The evening times., 1900-10-22

for her life, but, after lootiug the house,
they set fire to it and threw her into tie
flames.
''The missionaries stayed several days
at the house 0f Mr.. Farthing, but on July
/ the Governor of the province sent for
ordered them all to come to his yamen
(office) under the pIetence that he intend
ed to escort them safely to the coast.
''On entering the first gate Of the yamsn
the missionaries were surrounded by SOL
diers of the regular provincial army. These
formed large circle about the white peo-
pie and into this circle about thirty Box
ers were invited to come by the officer in
charge. One by one the missionaries were
dragged to the centre OF the circle and cut
to pieces. Their heads were placed IN
baskets, which were hung upon the four
gates About forty native Christians were
killed at the same time. The following
day ten Eoman Catholic priests, chiefly
French, were killed in the same way.
List of the Martyred.
The bodies of the thirty-three foreign
ers killed were placed in wooden cases
and all buried in the Baptistry- The list
of the killed. besides those already given,
as far as known. is: Mr.. Stokes and wife,
Mr- Beynon. wife. and three children; Mr..
Farthing, wife, and three children: Dr.
Lovftt and wife and one child, Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitehouse. Mr. Simpson and wife
and Dr. Miller Wilson and wife -Four
names are yet to be supplied.
at Is for the massacre OF thirty-three
foreigners that the fiendish Governor OF
Shansi demands reward. 1t Is also re-
ported that in and around Taiyuen over
300 native Christians have been murdered.
THE mission of the American Board at
Tai-ku, twenty miles south of Taiyuen,
I
attack upon foreigners, because OF the
friendly spirit of the local official, but
on the night of July 81 400 Boxers attack
ed the mission premises One Of the prin-
cfral native helpers was killed and the
+, gat es of the compound were broken in
The members CT the mission present were
F. w. Davis. G. D. Williams Mr. and Mrs
| D. H. Clapp Miss Rowena Bird, and Miss
| Susan Partridge. The three men tried tc
resist the attack by going On the roofs OF
the house and firing upon, the crowd as
| they came in.
"A few OF the Boxers were killed. but
/ the ammunition soon ran out and the
| missionaries were all soon killed and be
headed and their bodies thrown into the
/ flames of the Burning houses.
THE heads were all taken to Taiyuer
and exposed as the others had been. One
hundred native Christians were killed al
! the same time, sixty of whom were Ro
| man Catholics.
@'The American Board Mission at Fen
| chow-fu, fifty miles southwest of Taiyuen
| was one Of the last victims of the Rage
| of Governor Yu Hsien. There both the
prefect and district magistrate had beer
/ kindly disposed to foreigners. The mem
| bers of the mission present were: Mr.. a2t
! Mrs. btwater and two children, and Mr.
and Mrs c. w. Price and SON There were
| also present in the city members Of ths
| Swedish mission, Mr.. and Mrs. Lsngren
naturalized American citizens, and Mis-!
Eldred an English lady.
up to August Is none of these wers
molested. but the prefect died and the
/ Governor sent a new man. fully in sym
| pathy with his worst designs
Appeals to Deaf Ears.
1.-TWO days after his arrival. ne de
manded of the local official to know VIII,
/ the foreigners had moi. been driven out
The official replied that they had beer
very peace8ble, kindly disposed peop'
and he had had no occasion: for sending
/ them away. The project then insisted
4 that they be sent away within two days