Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-02
MURDER The MISSIONARIES
Chinese Prejudice Proves Fatal to Mem
bsts of Presbyterian Colony.
ONE WELL KNOWN IN THIS SECTION
Graduated at Park College, Mo-. and
was Roommate There of Mrs.
J. n. woOtRn Of This
city.

HONG KONG. Nov. 1.-Five American
missionaries have, It is believed, been muir
dered at Bienchow. Details have not yet
been received Lienchow is town of
1900 people. situated in the western por-
ton of the province of Kwang Tung, at the
head of the gud of Tong King, not far
from the treaty port Of Pakhoi.
DR. Eleanor Chestnut. Mrs f. G. Machle
and child and Mr.. and Mrs Pealc are the
victims of the disturbances of the Lien
chow mission.
CINCINNATI. Nov Mrs. L. c. Machle.
whose murder by Chinese at Lienchow is
reported from Hong Kong, was known
here, two brothers-in-law and one sister
in-law and her mother-in-law living here.
The settlement at Lienchow is a Presby-
teran one. Mrs. Machle Is 80 years old
and the child referred to, Amy, is aged g.
DIR. Eleanor Chestnut referred to as
murdered. is also known in Cincinnati,
whore she has visited when home on a
furlough. Mr.. and Mrs. Peale are not
known in Cincinnati
During the Boxer outbreak several years
ago. when foreigners lives were worth
little in the sight of the Chinese mobs
bent on murder. DR.. Machle was captured
and would have been massacred had IL not
been that a Mandarin whose life had been
saved by DR.. Machle rescued him.
DR.. Eleanor Chestnut was a, classmate
and roommate of Mrs ]. b. Wootan. 4132
lizard street. at Park college, Parkville,
Mo. Other Park college alumni in Omaha
knew Miss Chestnut. She took her academy
and college courses at Park, where she
graduated with high honors. She then
went to Chicago and took a course in a
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missionary work abroad. This course con
sumcd two years, at the end of which she
entered upon her three years medical
course which she also took in Chicago.
Throughout her educational course Miss
Chestnut is said to have been an unusually
good student. Park college, her alma
mater. has sent into the foreign field more
/ missionaries i'm it's time than any other
college of its character. and DR.. Chestnut
was regarded as one of the most success
full Having devoted extra years to the
work of preparation. she was specially
fitted for the difficult tasks confronting her
in the orient, the first and probably great
est of which is to master the language
She is said to have had splendid command
of Chinese.
DR.. Chestnut was in Lienchow, which is
the Shantung province, during the recent
Boxer uprisings and her friends in this
country were continuously apprehensive for
f, her safety. and not without cause, for she
was in constant peril for a period of the
time, though she escaped any bodily injury
An orphan at an early age, Miss Chestnut
was reared in Iowa by friend of her fam
lily, She went to Park college when a bit
! of a girl and entered the academy. With
out any means whatever, she was depen-
dent upon her own resources which were
given opportunity for exercise at the in.
stitution and the aid the college gave her
among other of the students not able tc
maintain their own expenses. But DR.
| Chestnut's friends say her circumstances
seemed an incentive for excellent work, as
she always had a good class record. Hel
home II she could be said to have had one
In this country, was Chicago, where she
had close personal friends.
One of the saddest features of the tragedy
is that Dr. Chestnut had about completed
the second period, at the end of which
missionary is allowed a years furlough
She had been back to this country once
She would, therefore, have returned to thi,
country in a few months. Mrs Wootar
was at the old college home last week and
she and other of Miss Chestnut's friend,
were talking and planning about her hom,
coming