The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-05-14
ORIENTAL
BUDGET
News Received by
the America
Maru.

YOKOHAMA, May l.-On SUNDAY
last says the Il. Il r. Times, 1t becat,e-
known here that on the previous dag
one more name has been added to
, the long list OF foreign victims To che
nese ignorance and prejudice Rev. Jos
eph Stouchouse of the London MissioU.
| Picking, was visiting the country sta
lions OF his mission near Lo-fa, ana
reached the village of Wank-ho-lou-
t'sun In the Nungching district. On
Saturday morning, March 23d, he was
on his way TO TunE-an, and had to
take the ferry at Wang -ho-lou-t sun.
on reaching tho boat he found II al
ready occupied by several Chinese arm
ed with rifles. He Is believed to have
demonstrated with them for their folly
In going about armed I'm broad day
light, as should they encounter tor
egn troops trouble would ensue. Thsp
appear to have been alarmed at what
he said, and putting down their arms
stepped ashore and went away They
soon returned, however. with seve, AT
of their friends, also armed who de-
| llberately came on board and fred All
Mr. Stonehouse. They fired five shots
into the helpless man as he CrouchsGl
under his Chinese cart, which was Ort
the ferry. and medical evidence shows
that the shots were fired at very close.
quarters. Mr., Stonehouse was remog--
ed to the village and placed on a kang
and was attended by several native
Christians up to the last and he ap-
pears to have fingered for fully six
hours before death ended his suffer
ings. The evidence obtained as yet
does not make II clear who removed
the body from the boat or why the ruf-
fans made no attempt to prevent the
removal, but they appear to have made
off after the deed was done, and Ii is
stated crossed the river II markoS
town on the other side. Neither is IL
yet quite clear who carried the infor
nation to the military at Lo-fa, but IL
is presumed ii was the Chinese preach
err who was with Mr.. Stonehouse when
he was attacked. A body of cavalry
left Lo-fa and also Tungan, where tn
London Mission has a station, and
where the remains We're carefully pre-
pared for burial by the native Chris
tians, and placed in coffin provided
by the Magistrate. The body was sub
sequently conveyed by rail 10 Pektugs
where It was inferred in the foreign
cemetery on Wednesday.
Inc 1T1tlSH
stroyed the villages on either side os
the ferry, as the murderers appear to-
have belonged to the neighborhooG.
and some prominent Boxers have re-
Gently been captured In the same dis
tricts which may in some measure ac-
count for the murder, which may have
been an act of retaliation. The p. q II
Times regrets to see missionaries re-
turning to their posts, even for the
purpose of investigating the conditions
of the Chinese and distributing relief
because so many low-class foreigners
are now going into the interior for IL
legal purposes, who stir up bad feeling
the Chinese. and any defence
less missionary following in their wake
Is liable to suffer In consequence.
A Chinese version of Mr. Stone
houses murder Is given in the Univer-
sal Gazette. 1t says that as Mr.. stone
house was crossing the ferry he obserr-
ed on board some guns. Fearing tnat
he would be involved he exhorted the
ferryman to have them removed. anU
mounted his horse and rode or. JUST
as the ferryman was In the act or
removing the rifles, n band OF mounteH
robbers came suddenly, and seeing tine
rifles, flew into n rage, asking in what
direction the missionary had gone
The ferryman told them. whereupon
they chased after him, and shot MIN
dead.
THE WRECK OF THE soBRAoN.
As previously reported. news was RAJ
ceived by the Kobe agent of the p. d o.
Steamship Company late on Friday nlgha
that the p. & o. steamer Sobraon had
gone aground at Tungyung or TungyinE
Island, 81 miles south OF Shanghai
which port she left on the 23d inst. for
Hongkong. We learn that a, the time
of the accident there was dense fog.
and as the island. which is one Of the
Chusan Archipelago. has no lighthouse.
II is easy to see how the accident hap
pened. The Sobraon is expected to be-
come n total wreck, but the Coromandel
has been instructed to stand by the
stranded vessel. All the passengers.
consisting Il i2i first saloon and AZ sec
ond saloon, are safe, as we'll az the
mails
We learn that there We're no passen-
gers from Kobe on the Sobraon, and
that Mr.. Woolley the agent at Yoke r.,
hama who is on his way home, was to
Join the vessel at Hongkong
The Sobraon, which was under the
command OF Captain l.. M. Wilmer, r.
N. r.. has registered tonnage of 1882
and is one OF the larger OF the COM
pany's vessels. She Is comparativelS
new addition to the company's fleet
MISCELLANEOUS.
The following Items are from the Pc
king and Tien-Tsln Times of the S0th
ult' The Chinese are re-establlshlng oc-
troll at Picking. Five corpses were found
In the pelho and recognized as being
those OF men who had been extortinF
money from the villagers at Taltoa and
round about The gentry In the Ameri-
ran section OF Picking have begged that
the United States forces may not he
withdrawn. The younger brother OF Chi
IIsiu who was recently executed at Pee
king, has become a priest The stoleR
unk-load OF cargo intended for the Lien
hing has been recovered.