of his career. lie
raised big army and moved to meet
u.a enemy. lie was determined that as
he advanced the country left behind
should be made secure against any aid
or advantage TO the enemy. TO com.
pass this end his plan was to leave
neither habitation nor person in any
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