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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-08
COLD-BLOODED DEED.
How German Doctor Killed His
Mife and Himself.

CHICAGO, Oct. 7.--Dr. Carl +. NitZ a
German physician. murdered his wife and
then killed himself this afternoon The
murder of the woman was done in the most
cold -blooded manner. Nitz and his wife
have for some time lived unhappily because
of her constant efforts to obtain possession
of his property. This provoked frequent
quarrels between them and this afternoon
during one of these rows he stabbed her
in the abdomen with surgical instrument
The wound was not Immediately fatal and
the Doctor, sitting down by her side.
stabbed her again, this time in a manner
which insured her death He then as is
proved by notes that were found after his
death. sat by the woman's side watching
her die slowly and now and then, to note
the effect of another wound he would jab
his knife into her brain. He carefully noted
all the symptoms of the womans approach
ing demise and at one time left the house
and the dying woman while he procured
an oyster stew at a neghboring restau-
rant and bought the revolver with which
he shot himself For over four hours as
shown by his notes, he sat by the woman
watching her die. Late in the afternoon
when the police had been notified of the
murder Nitz hid himself ia the basement
of the house and when he found that there
was no chance OF his escape he shot him
self through the head. During the time his
tor. who is deaf sat in an adjoining room.
ignorant of what was going Within
few feet OF him. N1tz was fifty-four years
OF age and a man of considerable property.
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maioritfes ever known in our political nis-
tory in every election held since its enact
me MT. Every time the people OF this counliy
have had a chance they have given lhal
law q blow.
MY fellow-citizens of West Virginia, has
Il ere been anything In the working OF tnat
law in either it's effect upon the revenue
OF the treasury or upon the occupatloH ot
the people TO change the solemn VeTdict
rendered in 1884,, Whep you carried the STAT
of West Virginia and performed most I'M
l.ortant par in making the national dousc
of Representative Republican, am In CIV
the United States? Every day of Its opera
ton only confirms the justice OF that Ver-
dict and insures a more decisive one OF
like character on the Sd day or November.
I'VE want to get back to what we KNOW
is good. We have tried experience ana We
know that when We have been on the snip
of experience we sailed safely into port ana
W hen we have taken the raft OF EXPERIMENT |
we have always gone doNn. We know What
makes an easy treasury and q good WORK
ing balance, called surplus We know
what encourages home industries and nome
deveopme nts; we know what gives employ
Irent to labor and wages and prices for the
products of the farmer Nor should we
forget that what has been lost was won
and can be won again Returning TO these
conditions and continuing the Use of an un-
questioned currency based upon guid-the
best money known to the world-we VIII
restore confidence and start this great
&C untry, which for four years has been SIT,
ting in the shadow of doubt and discontent
and suffering, on its triumphal march OF
progress and prosperity. VIII you con-
tribute to that reSult?"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-08

EXPOSES A BRYAN FALLHCY
BY MAKING 1T CLEAR HOW MONEY
IS PUT IN CIRCULATION.
"NothinE Can Create Wealth Excep,
Labor'-AppeaIs to the Patriotism
of United Nation.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
CANTON, o., Oct. THE first delega-
ton to call on the Republican nominee to-
day was a small one from GoodIand. live
ly little town in Newton county, Indiana
1t came early and was unusually enthusf-
astic for its size. The spokesman was A
P. Jenkins, and Major McKinley's response
was one of the best short speeches heard
here this fall. 1t was devoted largely to
the financial question, and, like all the sd
dresses he has made since the political pill
grimages begun, was brimful Of patriotic
sentiments, in marked contrast to candi-
date Bry ms Notwithstanding rawlings.
The second meeting of the day was a
3oint demonstration by Ashland and Geau-
ga counties. Ohio. and was held in the tab
ernacle, the weather out of doors being
cold and dismal. The Ashland county dele
cation came in q special train of eight
coaches. 1t was an enthusiastic party and
conspicuous for it's many aged pepople. Sew
eral mon We're pointed out as over eighty
years of age, and one couple, which walked
down the aisle of the hall, was man and
wife, both over eighty, but as enthusiastic
the young bloods. The Geauga county
party came in two special trains and num-
bered about three thousand people. Ad-
dresses We're made on behalf of Ashland
county by DR.. G. Hess, and on behalf of
Geauga county by Judge Garfield, Of Char
don. Before the speaking began it became
apparent that the hall could not aceommo-
date those assembl, d and those approach
ing. and it was decided to address the Ash
land county people and the first trainload
from Geauga county. Next a speech was
delivered to the second crowd from Geauga.
particularly enthusiastic delegation
clcsed me day ; doings. It came from Par
kersaurg, w. Va, and filed a special train
of ten cars to the platforms. This party
was introduced by E. NJ. Caldwell.
National Chairman Nj. A. Hanna stopped
ever In Canton between trains this evening"
He came down from Cleveland at $40. He
was met at the depot by Major Mckinley
and was a guest for dinner at the Major s
home. He expressed himself as well pleased
with the political situation, ana spoke III
ucst sanguine terms of the result.
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TRIBUTE TO FREEMASONRY.
Vice President StevensOn's Address
Before Grand Lodge of Illinois.

CHICAGO, Oct. 7.-Vice President Steven
son delivered the annual Grafton before the
Grand Lodge of Masons of Illinois to-day.
He spoke eloquently of the scope and ac-
chievementS of the Masonic order, and said
that it's anniversaries recalled no memories
of bloody strife, but that it's membership
included at all times advanced advocates
of social order, stable government, and re-
ligious liberation. Continuing Mr. Steven
son said:
while this continent was yet untrod by
the foot of civilized man Freemasonry had
IN existence. When that mighty army
gathered from all parts of civilized Europe,
marshaled under princes and kings,
started upon it's first crusade to the east
ward, there marched in its van chivalrous
knights from the temple to assist in re-
claiming the tomb of the Savior from the
profane touch of the Saracen. This insti-
tuition has witnessed the rise and fall OF
many of the once mighty kingdoms of the
earth. 1t has seen nations perish, their
memory lost to history. The very marble
erected to perpetuate the memory of the
illustrious sages and warriors of antiquity
has crumbled to dust the names it sought
to rescue from oblivion are forever lost in
the shadows But this order, despite the
ravageS of time, has come down to us
through long succession of ages, with
its signs and its symbols, it's significant
ceremonies, it's creed of universal brother
hood. all unimpa1red.
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TRAVELLING MAN SHOT DEAD
AND THE CASHIER WOUNDED s
BADLY HE SOON DIED.

PARAMOUNT, Mimi, Oct T. Two
masked and bicycle-mounted robbers rode
into. the little town of Sherburne fourteen
miles from here, to-day, dashed into the
bank of Sherburne, murdered the cashier
and a bystander and, securing 81 900 from
the cash tray. mounted their wheels and
escaped before the eyes of the startled viii
layers. The affair was conducted with all
the bravado of the border drama and the
killing Of the two men, one of whom died
instantly. was purely wanton, as neither
ms de any resistance. The dead are:
J. A. OESTERN. travelling agent of the
trough the heart
CASHIER THORBURN, of the Bank of
Sherburne, shot in the head.
The crime is paralleled only by the raid
of Jesse James and the Younger boys when
they swooped down on the little town of
Northfield, few miles north of the scene
of to-day's crime, shot the cashier &C the
Bank Of Northheld down and decaInped
with large amount of money. In that in
stance the robbers departed on horses,
whereas to-day the criminals in keeping
with the times, used bicycles in escaping
from the enraged citizens of Sherburne.
At about 1:30 o'clock two masked men
walked through the front entrance of the
bank to the cashiers box, and, without a
word, whipped out their revolvers and lev
eled them at Cashier Thorburn. The lat
ter did not move, but the next minute the
reports of two revolvers rang out and Cash
ier Thorburn fell at his desk. At another
desk in the bank stood Mr.. Oestern,
travelling man. He was the only immediate
bar to the end which the robbers sought t.
gain, and when Thorburn fell to the floor
they turned and shot him dead. AS rapidly
as possible they leaped over the railing
which separated them from the cashiers
desk and secured 81 ,000 in cash. They then
ran for the back door of the bank where
they had taken the precaution to leave
their bicycles, mounted them and rode
away.
1t all happened inside of two minutes.
and the only witness to the deed was
woman who stood across the street from
the front entrance of the bank and who
was attracted by the reports of the revol-
vers. She saw them turn on Oestern, secure
the money and decs mp. AS soon possi-
ble she gave the alarm and IN five minutes
after the deed had been committed the
little town of Sherburne was in a state of
excitement such as has never before been
seen there
Thorburn, it was found, was net dead
Oestern, however. had been shot through
the heart and had apparently been instant
ly killed. Thorburn lived two hours, having
received bullets in different parts of his
body. The town of Sherburne contains
scarcely score more than three hundred
inhabitants, but inside of ten minutes sew
eral posses had been formed, including
pearly every male citizen of the town. and
a search was at once instituted. Every
town and village where there is the slight
est possibility of the robbers visiting in
their efforts to escape has been warned
and their capture is expected at any mo-
n,eut
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the great bulk of the money required to
pay the expenses of the government should
be raised by putting a tax upon the foreign
products that come into this country to
compete with American products. If we
could create money by merely starting our
mints running, then there would be no ne
cessity of taxes.
Now, there Is another thing I want to
talk to you about for Il moment. We want
our money good. / do not care what en-
ployment we may be engaged in, whether
we work in the shop or the farm, or in
a profession, we want every dollar we have
In circulation as good our flag and as
unquestioned as the currency of any coun-
try in the world, and that is the purpose
OF the Republican party to-day. (ApplauSe.)
And we intend to support this government
by taxes upon foreign imports and internal
revenue; and we intend to have enough
revenue In the public treasury, if the peo-
pie elect US to power, to pay our bills
(Cheers.) The government is just like an
individual. When it has not enough income
to pay its expe nses it mas to give its notes
TO raise money-it has to do that or quit
business, and when the government of the
United States has no revenue TO pay its
running expenses, the only thing you can
do is to borrow money; and that is what
has been done for the last three and a half
years. That is What we propose to STOP
thank you, my fellow-citizens for this
call, and it will give me great pleasure to
meet you every one individually" cloud
cheerS.)
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MHCEO WAS DEFEATED.
According to Spaniards, the Cuba
GenernI Lost ESQ Men.

HAVANA, Oct. I'm the recent en-
gagement in Pinar del Rio between the
Spanish troops under General Bernal and
the insurgents under Antonio Maceo it is
now announced that the insurgents lost $50
men killed. while the trops only had TWEEN
ty-eight men killed, thirty seriously
wounded and twenty-five slightly wounded.
The stea mship Ciudad de Cadiz arrived
here to-day from Spain with several cases
of smallpox board. She brought thirty
six officers and $40 soldiers, after having
left go soldiers al Gibara, Province of
Santiago de Cuba.
The insurgent forces under Antonio
Maceo were reported to be moving yester-
day toward the eastern part of the Prov
ince of Pinar del Rio.
Advices from Artemisa and Matanzas an
nounce that one "insurgent incendiary''
was shot at the former place and that two
men similarly classed were shot at the
latter place
The coasting steamer Guanignanco has
arrived here from Arroyos, Province Of
Pinar del Rio, with fifty sick soldiers on
Board Her commander reports having
seen opposite San Dimas, laboring in a
heavy sea a barkentine which was on fire.
People ashore declared the vessel had been
burning for three days. Her nationality
could not be made out.
Captain General Weyler has ordered that
an American citizen, Ximono, manager of
the railroads at Unidos, shall be set at
liberty
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A REMARKABLE CLAIM.
Defendants in Suit Quote Authority
1000 Years Before Christ

TRENTON. N. j., Oct. There is a suit
now pending in the United States Circuit
Court over the infringement of a nozzle
patent. The suit is between the American
Ball Nozzle Company and the National Ball
Nozzle Company. The former says that the
latter company have infringed on their pat
ent right. The latter in making answer
says that the ball nozzle was known in
commerce one thousand years before Christ
and quote from history to show that they
are right. They claim that one Hero form
erly of Alexandria, Egypt, living about 1900
3. c., mentions number of people as be-
published in the fifteenth and sixteenth
century mentions it also. The case will
now go to argument.
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APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM.
Men of All Parties Urged to Unite in
Saving the Nations Honor.

saving tne 01t8Oh fkOhOE'
In responding to the greetings of the
Ashland (Ohio) county delegation, Major
Mckinley said;
citizens-I had expected to concentrate the
visiting delegations from Ohio into one au-
coming are so large that there is no hall
in the town that would hold them. CLaugh-
propriety speak to the citizens of Ashland,
Geauga and Cuyahoga counties in one
body, for this year neither county lines.
nor State lines, nor SECTIONAL lines, nor
class lines nor party lines impede the
progress of the Republican party. (Contin-
uous applause.) We are all together in
sentiment and in purpose, whether we live
in one section or another of our common
country we are all fighting for good gov
ernment the supremacy of public law, the
integrity of our courts, the honor of the
national name and the return of better
times. Great appiause.)
4 am peculiarly gratified to meet my
old friends and constituents of Ashland
your county was in the congressional dis
trict for which / stood as a candidate for
Congress l remember as young man to
have gone to your county, almost an en-
tire stranger to your people, and l shall
never forget, so long as l live. the warm
and cordial welcome you gave me and the
splendid support you gave TO the Republic
an party that year. applause and cries
Of we will do it again) Thrown into "A
Democratic district that was thought TO be
impenetrabie and uncomfortable, with IA
Democratic majority OF over 2000, the Re
publicans, who were united, assisted by
Democrats in every county Of the district
we turned that Democratic majority into a
Republican majority Of more than 1900.
applause and cries of Goodi Goodt)
'tThat year, as the older men in this au-
dience Will recall | was coutending for
two things. In every speech i made | pre-
sented what / regarded two great over
mastering issues. One was the return to
specie payments and the other was the
continuance of a protective tariff policy
that would preserve the American market
fer the American farmer and the American
factory for the American working men.
Great cheering) We are contending this
year for the same principles. On the one
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Another Chance for Lite.

WASHINGTON. Oct. lit has been OFF,
cially made known to the State Department
that the Spanish Supreme Court at Madrid
after due consideration. has found that the
proceedings of the naval court-martial
which convicted the prisoners taken from
the schooner Competitor OF being fiiOusters
and sentenced them to death errone-
Gus. Further than that nothing is known
officially. but, as this information is so Tar
confirmatory of the original press dis
patches the subject, IL is assumed that
as therein stated. the case has been re-
manded for another trial before a civil
court as is guaranteed by the Gushing
np0
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WARMER And FAIR.
Predictions and observations of the
Local Weather Bureau.

Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for
che twenty-four hours ending IL D. M.
Oct. s-Warmer, fair weather on Thursday.
General Conditions Yesterday-The high
barometric area. covering the country east
OF the Rocky mountains is moving east
ward followed by low barometric areas just
crossing the mountains. The temperature
fell everywhere except on and near the
Rocky mountains and west of Lake SUI
perior. Fair weather continued, except in
Texas where rain is falling.
FORECAST FOR THREE STATES
WASHINGTON, Oct. For Ohio-Gen-
orally fair; slight rise in temperature; light
to fresh north winds, shifting to east
For Indiana and illinois-Fair; warmer
north winds, shifting to southerly.
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Becker May succeed Keane.

AUGUSTA, Ca. Oct. THE Morning
News has information from a prominent
Catholic that Bishop Thomas ~ becker, of
Georgia will probably be made rector of
the Catholic University. He is one of the
orginators of the institution and was of
fered the first rectorship He is q learned
man. speaks many languages and is re-
garded as one of the most scholarly men in
the church
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The When
BIG 4 ROUTE
Commercial Travellers and Bicycle Re-
publican Club Excursion
CANTON, OHIO, and RETURN,
TO VISIT
Hon. VIM. MCKINLEY
81 For the Round Trip Sd

Special train composed of sleepers, chair
cars, first-class coaches and refreShment
car will leave Indianapolis
FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 1896, and run as follows:
Leave Indianapolis. 1880 pm. Friday. Oct. 8
Arrive Canton $50 am, Saturday, Oct. 10
RETURNING,
leave canton 3.OO pm, 5atuFQoy, Oct. 10
Arrive Indianapolis Ill 80 pm Saturday. Oct 10
Tickets good going and returning only on
special train named above.
Chair cars 81 per seat for round trip.
Sleepers 50 per double berth going and 81
per seat returning. For tickets, sleepers
and chair cars call at Big Four offices, No.
East Washington street, Sc Jackson place,
Massachusetts avenue and Union Station.
Travelling men, merchants, nicycIists and
all In favor of sound money invited to join
the party.
&C. w. Letter, L. w. Cooper and j. J.
Higgins, Transportation Committee Com
mercisi Travellers Republican Club
Geo. Catterson and e. J. Richards, Trans
portation Committee Bicycle Republican
Club.
H. M. BRONSON, A. G. p A.
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Held for killing a woman.

NEW YORK Oct 7.--William ]. Koerner
newspaper artist, formerly of Pittsburg
Pa, was to-day held without ball. on rec
ommendation OF coroner.s jury, on the
whom he shot in the streets of this city
on Sent 23
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Ohio River steamer sunk.

I GALLIPOLIS, o. Oct. THE passenger
Steamer Columbia struck rock near Red
House, en- the Ohio river, this morning
hnd sank almost immediately. The pas
bengers escaped in yawIs. The steamer was
falued at between $4,000 and $1,000.
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EIopers Married.

MASSILLON. o.. Oct Harry Smith
the baseball catcher of the Buffalo team
who eloped from here with ,Aiiss Rose Russ
a few days ago. has been heard from. He
telegraphed his father that lthey had been
married in Buffalo SaturdayA
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Wednesdays Local observations.

Bar. Ther. r. II. Wind Weather Pre-.
! a. M. 80 S2 42 81 INVEST. Clear. 600
] p. m..3o2S 81 62 North. Clear 600
Maximum temperature. 57 minimum tenn
perature 40.
Following is comparative statement of
the temperature and precipitation Oct. Z:
Temp Pre-.
Normal .......................-. 5S 0.09
Mean .-..-.:..... .....-.............. IS 900
Departure from the normal ...... 10 --0.09
Departure since Oct 1............ 81 *02l
Total departure since Jan. L.. *4A -0.21
sPlus. C. +. r. WAPPENHANS.
Local Forecast Official.
The record-union., 1896-01-21
Fastern Grain Market.

NEW YORK, Jan. goth.
WREAT-January, 695gc; February, 7O1lc;
March, 1880; May, 6SIse; June, 6S15c; July
CHICAGO, Jan. goth.
wHEAT-January, $3.50; February, 6esze;
May 61s<e; July, 627sc.