Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-07
IN MUKDEN's NEW PRISONS.
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/ all along that line from the Yellow sea
i to Siberia. Some OF the finest of the
4 native timber is walnut It Is the col
i or of cherry and It's grain is as close
ass that Of birch. In the industrial
shops this wood is being used for fine
furniture. When stained 1t closely re-
4 sembles mahogany.
/ This school teaches all sorts of iron
working. 1t has spinning and weaving
l departments, glass-bloWtng shops and
| all the up-t date appliances of the
| manual training schools of America.
! The students are bright young fellows
Of from IA to 1s years OF age. They live
five boys In the room. Each room has
a kang or brick ledge about two feet
high in 1t. This is heated by fues
which run under the floor. The boys
study in their rooms during the day,
when not in the class rooms. and sleep
there at night. Az In all the now
schools, tfe students have q special
uniform and are subject to military
drill. They wear trousers, jackets and
caps and their feet are shod with boots
Of black cloth. s35 III "a
THE TARTAR COURTS REFORMED.
"A great reform is going on now In
the Manchurtan courts and as to all
matters of law. IA well organized po-'
lice service has been established and
)$there are now uniformed policemen
on every block. These men wear pad !
ded black clothes Of almost European,
cut. The long Manchu gown has been
abolished and they have coats, trousers
and boots. Their pigtaiis are covered
with caps and they carry clubs as big
around as q broomstick and almost as
long The clubs arY painted black TO
make them look like ebony OF. iron, but
in fact they are exceedingly light, and
good blow upon the hard skull
would break them In pieces. The po-5
licemen still have strips Of white cot
ton about fou1 inches wide wound
around their left arms, az q sign OF
their mourning for the late emperor.
Tor months after his nlajesty's death
they dared not shave their heads; and
their black hair. except where the pig
tail 4came forth, stood up like q shoe
brusll all over the scalp. Some of the
police carry swords.
The system Of Justice in the Manchu-
rian courts Is being reformed. The tor
turing Of prisoners to make them con-
fess has been largely done away WITH
and slicing to death has been abolished.
So far j have met no criminals wearing
the cangue, although this was a COM
mon sight during my several previous
saw three women looked together in a
framework of boards three feet wide
and six feet long. Their necks were
fitted into holes, and the framework
was such that 1t could he opened ind
closed. The women could not feed
themselves, and they could not move
unless they all went together. At the
same time saw men undergoing siml-1
lar punishment: They We're loaded
down with heavy planks which rested
upon their shoulders, their heads COM
ing out through a hole In the center;
some such carlg1ies We're further
weighted with iron. 1 saw one man who
was lnclosed in a barrel so tight that
his head came out through a hole in
the top, and his hands through the
sides. The holes We're just large
enough for the wrists; the man could
not scratch himself nor convey his
food to his mouth.
AT that time no criminal could be
punished until he had confessed, and
every Chinese who was arrested was
pounded with bamboo on his bare
thighs or struck on the lips with a
piece of leather, on. made to kreel up
on sharp chains until he could stand
1T no longer and said he was guilty.