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hat neither Mr. nor Mrs. Carew were un- with the previous medicinal use of In support of the statement that e had previously medicinally taken arsenic have the testimony of Mr. Dickinson, who declares that some years ago, while at Zushi Mr. Carew told him that some years previously in the Straits Settlements he had nearly killed imself by an overdose of arsenic. Then there is also the statement of Dr. Munro that the impression was made on his mind that Mr. Carey on some occasion told him that he took arsenic. If you think that this previous ad- ministration or previous taking of arsenic by
Carew was sufficient to relieve Mrs. Carew too vigilant attendance at her husband's bedside, you may come to the conclusion that there was an absence of intent to kill. But while I pre- sent these two considerations of the favourable side of the case, it is also my duty to put to you the facts that seem to point in an opposite direc- tion, the facts that seem to point to intention on the part of Mrs. Carew. These are first of all the nature of the poison. employed. Arsenic, as Dr. Divers told us, is colourless, tasteless, odourless, and very hard to detect by the person to whom it is administered. It is a poison that is and has been frequently chosen for the pur pose of poisoning persons. Another fact that seems to indicate intention is the frequency with which the doses of arsenic were procured-no less than six separate times between the 11th and 21st. The third indication that seems to imply intention on the part of whoever administered the arsenic is the presence of sugar of lead in the intestines of the deceased. It has
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
people went off pellmell, leaving several dead unburied. They are now in full flight acoross country and fifty Dyak scouts are after them to locate their next stronghold or bring them to bay, when they can be eventually dealt with by the main body. The captured stockade was burnt. Mat Saleh lived on the superstitions of the natives and every one of his vain boasts has been destroyed without the loss of a single man to the Government-since the expeditionary party came on the scene and adopted active measures.-Singapore Free Press.
PATENTS IN JAPAN.
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HONGKONG.
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Hongkong is one of the most pictu spots on the face of the globe, whether be viewed from the harbour or the from the hill. There are seldom fewe twenty large ocean-going steamer to mention men-of-war, local sto numerable sailing craft, junks, stea and inhabited sampans. As a world stands well in the front rank, along with pool, New York, Hamburg, Constantino Singapore; but of course the greater pa tonnage is merely in transitory passage lain has recently taken a wise decision in closing Singapore, Shanghai, and Japan. Mr Ch
local representation. As with the supposed once for all the interminable discussion about intolerable grievances of the Randt, and the imaginary dangers of the Johannesburg women Hongkong, there is a vast amount of claptrap and children, so with local dissatisfaction in and private axe-grinding and very often all about nothing. The life and soul of Hongkong are the industrious Chinamen, who revel there from lekin barriers, customs meddlings, man- in a delicious sense of freedom, far away darin extortion, robber bands, and all such ills inseparable from their own odoriferous land. The function of Englishmen in the colony is to hold the reins, put on the break or flick the very much that of Englishmen in India; simply whip occasionally, and let the animals go.
"High life "at Hongkong may, be defined as the club, and a society" may be said to consist The club consists of say a hundred merchants and brokers, a few
globetrotters, consuls and merchants from bankers, the navy and army men (a mere hand- ful), a small group of Government officials, outlandish ports who have come up for an airing, a few select skippers who can
ever administered sugar of lead to himself fact of sugar of lead having been administered, and Dr. Divers has explained to you that the concurrently with arsenic, would be to stop the hemorrhage, the bleeding of the intestines, which arsenic tends to produce. There is a fourth indication. That is the fact of Mrs. be afraid of being on the same footing as other keep their h's fairly straight; and that is all.
THE VERDICT.
After retiring for one hour and twenty-five minutes the jury returned to the court-room with the following verdict:--
We find that Walter Raymond Howell Carew died on the 22nd October, 1896, at the Royal Naval Hospital, from the effects of arsenic, but by whom the poison was admistered there is no direct evidence to show."
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The question of foreign inventions copied with immunity in Japan is most important, both to the Japanese and to the whole civilised world of industry and invention, As long as a community where labour is cheap can help itself to the products of the ablest genins in other Europe and America pay higher wages, and the countries, the position is one of gross injustice, result is that on the one hand pecuniary reasons greatly stimulate the study of labour-saving de- vices, while on the other hand the workers them- selves live on a better scale, and are thereby more fertile, in the field of ingenuity, through numerous subsidiary reasons. Hitherto Japan sources, and has gained great credit for so has been adding hugely to her industrial re- doing; but really it is nothing but piracy. Europe and America have had the brains to invent thousands of wonderful things; Japan has appropriated the products of foreign brains, and used the inventions for the purpose of under not even been suggested that the deceased antting foreign manufacturers, and now when it / of the club and its wives.
is proposed to protect patents from piracy the try to nullify the protective measures. It is not Japanese cry out unanimously against it, and creditable to the brains of Japan; the Japanese are a clever race, olever enough to produce in- ventions of their own, and so they ought not to Carew's reticence-silence, her complete silence countries. But they are afraid; they do not on the subject of arsenic to the deceased's wish to be like other countries; they do not medical attendant during those days of his ill-wish to give justice to an inventor. They are ness and suffering. Gentlemen of the jury, straining every nerve to prevent the German you will now consider your verdict.
treaty being so interpreted as to suppress the protection of future inventions. existing piracies; they wish to limit it to an important difference. The Kokumin in It is
⚫ussion between the Japanese, and German long article says there has been much dis- Governments over this point, and that it is expected the Japanese interpretation will pre- vail. It is also to be noted that the goods affected are of two distinct types; plain imita tions, sold as imitations, and those which are palmed off as the genuine foreign product. The one is a mere violation of patent, the other is a violation of patent and trade-mark as well. And the imitations are not only in goods sold to the public, but also in appliances and processes employed in the manufacture of goods. The Kokumin argues that what it calls downright forgeries can legitimately be changed into permissible imitations by merely altering some detail of external appearance so as not to be a violation of trade-mark. In any case, it is predicted (and we think with reason) that there will be very considerable friction when the Treaty comes into force, for there will certainly be numerous ca8e8 near the border-line between right and wrong. The Kokumin gives
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of the principal articles- brands spirits, the condensed milk of the Eagle, of beer, wines, and Lion, and other brands, aniline dyes of the Hare and Dog brands, metal goods of various brands, glass ware, and medicines, which have been freely forged, that is to say, palmed off not as Japanese but as foreign products, with fraudulent trade-marks. The Kokumin also makes several unfair statements as to Germans and their schemes in the East, and some glowing eulogies of Japan as a coming country, and concludes that the Japa- nese Government ought to carefully watch foreigners' actions under the new treaty. The Jiji also urges that foreign inventions already imitated in Japan before the enforcement of the new treaty should not be interfered with, and that the Japanese should make haste to imitate everything that has not yet been imi. tated, so as to secure as much liberty as possible for their industrial piracies.-Kobe Chronicle.
The Coroner-The verdict, gentlemen of the jury, is an open verdict.
MRS. CABEW ARRESTED.
[Special Telegram to the N. C. Daily News.]
"Kobe, 11th November. Mrs. Carew was arrested this morning at Yokohama and charged with the murder of her husband, who died on the 22nd of October. She was remanded until to-morrow morning, Messrs. Hutchison and Robison giving bail for her appearance.
FIGHTING IN NORTH BORNEO.
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ATTACK ON MAT SALEH'S STRONGHOLD. We learn, from a private letter to a resident of Singapore, that on the 23rd Sept. (an auspicions date) three North Borneo officials, Messrs. Flint, Dunlop, and Little, with their police force, attacked the fort erected by Mat Saleh, the notorious brigand, outlaw, and mur derer, and compelled him and his followers to to flight. The attacking party found this work a tough nut to crack. On one side was the river and round the other faces of the stockade was a ditch. The all round was covered with that well- and dangerous form of obstacle known to Malays as, ranjau," these being sharp slen der spikes of bamboo stuck in the ground at an In spite of all caution in the advance men were wounded by these. At the angles tockade were four watch-towers with alls and loopholed for rifle fire. In the tood a long barrack to accommodate the On the night following the attack, Anding it too hot to stay, Mat Saleh and his
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In no place in the world is the "government" less obtrusive. Every body does what he darn pleases," subject to the solemn control Lord Wolseley, is as faithful, brave, and com- of the Sikh policeman in the streets, who, pace petent as any John Bull of that walk in life, besides being much more docile and sober. hill to watch o'er the fate of poor Jack, and of The Governor sits like a cherub aloft on his
the leading officials and merchants, have each late years the General, Admiral,—in fact all procured for themselves bungalows on the which they can comfortably survey the seething same hill, a similar hill, or part of a hill, from life below. No Chinaman cares twopence "representation in principle. Such men as Ho Kai can hardly be styled genuine natives. Every Chinaman has his OFI grind, of course, like every too willing to join in any political howl that European or American, and he is only may be going if he sees his way thereby to John Pope Hennessy ran the Chinaman for turn an extra. honest penny. But Governor. all he was worth balf a generation ago, and the regarded as pricked once for all. A good, Chinese local political windbag may now be honest, unobtrusive, silent, inexorable, - but veiled, despotism is what is wanted for Hong- kong; yet at the same time the leading mem- bers of the ruling race, in which I include re- presentative Americans, Germans, eto. — should have their say and be respectfully listened to. endeavour to eschew the slightest approval to Officialdom should avoid giving offence and those overbearing and hectoring airs which we all know go well in French and German officials.
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should not be pooh-poohed off-hand, but quietly Grievances, even if imaginary, listened to, deferentially considered, and, if at all founded upon ascertainable fact, promptly remedied. Even if the alleged grieva imaginary, or mere clap-trap, the pigeonholing should be done in secret; answers whic hold water without leakage should be giver religious or other prejudices should not b trampled upon, and all cock-a-whoopness, superciliousness, and crowing should fully avoided. To a great extent thi policy has indeed been already least under the last few govern now and then some local Hamp volcanic restlessness and undesira some official says or does
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