The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-13

fell. no attempt being made to clear
the streets and bury the dead, be-
yond covering a few of them with a
thin layer of dirt. The corpses lay here
till the cold weather came on, when
most of them We're gathered up and
buried in heaps. During the remainder
of the summer nothing was done. how
ever. and the stencil became something
terrible Disease spread alarmingiy
and four weeks after my return I was
compelled TO leave again or die of fever.
One missionary did succumb to typhus.
In describin<, the work of the mis-
sionaries in Korea. Rev. Mofett said:
Prior TO the war the dissemination of
Christianity was 4 slow process, nee
eessarily, as those who professed the
faith were lily treated by their people.
but the war had most salutary eff
feet in favor of our work. During the
war the Koreans came to rely very
strongly on the foreigners, nearly all
of whom up TO that time were Christian
missionaries They could not trust the
Chinese or their own people, and would
not trust the Japanese, and so 1t was
that they came to look upon US as the
only ones TO whom they could look
for honest advice.
AS an illustration. when it came
time to evacuate Pyeng Yang, the ko
reans remained till they saw us depart
and then out of the 100 900 Inhabitants,
not more than a thousand or so re-
manned. After the battle was over they
did not dare TO rely upon their own
people for advice as to whether it was
safe to return or not. but turned to US.
In two days after I got back, the word
had gone all over the country and the
natives came fiocking in in great NUM-
bers. Then it began to be seen that
they relied very much upon our adj
vice and from that time our influence
increased among them to the extent
that we could not begin to attend to
the work Of preaching the gospel, and
the number oe missionaries IS now
totally inadequate. The work is GER
tainly making great strides and hence
/ say the war was a great help TO
Christianity"
Industriaily. Rev 1doffett said that
Korea had made greater progress since
the war than ever before. Before that
time, he said, there was little or moth
ing done in the way Of modern indus
trial pursuits. Since that time num-
Der os new industries are starting UP
and two railways are projected. Leigh
Hunt, formerly proprietor of the Post
Intelligencer at Seattle, Wash, is there
which has a concession to mine gold in
the province of Pingan in the north
western part OF Korea. and t. build
line oe rail from the capital. Seoul. 20
Chemulpo. the principal port, 80 miles
distant There is. besides, a French
syndicate which has d concession to
build a road from Seoul to the norta-
ern frontier. distance of 400 miles.
T,,:.:eo11.- D. zToefot+ cold Lrorao
is much quieter than it has been for
long time. although the king still con-
tinues TO reside at the Russian lega-
ton. The king, he describes IS a man
OF TO extraordinary ability but of emf
nently good intentions as regards de-
sire 10 conduct the government for the
welfare of the Koreans.
The gentlemen will remain in the city
today and continue on their homeward
journey tomorrow. Rev. MOffat IS very
Huch adverse to any undertakings on
except preaching the gospel
and was considerably put out when he
discovered he had been talking for pub
lication in Sunday journal.
Other Cullen guests yesterday were:
George w. z. Dorsey. Nebraska; p. 3.
McKeon. Milford; ". j. SChlacEs. f.
T. SchIacks. z. H. Roberts. Denver;
S. e. Robbins, Robertson; NJ. H. Akin,
Fort Collins, Colo: w. z. Sherwood,
Fort Collins; s. L. Chambers and wife,
Park City: s. o. Richardson. Coving-
ton, Ky; T. r. Foster. Denver; c. II.
Whitney. Park City; C. W. Gulbertsen.
Fark City; \. D. Cash. Provo; S. II.
Stimson, Provo; w. Fl. Jennings,
Omaha: c. J. Hafey, Eureka: Thomas
Lard, New York; S. A. Moffett. D. L.
Clifford. Korea.
Yesterdays arrivals at the Templeton
were J. Z. Bradley, St. Louis; H. H.
Perrin. St. Joseph; G. ". Curran. st.
Louis; E. J. Flynn, city; b. W. Os-
born, Denver; w. H. Wood, Rochester.
Walker House guests yesterday were:
Martin Makulkon. Merour: Peter
Burke, Tintic; r. Montgomery, Poca-
Lello; A. L. Hoppaugh. city: TheO. Rob-
ison, Idaho; A. Drummer and wife, Mil
Naukee; J. McCracker. s. Black, Chi
ago; C. W. Mendenhall. SDrinSville;
Il. D. Andrews, ]. E. Clennell, Mercur
9. 5. Shanklin, Chicago; c. H. Lacha-
mayer. Baltimore: H. Buffenmyer,
Louisville; J. z. Telling. Chicago: B.
". Cooper. Chicago: ]. T. Normile,
Chicago; H. c. Tavey, Chicago; s. NJ.
Baocock, Spokane; D. ". Henley, Spo-
Kane; L. H. Ankele ana wife, San
Francisco: Mr. and Mrs 'n'4
Coffeen, Chicago: James r. Keisen,
New York; A. A. Uffendill, New 1oIA:
7. H. Uotestine. Chicago; Mrs. A B.
Daggett. Warsow. n. Y; Mrs. NJ. E,
Cotton. Warsaw. n. y; c. H. O'Brien.
Chicago: C. r. Tuttle, Denver; w. ].
Wellington and wife, New York; s.
Horner, Chicago; J. P. Murphy, ST.
Louis; 4. Zuckerman, San Francisco;
7. Meyerstein, San Francisco; NJ. Hart,
omaha; J. F. Kirkendall. Chicago; A.
!. Condor. Chicago; S. J. Schwenger, /
r. a. McAllister, Mil
vaukee; DR.. w. ]. Barlow, New York;
T. Il. Boshard, Provo: j. E. Hendry,
san Francisco.
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