Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-04

the present trouble, and the wnole oi
the social and governmental structure ol
this country and OF China seems 20 he
to be honeycombed with corruption ana
bribery.
MONEY on BLOOD.
There is nowhere 10 the world that
the almighty dollar is worth more 70
man than Il Is In Cofel. lie can oiten
save his skin by plating the pain oi nus
enemy with silver, and persons SEN
fenced TO fogging cih fansom 'heir
punishment with money. They nave IN
fact, liked rate !Or this 10 Cofea, len
blows Of the bamboo sill be omitted on
the payment OF about S. twenty blows
FOR SO, and so on upward. There are
few men who would not give all they
have rather then have their thighs fe.
duced to a jelly, and the bamboo IS a
great persuader At the same time,
officials are sometimes punished Tor their
cruelty, and those who cause the death
VI persons by torture. receive 100 blows
and are dismissed from the public SER
vice. ! am told that the present dyu1siy
has much less terrible punIshmenis than
were common In the past, and that
within the last $50 years knee'crushlnE
and branding have been abolished, and
there IS no cutting Oh Of the noses and
feet Of men, AS was done In the middle
ages.
STEAMED TO DEATH.
Still, the punishmenis are bad enough.
/ ! will devote my next letter to descrD.
| ing them. They are far worse than ?. y.
thing that IS known outside. Of China,
and the wives and famIlie, Of rebels end
criminals, even to the third and fourth
/ generation, are included IN the seuten'
l ces Of their husbands and fathers. Here
! Is curious method, which, ! am told
! prevails IN Seoul Of executing the igthef,
Z OF rebels IL Is almost necessary t.
/ understand the structure OF a COrear
house 10 appreciate 10. The rooms ar,
heated. you know, by fires which AZ,
built under the house, and the ilancs o
which run through ilucs, covering ever
part Of the floors Of the rooms. Thes,
llOors are of brick or mortar, and thel
are covered with a thick white pape
well oiled. With good Ere, they turf
the rooms into ovens, aud a small room
soon becomes furnace u big fire Z
built under IT, Among the lowest elias
I 30 ~ ANN'a hah WV NHhNtAAAHH hAAA - =
m a butchers house outside the ives
gate OF the city that the fathers Of rebel
are sometimes poisoned. The poison I
mixed Nith rice water, which has beet
left over night IN ,rier that IT, tasu
may be bitter. IRE officer OF the Law
takes the man 20 tots hou,s. lie wear
Nuodch clogs, and thus .rps his fee
iron tie I'D hot floor, upon which u,
puts the Ia %, and where he forces bin
20 dfiAk the poisoned water ~ ,hD
back ct ilis room there is a great jar "
Corcan pottery which holds almost "a
much rs % hogshead. This IS flied witl
water. Aiier the official has given ib
poison. he breaks this jaf aud TIE vale
hogs OUT upon the ilOor II the maj
does not de Ui the poison The steam
and heat ,oou finish him, aud the bod,
Is pat.5oilri before 1t Is taken out.
IS carried Through one Of the dishonor
able gates and cast out OF the city. !
must be LEFT there Tor certain time
aud then " It's relatives do not take !
away, the birds grow fat over is cooke,
mcat.
WHAT FOREIGNERS MAy EXrEcr.
These punishments will give you som,
idea OF the horrors which are bound t.
attend any pro,racted var IN this part @
the world. The japanese will carry OF
their struggle on western methods, bu
the Cofeans and the Chinese will do a