The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-07
NASSACRES N THE PAST
BLOOD OF MEN AND WOMEN OFTEN
SHE'D IN CHINA IN RE-
CENT YEARS
WHAT LORD LoCH ENDURED
Butchery of the Nuns and French
Catholic Missionaries in 1870
More Frequent in Re-
cent Years.

INC pages OF modern Chinese history
are stained with bIood-the blood Of
helpless and defenseless men and
women Since the days when Europeans
first went to the far East, but especially
during the last forty years. there has
been constant succession of brutal
murders-murders usually brought about
solely by the passionate hatred of the
yellow man for the white.
One of the most characteristic of these
was the ku-Gtheng massacre on Aug. I
1879 The Church Missionary society has
very successful enterprise In that
city There were many converts. and no
one dreamed of any danger. Five
women missionaries lived in one house
on the hills beyond the city during the
summer heat, and close to them lived
Mr. Stewart the missionary in charge.
his wife and five children.
Aug. was the birthday of one of the
children, so early in the morning three
of his brothers and sisters got nm and
went oat on the hills to gather flowers
Hearing horns and drums, thew ran Ia
look at the procession. One Chinaman
seized the eldest girl by the hair and
Beat Der. She tore herself from him and
made Tor nome, to find the house oeeT-
pIed by the mob. She caught a glinIss
OF her father making for her mothers
room. and then no more was seen of
either OF them. Seeing the house burn
ing she got her little brothers and STA
>ters and dragged them off The baby
she pulled from under the body of it's
dead nurse. Her two brothers and ber
ftte sister We're all wourdsl
An American missionary. hearing tha
riot, rushed Up to help but he was too
late In the brief time nine had been
murdered, and two of the children soo,
died The story of the death of these
brave girls, one of whom, Miss Marshall.
was the daughter of a Blackheath vicar
went with a thrill of horror through the
land nc
Why We're they murdered? A proela-
ation mad been issued among the peo-
pie as follows:
Notice is hereby given that at the
present time foreign barbar1ans' are btr-
ing evil characters to kfdnap small chill
dfen, that they may extract oil from
them for use [ have a female servant
named Ii who has personally seen thte
done I exhort you. good people, not to
allow your children to go out hope Won
Will act in accordance with this. -
The mob did act on It.
WHAT LORD LoCH ENDURED
The experience Of Lord Loeb and his
companions In 1857 present a tale of bor-
ror rarely equaIed
Henry Loeb. then young man of THU
ty, was attached TO Lord EIgtn's uunitfva
mission In China. Messrs. Wade and pr
kes1 the English interpreters. were cont
by Lord EIgin, under a Gao 80
u ruee. TO arrange the terms of peace with
the chinese, and for part of the s1,v
Loeb accompanied them They saw that
things looked threatening, so Loeb tried
to get back to the allied English and
French generals, to tell them of the dan
ger He and Mr.. Parkes who were To-
gether at one spot, were seized. their
arms bound, and they were led out to be
oeheaded In an outer court. suddea
tumuIt gave them a respite Every nos
sibie indfgnity was inflicted on them
They were threatened, Knocked. tightly
bound, tortured. Swords were waved over
them to fFighten them Last of all they
were heavily manacIed. showed into a
rough native cart and driven to Pekiu.
The tortures Of that ride were indie
serihable At the best of times. with
every comfort. it is misery to ride ON
mat rough road But to these men.
bound. bruised, expecting instant death,
u was torment beyond degree. Forty
years afterwari Lord Loeb would mar
recall 1t, the memories were so painful
At Pekfn they Were hurried into the |
and left dependent on the kindness of |
The Chinese criminals around them The |
thirteen French and twenty-three English I
men who had been with them before their
were also seized and placed UNI |
Ter strong guard
When the English and French armies
got to the gates of Pekin some of these
miserable captives returned.
THE BUTCHERY OF THE NUNS.
On June 1.1S7O, came the Infamous
Fien Tsin massacre. The French Catho-
ic missionaries and Sisters of Mercy had
established mission in Tfen Tsfn. and
one of their agencies was an orphan
home A report got about among the ma
ives that the sisters We're killing the
children to use their hearts and eyes in |
he manufaetJ.c of some medical specific
much sought after in Europe
Everyone saw that storm was coming
md the French consul was urged 10 take
such steps as would show the SANDER to
)e false. But the consul thought such a
'equest was a slur on his dignity, and
'efused to listen to 1t. The consul paid
or his dignity with his Hfe No ons
ully knows what happened, for every
European On the spot was done to death.
Fhe defenseless sisters were butchered
after nameless barbarities, and the |
French cathedral and orphanages were
iet on fire. Twenty foreigners, Including
Russian and his young bride, who were
mistaken for French, were slain.
For moment 1t seemed that a general
Uprising such as that of the present hour,
must follow, but in the end the Chinese
subdued the uprising, and
xeeuted a score of rioters. 1t was be-