The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-09
LoNpoN,s SENSATION.
Innocent Men and Amateur Oetec-
tiyes In Danger OF Arrest.

LONDON, Oct S.-Saturday's Telegraph
published two sketch portraits, from de-.
scriptions, OF the man last seen in company
OF the woman named Stride, one of the vic
tins Of the Whiteehapel murder fiend. The
result has been the unceremonious arrest of
every man bearing any resemblance to the
picture, and great deal of discomfort has
been caused by this new phase of police ac-
tivity. Many of the arrests are made by
self-constituted detectives or ambitious vigil
ance committeeman. The victims are gen.
orally. discharged from custody as soon as
brought before magistrate, but some are
unlucky enough not to be able to satisfy the
of1lcials OF their rectitude, and are subjected
70 more or less annoying detention. One of
tne men arrested carried bag, in which was
found razor. This suspect Is still held. and
VIII nave to give very good account Of him
self and his razor. Another perplexity at
tending the Whitechapel muddle Is due to
the TACT that the regular police do not know
Dy slgnt the various amateur detectives, and
tne latter are occasionally ''held up" and put
70 the embarrassment of explaining their
presence and mysterious movements in the
much-watched district.
At the Whitechapel inquest today, several
SMVfge0ns M deposed that the body found in
Mnitenall was that OF woman Of unusually
nne appearance and evidently of good social
position.
The Currency Commission.
LONDON, Oct. 8. The currency commits
sioner's reports are ready for presentation
to Parliament. Six members, including
Lord Churchill, Sir Thomas Farrar, Sir
John Lubbock and Mr. Courtenay. support
gold standard, and the other six, including
Messrs. Balfour, Chaplain and Mallett advo-
cate the adoption of bimetallic standard in
modified form.
Trouble In China and Japan,
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. S.-From adyices re-
ceived by the steamer Belgic, which arrived
in San Francisco yesterday, it is learned that
the whole Of the new embankment of the
Yellow river at Chang Chow, China, begun
last autumn and carried on at a cost equal to
over nine millions of dollars, has been COM
pletely swept away by the recent food. OF
the 5000 lineal feet Of river wall recently
completed, not one inch remains, and the
waters are pouring through the immense gap
into Ho Nan unchecked. From 800 to 1000
laborers who were ON the bank were swept
away and drowned.
"A disastrous flood in the province of
Moukden, about $50 miles north of Pekin,
caused the death OF hundreds Of natives, ut
- VI NCtJ uldul uOIutS anu LIc
destruction to crops, and the prospects of a
general famine for the coming winter are
good.
The cholera is still raging at Hong Kong.
The daily average of new patients ranges
from 40 to so, most of whom die.
The storm on the 30th at N0kajorie, Japan
caused great damage. The houses demoish-
ed or half demolished number 5000; vessels
totally lost So; vessels wrecked, 500; number
OF persons wounded, injured and receiving
public assistance, $1,000.
Foreign Notes.
Mukhtar Pasha, the Turkish high commits
sioner in Egypt, reports that he fears that
Suakim will fall into the hands of the rebels.
The biography of the late German Emperor
will soon be published in London. 1t relates
to his domestic life, and is believed to be the
work Of the Empress.
John Morley, at Liberal meeting in New
town, Wales, SAID he was certain that when
the feeling Of the country had been tested.
the elections would result, notwithstanding
the defections and gilded forces arrayed
against them, in triumph for Liberals.
Rev. Joseph Parker, ID. d., if he wrote the
letters published in the London papers az
coming from him, is evidently insane. The
letters contain extravagant and ridiculous
expressions Of the Doctors feelings when
questioned on religious subjects by agnostics.