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Wi- .witTlOIW JL. G THE BED CLOUD OTIEE, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 181)0. fc i'. ii 1 I I if i I RirRDERKRS COXKKSS. LAMBORN WAS KILLED BY THOS. DAVENPORT. Tim Myrter.v Clmreil t't Tlir Murdered MiiiiV son ntnl lluughter Uirn In the 'ini!rnii - riii- IliuiKlilir 't'rlli. tlir M rri.t to it rjuly 1 rli'iiil. T.r.Avu.Nv.nniii, Kan., April 10. Tim foul murder of .1. T. I.amliorii nt his home near I'nll Leaf, Mils county, Is no longer shtoutlcd in mystery. Kvory lctail has been laid bare In a written confession by both tin: son and daugh ter of the murdered man, who were placed tit jail hero Tuesday night, together with Thomas Davenport, u lover of tho young l.amborn girl, who was jailed at the same lime on a sim ilar charge. Smarting under tho horror and dis grace of dingy prison bars, and liar- rassed by tho belief that one would "pencil" on tho other, both tlm boy and the girl made written statements, which verify one another. Calmly and deliberately they wrote of a prearranged plan to put their aged father out of the way, ami Thomas Davenport, the lover of tho girl, was chosen to do the awful deed. Charles l.amborn, tho sou of the murdered man, is about i,".' years of ago, and Annie l.amborn, the' daugh ter, who bore such an active pari in this awful tragedy, is about -1 years old. SI ic. is of 'frail physiipic, not wcighliigniore than ninety pound. Not all the detail of the crime could bo learned, but the following facts from the confessions hnvu been made Itnown. They stamp the crime as one of the foulest imaginable. Ac cording to these confessions, after matuie deliberation on the part of Charles l.amborn, Annie l.amborn and Thomas Davenport, tho night of Februurv Id. last, was c.ioscu as the time that old man l.amborn was to bo hilled. The l.amborn house, which is in a t collided place, fronts north on tho public road, while there is another road running cast and west about one-half a mile north of the l.amborn residence. Near this east and west road tho young Luuiborn girl and Davenport had a trysting place, as old man l.am born did not allow young Davenport to visit his house or to keep company with his daughter. Ucrout this trvst ing place on the evening of February 10, Char'cs and Annie l.amborn met Davenport, as the three wore going to a dance. The brother and sister told Davenport that their father was all alone and it was agreed that the two i.hoiild remain I hero while Davenport i.lmuld go to the house and commit the murder. , Tho plan was executed. Davenport iuuc ins norsu uroiiuii 10 l.tilulinrirs, hitched In front of the house on the public thorough faro, scoured an ax, gained entrance to the house bv repre kcntiug himself to bo Charles l.am born and, without delay, proceeded, with the murderous ax', to chop his helpless victim to pieces. Quickly mounting his horse he re ported the llcndlsh act to the waiting son and daughter of tho victim and then, Accompanied by Charles Lam burn, Davenport returned to the l.am born house, where thev found and hurntd a will tha had been made by the murdered man. Accomplishing this tho two men re lumed to whore thoy had left Annie Lamborn and tolling her of what had loon done, the throe proceeded to the ilnnt-o and enjoyed themselves as much, apparently, as any of the other guests. How they returned from tlm dance, wont to bed in the house where their muulered father lay and did not '-discover" the remains of their father un til late tho next morning, has already been toltl. The arrest of the two l.amlmrns and Davenport was brought about by the young l.amborn girl confiding the soeiot of tho murder to a woman In Lawrence, who often visited at tho Lnmborn house, as she was a bor rower of money from old man l.am born. Annio I.amborn's love for Daven ports it seems, faded awav In contem plating the awful crimu to which she had been an accessory. Her horror stricken soul needed solace and sho confided her terrible secret to this woman friend, under a promise of oeorccy, soon after tho or'nie was committed. Intil very recently, how ever, this woman kept her own coun sel, under the belief that tho guilty parties, if known, would bo han-'cil lor tho crime. Learning later that there is no capital punishment in Kan sas, she made a confidante in turn of Mrs. Charles Shadier, who Is living temporarily nt Kansas City. Mrs. Shadier told her husband, and It was Ins wlio went to Fall Leaf, arrested the murderers and placed them hi jail it this point PENSIONS FOR MAIL MEN. Tin. Ahlrleh IU1I to I'm hie IiiMirnnee for Letter Carrier Well l'moreil. Wasiiinoton, April 10 A on re fill canvass of tho lluusu committee on rostollicos and post mails husdisolosed b majority In favor, mi far as it ap plies to letter carriers, of the Alilrieli bill, umler which two per cent of the salary received by lobular luttor car riers caeh year will bo deducted and turned Into a fund for the benefit of the men. Tho bill provides that car riers permanently Injured or disabled mentally or physically, while engaged In tho discharge of thnlr duties, bhall receive annually from SIO'J to .(), ac cording to grade, wliilo widows ami children of carriers killed in tho ser vice or dyhijr from injuries received while nt work, bhall receive i,(yj jn. sure nee. ' Shot by III Cliilm Coiiteu.uit. OimiiiiK, Okla., April 10 Word was brought to this city last evening that Judgo Henry (Jarland, living In the Southern part of the county, had been bliot anil fatally wounded by his claim contestant. J. Hunt, Sheriff Pointer utonce left for tho scene to arrest Hunt Ixiulavlllo Kepubllcun for .MeKlnley. Louibvim.k, Ivy., April '.0. Ofilolal return sof the Uepublicun primaries In Louisville und Jefferson county, as furnished by tho secretary of the Ho publican city and county committee, giro McJCinlfiv U'3 delegates and liract Icy 73. MANTLE OF MON TANA. DcHtem til Mnlileu Sit-it ti In I In- Semite - SIiiiiiU l'i for the Mini. VVAsiu.Nnros-, April 10 The Sonnto chaplain, the l!ov. Dr. Mllbuni, re ferred In Ids prayer lo'day to the ill ness of the senior Senators from ludi nna and Alabama Mr. Voorhces and Mr. Morgan. Mr. iiiilllnger of Now Hampshire read a letter from tho general secre tary ot tho Armenian Relief associa tion 'cferring to the oUrciiie urgency of the situation in Turkey nnd nsking that steps lie taken to stop the most appalling sacrifice in the history of the world, lie added that while lie would not suggest ways and means to tho foreign relations committee, yet he sincerely hoped that sumo method would be devised to check the Turkish utrociticn. Mr. Mantle of Montana was then rccognled for a speech on tho reso lution recommitting the tnrill' bill to the finance committee. There was special interest in this from the fact that ho was one of the five Republican senators who voted against proceeding with the tariff bill. It was, moreover, his inaldon formal speech. He said that he hesitated an a young and new member of tho Senate to address the body. but thomisroprcscntatlons which had been indulged In against tho rep resentatives of tho Western interests led him to speak. He spoke of tho reooiit utterances of President Cleve land before a missionary gathering derogatory to the West "as but one of the assaults made of late against tho "rotten boroughs and mining cainps"of the West. as the metropolitan press designated the siher states. He declared that within a radius of five n ilos from Carnegie hall. New York. where Mr. Cleveland spoke, there was more poverty. Ignorance, squalor, starvation, crime and criminals than in all of the silver states combined. He gavestatlstics comparing tho silver states with five L'ustoin states, show ing the former to be abreast and nhoad of their F.astom sisters in ma terial and moral standing. lv said that tho attacks sprang maiulv from tho fact that the live ltepublica'u Sen ators from the West voted against proceeding with thu tariff bill at au inopportune time. Mr. Mantle spoke of the, faet that any tariff bill would be vetoed by tho President. The House of Representatives was chosen not so much for tariff legisla tion as In protest against the bond Is suing policy of tho present tidmiiils tration. The MeKlnley law was n strictly lii'li protective measure, so high that some Republican Senators now on the lloorof tho Senate doubted Its expediency and would, if the Re publican pai-ty was fully restored to power, oppose its rc-innotiuent Hut tho Dlngley bill was not a measure designed for protection or revenue. It was, ho believed, a political mcasum unit was framed without duo consider ation to Western States. "There are some Republicans," ex oluiuiod Mr. Mantle, "willing to sacri fice Hie principles of the Republican parly so long as a measure affords protection to certain interests." A. P. A. M'KINLEY FIGHT. Leader or the Nrrret Onlcr llimtllo to the Ohio l.t-iulvr'n Mnnicers. llosTON', April 10. At tho two day's cession in .New York last, week of the council of the American Protective Association much work was done re garding the presidential campaign. The leaders in the association arc carrying on an extended correspond ence all over the country and the members are taking au active part in the campaign, though they are more secretive tills year than ever before. Members of both political parties were present at l he recent meeting, and they came from even California. They are accumulating all possible evidence regarding the position of the publio men who may bo presidential mimiiieer:. nnd it is certain that the orguniutloii is not in favor of the nomination of MeKlnley. One of the leading 'member.') here predicts that MoKinioy will not be nominated. Tho Missouri innnagor of MeKinloy is- a man who tried to have tho New York convention dennuneo the American Protective, association. Other men who are working activclv for MeKlnley have incurred tho con demnation of the order, and there Is evident n disposition to defeat Me Klnley in any event. It is said rosi lively that the order has not decided Whom to support, but meetings will bo "tin m mu near latum. i:mior i.ccii. Allison, Cnlloni or llarribon wouui tie acceptable, and there is a. belief that Harrison stands as good a chance as any man of receiving tho nomination. BLOWN TO PIECES. Two llnttiilhtn or Vlclnim Chlnene s"ot illern Annihilated by a,i Kiplotlon. VANiowvim. April in. The steamer F.mpross of Japan, which has just arrived from tho Orient, reports that at Kiang (iin two regiments of Chinese soldiers revolted and. at a signal from their loader, seized tho guns from tho forts nnd proceeded to kill mIi f ,i- otllccrs und a new regiment of soldiers recentl arrived. In tho midst of the uuissiie o n magazine exploded ami alt were bl iwn to nieces. Twnliattiillnn must hive been wiped out of exist ence, i s not a soldier lived to tell wlictht the matrnzinc went i(T v act1 denl or doslirnedlv. All within uuuiirc yards of tho magazine wero killed I Hying shells. llesidot an lm incuse poutiib powder quantity of shells, lti.odd of powder were stored in tho room. One cuinnunv tlrrhiln near th V llllIUIIiiL' hti'rnlU' illL.inn,. .,,-.., I from tiio face of the earth, not a trace y bf tlioui beiiiL' found. of any The Mm. M.i) brick I'tipcr Wiinted. Washington-, April in Tho House committee on foreign affairs to-day ulhorl.ed a favorable report on tho resolution requesting the Stnto de partment to hcud in tho papers iti the case of Mrs. Florenco IC .Maybrlck, Imprisoned in Kiigland. g Ve)lcr to C'oinuian;' I'Amnnitlly, IUvana, April :o. Captaln-Ucnor-' Wcyler last night took walk incog nito through the streets of this city. It Is probablo that after tho elections he will assume personal direction of tho operations ugalnst tho Insurgenti in the province of PJnar del ttlo. RUSSIA'S HAND APPEARS Tin Jlirrili Chun h to ( time to the f 'rout In Ariniiiiu fl.it l! iiiu (iirrli ii Dili, Constastisoi'I.i., April 10. Accord ing to a semi-olltcial statement, tho Turkish government bases its uetinn in expelling or allowing the expulsion by the authorities of llltlis of the American missionary, the Rev. (Jcorge 1'. Knapp, oh an understanding be tween the porte and I'nllcd States Minister Terrell that Mr. Knanp was to leave llltlis April II. When tho missionary took no steps to depart, the loe.il olllcials of Hitlis invited him to do so. At that time, it is also said, the ('tilted States charge d' affaire, John W. Riddle, had no oflicial ex planations on the subject. Mr. Knnpp has left Diarbckir, and from there, unless the plans of the Turkish gov ernment are interfered with, the American missionary will be "invited" to go to Aloxaudretta in order that hu may embark upon a steamer there. It Is generally believed hero that tho expulsion of Mr. Knnpp is only tho first stop takt n by tho sultan, 'insti gated by Russia, in the direction of expelling all Prtestant and Catholic missionaries, as well us t lit: agents of I he American Iteii Cross society, from Armenia, in order to make way for tho priests of the Russian church. This is bclicvi d to bo the basis of the understanding ,(or secret trcatvi ar rived nt between Russia and Turkey when thu fleets of the powers had assembled In the bay of Salonica and the coercion of Turkey bv a dis play of naval strength before Con stantinople had been nlmost decided upon. A plausible pretext, however. had to be found for such an important move, and it was agreed that the work of the missionaries should be de clared of a disquieting nature and nueiy to incite tho Armenians to re bellion. This was to be followed bv closely watching the most active of tlie missionaries, to prepare tho ground work for charges against thorn of encouraging the Armenians to re volt During tho last scries of massacres in Armenia it was continually claimed that thu uprisings were the work of tho Armenian revolutionary agents. Lately, however, it has been hinted that the missionaries wero ut the back of the revolutionary ngontn, that to the missionaries .should be traced the real cause of tho uprising, nnd that upon them should fall the blame for the bloodshed by the Turks in "sup pressing disorder." Finally, it was decided to begin with Mr. Knapp, who has probably been tho most r.ealous of all tho active workers in tlit cause of Christianity in Asiatic Turkey, and he was openly charged with inciting the Armenians of Hitlis to revolt, and was to have been tried by the local court there on the charge of high treason. People familiar with tiio methods of the Turks have not the slightest doubt that the American missionary would htiro been found guilty, and 'that al leged proof would have been furnished not only of his guilt, but, of the guilt of the missionaries us a body. Then the I'nitcd States minister interfered and tho hand of the Turk was staved for awhile. Hut Mr. Knapp Is being expelled from Asiatic Turkey and nobody hero doubts that this is only the first of a scries of such expulsions which will end with driving all the American, Critish and French missionaries ln,i of Turkey, nt the instance of Russia and in accordance with the lattor's policy of beginning the Russian zin--of Asiatic Turkey. AMERICANS LEAVING. The Temper of the SpiinUli I'eople Such in to Ahirm TmirUli. M aphid, April 10. Affairs look so serious again Hint American tourists aro hurrying away. livery place on tho Sud express which left for Paris to-day was taken by Amurlcans. A guard is still maintained at the Amer ican legation, but it hus not been in creased. Tho feeling is prevalent that a crisis is near nnd that trouble may break out at any moment The captain general of Ferrio re ports that the fleet which is being or ;ani7cd there is already to go to sea. Tho ships comprising it are the iron clads Pelaco, Infanta Maria Teresa, Vizoaya and Oqiiendo, the torpedo de stroyer. Destructor, ami various tor pedo boats. They will lm supplied mm war material nun will probably smrt ior t no river Arosa It escone A rumor is gaining ground that Marshal Campos is to be sent back to tuba, but no oonflrmaMon of tliestory can be obtained in oflicial circles anil Marshal Campos declines to bo inter viewed. Now Mnlio'ii AilmUhlon 1'iitoreil. WARiiiNou.y, April lu. The Ilonsn committee on territories voted fi to 4 in favor of reporting the bill for the admission of Now Mexico as a State Those in favor of the bill were Scran ton, Perkins, Lofever, Averv, Iladley and Cooper. Those against were Knox, Tn ft, Lowe and thvens. Mr. Harris of Ohio was paired with Mr. Harrison of Alabama and Turner of Virginia was not present. FranrW for Temporary Chairman. Wasiii.noton, April 10. Hvllovcrn or David It Francis of St. Louis is tho man the Carlisle supporters have sc cctcd for tcnipoiary chairman of tho ;iucago convention. Souator Llnd iay of Kentucky to-day started tho iiovemont for Frauds. He will have to be one of thu delegates from Mis souri Split In it .Imllilu! (oinrutloii. LAwiii'.M'i:, Kan,- Apnl m The nominating convention of the Fourth judicial district was held hero last evening nud was a stormy meeting. After three hours of lighting thu Douglas, county delegates, eleven lu number, walked tint leaving the An dorson und Franklin county delega tions in control. C. A. Smart of lit tawa was then unanimously nomi nated for judge. Top oiTiitYTi lor, t'ol. Victoii, Col., April 10. -Tho entire Populist town ticket, headed by James Doyle for mayor, wns elected Vere tiftera hotllghtby about ItO majority MISS ANNIE RETRACTS THE FALL LEAF MYSTERY GROWS DEEPER. A We.ili-Mliiiliil U'omiui 'Ilii-(. 'Hint Hi U the s(,rtTir unit liorn Mrnni; from Hi r the linpllialliii; lliitenport. Ir'. Hi tt.irrx A. ('. I .ii in- Muti mi tit Iii:Avi:.Nuoisrii, Kan , April 11. Although there is nodoubt that Annie Lamborn. the duutrhtcr of the imir- tiered Fall Loaf farmer, now under nrrosl with her brother, Charles, and her lover, Thomas Davenport, fur the crime, signed a note Wednesday lic ensing Davenport, she now denies having made such u conlossion as was given out to the jucss shortly after ward. In the first place Annio Lamborn is nn unsophisticated country g rl and easily influenced. Ttio.inv' night "Detective" Shaffer, as he calls him self, nt other times icpreseutiug him self to be a Kansas I Uy business lAnn, went to her cell in the iail after she had retired, sat on the edge of her bed uiid.it is alleged, alternately threat ened and cajoled her. lie told her among other tilings that her brother Charles had sutlcrcd a stroke of apoplexy and would probably die. Nothing could save him. mid Sciiallor. but u written statement from Annie that Davenport had murdered her father. This the girl was foohth enough to believe. Afoot-ding to the story Annio Lam born tells now, on Ucilncsdav tin. ru ing, after long demurringon her part, in the presence of Schaffer and her brother, A. C. Lamhnrn at the dicta tion of Schaffer, she wrote the state ment, charging Davenport. She savs her brother, A. (.. Lamborn. told her this step would save her from the penitentiary and probably oven bring about her immediate release, but she did not know how. She said she hes itated au unusually long tune when It came to writing Davenport's name I became she did not believe he had had anything to do with the murder. Lam horn toll of his refusal to make a statement and concludes his t-tory with these wonts: "I had nothing to ' confess and I will live by it and die by it, so help me Ood. l'f Davenport I did kill my father or had anything to do with it, 1 don't ki.ow 'anything ! about it.' J A. C. Lamborn is tho administrator , of the Lamborn estate, which is up praited at S.'iO.Otm. I'nder the Kansus statutes Charles and Annie Lamborn. ' in the event of their conviction of their father's murder, either a. prin cipals or accessories, could not inherit MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE. l.lliir.il rnrllfieutlnu Aiirnriiillim Mmle Ni-at sunn for the Worh. Wasiiin(.h).n, April 11. The House committee on appropriations to-dnv reported the bill for fortifications and other works of defense, for their ar inuincut nnd for heavy ordnance for trial and service for the fiscal year which begins next duly. It carries specific appropriations amounting to Sr.,84'J,O)0, and in addition authority is given to the secretary of war to make contracts for the further ex penditure of Sri.filL'.UOO l,v the engineer and ordnance departments, making ti total authorized expend iture of ll,:iH,00:. The war depart ment estimates, on which the bill is based, amounted to SsM.l.iiOu The report accompanying the bill made by Mr. Hainor of Nebraska says: "During the Forty-nlnth Comrcss'iio appropriations were made on "account of fortifications, their maintenance or armament, and for Hie twelve fiscal years from IbT.I to !(, inclusive the appropriation on this account aver aged only .. 10,7.10 nor annum, and only S-lti.Viiiu per annum for the fourteen years including 1k7 and lss1-. for which two fiscal years no spcei lie appropriations were made. The bill reported contains appropriations in continuance of tho policy adopted by the Fiftieth Congress, niul by the Fifty-first, lify-socond and Fifty third Congresses. The appropriations by said acts for tho eight fiscal years Ibs'.Kt'J.i aggregate S'"J, lo'.'.'-'iN, or an average of S-,hl I, ls per annum. ' The principal appropriations in tho present bill are as follows; tmn and mortar butt cries SVt'00,0Uti; sites for ion mentions -;5U.0Uf. preservat on Content Cll.iltm Cut M.iterlnlly. Washington, April U. House Elec tions Committee No :i, In pursuanco of Its policy of reducing the claims for expenses in contested cases, has reached a decision in the case of fif teen contestants and contostees. The total amount asked for was S.ll.'.is.-, and that allowed eiT.TT.'i. The law provides for an allowance of S'.'.OuO for expenses in contested cases, and it is understood to be tho purposu of the committee to in no ease approve of claims for moro than the statutory amount. Au IKItnr'H tlrother Kills lllmseir. WAsiii.s-niuN.Arril 11. Henry Fitch, n brother of tieor;e K. Fitch, one of the proprietors of tiio San Francisco Hulletin and Call, committed suicide hero yesterday by shooting himself through the head. Ho had been uif fcrlng greatly ttoin pains in his head for the past six weeks and it. is be lieved committed tho deed wliilo in n tU of temporary abori.ition of mind. He was .'i years old und a native of Ohio. I'.lrrtrciriitlnii In Ohio. Co i t'MJii's, ulilf, April 13. Tho Slate of Ohio, on and after July ), will Inflict capital punishment by electricity, the bill passing yesterdnv. At the next fall election tlm peop'lo are to vote upon tho qucntion of hav ing a constitutional convention, Knth Clevel.iuil Ihi Me.islen. VtAMii.M.-ioN, April II. Tho measles is running its course lu tho President's family. This morning Kuth, tho first born, contracted tho disease. Littlo Hsthcr Is progrussliiu' rapidly toward recovery. So far Htiby Marion has not shown signs of the ailment. may wee c ' mwi m,,..:. ..t f,...nt ... o. ..n,. - ...',.. . '"ought his third duel Cnnnl iin Kole M;ilfN tJiiml I'niKrin lit Ills tw'teiiui' titwnl tiit'ittii:tusfil'. Hi iit.l.v, April 11. This morning it was announced that the third duel ' growing out of the court anonymous letter scandals had taken place 'in thu i woads near Potsdam, and that Huron I You seltratler, master of ceremonies of Die Prussian court, had been shot and seiiously wounded by (mint Yon I Kotze, formerly court chamberlain, who was acquitted of thu charge of , being tho author of thu tinonymoui L't.iiimuuieutions. I The two used pistols and Von Sclira- ; dor was .severely wounded in tho nb- demon and was taken to the hospital. Ills relatives wore telegraphed for und promptly gathered at Ins bedside. Count Von Kotzo'.s arrest was or- tiered, but his friends say that he will surrender to the authorities whenever .....I ..i........ it ... . ...... nuuiuvir ciiuou upon to till so. 1 his is the third duel of the series of about u dozen for which challenges were sent out last April by Count Yon Ivotzo. t.nd he has repeated to-day his I announcement of his determination to keep oh lighting his enemies, one-by one, until lie should have settled ue- I counts with all on his list. Those who I know him feel confident that he will keep his word. The scandals which gave rise to this tei-ies of duels began nearly five years ago. when high court personages, male iiimI female, began to receive anonymous iettom or postal cards, calling their attention to this or that escapade of their own or of relatives or friends. Asa result, wives became separated from husbands, and fathers and mothers discarded their children and people began to look askance at llieir lust friends. Kvery effort possi ble was made bv the police to discover the guflty party, but the anonymous tormentor was able to continue his work for about fouryears. Finally suspicion fastened iUell upon ( ount von Kotze and u vol unteer spy iicnounced him to the court authorities on tli. ground that on the blotting paper of n letter pad used by the count he had found u clear reproduction of oueof thoanonv mous postal cards. Yon Kotze wits arrested and confined In the fortress, but upon trial was ncouittcd. lie then sunt challenges to about a dozen of tlitiM whom he believed to have been implicated in the plot to ruin him in order to save the reputation of tiio high personage, whoever lie mav be. who is looked upon as being tile real author of the unonyuiwus com munications. The counsel for von Kotze, on his trial, was one of the most famous law yers here, Dr. Fritz Friedman. To him thu court entrusted a bundle of im portant documents to lie used in draw ing up the ease. This data remained in Friedman's possession Last De cember the lawyer fled from Hcrlin, leaving heavy debts and Inking with him a rising young actress, Nellie von Wildeiifels, as well as all of the von Kotze case documents nud other secret papers entrusted to his care bv high personages. The Ollcudorf publish ing house tif Purls is reported ready to publish a boolc entitled "A Revelation From Above," written by Dr. Fried man, and containing startling dis closures regarding the von Kotze case and court iife in Hcrlin. SENATOR HILL MODEST. The New orker Ileelliii'H to Deehiro Himself n I'reililcntiiit fundldute. Nkw Yoiik. April 11. Senator David H. Hill arrived in town last night from Washington, accompanied by Congressman Walsh, who has come home to bury his little daughter. Mr. Hill talkeii freely on various subjects, including tiio Knincs law, j but ho would not say whether he i would be a candidate for tho presi dency. "There are so many enndi j dates, you know. There is 'nothing i in the statement that I am to take charge of the Democratic campaign in New York State. Nothing has ' been done yet. and I can not just now say when the State convention will bo helil. hat may happen I can not foresee, but 1 know nothing of taking up the management of the party in tin's State at present" FREE COINAGE PLANS. MUerltm tn Dictate Tcrnn In I hit C'h. i-ngo foiiwiitlnn. W'Ar-m.NtrtoN, April M. Senator Harris, in discussing the free silver movement, said: "The committee of which I am chairman is in receipt of abundant in formation from the various states to justify uii assertion at this time that the fieo coinage people will enter tho Chicago convention with a pronounced majority, such a majority as will dic tate tonus from the start. These terms will bo unchangeable. They will be free coinage of silver at tho ratio of in to 1, and the candidate must stand squarely upon tho plat form. There will bo no surrender. As masters of the field, we shall write the platform and name the candidate." SPANISH TEMPER COOLER. I'eople unit I' riper Cheered by l.'uropruii Sentiment. AlAtimn. April II. A better feeling prevails, especially among tho jour nalists and the politicians, becnusu of the sympathy for Spain displayed by the press of Europe, and especially of France. Resides, oflicial telegrams from the Spanish legation in Wash ington assure this government that President Cleveland will take no ac tion on the Cuban resolution adopted by Congress and will not move at all In tho mutter until tho war in Cuba takes some docluive turn. tinllly of I'higl.irWm. Dr.i.ui. Did., April 11. Tho Ilcv. IL K. lloyer of tho ilnptist church was accused of plagiarism, falsehood aud reckless running into debt and was tried by a chutch council, Yostorduv the council decided that all of tho charges were moio or less substanti ated, but recoinmendod that the church kindly forbear with tho minister and give him au opportunity to llvo down 'tho charges. Tho church will take ,llnal notion within llvo dnys. Mr. Hoyer came hero from Lebanon last November. In his preaching he drew largely from Hpurgeon. A FATHER'S CRIME. Shoot III IMtictitcr niul Iter Liner unit Kill Himself. Ilotsios:, Tex., April 1 1. At Milli can, Texas, a few minutes after ii o'clock yesterday morn Ing, John llrooks shot ami killed his daughter, Mollie llrooks, seriously wounded her sweetheart, A. C. Worrols, and then committed suicide. ' Worrols ami Miss llrooks wore lovers and had made up their minds to marry in opposition to the wishes of tho young woman's father. When tho north bound Central train, duo here at L'.Oi a. m.. stopped nt the station the young people wore there ready to gctaboaul and run awav. Worrols helped Miss llrooks upon r the first step of tho platform, ami ju'3 as she got up her father, who stepped from the other side of the 'iir, tired upon her, shooting hoc through the right breast, the Intlli.f i. ,, ..!.., r through her body. She foil baekwatd Into the arms or her lover, with the words: "Oh, Arthur, father has killed mc." and immediately expired. As Worrols bent dim u to lav her on the plnUoim, llrooks II red upon him under the cui'.thc ball passing through his necit ami making a serious ami probably fatal wouiui. After the shooting llrooks. who das been employed at the rock quarry of (ii'oen ,V Olive, wont to the quarry i and tried to borrow a pistol, but oouli! not got one. lie then went to the pow der house, secured a bo of dynamite ami going away about I no vards sat down upon it and applied a match. A terrific explosion followed, which tore him to pieces, not enough frag- 1 month being gathered up to till a cigar box, MISSOURI SILVER MEN. Ihej Curry the M. l.onU llciiux ratle I'M mnrles fiet All Hut Mi WuriK St. LotH, Mo., April ,1. A heavy vote was cast at the Democratic pri maries hold in St. Louis yesterday for the election of delegates to the state convention nt Sedaliii, which, in turn, will elect delegates to the national convention to be held In Chicago. The contest between "free silver"' anil "sound money" Democrats in this city ami state has been particularly severe, each faction lighting liurd to gain tho supremacy that would filially give it a majority of the delegates elected to the national convention from Mis souri. As a result of the primaries, the so-called ".sound money' men elected solid delegations in three wards. Three other wards elected delegutes of both persuasions, while the remainder of the twenty-eight wards went solid for "free silver." Although the "free silverltes" will send a large majority of vhe delegates to tiio State convention from here, ex Uoveriior Francis and (. ('. Maflltt, chairman of the Democratic State central committee, both prominent leaders of the "sound money" forces in Missouri, will also be d'olcgates. Matlltt was elected, while Francis will go on a proxy. This victory for Muflitt and Francis means, in all probability. Hint they will be elected delegates to the national convention by the eon vent ions in the Kleveiith and Twelfth congressional districts. A NEGRO'S CRIME. Kiilrhle Commltteil While Cniler Tumult for Attempted Murder. Li:Avi:Nvonru, Kan., April :i. OcorgeOwons.colored, employed as sta bleman by an olliccr at Fori Leaven worth, attempted, with probable suc cess, to murder Cora Itoston, a young colored woman employed ut the of ficers' mess at tho post, on Shawnee street, a few paces from the rolioo station, yesterday afternoon at :i o'clock. Owens then ran west on Shawnee street, with Captain Murphy of tho police force and others in close pur suit. While crossing n pasture a half mile away Owens, being hard pressed, cut his throat with tho razor ho had used on his sweetheart u few minutes before, almost decapitating himself. Tho negro had sworn to kill Cora llostou because of jealousy. No Klute. 1'rlniin rrliilln Toir.KA. Kan., April I :. Auditor of Statu Cole has refused to allow a bill for printing material ordered, by tho board of directors or the penitentiary nnd bought upon recommendation of (inventor Morrill, who believes that the printing for tho prison could bo done more cheaply by convicts than by the State printer. '.Mr. Colo admits that this is a fact, but he staniis out out on the law, which says that print ing for the State shall bo done by tho Stale printer. He is willing to recom mend to thu legisluturo that the law bo changed so as to conform to tlm tiovernor's ideas, but until such a law be adopted ho says lie will adhere to tho prcseiu statutes. l'lreliUK ut Curl .Junction, Mo. Caiithaok, Mo., April ll. The gen eral merchandise store of William Uankin, and the building adjoining it, used as a barber shop, wus burned to tho ground at il o'clock this morning. Tho Uankin store was tho largest in Carl Junction nnd its stock was valued atSri.Od'J, with S.V.OO Insurance. Tho tiro wiib of incendiary origin. Shot Dead by Aluakeil Itohhern. Los A.niii:i.i:s, Cal., April i:. John Hays, a clerk in tho gcnoral store of P. T. Hays, his brother, at Pucnte, was shot and killed by two masked robbers last evening, lifter they had compelled him to throw up his hands and had taken all of tho money in tho cash drawer und demanded that ho open the safe Murderer ".MuiwullV Mother Demi. St. Lot'is, .Mo., April 11. A letter from Hyde, Knglnnd, announces tho death there of the mother of Hugh M. llrooks, alias Maxwell, hanged hero for the sensational murder In the Southern Jiptel of 0. Arthur Proller. She visited this olty during tho trial and afterward tried vainly to secure commutation of her son's sentence. Teunemeu Ilerby." Mejihiib. Tenn., April 15. Tho Tennessee Derby was won hero yes terday by Dr. McLean's brown gelding Uerclair. Tho day wus un Ideal onn for racing and tho crowd numbered about u,000. t 4 k vm&m'WM BarwrerTB