The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-08
MISSIONARIES WERE
WELL KNOWN
DIR. AND MRS. CHARLES, MRS.
HOWE, MI 5 uEWES AND 9TH
ERS OF NANCHANG FAVE MANY
FRIENDS ON THE COAST.


station at Nanchang mentioned i'm the
dispatch sent by Consul-General Rog-
ers from Shanghai are all well known
here. Mrs James, wife of Rev. Ed
ward James, sailed on the vessel go
ing out from this port November 4,
1905. She was accompanied by her two
children. All last summer had been
spent at Pacific Grove for the benefit
of her health, she having returned from
the Chinese field on account of her en-
feebled condition. As soon as strength
returned she sailed away for the seat
of her religious effort
Mrs Charles is the sister-in-law of
Rev. John f. Wilson a missionary of
Nanchang, who is at present making
his home in this city, and sister of
Mrs. Franklin c. Mortimer of 12O sun
set avenue. She is q San Francisco
girl and has a large circle of friends
here who knew her well when she was
Miss Marilla Goodrich. Dr. and Mrs.
Charles have a baby daughter, Grace
Anabelle Charles, whom they have
been obliged to tenderly shield during
their days of flight as she is a mere
tot.
Mrs. Gertrude Howe is the senior
missionary of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at the Nanchang station, hav-
ing been in the field thirty-five years.
Age has been creeping on as she la
bored, and it is estimated that she
must be between 60 and 65 years old.
Miss Kate L. Orborn has been seven
teen years of missionary service. She
has charge of the girls school at Nan
chang and it is regarded as almost
certain that she must have had some
of the pupils with her when she hur-
ried away from the rioters.
Mr.. and Mrs. bingham, who are re-
ported to have been killed, are MEM
bers of the Plymouth Brethren Mission
CEnglish). They have a little daughter,
! Oracle who is 5 years old.
Miss Genevieve Hewes and Miss Alta
Newly recently went out to devote
themselves to the missionary cause as
teachers in the girls school at Nam
chang. They sailed from here last
summer.
Ida Kahn, NJ. D., a Methodist med
! zeal missionary, is a graduate of Ann
Arbor, Michigan. She is a native Chi
nese but came to this country to re-
ceive her education. Her reputation as
a surgeon is exceptionally high. Other
missionaries known here VINO have not
been heard from are Miss Nellie War;
of the Plymouth Society, Mr. and Mrs.
Thor and three children and Rev.
Mr.. Sparrow, all of the China Inland
Missionary Society which is cosmopo-
Titan in it's makeup, receiving workers
from everywhere.
Nanchang is the Headquarters for
Jesuit missionary effort (French), the
American Methodist Episcopal Society,"
the Plymouth Brethren (English), and
the China Inland Mission. 1t is the
capital of the Kiang-si province, and is
situated at the junction of the Flu and
Kan river. 1t has a population of
about 100000, and while some of the
officials are friendly, there are others
who are anti-fore!gn in sentiment, and
they have the support and the SYM
pathy it is considered of the literati,
who are regarded as opposed to for
eigners, though expressing liberal and
friendly sentiments toward strangers.
Rev. Mr.. Wilson explained last even
ding, in speaking of the reported escape
of Methodist missionaries, that they
had the advantage of being outside the
walls and consequently could get away
from the disturbed district very readi-
ly. He considered those within the
walls had Il difficult struggle, if they
escaped at all. The Thors would have
to pass through throngs of people in
their effort to get outside and in case
of riots Miss War; would have had
small opportunity of escape. He then
described the difficulties the refugees
would be forced to encounter after they
were outside the wall. Going down
the river they would have four links
or customs stations to pass, where all
might be well if the news of the dis
turbed condition at the capital had not
reached the officials i'm charge, but
dangerous if it did. as the information
would stimulate resistance from those
in charge Of the stations. At this sea-
son, too, the water in the rivers, he
said, is low and head winds and sand
storms prevail, especially on Lake Poy-
J ang, where adverse conditions would
} hold travellers for eight or more days,
while, under favorable breezes, the
crossing would be effected in about
three. The customs station at the lake
shore is Hu KeO, which Mr.. Wilson
says is thoroughly fortified and equip
ped with modern means of defense
Having passed this point, he said, all
would be well with the refugees, as
the lake feeds the Yang tse- Kiang.
where three or four foreign steamers
pass every day along the great river
on their way to Shanghai
Mr.. Wilson left San Francisco De-
: cember 3Oth to join the missionaries at
Nanchang, but on reaching Honolulu
was recalled, owing to the Illness Of his
wife. He spent six or seven years in
Nanchang, and during that time trav-
eled throughout the Kiangsi province.
He says he always found the people
kindly and he testifies that during a
five weeks trip he did not hear an in
sulting word, He describes it as a rich
Y nrOVippn with IpAnpla wall conditioned