THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG. PA.
PKEMIER OF COKEA. IR Redversbuller. hard 0N CIUMINALS.
Romantic Career of Clarence R.
Greathouse, of Kentucky.
Wealth and Honor Heaped Vpon th '
Head of the Ma Who, at L.eat
Partlnllr, AmerleanUed the
Hermit Kingdom,
The career of Clurence It. Greathouse,
the Kentuckiun, who recently died at
Seoul, Corea, utmost rivals In romance
the adventure of some of Duoibi' lie
roei. The inetainorp-liosi of th young
eailor, Edraond Dantes. Into the fabu
lously rich count of Monte Cristo, was
not more startling1, nnd scarcely more
improbable thun the evolution of a Ken
tucky boy Into prime minister, and al
most king, of far-off Coren, wrapped
inorlentalluxury and jealously guarded
from harm by a barbaric monarch,
whose devotion to him was as strong as
if Mr. Greathouse had come of a long
line of Corean ancestry.
The wildest drenms that his boyish
fancy cherished probably never touched
anything so far removed from the ordi
nary as what came to pass.
Thirty years ago, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer, Clarence Greathouse was ed
iting a country newspaper in Versailles
nnd practicing law. He was then 23
years old. lie was born on a farm about
two miles south of the town, lie re
ceived his legal education at the Univer
sity of Virginia, and was a young man
of fine natural ability and brilliant
promise.
Attracted by the boom on the 1'acifle
coast young Greathouse emigrated In
the fak of 1109 to San Francisco, and
through the aid of his kinsman, Lloyd
Tevis, the multimillionaire goldbug
(who recently died in that city), und
by his own ability and force, he wns
soon occupying an enviable position as
an attorney. Later lie became a part
ner in the legal firm of "Stewart, Great
house & Hlanding," of which Senator
William It. Stewart, of Nevada, was the
Benior member.
In 1S85, soon after Tresident Cleve
land went into oflice, Mr. Greathouse
was in Washington arguing a case in
the supreme court. One of his friends,
who had influence with the administra
tion, asked him how he would like to
Commander In Chief In Sooth Africa :
1 Twelfth on the Llat of
llrltUh GeneraU.
Tfe list of field marshals In the Brit
ish army is headed by the queen's
coutin, the duke of Cambridge; nnd
her son, the prince of Wales, is sec
ond. Her son-in-law, Prince Christian,
is among those who hold the rank of
general; and her son, the duke of Con
naught, is third.
It Is needless to say, remarks the
Youth's Companion, that not one of
these Is ever called upon for active serv
ice In the field. When there Is a war,
great or small, a trained soldier is
Rev.
i
Cyrus F. Wizon Advances
Startling Idea.
K i
ISP
SIR REDVJ3RS HULLER. .
(From the Latest ThotoRrsph of the Brit
CLARENCE R. GREATHOUSE.
(Kentucklan Who Was for Tears Prime
Minister ot Corea.)
go to Yokohama, Japan, as eonsfll.
Oreathouse replied that he believed he
would like it. A few days later he was
given the appointment, nnd wired his
widowed mother, with whom he lived in
Ban Francisco, to pack up and be ready
to move to Japan. Two weeks later
they set sail from San Francisco.
Mr. Greathouse was a very efficient
and businesslike consul, and mnde such
a fine record that he was continued in
office under the Harrison administra
tion until his resignation. During his
term as consul he had rendered great
service to Ni-Kung, the king of Corea,
by giving him advice, and his royal
highness soon became of the opinion
that he couldn't conduct the affairs of
his kingdom without Gi"eathouse. He
created the oflice "Ho-Fang," corre
sponding in civilized monarchies to the
position of prime minister, and be
sought Mr. Greathouse to accept it.
"Gen." Greathouse, as the king called
him, was a potent factor in the develop
ment of Corea, and the king was said
to be In full sympathy with his Yankee
ally, favoring the building of railroads,
the development of the mines, the open
ing of the ports to foreign commerce
and the teaching of the English lan
guage to the Corenns.
Greathouse was t-nid to hav an in
terest in mining in Corea, and with the
princely salary he received from thn
king (said to have been nearly $100,000
a year) lie was enabled to live like a
lord. He did not affect the peculiar ort
ental garb, the triple-decked headgear
and jade In which he had been pictured
by a ban Irancisco newspaper some
years ago, but always wore the plain
dress of an American citizen.
Mr. Greathouse cared nothing for
money aside from what it would buy,
and the life of oriental ease and splen
dor which he led in Seoul was said to be
very agreeable to him. lie was a sin
gular compound of clean-cut intellect,
great ability and dreaminess.
lsh Leader In Souih Africa.) ,
chosen, and it is the British policy to
give opportunity to ns many as possible
to distinguish themselves. Lord Wolse- '
ley won his repuu in the Ashnnti war
and in Kgypt; Lord Roberts in India
and Afghanistan; and Lord Kitchener
in the Soudan.
Now the command in South Africa
went to Sir Kedvers Buller, the twelfth
on the list of generals a man who has
seen service in China, in Canada, nnd
in the Ashanti, Kaflir nnd Zulu wars.
He can append a long string of letters
to his name "K. C. M. G.," "O. C. B.,"
and the two magic letters which ho
doubtless prizes more than all the rest,
"V. C." For Sir Bedvers won the Vic
toria cross by two most conspicuous
acts of personal bravery on one day
during the Zulu campaign.
He is not a young man, for he has
passed his sixtieth birthday. Nor is he
a popular commander In the usual sense
of that term. He is tall and powerfully
built, and looks the soldier he is a
commander who will stop at nothing,
and who expects the men under his
command to exhibit the same cool
bravery that characterizes htm.
His manners are abrupt and his dis
position is combative. The story Is told
that he had a controversy with Lord
Charles Beresford, during the Nile
campaign, as to the proper channel to
take in descending a cataract. Sir Red
vers carried his point and the steamboat
passed the cataract safely.
"You see," said Sir Redvers, "mine
was the right course."
"Oh," replied Sir Charles, "It was
my choice, too. I only recommenaea
the other because I knew you would
oppose whatever I said."
He Favors the Extermination of All
Lawbreakers UoIIit of Capital or
(late I'rlnon Offense by
Means of Chloroform.
Rev. Cyrus F. Wlxon, a retired Meth
odist clergyman, of Newbnrg, N. Y
recently announced at a meeting of a
Chautauqua circle that he was In favor
of the extermination of criminals.
Asked how he would exterminate them,
he replied to a New York Herald re
porters
"The guillotine Is too bloody, hang
ing is too violent and electrocution Is
too uRcertnin nnd expensive. 'We don't
know how much the criminal suffers.
When a criminal has committed two of-
I fenses I would chloroform him. I don't
think it is right that a Hundred tliou
sand criminnls should be saddled on the
pockets of taxpayers. Criminologists
say that crime is hereditary. Yes, I
would chloroform them."
Rabbi Hartog Veld asked Mr. Wixon
if he did not think there was a chance
for reform.
"There is not one criminal in a hun
dred that is ever reformed," replied Mr.
Wixon.
"You are older than 1," rejoined Dr.
Veld, "and though I have hud expe
rience as n prison chaplain I will not
contradict you," and then the matter
was dropped.
Rev. Mr. Wlxon is a mlld-mnnnered,
benign looking gentleman, about 05
rears old. When asked to define the
'line of offenses which he considered
called for the denth penalty he replied:
"As to what classes of people should
be subjected to capital punishment, I
would include those whose offenses are
adjudged capital tiow, ulso state prison
offenses. Capital punishment should
be inflicted in those cnits after the sec
ond offense. I may add that there are
some state prison offenses which I con
sider should be capital crimes, such as
polygamy and enses of great violence."
In response to a question as to how
he would carry out this proposition
Rev. Mr. Wixon said:
"In the first place it would be nec
essary for some of the laws on our
NOT ON THE TIME TABLE.
The Cnrlons Reason For TAhleh
Train Was Bide Tracked.
In the rarefied atmosphere of the
high tablelands of Mexico objects that
are really a long wny off nppcur to bo
close nt hand. This hns led to ninuy
ludicrous mistakes on the part of tour
ists, nnd even on the part or those hav
ing a knowledge of the peculiarity of
the country.
The Mexican Central railroad has a
tangent (section of track In which
there Is no curve) that Is said to be the
longest In the world. It Is over 00
miles In length, nnd a locomotive head
light can be seen, of course, for a very
long distance.
One evening a train rounded the
curve approaching this tangent, and
as It entered on the straight track its
brakes suddenly tx-gnn to grind. It
boou enmo to a standstill, and the con
ductor, fearing that nu accident had
befallen the engine, hurried forward,
and was shown by the engineer ft light
that was twinkling nud dancing on the
track directly abend.
"A headlight, sure," the engineer
aid. "Must be nn extra and the dis
patchers have overlooked It, for orders
do not men lion It."
"Guess you nre right," the conductor
replied, "but I never knew the dis
patchers to be so careless before. Any
where but on this tangent there would
have been a collision nnd somebody
killed. We'd better move ahead slowly
to the next Bide track. We can't tell just
how near that train may be. and wo
will wait for it to pass us there."
They renched the side track In safety,
and, drawing in on It, awaited the
coming of the other train. Half nn
hour puHsed. nnd the engineer was
fuming, wondering how much longer
he wns to be delayed, when the eon
ductor called him to step out to the
main line.
"YYhnt do you think of that head
light, now?" he asked, when the engi
neer had Joined him. "Seems to have
got clear up and off the road."
The engineer gazed nt the twinkling
light, then. "Venus, by Jupiter!" he ex
claimed. "Billy, we've side tracked to
let a star go by. or my name's not
Smith!" Youth's Companion.
:;:i,,....-i.'.,.l..Mt,i1inlr'f"""-"'Tr"'"'' "'.MiimmmS'iiii ,
REV. CYRUS P. WIXON.
(He Favors the Extermination of All ha
bitual Criminals..)
)
statute books to bo repealed nnd new
legislation would be reeded. I hat is.
laws Bhould be enacted that would beV
in harmony with the infliction of the
penalty I have prescribed.
"I think that the motive for the line
of legislation I propose is the protec-J
tion of property and the safety of the
citizen. The present legislation orl
this subject Is a failure. In suppoit
of this statement I will say that whle
the population has Increased 20 her
cent, crime has increased 33 per cpnt.
I do not think it right, after a
brief period of incarceration, to turn
criminnls loose upon the community,
to the great denger of the public. '
Neither do I consider it the proper
thing to do to support them in penal
Institutions at the expense of the
honest taxpayers of the land. ( And I
certainly do not consider It Vvise or
just to allow criminals to disturb the
rate of wages outside of prisons Dy
self-support. Above nil things'I would
urge that the execution of the death,
penalty should speedily follow conviction."
When the question was put to Mr.
Wixon as to his opinion on the subject
of heredity in crime, he said:
"Specialists nnd experts In criminol
ogy have repeatedly emphasized the
fact that crime is incurable and hered-,
ltary.
"There are others, who have labored
for the reformation of the criminal and
lower classes, who tell us that not to
exceed one per cent, are ever reformed.
If it Is not our desire to maintain this
class of people at the expense of those
who are honest, what are we going to
do about it ? Perhaps my views are not
n harmony with those of clergymen
generally. In fact, I do not know of nny
other clergyman who holds them. And
they nre not likely to prove popular,
with the clerical brethren. But while I
feel that I am in the right about it I
am fully satisfied."
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Tor Infanta and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Signature
PRESIDENT OF SENATE.
William P. Frve Will Ocenpy thn
Position on Account of Vice Pres
ident Hobart's Death.
William P. Frye wns born at Lew-
iston, Me., September 2, 1831; gradu
ated nt Bowdoin college, Maine, 1850;
Btudiedand practiced law; was a mem
ber of the state legislature In 1SC1,
1862 and 18C7; was mayor of Lewis-
ton in 1860 and 1867; was attorney
sreneral of the state of Maine in 1867,
1808 and 1869; was elected a member
of the national republican executive
committee In 1872, and reelected in
1876 and 18S0; was elected a trustee
of Bowdoin college in June 1880, re-
WILLIAM P. FRYE.
Presldlnit Officer of the United States
Senate.)
New style of Pitcher.
Tbfl new pitcher for serving Iced
drinks is an English invention, and
beautifully presented in both green and
ruby glass. To put ice directly in the
beverage weakens Its strength and fla
vor. This is sfbvlated by the introduc
tion into the new pitcher of a glass in
ner cylinder fVesembllng a lamp chim
ney as much as anything), with a silver
top and screw cork. In this the cracked
Ice lasts a long time, the drink poured
from the pitcher proper, nnd renewed
again and again as required.
now Wool! I Utilized.
Cooperage woods have advunced 20
per cent., largely caused by the enor
mous demand from the whisky corn
bine. Experimenters nre trying to
make cloth and soap out of the wood
pulp. Buwdust nnd wood waste have
almost as great a value as the clean
plank ten years ago.
ceived the degree of LL. IX from Bates
college in July, 1881, and tho game de
gree from Bowdoin college in 1889;
was n presidential elector in J864; was
a delegate to the national republican
eonventionsin 1872, 1870 and 1880; was
elected chairman of tho republican
state committee of Maine in place of
Hon. James G. Blaine, resigned, in No
vember, 1881; was elected a repre
Bcntutive in the Forty-second, Forty
third, Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty-
sixth nnd Forty-seventh congresses;
was elected to the United States sen
nte as a republican, to fill the. vacancy
occasioned bv the regie-nation of
Jumes O. Blaine, appointed secretary
of state, took his seut March, 18, 1881;
was reelected In 1H3, in jsso, nnu
attain In 1895, receiving every vote,
with one exception, in both branches
of the legislature-, elected president
pro tern, of the senate, February 7,
1S96, was a member of the commission
which met in Paris, September, 1898,
to nd lust terms of pence between the
United State and Spain. His term of
service will expire March. 3, 1901.
ELY'S CREAM BALM Is positive cure.
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),v Klnur of the (i pxlee.
At Vetholm, In Scotland, a man named
Fan was crowned king of the gypsies in
succession to his lute mother, who was
known ns Queen Esther. The crown of
tin nnd tinsel wus placed on his head by
tho village blacksmith, whose fumliy
is said to possess the hereditary right
of crowning the gypsy sovereigns. The
"king rode in a carriage drawn by six
asses.
Paris Exposition Fees.
The admission fees to the Paris expo
sition will be before ten a. m., two
francs, or about 40 cents, Jo the entire
exhibition; between the hours of ten
a. m. und six p. m., a franc will be the
choree, and after six p. m., on week
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h ence removes the stricture permanent I y.
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1 Thousands of young and middle-aged
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of the cause of those symptoms. Uenenil
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ory, Irritability, at times Smarting Sen
sation, Kunken Kyes. with dark circles,
Weak Hack, Uonerul Depression, Lack
nt Ambition. Viiricocele. Shrunken
Parts, ete. GLEET and oTRICTUKB
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these spcoial diseases don't allow
Quucks to experiment on you. Consult
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