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walked two blocks, closed inland, grab
bling the victim from behind, slaShed
his throat and then started away. Mas
terson quickly jumped on the scene,
and, knocking the fellow down, secured
him. The drunken man was William
Miller.
Thus was Jack the Slasher" caught,
and nicely, TOO, and he acknowledged
to Inspector Byrnes he had committed
the two murders and the other assaults.
He was identified as Henry q. Dowd,
and came from very good family. He
was undoubtedly insane, for he said he
had mania to kill drunken Dutchmen
who bore a resemblance to man who
had once insulted his mother. He is
now IN an asylum.
sJack the Ink Throyyer.''
In this man most peculiar form of
insanity was discovered. His presence
was first made known to the police last
summer, when numerous complain is
were made at the Nineteenth precinct
station by women whose dresses were
spotted with ink. When the story was
published many other complaints were
received, and it was found that in all
eases the dresses ruined were excep-
tionally new and pretty. None of the
women could give any description of
the person who threw the ink from the
fact that the fluid was thrown on the
back of the skirt, and consequently not
discovered until the dress was removed.
1t was clearly case of "morbid i'm
pulse"
For three months the mysterious man
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liar to those in the blood taken from the
body OF the murdered woman. The
jury returned verdict of murder in the
serving a life sentence at Sing Sing.
AS far as Ben ALPS guilt was con-
cerned this verdict was practically an
ac0uittal for him, and to this day the
general opinion is that the murderer of
Shakespeare" is still at large. The
argument advanced, and it is certainly
a strong one, is that ii Ben Ali COM
mitted the deed, which was a most
brutal one. he should certainly have
paid the full penalty of the crime with
his life.
Jack the Slasller.''
The next Jack" of Importance was a
man whose tendencies for SlaShlng were
as fendish as those of the RIPPER"
but in this case only drunken men were
attacked and their Threats cut by sin
gle heavy stroke of Il Keen razor.
The attention of the police was first
attracted to the operations of Jack the
Slashel" on Dec. 20. 1891. Shortly after
midnight on that date man staggered
into the Elizabeth street station, bleed
ing profuSely from cash in his throat
that extended from ear to ear. He said
he had been drinking most of the night.
Only few minutes previous a man had
approached him from behind and cut
him. He turned, but saw nothing more
than figure skulking away in the dark
neSSS.
Louis Larsen. a Swedish, sailor was
the next victim. He was also drunk,
and had his throat cut about a. m. on
JAN s. He could give no description Of
his aSSailant. but said he had been at
tackled from behind.
About 2 o'clock on the morning of
JAN s John Clark, seventeen-year-Ol
boy, who had left his home in Eliza
beth, N. j., to come to this city on a
drunk, staggered into the Oak street
station almost dead from the effects of
gaping wound in his throat. lie got
good look at his assailant, however, and
was positive he could identify him.
The next man who fell under the
slaSher's knife was George Williams, of
Brooklyn, who was attacked in Oliver
street. near Catherine street ferry. He
was too drunk to give description of
the man who committed the deed.
On the morning of the 18th, only four
days later, the police were set on their
mettle by finding the body of John Car
son. with his throat cut from ear to ear,
in front OF stable at 81 Chrystle street.
The wound had been inflicted in exactly
the same manner as the others.
Scores Of policemen in citizens clothes
patrolled the district nightly. Among
them was William Masterson. of the
Oak street station. About O'clock on
the morning of Jan. II he noticed sus-
picious character in Roosevelt street
and followed him at distance. The
man soon began dogglng the footsteps
of drunken man, and when they had
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marked that if Jack, the Ripper" ever
did any work in New York he would
have him in less than forty-elght hours,
made good his words. He flooded the
district with scores of his best men and
any number of suspects were caught in
the drag net. Out of these man known
as "Frenehy," upon whom blood stains
were found, was chosen as the murderer
At the trial, which was one of the most
interesting murder trials ever held in
this city, "Frenchy," through an in
terpreter, said his name was Ameer
Ben Ali and that he came from the
tribe of Ben Aisha, inhabiting
valley near Algiers. He claimed never
to have seen the woman he was charged
with killing and protested his innocence
loudly. The evidence against him was
circumstantial, but so cleverly was it
woven that 1T shattered the defense.
The strongest testimony was that of
DR.. Formal, the expert, who made an
examination of the blood and dirt taken
from under the Arabian's finger nails
and who said the corpuscles were SIM
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or sounds of a struggle had reached
them. The mutilation of this body was
frlghtful. The head was nearly sew
cred from the spinal column, the skirts
were torn away and the abdomen ripped
opened by slashes so deep that the
bowels pIotuded. The cuts were such
as could only have been made by
strong and experienced man armed
with a keen.knife.
Before week had elapsed, and while
the police were busy looking for clues,
Jack the Ripper" succeeded in scor-
ing another success. The woman who
fell under his stroke was Annie Chap
man, the former wife of wealthy vet
Urinary surgeon in Windsor. She had
been divorced, had fallen to the lowest
grade and was without perma-
nent home. Sometimes she slept IN
q tenement at 30 Hanbury street,
and it was at the foot of the steps lead
ing into this house that she was discov-
cred at O'Clock in the morning by John
Davis, one of the tenants. He had been
about the building for over an hour, yet
had heard no other sounds than those Of
footsteps echoing through the lower
hall, which was not at all uncommon.
The cutting in this case was so horrible
that the physician who made the eX-
animation asked to 10 excused from re-
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Next Tuesday Eight Of Them
Will Start on a Long
Tramp.
In the Panorama Building
They Will Show Their
Best PAGES.
All Of Them Are Well Known
Founders OF the SaWdust
Track,
And Some Of Them Have Rec
ordS Better Than Many
Strong Men.

Next Tuesday at noon DR.. S. S. Kill
vington will give the word and the sew
enty -two-hour go-as-you-please race for
ladies will begin at the rejuvenated
panorama building i'll Minneapolis.
For the past two weeks H. o. Mes
sier, himself we'll known pedestrian
and man who has managed many long
distance races, has been busy putting
the building into shape for this event.
The panorama building is the best
building in the city for race like this.
1t is centrally located. and is SO con-
structed that view of the w hole track
can be had from any point inside the
walls. The interior arrange mentS are
much superior to those of any building
in the city where similar race has
been brought Off. One does not have to
stand all the time. Comfortable seats
have been arranged in a!nphitheater
form, so that the spectators can sit down
all the time and enjoy the race. The
arrangements are as good as can be
made.
The race will last six days, and the
contestants will be on the track twelve
hours every day. They will appear on
the track at noon and will remain on
until midnight. Making the racing hours
twelve hours each day insures the
presence on the track OF all the entries
all the time. The entries number eight
and every one Of them has made good
records On the SaW-duSt. None of them
is local" who has never been in a
race, but all are women with national
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PLAY House Paragraphs.

Manager Lift has openly guaranteed that
the Twin City stock company Will be the besl
ever seen in the Northwest. A number OF
new American plays will be produced.
among them being the one in which Miss
Annie Lewis, the talented soubrette of the
"Yon Yonson'' company, will star. 1t has
not been given title as yet, but is from the
pen of William Haworth the author of THE
Ensign"
Miss Jessie Villars has the part of Maras
china in "SInpad," giddy old female. very
susceptible and very anxious for husband.
She has made quite hit in the part, making
it effective, but avoiding the dtsagreeable ex-
aggerations, bordering on yulgarlty, which
so many performers seem to think necessary
IN impersOnatlnS such character.
Joseph jefferson, the comedian. has de-
clned the invitation 10 go to the lnterna-
tional musical and theatrical exhibition in
Vienna. Mr.. Jefferson was asked to go as
the most famous American comedian. The
trip is likely to be an expensive luxury for
any actor who will undertake 1t. h. II.
Southern is the present candidate, and he is
said 10 be willing to go.
An important event in this seasons
theatricals will be the appearance at the
Grand of Robert Mantell generally con-
drama His repertoire includes 'Monbars,"
Hamlet" 'Othello,' 1.-THE Lousianians."
"a Lesson in Acting and The Corsican
Brothers"
EThe Hanlon Brothers, who have made
themselves famous from the production of
such pantomiuic sDectacles as lie Voyage
ell Suisse" "Fantasma" and others have, 1t
is said, excelled all former efforts in their
liberal presentation of ''Superba."
"O'Dowd's Neighbors, one of those light
entertainments which depends for success
upon mirth and melody as we'll as collec-
ton of clever comedians, will be the attrac
ton at the Bijou at an early date.
Mile Rhea, the famous Russian actress,
will introduce new historical play during
her engagement OF the Grand. The piece is
called La CZarina."
The seats for "Sinbad' will open next
Thursday morning. 1t is quite likely the
standing room sign will adorn the lobby at
each performance.
The Lyceum will have tor its attraction
convention week Miss Agnes Huntington, the
most popular comic opera prima donna in
the States.
my jack an English melo-drama on the
order of The Lights of London" and Rom
any Rye will follow THE Police Patrol" at
the Bljou.
Hazel Kirke' will be presented here by
Miss Effie Ellsler, c. W. COuldock and sew
eral other members of the original company.
One of the dramatic treats of the season
will be the appearance at the Grand OF Nina
K Gale in Shakesp earian repertoire.
Eccentric Eddie Foy has topical song in
'iSinbad' which is said TO be one Of the hits
OF the piece.
The United States Marine band is an
nounced for April % and - at the Lyceum.
Remeny and his concert company are
billed for the Lyceum April l3.
Funny little Frank Daniels will be here
soon with Latte Puck"
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Iating it in detail to the ccroner's jury.
Mrs. Burrigp. shopkeeper in Black
friars row, died in fit W,ile reading an
account of the horror in the newspapers.
Inc victim was cut deliberately and
skillfGIly, as a surgeon would operate
Oh body-and cut while alive.
The fifth murder was committed on
Sunday, Sept. %. Early on that morn
ing the body of an unknown woman was
found near NeWcaStle-I p0n-Tyne. The
mutilation and all the circumstances
were similar to the previous crimes.
Two at "a Time
The body Of the sixth unfortunate
was still warm when it was discovered
at l O'Clock on the morning OF Sept 30.
The scene of the crime was in Berner
street, and Jack" had evidently been
frightened off, for only her throat was
cut. The physicians said, however,
that the wound was made in exactly the
same manner as the others. Men were
found who had passed the spot few
minutes before the body was found,
but they all sw0re they had heard or
seen nothing unusual. The woman
was Elizabeth Stride, a notorious White
chapel character known as Happy Tip
Ann"
On the same morning. fOrty-five min
utes later, while the police were carry
ing off this body, the seventh murder
was committed within ten minutes
walk of the spot III Mitre square. a
policeman named Watkins found the
body, which was afterwards Identified
as Catherine EddOWS. while it was still
warm. The woman was horribly carved,
and could not have been dead more
than few minutes. For over an hour
the officer had not been out of hearing,
vet had heard no unusual sounds. and Il
Waterman, in front of whose house the
deed was done, said he had been sitting
for two hours near the window reading.
but had not at any time been disturbed
by the slightest sound in the street.
On Oct. 2 the body of the eighth vic
tim was found iii an open vault where
the Grand opera house was building,
within stones throw of the Grand and
the Metropolc hotels and in sight of the
Scotland Yard headquarters. The legs
and arms were separated, the throat cut
and the abdomen criSScrOSSed with sharp
cuts. The body was in an advanced
stage of decomposition and was never
identified.
Jack" probably spent more time on
the ninth victim than on any of the
others. She was Mary Jane Lawrence,
and on Nov. was found in her room
mutilated beyond recognition. The
slashlng in this case was so brutal that
even the physicians were Slckened at
the sight. The throat was cut from ear
to ear, the arms and legs severed neatly.
the breasts cut off and laid on the table
and the heart and liver removed as if by
surgeon. The abdomen was lacerated
beyond description.
HIS Only Failure
The next attempt was made on Nov.
81, and was the only one in which The
Ripper" failed to accomplish his fiend-
ish purpose. The woman IN question
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continued unmoIestedin his destructive
work. His field of operations was among
the shopping districts in Sixth avenue
and on Fourteenth and TWenty-thlfd
streets. In august he was caught III
the act of So. Fting ink on the dress OF
a woman on Sixth avenue. He had III
his pocket a goOd-siZed bottle OF INK.
and i'll his hand was small glass and
rubber tube such as is used i'll filling
fountain pens, and which had been his
weapon in every case. He was a man
about thirty years of age, poorly
dressed. and as he could not or would
not give any account OF himself he was
sent to Bellevue to be examined as to
his sanity. There are undoubtedly many
women who never reported the destruc-
ton of their gowns in this strange
manner.
''yack the Water-ThrOWer.o
This fellows operations were 81 milar
to those of the preceding character. aud
the form of inSauity-a desire to throw
something at WOman'S dreSS-of the
same development. He was first heard
from in upper Sixth avenue, between
Fortleth and SiXtieth streets. His pla n
was to stand in doorway, and when
victim passed throw on her cupful of
pear accidental and offer pr0fuSe apol-
ogies. The frequency of the act, how
ever, brought about a complaint to the
police, and he disappeared, only to turn
up month later on the East side, where
he repeated his actions. When COM
plants were made from this quar- ter he
stopped his queer work and has not
been heard from since.
s'JacEk the Peeper.,
From November, 1890, until late last
summer the Inhabitants of dozen New
Jersey towns in the vicinity OF Eliza
beth were terroriZed at different inter
walls of about two weeks at time by the
appearance of heavily built man with
a villainous face, which most Of the
time was hidden by a huge SLOUGH hat.
Upon striking town he would wait un-
Ill about o'clock in the evening and
then start on tour OF peeplng. lie
would always select the windows of the
room in which the family were sitting,
and upon being discovered would drop
out OF sight as completely as if had
gone through the earth.
AS rule he would peep into about
nine houses night, and would let one
night elapse before repeating the queer
actions around other houses. He was
never known to remain longer than, two
weeks in one town, but in many cases
return visits were paid after all absence
of Il month or more. The excitement
at one time became so high throughout
the besieged locality that searching
parties were instituted and. although
many long and weary vigIls were kept,
Jack the pepper" was never caught.
The remarkable faculty he had of dis
appearing almost instantly still remains
an unfathomable mystery. One Of the
best theories advanced is that he is
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ty-four hours. which is better than
many a man famous in pedestrian
ism has made. and record of twenty
five miles in four hours. Louise is a
slayer and can always be counted upon
TO make an exciting finish for any one
who tries to beat her out.
Nine. Tobias, of New York city, has
the best long-diStance record of any of
the ladies entered in this race. She has
been on the track for a good many
years, and has never failed to give a
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lCpAuoLiolio % PCbN
First among the
entries comes Lou
Use Armaindo. who
needs no introduce
ton to Minneapol-
itanS. She is best
known up i'll this
country thr GU z h
h er performances
on the wheel, but
she also as rec
ords OH the saw
dust pa t h. S h e
has a record of
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good account OF her
self. She is the
worlds champion
long distance walk
er among the ladies.
She has covered 405
miles IN 142 hours
and 2G0 miles in 70
hours, twelve hours
per day. For the
past seven years she
has won all of the
long-d distance walk
ing matches in the
United States for
ladies. She is now
i'll the city, and will
be ready for the
start next Tuesday.
She says she is 60
ing to win this race,
too.
Miss Emily Stew
ems is an English
girl, but she has
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MISS MDIII6 HdT- MOLLIE HAKVEY-
vey is also Pittsburg lady and sister
of Agile Harvey. She has devoted her
athletic ability to pedestrianism instead
of to bicycling. as her sister has done,
and she has made some good records.
She has travelled seven miles in one
hour, fifty-tive miles in twelve hours,
and 242 miles in seventy-two hours,
twelve hours day. There is no dan
ger but she will be able to cover the
limit, and claim a share of the gate
money.
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nation famous TOT
the production of
athletes. She, like
Miss Stevens, has
not done very much
In long distance
races, bat she has
covered so much
ground in short dis
lance matches that
she has proved that
she can run and that
she has good stay
ing qualities. She
is the champion
short distance walk
er or CANADA. her
record is as follows:
Five miles in 43 min
utes: 10 miles in /
hour and 26 minutes;
Is miles in 2 hours
and 81 inmates.
Miss Bessie Mac
beth, of Philadel-
he homer of the land
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has been seen in attn
letic exhibitions in
Minneapolis before.
She took part in the
two ladies' bicycle
races in Minneapolis
last spring. But she
has made good rec
ords OH the pedes-
trian path as well as
on the wheel. Among
the pedetrian rec
ords she has made
are these: Seven
miles in one hour;
sixty miles in twelve
hours; 293 miles in
seveniy-two hours;
315 miles in 142
hours. Miss Harvey
is in the best posi-
bic condition. and
feels able to estab-
fish her title to be-
ing styled the Irish
Queen.
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EMILY STEVENS. lived SO long in Chi
cago that she now claims that city as
her home She has not been in many
really long distance races. but she has
shown that she possesses speed and
staying qualities. She has a record of
thirty miles in five hours, which is not
slow travelling
Among those who will dispute the
lead with Nine. Tobias is Miss Aggie
Harvey, of Pittsburg, Pa. Miss Harvey
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WASH GOODS.
GlNGHAMS.

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Also Fancy Paisley
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cisco at SOC yard.
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DRESS GOODS
IN ANNEX:
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pin check mixtures, very
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36-inch Chevron Suit
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at 45c yard. Special,
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46-inch Henrietta Cloth,
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41-inch French Crepon
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There is no worse rObber than
a journal whose "circu alton"
doesn't circulate.
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LOUISA RUsToN. beth, of Philadel-
phia, will uphold the homer of the land
The record-union., 1892-11-21

The Capay Valley Land Company is offering the
most fertile lands in this beautiful valley upon terms which
enable the purchaser to pay for the land of its own
product viz: Interest only for five years at per cent
The only condition imposed is, that reasonable pro
portion of the land purchased shall be planted to fruit
trees vines. Land may be bought without this
condition on payment OF 20 per cent. cash and re-
naming so per cent at the end Of five years. with in
teres annually in advance, at per cent The various
tracts owned by the Capay Valley Land Company have
been subdvded into and 2o-acre lots which are for
sale at prices varying from $50 to $I5o per acre SINH
lar unimproved land in Vaca Valley has recently been
sold at $500 to $500 per acre.
These Capay Valley lands are under the most favor
able climatic conditions for the prosecution of profitable
fruit growing and the locality has proved itself to be
one OF the earliest in the State The grape crop of 1890
from the companys vineyard at Cashmere was picked
dried and shipped to Chicago and Philadelphia before
the Fresno County grapes were ripe.
The railroad passes through all of the tracts owned by
the Capay Valley Land Company, thus insurng excel
lent shipping facilities; and land may now be purchased
in the immediate proximity Of either of the following
stations Capay, Cadenasso Surrey, Guinda Sauterne
Cashmere or Rumsey.
At many OF these places fine orchards of the choicest
and earliest varieties Of peaches and aprcos may already
be seen and during the coming season considerable adj
ditona acreage will be planted out One Of the recent
sales made by the company that of the Tancred
Tract containing 600 acres to a colony association
This tract has been subdvded into forty holdings all of
which will be planted to fruit trees this season
The fine orchards the Guinda Tract where 400
acres have been sold, especially worthy Of mention
and is significant fact that several of the blocks are
owned by successful Vaca Valley fruit growers who ex-
pect to make their earliest shipments from here.