The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-30
OUR LONDON CABLE LETTER.
EXTRAORDINARY EPIDEMIC OF
MURDERS, SUICIDES AND OUT
RACES UPON WOMEN.
some ROYAL SOCIETY POINTERS
Possible Recurrence of the Inhu-
enza-Germans Training Dogs to
Fight the French-Theatrical
Week Very Dull.

London, Sept. 25.-(Copyrighted, 1897,
by the Associated Press.)-The present
extraordinary epidemic of murders, sui
cides and outrages upon women In Lon
don and its vicinity is unequalled since
the days of Jack the Ripper"
Daily for a week past the public has
been startled by an atrociouS murder,
and the alarm is increased by the fact
that the perpetrators of the crime have
all baffied the police and have escaped
without apparently leaving clew to
their identity. The murder in railroad
carriage of Miss Camp in February last,
the perpetra tor of the crime not having
been discovered has been followed by
another tragedy, in which Mrs. Bryan,
the wife of DIR. Bryan of Northampton.
has been killed under circumstances
pointing to murder, and the Rev. Dr.
Aubrey Price, a well known divine, was
killed by burglars at his residence on
Monday. A little boy has been kidnap-
ped and murdered in the suburbs, a
rich, miserly woman has been found cut
to pieces at her residence, Bethalgreen,
and a farmers daughter. Emma John
son, has been murdered at Windsor UNI
der peculiarly atrocious circumstances.
Her body was mutilated, stripped and
thrown into the Thames. The authors
of all these outrages are still at large,
and there seems to be no trace of them,
although the murderer of Emma John
son Is believed to be maniac whose
identity is not known, but who for
months past has frightened and assault
ed persons on the road from Windsor
to Maiden Head and who has always
managed to elude capture.
Queen Victoria will visit the Marquis
and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hat
field House, about the middle of No
veniber, after the return of the court
at Windsor.
Vanity Fair, commenting upon the joy
experienced by the Duchess of Mari
to the Blenhelm estates, says:
"Opnsuello, who has been nearly off
her head with delight since the fear
was removed of Lady Chnrchill's son
succeeding to the dukedom, Is rapidly
recovering and the family Is making as
much fuss as though another heir had
been born to the throne. They take
care that everything is put in the pa
The medical press warns the public
against q probable recurrence of inftu-
enza. For months past that disease has
been raging in severe form In the dis
trict Of Mory, Turkistan. The number
of victims Is immense, and although
there are fewer deaths than foremrly,
the virulence of the epidemic is said to
have increased rather than lessened.
The latest reports show that the attack
of influenza leaves severe results, such
as heart affections, paralysis, etc.
The French newspapers note with
much satisfaction that the German mil
itary authorities are SO exercised at the
progress made by the French military
bicycle corps that they are training enor-
nous wolf hounds to attack militant
field men. The papers assert that daily
on the outskirts of Berlin wolf hounds
are trained to seize dummies. In French
uniforms, which have been perched on
bicycles.
The growth of London Is astounding.
The latest returns on the subject show
that over 1900 houses are erected
monthly In the metropolis. Between the
months of August, 1896, and August,
1897, 1851 houses were built.
The statement Is repeated that the
Prince of Wales will shortly visit the
Italian court. .. .....
a1 1ri IN" ..rst time In it's history the
University of Durham Is about to marx
its appreciation of Erudition by confer
ring a degree upon Miss Jane Eha Har-
rson, the we'll known Greek scholar
and lecturer on Greek ART ann p4Iticu-
larry Greek vase painting. Miss Harri-
son has been q frequent contributor to
magazine literature and has published
works on Greek painting, ETC.. She won
the language scholarship at Cambridge.
While the general health of Munkacey,
the famous painter, who is In an asy-
lum Mt Bonnie, is excellent, his brain is
hopelessly gone. 49,,
Theatrically the week has been dull.
Hedmont has abandoned his attempt
to reyitalize RIP Van Wrinkle" in seri-
ons opera, ,..,.t.
When Nine. De Navarro MARY Ander-
SOM reappeared in semi-public at vii
lage concert given for charity at Broad
way, her Worcestershire retreat, she
met with great success, but in spite of
the pressure brought to bear on her,
the American actress still insists that
she has no, thought of returning to pub
lie life