New-York tribune., 1900-07-20
MISSIONARIES IN Peril
AS YET NO REPORT THAT ANY u.,-.
BEEN KILLED HAS BEEN
CONFIRMED.
CONFIRMED.

1t Is pTobabls that since 1907, Ehsn I'd.
Morrison. the first Protestant missionary "a
that country landed At Canton the lives - as' go
sionaries in China have never BEEN IN v,.-a ''-
peril than at the present time. rlsaIszlny -
the great American missionary srganiz.,1l
have been taking measures for thz saf.4, :,
their missionaries. They have not only Co. Y. !.
that lay within thsir power % relisvs tho. y
perilIsd In the northern provinces about p.,-
but have also considered the situatia, ~
parts Of the country. Nearly All af tha larz. -
cieties have communicated with tHsir v,a-4
IN Central and South China ard eoros - !.
women stationed in these sections hive -
started for Japan. Very sew % the g."
missionaries in the provinces % Ghar-srD-, =
Chilli are now =; their stations IT, -
as far az possible made their way = the -.
Few have gone 20 Shanghai. and NAM -
been reported az az Che-E'oo and Tlan-r-,.
IL believed that Some unfortunately - "
Pekins, thinking that the place of create. =
curiJy was the capital. where tas E1ralg, -
tions were. It Is probable that more tb,, -
usual number Of missionaries were IN psbt,x--
the time OF the massacre. not only bec,,,' :.
thelr belief IN greater safety there. but bean
the missionaries Of two deaominat tiors-tb. -
sTegattCnal and P-esbyte erLan-heid animal =
ferences in the city about June / rhsoa z,,S
rounding country. II Is thought thar tbs ~.
ing had proceeded so far that thAy dea-,at :.
better 10 remain in Peking after the rnaA,t,.-
than TO attempt to return TO their stations
THE AMERICANS IN PEKIyc
Some Of the American missionaries sun,O,..
to have been in Peking at the time o. -.
massacre are the following: The Rev =
Whiting, the Rev and Mrs c H. Fem ~
In U7-
NJ. D.. Miss Bessie Mccoy. Hiss JENNA n.
KnIican. the Rev. Dr. W A. P. Martin NJ
Grace Newton. and the Rev and Mrs C1ba-.
Reid and the Rev John Wherry Presbyrsris,,
the Rev. w S Anent the Rev and Mrs. Frsrt.
lin NJ. Chaplin. Miss Jane @. Evans ths Psv
James H. Roberts. the Rev and Mrs Charls,
E Ewing. the Rev. and Mrs Chauncey Good
rich, Miss Anna A Gould. DR.. and Mrs Jans.
H. Ingram, Miss Ada Haven. the Rev. and Mrs.
Howard S. Gait. Miss Lueua Miner Miss vfr
ginia Murdock N. D. Miss Nellie n Russell
Miss Elizabeth NJ Sheffield, the Rev and Ms
Arthur H. Smith. the Rev. and Mrs william,
P. Sprague, the Rev Mark Williams and TIA
Misses Gertrude and Grace Wyckorf. Congreza-
tiOnalists; the Rev. George r Davis, the Rev
Frederick D. Gamewell, Miss Gertrude Gilman
Miss Anna D. Gloss. VI. D., Mrs Charlotte n
Jewell, George D. \. Lowry Mrs Edward
Lowry. Miss Alice Terrell. the Rev DR. and
Mrs w F Walker and daughter Esther
Methodists; Miss D. NJ. Douw. Miss Anna
Gowans. Miss Amy Brown. Miss H Rutherford
Mr. and Mrs c. Soderman and TWO children.
and Mr.. and Mrs. August Larson. Christian
ard Missionary Alliance.
Several OF the Congregational missionaries
supposed TO be in Peking were connected with
the college at Tung Cho a place twelve miles
from Peking, which was destroyed by fire cary
in June. II is believed that after the destruc-
tion OF the college buildings those stationed az
TUng ChO went to Peking- Nothing has bean
heard from them The officers of the Presby-
terian Board are anxious about their missicl-
aries at Pao-Ting Flu. They have had no report
concerning them. The PaO-Ting Fu mission 3
a part of the Peking mission.
The American Board (CongregationaD also
had missionaries AT Pao-Ttng Flu It is not
known where all OF them are II is believed
that some were in Peking.
AMERICAN PROPERTY DESTROYED
In the many cable messages which have been
received by the officers OF the missionary socia-
ties, regarding the missionaries il IS worth not
ing that not one has mentioned the death OF an
American missionary. The property Of tls
American societies outside Of PehiHg has not
been u,oiested. WI n two exceptions Besides ms
destruction Of the Congregational College al
Tung-Cho the buildings in the compound az
Wei-Hien. belonging 10 the Presbyterian bosrl
and valued. in round figures. at S5ott0 were
burned the last week in June The MISSIONARIES
as at TuEg-Cho. escaped AnloEs the missionary
organizations owning property in Pekins were
the American Board, the Presbyterian boaId'
and the Methodist Missionary Society Mss
D. NJ Douw. of the Christian and MissionaIy
~r-1 Val
at $4,000.
AS Dr. CreeSan, the local secretary was u"
Of town yesterday. the value and The nature o.
the property of the American Board could no-
be learned. The officers OF the Presbyterian
Board said that they could not tell the eE-''
value of the property Of the Board at FeAi-s
without making careful search OF the recolH'
They are about to do this 1t was SAID al 'I'
office of the Methodist society that the eA@''
value OF the property of ,he society was Nv
known but that IL was estimated a. 49,
S15OOOO. 1t includes the building used oE '-'
Methodist University. church capable OF So
ing fifteen hundred persons hospital uo'
school and six or eight houses All the ou-.-
ings are OF wood The woman's Foreign NJ
sionary Society OF the Methodist Cnurch
owned property in Peking. Besides houses
had a school for girls. The offices OF tHS
ganization were closed yesterday afternoon 81
no definite information could be obtained -
garding them.
The buildings IN Miss Douw's compound w., 80,
OF brick. They included two chapels, q sIN
school and several houses
The following list includes. far as X Ia
been possible TO obtain them the names o. :
American missionaries in the tmperilsu -
inces and as accurate information rssa'
their present whereabouts as is known
PPFSRYTERI4N.