The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-16
HANKOW BURNED
REPORTED THAT TWO-THiRDS OF
AREA OF CHINESE CITY
Is IN ASHES.
100000 LEFT HOMELESS
Hundreds Said to Have Died in Flames
American Missions and Some
Government Buildings
Spared.

Hankow, China. - The city Of Han
kow has been destroyed by fire over
two-thirds of it's extent. The lowest
estimate of the loss is $50, 900, 900.
Four hundred thousand persons are
destitute. Hundreds of half burned
bodies lie among the ruins. Many Of
them are the bodies of women and
children.
The customs house, the postoffice
and the American missions have been
spared. The city has been looted, the
imperialists taking a hand in the pill
lage. Imperialist officers tried TO
check this work, and executed a num-
Der of soldiers.
Refugees were deprived OF their loot
cart loads of valuable furs, silks and
jewelry being seized. 1t is suggested
that the Red Cross receive the pro-
ceeds.
The consuls appealed to the imper.
ialists to cease burning the town. A
proclamation, which was issued i'm
mediately, declared that the rebels
were responsible for the fires and or
dered that these be checked. The fol-
lowing day, new fires started in vari-
Gus quarters.
The David Hill memorial school for
the blind, connected with the Wesleyan
mission, was looted, while, in contrast,
all the mission property in WI Chang,
which is held by the revolutionaries,
has been protected.
Reports of Brutality.
Foreigners who have not had an OPP
portunity of witnessing the engage
ments, except at a distance, are hear
ing horrifying stories of brutality. The
imperialists have hanged men. and,
failing TO strangle them, tortured them
to death, prodded them with bayonets
or crushed them to death with stones.
The outrages against women cannot
be told. Red Cross bearers have been
killed or wounded. Soldiers on both
sides have slaughtered their wounded
enemies.
Yuan Shi Kai is in this neighbor-
hood, but he is keeping his presence
hidden. 1t is suspected that he went
aboard a British gunboat, and it rumor-
ed that he has been interviewing re-
publican leaders secretly.
A thousand revolutionary soldiers
from Human reached WI Chang. AT
I-Chang and other river ports the re-
publicans are collecting the customs
duties. Consular reports from I-Chang
say refugees from Chung-King, in SEE
Chuan province, are bound thither. Sc
cret societies are gaining control in
SEE Chuan. The mobs at Kiu-Kiang
are violent.
Battle at Marking.
Shanghai.-Latest advices received
here say that the attempt of the insur-
gents to seize Marking was only partly
successful. They were repulsed at
some points, but captured the armory
forts behind the city. They lost more
than 100 men killed. At the south
gate 1000 im%perialists joined the rev.
dictionaries on receipt of 100000 taels
G20O,00O. The Manchu general,
Chang Chun, is still holding out.
Foo Chow Captured.
Foo Chow.-Foo Chow has fallen
into the hands of the rebels after a
short resistance. The viceroy and
Tartar general have escaped. The
yamen has been burned, but all for.
eigners are safe and well protected.
No Loan For China.
Paris.-Representatives of the Amer.
lean, French and English bankers in
terested in the Chinese currency re-
form loan at a meeting here unani,
mously decided that the situation in
China was critical and accordingly ii
was decided that no action be taken
in furthering the loan at present, J.
p. Morgan, Jr., attended the confer.
ence.
Who's loony Now7
Pekin.-It is semi-ofiicially stated
that the regent. Prince Chung is incap.
able of connected thought and that the
mobiles are unable to agree upon a def,
mite line of action.