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The morning call., 1894-09-02

heads of for their non-payment OF the
money. Think of such a thing actually
going on for weeks without the Minister
knowing il, and / am told that a somewhat
similar state of affairs prevailed for short
time in connection with the quarters of
one of the missionaries.
In another case, teacher of one of the
Government schools found that his popu-
larity was waning. The people did not
seem to like him, and he could not tell
what was the matter until he found that
his servants had been borrowing money of
the people OF the neighborhood. and that
under compulsi0U, in bis name. He be-
lieves that one of the chief officers of the
school bad a hand In the scheme, and IL
was only stopped upOn his threatening
that the inn osition would be repor ted to
the King unless change was immediately
made and the money returned. | did not
buy anything in the Seoul shops unless /
saw the money handed over for my pur.
chases. Otherwise, my soldiers might say
that had just taken il, and inasmuch as
was foreigner, and of presumably high
rank, they would, to certain extent, have
to grin and bear it. The greatest squeezers
in Korea are the Chinese, and the Chinese
Minister, Yuan, is supposed to make
great deal CT money in this way. The
Chinese Consul at Chemulpo made some
thing Ike $4,000 out Of squeeze, which he
manipulated IN some way, on the ship
ments Oh rice from Korea just before the
present trouble, and the whole of the So
cial and governmental structure of this
country and of China seems to me TO he
honeycOmbed with corruption and bribery.
There ia nowhere in the world that The
almighty dollar is worth more TO man
than it is in Korea. He can often save his
skin by plating the palm of his enemy
with silver, and persons sentenced to fog
ging can ransom their punishment with
money. They have, in fact, fixed rate
for this in Korea. Ten blows Of the bam-
boo will be omitted on the payment of
about SIS. twenty blows for $40, and so Old
upward. There are few men who would
not give all they have rather than have
their thighs reduced TO jelly. and the
bambo is a great persuader. At the same
time. officials are sometimes punished fur
their cruelty. and those who cause the
death of persons by torture receive 100
blows and are dismissed from the public
service. am told that the present dynasty
has much less terrible punshments than
were common in the past, and that within
the last $50 years kDee-crushing and brand
ing have been abolished. and there is no
cutting off the noses and feet of men, as
was done in the middle ages
Still, the punshmenls are bad enough.
| will devote my next letter 10 describing
them. They are far worse than anything
that is known outside OF China, and the
wives and families of rebels and criEi-
mails. even to the third and fourth genera
ton. are included in the sentences of their
husbands and fathers. There is curious
method, which. am told, prevails in
The morning call., 1894-09-02
The Movement Well Under Way In
San Francisco.


San Francisco.
When Miss Jane Adams, the wonder
worker in the Chicago slums through the
Hull House Social Settlement. came to
this coast last spring she accomplished
what number of thinking people had
very much desired to do, but could not
do themselves-she aroused pu bile inter
est in university settlements to the pitch
OF enthusiasm. Her lectures in the cities
about the bay were attended with an in
terest that resulted in the formation of
the University Settlement Association of
San Francisco.
Although several months have elapsed
since its organization the association has
been gaining strength to initiate its move
ment and now has reached point where is
able to take the first decisive step.
Mem bership in the association has been
fixed at S. entrance fee, which has al
ready been paid by seventy-eight of the
most thoughtful and influential people in
the city. while benefit concert netted the
embryo settlement $50. But this sum of
5000 was not enough for the smallest pos
siDle beginning. which it was calculated
would require at least $4,000. Some of the
members feared it would be long before a
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the Church of England. which is. l think,
managed from London. The American
Presbyterian mission consists of some-
thing like twenty people. and the most of
the missionaries have wives and families
The Methodist mission is equally as large,
and both have hospitals and schools. The
Korean College. under the Methodist
Episcopal mission, is in charge of the Rev.
H. G. AppenZeller, who is also treasurer
of the mission and most efficient man.
spent some time with him at his home in
Seoul, and can certify that he is thor
oughly we'll posted upon the country, and
that his organization is doing a great deal
of good. The missionaries in Seoul live
inside of walled compounds. or yards
Their gates are usually guarded by keep
ers, and in case of trouble like the present
these walls would be a slight protection
from a mob.
In addition to these there are a number
of foreigners connected with the court and
the King General William Nee. Dyke
was for years in the employ of the late
Khedive of Egypt. He is a graduate of
West Point, and he is one of the instruc-
tors and officers of the Korean army. He
has been of great value to the King during
the present rebellion. and in case there is
protracted war between Japan and China
upon Korean soil his brains will have
much to do with the direction of the
struggle. l visited him lot long ago. Hisred
beard and hair have turned white since he
left America. but his form is as straight
as when lie commanded his soldiers during
the war of the re beilion, and his eye 10 as
bright as II was during his wonderful
career in Egypt. General Clarence Great
house, the foreign adviser to the King,
is Kentuckian by birth aud a Cali
fornian By adoption. He came from Cali
fornia to be Consul General at Yokohama,
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fat position in the provinces where the re-
bellion has occurred. and it is probably a
lucky thing for his head that he is using it
in Seoul rather than in Southern Korea.
Fr>>a< (. Ca4,.,>,.~
Copyright. 1894.
The morning call., 1894-09-02
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT.

Copyright. 1894.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-07
PAWTUXET.

The Pawtuxet Veteran Association met
in their headquarters last evening at
o'clock. The meeting was called together
by Major William b. Rhodes. Five new
members were elected. A large number
were present, some from Slocum Post and
from Arnold Post, q. A. X. Comrade
William j. Burge read paper on the
quick passage ef the l1AaAee fretff New
York TO Cadiz giving vivid description
Of the severe weather which 1t met with.
Many army "reminiscences were related
and pieces OF poetry spoken by the COM
rades. During the evening they partook
of bean supper with all its concomitants.
At 10:d5, after jolly time, The meeting
adjourned until the annual meeting, Jsnu-
ary3.
Town Clerk Lockwood of Apponaug
was at the police station last night regis
tering town voters. a large number regis
tered.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-07
A FITTING TESTIMONIAL.

City Messenger EDWARD 5. RHODES
was fittingly remembered yesterday
when full-sized portrait Of his dignified
self was presented the city and hung In
the space on the wall of the aldermanic
chamber just above hiSaccustomed seat.
The gift was the tribute of the Mayor
and ex-Mayors Of Providence in honor
of a veteran city official whose 33 years
of service, beginning with Mayor JABEz
c. KNIGHT, have been distinguished by
earnest labor of unvarying faithfulness.
You are widely respected man, MIR.
City Messenger RHODES. Everybody
that knows you esteems you. Your
dignified bearing at your post of duty
ever contributes a proper share to the
distinction Of the Board, which you
have so long attended. You offer an ex-
cellent example to the host Of young men
who are growing up in business methods
In the various departments OF city hall.
You are an officeholder whom no one
wants to displace. And your Official
countenance covers but does not hide the
heart OF as jolly a good fellow as ever
went on a city hall junket to inspect
the smallpox hospital. All honor to
you, Mr.. City Messenger RHoDEs! The
Mayors have done themselves proud
in placing your portrait where
we can point it out to our children and
the children's children as the likeness OF
a man who knew his duty and never
failed to do it, and do it well, through
these many years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-07
BROAD GROUNDS.
Merchants Considered the lexow IN
yestigation and Other Subjects.

NrwYoRK, Dee. f.-Ths Chamber Of
Com mmsrce yesterday afternoon unsni'
mously passed resolution authc11sans
the president Of the chamber to sppstnt u
committee OF Ave, who arc TO inquire ahQ
report at the next meeting whether or NOS
Il Is desirable that tho powers Of ths Lexow
! scommittes should be extended ID months
from Jan. 1, next with the duty 70 In.
vestigats any or all Of the departnents OF
this city. to the end that men who have
betrayed their Official trusts and proses'
tutcd their Offices for personal and pryate
gain, may be punished for thofr crimes.
The chamber also passed resolutions do
ciaring that the commercial and ihdusAsisl
interests Of the country need . RESP ffom
tariff agitation; that our feet In Chinese
waters should be re-enforcsdi that rail-
roads should be permitted to mako pool
ing agreements, and that the representa-
tion OF American agricultural products
abroad should not be discontinued
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-07
A WISE POLICY.

Nothing that could be done by Con-
gress would tend more to the advantage
OF the country than the announcement
that the tariff laws will not be disturbed,
either at this expiring session of the
Fifty-third Congress or at the sessions
Of the next Congress.
The Democrats must be given credit
for the abstinence of this Congress,
since the President urged tariff tinker
ing in his message and is known to be
anxious for the passage of what are
called the "popgun" bills, providing for
free coal, iron and sugar. The Demo-
Gratis in Congress are heartily sick of
following the lead of the President, who
leads them from one political
quagmire to worse one, and it is,
doubtless, more owing to their hostility
to him than to any desire to let the
country rest and regain its vigor, that
has prompted their summary action in
shutting off tariff legislation.
Still as it is clearly within the power
Of this Congress to do great deal of
damage by unwise tariff amendments,
and Is tha PRESIDENT rottid bu only too
glad TO sign them, there is due to the
Democrats a certain modicum of graft
tude for their self restraint. The fact
that IL would not be in the power of the
Republicans to remedy the evil done un-
oil after Mr.. CLEvELAND's term of office
expires adds 10 the measure Of good
nature duo the Democrats.
The announcement that the Republi-
cans have concluded to refrain from
tariff legislation IN the next Congress 8
shows that the leaders appreciate the
force Of public sentiment. 1t would be
easy TO pass laws through Con-
gress that would be hard nuts
for the President and the
other Democratic leaders TO crack: but
the people do not want any more fooling
in Congress, aod tho Republicans are in
possession Of Congress because Of the
Democratic iooling and foolishness.
Just now nothing could be better than
rest from tarif talk. unless 10 was possible
forsomebody to quietly run pen through
the Wilson bill and abrogate IL without
delay or discussion. But in our free and
enlightened land IL is-not possible to
even do good without fighting for the
privilege, aud stirring up vast amount
Of publicity and discussion.
It is necessary for the warrior to pause
for breath, even il his enemy is serenely
seated on his breast. So the country
must be left to fill its lungs with the
llfe-giying oxygen Of business revived
before it Is called upon to overhaul the
work OF the overthrown and discredited
Democratic party.
These assurances Of quiescence from
the leaders Of the two parties gives the
country n chance to saw wood for Mt
least two years, by which time there will
have been Republican President
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-07
MYSTIC MENTICN.

Mrs. A. Wheaton attended meeting OF
the Woman's Missionary Society in Hart
ford this week.
Mr.. j. w. Denison is able to walk a
little on pleasant days.
Orville Swift, formerly OF this place, is
soon to be married In Sifton, Ga.
Frank III. Buckley has been q great suf-
ferer. A trained nurse has given him the
best care. He is improving.
John II. Libby is offered 5000 to allow
one firm to manufacture his lubricating
oil. The process Is a secret known only to
Mr.. Libby.
Mr.. ID. +. Parker is running his bar
soap factory 10 its fullest capacity.
Tramps come by ones and twos and in
great squads.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-07
It Went on.

A story is told of certain Snowman
who combined with the ordinary circus
performance "a display of fireworks. AT
one town he advertised the "Battle of
Trafalgar. with burning ships, blazing
oceans and other magnificent effects.
He drew such vivid picture of that
great naval encounter that the people
from the entire countrywide were at
tracted TO SOC it. When the time arrived,
tho Snowman brought his guiding hand
60 bear on the set piece, applied the
match in tho usual manner and retired
60 await results. Several minutes passed,
but no battle onsued. Tho Snowman
then stepped forward and addressed tho
crowd.
"1t has not went off," he remarked
and proceeded 20 investigate.
Again the samo result followed, and
again.
''lt has not went OF, ladies and gen.
tlemon," continued the Snowman. II
will now show You the great earthquake
Of Lisbon" He gathered the fireworks
together and flllod "a bsrrol with them.
He poured turpontine oscr them and
sprisklea the lot freely with gunpow-
der. Once moro he applied the torch.
with astonishing results Thoro was an
explosion, and whom all was over ho
gavo parting address.
''It has won't of, ladies and gentle
men. and so has three fingers Of my
hand. Good evening. and many thanks
The earthquake will not bo repeated. T"
-Pittsbgrs Dispatch.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-07
10! the POOR CLERGYMAN.

" Is tho laborer worthy Of his hire?"
With all due Difference to the Meth
odists OF New England, denomination
for which is entertained only the highest
esteem, they should be ashamed Of tho
salaries paid their ministers in New
England. 1t appears from recent
publication that there are 9l3 ministers
having pastoral charge ia New Eng
land Methodism. Five hundred and
twenty-five receive 5000 or less for their
support, exclusive of house rent 393,
$500 or less 255. $iOO or less 1877. $500
or less; 6s, 5000 or less 2s, 800 or
less. One hundred and eighty-two re-
ceive $1,000 or over, exclusive Of house
rent; l25 receive from $1,000 to $500 |;
80 from $500 to $4,000; 10, $4,000 one
$500; one, $4,000; one, S27OO two
$1,000.
Ine committee on sustentation in the
New England conference reported in
1890 that they had received % letters
from the "a pastors with small salaries,
who had been aided by the conference.
Half OF the letters revealed
embarrassing needs, one-third were sim
ply heartrending."
a clause in the obligation which every
Methodist clergyman assumes prohibits
his suing his parish OF society for salary
promised but not paid. He is engaged,
sny for $1,000 yoar, but if he is only
paid $500 year he is barred from de-
manding by legal means the fulflment
OF his just claims against the society.
What is the result?
Less than fortnight ago the news
papers were full with a sensation"
in which a Methodist clergyman figured
whose crime was that he had borrowed
money and given legal notes for the
same because he was not able to sup
port a family of twelve children on
salary Of 5000 year, and had left be-
hind him, in several parishes, small
debts incurred through negligence or
inability OF those parishes to pay him
the salary promised.
The committee on sustentation re-
ported, in 1894: "To neglect these needy
brethren, right at our door, is worse than
TO neglect the heathen; for if we regard
not our brethren, whom we see and asso-
ciate with, how can we regard those
whom we have not seen. This cause
appeals 10 every member OF the confer
ence, by reason both for the preservation
of his own Christian sympathy and the
temporal needs of his brethren"
Hence il is that the effort to establish
fund by the Methodist Church to
enable her to retire superannnated
ministers is meeting with the warmest
approval but with hardly the financial
support it deserves.
A clergyman gives the best years and
efforts of his life to his charges. 1t is
impossible for hlm to lay by anything
upon the small salaries paid, and unless
such fund is raised and maintained he
can look forward only to poverty, want
and misery in his declining years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-07
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING.
The Bothersomc Income Tax.

H ouh.
knotty question has arisen In the prepara-
ton OF the income tax regulations, IL is at
what point In the salary OF n United States
Official the income tax should be
collected. Government disbursing Of
flcers are held responsible for the
collection Of the income tax on salaries paid
out by them. Does the law contemplate tax
ing the salary per 50 or the person who re-
ceIves IL 4? Only salaries above 5000 per year
are taxable. IL tho salary is, say, 5000 per
year. and the drawer OF IL dies
after six months, the Government
receives no income from 1T
unless the disbursing officer takes out the tax
pro rata monthly. At this point the difficulty
is encountered that the drawer Of tho salary
has not received over $4,000. and therefore no
income tax has Accrued. IL the drawer of an
5000 salary dies or resigns after receiving
slightly less than half of the yearly salary.
should the new appointee pay an income tax
out of his little moro than half OF the $500 or
only on what he himself draws? IL does not
seem to strike the treasury officials
as frir that one man should pay an
income tax on part of the salary drawn
by another and yet IL such an
amount were drawn, 5000 by one and SilOO by
another man, by holding the latter RESPONSE
BILE for tho income lax on the salary ho draws
on the excess over $4,000. the Government
would only receive two per cent. on si0l
Was this the idea eAenntsmplated by the law
The same principles apply to all classes of
salaries received by United States officials
members Of the Cabinet, Senators, and menu
bers OF Congress and others who receive a
yearly salary In excess OF 5000
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-07
A CALLER FoR Mr.. DE MEDlcl.
An American Art Lover Who Proposes Il
See Him In Person.

An American Art Lover Who Proposes to
See Him In Person.
There is a lady tuft hunter in an ur
town boarding house who has tho for.
oeign title fever Of the most pronounced
type. She paralyzes the other roomers
by the easy, matter OF fact way in
which she tells the-names and titles Of
her distinguished callers. One night ii
was the Prince Bombastes Deadbeati.
The night before it was the "Dook'
Indebto, and the next night IL will he
tho Count Freakivitch. She has been
across our great salt water privilege
several time and has contracted the
broad gauge style of numbering the
English language. There is reason to
believe that she bewails her fate OF hav.
ing been born in plebeian America.
The othor evening whilo her parlor was
filed with princes, potontates, "dool1s, y
counts and bald heads in the absence OF
crowned heads she incidentally remark.
cd that on her next visit to civilization
she would got more works of art and
among them work of "venus dc Me.
dici."
"You must be varee particulare and
not lot the Paris clever vendors sell you
20 imitashion, said q "dook" by way
Of precaution-
"Oh. I shsll guard against that I"
sho replied gayly; II shall call upon
Mr.. de Medici himself can get let
ters Of introduction to the greatest art.
lists in Europa"
And then there was silence liks
that before storm, and the titled ad
mirers Of the tuft hunter could scarcely
conceal their laughter. r.--New Yorh
WeEld
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-07
FOUGHT TURKS.
A Town Defended by 0utnum-
bered Armenian Women.
Jumped Into an Abyss to Escape
A Much Worse Fate.

LONDON, Dec IA dispatch to The
Daily News from Constsntinople says that
reports Of the Armenian outrages are con-
iirmed from various sources. A Lazzarist
priest from Van says in interview, that he
has not been able 20 discover the cause OF
tho massacres at Sassoun. He believes
that the Victims numbered 1000, ana thai
the regular troops wero the actual MUIR
dorors and vielators
The dispatch adds that since the sultan
invited President Cleveland to send q DEL
egate with tho Armenian commission, no
has requested General Blunt, pasha, to go
20 Bitlis on similar errand. General
Blunt's health, however, prevents him
from accepting the invitation.
The Advertiser has dispatch from Con-
stantinoplo stating that owing TO presi-
dents declining to send delegate TO In
quire into Armenian troubles, Turkey has
requested England 70 nominate consul
to accompany the Turkish commission.
Women were Martyrs.
A diary of the Armenian massacres is
published by The vosslsche Zeitung Of
Berlin. The diary describes women and
children taking the places OF massacred
husbands and brothers i'm Ggrgoq' s
heroic six days defense Of AndaSh against
the Turkish seige. The position becom-
ing untenable, GgrgoQ decided TO leave
the defense to the women himself leading
his troops on forage for food and ANN "
milton on Aug. -
The women defended the position for %
hours but finally yielded 20 numbers.
They issued from the town with their
children, and carrying babies on their
backs
Ggrgoq's wife, finding escape impossi-
BILE, stepped on n rock and cried: Sisters,
you must choose between falling into the
hands of the Turks and forgetting your
husbands, homes, religion and honor. or
follow my example"
With these words holding her baby In
her arms, she dashed herself from the
rock into the abyss yawning at its base.
Tho other women and children silently
followed her example, until the ravine
was filled with corpses. The last women
who threw themselves down, fell unhurt
upon tho bodies OF their companions. The
scene struck the enemy with horror.
About 30 women and 100 children were
taken prisoners, and endured torture
rather than TO betray Ggrgoq and his
brave followers.
Ggrgoqs heroic wife was called Schakne,
and IL Is declared that the name deserves
to be known throughout Europe.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-07
Flahorate weddInr nift..

LONDON, Dec. THE Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales have presented Lady Mar
garst Grosvenor, daughter of the Duke Of
Westminster, who is TO be married to
Prince Adolphus Of Teck, with wedding
gift of pearl and diamond crescent. The
present of the Duke and Duchess Of Teck
is tiara. The Duke and Duchess OF York,
and the Duke and Duchess OF File pre-
sentod Lady Margaret with "a diamond
coronet, and the queen sent diamond
brooch. The wedding was to have taken
place early this month, but was postponed
e, ner 10