Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-07-20
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been greatly alarmed by another horri- ble murder, thought to have been com mitted by Jack the Ripper" The body of woman mutilated in the usual hor- rible manner was found last night near Castle Alley in Whitechapel district. | Although the police used every means to apprehend the murderer no trace of him has been found.
 4 letter was received by the police before last nights murder in White Chapel signed: Jack Ripper, in which the writer said he was about to resume work"
 LONDON, July 17.-The woman's body found in Whitechapel district last night is a middle aged prostitute. Her throat had been cut to the spine. Her body was lying on its back with clothing thrown up, exposing the abdomen, which had been gashed in a horrible manner in several places, though the intestiues were not exposed. No part of the body was missing. Warm blood was flowing from wounds. A policeman and watch man of an adjacent warehouse must have been within a few yards of the spot, heard no noise.
 BALTIMORE, July 17.-Kilrain arrived in Baltimore yesterday. He said he was whipped squarely but thought he was | largely the victim of circumstances. Il | know | had not been trained properly" | he remarked "and was not in lit condl- ton to fight Sullivan; but if I had not gone into the ring, people .would have said l was a coward, and l meant to | fight if I was killed. The crowd there was against me, and the referee 1 think, while a square man, was partial to Sul- livan, and knew nothing about rules. l could have stood up longer, but DOno- van threw up the sponge in excitement, being afraid 1 would be killed. My | blows, for some reason or other did not seem to have any force. My arms seem | ed numb, but what was the matter l don't know. The sun had terrible eff feet on my sight"
 | ATLANTA, July 17.-A month has pas sed since John Pickett expiated the crime of murder on the gallows. Mem ory of the event has been reawakened in remarkable manner. A report comes from Sumpter county that | Pickett is still alive and in that portion of the state. After hanging, the body was taken in charge by friends who worked successfully at resuscitation. If Pickett is still alive and apprehended the question is whether he can be fur ther punished he having been declared legally dead. The case will be one un- paralleled in the history of the state. FRESNO Cal, July 16-Fire started in a stable next to the Russ hotel this morning at quarter to four o'clock. | The livery stable and contents, including many horses and vehicles, were destroy sd. The flames spread to the Russ hotel. It quickly burned the building to the ground. Indications are that the fire was of an incendiary origin. Losses will reach about forty thousand. Fears were entertained at first that some of the guests of the hotel had perished in the flames, but at two o'clock this after noon thorough search of the ruins has been made, and it seems certain now that none were lost. There were number of narrow escapes. Several per sons were burned, but none seriously. NEW YORK, July 17.-Three long shore men were mysteriously wounded by bullets on pier B, North River, yester- | day. They were new men taking the places of otkers discharged. It is be- lieved the shooting was done by dls- charged men. A panic prevails on the | docks.
 RIO JANIERo, July 1.-The Emperor of Brazil attended theatrical perform ance last night As he was leaving the theatre at the conclusion, a Portuguese fired a shot at him. The bullet missed its mark and the would be assassin was arreSted.~
 NEW YORK, July 17-Aeronaut Hagan, who went up in an air ship yesterday, which became unmanageable when ele- vated 5000 feet had not been heard from up to o'clock this morningiand it is supposed that he drifted out to the ocean hanging to the ropes of the car.
 SAN FRANCISCO, July 1.-The Su- preme court of California to day re- versed the decision of Judge Sullivan, of the Superior court, in the celebrated Sharon case. Supreme court holds there was no marriage between the late Ex-Senator Sharon and Sarah Althea Terry.
 SIOUX FALLS, July 16.-In the consti- tutional convention day routine business was transacted.
 WASHINGTON, July 16.-Major Powell, of the Geographical survey, reports to the Secretary of the Interior the pro- gress that has been made in the survey for irrigation and reclamations of arid lands in the West. The data given is drawn from statements of what was done during the month of May. IR Col orado the reports states that an approx innate area of 2,500 square miles was surveyed, and in California 600 square miles. The work of scheduling the lakes of the west, preparatory to their selec- tion and withdrawal for use as reser- voirs, it says was materially advanced
 BEDDING, Cal, July 6.-Negotiations for the sale of the large mining property in Northern California are now being carried on between Wm. T. Coleman of San Francisco and an English syndicate. Abstracts of title 10 group of sixty mines, twenty of which are patented, are under way to the abstract bureau at Bedding. It is announced that the pur- chase price is in round number two million. The properties have been in the name and under the control of corporation known as the Niagara Mine and Milling Co.
 CHICAGO, July, 16.-General Master Workman Powderly and some of his colleagues, forming the executive board of the Knights eff Labor, arrived in this city this morning and held secret con ference in their hotel. The board. deci- ded that the next general assembly shall be held in Atlanta Ga. Powderly in an interview, said the present membership of Knights of Labor is three hundred thousand, much of it made up of those people who think that strikes are the sol ution of all evils. The question of eight hour labor was brought before the order and will probably be settled by the next general assembly.
 LONDON, July 16-The Duke of Cam bridge visited the camp of the American marksmen today and was received by |