Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-03

the local magistrate was Informed of the
murders he sent two boxes in which the
bodies Were placed and buried in the bap-
tlstry. The details of this outrage were
learned from a messenger sent from the
american board mission at Yen Chou
Flu.
OFFICIAL TREACHERY.
The next outrage took place at Show
Yang; about IS miles from Tai Yuan Flu,
which was a mission station of the i'm
dependent workers., on June %. The
story of this massacre. If true. leaves
little Il of the guilt of local Chinese
authorities and also of the governor of
the province. In all thirty-three persons
were killed. 1t appears that Mr.. and Mrs.
L. w. Piggott. their son: Mr.. Robertson,
a tutor; Miss Duval. a teacher, n two
daughters of Rev. NJ. Atwater of Yuen
Chou Flu. We're driven from their homes
and for several days hid in the noun
tains Finally they determined to return
to the mission. They We're arrested and
sent to Tai Yuan. They were chained and
h~andcuffed and iron collars were placed
around their necks and during the terri
BILE march they suffered dreadfully. They
were not permitted to purchase food and
during the entire march were practically
without anything to eat. On arrival at
Tai Yuan they were placed in separate
rooms and suffered many ~indignities. In
the meantime. most of the foreign houses
in Tai Yuan We're burned. foreigners TAX
ing refuge in the home of a Mr.. Farthing
of the English Baptist mission. One wo-
man. Miss Coombs. the principal of the
girls school, however, failed to escape
and fell a victim to the mob. Hampered
in their efforts to protect her, she was
separated from the others and secured by
rioters who were footing the burning
building. In spite Of her pleading, she
was seized and thrown into the flames.
The missionaries remained until July
Z in the house of Mr.. Farthing, when a
complete list of all foreigners was de-
manded by the governor. He then order
ed them all to come to his yamen, assur-
ing them they would be protected and es-
corted safely to the coast. The order was
complied with and the entire party of
foreigners was admitted between files of
soldiers through the outer gate into the
court. When safely within the walls of
the yamen, the ranks of the soldiers were
opened and abou 40 Boxers admitted.
They fell upon the unarned missionaries
with swords and a horrible butchery en-
sued. The bodies o fthe unfortunate men
and women We're hacked into pieces, their
heads cut off and placed in baskets wh.ch
We're suspended over the four gates of
the city. Forty native Christians were
also slain the following day and a num-
Der of catholic priests. said to have all
been Frenchmen. were beheaded. In ad-
III | y III IlSSpll party lfoIl oUOu
Chang, the following persisted at Tai
Yuan:
TAI YUAN VICTIMS.
Mr.. Stokes and wife. Mr.. Simpson and
wife. Mr.. Beynan, wife and three chill
dren; Mr.. Farthing, wife and three chill
dren; DR.. Leavitt, wife and one child;
DR.. Miller, Wilson and wife: Mr.. White
house and wife. The list is very incom-
plete. but it is certain thai in all 33 white
naTSOnS were slain Accounting RI rannrfS
current here and at Pekin. the governor
of Shan ST sent a dispatch to the Pekin
government reporting the massacre and
demanding a reward.
Thirty-five miles from Tai Yuan is the
English Baptist mission of Hahn Chou, on
the great road. There were at Hsin Chou
six persons. their fate is
They We're Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon, Mr.. and
Mrs. McCurran and an unmarried man
and woman At the outbreak Of the
trouble it is reported that the entire
party fled to the mountains, escaping
safely from the village. Since hen no
word. has been heard of them. and their
fate is conjectural. Owing to the friend
illness Of the local official at Tai Ku the
mission board there escaped
the first attacks upon foreigners. About
July 81 a band of 300 Boxers swept down
the place and attacked the mission
premises. One of the native missionary
assistants was killed, and the mob,
smashing the gates of the compound,
effected an entrance. There were six
persons in the miss: on-F. w. Davis, c.
D. Williams. D. H. Clapp M wife, Miss
Rowena Ford and Miss Susan Partridge.
The three men took a position on the
roof of the mission building and made a
gallant defense until their sparse ammu-
milton was exhausted. The Boxers rushed
them and they were cut down, fighting
ITO the last with dubbed guns. The wo-
men then fled to the rear court, where
they We're discovered and slain, as was
a native woman teacher. The bodies
were thrown into the flames of the burn
ing mission buildings, after being be-
headed. The heads were taken to Tai
Yuan and placed in baskets on the gates,
and, it is said, the hearts of the men
We're cut out and carried to Pekin. One
native Christians We're killed at
the same time, IS of them being converts
of the Roman Catholic mission. These
people had no means of resistance and
We're simply slaughtered. Among the
missionaries whose fate is unknown up
to the present are Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden
of the Swedish mission at Yung Ming
so miles southwest of Yuen Chou
Flu. They escaped in a boat, but have
not since been heard of. At Chen VI
two women-Miss Palmer and Miss
French were stationed. They are
known to have escaped as far as Hung
Tung. Chinese soldiers report that som
foreigners were killed in that vicinity.
BUTTE REPUBLICAN FLAMBEAU
CLUB.