The Archive · 1893

NATIVE REPORTS

'A late despatch to one of the native papers at this port states that the coffins of the murdered Swedish missionaries arrived at Huangchow on the 7th instant from Sungpu. The Prefect of Huangchow immediately telegraphed their arrival to the Viceroy at Wuchang who at once ordered the gunboat Ts'npao with two "red" boats in tow to proceed to that city and bring the remains forthwith to Hankow. The Chinese oflicinls are expecting that the Swedish Consul-General will hold an inquest on the bodies in conjunction with Li Thotai.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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