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The Korean Repository: Local Edition
Vol. 1
No. IV March 2, 1899 Published Every Thursday H. G. Appenzeller
Geo. Heber Jones Editors George C. Core
Business Manager MEMORIAL
SERVICE AT THE CATHEDRAL. The
memorial services at the French cathedral in honor of
President
Faure last Thursday morning were of an imposing
character. The interior of the
cathedral was very artistically decorated, especially
around the altar and the
catafalque. A crown of evergreens, the gift of the
French Minister, and a large
cross of evergreens presented by the French residents,
entwined by the national
flag, were prominent and much admired. The sisters
deserve much credit for the
decorations of which they had entire charge and but
three days in which to
perfect them Promptly
at 10 o’clock grand mass was celebrated by Father
Poisnel,
rector of the parish. After mass, bishop Mutel
assisted by two pro-vicars,
officiated at the funeral services close by the
catafalque. All the Foreign
Representatives and many of the residents of Seoul
were present. Monsieur
Collin de Plancey, the Hon. H. N. Allen, the Minister
of the Imperial Household, and
the Minister of Foreign Alin: had the seats of honor
at each corner of the
catafalque. All the French priests and seminary
students of Riong-san came up
for the occasion. The singing by the boys from the
orphanage was excellent and
the whole service most impressive. FILIPINOES
WELL ARMED. The
Manila Times
says:—Americans coming in from the interior observe
that the insurgents seem
unusually well supplied with implements of war.
foreign to Luzon. Especial
notice has been taken of the rapid fire guns, Gatling
and Maxim, that they have
obtained in some mysterious manner. In all probability
sympathizers with the
revolution and the resistance at American dominion,
residing in Hongkong, have
managed to get several cargoes of munitions of war
into Aguinaldo’s hands
Certainly there is an excellent opportunity to land
supplies anywhere along the
coast on a still night. A
KOREAN SOCIAL. The
Epworth League of the Talsung Methodist church held a
delightful
social last Thursday evening. The women’s branch was
entertained by Mrs. Dr. Sherman
at her home. She was assisted by Mesdames Brooks and
Cobb. After a short
devotional program the women enjoyed social games and
closed with refreshments.
The men’s branch held forth at the hospital building.
Their program consisted
of speeches and music, and after its completion
refreshments were served. At
both places the evening seemed to be genuinely
enjoyed. City
and Country There
is a lull in the political storm. The
infant son of Rev. and Mrs. Ross, of Fusan is named
Dewey. Westminster
150° test oil for lamps; Mineral Colza 300° test oil
for oil
stoves. 2-4t TOWNSEND & CO., Agents. From
March 1st the Trilingual Press will discount silver
dollars and Korean
currency five percent until further notice. Geo.
C. Cobb, Manager. Miss
L. C. Rothweiler and Miss. L. E Frey of the Methodist
Mission left
Seoul last Friday for Chemulpo en route for the United
States on furlow. They
left Chemulpo on Sunday. Exchange
is going up again owing no doubt to the change of
commercial
relations in Japan. The paper yen has found its way to
the interior and commands
a premium there as well as here in Seoul. The
Emperor, as an expression of gratitude for the
recovery of His Royal
Highness the Crown Prince, has issued an edict
remitting the punishment by one
point of those committed for smaller offences. Feb.
20.11 the government abolished all passes which have
been necessary
for Koreans to enter the quarters where foreigners
live and in which is located
the palace. Now any Korean who likes may freely pass
this way. The
chief town of the Impi prefecture in the south was
recently
devastated by a tidal wave and 500 houses destroyed.
The prefect contributed
$100 with which the people bought straw and made
temporary booths in which to
live. A
friend living in the country on the receipt of our
first number writes:
“It was short but it seemed very long since the demise
of the Independent to
the birth of the infant Repository “He suggests the
paper be called KOREAN REPOSITORY
JR. encloses one yen and wishes us success We must
have more names on our list
than we have now to continue. Let every one send in
his name promptly. THIRD
AND LAST CALL.— From this issue no person in Seoul or
Chempulpo
will receive the Weekly Repository unless their names
are regularly entered as
subscribers. We have given three weeks notice and we
deem that sufficient. The
chief commissioner, in connection with the rebuilding
of the South
Temple to the God of War, having had a death in his
family he was deemed
disqualified for his post and another appointed. The
ancient laws of purity and
defilement still prevail. The
Imperial Korean telegraph office issued notice on
Monday that after
March 1st the following rates would he charged per
word: China 56 -en: Europe
Y1.04; Russia in Europe. Y 1.48; Russia, Asia, East,
Y1.14; Washington and New
York Y4.01. The
first article of the new treaty between Korea and
China makes We-ju
an open port. A Superintendency of Trade with a Kam-ni
sa and force of Chu sas
will be located there. Korea is to be congratulated
upon the policy of
increasing the number of open ports. During
the People’s Meetings last fall the Female Educational
Society
acted to have schools established for the education of
girls and an item of yen
3,000 was placed in the Budget. But up to this time
nothing has been done owing
to the opposition, it is alleged, of the Minister of
Education. Miss
M. A. Fish, M.D, while travelling in the country,
about 10 miles from
Pyeng-yang, Saturday, the 18th inst, had the
misfortune to fall off her bicycle
and fractured her leg below the knee. Mrs. Hunt was
with her at the time and had
Mrs, Fish fixed up in the only chair they had or could
get and had walked
several miles before the help sent post haste for had
arrived. Following on Mr.
Swallen’s severe sprain of both wrists, “as bad as a
break,” of a few weeks ago
makes us wonder if this thing is epidemic up in
Pyengyang. The
Acting Commissioner of Customs of Chinnampo, the
Imperial Russian
Viceconsul of Chinnampo, the President of the
Municipal Council of Chinnampo,
her Britannic Majesty’s proconsul of Chinnampo, and
the Chairman of the Road
Committee of Chinnampo, made a visit to Pyengyang on
official business lately.
When it is known that all these offices are combined
in one person—Mr. Eugene
Peugnet—it will be seen that consolidation is a fact
in Chinnamp0. NOTICE. A
mass meeting of western foreigners is called to meet
in the rooms of
the Seoul Union on the 9th inst at four p. m. to
discuss important matters
pertaining to the Foreign Cemetery at Yang-wha-chin.
By order of Chairman
Cemetery Committee. NOTES
FROM MOKPO. A
daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bell, Jan.
6th. 1899. The
large new Korean telegraph offices and post office is
nearly
completed Rev.
C. C. Owen, M. D., of Va., arrived at Mokpo Nov. 5,
1898, to join
Southern Presbyterian Mission. Friends
wishing to communicate with Mokpo should write via
Japanese post
and not by Korean. Rev.
Alex. Kenmure and Mr. A. A. Pieters en route to Cheiju
(Quelpart)
spent the day at Mokpo, Feb. 21st. Mr.
T. H. Yun, en route to Wonsan to accept the position
as Kamni,
passed thro Mokpo, Feb. 22nd. These visitors have
expressed great surprise at
the rapid growth of the foreign and native
settlements. Trade is booming and
already a large Japanese settlement is established. A
few Chinese, one British
subject, three Americans, and one Frenchman are the
other foreigners here. After
the sea wall is completed, with only a few hundred
dollars more
expended. steamers can come alongside the wharf and
thus do away with sampans
and cargo boats. A
new Japanese Consulate, an Imperial Post office, and a
$9,500.00 sea
wall are among the improvements to be begun next
month. Also a residence for
customs commissioner. Freight
steamers all almost daily and beginning with March,
the Higo and
Gen-Li will also run regularly. The magnificent harbor
is large enough to
accommodate all the fleets in the east. A man-of-war
can ascend the river here
24 miles. TELEGRAPHIC
NEWS. LONDON,
19. —Loubet was elected President of France, obtaining
483 votes
Meline, the only other candidate, receiving 270 votes. LONDON,
Feb. 19.—The Pavonia is safe. She was towed into the
Azores LONDON,
Feb. 20.—Loubet was supported by Radicals and
Dreyfusiks, and
Meline by Moderates and anti-Dreyfusites. An article
published by Beaurepaire
on Saturday virulently attacks Loubet accusing him
when premier of shielding
Baron Reinach from Panama prosecution. Hostile
demonstrations and shouts of
Panama marked Loubet’s return to Paris. Dersulede
harangued mobs and invited a
great demonstration against present regime on the
occasion of Faure’s funeral.
Disturbances continued until past midnight; 46 people
were injured and 250
arrests were made. Anti-Dreyfusite papers denounce
election as a public
misfortune and call Loubet that mediocrity who is
tainted by Panama. Moderate
journals and revisionists eulogize Loubet’s
uprightness and preach union and
pacification. LONDON,
Feb. 20.—Sir Michael Hicks Beach will submit to the
House of
Commons a bill for £34,000 to purchase annuity for
Lord Kitchener. LONDON,
Feb. 21.—Renewed demonstrations were made in Paris on
Sunday
evening when a mob smashed windows of Rothchilds’ bank
and of several newspaper
offices. A hundred arrests were made. English
correspondents in Paris believe
that the demonstrations are largely the work of paid
rowdies. The country
generally is satisfied with the election of Loubet BOOKS
AND PERIODICALS. We
have before us the “Annual Report of the Church of
England medical
work at St. Peter’s Hospital for women and children,
Seoul.” Katharine M.
Allan, M. D., is Physician in charge; sisters
and associates of St. Peter’s Community are nurses and
assistants; dispenser, Sister Margaretta., C. S P.,
and the Rev. A. B. Turner
is chaplain. The time covered in this report is from
November 14, 1896, to
September 30, 1898. Total attendance at dispensary,
16,140 Women, new cases 3,840,
old cases 6,301; children, new cases 1,090, old cases
2,000. Out practice, 707
visits were made, and 319 cases were admitted into the
hospital. This is a good
showing and we congratulate the Physician-in-charge
and her staff on the wide
sphere of influence they have. The
remarks by Dr. Allan which precede the classifications
of diseases
treated are very interesting. We remember hearing
similar comments about men
and boys no less than ten or twelve years ago. We
thought the that time would
work changes for the better but the doctors in our
mission have still the same
story and this report confirms it. A patient is sent
to the hospital but
refuses: (1) She lives alone and so cannot leave the
house. (2) ‘She has a
husband to cook and wash for, and if she remained away
he would take another
wife. (3) Care of an infant (4) The patient fears an
operation, and “drinking
medicine” she can come for daily. (5) Lives in the
country and cannot send
word. (6) Is a seamstress, laundress. etc, and if she
remains the work will
suffer, and lastly, the “Korean lady who would like to
remain but cannot, as it
not in accordance with Korean custom.” “Any
foreigner might do well to follow the example of a
Korean gentleman
with regard to his devotion and care of his aged
mother. When ill he cared for
her as we would for the most delicate infant, handling
and moving her in a
manner which is thoroughly Korean so far as time is
concerned but, I assure
you, with great gentleness. Strange to say the Korean
gentleman gives up his
work, no matter what his position, in order to nurse
his mother. When asked, ‘Why
do you not allow your wife or sister to do the
nursing?’ he replies, ‘because
she is my mother and it is my duty to care for her
when ill” Dr.
Allan pays a graceful tribute to Sister of St. Peter,
Kilburn, with
which we close this brief notice. “Of all the earnest
workers there are no
heroes in the strife who toil more earnestly for the
relief, the betterment and
material advancement of Koreans, than they. They visit
alike with ready,
willing steps, the palace of the magnate, and the
hovel of the pauper, patient
self-sacrificing, generous to a fault, with their
scanty hoard, they fill the
role of martyrs in a worthy cause, and exemplify the
highest virtues that give
nobility to human character.” |