m maVOLUME XXXIX. NO. 297. SATURDAY. KANSAS CITY, APRIL 3, 1897 TEN PAGES. SATURDAY. PRICE TWO CENTS.

MUBDEB BY A DOGTOR.

F. J. JACKSOY INSTANTLY KILLEDBY" JEFFERSON' D. GODDARD.

TRAGEDY IN A HOTEL PARLOR.

jactcsovs daughter sncics TO

PREVENT A CRIME.

.WIiIIc She Was Struggling to Take aRevolver Trom Her Father God-

dard SV-- t Ulm Dead Terri-l- ef

of MurdererCs;'?r UU Act.

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Dr. Jeff tc Goddard. a druggist atB01 Indepei S-- S venue, shot and Instantlykilled Frai o kson, ono of the ownersof the Joel cildries. In tho rear parlor on tho s - 5-- or of the Hotel Wood-land, Eighth $ 2 odland, at 10.40 o'clocklast night, i lard had been in attendance upoi ckson, who Is ill withpneumonia. single man and Jack-son was jealous of htm. It is said Jacksonhad warned Goddard away from his home.

Tho stories of tho tragedy vary. Dr.

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F. J. JACKSON.

Goddard claims Mario Jackson, a daughterof the murdered man, was in tho roomwhen tho shooting took place; that she wasstruggling with her father to present himfrom committing murder. Guests at the ho-

tel say the men were alono In tho room;that there was a sound of angry voices,and then two shots fired In quick succes-sion, followed by tho sound of a fallingbody. A moment later Dr. Goddard ap-

peared In the hallway with a smokingweapon in his hand. On the parlor floorlay tho dead body of Jackson, a, bullet holeextending through his neckao tho base ofhis brain, where a bullet "was lodged, andanother bullet hole clear through his head,from his left to his right temple.

The Murderer in Tears."When Dr. Goddard rushed from tho room

ho was In tears. Tho excited guests crowd-ed around him.

"What havo you done?" gasped Dr. E.M. Hctherlngton. Then realizing what hadtaken place, he asked quickly, without giv-

ing Dr. Goddard an opportunity to answerhis first question: "Why did you do this?"

"I was hedged in tho room by the manand could not hplp It. I am very sorry Itoccurred," exclaimed Goddard.

Dr. Hctherlngton led Dr. Goddard to hisroom, a distance of about thirty feet fromtho room where the shooting had takenplace. Ho made no effort to escape and wastaken in charge by Officers Nichols andMurphy, who arrhed upon the sceno In ashort time. The revolt cr with which hehad shot Jackson, and which he had re-placed In his pocket(after tho shots werefired, was handed otcr to the officers. Itwas a moald.

AVhcn ho was arrcrtcd Dr. Goddard askedthe officers not to take him to the stationon the street car. Ho said ho did not wantthose who knew him to see him while ho

UDR. JErFERSON D. GODDARD.

was under arrest. His wishes were com-plied with and tho patrol wagon was called.He stood quietly on tho sidewalk In frontof the Woodland flats with the officersuntil tho wagon came, when he climbedInto It and took his seat with the officers.

He sat v cry quiet until the w agon "passeddown Independence acnue near Locust.There was a laundry where Jackson hadlived and across tho street was tho dru;$store o cr w hlch Goddard had had control.As he saw the familiar sights he burst outcrjing and threw himself Into the bottomof the wagon and shrieked like a hstericalwoman He seemed to want to hide fromIlls sight everything that would tend to callthe name or thought of his victim to hismind. His hjsterical waitings continued al-most to police headquarters.

Goddnrd'H Incoherent Story.Dr. Godd ird w as a most unprepossessing

looking individual as he was marched intothe station and stood up in front of Cap-

tain Burns. He Is a man of about six feetand was dressed in a black suit with abroad expanse of white bhlrt front, and aBtand-u- p collar with a black bow tied ina rather untidy way. .no wore a blackderby hit. He has defective vision andwears glasses. His cjes were red andswollen with weeping and had a vacantstare in them as ho stood looking about thestation, as though trjlng to reassure him-self that appearances 'w ere not deceitfuland that It "was not a 'horrid dream. His

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hair Is black and rather stringy and un-kempt in appearance. His mustache.w hichhad been carefully curled, was twisted andhung In a confused mass over his mouth.

He cried and walled between answers tothe questions and was so hj sterical that howas taken Into Captain Burns" privateoffice to calm down. There he wrung hishands wildly and walked nervously upand down the room, sniffling and crjingfor half an hour beroro he was ahle to talkcoherently. He was walking nervously andwildly up and dpwn the room when he wis,asked by a reporter for his version of theshooting and the causesthat lead up toit. He continued to walk and paid no at-tention to tho questions, and when theywere repeated he threw his hands up andcried in a walling tore:

"Or my God! What havo I done; why didI do It?"

Finally, as though from exhaustion, hesat down, but kept nervously opening andclosing his hands. He was asked againwhy ho had killed Jackson, and ho sprangout of the chair and resumed his nervouswalking up and dewn the room, wailing.Finally he tired out with his paroxismsof grief and sat down.

The Gossips Had Tllked."O, I can't tell vou about that," he

shouted. "It's a long story. I can't tellyou about It now. Why, we were neigh-bors, O, my God, what have I done? Yliatdid I shoot him for? O, why did I do it?"

Tears streamed down his face and hissobs could be heard all over the station.

"O, why did I do it," he repeated rgainand again and then he said:

"I can't tell you about It, it's a longstcry. Gossip connected her name, andmine and he was jealous. He came Intothe room and sprang at me like a maniac.He would have killed mo and I had to doIt. O. I had to do it. O, my God," hefairly screamed, as he talked of tho af-fair and the murder in hismind.

Left alone he sat down and walked pboutalternately and soon became quiet, andshortly afterward Captain Burns openedtho office door and told him to go w Itn thoturnkey. He walked out swinging his hatand seemed utterly oblivious of his sur-roundings. He waited as the jail door wasunlocked and stepped inside and when hereached his cell he went inside, sat downon his bunk and burst Into tears.

At 1:30 this morning a reporter for ThoJournal saw Dr. Goddard In his tell atpolice headquarters, and talked with himabout tho shooting. Dr. Goddard had re-covered his composure somewhat, and wasable to talk coherently about the affair.

"I had gone out there for a social call,"ho said, "when It happened. Mrs. Jacksonhad been 111 and her recovery had beenvery slow. I was called In the case withDr. Jones, who was attending her,and I did not have entire chargeof tho case. We had been neigh-bors and close friends we had beensuch good friends. I knew Jackson usedmorphine and was erratic and sometimes

and so understood that "hisactions were somewhat flighty. I neverdreamed that he was that kind of a man-t- hat

ho would try to kill me. Why, it wasa miracle I was not shot."

"Had Jackson ev er forbidden you comingto the hotel or seeing his wife and fam-ily?" was asked.

"Ho had not.""Had he ever threatened jou with vio-

lence?" '"O. j es, he made sev eral threats to harm

me.""Did you habitually carry a revolver?"

Hid Calls "Were Soclnl."I have carried one for several months,

principally to get It out of the way and soI would know where, it was when I wantedit at the store. 1 was making a social callolf Tllu" lmnliy'aT'fmrnotei:''" he' continued''slowly. "Marie brought her father into therooni where wo were. He seemed to be ina rage, and drew a pistol and tried to shootme. ,1 was not where I could grab him.Ho was at the door, but Mario sprangacross the room and seized her father'sarms and tried to take the pistol awayfrom him. I went In aI-o- , and was strug-gling with him. Ho was wild, ho waswilulj crazy, and determined to kill me,and so I had to shoot him. I did it with myown revolver. I never thought ho woulddo such a thing. Wo had been such goodfriends, such good friends" He repeatedthe words the second timo slowly.

Dr. Goddard said he had so many ene-mies in tho part of town in which he livedthat he was trjlng to get out, becausecverjbodj- - was telling wrong stories abouthim and nagging him almost to distraction.Last summer, ho said, he and Jackson dif-fered, and sinco that time Jackson had beenhis enemy, although thej' were tho best offriends prior to that time. Jackson's chil-dren, ho said, were very friendly to him,and ho had been with them much andtaught them almost all they knew. Whentne familj' went to the hotel to live hemacle frequent social culls there and visitedtho familj-- . Ho denied that anj thing im-proper had ever taken place, and said thogossip that connected his name with thatof Mrs. Jackson was whollj- - baseless andfalse.

Jnckann Died Instnntly.After Dr. Goddard had been taken away

Dr. Hctherlngton ran into tho room Inwhich the shooting had occurred, to givomedical assistance, if there should be needfor any, to Mr. Jackson. He was the firstperson in the room after the shooting andfound that Mr. Jackson was bejond med-ical assistance. There was not a flutter ofthe heart or a beat of the pulse. Deathhad ovldentlj- - been Instantaneous. Jack-son had fallen forward, after receiving tholast bullet, his head to the north and hisfeet near the door from which Goddard hadto emergo after using his revolver. Ho hadon his overcoat, the collar of whk.li wasupturned. The position of his bodj--, so neartho door, however, demonstrated that Jack-son was between Dr. Goddard and the doorat tho timo of the shooting and lends somoweight to the latter's stntenunt that heshot In e. It was but a momentuntil manj' of the guests of the house, whohad heard the shooting, swarmed Into theroom In which Jackson laj and eagerlygaped at the form of thomurdered man.

Mrs. Lizzie Jackson, the dead man's wife,has been ill for somo weeks with pneu-monia, and w hen she learned of the shoot-ing she was almost frantic with grief. Herfour daughters and herself were crowdedtogether In ono room, horror stricken. Mrs.Jackson walked up and down and wrungher hands, giving vent to long sobs andmoans

When Coroner Bedford arrived. In answerto a telephone call, he found a loaded re-volver of In Jackson's hip pocket.Its muzzle was turned up toward themouth of tho pocket, showing that Jack-son was either derelict In handling a weap-on or that ho had hastily placed It in hispocket after flourishing it in an attempt toshoot Goddard.

The Men Hnil Quarreled.From tho best evidence it appears that

Jackson and Dr. Goddard had quarreledpreviously and there was bad blood be-tween them. Jackson Is said to have beenan unregenerate sort of a man with astrong appetite for whisky and morphine,which he freelj appeased. His wife..con-di.cte- d

tho business of tho laundrj, wfiichis quite large as well as remunerative, themain office being on Independence avenuebetween Locust and Chcrrj- - streets, andlived apart from her husband. Thej- - havefour daughters Maude. Mj rtle, Mabel andMr.rle the eldest of whom is 21 and thejoungest H, who have since October 1 livedwith their mother at the Woodland Jack-son had a room In the rear of the mainoffice of the laundrj-- on Independence ave-nue.

Some months ago Mrs. Jackson purchased

Continued on Sixth, rage.

VERY MUCH ALARMED.

CROOKS FEAR THEV "WON'T EFFECTPERCENTAGE ARRANGEMENT.

THEYi WERE TAKEN UNAWARES.

DID AOT INTEND THEIR RECOM3IEX-DATION- S

SHOULD DC PUBLISHED.

Boss Joe Shannon Trying to "Work aConfidence Game on Commi-

ssioner Gregorj The FoliceUonrd 51ny Appoint a

ftcvv Chief To-da- y.

Tho thieves, gamblers and contingent ofconfidence men wero very much alarmedyesterday over tho fact that their recom-

mendations for Inspector of detectives hadbeen printed In The Journal. They simplyintended all this accumulated Indorsementto bo used In assuring their political man-agers that their man was all right. Tohave part of tho batch of Indorsementsreach tho surface was more than they hadexpected. They had no Idea that thesedocuments would go bej-on- d the politicalmanipulators who aspiro to break into agenuino percentage combina-tion such as has existed In tho city to thogreat advantage of all concerned exceptthe outraged decent citizens.

The combination to reorganize depravityin tho city was verj- - much gratified lastnight over tho position taken bj-- their per-

sonal organ to the effect that they reallj- - didnot want a man appointed who would de-

mand part of tho spoils. While they likedtho general tone of the effort to throw dustIn the ejes of tho public, they thought Itjust a trlflo too weak an effort to bringabout the deslredN-esult- . Thej- - Insisted thattho public would know- - very well that thej-wer- e

glad at all times to givo a per centfor police protection, on the same plan thoaverage citizens pajs taxes for protectionwhich ho doesn't get when the percentagedeal is worked. Tho managers of thethieves, gamblers and confidence men whohave tho matter of reforming things inhand were somewhat displeased with theclaim also. Thej- - insisted that it was toowell known that a gambler would paytrlbuto for exclusivo right to run the busi-ness, and also that it was too well knownthat any crook would, In the future, as Inthe past, paj-- gladly for financial privileges,and henco the claim that the crooks did notwant a man who would give them a chanceto do business would be so ridiculous thatthej- - could not uso tho effort with best ad-vantage before the commissioners.

All this was verj- - nauseating In tho faceof the hard work to organize for good oldtimes depredations. They feel that, whilesome of their friends are stajlng bj-- themfor reasons well known, they still feartrouble. They also fear that the evidenceproduced in the investigation of 1SS7 maybe looked upon as correct, in that muAi ofIt camo from men who gave testimonyagainst their own interests, which wasstronglj' circumstantial, and was not re-futed, and that this will continue in thefuture to be believed, as in the past, de-spite tho well known police ring wnltewashmado to order.

it will le of specialinterest to repeat the Information thatBossVJoo Shannon Is trjlng to work a con-fidence game on Commissioner Gregorj--.This bj-- way of inducing Mr. Gregorj to"reform right." According to assurancesCommissioner Gregorj' Is to be made may-or verj' largely If he will only do ' deright t'ing see "

The friends of Mr. Gregorj- - feel indig-nant over the deal. Thej claim that mostanj man might fall a v Ictlm to a real goodconfidence game, but this major bait, bywaj-- of "stringing" tho new commissioner,will not work and so In this deal therewill be no percentage rake-of- f and theylrlsl that Mr. Gregorj- - cannot be victim-ized.

The new police hoard will hold its secondmeeting this afternoon. CommissionerScarritt was In Chicago jesterday an!Commissioner Gregory was In ExcelsiorSprings. The object of Mr. Scarritt's v isitto tho windy citj-- was, It is said, to con-sult with William A. Pinkerton, of thePinkerton detective agencj. In regard toSuperintendent Thomas N. Vulllns, of theKansas Citj-- branch of the agencj--. a hornit is proposed to appoint chief of policeto succeed tho present Incumbent, HenryS. Jul! in. Mr. Scarritt will bring backwith him a complete record of Mr. Vallln'career since he entered the service of thePit kertons as an office boj- - at the age of10 j ears. Mr. Gregorj- - went to ExcelsiorSprings with the avowed purpose of get-ting uwaj- - from tho hundreds of individ-uals who havo persisted, since he receivedhis commission, in advising him as to theprcposed reorganization of the police 'orce.The two commissioners will be in KansasCitj-- this morning.

Mr. Vallins, who was out of the city onTbursd ij-- on business connected with thoI'Inkerton agencj', returned jestcrdaj--. liedeclined to criticise the present force, butintimated that if appointed chief he wouldendeavor to greatly Increase Its cfflclencj.He "".ild that It would bo an ensj-- natterto suppress gambling and keep It sup-pressed if the force was made up of menwho were determined to do their dutj-witl'o-

fear or favor. He declared thathe had not been offered tho appointmentof chief, but said ho would accept It iftcrdered to him by the police board He"aid the storj that he was In comm ind ofthe Finkertons who shot down strikingworklngircn at Homestead was untrue,and th.it he was upon the Pacific coast attint time. He nlso said that If appointedchief of police ho might prove a disap-pointment to tho men who want to con-tinue tho police force as a political rias ho would trj-- to mako the force

n.

Tho local Democratic politicians whowere endeavoring to dlctato the selectionof Chief Julian's successor are still verysore over the fact that the commissionersare app irentlj-- determined to appoint Mr.Vallins Thej- - sent a man jesterdaj- - torent the hall at 1117 Walnut street. Inwhich to hold a "worklngmen's indignationmeeting" this evening. Should Mr. Vallinslie appointed at tho board meeting to heheld this afternoon, the commissioners willbe denounced for putting a Pinkerton manat the head of tho police force, and shouldthe appointment not be made and ChiefJulian be permitted to longer remain at thehead of the foice, thej- - will denounce themfor their avowed Intention to appoint himin the event that thej-shoul- d deem him thebest m in for the office of chief. Boss JoeShannon and Charles A. Mlllman are aldto be the most active In trjlng to arousethe worklngmen to protest against the ap-pointment of Mr. Vallins.

Manj rumors were In circulation In thecitj-- jestcrdaj- - concerning the action to betaken bj-- the commissioners at the meet-ing this afternoon. As the commissionerswere out of the citj, tho truth or falsityof anj-- or all of these rumors could not beascertained The one that was most genor-al- lj

believed was that the board would v-

remove Chief Julian, should he refuseto resign, and would appoint Mr. Vallinsin his place. Should this be done, Mr. Val-lins will be given a probationarj- - commis-sion for "Mx months. At the end of thattime he will have resided In Kansas Cityand In the state of Missouri nine monthsShould his management of the police forceprove satisfactory to the public at the timeof the expiration of his probationarj- - com-mission it is not likely that strong objec-tion will be made to the Issuing to him of aregular commission for the time that willintervene before the regular reorganizationof the force in May, lf9S

Another rumor was that some of the cap-tains nnd lieutenants would be either re-moved from the force or reduced to sub-ordinate positions and that other menwould bo appointed to their places. It wasalso rumored that a change would be madein the office of inspector of detectives andthat the board would appoint a new secre-tary. Counter rumors said that the board

would take no action in regard to the of-fices of Inspector and secretarj atmeeting, nnd that aside from the appoint-ment of a new chief and. tho appointmentof some new captains and lieutenants therewould not be any changes In the force untilnext month.

WHITE HOUSE CALLERS.

Notables Visit the President in the In-

terests of Themselves or, Their Constituents.

Washington, April 2 Although this wa3cabinet daj-- at tho White House, therewere a large number of callers betwesn10 and 11 o'clock, the hour when the cab-inet meeting began. General Stewart LWoodford, of New York, was one of theearliest callers. His namo has been men-tioned In connection with the mission toSpain, but he denied that ne had anyaspirations in this or anj-- direction. "Iam a candidate for nothing." he said,blandlj--, "and I shall get it." He thenexplained that he was preparing for atrip around the world nnd would leavewith his familj- - for Japan about May 1.

Colonel Buck, of Georgia, who Is a can-didate for the mission to Japan, succeededin arranging for an audience next weekto talk over the question of the Georgiapatronage. .

Senator Toraker, of Ohio who leaves forOhio ht to snend a few-- davs. had afew minutes' conversation with Mr.

and left a largo bundle of applica-tions for postmastershlp and minor of-fices. In connection with Senator .borakei'svisit, there is revival of tho report fromthe White House that Mr. McKinley Isanxious to appoint in Bel-lam- j-

Storer. of Cinicnnati, to tho positionof assistant secretary of state if SenatorKoraker can be Induced to withdraw hisopposition. Colonel Rockhill. the presentincumbent, desires tho mission to theriowerj- - Kingdom.

Senator Elkins. of West Virginia, madean engagement with the president to talkover West Virginia offices next week Rep-resentative Hicks, of Pennsjlvanii, intro-duced four Altoona constituents who wantoffices and Senator Burrows and

Palmer, of Michigan; Senator Proctor,of Montana, and Representative Bingham,of Pennsjlvania, also saw Mr. McKinley.

FIFTY APPOINTMENTS A DAY.

That Is the Rate at "Which Joe Bris-tow Will Have to Grind

Them Ont.Washington. April 2 Tho distinction of

being the first fourth class postmasterby this administration has fallen

on John P. Kelley, of AVhite Cloud, Doni-phan county, Kas. The appointment,which was forecasted in this morning'sJournal, was announced j. Thefoimer incumbent resigned. The appointeeis a son of Phil Kellej-- , a well known Kan-sas politician, and was recommended

Committeeman Cj-ru-s Leland nndRepresentative Broderlck. supported bv- - apetition signed by three score postofllcepatrons.

About 2,500 cases now confront FourthAssistant Bristow, representing the ac-cumulation of cases since the outgoing as-sistant postmaster general. Maxwell, abouteIk weeks ago, ceased making appoint-ments, out of courtesy to the new admlr-istratio- n.

These, together with tho currei.texpirations of commissions, will necessi-tate a dallj- - list of about fiftj-- appointmentsat fourth class offices for the next

NOT F0RCEDJJP0N HIM.

Joe Bristow a Candldnte From AwayRack for the Office He

Captured.Topeka, Kas , April 2. (Special ) The

opposition press of the state has been de-

voting considerable space recently tellinghow It happened that J. L. Bristow- - re-ceived the appointment of fourth assistantpostmaster general. In each instance it isintimated that Bristow- - was kidnaped bythe administration while walking downPennsjlvania avenue, and taken to thepostoftice department, where the place wasthrui't upon him. The fact 'g, Bristow wasa candidate for the position, and it waspromised him bj-- the powers' that be longbefore he went to Washington. The ap-pointment did rot come as earlj- - as ho ex-pected, and he became a little nervous andwent on to see about It. He would havobeen appointed just the same if he hadnever gone to Washington, because it wason the boards

M'KINLEY T0BE THERE.

"Will Attend the Grnnt Monument Ded-

ication Many Invitations forDecoration Day.

Washington, April 2 Although the de-

tails of tho president's trip to New York toattend the dedication of tho Grant mem-orial at Riverside park have not all beenarranged, there Is nbsolutelj- - no doubt thathe will, barring illness, bo in attendance.A special train has been arranged, whichprobably will leave hero on the evening ofthe 27th. The entire cabinet, tho foreignambassadors anil others of the diplomaticcorps and many members of the senateand tho houso will accompany the presiden-tial partj--. President McKinley Ins a num-ber of invitations to be present at memorialservices on Decoration daj-- , Maj 30, includ-ing one at Philadelphia and ono in Mis-souri, but has not decided which ono hewill accept.

FRED GRANT DECLINES.

"Will Not Servo as Assistant Secretaryof "War Under President

McKlnlcj.New York. April 2 Colonel Tred D.

Grant has decided to decline President j's

offer of the positon of tho firstassistant secretarj- - of war. He sent thofolowlng telegram to President McKinley

declining the position:"Although jou were pleased to urge mo

to think over the matter, it is impossiblefor me to consider the position of assistantsecretarj- - of war, which jou were goodenough to offer me I, therefore, decline,with thanks, the appointment, at the sametime regretting that I am not to serve jouradministration, for which I worked

Mr. Grant declined to bo interviewed, ho- -j

ond glv lag out the foregoing telegram totho president.

ronrth District Patronage.St. Joseph. Mo . April 2 (Special.) The

members of the Republican congressionalcommittee held a meeting here j- forthe purpose of taking notion on patronageto bo dispensed in the district. Applicantsfor postoffices and other government posi-tions are anxious to secure tho commit-tee's indorsement. Another meeting willagain be held soon.

LORD SH0LTO HAS A SON.

First Frnlt of the Marriage Betweena Scion of NoliIHtj- - nnd n

Vaudeville Actress.San Trancisco, April 2. The Marquis of

Queensberrj-- has a Western grandson andLord Sholto has a son and heir. The littlostranger came jesterdaj- - afternoon to thehome of Lord and Ladj- - Sholto Douglass InVancouver, and last night Mrs. Moonej-- ,

the mother of Lady Douglass, received atelegram from the happy father. It will betwo j cars next Maj- - since tho joungest onof the Marquis of Queensberrj-- married thoattractive little song and dmce artist. Lor-ctt- a

Addis At first the familj of the joungnobleman were dlsple with his lection

of a bride, but thej- - are now perfectlysatisfied to hav e her a member of the fam-ily As soon as the child Is old enough totravel Lord Sholto expects to take his tonand wife on a visit to his native land

Vancouver will be the future home ofLord and Ladj- - Sholto Douglass. Beforogoing north his lordship took a course ofbulne"s Instruction in Oakland college tofit himself for the task of looking after hisfather's interests in the western part ofBritish Columbia.

Major Dick In Clinrce.Washington. April 2. General William

M. Osborne, of Boston, recently appointedconsul general to London, ht resignedthe secretarj ship of tho Republican na-tional committee. Senator Hanna, as chair-man of the committee, appointed MajorCharles Dick, of Akron, O, to fill the va-cancy. Major Dick is CS jenrs old andIs one of the most widclj- - known joungpoliticians In the country.

CIRCOS OWNER SHOT.

J. B. M'3IHAN FATALLY WOUNDEDAT "WICHITA YESTERDAT.

ROW WITH A TEXAS OFFICER.

BOTH DREW THEIR GUN'S, BUT THEOFFICER SHOT FIRST.

Circus People Talked Threateninglyof LjnchiiiK McVInhnn's Circus

the One Thnt Had AH Kindsof Trouble In Kansas

Towns in 18110.

Wichita, Kas , April 2. (Special ) JosephB. McMahan, owner of McMahan's circus,was shot and fatally wounded at 4 o'clockthis afternoon by J. P. Cunningham, ofAbilene, Tex., deputj- - sheriff of Taj lorcountj, Tex. Tho shooting occurred in theofilco of Manhattan hotel and the troublearose over the arrest of cno Purdy, of thecircus performers, last night on the chargeof burning the Windsor hotel. In Abilene,Tex , last month.

The authorities here arrested Purdy on atelegraphic description furnished by thesheriff of Taj lor countj and the deputjwas here awaiting requisition papers forPurdy. McMahan sent a friend to Cun-ningham's room in tho hotel and requestedan Interview with him. The men became an-gr- j-

and excited and McMahan began call-ing Cunningham vile names. It cnued inboth men drawing their revolvers and flr-h- jg

at each other. The Texas man was thequicker and ho shot McMahan in the ab-domen.

The showman fell backward, exclaiming,as ho handed his revolver to a friend, whorushed to him, "Kill him! him! he haskilled me." The deputy got the drop on theother man and succeeded in disarminghim.

Tho news of the tragedy spread llko w ild-fir- o,

and In an instant a big crowd hadcollected, most of them McMahan's friends.Scv cral of the show people ev lnced a deter-mination to h Cunningham, and gunsw ere flourished threateningl j--. Cunninghamsui rendered to tho police lmmcdiatelj-- , andconsiderable difficulty was experienced inhustling htm through the excited crowd.Tha mob followed him to the city prison,and there were muttered threats of lynch-ing but the prisoner is under heavy guard,and a ljnching partj-- would be given aw.-r- m reception.

The bullet was located In McMahan's hipbone, and it was found that it had badlj-lacerate-d

his intestines.McMahan's circus has wintered hero sev-

eral j ears, and McMahan has hosts offriends. He Is wealthj-- and hlghlj- - educat-ed. Ills statement and that of Cunning-ham are contradlctorj-- , both claiming tohave shot in e. The show wasto start out for the season a few dajslunce It was known last season as BondBros, show, and had serious trouble at St,John, Kas , and at sev eral other pointsalong the route.

A dispatch from Fort Worth states thatCunningham is noted as a man of greatnerve, and that he has several "notches onhis gun " He was sheriff of Taylor countymanj- - jears, and was a terror to criminalsand outlaws.

DARING CHICAGO ROBBERY.

Youtbfnl Messenger Beaten Into In--sonstulllty and Relieved of a

Satchel Containing $3,500.Chicago, April 2. A daring robbery was

committed In the business districtA messenger cmplojed bj-- the wholesalew oolen firm of Kuh, Nathan & Fisher wasrobbed of $3 300, after being beaten Into

bj-- two men, ono of whom hadbeen sent with the boj- - to protect him andtho firm's moncj. Detectives are searchingfor the robbers. Tho messenger is In thehospital at tho point of death. He is ChrisSchultz, a 17- -j ear-ol-d lad, who was thetrusted messenger of the firm. One of therobbers was Edward Wilson, employed bytho firm as a teamster. The other assail-ant is not known. Both Schultz and Wilsonhav e been in the employ of Kuh, Nathan &.Fisher for several jears, and were alwayssent to tho banks together, sometimes withthousands of dollars at a time.

Schultz and Wilson were sent to the Met-ropolitan National bank y to collect$3,500 Taking a light delivery wagon, thetwo drove to the bank, where Schultz pro-cured tho monej, which ho put in a smallsatchel. Tho two then started back. Infront of the Rock Island depot, at Pacificavenue and Van Buren street, a strangercalled to Wilson and, after a few words ofgreeting, got into tho covered wagon, tak-ing a position directlv behind Schultz. whowas on the seat with Wilson. SuddenlySchultz was struck a blow- - on tho head.Beforo ho could crj- - out. he was struck asecond time and a third time and he fellback unconscious into tho wagon. Thetwo men then tied his wrists and feet,placed a gag In his mouth and tied a gunnysack over his head. They then drove rap-Id- lv

to Twelfth street, where they stopped,and. taking the satchel containing the mon-ej, disappeared. It was over an hour after-ward that some persons discovered the un-conscious boy in the wagon.

ATTEMPT T0FIRE A MINE.

Inccndlnry Blaze Discovered in n CoalMine in "Which Fifty 3Irn

"Were "Working.Hnzlcton, Pa., April 2 Incendiaries made

an attempt last night to destroy tho No. 3mine of the Lehigh & Wllkesbarre CoalCompanj-- , near here. About 9 o'clock thomen w orklng on the lower lift wero alarmedbj smoke coming down tho alrwaj--. d

to the bottom of the slopo andtried to climb up to investigate, but weredriven back. Foremen Williams and Leldlehastened toward the surfaco and a shortdistance from tho top fourd the large doub-le doors ablaze. Bj-- taking them from theirhinges, the men prevented the tire from ig-niting the coal. A further Investigationshowed that oil had been sprinkled on thoground below the door and there were anumber of burned matches.

This Is the mine In which a fire wasextinguished at a cost of over $150,-0- 00

There w ere about fifty men In the mine attho time.

TWO MISSOURI PARDONS.

Governor Stephens Releases M. Bovre,of St. Louis, and F. A. Odell,

of Kansas City.Jefferson Citj--, Mo, April 2. (Special.)

Governor Stephens to-d- pardoned M.Howe and F. A. Odell. Bowo was sen-tenced at the May term, 1S06, of tho crim-inal court, of St. Louis to two jears in thepenitcntiarj- - for seduction under promiseof marriage. The trial judge recommendedthe pardon.

Odell was sentenced at the April term,1W, of the circuit court of Jackson countj--,to two jears nnd eight months in the

for embezzlement. His pardonwas recommended bj-- the trial judge andthe prosecuting attornej-- .

Double Kentucky Tragedy.Hajden. Kj. April 2. Tom Oglethorpe, a

prosperous farmer, accused his wife ofhaving been intimate with Henry Schnei-der, a farm hand. They quarreled andOglethorpe's wife left htm. Oglethorpe thenwent to Schneider and shot him throughtho heart wi(th a Winchester, after whichhe turned the weapon to Us own head andkilled himself, e was about 33 years oldand had no children.

Mena Jointists Fined.Mena, Ark., April 2. (Special.) Fourteen

jointists were fined $100 and C03ts each !'ithe justice of the peace court yesterday.There were only six saloons in this countj

prior to January 1, when local option wentInto effect. Now there are no less thantwenty open saloons run In defiance to the1 iw. This is the s, cond time the jolnt-kecpe- rs

have been pulled and the lines paidin tlneo months.

BUTLER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.

Makes n Gnsh an Inch Long Near theTemporal Artery "With His

Thumb N'nll.San Francisco. April 2. Frank Butler.tho

alleged Australian murderer, mado an un-

successful attempt to commit suicide to-

day In the presence of two guards. Thej-pai- d

no special attention to their chargeuntil a peculiar noiso made bj-- Butler'sarm, which reted on a table, caused anInvestigation. Butler laj-- , half covered byhis blankets, his face smeared with blood.With his long thumb nail ho had made aragged Incision an inch long near the tem-poral arterj-- . The wound went through theflesh almost to tho bono and would havobeen serious had Butler been more success-ful in iocatirg the arterj-- . He is all rightnow, ond his guards will not again relaxtheir vigilance until he sails for Australiaat noon

Tcxns Man Kills Himself.Srringficld. HI , April 2 Parker Levi,

aged 45, of Austin, Tex., committed suicideat the home of his cousin! W. W. C.Hoffenberger, a prominent merchant, thismcrning. by asphj-xlatio- He retired lastnight well and was found dead this morn-ing with tho room full of gas. The re-mains will be taken to Austin for burial.

A Defnnltrr Ends His Life.New Orleans, April 2. To-da- y the body

of the man who committed suicide at hishotel In this city Mondaj- - was identified byhis brother as that of Frank D. Steger.tho defaulting secretary of the MutualAssurance Societj-- , of Virginia. His broth-er, F. O. Steger claimed the remains andwill hav e them shipped to Richmond.

Fled "With Compnny Funds.Meridian. Miss . April 2. J. A. McKenny,

man tger of tho Meridian office of Eastm in.Gardiner JL Co, extensive lumber manu-facturers, whose mills are at Laurel. Mis.-.-..

has lied to parts unknown with the com-panj 's funds entrusted to his care. He hasalso falsified his books and his accountsare In a badly mixed condition.

N'eiv York Firebugs Sentenced.New York. April 2. Hugh Miller, the fire-

bug who was convicted of arson tv.entj--fou- r

hours after his arrest, was sentencedj- in the Brookljn countj- - court to

twentj jears' imprisonmert. Adolph Stein-berg, another firebug, was sentenced to tenjears' Imprisonment.

Fort Scott "Bootleggers."'Fort Scott. Kas.. April 2. (Special.) To-

day two colored men, Ed Shields nnd JuliusJohnson, were arrested for "bootlegging."pleaded guilty nnd were tmed $100 and costsand thirty daj s in jail. These are the firstarrests of "bootleggers" for several years.

PRESIDENT GIVES A DINNER.

Members of House Wnjs ami MeansCommittee and a Few Oth-

ers the Guests.Washington, April 2. President McKlnley

gave a dinner of twentj--seve- n covers at theWhite House the guests includingtho present and past members of the wajsand means committee of the house now incongressional life, and a few others. Thooccasion gave an opportunity to the pres-ident to renew In a social way the friend-ships formed while a member of the house,as a number of those present were his as-sociates in that body. The guests were:Vice President Hobart. Speaker Jteed, At-tornej- General McKenna. Senators Bur-row s.Gear and Mills; Representatives Dlng-lej- -,

Paj-ne- , Dalzell. Hopkins. Grosvenor,Russell of Connecticut, Dolliver, Steele,Johnson of North Dakota, Evans, Tawnej",Ballej-- , McMlllin. Wheeler of Alabama.

Robertson of Louisiana, Swanson,Cannon and Henderson, and Hon. WilliamA Russell, of Massachusetts.

M'KINLEY MAY TAKE A.JESI,Thinking of Going Down the' Potomac

for a Few Days on theDolphin.

Washington, April 2 President McKln-le- j-

has In contemplation a brief vacationfrom his official duties. The month in theWhite House has been a trying one, andwhile not In anj-- waj-- indisposed, he feelsthat a few dajs' rest will benefit himgreatlj-- . Nothing has been determined, jetit is nrohable that he will avail himself ofthe presence here of the dispatch boatDolphin and go down the Potomac river fora couple of dajs about the middle of nextweek. He prefers this means of diversionrather than going to. a public resort.

BEER MAKERS MAY STRIKE.

Ten Thousand Milwaukee BreweryEmployrs Domnnil Ten Hours

Pay for Eight Hours "Work.Milwaukee. Wis.. April 2. Ton thousand

union brewcrj- - emplojes in Milwaukee havesubmitted a demand for eight hours' worka day for ten hours' pay. The agreement,which expired required tenhours work. Representatives of severalunions representing tho brewery emplojesbad a conference with the brewerswhen tho emploj-e-s submitted their demand.Tho emploj-ers-, w hile not formally refusingtho demand, submitted a counter proposi-tion, the terms of which havo not beenrondo public. It Is said the union men re-

fused to consider this proposition. Shouldno agreement bo reached bj-- Monday, astrike probably will bo ordered.

BIG STRIKE AT ST. LOUIS.

Five Hundred Emplojes of ClothingManufacturers Demand nn

Increase In Wages.St. Louis, Mo , April 2. Flv e hundred em-

plojes of clothing manufacturers in St.Louis struck and tho latter willhave a light on their hands that may proveserious. Last fall tho prlco paid for mak-ing a coat was reduced from 63 to 50 cents.It was promised that the old rate would berestored in the spring, but as this has notbeen done, the workers struck.

G0VERN0R'SS0N ELOPES.

Georgia .Swnln of 17 Runs Awny "WithHis Heart's Choice, a. Miss

of 1 1 Snmmcrs.Atlanta, Ga , April 2. J. P. Atkinson, tho

17- -j ear-ol- d son of Governor Atkinson, andMiss Ada Brj-a-n Bjrd, aged 14, eloped thismorning. Thej took a train for Tennessee,but, fearing detection, secured a horse andbuggj at Kingston and left for Rome.

Ihe parents of the youthful couple aregrtatlj- - shocked at the conduct of the pair,and have offered a reward for their deten-tion, if apprehended beforo tho marriagetakes place.

LOOKS LIKE A DEADLOCK. 4

Less Prospect for Electing n Senatorin Kentucky Than Before

This Session.Frankfort, Kj, April 2. The Republican

and Democratic steering committees thisafternoon reached an agreement by whichonlj a formal ballot is to be taken for sen-

ator and no effort will be madeto elect, interesting developments arc.thereiore. expected in tho convention be-

fore next week. The situation now looksmor like a permanent deadlock, ending inno eiectloa, than It has at anj-- time duringthe session.

Big Shipment of Silver.New York, April 2. The steamship Um-brl- a,

which sails for Europewill take out the largest shipment of silver

tw.OOO ounces since Julj- - 10 1KW. Theshipment on that date was 1.026.000 ounces,taken by two steamers. The total exportsof the week amount to 1.571,000 ounces, and75,000 Mexican dollars.

Heavy Rain In Southwest Kansas.Kinsley. Kas. April 2. (Special ) Avery

heavy rain and thunder storm visited thi3prrt of Kansas this evening, which will beof great benefit to the farmers. Most ofthe wheat here Is in good condition.

ST. LOUIS IN DANGER.

IV A FAIR WAY' TO SUFFER SEVERE-LY" FROM HIGH "WATER.

IMMENSE DAMAGE EXPECTED.

RIVER LIKELY" TO BE RUXMNGOVEUTHE LEVEE BY

Merchants Hard at "Work to SaveTheir Goads East St. Louis in

Even Greater Danger Situ-ation Grave on Low-

er Mississippi.

St. Louis, Mo., April 2. Tho aggravutlntfconduct of the Mississippi at St. Louis lapersistently refusing to abide at the heightset for It by the weather bureau la worry-ing forecasters. Dr. Frankenfleld said Sun-da- j-

morning might find the river at 2S.05.At 11 o'clock the gauge shows2S.04. and as It was 7.07 at 4 o'clock It looks;very much as If the big river meant toscoop the forecaster again. Old river mendeclare the water will be over the levee bySaturday night, the weather bureau not-withstanding, and thej- - are making exte-nsiveand expensive preparations for thatevent. As it is, the big wharf boats arevirtually roosting on the levee.

The cellars of many houses along thariver front are already flooded and thereIs ev ery ev Idence that an Immense amountof damage will be done. A very few moreInches will bring the water on to the streetwhich tops the levee and there Is everyprospect of it coming halt way to Malastreet. Merchants along the levee are tak-ing no chances, and the river front to-night presents a busy scene, hundreds oflaborers being engaged In transferrlncmerchandise and other movable materialfrom the levee stores to places of safety,and are arranging to keep as much aspossible of the water from entering thahouses.

ahe situation at East St. Louis Is evenmore threatening. The water has alreadymade Its way about twenty feet in on thabanks, and the predicted rise will move itup to tho railroad tracks, from which pointIt will easily find It3 way over the Island,as tho country slopes downward from thatpemt. The bottom lands on both sides ofthe river north and south of St, Louis arealready under water, and tho overflow Isbeing slowly backed up Into the countrybehind it. It Is this bacs; water. Intensifiedby tho predicted rise, that the people InEast St. Louis and lclnlty fear. Veniceand tho western portion of Madison, III..are submerged In water for some distanceeast of the river.

Tho Cahokla creek, from which St. Loutsexpects trouble, runs through the townfrom north to south. In dry weather thecreek Is scarcelj-- a foot deep. con-tained twentj-- feet of water. Profiting bytho experience of 1S92, at which time thacreek left its bunks and Inundated thatown, tho banks lhave been raised some-what. To reach nn overflow now It willhavo to rise five feet higher, but It Is ris-ing at the rate of three feet In twenty-fou- rhours and Is likely to Increase.

The forecast for nearly every districtwhich can contribute to a rise Is: "Heavyrain and thunder storms.'Weather Observer, Frankenfleld to-d-

warned people on this side or the river andla East St. Louis, whose places are Indargcr of being flooded, that the dangerline would be reached within the nextfortj--eie- houc.Addltlnnal wainlnKS,vrts-- assc-Kv-dirtavllt- ', Canton, EoTGrange and Louisiana; Mo., and Qulncy.Alton and Grafton. I1L, apprising them oftha expected rise. Mr. Frankenfleld saysthe two points where tho greatest, dangerwill exist for the next twenty-fo- ur liouniare Hannibal. Mo., and Qulncy, 111.

Railroads running west and south werein much better shape y thin onThursdaj-- . Two trains were dispatchedfrom here over the Iron Mountain. Mis-souri. Kansas & Texa3 trains and thoseon the Mobile & Ohio are all late, but theyare getting through. Great caro Is helnstaken for tho tracks are under water atmany points.

The heavv rains of the nast two d.avs .imhaving nn effect on the streams tributaryto the Mississippi and Missouri rivers laIowa. Illinois. Missouri and Kansas. As aresult, thej- - are pouring torrents Into thosemighty rivers, and flooding tho lowlandsthrough which they flow, causing consid-erable damage, but. as far as known, nocasualties.

Quir.cy, 111.. April 2. Tho Mississippi isat a stage of 13 feet 11 Inches ThisIs one foot higher than Sunday's rise. Bearcicek is a torrent, anil has Hooded severalthousand acres at tho south end of the In-dian grave levee district. Crop prospectsare ruined, and lowland resident have allmoved away. Considerable live stock has.been drowned. Bridges have teen washedout on two railroads, making a transfer ofpassengers a necessity. No great damagewill result in this Immediate vicinity, how-ever, unless another foot is added to theswollen trcam.

AH of the winter wheat In the lowlands Itpracticallj- - ruined and If the water goesdown In time, corn will be planted In ru-ined wheat Helds. No loss of life Is report-ed.

Alton. Ill . April 2. The danger line Inthe Mississippi was reached y. Thorise during the lost twenty-fou- r hours hasbeen 27 inches. River men predict a furtherrise of tlvo feet, but the signal service doesnot agree with them, predicting only twofeet of higher water. Should the rivermen's prediction prove correct, much dam-age will bo done. One family was rescuedto-d- fro a perilous, position at Scotch:Jimmle's Island.

GRAND RIVER ON A TEAR.

Three Miles "Wide at Princeton, Mo.,nnd Over a Mile "Wide

South of Princeton.Trenton. Mo . April 2. (Special.) The

heavy rains that have fallen In the lasttwo dajs havo caused Grand river to riseand overflow its banks. In the last twenty-fo- ur

hours, the water has risen nearly tenfeet and south of the town the river Isover a mllo wide, covering the bottomsand causing families living in that districtto move to town. At Princeton, twenty-liv- e

mllos north of here, the river is threemiles In width and the flood Is rapidly com-ing this waj. A small child of CharlesMcaders was drowned near Splckards. afew dajs ago. Much damage has been ex-perienced by farmers, who have lost woodand hay.

BREAK NEAR AUSTIN FEARED.

Heavy Pressure on the Lower Missis-sippi Levees River Still Ris-

ing at Helena. Ark.Memphis, Tenn . April 2. The flood sit-

uation has once mora become acute from apoint a few miles above Austin. Miss.,as far down as the first break atPerthshire. Miss. A crevasse in thislino of levees would not ba surpris-ing. The pressure on the levee Isbrought about by the waters of the SUFrancis basin, which Is hero congested be-

tween the levees In front of Helena, Thereis no leveo on the Arkansas side down toSans Soucl. to a point abov o Helena, a dis-tance of a hundred miles, and It Is at Aus-tin that the levee sjstem on each side oftho river begins and goes to the passes be-

low New Orleans. Tho water Is now sohigh In tho St. Francis basin that the cur-rent rushes from the west and cuts alongtho cast shore levee for miles. Severalalarming telegrams have been receivedfrom near Austin and the situationIs most grave. Boats have been requestedto run on slow bells, and laborers are con-stantly strengthening the embankments. Acrevasse at Austin would Inundate a stripof fertile country In Tunica and Coahoma,counties twenty miles wide and sixty mileslong.

Reports from Helena, Ark., show that