Show HOW missionaries MET DEATH their zeal in rel adious matters an nat ve populace advices have been received at hongtong Hong kong confirming the news of the massacre of american missionaries at Lian chow and giving the following particulars dr machle requested the removal of a street theater near the hospital on account of the noise this request incensed the chinese who becoming violeet it tacked the hospital becoming frenzied the crowd burneal the hospital the girls school and the residences of the mission aries dr machle mrs machle their 10 5 earold ear old daughter mr and mrs pearie dr chesnut and miss patter son took refuge in a cave the mob pursued them and killed all except dr machle and miss paterson Patt who escaped to the yamen dr machle was badly wounded another account says the Lian chow was due to the unhappy ac tion of mrs machle who on the re husal of some of the members of a native procession to desist from wor sniping the idols they carried seized the idols and declined to restore them to their owners thereupon the in tur process surrounded and destroyed the mission and as faulted the inmates they then mur dered them and threw their bodies into the river prompt action has been taken b the american authorities in china to secure full reparation for the mas sacre of american miss fonaries at Lian chow |