The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-05
THE WHITECHApEl LETTER REPRODUCED
A London Paper Prints II In Ink the
Color OF Blood.
Fac Smiles Scattered Broadcast,
The Latest Plan Of the Police.
"The Woman OF the Guard" Scores
Great Success.

LONDON, Oct. 4.-The Evening News ere
ated trem endous sensation by printing In
red ink fac SMILES Of the letter and postal
card received few days ago at the office of
the Central News Co., purporting to have
been written by the Whitechapel murderer.
In the communications the writer gl0ats
over his crimes and threatens to commit 9TH
ers in defiance Of the police Of whose efficien-
ey he expresses very poor opinion. The
News was eagerly bought and the vendors
raised their price to Cd per copy and later
70 Is, without appreeiably decreasing the de-
manu-; Inc police are inclined to the belief
ina. the letter and card are genuine and in
sena 70 nave them autographed In eolors and
tronoI bvSsou ~ every available place In the me
MopOHs, hOping thereby 10 secure identlhca-
tlon OF the chirOgraDher
:, Inc British Medical Journal, referring 10
tne murders, says: "fhe coroner's theory
Inat the assassln's work was carried out un-
uer tne Impulse OF a pseudo scientific mania
has been exploded by the first attempt at
q serious Investigation. IL Is true that a
foreign physician inquired year ago as 10
the possibility OF severing certain parts Of
the body for the purpose Of a scientific In
vestigati0n but no large sum was offered and
the physician in question is Of the highest
respectaDility and came exceedingly well
accredited"
The New Opera.
LONDON, Oct. 4. Gilbert & Sullivan's new
opera was performed last night for the first
time, and applauded in a way which proved
that, for England at least, ,''The Yeoman Of
the Guard which is the long hidden title.
has scored huge success.
The chief feature of the production Is that
1t is quite unlike what we are used to from
Gilbert 4 Sullivan. The tOpsy y-turvey style
Of opera has been abandoned, and this Is a
downright serious comic opera.
Whether the piece win 90 In America with
the same success as 1t is certain TO have here
is question. 1t is very English, which,
while making 1t popular with a few, will
hurt 1t with many. The music Is so good,
however, that It Is hard to believe, that Il
will not earn American forgiveness for such
Punch.
AS for the singers. the hard musical work
OF the opera Is all on the shoulders OF Miss
Geraldine Ulmar, and hers was by far the
best performance and the biggest success OF
the night, a fact which may flatter Boston,
whence Miss Ulmar comes, as she was the
only B0stonlan or American In the east.
Miss ulmars voice has greatly improved
Fifth Avenue Theatre used to sigh over her
singing as Yum Yum, and 1t stirred up wild
enthusiasm for the music which Sullivan
had written expressly for her.
Those who have not heard the bowling
and yelling OF London frst-nighters can
nave no idea OF the row kicked up by pit
and gallery In honor Of Miss Ulmar's prin-
cipal songs, an unusual display Of good hu-
NOR toward an American, particularly as
Miss Ulmar's dress was as near that Of the
American Goddess Of Liberty as possible.
Foreign Notes.
The strike of French coal miners at st.
Elaine has ended.
The North German Gazettee, Of Berlin, re-
ferrtng to the French decree in regard TO I'M
migration recommends that Germans hence.
forth avoid living In France. IL says: Every
German who crosses the French frontier will
understand that he has removed from culture
TO barbarism and he has no right to complain
II he comes into disagreeable contact with
national customs and Instincts.
Judge Rioux rendered decision at Sher-
DraOke, Quebec. yesterday morning, In the
case OF DeBaum the defaulting assistant
cashier OF the National park bank Of New
4 ORR. He ordered that he be surrendered TO
the United States authorities. The defence
are applying for writ of habeas corpus.
A rumor, which was denied by the police,
was current In London Yesterday, that a
watchman the night before had shad0wed a
man whom he took to be the Whltechapel
murderer and had been stabbed to death.
The rumor also had II that the murderer
had been arrested.