The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-02-23
HIS DAUGHTER
SLAIN IN CHINA
Missionary Going Home With Be-
reaved Famlly-Victim But
Sixteen Years Old.

Leaving his eldest daughter in
lonely grave in China, the Rev. P. Nell
son is going back home, broken in
health and sad at heart. With him is his
heartbroken wife and other children.
The girl who was killed was his sixteen
year-old daughter Hilda, pupil at q
missionary school in Sing.an-Foo to-
gether with five other children and two
grownups the night of October 81. The
Nelson's were on their way out from
their station at Pinchow, and were
awaiting transportation down the river
when the murders were committed,
Miss Hilda was staying at the school
with friends when the band of brigands
came in, burned the gate and the
houses and killed the six children and
two grown people.
"We had terrible time in getting
out. Our station is three thousand
miles up from the coast and we had to
travel for six days in sedan chairs I'M
der escort of brigand chief before
reaching the river,' said Mr.. Nelson
"For twenty years we have been in
China and for eighteen years in Pin
chow. When we arrived at Sing-an-Foo
our daughter Hflda went to the school
there to visit some friends, and that
was the last we ever saw other. She
went to the school October 81 and some
time in the night the bri0ands set fire
to the gate and the houses, killing all
the inmates.
Weeks of Horror.
cit was six weeks before we could
get out of the town and many people
were badly wounded. Mrs. Beckman
and Mr.. Watne were two people killed
in the school. Mr.. Smith of the Bap-
fist mission had both hands cut off at
the wrists and his wife was wounded.
| The postmaster, a German named Hen
ney, was wounded eleven times in tho
| head by the outlaws.
'tThe rebel troops did all they could
| for us, and there never was any trouble
with them, it was just with the lawless
bands running over the country. For
six weeks we could get word neither
in nor out at Sing and then we
made our way down the river in small
| boats. We started from our station Sep
TENDER % and did not arrive in Shang-
hal until January H."
Mr.. Nelson with his wife. four sons
and daughter, are now returning to
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China in few months, or when condi-
tions improve.
| Other people from the interior of ths
bempire say that the new government
has big proposition in handling the
bands of brigands which are overrun-
ming the country. One leader twenty
three years of age is said to have a rob
Der band of one thousand men ana Is
terrorizing the country in one section,
taking cities and footing them, besides
killing all who oppose him.
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ton islands to British Canadian syndi-
cate headed by C. V. Armstrong of
Montreal. Father Rougier said it is
i probable that the British government
will establish a naval base at Tanning
island, but denied that guns were land
ed there by the steamer Makura re-
Gently. "The syndicate to which l sold
the islands will begin work in May to
establish harbor and fuel depot with
large oil tanks for supply of liquid
fuel and big coal bunkers, and / under
stand that the British admiralty will
probably make arrangements to provide
facilities for naval base,o he said
fThe enterprise is being carried out il
view of the early completion of the Pa
mama Canal Tanning island being OF
the direct route of steamers PLYING
through the canal to the antipodes anc
, ports of Asia. 1t is proposed to max.
Tanning free port, like Hongkong
where goods can be landed free. Tn.
harbor of Tanning provides good shell
ter and with little dredging viii accom-
modate the largest yessels.'' Fathel
Rougier said he thought Great Britain
would not, as reported, lay any CLAIM
to Palmyra island. Judge Cooper o.
Hopolulu, an American, recently pur
chased the island. 1t is small piec'
with not more than 800 acres.