Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-05
ATROCITIES.
DEEDS Horrible in Extreme Are
Coming TO Light.
NOT MERE HERESAY.
American Women Are Stripped and
iarched Through the Streets,
Repeatedly Outraged and
Are Bruially Murdered.

Copyrighted. 1901. by the Associated Pres q,
Shanghai, sept. a. Dispatches p
nouncing that tho American goygS
ment refuses 20 agree to the withdrf Al
Of the troops from Pekin before satiSssd
on the outrages upon and the losses q
It's subjects is given, have hcon received
here and are applauded by the entire for.
eign colony in Shanghai. any other pol.
icy, according 70 the business men and
missionaries with whom the Associated
Press representative has talked, would
be a vital blow 10 the prestige Of the for
eigners and would weaken their status
in China The local English papers
fercoly denounce the proposals 20 evac.
uate Pekin and say that the Chinese
wonld interpret evacuation as defeat
The masses Of Cinnamon now believe
that the Chinese arms are victorious.
The Chinese papers printed in Shanghai
contain long. circumsiantial accounts Of
alleged Chinese victories at Peain, Tien
Tsin and Lung Chino; and the shops in
the native quarters display for sala lurid
photographs Of the celestial army driy.
ing the European soldiers into the sea
at Taku and cutting them 20 pieces at
Tien Tsin. They also show pictures Of
the foreign admirals being tortured In
the presence Of the viceroys. Vice Adj
miral Seymour is represented, with his
arms pinioned. bowling before the
throne. The people accept these reports
and pictures rs correctly representing
the situation and consider reports Of the
English press as merely foreign lies. D."
The Europeans continue 10 demand
the destruction OF Pekin ond thepunish.
ment Of officials, deerning indemnity
and paper promises Of new treaties In.
adequate. Undoubtedly the informa.
tion in detail Of mnssacres Of foreigners
daily received inhames this sentiment
The dowager empress is living In the
yamen nc Tai Yuan Flu in Shanghai
province. Fifty missionaries have been
slaughtered in that yamen under
orders. practically in the presence Of the
vicorOys
Three were beheadcd in the inner
court. and others were killed barbara.
ously in the outer courtyard Their
bodies were thrown % the dogs
The empress has ordered commits.
ioner 10 investigate the conduct Of the
southern viceroys who made compact
with the foreign consuls. and their deg.
radiation j. expected No investigation
Of the officials opposed 20 foreigners has
been ordered
The Associated Press representative
learns from official sources the facts Of
the killing Of several American women
missionaries.
At the request ~ the mission board
the details were withheld ont Of regard
for the feelings Of the relatives IL the
murdered women, but other prominent
Americans, who have long anthgonized
the policy Of sending women 20 isolated
inland posts, think IL important that the
facts should be- known. The names Of
the victims are withheld by request.
Two OF these women were charged
with attempting 10 leave the stations
where they were located, were led about
the country naked, repeatedly outraged
and finally killed by method too r..
voting 10 b. described.
Two other American women were
coming 20 the coast with party. which
number Of Cinnamon followed and
stoned. The women fell exhausted and
were taken by the Cinnamon into the
presence Of the local officials. They
were prostrnted upon the execution
block aud feint was made Of being be.
headed. One Of them became hysteri.
cal and laughed, and thinking her in.
sane, the Chinese escorted her 20 the
coast because Of their superstition re-
garding the insane. On the journey,
however. the woman was repeatedly
criminally assaulted by her escort.
The other woman, after being exhib.
tied naked for some days aud suffering
assault by several men, was tortured 10
death by the shameful methods rs were
practiced in other eases.
Two Swedish missionary women ar.
rived at Shanghai after similar expert
onces except that their lives were spared
The foregoing art matters OF official
record
The "a English missionaries, includ
ing six women and four children, VIII,
were murdered at Chu Chan. In IN,
province Of Che King, according to th'
story Of the Spanish priest who escaped
were killyd with hay forks and ancient
spears 10y tho magistrates bodyguard
and their naked bodies hanged from the
trees.