The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-28
TROUBLES OF THE MKADO.
Ex-MIyIsTERs OF THE KOHEAN
CABINET ARE EXECUTED.
MisEuided Japanese Journalists Are
Sentenced to imprisonment. and
Even the Poor Typo, who Set The
Type, LapRuishes I'm Prison.

VANCOUVER. b. C.. June T-Fron pa
pers received BY the Empress OF China
today II seems that the Japanese gov
eminent il very angry at the secret exc
cution % An Kyeng Su and Kwon Young
Chin, former cabinet ministers Of the
Korean government and leaders Of the
progressive party. who were privately
on the night Of May q. Both were in
the plot which eliminated in the assas-
sinaiion 81 Queen Min at Seoul. IN 1885
For the past four years they had
been refugees In Japan, and returned TO
Korea under the protection OF the Jap
anese minister Despite this chaper-
onage An and Kwon were tortured into
making a fuii confession, were then beaten
and strangled and their bodies exposed as
traitors at the big bell and afterward
drawn and quartered The japanese min
lister tried TO prevent the execution, but
vas refused audience with the Korean
king on account OF the iatteF's alleged
Illness. All OF the Korean officials con-
nected with the death Of Kwon and An
have been sentenced to transportation,
and have already been sent into exile.
the latter proceeding being an attempt
on the part Of the Korean king 90 APP
pcase the japanese government, which
had demanded an explanation from ko-
rea This explanation has been rendered
by the Korean minister OF foreign az
fairs but II not satisfactory TO japan.
The misguided japanese journalists who
published an Objectionable article CON
corning the crown prince and his bride
have paid dearly for their folly. The
Tokyo local court rejected the plea OF
insanity set up on behalf of Yamakawa,
the editor OF Semen No F>ukuin. who pub
lished the article grossly disrespectful 70
the prince imperial. and sentenced him
nd
ment nj hard labor and fine OF 11u yen,
as well as police surveillance for one year:
Morita. who copied the article, received
the same punishment. and Wakabayashi.
who set W the type. was condemned 10
eight months imprisonment. hne OF
30 yen and six months police surveillance.
As these men cannot be expected TO pay
their nnes, their confinement, in jail with
OUT labor will be- protracted as many days
as the number OF yen defines.
The Kokurnin shimbun publishes a very
circumHtantiai statement 10 the eNect
that the Standard OIL Company has pur-
chased tract OF land In the Mishima
district Of Echigo. and that trial borings
for Oh will be commenced Immediately
In the region between Miyaii and Iwakata.
large party OF foreigners. including
the c0mpanys experts, visited the prov
tirntions selected the place here indi-
Gated This purchase In the interests
OF the oil company was effected by Edwin
Dunn formerly United states minister to
Since the renewed outbreak Of tho
piague az Osaka thirty-nine persons
died % 20 June 5. since which time. prior
10 the departure OF the steamer. eight
more deaths we're reported. In Shizouka
during the same period eighteen natives
were attacked by the dread disease, and
all died.
The Hlissisn steamer Usuri ran ashore
on the Aoesi OF Hizen and was a total
wreck, during severe storm early this
month She was being used ~ trans,
troops All Of tho soldiers. however
were rescued and were taken 10 Nakasaki
by the steamer Vladimir Moromaeh
The kobe Shimhun reports collision
b.twecn the japanese sailing ship sunni
yoAh Maru and the English steamer
Jotepolis, on the night OF May rs. on
Osaka. The japanese vessel sank az once
but her crew were rescued without In
Jury