The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-11-09
HORRIBLE SCENES
IN HANK0W BLAZE,
MANY LOSE LIVES
Methodist Mission, With Bind
Inmates, Consumed in the
Awful Fire.

Picking, Nov. 6--Gen. Ii Yuan
Hens, commander Of the vevoiq-
tionary forces, today r.!'isd TO shs
that he suspend hostiiitiss psndino
peace negotisttors, saying the ~:
sembiy would better leave the FINAL
arrangement between the dynasty
and the rebels in the hands Of
those who are doing the fshtins.
At tho same time . message to tie
kai, In which he again asked per-
mission to suspend hostilitie pend
ing q reply from Ii vuen Hong to
his comproniss suggestions.
Hankow, Nov. 8. (via wuhu.)-Al-
most the whole OF the native city Of
Hankow is afire this morning and II ID
feared that the Wesleyan mission, near
the Han river. in which are 80 bind
boys and 150 wounded persons, who.
with the star Of the mission. make UP
total Of soc persons, was destroyed.
DR.. Booth, the head Of the mission.
asked the imperialists to grant an ar
mistice Of two hours to permit Of re-
moval from the mission. but the firing
ceased for only half hour. A red cross
steamer which attempted to rescue the
inmates Of the mission was driven
back by the fire from the rebel fort. One
When the vessel was compelled to
turn back. the mission was still stand
ms. but its position was hopeless, the
flames being within 200 yards OF II.
loyalists Start Fire.
The fires in the town were started
by the imperialists. who threw In
fiammable shells into the place. A
strong wind carried the flames across
the river to Hanyang and a strip of
that city on the water front a mile long
was destroyed and the fire is still
burning there.
A few hundred rebels against whom
the tmperialists are appearing to ad-
vance, occupy the unburned parts of
Hankow.
When the steamer left, an artillery
duel was taking place between the bat
teries Of the imperialists, which were
planted back Of the British concession,
and the WI Chang and HanyaDg forts.
Several rebel shells landed in the for
eign concessions. piercing the walls OF
houses.
The imperials occupy the district
westward Of the railway station, almost
to the Han river. The chamber OF
commerce asked the foreign consuls to
protest against the burning Of the city
but the oonsuls declined to do SO.
ARMlNe MORE REBELS
TO FIGHT THE THRONE
Shanghai, Nov. 6.--The new revelu-
tionary government which Is imperson-
al nevertheless effectively controlled
the situation In Shanghai and on the
Yangtse delta today.
Since morning the rebel cause has
been strengthened by the arming Of all
those who applied for rifles and am
munition. The rebels obtained not only
the arsenal but the powder factory,
gun boats and an enormous supply of
new and first class mauser rifles. Fully
10000 rifles were given indiscriminate-
ly to applicants this evening.
The forts at Wusung went over to
the rebels without resistance and the
other uprfver forts hoisted the white
flag as If through a previous under
standing with the rebel commander
The revelutionists can hardly be said
to have Seized" Shanghai, WI Sung
and the other up river forts. 1t was
simply a change Of control in which
practically every one acquiesced. About
10 persons were killed and 20 other In
Jured but most Of the casualties were
accidental. due to the explosion OF
dynamite used to open the gates Of the
cities which had been practically
closed.
UP. to 6 o'clock tonight there had not
been single case Of disturbance with
In the foreign settlement. Many fore
igners visited the arsenal, everywhere
they wero treated with the utmost
courtesy.