New-York tribune., 1900-07-06
FEAR FOR MISS CONDIT SMITH
SISTER-IN-LAW OF GENERAL WOOD AND
CYRUS FIELD JUDSON PROBABLY
PERISHED IN PEKING


According 10 Mr.. Tyson. secretary OF Cyras
Field Judson. Of this city. Miss Mary Condit
Smith, a sisJer-in-Iaw OF Mr.. JudsOu has been
killed in the Peklng massacre. NIr- Tyson said
that Mr.. Judson had made frequent inquiries az
the State Department in Washington 10 learn
whether or not Miss Smith was safe. and that
yesterday ne mad received a reply 10 the effect
that there was no hope for her safety. as Il was
believed that all foreigners had been uassacred
their heads cut OF. stuck on the ends OF long
poles and paraded through the streets
Miss Smith had for some time been a guest OF
Minister Conser, and had been travelling with
her sister, the wife OF Lieutenant Key. now
stationed al Toxic, Japan
The wife OF Governor-CfeneraI Leonard Wood.
o. Havana, IS also a sister Of Miss Smith Their
mother is Mrs Condir Smith OF Washington
The late Justice Field OF the Supreme Court
was their guardian after their fathers death
Three cable dispatches were received IN This
city yesterday announcing the safety OF other
missionaries. one was received by the Rev.
William I Haven. secretary OF the American
Bible Society II was as follows:
Cannon safe HTKES
The Cannon mentioned is the Rev. Charles
F Cannon, who is the superintendent OF sew
eral missionary stations in Northern China Mr.
Cannon made his headquarters at T1en-Tsin
The sender OF the dispatch Is the Rev. Dr. John
P Hykes, the general agent for the whole OF
China, who has oversight OF the superintendent
stationed in different parts OF the Empire The
latter work directly with the colporteurs. or
native evangeIists
cable dispatch was also received BY the
Presbyterian Board. which read.
Morris safe. --s !"
The missionary referred 70 is the Rev Du Bois
s. Morris. whose father Theodore w Morris
is commission nerchtnt in this city The Rev.
Mr.. Morris was regularly stationed az Narking
but recently ne had been AT Kuling. q mountain
resort 45O miles Up the Yang-tse River As
Kuling would be entirely cut on from civfIIza-
tion II there should be a rising IN the south OF
China. all the Presbyterian missionaries there
were recently ordered 10 .he coast
Robert E. Spear, one OF the secretaries OF the
Board, 10 whom the dispatch was addressed. said
he inferred that it had been sent By Mr.
Morris himself
The third message was also received By the
Presbyterian Board and was addressed 70 the
Rev. Arthur J. Brown It was from Ichowfu.
and read:
s... r.,n.r,u July : EE9RegxatHg- E9Rextg-
This was interpreted as meaning that the
his station at Ichowfu. 80 miles southeast OF
Che-Foo. 10 Tsing-Tau, the new German city
on the coast Because OF no mention 70 the
contrary, II IS believed that the other mission
aries at the Ichowtu station are also safe. They
are the Rev. and Mrs ". s Farts and Miss r
Fleming NJ D
Much anxiety was expressed yesterday az ths
different mission houses in regard TO the safety
OF the Rev Gilbert Reid and William B. SteIla,
work in Pektng- The last news heard from 1Ir.
Reid told OF his success in establishing an In
ternationaI institution at the capital which had
received remarkable support from the mandarin
class. and especially rom II Hung Chang III.
Reid worked independently oc any denoEnina-
ton
There IS a peculiarly pathetic interest n sev-
eraI letters which have been received BY DR..
Brown from missionaries whose fate Is would
now appear has been sealed They are the last
messages mailed from Peking before the capital
was cut or from AL communication One of
these letters. under date OF May Is Is from Anss
Bessie Mccoy. She wrote IN part:
The Boxer .runors have made such = str among
been exceedingly dry. and We foreigners said
20 be the cause OF the crour1- They say We ara
poisoning the wells, TOO so there is guard set ae
nothing has come OF IL 90 far.
gate sent b. he Chinese ofcias wao seem 70
think the Boxers may harm The guard Is per-
P S.-Nay ave hear os more trouble from The
hospital at FengtaI have been burned down No
lives lost Our legation has sent for guard Of
Peking tonight AIr- Conger says ne apprehsnds
no serious danger II the city. but II i vel 20 have
some protection The other legations have sent
for large guards TOO
BY the same mail Dr. Brown received q letter
from Dr. John Inglis dated May % stating that
he expected 10 leave Peklng with Us family
for Manila 10 which he had been transferred
by the Board, in the later part OF June They
were doubtless unable 10 leave the city
In view Of the cabled dispatch announcing tia
utter destruction OF the Wei-Hien station IN
China, many will be specially interested IN the
following letter received from Dr. W r FARES.
a medical missionary az that station This
probably the last letter written before the mis-
sionaries were forced TO fee for their lives. He
says in part.
garden OF workshop and play tat least IL a1nuses
nor REQUIRE much brains and 50 get rest from the
sickness and sorrow and wearlsome ways OF the
To the southeast there was a paper passed around
among the thieves and r5irtans ealing upon {hera
engineers seventeen miles southeast % here, The
niles south or this place ana ms P4ce a-so,
tisns this pass 10 on notification. and IL
acters we're coming about in an unusual manner
and looking over the place as u 20 take L al n
and wonder. The aghters have been laying n
store OF grain 70 SI6sis' on Z Jaey h@Vs & - az Ts
one story current all over is that German Went
into candymaker's home. in Kiao-Chau- The hus-
band was al home and demanded why this IN
trusoa and resisted the soldier, who insisted On
German Shot him dead. Then as the murdeFer
started out he met manure galhG5sr "a ne & nAr =
see why horse was standing there. and not IN