The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-16

houses and firing upon the crowd as they
come in. A few OF the attackers were no
doubt killed. but the ammunitiou soon
failed and the missionaries were help
less They were soon killed and beheaded
and their bodies thrown into. the flames
OF the burning houses. The three ladies',
with native teacher, fed to the rear
cttrt, where they We're cut down In like
manner and beheaded. 1t is said the
heads were all taken to Tai Yuen and ex-
posed as the others had been; also that
the hearts of the three men were cut out
ana carried to the capital One hundred
Christians were killed at the same time
sixty OF them being Roman Catholics
The American Board Mission at Fen
Chow Flu is fifty miles southwest of Tai
Yuen. 1t was one of the last victims of
the rage OF fu Hsien. Here both the pre-
feet and the district magistrate have been
kindly disposed to foreigners. The mem
bers of the mission present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. r.; X. Atwater and two children,
Mr.. and Mrs. 9. w. Price and one SON..
There were a1sb present fn-the city meni-i
bers of the Swedish Mission. Mr.. and Mrs.
Langren, naturalized American citizens,
Miss Eldred, an English lady These
names are all given by the helper who es-
capped. Up to August 18th none of these
had been molested. The old Project had
died and the Governor had sent a new
man fully in sympathy with his worst de-
signs. Two days after his arrival he de-
manded of the local official to know why
the foreigners had not been driven out
I'm all other places they had been forced
away. The Magistrate replied that these
Americans had been very peaceable and
Kindly disposed people and he had had no
occasion for sending them away. The
Project then insisted that they must be
sent away within two days Under this
CumDlllgiOn tho "a ~ nd
arrested the Chief Dispenser, who was
given 300 blows The demand was made
that he should secure all the arms In the
PC ssession of the mission. These We're
Accordingly given up, two pistols and two
rifles. The demand to hasten their de-
parture was repeated. A request was made
on behalf of Mrs. Atwater, who was about
to be confined. that they be allowed few
days respite. but the Project insisted that
they were to be sent away to the coast
and must be ready the next day. -Four
country carts were prepared for then,
and their goods duly packed They were
to start August 18th. A guard of twenty
soldiers was made ready. AS soon as the
arrangements were made, the foreign
houses were sealed up.
The missionaries requested that they be
permitted to sell their houses to provide
silver for the journey. The officials re.
piled that all property had been ;confiscat-
- - Adi anu COulQ not DE-
scld, hut that small property In a coun.
try 60 could be Sold This was &C.
coz lone and a small sum was made
The escaped teacher (who brings thi.
geporD rode a horse given him by Mr.
Atwater. Ere long on the journey h,
heard suspicious remarks made by tn,
soldiers. From these he gathered tina
mischief was meant, and on the advic,
OF one of the soldiers, escaped from tn,
party When not far away, ne heard tn,
firing OF gun, and afterwards Learned
that this was the signal for attack OF
the party. At this signal the soldier
rushed upon the helpless victims and Gu
them down severally with their swords
Their bodies were then stripped and bur
led together In a ditch by the roadside
The escaped messenger returned the sec
ond day to learn the fate of his foreign
friends. In addition to the above n,
heard that three Swedish missionaries a
Iung Ming Chou had been sent away b,
the official to the Yellow river. their es
cape being uncertain. He learned ais,
that five women at Chieh Hsiu Hsien ha'
made an effort to escape and that Mis-
French and Miss Palmer had fled to Hun,
Tung Hsien.
This messenger then started for Tien
Tsin. August %, and arrived at Tai Ku
where the terrible end of the missio
there was told him. He passed throug
the mountains and at Huai Lu found Gov
7 Yu Hsienawith troops assembled. TIL
lGovernor had gone as far as Hsin Lo 70
the relief of Picking, but having heard O
the capture of the city had returned {
Eiuai Lu.
The messenger arrived at Cheng Tin
August % and was pleased to find tina
twenty foreigners were safe in the cathe
dral there. Among these were Mr.. Grit
fifth, wife and child, Mr.. Brown and wifi
one r. r.. Bishop. three priests and ffy
nuns, together with five railway men Con
French. three Italian and one Belgian
iBrigadier General here had protected thei
all and was quite friendly.
Going further north he found 30 mile
Of railway still intact between Ting Cho
and Pao-ting-fu. At Painting fu he SUI
ceeded In getting boat and came sal
through TO Tien-Tsin with his terrib
message of horror and anguish. II
brought with him on piece of blue clot
the name of Mr.. c. w. Price, with II
W ords. This mans story will be reli;
BILE"