Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-27
MISSIONS ARE DESTROYED
American GunbOat Ordered to Proceed I'm
mediately to Scene Of Trouble,
FAMILY OF ENGLISH MISSIONARY KILLED
scene of Trouble -Four Hundred Miles
Jp HanEtse River and ves-
sci VIII Reach There
"Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Feb. %. --CousuI General
Rodgers at Shanghai eaptcd. the STATE de-
partment under today date mat the
american mission station at Nanchang,
in the province OF Kiangsi has been de-
STIR. ed. The probable cause is local. The
kilograms received from those points state
that the fourteen American missionaries at
these places escaped but the bingham
family, English two adults and two chill
dren, are reported to have been killed.
The American gunboat FL Cano at Nanfliu
has been ordered to proceed Immediately
To Kin Kiang, where il Will probably ar
rive Wednesday. The scene Ct the trouble
is about 400 miles up the Yanstse river
A still later dispatch from Mi. Rodgers
received today at the State department say s
that the inland British missions are re-
ported TO be safe
A eablegram from Commander Fletcher
the senior officer of the Raleigh. at shang-
hal. rsretved at the Navy department to-
day, confirms substantially Consul General
Rodgers Ierort
{'si.e..0Its Are Confusing.
SHtNSh.Ni, FEB. 9J.-Somewhat confused
reIcrsssB ave reached here of Il massacre
OF mg$si5na.ies at Nanchang. province Of
KianystH As nearly as can be ascertained.
six mise,olSfies were killed and the child
vi an htttlsh missionary was wounded.
1t is alieged that after long-continued dis
putes between the Catholic priests and the
Chinese magistrate OF Nanchang the
priests INVITED the magistrate to ban
Quet. vherc they tried to compel him to
sign an. agreement for the payment of a
large Indemnity for the destruction of Cath
ole mission property According to one re-
ha ms fris ia "a
committed suicide. but the Chinese assert
that priest attacked and killed him The
officially fearing to arrest the priest, called
"A public meeting, whereupon the Catholics
according to the Chinese version OF the
trouble, set fire to their own premises
The public meeting of the Chinese deveI-
oped into a riot in which, according to one
story. six OF the Catholics were killed
though a later account says the number OF
Catholics killed was four.
II. c.. kingman, Protestant missionary
and his Wife also were killed and one OF
their two children was wounded. the other
being RESCUED. The only Protestant mission
buildings destroyed were those Of the
Plymouth Brethren
F'ourteen Americans escaped in boat
The Nsnchang city gates are now locked
Methodist MissionarI-s Escape.
NEW YORK. Feb. 26-Reports OF riotinr
AT the. American mission station in Nan
chang and the escape OF eight American
missionaries stationed there were received
here today by cable at the Methodist boacC
~ ,f0Feign missions The cablegram fol
lows:
Mission Nanchang Tioted Methodist mis-
sfonaries escaped on boat"
The names OF the Methodist missionaries
st Nanchang are as follows: Rev. Edwin
James and wife OF Wisconsin and DIR. d
~ Charles and wife Of Ada. Ga. and fou
American women, Gertrude How. Geneviev
Hughes, Alta Newdy and Kate L. Ogdorn
In addition 10 these eight missionaries tn
Methodist board had one Chinese woman
Ida Kahn. stationed AZ Nanchang.
Panic ia Pei<in Palace
PEKIN. Feb. 8.--According TO a Chimes