Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-30

pointed 20, minister to- Corra. me con.
C.ulgd chat ru would benefit ilr C1uu.
tI uy improving Iis stock. %. bought
o. bull and several COWS 900 California.
and took them over with him on inr
steamer. ] don't know whether Doe as.
plC,rd them tu go along as % plr, of
Us personal effects, hut / WIs told Boo
Nokuhlml, Japan, that when bee arrived
there the steamship company charged
b'W $3.50 for gNH baggage Al any
rave Ne rnk bis cattle 20 Coryl, and
was surprised TO find there better
glade uI H.y. than that witch be had
carried over SIX thousand miles of sea.
He iI rewarded. however by having
good milk and butter though iu case he
remains 40 the country, the extra bag
gage h.ll will make Ibis coffee cost from
this item alone about dollar day.
was in Seoul at the time Mr.. Sill
arrived, and called nc the legation only
q few hours altcrWarl. An absolutely
naked Corean boy was swinging ON the
gate, and ! found the house turned up
side down with the minister's effects.
During ray stay the minister was pre-.
scented 10 the King, his majesty giving
me tla honor OF an audience the same
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preston and his majesty told him that
Ne was glad that the President had
sent sucha distinguished scholar ,lfgprr
sent him iu Corel. The king spoke az
this time in thg highest terms OF Dr. 10.
n. Allen, the secretary ol the legation,
who had acted as min ter during the
interim aud who, ly the way has done
more for AHalig. and American inter
gsts lu C9red, than any other foreigner
ruE EING's CLOSEST rwEND.
Dr. Allen IS today the mos, powerful
foreigner u the country lie BIS q modest
retiring young man of about forty years
ul aye, who was sent out o. Asia CAS- a
missionary doctor, aud who, liter spend.
ing q short time In China, went 10
Corca, Al this time the missionaries
were held In low esteem by the Clreaus.
and they were working hard to get a
ilothold, About twelve or thirteen
years ago a great rebellion occurred, iu
which Nim OK Kun and others seized
the king, aud in which the Conipirljors
nearly Killed one OF the kings family.
Prince Min Yong N. lie was almost cut
TO pieces with swords. aud his life was
dcspalrcd OF, when Dr.. Allen was called
iu. lie appreciated the situation. He
knew that he would be charged with
killing the prince il he failed to cure
him aud that the PRINCES chances of life
and death hung upon a hair. Dr. Allen,
however, concluded to risk II on his
own sElll aAd Prince MIN Yong ks
vitality. lie sewed up his wounds and
uuIacd him for days, Inch by inch and
atom by atom ha drew the prince away
from ME grave, and finally made him n
well man This gave DR.. Allen great
reputation throughout the whole land.
he was called TO prescribe Tor thc
Corgan mobiles, and during the years of
his mission IN Corea he actually turned
in TO the mission funds S. 600 "a wear.
which he got rom his outside practice,
The king aud queen tool, his advice ON
many matters OF foreign policy. and
when they sent their embassy to Wash.
ington me- went along as their coniiden-
tiai iorclgn adviser He stayed with
them for some time in Washington.
winning friends everywhere, and alter.