The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-15
WHOLESALE SUICIDE IN CHINA.
Others Awful Consequence of Foreign
Meddling.
Ne,rs and Courier.

highest that can be bestowed. Suicide
being considered less disgraceful than
any form of death at the hands Of the
public executioner, the victim receives
handsome lacquered box wrapped in
silk of the citron yellow color sacred
to the Emperor. On opening the re-
ceptacle white silken chord is found
lying within, neatly coiled. This is
silent, though stern, suggestion to the
recipient to take his own life by means
Of the rope thus provided. If he fails
to act upon the hint within twenty
four hours the executioner claims
him.
TWENTY THOUSAND BEHEADED.
Twenty thousand revolutionists
were decapitated after the great Taip-
ing rebellion. The only way in which
the Imperial authorities can make
their own good faith manifest on the
present occasion is by Wholesale exc
cutions, and so in any event there is
sure to be series of huge massaores
under form or pretence of law soon af-
ter the allies have entered Peking.
The bodies of the offenders, save in q
few cases where reclaimed by relatives,
will be thrown into huge pits, while
the heads will be consigned to tubs OF
quicklime and thus consumed. Ex-
ceptions will be made with the heads
Of many ring leaders os the Boxer
movement, which will be exposed in
cages in various cities and towns, so
as to be warning.
THE GOSPEL Or VENGEANCE.
Very horrible, all this! But just
think what the Chinese fiends are do
ing to Americans at the present time,
outraging and torturing even the wo.
men and children. One may not de-
sire retribution in kind, but there is
consolation in thinking that the pun
ishment can hardly do more thar Sc
the crime. Many minor offenders will
lose one OF both ears, and others will
have their names and crimes tattooed
on their Enthusiastically most eff
cient penalty SO far as Il goes. Slow
strangulasion on the Gross will be re-
served FOR special cases, therule gov-
erning this method requiring that the
sheriff shall attach his seal 70 The knot
Of the rope, while at the top OF The
cEosss, Just above the head OF the MALE
factor is pasted strip Of paper with
the, name and offence written upon
it.
THE FRENZY FOR MARTYRDOM
is still active in the world. To-dey
-s:sl3ssis Of good men and women in
this country are eager to go to China
and take the places Of the missionary
people who have died and are perish
ing at the Boxers hands, II is a
glorious, but not wholly unsel6sh, de-
votion, inasmuch as they feel perfect
iy sure that death thus met will trans
late them direct to Paradise. In pre-
cisely the same faith the Boxers them
selves are fighting and seeking to de-
stroy the foreign devils, being led by
their priests TO- believe that. if killed,
they will go straight to glory. The
execution Of 10000 or $4,000 Of them
will have no appreciable effect as e
LESSON to the mass Of the population.
Even under ordinary circumstances
Cinnamon are wonderfully Indifferent
to death, and it is not very difficult to
hire person in that country to be
executed in place Of another. The
money obtained goes to his family, and
he is sure Of the posthumous worship
which his soul Graves beyond eli other
things.
MANY INNOCENTs WILL sUERER.
A great many wholly innocent per.
sons are sure to suffer punishment
with the guilty at the conclusion Of
the present episode, because In China
it is customary TO extend the penalty
TO the relatives Of the offender. Ches-
ter Holcombe speaks Of Ohinaman
who wss convicted come years ago Of
having broken open the tomb Of o
prince aud robbed tho coffin Of valu-
able ornaGente which it contained.
Though nobody else had anything 70
do with the crime, his entire family,
numbering thirteen persons and com.
prisiDg i've generations, from man
80 years Of age TO an infant 2.months
old, were put to death. The criminal
himself and his parents were sliced t1
death; Of the others, the men were be.
headed and the women straneled. The