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- JUSTICE AND CRIME IN KOREA ~
By Maynard Shipey.

highway and an ak is laid by her, with
which all passers by, except noblemen,
are obliged TO give her a stroke on
the head until she is dead. The whole
town in which the murder was COM
mitted is in temporary disgrace; the
Judges are suspended, the Governor
removed and the town made subordin-
ate to another place; or at best only
a private citizen is left in authority.
This punishment Is now legally If not
actually abolished.
The wife is still looked upon in Ko-
rea as the personal property of the
husband and her life Is wholly in his
hands, so much so that he may kill
her summarily for any grave crime.
acquitting himself of all wrong by
merely producing proof of his wife's
guilt.
The Korean Jurisprudence permits
no conviction on a charge of felony
unless the man accused acknowledges
the crime. hence the introduction of
torture. Theoretically the torture is
applicable only in cases where the evi-
dences Of the prisoners guilt are very
strong, if not conclusive. Only a light
form of torture is legally allowable in
cases of misdemeanor. The torture of
witnesses is not permissible under the
law. But the Korean Judges have sell
dom scrupled to pervert or ignore
both the spirit and the letter of the
law and Judges have been known to
torture fatally men merely suspected
of a crime. On the other hand. ac-
cused persons are frequently acquit-
ted for a consideration, though the
evidences of their guilt are conclu-
sive. Since 1895 a mixed commission,
with the constant advice of the dis
tinguished jurist, M. Cremazy, has
done much to soften the cruelties of
a criminal code which is scarcely
equaled for its barbarity.
There are still fourteen different
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classes OF crimes which are punished
by death. The following are consid-
cred by the Koreans as the most
heinous offenses:
/. Crimes against the state.
2. Crimes against the person, the
sepulchers or the residence of the SOW
ereign. A person found guilty even
of climbing the wall of the Emperor's s
residence is put to death.
3. Disloyalty to country.
4. Crimes against the law of hu-
manity and nature, such are parricide,
matricide, the murder of ones own
children, etc.
5. The theft of official documents,
seals, goods or treasures.
6. Insurrection.
7. Burglary, theft with violence,
piracy. etc.
s. Murder, attempted murder,
homicide committed in a quarrel, kid
naping with violence married
woman or a young girl and many
other crimes of a similar character.
Many crimes not mentioned in the
code are also punished by death ac-
cording to the method Of interpreta-
ton, called by the Chinese ''pifuyu-
yuanyin," namely, by system of an
alogy. AS a matter of fact. until the
conclusion Of the Japan Chinese war
in 1895. capital punishment in Korea
was inflicted much at the will of the
so-called judge. Persons merely sus-
pected of crime were often so cruelty
tortured by their inquisitors that kind
death many times extended the hand
of mercy refused by the officers of JUS
tice.
AS in China and Siam, two legal
methods of executing criminals are
commonly mployed-decapitatio and
strangulation, though the old methods
are frequently used. contrary to the
new code. Until quite recently, culprits
who were executed by the sword were
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Koreans cling tenaciously to their an
clent customs. borrowed as they are
from the most ancient Chinese sources.
So ancient, indeed, are some of the
borrowed customs Of Korea that even
the tardy Chinese have outgrown them.
Thus we find Chinese elements in
Korean life that are more Chinese than
in China.
AS in nearly all countries where
slavery exists. the slave was subjected
TO the most inhuman punishments.
While it was regarded as hardly a
misdemeanor for a master TO murder
a slave. even upon the slightest provo
cation. yet the slave who resented his
masters blows by killing him was
cruelty tormented to death. First
then poured vinegar down his throat
through a funnel. When his stomach
was properly distended, they beat him
with cudgels until he burst. The pun
ishment for theft. until 1895. was al
most equally severe, thieves also being
DlutoAS IdAhPieo 10 oedlH. IN splle
of this horrible punishment, theft has
always been a very common crime
among the Koreans. Treason, as in
all absolute monarchies, is still pun
ished with the greatest severity, and
the penalty involves not only the actual
offender but the lives of all his kim
Dissertation Of graves is another capital
offense, which involves in its punish
ment all the male relatives Of the Of
fender to the fifth degree. The males
are beheaded. while the mother, wife
or daughter are usually poisoned
There are, indeed, few cases where
the husband is decapitated without the
wife being officially poisoned.
If a woman kills her husband she
is buried Up to her shoulders in a
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manipulate her small fingers carefully
and skilIfuIy, to beat her feather pill
lows each morning, to turn her mat
tress regularly, to spread her sheets
neatly and tuck them in at the corners.
to Iaunder her linen and change it at
set intervals. and to keep it properly
darned and mended. even if you, your
self, have to tear it on the sly occa-
sionally. Some day she will have to
see to the making and keeping of COM
Portable beds. and is not this way OF
training her mind and fingers more
agreeable and more impressive than
by Furnishing her by making her exert
her tiny strength to make up a large
bed?
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IF Crete had her Minos, China her
Yao and England her Alfred, dur
ing whose reigns a bag Of money
left by the wayside would be left
untouched, so the people Of Korea
look back 10 a golden age when no
doors were barred and all men lived
an honest life under the eight just laws
OF Ki-tse, their first ruler. Ki-tse. or
Kitsu. as he is sometimes called, an
ancestor Of the great Conrucius, was a
brother Of the Emperor Of China, who.
growing disgusted with the evils Of
Chinese court life, set out for Korea.
where he established a court Of his
own, became a powerful King, and was
beloved by all for his humanity and
justice. This was in the first quarter
OF the twelfth century, B. c.
Time came when the simple code Of
laws decreed by Ki-tse no longer suf-
feed for the complex civilization which
had grown up in Korea. Naturally the
ancient legislation Of China was drawn
upon 70 form a more elaborate juris-
prudence. During the ascendency of
the dynasty Of Mini (136s-1s4D, the
Korean criminal code attained the form
and substance Of a body Of laws which
have been handed down in all their
cruelty from generation 10 generation
with very little Improvement. Twice
since 17S5 the severity OF the Korean
code was mitigated by royal edict. but
in its main provisions It remained in
force until 1895.
The recent attempt TO graft the Glenn
ent Jurisprudence OF the West on the
crude and cruel Mongolian stock has
so far proven abortive Having re-
ceived no preparation for the institu-
tions Of Western civilization, the
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Her toy house must. Of course. have
its kitchen and therein every article Of
domestic use. from the teakettle to
the washtub. with all Of which she
should become perfectly familiar. With
such appurtenances, the making OF
mud pies will become a science as we'll
as a pleasure and the laundering of
her dolls frocks a familiar duty. She
will soon understand the use and abuse
Of every pot. kettle and pan and will
learn how to handle an ironing board
and a broom. When she has finished
playing house" she should be trained
10 leave her tins" shining and in their
proper places on the walls OF her
kitchen. her stove polished and her
tubs in order.
A Gining-table and all sorts OF dishes
are. above all. the most important OF
the little girls play outfit. Some day
she viii have 10 reach a mans heart
through his stomach. and nothing is
so conducive to a good masculine ap-
petite as a daintily and attractively
is a daughter Of wealth and expects
to hold a place in society she will need
to learn the art Of dinner giving; and
she can begin it's accomplishment right
in the nursery. Teach her the value OF
table ferns, white linen and shining
silver; teach her to pour tea and make
salad from babyhood; for there is
nothing so clings to and distinguishes
a girl as her baby training.
OF course. as soon as your girl grows
large enough to like duties as duties
she Will put aside her baby toys and
learn to do things in grown-up fashion.
But If she has already gotten the do
nestle fever. If she has already ac-
quired the home instinct. if she has al
ready learned something about every
thing in house. II is very likely that
she will, OF her own accord. enter upon
domestic duties with a vim, delight.
q confidence and a skill that would
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spirit in a girl from the days Of her
babyhood which makes her a good
housewife. Teach her to love home
making: train her TO look with inter-
est at a dish. with pleasure az dainty
table, with JOY at books and flowers
and brooms and pals, and with longing
at everybody's baby; and as sure as a
sunhower follows the sun. industry.
frugaIity. love and domestic success
will follow in her wake. Give her the
right object Of thought" and she viii
place her thought, and her talent, too.
upon that object.
1t is not necessary. as our grand
mothers. excellent housewives that
they were, once fancied to set our lit
tie girl at the daily grind Of welding a
darning needle, making heavy beds
and keeping a tedious account book
Such horrors alone are enough to make
any baby hate the thought Of house
keeping and to make her regard her
future husband as Prince Charming,
who will come to deliver her from the
ogre Of domestic drudgery and carry
her of to the happiness and luxury Of
life in a modern apartment hotel, or
even a clearinghouse. II you want a
child 10 love a thing it is a mistake to
make that thing a task. But there are
better and wiser and more effective
ways of turning a little girls eyes and
beart toward hor future 'home" and
the making of ii.
II any mother viii walk through the
toy department Of modern store her
eyes viii fail upon a thousand devices
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which the wise and wonderful toy
makers have hit upon for training a
child's mind. There are toy musical in
struments for cultivating the musical
instinct Of the baby, toy engines to in
terest the boy in the science Of me-
chanics. toy jewels. toy golf sets and
toy automobiles. In fact, every inter-
esting article that is made exists in
miniature for the miniature men and
women. Among all these toys there are
none so numerous or so wonderful as
those made expressly for the little girl
who would play at housekeeping and
mother" Dolls are so wonderfully
constructed that one almost expects to
see them come to life. They talk, sing.
laugh, walk and go to sleep. Dollys
bed is ideally built and fitted up; her
bathtub. her stoilet set, her clothes.
kitchen to her piazza hammock and
garden hose, are all as complete as
yours or mine, and all so cheap that
one wonders how they can net their
manufactures anything. Put your
money in some of these and see the ef-
feet upon your daughter.
But my little girl has whole room
full Of toys" you say, "and yet she
continues to remain tomboy. 1 buy
her French dolls and she plays with
her brothers steam engine and base
ball bat. I buy her brooms and dust
pans and she keeps the nursery looking
as though a thunder storm had swept
it
But merely buying" things for a
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ICyT HER zHE
HIT OF
CgOHlYE HOWE65
BY HELEN ROWLAND.

NHE modern small girl is reared
like an ancient Princess. she
is taught al the arts and graces
4 ana none O. the real usefulness OF
life. she Is trained 10 manicure
her little pink finger nails. TO value
her complexion. 20 wear her frocks
properly. TO speak French. TO under
stand music. 10 handle a horse and to
choose without fall the cut and color
most becoming 70 her.
Her mother plays. alternately. slave
snd clown 10 her whims. sews for her.
Emuses her and waits upon her. Her
father wastes his substance paying her
music bills. bonbon bills. cab fares and
boarding-schooI fees-and wonders if
he ever viii get around" TO buying
a new overcoat for himself. she is
sophisticated AZ eight years old and.
at that age. has already decided
whether she viii marry or train for
professlou ana what sort Of an estab-
lishment she would ike 10 keep.
AS 10 how she viii keep this es-
tablishment not a thought once en-
ters her pretty. Eighty head. She
fancies that modern housekeeping is
merely a matter Of getting the proper
servants ana catching "A husband who
can aTor5 L. pay them the proper
wages she knows she never viii be
called uron 10 bake or fry and she
thinks da-uin~ has gone out OF
fashion. Yet modern housekeeping is.
just like oId-fasllioned housekeeping.
an art-the finest Of al the feminine
fine arts. Home making Is q science:
and the home that is made by modern
servants is worse than a badly run
boarding house. Every real home"
has its being in the soul of the little
woman who is its mistress. It is as
much an expression Of her personality
as is a poem OF q song a reflection of its
author; and in fact n home" should
be something Of both a poem and a
song.
There are stuI q few "old-fashioned"
mothers who fancy they are dutifully
training" their daughters when they
teach them TO be frugal and industri-
GUS. TO count the price Of butter and
the pennies in a dollar and to darn
q sock until It is difficult to find an
undarned spot in It. But though
frugality IS a fine thing for every
woman 20 learn, II never yet kept a
husband nor made a homo. Industry.
too, is a wonderful talent. but too
much Industry has driven many a man
70 the club TO get away from the
woman who can never get away from
her work and her troubles.
II Is the cultivation Of the home"
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mother, teach her to love her toy
child" with that mother instinct that
is born in every girl baby. Once you
have accomplished this and have in
stilled in your little daughter the feel
ing OF responsibility for her dolly's well
fare you have sown the seed of domes-
ticity in her soul and heart and it Will
grow as you water it. If the modern
woman fancies her life Is complete
without children it is because as a lit
tie thing she was not taught to love
and value her dollies.
Every little girl should have a COM
plete housekeeping outfit. She should
have a bedroom set with bed, which
she can be taught to make up regu-
larly every morning; a full outfit OF
bed linen. pillows. etc Teach her to
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have been impossible had those duties
suddenly been thrust upon her.
Every curly haired girl who bakes
mud pies and plays make believe"
with your chubby-fisted boy is a pos
sible future daughter-in-law. a possible
maker Of his happiness or unhappi-
ness Remember that and also remsm-
Der that your own snail girl is going
to be responsible for the home life OF
the other wOmans son ard that there
is nothing which makes a woman so
attractive and fascinating in a mans
eyes as perfect ease and skill in the
dozen and one little domestic accom-
plishments-the ease and skill that
come only with the training that the
wise mother begins in her daughters
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small girl is like buying" servants for
big one. What you have got to do is
to teach her their use-to play with
your baby until she learns to love the
right kind of play.
The very beginning of a girls domes-
tic training is the cultivation of the
mother instinct" If your little girl
does not love her dollies, teach her to
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love them. If she looks upon them
merely as pretty trinkets Of bisque and
sawdust. teach her that they are her
own babies. just as she is yours, and
as such should be cared for. Get her a
doll that she can wash and dress and
comb and put to sleep; then teach her
how 10 do these things for it. If you
wish her to grow up to become a good
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-23
MURDERED IN
COLD BLOOD
CHINESE CLERK OF
w. C. IRWIN & co. KILLED LAST
NIGHT BY ANOTHER CHINESE.

What would seem to be a cold-bloOded
murder was committed last night about
s o'clock i'm a lane off Liliha street be-
tween School and Vineyard streets.
Lam 7. Chin, young Chinese clerk
employed in the insurance department
of w. G. Irwin & Company, was the
victim. He was shot down by another
Chinese named Lee Lui Lock. The lat
ter is now in prison to answer to a
charge of murder in the first degree.
Financial matters appear to have been
at the bottom of the affair The widow
of the murdered man knows but little Of
the transactions of her husband and the
statements made by the murderer are
of such a contradictory character that
the true status Of the case is difficult to
determine.
What ever the first cause of the shoot
ing was, the immediate cause of the
shooting appears TO have been the re-
fusal of the deceased to either lend the
murderer money or else his refusal to
endorse a note for $500 for Lock. Last
evening Lock went to the residence Of
chin. 1t Is claimed by the widow OF
the deceased, that Lock the older Chi
uese, tried to get Chin to endorse a note
for $500. Chin refused and a dispute fol-
flowed ending by Lock drawing "a re-
volver and shooting the insurance clerk
three times. Mrs chin ana a child
We're witnesses TO the shooting one OF
the bullets struck Chin in the chest, an
other i'm the stomach and third IN the
intestines Chin was taken 20 the
Queens Hospital for treatment but died
..s HHu .H
Lock is said 10 have shot twice al Mrs
chin aud then rushed out of the place
Harry Mossman, the clerk In the dep
luty sherfis department saw Look with
a revolver ANA placed the man unde
| arrest There is mo- dispute as 90 Wh'
/ did the shooting. Lock admits that h'
shot the other man. but claims self de-
Tense While on the operating tapl
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levned upon, and shah offer for sale
and sell at public auction, to the high-
est bidder, at the Police Station, Ka-
lakaua Hale in said Honolulu, at Il
o'clock noon of Friday, the oath day
of June A. D. 1904, all the right title
and interest Of the said Mrs. r. Dun
bar, Defendant, in and to the follow
ing described real property unless the
sum of One Hundred and TwentyLone
and 16-1OO Dollars, that being the
amount for which said Alias Execution
issued, together with interest, costs
and my fee and expenses are previously
paid:
All those certain premises on Kukug
Lane, Honolulu, being a portion of L.
c. A. 1896 to Ram III, containing
6724 square feet, and being those pre-
misses devised to Eliza Dunbar by will
of George Lucas as by Probate records
No. PTS.
Dated at said Honolulu this Gath day
Of May A. D. 1904.
CHAS. r. CHILLING WORTH.
Deputy Sheriff, Territory of Hawaii
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-23

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
First Circuit.-Territory of Hawaii
At Chamberlain Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Francis
co Comes Capicha, Deceased.
Order to Show Cause on Executrix's
Application to Sell Real Estate.
On reading and filing the Petition of
Virginia Comes, EXecutriX of the will of
Francisco Comes Capicha, Deceased,
praying for an order of sale of certain
real estate belonging to said deceased,
consisting of three lots of land situated
on the south slope OF Punchbowl Hill,
Honolulu, all of the value of about S5,-
900, and setting forth certain legal rea-
sons why such real estate should be
sold, to-wit: That there is no personal
property in the estate and certain
claims against the estate are still I'M
paid.
y 1t is hereby ordered: That the heirs
and next of kin of said deceased and all
persons interested in the said estate, ap-
pear before this Court on Monday, the
9th day of June, A. D. 1904, at 10
o'clock a. m, at the Court Room of this
Court, in Honolulu, then and there to
show cause why an order should not be
granted for the sale of such estate.
And II is further ordered, That no
tice of this order be published daily for
ten days before the said day of hearing,
in the Hawaiian Star newspaper pub
lished in Honolulu, the last publication
to be not less than ten days previous to
the time therein appointed for said
hearing.
Dated at Honolulu. June 10, 1904
(SeaD w. ]. ROBINSON,
Judge Of the Circuit Court of the First
Circuit.
Attest:
NJ T. SIMONTON.
Clerk of the Circuit Court of the First
Circuit.
Thayer g. Hemenway, 6O2-S-4 stangen-
valid Building. Attorneys for Execu-
triX.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-06-23
BYAUTHORITY
PAYMENT OF WATER RATES.

As provided f, in Section l, Chapter
XVI of the Session Laws of 1886:
All persons holding water privileges
or those paying water rates, are hereby
notified that the water rates for the
six months ending December 31st 1904,
will be due and payable at the office
of the Honolulu Water Works, on the
first day of July 1904.
lTo all such rates remaining unpaid
Shsyuly 10th, 1904 or 10. days after the
same are due an additional charge of
10 per cent will be made and become
due by the person holding the privilege
All privileges upon which rates re-
main unpaid August IS, 1904, GO days
after becoming delinquency, are subject
to immediate shut off, without further
notice.
Rates. are payable at the Office of the
Honolulu Water Works in the Capitol
Building, which has been moved Up
into the office of the Chief Clerk, De-
partment of Public Works. a..
]. w. ROWLAND,
superintendent of Honolulu water
Works.
Honolulu, T. H, June 10. 1904.
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HEAVY BONDS
WERE EXACTED
KERR HAD TO FUR
NISH BOND OF $5,OOO-Is TO BE
ARRAIGNED ON THE 27TH.

Heavy bonds were eXacted at San
Francisco in the case of Third Engineer
Kerr of the transport Buford, who was
arrested in San Francisco on cable ad-
vices from here, on a charge of assault
and battery on the high seas, to which
he will have to answer before Judge
Dole. The San Francisco Chronicle has
the following about the case:
John Kerr, third engineer of the
United States army transport Buford,
was arrested by United States Marshal
Shine yesterday on cable instructions
from the United States Marshal at Ho
nolulu. The telegram stated that Kerr
was wanted on the charge of assaulting
and beating Frank Ramos, fireman,
while the ship was on the high seas
Ramos jaw was broken, and he is now
in the marine hospital and said to be in
a precariOus condition. The United
States Commissioner fixed Kerr's bond
at $4,000, which was furnished by Cap
tains Arthur McCracken and Alexander
Woodside.
Kerr says the assault was committed
in the harbor at Nagasaki on May 18th,
while the ship was at anchor He said
that he acted purely in self-defense.
Ramos, ne said, disobeyed his orders
and was defiant. When he ordered him
below the man made move to strike
him, and the blow on the jaw was the
result,
Kerr will be arraigned on Monday
the 9th"
Kerr's statement that the trouble oc-
CURED in Nagasah harbor is denied by
witnesses who were examined by Unit
ed States Attorney Dunno and Marshal
Hendry. According to their testimony,
the night happened two days out from
Nagasaki