The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-21
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Chinese Officials Conduct Fu-
/, neral For Slain Christians.
REMARKABLE PAGEANT At 1UyCCHOW
Chin amen Eulogixe the Natives VINO
Died For Their Faith-sevensy
Il CoAins Interred-Other Flu.
~ nerals to BE Held.


~ Cofins Interred-Other Fu-
iF nerals to BE Held.
PEKING, Dec. 21.-rhe officials OF
Tungchow have given II reinarkaple
funeral to number Of native Chr's'
tians who were massacred last year.
a,his action was taken In accordance
with an agreement between the mis-
sionaries and the officials by which the
missionaries were to refrain from de-
handing the punishment of those gun
" Of numbering the Christians II lhe
.eficials would make public atonement
Iftr the crimes and impress the people
with respect for missionaries and con-
verts.
The funeral procession trayersed the
principal streets Of the walled city OF
Tungchow. There were seventy cofnns
10 be Inferred, and these were followed
~ hundreds of relatives Of the victims
fhe procession was composed Of com
pany of Chinese cavalry, a company or
Infantry, several bands and hundreds
" men carrying gaudy funeral em-
blems. The procession took two hours
10 pass the reviewing stand, where
we're gathered the city officials, Gener-
n Ma, cemmantser sof the Chinese
: koops who besieged Tientsin; Mr.. Con-
ser, American minister to China. ana
6any American and English mlsslona-
kss.
I'm immenke crowds witnessed the
funeral services at the cemetery. Ihe
Chinese troops. the police and the fu-
Neral attendants formed in square,
Nth the officials, the missionaries ana
he white clad mourners In the center
near the graves. Chinese officials from
afty villages where the Christian con-
Herts had been massacred attended the
mterment and bowed before the ban
hers as they eulogized the Christians
Tor having died in defense of their
faith. These officials subsequently sign
ID documents guaranteeing protection
70 the Chinese Christians if they would
rsturn to their homes.
The missionaries and the Chinese
Christians Travelled in a special train
from Picking to Tungchow. After the
funeral services in the temple the Chi
osse officials rendered Il banquet to the
missionaries and the converts.
Similar funerals will be held in other
towns.
William N. Pethick. an American,
who had been private secretary and
Diplomatic adviser to LII Hung Chang
for thirty years, died here yesterday.
&S. Pethick inspired most of Ii Hung
Chang's progressive schemes and was
The author of his famous antiopium
manifesto. He leaves an unfinished
book on Ii Hung Chang and his times
spon which he had worked for several
Fears past. Mr.. Pethick's book con.
tains valuable revelations concerning
Eecent eG.iine,t diplomacy.
Yuan Shi kni the new viceroy OF
Chilli, has engaged Japanese officers to
train the Chinese army AS Il result of
General Fukushima's visit to the south
prn viceroys last summer Il party Of
Japanese officers joined Yuan Shi kai
1t Paotingfu yesterday. These officers
wore Chinese clothes
The government of Japan has offered
10 detail Japanese general to reorgan-
se the Chinese army. Yuan Shi kai
10 using his influence with Chinese Otfl-
cinls in favor Of accepting Japanese tu-
tslage.