Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-01
and other mourners are kept quite bTsy
with their weeping, wailing and sacrificing
Virtually q Prisoner,

and other mourners are kept quite busy
with their weeping, wailing and sacrificing.
Virtually Prisoner.
Within ten or twelve feet of the building
temporarily fitted up for the king. was a
one-kang, dirty, dingy room with the APP
pearances of a stable, which it was said
General Dye was TO occupy because his maj
esty insisted that he should be quartered
near him. When the usurpers. to their sur
prise (and chagrin) learned that he in or
der to comply with his majesty's wishes,
would for at least part of the time oc-
cupy that dingy hole, the guards at the
several gates in the wall surrounding the
large compound were instructed TO suffer
no one to pass them going in or coming out
without pass having three or four dis
unct seals upon it: and this pass was re-
fused General Dye. He became thus iseiat-
eu, MS interpreter, fearing to lose his
mead, having escaped from the palace.
Near his quarters in the annex of the liz
brary was the foreign cuisine and "A store
room of foreign provisions which his maj
esty until his removal had used whenever
ne entertained foreigner which was then
getting to be quite a common thing under
the new order of affairs in the government
AND of the quarters quite rendezvous was
made for foreigners coming and going: and
especially for the diplomats and their in
Vlted guests seeking audience. This ry-n :
devious seemed to be very ANNOYING and
dtsconceriEg to the usurpers. who desired
to limit the communication of his ma iesty
with the outside public much as possible
thus humiliating him and subjecting him
more and more to their eccentric will Iso-
iating General Dyes quarters accomplished
TINS. But the usurpers were not yet salts
ned. They seemed determined to drive, him
whether or no out of the palace inciosure
Patrols of from ten to thirty soldiers were
frequently, sometimes every hour or So
sent to his quarters, day and night Some
times, offering violence marching round and
round, as If they suspected that a dyna-
mite factory was secretly located there.
This continued right along. sleep being quite
out of the question. This was certainly
serving a potentate under difficulties. with
no prospect of recompense that might be
looked fer in the ordinary affairs of life.
He did not see the king again until the la
ter escape. in womans chair, some
weeks later to the Russian legation. which
feat was engineered by himself. female
OF his household "a Concubine) ana Ye Pom
Chin. the recent Corean minister at Wash
ington, who received his reward in high
rank and position. that he never could have
hoped to reach without such substantial
service.
How Gen. Dye Lives.
The quarters the general has usually &C.
cupied are similar to those which high Co.
rean officials and wealthy people habitually
occupy. The buildings are of cobblestone
mud and paper, one story, with tile instead
of straw roof (Which latter the commonalty
employ, and the floors are heated as are
all Corean buildings, by hangs (fiues). Cen
eral Min Yung Whan. who is about 10 go
to Washington as minister, was living in
these quarters with his father Chen finan-
cial minister wien the latter was asSas-
Sinated in an emeute in the year 1882, got
ten up, 1t is said, by the kings irroprcssi-
Die father, that INSCRIPTIONS old reprODate,
who, with his legitimate wife. died some
thing over year ago. General Dye has
lived here very quietly, surrounded by his
foreign fruit trees, etc. which. as is we'll
known, he has done more than any one
else to successfully introduce into the couu-
try. The royal family always shared ;ha
harvest from these trees and vines Even
the death of the queen did not deprive ct
Of her share. for those delicious fruits .are
though they Were tfoI Cureal. We. = part
of the sacrifice before her catafalune dur
Ing the long period of mourning. The gen
eral, although under his contract entitled
to months leave of absence caCn and
every year of his service was never per
mitted, as the condition of his n5a!tn de-
manded, TO take advantage ct the Slipuiu-
ton as it was claimed by the yolernraent
in each instance that leave was desired
that the political condition IF he country
would not justify his majesty in .osirg
MS services for so long "A time. lie has
therefore, remained in Corea continuously
Tor more than eleven years, sacrificing MS
nfd!th and without reaping UGH rew:ir p!
as the faithful might justly expect.