Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-30
FIGURES IN 4 MYSTERIOUS POISON
ING CASE IN YOKOHAMA.
GONE TO JOIN HER TWIN SOUL"
"sILEY LITTLE WIFE" IN THE CASE
Is UNDER ARREST.
Vfceroy Lii Hung Chang Again in Dis
Erace-Nnninc Shoots His Wife
and Commits Suicide-Bu-
channn County Couple
Tortured.

San Francisco. Nov. 29.-The steamship
Doric arrived tonight from Hong Kong
and Yokohama, bringing the following
Oriental news:
Plague has made its appearance in For
mosa and the japanese there are dying in
large numbers.
Yokohama society is torn up over q mys-
terious poisoning case. Mr.. r. H. Carew,
gentleman occupying a good social posi-
tion and secretary of the Yokohama United
Club. who was married to a lady of sub
stantial income, was taken i'll October 10
and died October -. A coroner's inquest
was held and it was discovered that he
had been poisoned. The evidence showed
that Mrs. Carew just before his illness and
after ne was sick had purchased arsenic
in such quantities as TO alarm the druggist
She said she wanted it for malariaI fever.
Mrs. Carew told remarkable story of a
mysterious veiled woman dressed in black,
who called on her husband October 10. Mr..
Carew was not at home and the woman
left after making an appointment to meet
him. Mr.. Carew appeared to be greatly
worried wnen the woman failed to keep
the appointment and wrote her letter ad-
dressed TO Annie Luke. Mr.. Carew was
taken i'll October 10 and on October -
while Mrs. Carew was out, the same mys-
ferrous woman called at the house. She
asked where Mr. Carew's bedroom was
situated, and the servant, after telling her,
went to bed That was the last seen of
the mysterious visitor, but Mrs. Carew re-
ceived from her a. letter written by Mr.
Carew which had been thrown into 4 waste
basket. After Mr.. Carew died and the in
quest was in progress, the woman wrote
to Messrs. Lowder & Hall, stating that
she was going to join her twin SOUL" and
that she had fooled the chemist, the doctor
and that silly little wife"
The police have been unable to find any
trace of the woman in black. The coroner's
jury brought in a verdict that Mr.. Carew
died from the effects of arsenic poisoning
but by whom the poison was admInis-
tered there was no evidence to show. Mrs
Carew was then arrested and charged with
the murder of her husband, but was later
released on bail. Her trial was in progress
when the steamer left.
Viceroy Ii Hung Chang is again in dis
grace. He entered the imperial park and
hunting grounds without sanction. The
punishment for this offense is to be de-
prived of all his ranks and decorations
but the emperor has decided to be lenient
and has merely deprived him of a year s
salary, amounting to 5000 taels. The
count, it is believed. will ask to be allowed
to retire to his native province on the plea
of i'll health. as he has been disappointed
in the hope of obtaining position of infiu-
ence in the Peking government. Should
the efforts of the empress dowager in his
behalf succeed, 1t will be easy for him to
become viceroy of Chilli
II is stated that the Chinese minister to
London, Kung Chow Yuan, has petitioned
the emperor to be recalled. He does not
like London.
Cholera is prevalent in Toxic and an
pears to be on the increase
The North China News prints what Is
alleged to be the text of a new treaty be-
tween China and Russia. BY the terms
OF the treaty Russia is to be allowed to
build railroad through Manchuria and
Is to be given for fifteen years the port of
kioshom, in the province of Shan Tune
for winter port. Russia is to fortify Port
Arthur and Talien Wan, and in case of war
with other nations is to have the use of
these ports. Russia will furnish officers
for the instruction OF the Chinese army