The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-10


/ agents followed the chief conspirator,
! Kim Ok Yum, until he was killed in
: Shanghai.
It win be remembered that after the
/ American vessel General Sherman was
wrecked on the coast Of Korea and looted
by the natives and our Admiral Rodgers
threatened the Korean capital the Tai
/ Won-kun sent an embassy to this cOun-
try at the head OF which was Prince Min
I Yong k The young men who came with
him organized movement for changing
the government, and when he opposed II
he was killed and the conspiracy prema-
turely revealed. Its leader, Kim Ok Yum,
escaped to Japan, where the secret agent
OF the Tai-Won Kun had the address 10 be-
come his nominal friend and adviser and
succeeded in inducing him TO visit Shang-
hal. There he entered the room Of Kim
in the absence of the latters servant and
fired three shots, each OF which took ef-
feet, and Kim fell dead in the hall. The
assassin succeeded in getting back 10 ko-
rea and was highly rewarded. The corpse
of Kim was prepared for shipment TO ia
pan, but the secret Korean agents succeed
ed in stealing il and sent 1t TO Korea,
where it was mutilatcd in an obscene and
disgusting manner, according TO their Gus
tom with rebels, and then cut into eight
pieces, one being sent TO each of the eight
provinces and hoisted upon poles as
warning TO the people. Such being the
known facts it is not at all surprising
that the solitary Korean exile in this coun-
try keeps himself somewhat private and
does not Go the town of nights.
4 Mere AEonsoIian Row.
At the embassies Of the nations most in
tcrcSted there is of course q diplomatic re-
serve maintained, and at this time of year
there are practically no social relations of
any kind, Mrs. Cleveland and nearly all
the cabinet ladies being out of town as
well rs all the diplomats who can leave
their posts and nearly all the ladies of the
diplomatic corps. Chairman Morgan of
the senate committee on foreign affairs Is
in Alabama fighting for his senatorial life,
as is the next on the committee, Senator
Butler of SGuth Carolina, while Senators
Gray, Turpie and the Republican mem
bers have been too deeply engrOssed
with the tariff and other matters to pay
any attention TO a mere Mongolian row.
u is somewhat singular, too, that after all
these years of friendly intercourse we
know so little about China, SO much less
seemingly than about Japan. 1t is known
10 every ItdUtT III St-IltIdi way tiieAU .. d
pan has about IS, 600, 600 people while Chi .
Ia is supposed TO have eight or ten times /
as many; but, as to their fighting capaci- /
ties, the opinions Of public men here vary I.
to rather an amusing degree. Much is
said about those wonderful invasions of
the west and south, which have taken
place at tolerabiy regular intervals from
the most ancient times, when the great .
~. Of q. COON IN
as it were, and swarIns of barbarians de- .
scended upon China, India, southwestern
Asia and Europe, and the question is Sc
riously asked Is it not possible that with .
great leader the Mongols may swarm
again and overflow eastern Europe?
The wonderful work undertaken by
Russia of building a railroad across ST
IBERIA to the Pacific ocean is calculated to
excite enthusiasm among Americans, and .
it is certain that Korea would gain by be
ing absorbed into the Russian empire.
Korea, in fact, is the one party that is
sure 70 come out a gamer, TO matter how
the contest terminates, for she could not he
in a worse 1E, and her absorption by any .
Of the powers would be an improvement. I,
Tax Robbers.
According to Mr.. Dinsmore as well as
the papers sent TO the foreign affairs COM
nitteC and the consular reports, the gov
eminent Of Korea Is now about as bad as
it is possible for any mere human govern
mcnJ TO become. The system Of taxation
Is the worst which the perverted ingenui-
y Of half educated barbarians could de
wise. The royal commissioners announce
that they must have certain sum and
apportiOnate it TO the eight provinces.
The local authorities divide out their ter
rltory among farmers of the revenue, and
these are allowed To squeeze all they can
ont of the laboring classes and keep the
surplus over the proportion TO the prov
incc as their fees. They proceed accord
lngly on the system which was once said
TO prevail in the boom towns of the west
size mans pile, leave him only
enough to get TO the next town and take
all the rest" \ missionary reports that
the great mass IF the people live in mere
mud hCtS. with waited roofs, and eat the
yilcst kind Of food while in most of the
country there is no middle class. the pop
ulation consisting OF few tax lords and
many degraded laboUers. All the rest that
l. worth knowing about the country may
be found in any good cyclopeda
While each congressman considers chief
y the effect great foreign war might /
have on his district. experts in other lines
watch for specific rcsUlts-Dayal men TO
see how the new style vessels viii work
and artillcrists to see how the Mongolians
viii get on with the latest patterns in
guns, but most of all the physicians.
There is a dreadful plague raging in Chi
ma. and the cholera II moving westward
Win this war hasten the movement Of the
one and increase the virUlCnce Of the 9th
try True, there are awful possibilities in
a great eastern war. In conclusion il is
a pleasure TO record that we are on the
best of terms with all nations, though
men of foreign birth continue to organize
disturbances in the coke regions and else
whorc-a fact which brings support to
the stringent immigration bill now pend
inE- bill that would practically exclude
those gentlemen whose names have ter
minal facilities in ski. j. B. PAERE
Meat and Digestion.
The most easily oi-cstcd meats. accord
ing 10 scientific journal. range in the
following order. Cold mutton. mutton