Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1900-09-05
AMERICAN WOMEN
SUBJECTED TO MOST
HORRIBLE TORTURE
Led Through Country Naked
and Repeatedly Outraged
by the Chinese.
DIE IN FEARFUL AGONY

UxE IN EEAhE III ALUM
Terrible Punishment Melted Out TO
NIissionaries-The Dowager Empress
Made War on the Foreigners Against
the Emperor's Protest-Europeans
Demand Destruction of Peking.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 4.-Dispatches an
nouncing that the American govern
eminent refuses to agree to the with
drawal of the troops from Peking before
satisfaction for the outrages and the
losses of it's subjects is given have been
received here and are applauded by the
entire foreign colony in Shanghai. Any
other policy, according to business men
and missionaries, will be fatal blow to
the prestige Of the foreigners, and would
weaken their status In China.
The local English papers iercely de-
nounce the proposals to evaeuate Peking,
and say that the Chinese interpret evac-
uation as defeat. The masses of China
men now believe that the Chinese arms
are victorious.
The Chinese papers printed in Shan
ghai contain long, circumstantial ac-
counts of alleged Chinese victories at
Tien Tsin and Lung Chao 81 and the
shops and native quarter display for
sale lurid photographs of the celestial
army driving the European soldiers into
the sea at Taku and tearing them to
pieces at Tien Tsin. They also show
pictures of the foreign admirals being
tortured in the presence of the viceroys.
Vice Admiral Seymour is represented
with his arms pinioned kneeling before
the throne. The people accept these re-
ports and pictures as correctly repre-
senting the facts and anything con-
trary as merely foreign lies.
Demand Destruction of Picking.
The European community continues
to demand the destruction Of Peking
and the exemplary punishment OF
the officials, deeming indemnity and
paper promises of new treaties made
Quate. Undoubtedly the information Of
the massacre of foreigners recently re-
ceived infames this sentiment.
Missionaries Put to Death.
The dowager empress is living in the
yamen at Tai Yuan Flu, in Shan ST prov
ince Fifty missionaries have been
slaughtered In that yamen under orders,
practically In the presence of the vice
roy. Three were beheaded in the inner
court and others were killed barbarously
in the yards. The bodies were thrown
to the dogs.
It is learned from official sources that
several American women missionaries
have been killed.
At the request of the mission board
the details were withheld out of regard
for the feelings of the relatives of the
murdered women.
American Women Outraged.
Two of these women were captured
while attempting to leave the stations
where thew were located, were led about
the country naked, repeatedly outraged
and finally killed by method too re-
Voting to be described.
Two other American women were
coming to the coast with party which
number of Cinnamon followed and
stoned. The women fell exhausted and
were taken by the Cinnamon into the
presence Of the local officials. They
were Frustrated upon the execution
block and feint was made Of their be-
ing beheaded One of them became hys-
terical and laughed, and, thinking her
insane, the Chinese escorted her to the
coast because Of their superstition re-
garding the insane. On the journey,
however, the woman was repeatedly
criminally assaulted by her escort, the
other woman being exhibited naked for
some days, suffering assault by several
men and tortured to death by the same
shameful methods as were practiced in
other cases.
Swedish Women Also Tortured.
Two Swedish missionary women ar
rived at Shanghai after similar expert
ences, except that their lives were spared.
The ID English missionaries, includ-
ing six women and four children, who
were murdered at Chu- Chau, In the
province of Che Kiang, according to the
story of the Spanish priest who escaped,
were killed with hayforks and ancient
spears by the magistrates bodyguard,
and their naked bodies were hanged
from trees.
These incidents make lenient policy
unpopular in Shanghai, where all the
victims had friends
Placards were posted today in public
places exhorting foreigners to oppose G.
compromise with the governments and
attacking Ii Hung Chang, quoting the
remark to Consul Goodnow credited to
Earl Ii that 'the foreigners In Picking,
except the ministers, were of no ac-
count"