Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-15
QUEEN HIS DISAPPEARED.
Official Information From Korea
Through Japanese Channels.
The Queen Did Not Like the New
Soldiery, Equipped With Modern
Arms, So They Went to the Pal
ace, and Since Then She Cannot
Be Located.

BE Located.
Washington, D. c., October 14.-In-
formation Of the formidable uprising in
Corea, resulting in the disappearance
and probable death Of the Queen and
the landing of military forces by the
United States and European powers
has been received by Minister Kurino,
of Japan. from the foreign Office at To-
kio 1t IS quite sensational, indicating
the landing of marines, forty in num-
Der have been landed. Thus far forty
have confined themselves to guarding
the Russian legation at Seoul.
United States marines were landed
from the Yorktown to the number Of
sixteen. 1t IS believed also tina, British
marines have been landed. Besides
these, the japanese have a considerable
fOrea Of soldiers at Seoul who have bee4
preserving order.
Tae dispatches come from Toxic and
Communicate The substance of dispatches
received from General Muira, the Japa-
nese envoy at Seoul. They are dated
from the ninth to the twelfth instant.
It appears from these dispatches that
the trouble had its inception through
/ the Queens dislike OF the newly Or
gaa.ged soldiery Of Corea. The old SOL
diers had the primitive equipment Of
the far East. But wijh the progress Of
japanese influence in COrea two bat
talions Of C0rean troops were organized
on modern methods. Each battalion
numbered SIX hundred men, armed with
modern weapons. They were well
, drilled and Oilicered.
When the Queen showed her disfaVOr
toward these new troops they appealed
to Tai Won Kun, a powerful chief who
has long been at enmity with the Queen.
He accepted the leadership of the new
troops, and at the head Of one battalion
entered the Queens palace. The nat
| tive soldiers fed from the palace. The
| TOkio dispatches do not state specific
ally what became of the Queen, fur
ther than that she has disappeared and
cannot be located. The officials are in
clined to believe, however, that the un-
official reports Of the Queens death are
true. The Japanese government, the
dispatches further state, has acted
quickly on the reports and has ap-
! pOi15S6 a commission TO inquire into
sC facts. IL Che l.e-nLilA6, IL is EN-
( phaucally denied that the Queens
death, if it has occurred, was due TO
! the Japanese.
One report is that a japanese Soshi
killed the Queen. This is not yet con-
! frmed in the dispatches received here.
The officials say that the SOshi are an
/ irresponsible and laWless class and that
their acts cannot be laid to the Japan
ese people or government.
General Muira's report also cover the
work Of Japanese troops in preserving
order These troops were stationed Op,
posite the palace, having secured the
place of vantage some time ago through
the COrean government.
Tney took no part in the attack on
the palace, but after it had occurred,
when the native troops we're fleeing
and the new b3btahOns were enforcing
their success in capturing the palace,
the Japenese troops aided in prevent
ing blOodshed and disorder. 1t is pro
bable that some deaths occurred dur
ing the melee. Following this came the
landing of United States and Russian
marines, and, as is believed, the land
ing of the British.
The latest indications are that the
| Tai Won Kun and the King are in con-
troll of affairs at the Corean capitol.
The King has been the nominal ruler,
but the Queen has heretofore been re-
! cognized as The real ruler. The infiu
ence of the King and the Tai Won Kun
are distinctly favorable to the Japan
ese.
At the Corean legation no word has
been received from the disturbed cap
itol. The officials are much exercised
and do not doubt that the Queen has
met her death, although they are not
ready to abandon hope. In cases Off
cial confirmation is received, there will
be such formal ceremony as is usual
on the death of a sovereign. The lega-
ton will go into mourning, but there
is not likely to be a funeral service, al
though this has been considered as a
further mark of respect.