The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-05
SALT LAKE HERALDs WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5.

the Associated Press representative has
talked. would be a vital blow to the
prestige of the foreigners. and would
weaken their status in China The 10
cal English papers nercely denounee
the proposals 10 evacuate Pekin. and
say that the Chinese would interpret
evacuation as defeat. The masses of
Cinnamon now believe that the Chinese
arms are victorious.
The Chinese papers printed in Shang-
hal contain long, circumstantial ac-
counts of alleged Chinese victories at
Pekin. Tien Tsin and Tung Chao. and
the shops in the native quarter dis
play for sale lurid pictures of the Ce-
leStial army driving the Europeans
into the sea at TaI1u and cutting them
to pieces at Tien Tsin. They also show
pictures of the foreign adH1irals being
tortured in the presence Of the vicerOys.
Vice admiral Seymour is represented
with mis- arms pinioned. kow towing
before the throne. The people accept
these reports and pictures as correctly
representing the situation and consider
the reports of the English press as
merely foreign lies"
The European community continues
to demand the destruction of Pekin
and the exemplary punishment of the
officials, deeming indemnity and paper
promises of new treaties inadequate.
Undoubtedly the information in detail
of nnassacreS of foreigners daily receiv-
ed influence this sentiment.
Fifty Missionaries Slaughtered.
The dowsger empress is living in the
Yamen ~ Tai Huan Flu. in Shan 81
province. Fifty missionaries have been
slaughtered in that yamen under or
ders, practically in the presence of the
viceroy. Three were beheaded in the
inner court. and the others were kill
ed barbarously in the outer court yard
Their bodies were thrown to the dogs.
The empress has ordered a commits
sioner to investigate the conduct of
the southern viceroys, who made q
compact with the foreign cOnsuls, and
their degradation is expected. No in
VeStigation of the officials opposed tO
foreigners has been ordered.
The Associated Press Representa- tive
learns from official sources the facts OF
the killing of several American Womer
missionaries
At the request of the mission board
the details were withheld out of regard
for the feelings of the relatives of the
| murdered women; but other prominent
Americans who have long antagonized
the policy of sending women to isolated
inland posts think it important that the
facts should be known. The names OF
the victims are withheld by request
Two of these women were captured
while attempting to leave the station:
where they were located, were led abOu
the country naked. were repeat sdly out
ragged, and finally killed by a method
/ too revolving 10 be described. TIVE
/ other American women were coming Il
/ the coast with a party, which a num-
| Der of Cinnamon followed and stoned
! The women fell exhausted and were
I taken by the Cinnamon into the pres
/ ence of local officials. They were pros
/ trated upon the execution block and
/ a feint was made of beheading them
/ One Of them became hysterical anC
/ laughed and, thinking her insane, thu
! Chinese censor escorted her to the coas
because of their superstition regardiu.
| the insane. On the Journey, however
the woman was repeatedly criminailI
! assaulted b. her escort. The Othel
woman, after being exhibited naked FOL
! some davs, and suffering assault by
! several men. was tortured to death b.
/ the same shameful methods as wer,
/ oracticed IN the other cases. Tw
! Swedish missionary women arrived a
/ Shanghai after similar experiences, eX
1 cept that their lives were spared The
! foregoing are matters of official rec
I ord.