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Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-15
INSANE MAN
Kills His wife and Two Collaboration
Cuts lis Throat with a Razor.

NoBLESvILIE, Ind, Oct. l0.--Evi.
dences of n horrible tragedy were dis
covered Friday morning at the home
of Albert Bray, farmer, living three
miles from this city. The bodies o.
Bray, his wife and their two children,
aged two and nine, upon the floor of n
bedroom, told the story.
Bray was still alive, but the others
were dead. The father expired shortly
after the discovery without gaining
consciousness.
A bloody AK and razor were lying at
his side, and he committed the butch.
cry with these.
Bray was aged So, member of the
Friends church. He had always borne
n good reputation.
Bray had not been in good health for
some time. lie had often complained
of pain in his head.
Mrs. Dora Way was the domestic in
the household, and she was the only
one who escaped. She was sleeping in
a side room with the youngest child,
Edna, aged ,.
Bray struck his wife, Emma, aged 90,
in the head with an AK. lie then cut
her throat with razor. Carl, aged
nine, was killed in the same way.
The insane murderer then proceeded
to Mrs. Ways room and silently drew
his sleeping child from under the COW
ers, taking her into an adjoining room,
where he put her to death. After that
he slashed the razor across his own
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Mrs. Way knew oothinG of what had
happened until she ARCS, to prepare
the breakfast, when the bloody bodies
met her sight.
Mrs. Bray was a daughter of Daniel
Burgess, leading merchant of New.
castle. The family has been promi-
ne Mt in this county.
Mrs. Bray and the children had been
struck by some blunt instrument and
evidently stunned before the razor was
used. She was found lying on a bed
and the oldest child, a boy, on a
lounge. Both died without a strug-
gle. The partially deaf hired girl
was not awalS ned, although a younger
child, little girl who slept beside her
was taken into another room
and then killed. Bray was found ly-
ing on the porch outside unconscious
and died shortly afterwards. lie had
been sick for some time with typhoid
fever and was probably insane at the
time of the tragedy.
hundreds from this city visited the
place Friday. 1t is the most horrible
tragedy ever committed in this county
and every one is in a fever of excite.
ment
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PONY FOR FORTY CENTS.
New swindie Prncticed Upon the GaiiIbis
New Yorker.


Here is brand-new swindle. The man
who invented 1t OF heard of it in some
out-of-the-way part Of tho world had
some money, says the New York Re-
corder. He rented a house in one OK
the Oldest parts OF New York. 1t is n
quarter In which swell Knickerbockers
lived, and some of their descendants
live there to this day. He made himself
a familiar figure in liquor store in ths
neighborhood, where he sampled va
rious brands and vintagcS and proved
himself a connoisseur.
One day he told the proprietor that he
had taken down a brick wall in the
rear Of the cellar of his house, intend
ing TO replace 1t with stone, as it had
grown moldy. Behind it he found three
casks Of remarkable brandy that had
been lying reconcile for many years.
undoubtedly the property Of some long
dead and forgotten householder, who
knew q good thing when he saw il. and
was saving it.
The saloon man bought II at SIG q
gallon, having previously tasted an al
legged sample that for bouquet has
never been surpassed upon this conti-
nent or any other. The goods were de-
livered and the tenant disappeared with
two months rent in arrears. IL was
really good brandy worth about six dol
lars a gallon, at which price it had been
bought from a Broadway street wine
merchant.
However. the wineroom man did nos
lose anything. His customers are
drinking brandy lat 40 cents "pony")
which they are assured has lain in ,
New York cellar for 100 years.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-15
THE MAJORITY
or the Democratic state Ticket In G. rorgi In
May Reach $4,000.

ATLANTA. Ga, oct. l0.-The full cX-
tent of the democratic victory in Gcor-
gia is shown as the official returns
core in and it becomes eviicnu that the
ma jority of the democratic state ticket
will run close to $1,000.
Official returns from two-fhirds of
the counties in the state and scmi-ofii-
cial reports from the others give At
kinson's gross majority 44,23l Wright
gross major.ty 6,O63; Atkinson's net
majority 3s, III 1t is possible that the
democratic candidate for secretary Of
state may have $4,000 majority over
his opponent. Democrats claim this
shows best the relative strength of the
tickets.
Gov. Atkinson is running a few thou
sand behind the other state house Off
GERS, but that is due to the special
fights which have been made upon
him on local issues
The hard fight made by the repub-
liclns against Atkinson undoubte lily
made difference of 20. 900 votes. Col.
Buck, chairman of the republican COM
mittee acknowledges that the demo-
cratic majority would have reached
$4,000 or more. but for the active e.
forts of the republicans.
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UNHAPPY CUBA.
There is no Respect or Safety foi
american People.
Many Of the Inhabitants Are Dying a.
starvation Amrrtctu Citiz ms Are Ar
rested aud SHOT Down Without the
scmbIancc of Trial by Spnntards.

GRAND RtPIns. Mich Oct IA
prominent resident uf this city, who
once resided in Cuba but escaped with
others in small boat to the United
States, received letter from one of
his sisters in that country Sa'arday
lie read the accounts of the march of
Come to the west, and knew he must
have crossed the plantation of his
brother-iI-law on the Rouquc, but he
could only imagine their fate. The
letter was dated at the American con-
sulatc in Matanzls, September 80, and
was written in Spanish. The letter
reads As follows:
I'VE are all together in this city,
where we have been since January.
Our home has been abandoned since
the Come invasion. We have been
trying Ia leave this country and settle
in Alabama or Louisiana and will prob
ably do 81. You caa not imagine the
state of affairs in this unhappy country.
The Spanish arrest and often murder
the people in the country, aud nobody
Is sure in the evening that he vii! b.
living in the morning. There is no re-
Srcct or safety for American people.
The island is literally desc ate |, every
thing burned and destroyed. 1t is i'm.
possible to do any business or earn
dollar in this unhappy island and the
| people of this once rich country are lit
orally dying of starvation. We do not
know what the end will be, but the
present conditions are desperate.
Amer. can citizens are shot down with.
out the semblancc of 4 trial, the muir.
der always being outside the cities.
| The Spaniards start out with the pris
oners. claiming that they are to remove
them to other cities, but they shoot
| them down and then claim the prison
ers attempted to escape. Cubans are
winning nearly every battle and will
certainly win th-ir contest for free.
! a
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CRAZY MAN AMUCk.
His Shot Killed an Innocent Citizen With
out the slightest Cause.


out the slightest Cause.
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. IA crazy man
ran amuck through the streets of At
lanta and deliberately sho- down a
well known citizen who the man did
not know and for an.-r ling he
could give no ev. hate ger. The
lufiatic is Be- . ,-orne, who is n
brother of J. b. borne, labor agi-
tator quite well known throughout the
United States
The man who did the killing has
once been in the asylum, and prepara-
tions were being made to send him
back there again. lie made his escape,
however, and the tragedy referred to
was one result of itA The man killed
was Theodore Schraeder, foreman of the
engraving department of the Atlanta
photographic Co. The crime occurred
near the corner of Lloyd and Alabama
streets, right in the heart of the city.
Osborne, when arrested and asked " by
he did the deed, would only say: Il
don't know; | don't know; My brains
have been stolen and dogs placed in
their stead.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-15
COMMANDER GILLPATRICK
Drops Dead of Heart Disease In His or
flee In (incinnatL

flee In Cincinnati
CINCINNATI Oct. 2.-Commandcr w.
w. Fitzpatrick, of the United States
navy, dropped dead of heart disease in
his Office in the Federal building Satur-
day morning at 1889.
lie had but recently returned from
several weeks vacation spent in the
Nirginias and at Annapolis, Md, leav.
ing his wife at the latter place.
For the past two years Commander
Fitzpatrick has had charge of the L. 5.
lighthouse service on the Ohio, Kama.
wha and Tennessee rivers and was pre-
pairing to make an inspection trip
over the Fourteenth lighthouse dis
trict on the beacon light steamer Gold
en- Rod.
Commander Fitzpatrick was IS years
of age and his place of residence was
Leavenworth, Kas. lie entered the
United States navy on September 80,
1852. and has been in continuous serv-
ice for "a years. He was in command
of the United States steamer Chicago
when ordered by the navy department
Ia take command of this district. A
few moments after he fell dead the
postman entered the Office with a let
ter from Mrs. Fitzpatrick.
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EANK ROBBERS
Oyertaken and a Fight Ensurs-Oae DCs'
perado and a Marshal Killed.

perado and a Marshal Killed.
WELLS, Mimi, Oct TO- John ID Sair,
who no doubt engineered the robbery
at Shcrburne Wcdncs lay afternoon,
is dead, as is aisD Marshal t;allicn, ot
Bancroft, Ia. 1t is a bloody sequel to
the Martin tragedy a few days ago.
At . o'clock Friday morning a bloody
battle took plac. on the road near
Elmore, Mimi. A posse of 100 men,
in command of Deputy Shcr-
iff Ward, of Martin county, got
ON the trail of Sa!r shortly
after daylight and traced him To-
farm house. Deputy Ward knocked at
the door and was answered by a WON
an, but before she hal spoken three
words Sair rushed up behind her and
began firing over her shoulder at the
officer. lie fired seven times in quick
succession. one of ths bullets strikinr
Marshal Gallicn in the forehead an,
killing him instantly. The DIES
pcrado then quickly ran on.
IF the house 10y way of tho
back door, mounted his bicycle and
dashed Oft toward the west. The
posse caught sight of him and followed
close behind. Ibis chase was kept up
for four miles, when Sair broke a petal
On his wheel and took To the fields ON
foot. AS he ran across a corn
field toward clumD of trees Dep
uty sheriff Ward dashed mp. dis
mounted, and. resting his gun upon a
tree fired. the shot from his Winchester
taking effect in the robbers shoulder
The latter fell, it was supposed from
the shot from Wards gun, but when
the posse gathered around him it was
found he had shot himself in the head,
the shoulder wound only being a
slight one. Upon examining the
body the officers found a portion
of the money stolen at Shcr-
burnc in an inside pocket of his shirt,
the amount being about 5000 FaStcn-
ed to a belt around his body were tive
revolvers and n wicked looking dirk
knife. The body was taken to :iher-
burnc. The body Of the dead marshal
YVES taken to Bancroft, Ia, Friday
night.
BicycliSts are heing held for identi-
fication at Preston, blooming Prairie
and Esthcrv lie, la.
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FATHER SHERMAN

Turns all His Interest In this Estate of
His Father, the Late VIM. T. Sherman,
to His Sister.
ST. Louis, Oct 10.-Rev. Thomas
Ewing sherman Friday trans erred all
his interest in the estate of his father,
the late Gen. William Tecumseh Sher-
man, United States army, to his un.
married sister, Miss Elizabeth Sher-
man.
Father Sherman is Jesuit priest
The vows of poverty he has taken pre-
vents him from holding property in his
own right. Jointly with his sisters,
Miss Elizabeth Sherman and Mrs.
Rachel Thorndyke, and his brother,
Phillip Tecumseh sherman, he was the
owner of the cid sherman mansion.
9I2 North Garrison avenue, a tcn-room
house, on the south side of Lucas, near
Ewing, and a three-story dwelling on
Clinton, near Ninth street
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Forest Fire, In Michigan.

OSToNAGoN, Mich, Oct. 10.-Forest
fires are still raging in this vicinity.
There ha, been no rain in over three
weeks. Toward Rockland the road is
impossible. Much farm property has
been destroyed. There have been
fierce fires all around the Halliwell
Mining company property at Camp
Union, 20 miles west of Ontonagon.
All the bridges over Union river are
burned, also the Iron river bridge and
nearly all of the 20 bridges between
Camp Union and Ontonagon.
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Wood Workers Elect Omcers.

DETROIT, Oct. l2.-The national con-
vention of the Amalgamated Wood
Workers of America elected the follow
ing officers: President, ID. ID. Mulcahy,
Detroit; treasurer, Henry Engleking,
of Chicago; secretary, Thos. A. Kidd.
of Chicago. General council, Chas. f.
Gebelein, of Baltimore; James g. LIE
Chance, of Minneapolis; J. w. Goggins,
of St.. Louis, and W. J. Wolfe, of To-
ronto. The headquarters will remain
at Chicago No more national conven-
tons will be held by the body until
the need of such a meeting becomes
apnarant
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Thos. r. Watson III.

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. l2.-Reports from
Thomson, the home of Thomas Z. Wat
son, are that the populist vice presi-
dental candidate is confined to his
room with bad sore throat and is un-
der treatment by his physician. Il
W. Reed populist committeeman from
Georgia. is in consultation with him
and in telegraphic communication with
Marion Butler. Mr.. Watson has been
i'll since Tuesday night. and has been
contin Ially getting worse. No one is
allowed to see him except Reed, whose
mission is relative to Watson's candi-
dacy and members of his family.
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ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. i2.-The man
captured Saturday at Lake Mills or
suspicion of being the surviving one OF
the bandits, who committed the double
murder and bank robbery at Sher-
burnc, Mimi, Sunday evening made
lie says they were brothers,
but refuses absolutely to tell
his name. AS the citizens of Sher.
burne are still bitterly aroused, it will
not be safe to take the prisoner there,
Is lynching would surely follow. He
nay be taken to Wannebago City for
afe keeping on the morning train
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IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
n Connection With the Nen' zuela oues-
ton " ia Occur Soon.


LONDON, Oct. information has
,een furnished To the United Asso-
lated Presses that TO communication
ias passed between G.eat Britain and
lac United States on the subject of ar
itration in over a month. Important
developments in connect on with Ven
zuela, however, will prof. ably occur
within the month of October. A set.
lemeut of the dispute is by no means,
imminent, and il is not true. as has
ren alleged, that Great Britain Is
making concessions to Venezuela
Much depends upon Mr.. Chamberlain,
.ecretary of state for the colonies, who
allied from New York for England on
september 80, though his desires in the
natter are subject to the approval OF
Lord Salisbury. The latter, the for
ign Office officials say. is hopeful that
he arbitration question will be soon
solved, but he is at present very much
occupied with the eastern question.
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EDWARD w. BENSON,

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Stricken
With ApoPiexy Daring Divine Service,
and Dies Almost Immediately.
LONDON, Oct. l2-Ilon. and Most
Rev. Edward White Benson, arch.
bishop of Canterbury and primate OF
all England, was stricken with APP
oplexy during divine service in the
lIawarden church Sunday morning
and died almost Immediately, his death
occurring at 1l:i5 a. IN. Mr.. and Mrs
Gladstone were in their pew when the
archbishop was stricken. Archbishop
benson was 81 years of age.
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A Light Vote In Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct THE
election in Florida Tuesday passed OF
quietly, bat the mcager returns SO far
ceeeived indicate that very light vote
vas cast Only very meager returns
ire being received, as the count is ex.
seedingly slow, owing TO the length OF
he ballot. Official returns will not be
N until Wednesday or next day, but
stimates Tuesday night place the
democratic majority at 10000, and il
may fall below that figure.
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Cotton Crop Report.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-The returns
to the statistical division of the depart
ment of agriculture, for October, make
cotton show a decline of 3.5 points
from the September condition, which
was Ca per cent. against COZ for the
present month. There was very small
yield from the top crop and the reports
say the crop will be all gathered by
November l.
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Iowa Town Nearly Totnilv RurneJ.

CREsToN, Ia, Oct lO.-A report
has reached this city that Corn
ing, Ia, has been almost totally de-
stroyed by fire. An unknown man was
burned to death. The loss is $500, 600
WASHINGTON, Oct. lO.-The naval
ordnance bureau Thursday began an
experimental test with two nickel steel
armor plates made by the Carnegie
company. The test was made with
eight and twelve-inch guns at high
velocity and did not entirely meet the
high expectations entertained, but
further experiments will be made.
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Important Contract.

Readers of this paper will be interested
In learning that \ large contract fOr--az--
Using NO-TO-Bac and Cascarets,
preparations manufactured byt
Remedy Co. Of Chicago aud Ne
been given. ! he Sterling ReI -
preciate the value OF this par % an az.
vertising medium, and tile compliment 10
the more marked, as the company is a con-
servatiye concern which SCI S its products
under an absolute guarantee to cure or
money refunded r. cry retail druggist is
authorized to sell No-IO-Bac, guaranteed
tobacco habit cure, and Cascarets, guaran-
teed constipation cure, under this absoluie
guarantee, and readers need not hesitate 10
buy these preparations. as IL involves no
risk whatever, either physical or financial.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-15

Albany, N. v, Oct. 1O-The oft-re-
peated charges of malfeasance and
neglect of duty which have been made
during the past two years against Gen.
Austin Lathrop. as superintendent of
state prisons, were dismissed Friday by
Gov. Morton,
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 1o.-Capt
John Myers, of the schooner Tortugas,
now in port, reports having met the
tug Dauntless off Canaveral Tuesday.
The Dauntless was proceeding south
ward. The Dauntless is the alleged
flibustering tug owned by w. A. Bis
bee nf laelxSonyille
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Bloodhounds Are In Pursuit.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct 1O-John
Falls, farmer returning home with
the proceeds of cotton sold in this city,
went into camp Wednesday night near
Toadvine. With him were two Negroes.
Thursday he was found by The camp
fire with his head crushed in n bloody
ak lay near. The Negroes were gone.
A search of the dead man revealed S6a
which the murderers overlooked. A
posse is in pursuit with bloodhounds.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-15

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 13.-As re
suit of conference between the pop
nlists and free silver democrats and
representatives of the free silver
publicans here the democratic
legislative conventional nominated
representatives from each party
for the legislature. The ticket is as
follows for representatives: Edward
w. Little, Charles Il. Clark and James
7. Lyendecker, democrats, and Dave
Iightshoe, Charles Schofield, popu-
lists. For state senators: Martin A.
Rice, democrat. and Thomas +. Har.
-ison, free silver republican.
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kuied mt a Political Meeting.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct 12.-While
Congressman John w. Lewis was
speaking at Chaplin, KY, Joe Prather
slipped up behind VIM. Keeling, who
was in the crowd around the speakers
stand and shot Keeling three times.
Silling him instantly. After fright
ened horse had trsmpled the body it
N1s re moved and the speaking went on.
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The Temple Cup Proceeds.

CLEvELAND,O., Oct. 10.-The Temple
cup series net proceeds amounted to
1900, OF which Cleveland got Sl,7JG
and Baltimore $500, over and above
expenses. Each Spider gets sll7 and
each oriole $40. Last year the Cleve.
land men made $3.50 each. The win
ming team gets 60 per cent. and the
loser 40 Der cent
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Connecticut Election Returns.

HARTFoRD, Ct, Oct. 7.-Returns from
each of the 1863 towns that voted Mon
day show that 100 went republican, %
democratic and 81 divided. A number
of the divided towns were really car.
ried by the republicans, as the contest
was on the board of selectmen. Mon
days results show a republican gain of
II towns
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-15
Re,orms Need More Than . Day

To bring them about, and arc always moro
complete and lasting when they proceed
with steady regularity to n consummation-
Few of the Observant among us can have
failed to notice that permanently healthful
changes in the human system are not
wrought by abrupt and violent means, and
hat those are the most salutary medicines
which are progressive HOstetter's StOm-
ach Bitters is the chief of these. Dyspep-
STA, adisease of obstinate character, is OBJ
liberated by it.
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Du Maurier's Remains Crem q cd.

LONDON, Oct l2.-The body of Geo.
Du Maurier, the artist and novelist
who died on the morning of October s,
was cremated at Woking Saturday af-
ternoon. The ashes will be inferred
in the Hampstead church yard, Octo-
her IL
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-15

JACKSON, Miss, Oct. THE sound
money convention Tuesday, at which
the Palmer-Buckner ticket and chose
an electoral ticket, The Lynch and
Hill factions of the republicans met
here Tuesday for the purpose of COM
promising on one state electoral ticket,
but failed to agree.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-15
Cardinal Ruggi.ro Dead.

ROME, Oct. 1O-Cardinal Gaetano de
Ruggiero, secretary of the department
Of Apostolic briefs and the grand
ehancellerie of orders, died Friday
morning. lie was born at Naples, jan
aary IL, 1916, and created cardinal on
Nav "a, 1889
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-15

BERLIN, Oct. IA dentist has been
arrested and fined in this city for dis
playing upon the door of his office a
plate describing him as doctor of
dentistry with the appreciation of an
American dental college. The court
held that it was against the law for
him to use foreign title in practice in
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-15
Gold for the United states.

LONDON, Oct. 12.-Included in the
Withdrawals from the Bank of Eng
land Saturday was e331, 900 in bar and
coin gold for shipment to the United
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{. Augustine Flooded by a High Tide

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, Oct 1O.-A
heavy northeaster came on at mid
night and brought a high tide. At
$40 o'clock Friday morning it flooded
Bay street and the streets south of
Bridge were also flooded. A continu-
ance of the gale is likely at IL o'clock
Friday night which will probably cause
The water to cover the sea wall. No
damage yet reported.