The evening times., 1896-09-10
F PUN CHIN HAS CONE
Korean Minister and Family
at the Capital.
He Is FOND OF ICE CREAM
While In New York Chin Kept the
Walters at the Hotel Busy Serving
Him With This DeIicacy-Con-
suned All There Was on the Cana
dian Pacific Train.

is today getting acquainted with his OIL
cial residence at the northwest corner OF
Thirteenth street and Iowa Circle. He
has not yet been about the city, and prob
ably Will not go out much until he has
learned more of American ways.
He will not be presented formally to
President Cleveland till Cttober. BY that
time, 1T is understood, he expects to have
learned much of the customs here, -espe-
cially In diplomatic circles. 1t is probable
also tha then he will be wearing the style
OF dress common to most countries.
TIE retiring minister, Pom kwong Sob,
will remain here until his successor has
been properly installed and has learned
the lines OF his duties. He will then go
to Seoul, the Korean capital, TO assume
the responsibilities of the presidency OF
the kings privy council.
With he new minister are his wife and
little son, Ye We Chung; his secretary OF
legation, Ye Eui tam, and an attaohe, Ye
Koi Sok One or two Korean servants
also accompany the party. The boy, fe
We Chung is rapidly learning to talk En-
gIish, while the secretary already knows
the language quite we'll
1t will be obscryedth ell the newcomers
have the sane first name. This does nof
mean that they are all OF the same I'M
mediate family, but that they are in the
same relationship, similar to members OF
q Scottish clan. The firstname most nearly
corresponds to our family or surname.
TALK ABOUT KOREA.
Secretary Ye Eui-tam was out early this
morning, for IA stroll abou tthe city aud came
in soon after Times reporter called at
The legation. He was told by Cashier Jen-
nings OF the reporters call and was willing
10 talk of his country and his trip to Ameri-
ca. He dresses in the style of the ordinary
citizen, and said he assumed that attire at
the time of his departure from Seoul.
Where is Prince PAX now?'' asked the
reporter.
"Oh, lie is in Japan
..Is he not permitted to return to 10
reac''
mo; he ran away from Seoul"
what is the condition of Korea now??'
There is peace throug ghout the land The
King is in control. There are only few
robbers at large and troops have been Sent
to suppress them.
"A concession has just been made to
an American firm, Morse. Townsend s. Co,
for the building OF the first railroad in our
country from the open port on the gulf to
the capital, Seoul The distance is thirty
miles and The construction had just begun
when lef: for America.
''Dr. Philip Joisohn, who was living in
Washington a year ago. has returned to
Seoul and is publishing a newspaper there.
1t is printed in English on one side and in
Korean on the other.
fnl = n,tr or hos -i-,tip
like books, which are quite different from
yours. is done from letters cut in blocks of
wood-what you call wood engravin
PASSION FOR ICE CREAM
The Korean mirister made a record in
New York as an ice cream eater Chin
and his party arrived at the Warwick
Hotel Tuesday night. What happened is
told by the papers OF the metropolis as
follows:
After the party had gone up in he ele-
vaior and it was thought everything was
quiet for tire night, commotion started
in the Cafes 1t was caused by the frantic
effort of the ste ward to sCrape up sufficient
ice cream to satisfy the Koreans appetite.
Every few minutes a fresh order for
; ice cream of a different variety would
come from the ENJOYS apartm ents. A
Christian Endeavor picnic could not be-
gin to equal the demand. The steward
thought that perhaps there was SOME sort
| of Korean religious ceremony going on
upstairs, in which ice cream cut a promi-
nent figure, but it was not so. 1t was all
used internally by the Koreans.
After looking at Pum's supper bill the
/ clerk put the hotel doctors card in an
pnypIop "a nd sent III nm to tie interpref or 6
room in case the minister's stomach should
ache in the night
Mr. Pun contracted the ice-cream habit
while en- voyage TO Vancouver by the steam
ship Empress OF China. On the dining cars,
coming East by the Canadian Pacific Rail
+ way, the walters would assume a look OF