The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-19
DEATH OF STANBULOHR.
The Assault on the Great Bulga-
~ rian Ends Fatally.
HIS MURDERERs STILL AT LARGE.

Tho Assassination Arouses the Ire Of Ber-
lin Newspapers. One of which Asserts
That Prince FerdInand Has Forfeited
tho Right to Wear g European Crown.
SOFIA, July I'm. StambulofY, who
was murderously assaulted by four mon
willis returning home from the Union
club ON Monday night, died yesterday
without having uttered word since 10
o'clock Wednesday night, when the death
struggle began.
A catafalque Is being prepared on which
the remains will lie in state. The am
putated hands Of the murdered man have
been preserved in alcohol. The interment
will take place tomorrow. The govern
ment has not yet proposed to give tho re-
mains Of NJ. Stambuloff q state funeral.
The widow Of tho deceased statesman has
received many kilograms of coincidence
from high personages in different parts Of
Europe, including Queen Victoria and tho
Prince of Wales.
The government has offered 10, 900 francs
for the capture OF the murderers. Public
opinion points to Haloff Nikola, Ivanhef
and Tufektchieff as the authors OF the
crime. 1t is said that the government has
decided to rearrest Tufektchieff, who was
liberated on Tuesday. Stambuloff had al
ways designated the brothers Tufektchien
as the assassins OF N. Beltcheff. The gov
ernmen. organ, Mir, suggests that Siam
buloff' 8 servant, Todoroff, and some MEM
bers of of his party committed the crime.
IA letter signed by sixteen violent Ros-
sophiles, has been sent to Radoclavof,
who is chief of the anti Russian party,
containing q menace to blow up his
house"
NJ. Stambuloff was called the bismarck
of Bulgaria" and was assuredly the lead
Ing statesman Of the Bulgars. He was
born at Tirnova in 1855. After the cleo
ton Of Alexander as Prince of Bulgaria
he became, with M. Karaveloff, one Of the
chiefs of the Liberal party, and was elected
president of the sobranje in succession to
the latter in 1884 He continued president
for two years, but in August 1856, when
the conspiracy against Prince Alexander
came to a head at Sofia, he, together with
Colonel Mutkuroff and M. Knraveloff,
formed counter government in opposi-
ton to the revolutionary government I'M
der Zankoff, which had only short dura-
tion. Prince Alexander was able to re-
turn to Bulgaria, but eventually Rbdi,
Gated, in view Of the hostile attitude OF
Russia, and Stambuloff, Karaveloff and
Sept. z.
Under his influence the grand sobranje
In 1887 elected Prince Ferdinand of Sake
Coburg and Gotha Prince of Bulgaria.
Several attempts were made to assassi.
nate Stambuloff, and he repressed his en-
emies with such terrible rigor that the
European press loudly protested, and
called him judicial murderer. The
browning act Of his powerful reign was
the marriage which he arraigned between
Ferdinand and n woman of the royal
blood, Princess Marie Louise Of Parma,
which was announced by proclamation in
February, 1893. At this point IN his career
Stambuloff again tried to get the great
powers to recognize Bulgaria as an indie
pendent state. In that he failed. But,
against Russian displeasure the mer-
riage took place in April, 1893. In May,
1894, Stambuloff resigned. The premier's
rule had become too autocratic, and Fer
dinand felt that so long as the minister
continued in power Russia would not
recognize the king. Thereafter popular
feeling began to turn againt the ex-
premier, and for some time he had been
practically prisoner in Sofia.