The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-01


Chlna. About two years as9 fluassaa
intrigue forced Mr. Brown % retire IA
favor OF q Russian protege. a British
battleship promptly reinslated him.
This is the man who has stood these
years firm as a rock in the way o. Rus
sia. which country merely wants 10 DO
the same thing for that country that
France and England have done to por-
tions Of China-deyour it,
Mr. Brown came into power IA
Corea when the finances Of the king
were in a fearful tangle No ofhcial
had a fixed salary. but grabbed what
ever he got his hands on and called il
square. Whenever an Official got
hold Of any public money from any
source he merely put it into his pocket,
applying il on his account.
There was no postal system When
ever any one wished to send a letter.
he applied to the most convenient Of
fetal, no matter whether he was magls-
trate or faotai. and drove a bargain.
The official held the applicant up for
all that be would stand and then sent
the letter. provided it was convenient
Mr.. Brown was the man finally
selected to inject business principles
into the affairs Of the nation. One OF
the first things he did was 10 get
lot of postage stamps printed and 70
attempt TO organize a sort OF postal
system On the stamps were printed
characters representing Great Corea."
As China exercised sort OF limited
sovereignty over Corea. the Chinese
minister promptly and vigorously OBJ
jected to the inscription. The king
dom had no business to consider It.
self great was the basis Of the pro-
test. The king sustained the objection
and refused to pay the printers bill
What's the use Of having men 60
around and sell these things anyhow.
, and only to have them struck on let
ters and blotted on again. growled
the king The old way is the best
anyhow" And II was some time be-
fore Brown was able to Introduce his
postal system into the country.
Brown soon got into favor with the
king because he kept books and, in a
, short time. got the debts Of the na-
, tion paid on without raising the taxes.
, But while fising IN the kings favor be
: was constantly having a peck Of
! trouble with the ministers and the Of
! fcials. These would want 10 havs
r their salary paid two or three times
each month. and frequently would bol
g up under assumed names in order L
get an extra rake-of out OF the treas
ury.
Until recently Corea suffered from
queen dowager. The old @ofnan rule
things with a high hand and cut mem
heads of in indiscriminate fashion
She finally forced the king to abdlcat
in favor OF his second son. the 10
cumbent
The first son Is dead, but he left
son, who is the legal heir to thl
throne This pretender has alwayl
been a source OF trouble. A few years
ago the corean government sent hin
TO London, agreeing to give him 3
monthly stipend, but the monel
|. stopped after the second month. L
sore distress the prince applied % al
old Quaker Of wealth named Braith
waite whose son was agent Of th'
British Bible Society In Japan ana
eighty acquainted with the Coreal
royal family Braithwaite lent q
els with which to cable to friends e
loan
The prince is now living in Toxic I
p, refugee. while his uncle and NJ
Brown have been running things /
~ home.