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Rathbone Cuban Postal Frauds
By S L Beckwith
Written for the Sunny South.)
HB trial of the post office
cases, although hampered
by various defays and in
terruptions, is going vigo
rously on. But very little
progress so far has been
made, f-i-d It Is probable
that many weeks will pass
before the end Is In sight.
The matter has been a veri
table nightmare to Amer
icans. The national honor
was practically up for trial,
and the Cuban, always sus
picious and impetuous, has been hard to
convince that the United States stood
ready to see Justice done, even though
it worked' a punishment upon her own
sons. —
Some months ago an explanation of the
procedure in the criminal courts of the
Island art reared in the press, giving an
JVtllhe of theOvarlous steps taken before
the oral trial came, on, hence it is su
perfluous now to refer to that phase of the
case. The ora, trial is the one now on.
The fiscal, or prosecuting attorney, made
out his case some time ago and asked of
ihe orurt punishment commensurate with
the offens'.s. There were eleven counts
made. In Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of which Rath-
bone, Neely and Reeves are held equally
guilty. No. 1 calls for ten years' im
prisonment and a line of 1122,631; No. 2.
six years' Imprisonment and a line of
$s58; No. 3 has three headings, aggregating
in linen l-f^.37, and imprisonment of four
year* and six months. No. 4 imposes a
line ol $3,299, and imprisonment for one
year.
Rathbone alone Is Implicated in Nos.
5, 6 and 7, with the exception of case 4
of No. 7, where Neely and Reeves are
held responsible with Rathbone for shar-
'sing in the appropriation made by the lat
ter of 9673.23, the findings of these num
bers being as follows: *!o. & a fine of
$3,all; No! 6, a tine of S1...U5; No. 7. case
No. 1, tine of $,44; case no. 2, line of
MX) and six month*' imprisonment; case
3, line of $697 and six months' Imprison
ment; case 4, line of $959 and six months'
imprisonment for Rathbbne; line of $637
and a like term of Imprisonment for
the other parties; case 5, fine of
941. Nos. 3 and 9 hold Neely alone
responsible; the first imposing by cases
1 and 2 imprisonment of six months each;
In case 3 fine of $236. While held respon
sible und-r No. 9. no punishment Is ask
ed, as the same is not a crime of em-
b* zzlement, for which the extradition of
Neely was asked.
No. 9 deals with the charges of bribery
In connection with purchases of furniture
from the Keyless Lock Company, and the
percentage made on purchases of supplies
of stationery, etc., from the Neely Pub-
ishtng Company, he being the owner of
same and charging the department of
posts Whatever priee he chose* thereby-
reaping a handsome profit. No. 10 call3
for one year's Imprisonment of Rathbone
and Neely. No 11 calls for a fine of $1,800
'and one year's imprisonment for Neely
and six months' Imprisonment of Moya
and Macaro.
It will be seen therefore that the fiscal
asks for twenty-five years' Imprisonment
for Neely, twenty-four for Rathbone and
twenty-two for Reeves,
Tertna nix months each for Moya
Which and Macaro, these last
May, B— ’-"ine implicated In
Mwtwd fraudulent returns of
Offindcrt stamp sales; the fines ag
gregating something over
$166,478.
We in taught that a man must be
innocent until he is proven
BN$W,..knd it is to be supposed the ac-
nilll can make some sort of a defense.
The* outlook is bad, however, for very
careful Investigation was made of the
(duiTges by Inspectors and officials ap
pointed by the United States. Likewise
the fiscal appointed to prosecute the
cases has the reputation of being a
very Careful, conscientious man. Every
right which the accused could claim un
der the laws Has been allowed them,
and a great amount of time granted In
which to make preparation.
A slight review of the case and charges
made might not be out of place just
now.
Charles F. W. Neely, while a subordi
nate of General Rathbone, may be con
sidered the prime offender, for he. it
seems, has reaped the lion’s share of the
profits, also being the promoter of the
various nefarious schemes for appropriat
ing Cuban postal funds, what General
Wood calls the "widows money.”
Very shortly after the Induction of
General Rathbone into office he created
the bureau of finance, appointing Neely
as chief of same. Tb him was assigned
the charge and custody of postage
stamps, stamped envelopes and postal
cards, the supplying of postmasters upon
tlieir requisition with these stamp sup
plies and rendering' an account of these
transactions to the director of posts ev
ery quarter. He also had the manage
ment of all blank supplies for the de
fy/, Rathbone. late director of posts
partment and postmasters and the distri
bution of same.
He was required to give bond with good
and approved security. Neely had been
engaged In the newspaper and printing
business in Muncle. Ind., and had never
A NEW SANATORIUM
>r the Care of Nervous and Chronic
Diseases, Opium, Morphine and
Whisky Habits.
Dr. B. M. Woolley, of Atlanta, Ga., in
tditfon to his home treatment, some two
ars ago opened a first-class sanatorium
r curing this class of afflicted, and his
iccess has been simply marvelous. Pa
ints have come from all parts of the
untry, north, south, east and west, who
ive been cured and returned to their
milles and friends free and happy,
le sanatorium is now full and others
siting for room to go in and be treat-
rhe work is a great and good one
id does cure these diseases. It affords
great pleasure to recommend such an
stltution to the public, when there are
many frauds perpetrated on suffering
imsnity. Write to Dr. Woolley and he
II give you full particulars, and you
III no doubt be more than pleased with
• treatment
had any experience In postal affairs, nor
in handling large amounts, of money or
in keeping accounts. During the same
month a bureau of postal accounts was
created. W. H. Reeves, a clerk in the
postoffice department in Washington, be
ing appointed chief of that bureau. The
purpose of this bureau was to keep a
record of all receipts and expenditures
claimed to have in Missouri, and then
go to California to see his wife. He
states that he received the cable mes
sage too late to take the return steamer,
but the fact remains that he left New
York, proceeded westward and was ar
rested in Rochester.
The story of his long fight to avoid
extradition, carrying his case to the
Charles F W Neely, late Chief Bureau of Finance (in vault)
of the department of posts, and ought
to have served to keep a check upon the
transactions of the bureau of finance.
The books of this department opened ac
counts with bonded postmasters, while
no accounts were kept with unbonded
postmasters, all remittances from these
being treated as cash.
Postmasters were not required by
Neely to report to the Bureau of Postal
Accounts the amounts of their requisi
tions or remittances, therefore the chief
of that bureau could only secure informa
tion on these points from Neely, chief
of the bureau of finance, and consequent
ly there was no check upon his trans
actions, giving an opportunity for exten
sive embezzlement, which it is claimed
he made liberal use of.
His sources of revenue arose from re
mittances of postmasters on«postal ac
counts and box rent accounts, remit
tances from purchasers of penalty en,
velopes, remittances from postmasters
and employees in payment premiums
on bonds, money order fees, and numbers
of miscellaneous Items. .
It Can be understood how tedious was
the ^examination of the accounts of this
buretre, particularly when It is known
that Ledger "A" eov-
Difflcultlsa ering the transactions
Mat By of tihe calendar year
Ihs 1899. had been destrov-
Uw'i ed or concealed before
Atfsnli the investigation began.
The inspectors had to
go through all the receipts and requi
sitions of postmasters on flie, examining
the stubs of various receipt books, com
pare these with letters of transmittal
and verifying these by a scrutiny of the
correspondence of the bureau with post
masters and other persons whose cor
respondence related to’ financial trans
actions.
As the result of this exhaustive, re
search the debits and credits on Neely's
books from January 1, 1899, to April 28,
1900, show a deficit of $119,961.20. With
the exception of May, 1899. every month
shows a greater amount received than ac
counted for, December, 1899,. having the
largest deficit—$19.410.28—while January,
1899, the month Neel}' took charge, shows
a deficit of $317. The fiscal in his report
states that the appropriation. of these
amounts could only have been accom
plished throuh the collusion of Rathbone,
Neely and Reeves.
The matter of the alleged destruction
of a large amount of surcharged stamps
was very carefully probed. It is claimed
that Neely fornled the purpose of cover
ing up a large defalcation by the de
struction of these stamps, which he
states was carried into effect September
11 and December 13. 1899. The records In
the office show the total amount of. sur
charged stamps on hand at close of
August. 1899. was $’03,239.06. while the
amount alleged to have been destroyed
amounted to $392,389.37. a difference of
$99,330.31.
It appears to he likewise proven that
the number on hand August 31, 1899. was
not destroyed, for a quantity of these
stamps was sold to stamp dealers subse
quent to that time, also to the general
public through the Havana postofflee.
The other charges made are in regard
to disallowed expenditures of Genera!
Rathbone. duplicate vouchers drawn and
cashed, fraudulent freight charges, crook
edness in regard to sale of French and
SpanlsOi gold coin, exchange of copper
moner. fraud connected with daily sales
of stamps, etc.
After General Wood assumed control of
the military government of Cuba, he
made various efforts to secure a report
of postal affairs from the director gen
eral of posts, who by one excuse and an
other delayed complying with the de
mand. finally asserting that his depart
ment was separate and distinct from
the military government, under the Im
mediate control of the postmaster general
of the United States. Ahont this time
a good deal of talk was going around a=
to matters not being straight in the postal
department. It/was rumored that Neely
had boasted of having made a hundred
thousand dollars since his arrival in the
island, and the matter assumed such
shape that finally the military governor
ordered Colonel Burton, inspector general
of the Island to make an inspection of the
postofflee accounts.
At the beginning' of this inspection
Neely applied for leave of ab
sence, making arrangements to sail
from the Island on the 28th of
April, 1900. and although he knew
that Ms department, with the rest, was
to be Inspected, he carried his determina
tion to leave into effect, though it is
asserted some of the officials endeav
ored to dissuade him from his purpose,
considering the circumstances. He had
scarcely arrived in New York when
era! Rathbone called him to return,
which order he did not obey. He stated
on leaving that he would visit his Lome
In Indiana, likewise some lead mlniR he
GET HAD
When. Friends Tell the Truth.
Many people become coffee topers be
fore they realize it, and would be angry
If thus described even by a close friend.
It will pay anyone to examine carefully
Into whether or not coffee ha* gained
the mastery over them. A coffee toper
may sUspect that his or her a: Is come
from coffee drinking, hut they will inva
riably charge the disease to some other
cause, for right down in the heart they
realize that it would be practically Im
possible to give up coffee, so they hope
against hope that it does not hurt them,
but it goes on with its work Just the same
and the result Is complete collapse and
nervous prostration. lasting sometimes
for years, unless the poison that causes
the disease is discontinued.
■ There are -hundreds of thousands of
illustrations of the truth of this state
ment.
"Any person addicted to coffee can make
the change from common coffee to Pos-
tum Food Coffee without trouble, provided
the Postum Is properly prepared so as to
oring out the color, flavor and food value.
It has a rich black brown color and
changes to the golden brown when good
cream is added.
The change will werk wonders in any
one whose nervou8 system or stomach
has been unbalanced or disturbed by cof
fee.
hotel bills from the Cuban postal' fund*.
He visited HaOnlltoft. Ohio, Cincinnati
and Cleveland "upon pri vate legal ^busi
ness of his own. the expenses of which
were paid by postal funds.
His hotel billfe in New York and Wash
ington on more than one occasion showed
the Impossibility of these being for. him
self alone. The list Is Interminable of
private accounts paid for by his depart
ment-hats. boots, rain coats, uniforms,
etc., for coacbmarf and footman, brass
buttons at a dollar a dozen. Japanese
lanterns, talcum powder, wines, cigars,
coach hire—every sort of expense. When
items failed, the word "miscellaneous''
was made to do duty for various sums,
though sometimes, for instance, among
traveling expenses, after enumerating
fare, coach hire, baggage, cigars, wines,
etc., "miscellaneous” made up the bal
ance of the sum represented by the
voucher.
It is all hard to understand, and the
trial going on now seesm to be making
slight headway. At the .beginning of the
trial one hundred and. eighty-seven wit
nesses appeared upon the list, though
a good number of these,,will not appear
In person, but have answered Interroga
tories.
Neely, naturally, refuses to talk. He
receives a visitor upon occasion cordial
ly, looks well and composed, confident.
He begged a press representative recently
to correct one report concerning Mmself
to the effect that he had stated his fear
in regard to the inability tb secure justice
In a Cuban court. He says that he Is
satisfied his case will be tried impartially,
and he is willing to abide the result.
. He dreaded much, however, standing an
investigation and trial.
So far.
held M* writ . .. .
contradicted Himself more than once.
Corydon Rich, Neely’s chief cleric, who
.turned state’s evidence, 'has not been
upon the stand as yet. General Rathbone
has maintained the same' haughty de
meanor which characterized him from the
beginning. It is impossible to foresee
the result, though mny Americans believe
conviction certain.
The fines and penalties look very por
tentous, but this is the report of tho
fiscal after the preliminary trial. When
the oral trial is completed the fiscal makes
another report, and modifies the sentence,
which then is taken into consideration
by the court.
The Innocent always suffer with the
guilty, and it would be a hard heart
indeed who would not sympathize with
Mrs. Rathbone through all this dreadful
trial. Mrs. Rathbone, from the tln»e of
her coming to Cuba, ‘ bent every energy
toward helping the unfortunate, the poor
and the suffering. While prominent In
society, she devoted most of her time
to these noble works. She was the presi
dent of the Red Cross Society, had in
charge many asylums and charitable in
stitutions throughout the island. Like
wise she undertook to help that hardest
of all classes to assist, reduced gentle
women. She made a fad of their fine
needlework, organized the Cuban Needle
woman’s Guild, which received/ and dis
posed of the work of many ladies, who
disliked to have their names appear upon
their work. Upon one occasion Mrs.
Rathbone Induced a firm in the states to
place an order for $7,000 worth of drawn
work with the guild. She secured many
large orders for this work and disposed
her energy
tact many families
suffering and' want. All
godd woman, who In her hour •
Ity remembered those In adversity
One of the most pitiful scenes Wifi
business ^ias called into being was en-^ ,
acted the night that General' Rathboan 1
was put under arrest' and removed
the vivac. General Wood was absent
and Colonel Scott, the adjutant general,
acting military governor. Mrs. Rathbone
sought out Colonel Scott and In a frenzy
of despair begged that her husband be
allowed to remain in his house under
guard, not to suffer -the disgrace of the
vivac. Colonel Scott was cStupefied to
obey his orders, though hew as much agi
tated. Mrs. Rathbone. it is said, even
threw hersefif upon her knees before him.
Colonel Scott was most tender and pa
tient with the afflicted woman, but duty
bade him refuse, though she pleaded with
him for long hours.
After the first shock Mrs. Rathbone
seems to have been very brave and hope
ful, though her countenance bears the
traces of care and grief. The other day
I saw her riding in from Vedado, where,
she now resides. In an army dougherty.
drawn by army mules. She wore a cotton
dress and plain straw hat. occupying a
place beside an army nurse. A sad and
great change from the position of two
years ago, wife ■ of the director general
of posts, riding in her handsome carriage,
with coachman’ and footman in livery,
dressed in handsome garments, the ad
mired of ail, the beloved of many. She
is a good woman and for her sake may
the clouds over this unhappy business be
dispelled.
Quickened By Foreign Capital Kor*ea Is
Rapidly Developing
Ton Continually K’hawjt $nd Spit
^RRS "the Back of Your Nom Leaks
N»nty, Putrid Clota Into Your
If You Haye Foul,
ng Breath, That
Is Catarrh.
Large Mai Package Free-Qalckly Cares
arsaa having catarrh always has a bad
The Mas? of smell and taste arc rc-r-
ly always totally destroyed In time so that
the persoa who has catarrh doe« not realize
how loathsome their disease is. They continue
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supreme court of the United States, is
ancient history, and needs
Lonff Fight no recapitulation here.
For After many months his
Liberty position was not sustain-
Urv avail- cd; he was brought to
Havana and placed In
. the carcel, where he has
been ever since.
Neely came here highly recommended
to the director general of posts by Perry
M. Heath, first assistant postmaster gen
eral. He received on entering upon his
position $150 per month;'later advancing
somewhat, until at the time of his leav
ing the Island, his salary amounted to
$3,000 per annum. When arrested he had
in his possession eleven $500 bills and
some loose bills and coin, United States
money, amounting In all to Blx thousand
and some odd dollars, while to his credit
in Muncie, Ind., and elsewhere the in
spectors discovered something like $50,000.
During his sixteen-months’ residence in
Cuba he had paid off notes and mort
gages which had been running some
years, invested in a brick yard near
Havana, and had some other invest
ments,
W. H. Reeves was one of the trained
men sent out from the postofflee depart
ment in Washington to assist in organ
izing the Cuban postal service. He was
highly commenced by A. R. Lawshe, of
the department, who afterwards had
charge of the auditing of : postal accounts
In Cuba, and to whom great credit is
due for his’untiring energy and capacity
In ferreting out of a mass of heterogene
ous matter many patent facts, simplify
ing the work of the prosecution; some
what.
Neely was- the brainy man in these
transactions. He seems to have conceived
the ideas, and bent weaker men to his
will.
It is hard to understand how General
Rathbone could have allowed matters to
get' into sudh a tangle. He Is no fool,
in faet, Is a very shrewd - man, yet he
seems to have been guided by Neely
in ■ every transaction where, money was
involved. Neely had . but to ask him
to put his name to a voucher, apparently,
for him to comply.
He was weak upon some other points
likewise. He seems to have conceived
a jealousy of his co-laborers here, those
connected with the military government.
In his correspondence with the post
master general in regard to an official
residence, he complains of the greater
style in which the military governor, the
governor of Havana and the province,
as well as some other officials were liv
ing. In one letter he says that he has
set such a high-water mark in his man
ner of entertaining that his salary is
insufficient to permit the continuance
of the same, and makes application for
an increased sum. He also says In effect
that "we' (himself and his wife) have
taken a higher place socially than any
of the other official families, and for
that reason he must support the impres
sion created.
He has a shadow of right to his Ex
penditures in the way of leasing a house
and using postal funds for his living ex
penses in Havana, but
Perzonzl doubtless he went far be-
Bills Put A yond the limit expected of
From him, when he clothed his
Public servants in expensive llv-
Purse eries and set up bond-
some equipages at the
public charge, traveling where he would,
in the island and in the states, not al
ways upon official business, paying his.
Own and party's railway, steamship and
By Prank G Carpenter
(Written for The Sunny South.)
The little country of Korea is having
an industrial and mining boom. Its gold
regie ns are opening up, its coal deposits
are bring prospected and railroads are
planned to cover every part of the penin
sula. At Shanghai I met Leigh Hunt, of
Seattle, who. in connection with J. Sloat
Fassett, of New York, has one of the
most valuable mining concessions of this
part of thte world. He has the absolute
right to a country, about as big as Rhodo
Island, some distance from the Korean
capital, which Is rich in gold.
This territory has been worked for
ages, but In the crudest manner. The
Koreans had no machinery. They washed
off tbi top of the placer mines, but were
not able to reach the bed rock. They did
a little quartz brining by chipping out
the ore with their soft iron tools. They
would make holes in the',.hock and fill
them with fuel. Thte'belng Ignited made
tbs rock red hot, when they .would pour
in water and thus crack the surface, so
that they could chip it off. The ore thus
obtained they crushed by rolling huge
stones over it.
They had no pumps and could not go
deep on account, of the water. The shafts
wure emptied Dy bailing them out with
gourds, which were passed from man to
man to the surface. Whenever a stream
or permanent water was struck the shaft
was abandoned.
Fasaett and .Hunt have introduced the
bast of modern mining .machinery. They
are now operating,three mills, or in all
about eighty stamps, and they wifi soon
have another mill, which will give them
altogether 12C stamps. They expect to
put In an electric plant of sufficient ca
pacity to operate-all their mining ma
chinery, and for this water will furnish
the power, ^ ■
I understand that the property is being
worked very cheaply and et a great profit
There are aboutslkly American and Eu
ropean experts atfcpr.q- the-c^LplGyecs, and
about 4,000 Koreahk! The Koreans receive
25 cents a cl^y, anjl do.jiot kick on long
hours. The-concession gives the company
the standing trees i>n the.laud at 34 cents
gold per cord; thlalg said to'be sufficient
to timber the mines. Until lately all the
hauling has been do*ie with the bullock
carts of the co’uritry, but American
wagons are now used and other kinds of
our machinery wilt be Imported.
Korea promises to be a second Califor
nia. When I first visited it fourteen years
ago I was shown 'quills filled with gold
dust and pin-head nug-
A Land gets. The eoollek brought
of Gold them in and traded them
Second to the merchants. At that
loCalU time the country was
fornit producing about $3,000,000
worth of gold a year
from its placer mines. The yield was
even greater when-1 Visited Korea In 1894,
just before the' war between China and
Japan, although no modern machinery
had yet been used. ' ’
General Greathouse, of California, was
then adviser to' the king. He told me the
mountains were full of gold and Thomas
W. Power, the young American'electri
cian who put the lights Into the king’s
palace, described to me ■ hdw the king’s
ministers once brought him a box fiiled
with gold dust and nuggets in payment
of a bill against the king for electrical
machinery. Mr. Power said that one ot
the nuggets was as big as the palm of
his hand and about an inch thick. His
bill was for $47,000 and the gold realized
more than that amount when he sold it
at the mint in Osaka, Japan.
So far the Americans are. doing the on
ly mining of much importance. Other
concessions have been, granted to the
Pritchard-Morgan syndicate, an English
company, and to E. Meyer A Co., repre
senting German capitalists. The German
concession is small, and it adjoins that
held by Hunt and Fassett. The English
concession is about half the size of the
American, and it is situated to the south
of the latter. Both English and Germans
are doing some work; The success of the
American company is known throughout
the Far East. It has brought numerous
miners and capitalists to Korea, who
have so annoyed the government that for
the time no further mining -concessions
are being granted.
The work on the railroads, .however, is
still going on. The Japanese have sur
veyed a railroad from the capital. Seoul,
to Fusan. the southernmost port of Ko
rea. Fusan has an excellent harbor, only
a short distance from Nagasaki, and this
road will probably form the end of a Ko
rean connection with the Trans-Siberian
road, so that one can take the cars in
any part of the European continent, and
go to Japan with only a night’s ride or
go by water. The distance from Seoul
to Fusan is about 300 miles. It Is esti
mated that the road will cost 25,000,000 yen,
or $12,500,000 In gold. This is more than
$40,000 a mile, and It is doubted whether
the traffic of the road will pay an inter
est on the cost of construction. The road
would be of great value to the Japanese
in case of war, and it wifi form the chief
highway of Japanese trade to Korta.
Fusan has a large Japanese settlement,
and its foreign residents, .most of them
are Japanese, now number about 6,000.
The Korean town of Fusan-Is apart from
the foreign settlement. It is surrounded
by walls, within Which live about 33,400
people. The port has a trade approxi
mating $5,000,000 a year. Seoul, the cap
ital, at the other end of the fine, has a
population of about 300,000, and it Is the
center of all things Korean.
is of the standard American gauge, and
its construction offered no great engineer
ing difficulties. The price agreed upon
was $1,509,000 in gold, including the bridge
over the Han river- which was to cost
$190,000. Messrs Cc-llbran and Bostwick
completed a large part of tfie road. They
erdered all their materials from the
United States, Including timber from
Washington and Oregon. They had the
materials on the ground when Morse sold
the whole to a Japanese syndicate, which
has finished the construction and Is now
operating the property. The roiling stock
is American and up to date, but the en
gines are little yard engines Instead of
the camel-backs used on our roads. The
Japanese Insisted on small engines, and
they are laboring under great disad
vantages on this account.
I am told that the Koreans patronize the
cars. They are the laziest mortals on the
face of the global and the richer among
'hem think it beneath their dignity to
walk. A noble usually has two servants
with him during ev< ry pedestrian trip. One
servant walks along on each side and
holds him Up by passing one hand under
his armpit.
Another Korean road which promises
well is being surveyed by French
men. This will unite Seoul with the
northwestern boundary of the country,
ending at the town of Weichu. French
capitalists are interested in it, and it is
to be built by French engineers with
French material. It wifi form the north
ern extension of the road from Seoul to
Fusan, and from Its terminus a branch
will probably be built through Manchuria
to connect with the great Russian line.
The Korean government wants the road
built, and it is expected that it will give
about $50,000 per annum to it.
It seems odd that the largest electric
plant In Asia should be found In the
hermit land cf Korea, but this is the case.
Messrs Collbtan and Bostwick have the
management of it, and they are operat- ,
ing it successfully, It Includes electric to Vladivostock. There are steamers from
employed as its civil engineer and Ameri
cans will probably supply the materials
for the emneror’s new palace, which • is
already planned. David W. Deshler, the
stepson of Governor Nash, of Ohio, is
treasurer - of the American Mining Com-
panv, and . is also engaged in private
banking in 8eoul, while W. D. Townsend,
of Boston, has a big business in his
rice mills and in importing all sorts of
American goods for Koreans.
In addition to these there are about 150
missionaries representing the different
churches of the United States. They have
their stations in all parts of the country.
They ha ve ^excellent schools and are do
ing a vast deal of good. The most of them
are men of good education and of Sterl
ing ability. Several have written books
about the country and not a few have
aided in Organizing schools for the em
peror.
The Koreans already take much Ameri
can cotton, and this trade can be greatly
Increased. The whole population dresses
in cotton and the country
Amwricutx raises practically none.
Goods They want the best of
ilk Horst cotton and like to have It
ArsVtry of all colors, pinks, light
Popular blues, yellows and whites.
In the winter they pad
their clothes with raw cotton for warmth.
The trade is hardly large enough to war
rant the sending an agent to Korea alone,
but in connection with Manchuria and
North China it could be made profit
able.
There are steamships which go from
Nagasaki and Kobe to Tientsin, calling at
Fusan and Chemulpo. The time from
Kobe to Chemulpo by direct steamer is
three or four days, and by the regular
steamers which call here It is about six
days. The fare from Yokohama to Che
mulpo is $25 gold, and I should judge Just
about as much additional to cross tHe
Yellow sea from Chemulpo to Tientsin.
Korea can also be taken In on the way
9RA3K M. JONES, Sweet Home, Ark.
Cured ef Catarrh after years of ■Ufferlas-
their* K' hawklug-K’ hawking anu spitting 1 ant
spitting, pumping and sucking th^ putrid mass
of mixed decayed ttasup. . mucoijs and ecaba
from their nose and .spiffing the hasty. yellow-
green mass about promiscuously until they are
shunned by everyone,, and the sight of then! Is
enough to make a well perpon elok. This Is
not an exaggerated picture. James' Atklnaok,
ot Helena, Mont., says; "Twelve years ago I
contracted. what seemed to be a cold in the
heed.. It -soon .proved 'to be a horrible form ot
catarrh.' I tried cough- cures, catarrh snuff.
Inhalers and all sorts of remedies, and one cel
ebrated specialist treated me over n year with
out any relief, I gave up in despair. The
dropping of mucous in my tbijoat and the
coughing and hawking In the morning, with
awful pain In my ears, grew constantly worse
and my breath was something awful. I dare
say I used 50 catarrh remedies before I tried
Gauss' Combined Catarrh treatment. In a
week I could breathe easily and naturally and
I felt better than for years. Today I am en
tirely cured of the loathsome disease, and I
owe my good health to Mr. Gauss and his
wonderful combined treatment."
It (lives wonderful relief, especially in those
chronic cases where the mucous drops down thu
throat and lungs, sickening the ■ stomach, and
leads .to many diseases, including Consumption.
Catarrh is a deep seated disease, and local
applications, inhalations, sprays, ointments or
salves will do no good. A trial package that
will convince you. free. Send name and ad
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Marshall. Mich. j
Building American bridge o’ber Han. Contractor H Collbran, of Denver, in center
lights for Seoul, which, as I have' said,
has 330,000 people, and it also includes an
electric railroad, embracing the principal
streets <f that city, and running, a long
distance outside. The street railroad is
an overhead trolley, and its rails and roll
ing stock are of the most improved Amer
ican pattern. Each car has two divisions,
one open and the other closed. The open
pert is for the second-class passengers,
who pay lower fares than those who ride
in the closed part. The cars are run by
Korean motormen, who are rather care
less, but who, so far, have killed Only
one of the people they have, knocked
down or run tfver.
The company which furnished the cap
ital Is entirely Korean, with Ye Cha
Yun, who was formerly- Korean minister
at Washington, as president." It has'is
sued about $300,000 worth of stock, and
Mr. CoMbran received a payment of $100,-
000 at the beginning of his contract.
The road was originally planned to
have but 6 miles of track. It already
has 10 miles, and 18 miles more are to
be put dawn. It now runs out through
the city, passing down the. palace, the
chief business houses and the foreign
quarters and goes on to the tomb of the
emoress.
Co-fibrin and Bostwitflc have alpo secured
a bank concession, and they' are now
putting up a handsome building in the
center of the oity at a cost of 75,000 yen.
They have a contract for water works
In Seoul and another for a short In
terior railroad. They are enterprising men
and promise to make fortunes in this
part of Jhe Far East. Mr. Collbran
comes from Denver, where he is well
known in railroad circles, and Mr. Bost
wick is from San Francisco.
Ihdeed, the Americans are among the
most prominent of the foreigners in
Korea. This has been so since the coun
try was opened. It was ,sp American,
Admiral Shufeldt, who made the first
treaty with the king, and American mis
sionaries have been the chief educators
of the people. An American, Dr. Horace
N Allen, of OMo. saved the life of one
of the royal family when he was almost
eut to pieces in a revolution In Seoul
about sixteen years ago, and since then,
he has, of all the foreigners, been .the
closest to the high officiate of the court.
„„ He was a friend of the late queen
The Japanese are very anxious to con- ’ And now that his majesty is an eni-
trol the railways cf Korea They already
own the road which the Americans have
built from the port of
Ths Japs* Chemulpo over the moun-
sxwww tains to Seoul. That con-
FoaRht cession was first granted
Ibis Hezdofto James R. Morse, of
Americans New York, on? of the
best known Americans in
the Far East, and Its building was begun
by the American firm of Messrs. Collbran
A Bostwick. The road InfS miles long. It
peror he holdf equally close relations tq
him. It has been largely through Dr. Al
len that the Americans have been Award
ed the best of the concessions and that
thev have a fair chance at everything.
He was for some years secretary of our
legation at Seoul, but tfhen McKinley be
came president appointed him minis
ter, which position he now holds. He Is,
indeed, a valuable man.
Another American -sots as adviser to
the Korean government, an American Is
Nagasaki and Fusan around the east
coast to Gensan and then north to Viad-
ivostock at the eastern terminus of the
Trans-Siberian road. I have traveled on
all of theqe lines and have found the food
invariably good afid the other accommo
dations comparatively so. The trip across
the Yellow sea is apt to he boisterous and
somewhat dangerous, but a tour can be
planned which should result In many or-,
ders for our commercial travelers who’
represent the article.} most desired by
the_ people.
American drummers, who speak Eng
lish only, can" get along at any of the
Pfrts, for there Is always some one there
to act as Interpreter. In their trips to the
Interior they will need to carry a guide
and Interpreters. There are hotels at
Chemulpo, Seoul, Gensan and Fusan.
That at Seoul is Japanese, with beds on
the floor. The prices everywhere are
about $2 per day, and the Interior travel
is comparatively cheap.
Some knowledge of Korea and the Ko
reans Is needed before coming. The things
you might suppose to be In most demand
ere not wanted at all. For Instance, It is
cold there in winter, but you could not
give away stoves. The rooms of most
Korean houses are small, and they are
heated by flues which run under the floors.
Cook stoves are unknown and furniture
of cur kind is not wanted.
There is a good opening for American
tobacco. Men, women and children smoke,
£>n# every one has his pipe. The people
grow some tobacco, but they do not un
derstand how to cure It. and prefer the.
fereign article.. There is a great demand
for cigarettes, but not much for cigars,
except those as thick as a lead pencil.
The emperor smokes cigarettes. He pre
fers American makes, and especially Tikes
the Virginia tobacco. There are many
Japanese cigarettes sold and- quite a lot
of native cigarettes, which sell as low. as
twenty for a cent,.-.
With the new railroads there will be
some demand for American machinery,
.rahs and rolling stock, although It Is
probable that the Japanese will equip
their.fines as far as 'possible from their
own country. Quite a r lot of bridging will
have .to be done, and there shoul^ be a
market there tot our’Pacific coast lum
ber. *
The new banks started by Americans
will probably make money. Interest rates
are Very high and. the people' will borrow
to.' the full extent of their possibilities.
Tlie court spends a great deal, and, not
withstanding the poverty cf the masses,
there are nobles who live as extravagantly
as our rich men at home. Among the
poor-end out in the interior copper cash
is the principal currency. It takes a
thousand and more cash to equal the
value of a silver dollar, aad If one travels
far he must take along' an extra mule
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