OUTRAGES ON CHRISTIANS.
TORTURING THE BISHOPS.
HONGKONG, July 27.
(Received July 28, at 10.5 a.m.) Details of the outrages on the Christians at Mukden are to hand. The Chinese troops pretended to protect those who wen; holding .service at tho cathedral. At a given signal, however, they surrounded the building and set fire to it, when all within, with the exception of the bishops, were burned to death. \
The bishops were subsequently taken be'ore the Viceroy's Council, and, after being ;ortured, were, decapitated.
An Italian priest has arrived at Hongkong from Hunan. He escaped in °a coffin, which some friendly natives carried to the ship.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11798, 30 July 1900, Page 5
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