The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-22
YANKEE BOSS IN COREA.
Clarence Gr~eathOuse Is the Kings
COnfidenfin AdXiser.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2L.-The Worlds Che
mulpo correspondent says. in a copyright
letter: The favoritism shown by the King
of Corea for his First Minister of State,
Clarence Greathouse, has been so marked
of late that Yuan. the Chinese resident.
who s-uperintends the collecting of the ma
tional tribute, has been growing. Now that
Mr.. Greathouse has risen in royal favor,
he was the only man who dared ride in
state through the great central gate of the
palace. Any Corean who would be so rash
as to attempt this adventure would be i'm
mediately buried in quicklime and burned
to death or lose his head and say his pray
ers in another hades.
The monarch of the Land of the Morn
ing Calm" believes that Fan-Kwai-Man,
foreign deviD can preserve human life. So
during the rebellion he has hardly allowed
Mr.. Greathouse to leave his side. Mr..
Greenhouses business as confidential adj
wiser, 1t is told. has been to rig himself up
like a travelling arsenal and practice with
the best American rifles, revolvers and pis-
tolls.
Seriously. a noted lieutenant in the navy
told the World correspondent that the IA
NOUS American tasted the Kings food be-
fore his Majesty dared touch it. to prove
that it was not poisonous, and lay down in
the Kings bed and examined all his cloth
ing before he donned il. But even with this
patient and pa~instaking carefulness the
King never went to rest until the kingly
cock crowed the coming of dawn. Then the
King, thinking he might dare to go TO sleep,
enioined Mr.. Greenhouse to sit by his side
until he actually fell asleep.
This farce, the lieutenant says, was
faTeseq U We've ere hUrn Just ID dropped Sa1s into 1n a
dOze when he found his palace taken by
the japanese and himself and his eontiden-
tial adviser prisoners of war. The palace
was surrounded by four hundred japanese
troops. and neither the King nor Mr.. Great
house was permitted to communicate with
the outside world. The King, out of re-
spect to Mr.. Greenhouses courage, COM
manded him to appear before the rebels,
who were surrounding him and killing ev-
erything in the way, and order them to de-
sist.
Among other things noised abroad in CO.
rea about this wonderful royal Robinson
Crusoe and his man Friday is that Friday
organized the postal and telegraph serv-
ices and has improved the railroad and eX-
tongue like a native, eats the Corean food
as If he We're one of them, and dresses the
part so perfectly that altogether these
queer people believe him to be a Flowery
Fla chats what they call the United
States emblem) deity sent straight to Corea
to bring ii up TO a higher grade OF civillza-
ton. The question is asked now: What
will Mr.. GreathOuse do for Corea and the
King? His friends say he will not tolerate
Chinese interference and distrustS Japan.
SiuEinE of the kow Shing Justified.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.-The Japanese
legation here received intelligence stating
that it has been reported at Toxic, on re-
liable authority. that the finding of the
British naval court of inquiry, which was
held at Shanghai. TO investigate the fact of
the sinking of the British steamer Kow
Shing, when acting as a transport for
Chinese troops to Corea. by the Japanese
cruiser Naniwa Kan. is favorable to Japan.
1t is also reported that the British adj
miral has officially stated to his govern
ment that he considers the sinking of the
Kow Shing. under the circumstances, as
equivalent TO the sinking Of "A Chinese yes
sci. and that he has, consequently, adj
vised the British government to make no
claims.
britannia Wins from ~Satanita.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 21.-In a fifty-mile
race fn-dav under the ansnicas of the