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Show a iiictoi, iiiinAxr. The llejrcled later Knit, llie llkjerl ul Blli Ileloll.iu unit llliiistll. cimcauo, April i. mus i:aie Clarke of Hpekane, Wash., n member uf thu freahiuati claia at borlhnrcalern University, waa toulgbt abut aud al moat Inatautly killed by 1'.. lions Huiltb, ukihI SO, until recently alao a rialdent ol Hpokane. Uiultli, alter he shot Mlaa : Clarke, ahot hlmsilf lu thu hind, In. f Hiding a fatal wound. Tlio cause of ' Itiu murder waa the hluial of the yuung lady to entertain Hinlth'a pro- iiosal ol marriage. J Biullli bad Ueu an ardent aultcr for tho haudof Miss C'larlu, but Ills alien- I tiona were repulsed by her aieutsaud herself. This evening hu called on lllta Clarke and persuaded her to take I n walk with him. Hhu was acoouipau- ' lid by her roommate, Mlsa Abornatuy, I who waa tho only wltncas to the ' tragedy. Hrallll aaln urgod lilt tult ! without success, aud tried to get the youtg lady away from bercomi anion. Hbo lelueoj to go until Hmllli aald he had aoiuetlilug to tell her In confluence. confl-uence. They slot pod oil u abort dls-j dls-j tanco and Hmltli drew a revolver and i tired llo shots at lier, one bullet enter ing her left ear ami another passing through tho left aide. Hmltli then turned the weapon ORaluat himself and tent a bubet j through hla head. Till! JlUllDtllflllllAU. CiliOAdu, April 2. llota Hmlth died luday lu the police station at I Lvauaton. Ho never recoverid con- atclousmw. The parents of the unfor-., unfor-., tunatopair have requested that their ; bodle9loahlped to them at Hiokane !nnd l'ortlaud respectively, ami they will bu tent tomorrow after the lu-quest. lu-quest. The Nii,iieil Jliir.lfrfr of l.jlon. I.ITiLi. Itoci:, Ark.. April 1. Hlier-III Hlier-III II. 11. Wlillo who la now at llutte, Mont , and who Hill leave tomorrow , with lllckey, the man charged with t killing John W. Cliyton, sent tho m following to this illy tonight! 'Uuikliardl' statement Is that he, lllckey and Itlcharda went toMorrll- ton oil llm tOlh ol January, lbbU, and hind a hack aud wmt to l'lummer- vitie. Alter aupter they lirovu above lilrt. MiCraveu'a liouae and lllckey and HloharJa slipped up to the houto aud abut Clajtou. Tney wont Hiiro to kill I'owull Clayton and did not ' It-urn tlmlr miitatie untjl tho next day when ut ruphir lllulla theyisawau account In u HI. iiouli paper, lllokey dtulea having llvud In tlio alato. I i have got a requisition for Hlokcy and I will atari with lilni Hundjy uuleii. ' advised to the contrary," |