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Job 17,1889-Alto Mi nlimto, tbrad 1th her-throat «M to C*tU-»H*y, off tfca«tt__________Wesstwosth-road, WUtoohapei.in poatponemimt vui o auu,i/ s. suu ,uo ■trikers insisting that the Increase ol pay ■hall date from October 1.The Lord Mayor U itlll urging tho dock com pan lea to agree to the latter date, bat the director! hare not yet given their declalon. Cardinal Manning now propose! that the date shall be November 1.The Now Zealand Shipping Company are anlng the dockownera for £10,000 damages In respect to the detention of frozen mutton unloaded from their Steamer Ruapehu.Referring to the snbacrlptlona received from Australia and the aoantlty of the American contributions, Mr. Burns In a speech yesterday eulogised the British colonies for their support, and ■aid bo was sahamed of America.ANOTHER MURDER IN LONDON.THE NINTH ATROCITY.WORSE THAN THE REST.(From oir own Correspondent. 1 London, September 10.Another atrocious murder, the ninth of the series, was committed early this morning In Whitechapel. The featnree down to the smallest detail are analogous to those which have marked the previous crimes attributed to “ Jack the Ripper.At 5 o'clock this morning a constable patrolling Backchorch-lane, leading from the Commercial-road Kast, found the body of a woman covered with blood and horribly mutilated.The thoroughfare runs parallel with Berner-street, the acene of the murder of Elizabeth Stride, which took place a lew days short of twelve months ago, and iru the fifth crime In the category.The constable ran to Leman-atreet police-station, aearoely a stone's throw from when the body was found, and the alarm waa at once given to the neighboring stations.Within] a few minutes a large body of constables were massed on the spot, and • cordon was made, enclosing a radius of a quarter of a mils. The streets were for some time dosed to traffic, and detectlvea were distributed throughout the district.The aearoh though vigorously prosecuted was unavailing, and no vestige of the murderer was discovered. The locality la not far distant from the London docks, where the polloe belonging to the Leman-street radius have been employed for some etms past In looking after the■trikers.This withdrawal of the police from their proper beats greatly diminished the chances of capturing the murderer. By his skilful escape the miscreant has given lorther proof of his Intimate know* ledge of the looallty and of the polloe movements. Owing to the congregation of polioe at the docks It la oonstilered Lm*Erobable that he fled in that direction as e was supposed to have done after his last murder In Caatle-alley.The victim belonged, as In former cases, to the nnfortnnate class, bnt she Is otherwise unknown. Her age la said to be 30.The body waa frightfully mutilated. The arms and head were completelylevered and were lying tome distance from the trunk. Tl ___Che abdomen wasSied In an unexampled manner. The y appears to have been surgically dissected and parts are missing.London, September XL Tho dreadful murder committed la Whitechapel has produced a state of panic In the East-End, and there Is a general agreement that the murderer la Identical with the miscreant who established a reign of terror In the same part of the metropolis about this time last year. The body appeari to have been carved with the akUl of a surgeon, and It tarns oat that both legs as well aa the arms and head were completely severed from the trunk. The mangled remains are lying at the morgne awaiting Identification.The following are the dates of the previous crimes and names of the vlotlms :Christmas week, 1887—An unknown woman found murdered near Osborne andGENERAL CAB LB NEWS,(From our ora Oorresf nadsef.lLondon, fhptaaber 6,The oew steamer Annie, lt;for the Aaatfullaa United Stoat Navigation Company, has been taooeesfuily launched.General Legitime, who was defeated by General Htppolyte In the straggle for the presidency of Hsytl and forced to seeksafety In flight, has arrived at New York In a Fiench schooner.General B-alanger has forwarded e coKmnnl-atlon to M. Ttoid, the Frenoh Premier, In which he demands that the sentence of the Senatorial High Court of J oaUce be revised He still disputes the jurisdiction ol that tribunal, and elalms to be heard before a court martial or a court of appeal.London, September 7.B M.8. Kaplegle has taken poaaesalon on behalf of the British Government of Humphrey and Rtenon Islands, in the South Pacific The lalsnds are In the Manlhlkl Group, which lies to the north of Cook’s Archipelago,Negotiations an In progress batween Jem Smith and Peter Jackson for e pugilistic encounter. Smith has accepted a challenge from Slavln, the Australian, to fight him for £200 a side In three months.At the Trades Union Congress, sitting at Dundee, a motion waa submitted In favor of the oompulaory enforcement of the eight hours system by legislative enactment. The proposition waa rejected by a large majority.Lord Charles Scott, who has been a p.Klnted successor to Admiral Fairfax, will ve England on Ootober 3 next to taka charge of the AaatxalUn squadron.The “ History of New Sooth Walee,” which has been compiled from State papers by Mr. llarton, Is to be published in London by the firm of Trubner andCo.The grand organ for the Centennial Hall in Sydney la now being shipped.Mr. John Denclatonn Wood, a barrister who was In bnt In ess In Vlotorfa 30 years ago, Intends retnrnlng to that oolony, where he will settle and resume the practice of his profession.Mr. John Borns, the well-known Socialist, who has taken a leading part In connection with the strike of the London dock laborers, has announced his Intention to become a candidate for the representation of Dundee In the House of Commons.The construction of 14 locomotive engines ordered by the South Australian Government has been completed. The locomotives have been delivered, and are now being shipped for Adelaide. Five locomotives have also been constructed for the New Booth Walee Government, and will shortly be dispatched to Sydney.London, September 8.M r. Samuel PllmaoU, formerly a member ol the House of Commons, and famous for bla aervtoea to British seamen, opposes Mr. Bnrns at the Dundee election.Brodie, an American swimmer, has accomplished the feat of swimming throngh the rapids of the Niagara River. He waa successful In crossing from one side of the river to the other without sustaining any injury.Mr. Gladstone, who is now on a visit to the Continent, baa been entertained at a banquet In Paris.London, September 9.The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, who waa compelled some time ago to desist temporarily from his labors throngh illness, Is again reported to be be In falling health.Arrived at Rotterdam Salsotte, ship, from Sydney May 31.London, September 11.The Indian authorities have refused to make the alteration In their mall timetable on which Mr. Ralkes, the Postmaster-General, lately stated would depend the carrying out of the com* promise for the ocean mall steamers to leave Adelaide on Wednoadays Instead of Mondays.Owing to the strike It has been decided to postpone the September wool sales till the 24th Inst.The Gwalla Copper Mining Company has been registered with a capital of £200,000.The cargo of wheat ex the Karlaoourt, barque, from Tlmarn, N.Z., Hay 22, hat been sold off coast at 32a. Od. per qr.(From the Melbourne Daily TdtgrapM London, September 5.The British Government have addressed a diplomatic note to the Saltan of Tarkey In favor of the Cretans.The death is announced of Air. J. F. B. Firth, M P., from sunstroke, at Chamonnlx, In the Alpa. Mr. Firth represented Dundee In the Hooae of Commons.The man Laurie, who murdered Mr. Hamilton, a tourist, visiting Goatfell, has been captured. He waa joat about to commit suicide when arrested by the police.It Is reported here that a mutiny broke ont among the seamen on H.M.S. warship Acorn, now lying at San Francisco. The mutiny waa followed by a Urge number of desertions.London, Sep. 8.Warm sympathy felt for the strikers and their starving families still continues to be expressed and manifested throughout England. Many Churches have contributed their collections to the Strike Snatentatlon Fond.;„Tha man who performed the mad feat of descending Niagara waa enveloped la the IndUrubber water suit Invented by Captain Boyton. He waa picked op In an nnconadona state, bnt revived on the application of restoratives.GERMAN LABOR INTERESTS.(From our on Correspondent. I (££■ London, September ti.n'lte Ubor crisis In England la provoking general discussion in Germany, where the question of underpaid labor waa forced on public attention by the strike of the colliers a few weeks ago.| pThe working classes as well as the public generally sympathise strongly with the London dockmen, and the hope la ex-pressed In many of the newspapers that the Uborers will continue firm and unite! In their demands.The Emperor WillUmhaa taken occasion to show that he thinks the cause of the suffering Uborers a reasonable one. In s speech delivered yesterday his Imperial Alajeaty stated that his first thoughts were for tho welfare of hU people.It was necessary, he said, for the State to Interfere when Its laboring classos were reduced by the oppreeslou of capitalists to the verge of starvation, and the Government Intended, during the onsnlng session, to Introduce measures for the protection of workmen against the capita, lists and for ameliorating the hardships which many of them bad to endnro.
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