THE FRISCO MAIL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 112, 26 May 1891, Page 4

THE FRISCO MAIL.

_ + -— ■ . GENEKAL SUMMARY. SanFbancisco, May 1. The New- York World's London special says it is reported that Michael Davitt has decided to abandon his English career and emigrate to San Francisco, with the' view of making his home on the Pacific Slope. The Ohio Farmers' Alliance declares for a uniform system of school books, the Australian system of ballot, reduction m railroad rates to two cents a mile, 1 and taxation of real. estate at its assessed value, less mortgage indebtedness. It is understood that at Ottawa the smuggling of Chinese from Canada to American territory is at present the subject of diplomatic correspondence between the Imperial and United States Governments. The Customs officials made a heavy seizure of opium on the Pacific Mail Dock on April 30th. The Inspectors were paying special attention to the merchandise being unloaded on the steamer China, and at last, m a consignment of 40 cases of alleged crockery, they discovered 10 cases Lai Yuen opium. In all there were 1170 pounds of the drug, valued at 23,000 dollars. The value placed against the entire invoice of forty boxes which were marked «* J.M.," according to the shipper, was only 80 dollars. The drug was removed to the appraiser's store. Another attempt to smuggle some of the .drug ashore Jwas frustrated by Inspector Ahem, who arrested S. P. Carter as he was descending the gang plank from the China with 28 five tael cans of prepared opium. Carter is associated m a peddling \ business with ex-Inspector of Customs Veeder. JACK THE RIPPER. A man and woman registered at a cheap hotel at New York on the night of April 23rd as man and wife. They immediately retired, and aa nothing was seen of them m the morning, tbe door of the room was broken m. On the bed lay the woman covered with blood. She had been dead for hours. Her abdomen was ripped open with a dull broken table knife that lay m the blood. The visicera had been cut, and from appearanceß part of it was missing. The man had escaped. A very imperfect description of him has been given to the police, and they went to work on it with the utmost secrecy and speed, They think he is « Jack the Bipper." The coroner niade a hasty examination of the body and found that the woman had been dead a number of hours. He removed the clothes from her face and neck, and a ghastly visage. The tongue was cut out of her mouth, which was fearfully swollen, her eyes bulged from their sockets, the nose was flattened to the face, and about the neck was a circle of congealed blood. The appearance of the face convinced the coroner that the woman had first been strangled and then cut. On turning over the body it was" found that the murderer had left his mark. The broken end of a knife had been used to make a large cross on the base of the spine. The proprietor, Jennings, and assistant housekeeper, Mary Muniton, told the police all they knew about the caße. The housekeeper said tbe murdered woman's companion was decidedly a German m appearance, but Bhe could not tell from bis appearance how long he had been m the country. She said he resembled a seafaring man. Mary said the woman was a well-known character around the neighborhood, but no. one seems to know her or where she lived. The police are scouring the city and vessels around the docks for the niwdewr. ,