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The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24
JULY WHEAT FIRMER
MARKET STRENGTHENED ON RE-
PORTED CROP DAMAGE IN DAKOTA.
Weakness Set I'm in Corn, but Oats
Held Their Own All Day-Provf-
sions Braced Up Slightly.

CHICAGO, May 23.-Floods aud consequent
crop damages in the Dakotas, and the fact
that the local market is on parity with
foreign wheat markets, tended 20 strengthen
wheat to-day. and July closed at Gle, net
gain OF %c over yesterdays close. Corn lost
a small fraction. oats remained unchanged
and provisions advanced irregularly.
Wheat ruled quiet all day. Price changes
were narrow. being within &c range. and.
while the price at one time was a fraction
Hover than it closed yesterday, the average
was from the same as 1t closed last night to
Ac above. The opening was steady. with
only light business at about the previous
days prices. Some sales were effected at
6O4c for July. but the bulk of the opening
trades were 60sc. yesterdays closing price.
1t worked for an hour between 60a4c and 6O1z
0o05sc. with one little tirnid jump in the first
fifteen minutes to 607sc. About II o'clock
the price had sagged to 6O1zc and sold as low
As 60ssc. The opening firmness was due
largely to the reports of continued rains and
Hoods in the Dakotas with resultant crop
damages, but there Vas a general indisposi-
fioE among traders TO take mich stock in
crop damage reports. especially in view of
the statement that 65 per cent. of the Red
Riveri valley seeding had already been ac-
connplished. and prices soon sagged. Another
consideration was the near approach OF the
new harvest, while we stiH have nearly co..
100000 bushels in the visible and the weekly
decreases very light and European operators
giving market little attention. Later.
however, the market turned stronger, due TO
the fact that charters were made for 100, 900
bushels. The bears had also sold with
1ftle too much confidence early in the day,
and near the close, under the influence OF
the revelation that this market was on
level with foreign prices. they tried cover
some or their sales. and put the price up TO
GQ6llsc for July, the closing being firm at
Ole, an advance of 2sc.
Corn was fairly firIn, Notwithstanding the
early weakness of the wheat market, until
the heavy estimated receipts for Monday was
received, after which the market yielded TO
the renewed selling pressure thereby in
duced- July opened unchanged. at 29Ac,
touched 29AG294sc and closed at 291sc bid.
In oats there little doing and huctua-
lions narrow. in consequence. being infiu-
enced almost entirely by wheat Under SELL
Ing pressure. towards the end OF the ses-
sion. July lost the early gain. July opened
unchanged, al 1sAc. huctuated between 1880
ana 1sssc and closed easy at 1SAc bid.
PROVISIONS, owing to the better feeling pre-
vaiiing AZ the stock yards. showed improve
ment at the opening, and some support
was given prices were ssill further advanced,
although at no time WAS trading heavy.
closing prices show an advance OF 10c in
ribs.
Estimates for Monday-Wheat, II cars:
head
Leading futures ranged as follows.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24
A LAWYERS PLIGHT
INVESTIGATION OF THE MENTAL
CONDITION OF HENRY c. GUFFIN.
At One Time He Was Very Prom
Using Attorney. OF This City
other Court Matters.

An Investigation OF the mental condition
of Henry c. Guffin, who was at one time =
prominent member of the indianapolis bar.
was commenced yesterday afternoon by
commission composed of Justices Walpois
and Habich and Police Surgeon Courtney.
In accordance with new rule adopted IN
the matter Of holding insanity inQuests, Guf-
fin was brought over to the county clerks
office and allowed to be present during the
inquest
It was apparent to those who had known
the unfortunate man In his better days that
his mind was badly disordered. He was very
talkative and asked permission TO conduct
his own case He insisted that he was not
insane. vehemently protesting against the
action OF the commission He talked on in q
rambling sort of way for half hour ana
when it was suggested that the proceedings
be continued until Monday morning he readi-
" acquiesced in the arrangement
Gufiin is about fifty-fve years OF age Men
who knew him twenty years ago say there
was not a more promising lawyer practicing
at the bar of this city. He was graduated
from Butler University, and as a student
gave promise of brilliant career. In 1870 he
was elected to the Office of prosecuting attor-
ney Of the county and served one term. Dun.
ing that period he prosecuted two or three
naaaS Sas ases inherited wren IS
was ten months old his mother took her own
life II being thought at the time that she
was demented. From 1870 TO 1850 Gufiin made
a great deal OF money out OF his law prac-
tice but lost heavily In the panic OF 126x
His financial reverses caused him TO take to
drink and his decline has been rapid since
then. Some years ago his wife procured =
divorce from him. He has been writing LETT
tiers TO her lately and the epistles grew %
threatening in tone that the family deemed
n advisable to have him locked up. He WAS
arrested day two ago and sent to the
police station.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24
THE aUAKERs AND THEIR POOR.
They Set an Example Of Reticence fu
Their Charities.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record.
The rounding out Of the second Yearly
Meeting week Of the Society of Friends
this religious society that has passed into an
unwritten law. No man has ever seen a
Quaker beggar. Like the smoke-consuming
chimney, this religious society takes ex-
elusive charge of its own poor members; and
so delicately are their necessities relieved
that none outside OF the meetings own
agents knows who are the recipients and
benefcieries. OF course, many persons re-
member the old Quaker almshouse which
stood on the spot now occupied by business
houses on Walnut Place; but otherwise the
principal was, and is. maintained that the
left hand of this religious society shall have
no information Of the right hands benefi-
cence.
The donation to the Race-streea Meeting
from the estate Of the late Joseph Jeanes of
100000 to be devoted to the comfort and
with whom the world has gone hardly in
later years is precisely in the line Of the
old Quaker Observation-Disclosures. Before
recent uprisings and anti-Semitic hatreds
had made life so terrible for the Jews of
Europe the same thing might have been said
of the Hebrews, perhaps, In this country;
and ii may still be said that they ask
relief from none but their own co-religion-
lists They never used to come upon the pub
lie charities of city or country districts. The
enormous immigration. from the old world
of the poorest paid artisans In this country
with destitute Polish and Russian Jews; but
the large trdctS Oh dSiiCu4tuIdl settlements
in New Jersey and elsewhere, under the
gifts OF the late Baron Hirsch, show what
every Hebrew feels bound TO do for their
own people. This distinction OF care for their
own down-trodden people. fallen on the high
way in the mad race for wealth, belongs to
these two peculiar peoples; and 1t would be
a good thing If such pecularities should be-
come more common. or course, we have
witnesses in the erection Of depominational
hospitals. oDen also to sufferers Of all re-
ligious persuasion, but definitely built by
Fpiscopaiians, Presbyterians, Methodists and
feel at home in This Is a beautiful tribute
at once to humanity and to their special fel-
lows in religious faith. With the pride we
pride in the other sort of home provision
made by thoughtful citizens for each other
For Fortunes wheel is ever turning: and the
position Of a man as a cheerful giver may
at any time be reversed. Yet only the
Friends have set the fashion Of keeping such
condolences sacred.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24
The One Question.
The Independent.


Under these circumstances, the one cues.
ton before the Republican convention next
month 10 that OF its platform OF It's attitude
toward an honest dollar. This is the great
paramount question affecting both the hon.
esty of our financial system and the pros.
perity ot the county. On this subjec,
there must be no silence or evasion. The
candidate may be any one OF half dozer
good men. provided he stands firmly and
positively on the platform OF the honest sin
gle standard for the dollar: that is, the gold
dollar. 1t is not only essential for the honor
OF the Republican party that it shall make
platform and man represent this chief issue
In dispute, but Ii will very likely be essential
even to its success. We do not question If
the Republican party were so fatuous as 70
blunder here, IL II were 10 speak uncertainty
on this subject, and II the Democratic party
we're TO have such an unusual accession Of
grace as to follow in its platform the strong
lead OF President Cleveland and Secretary
Carlisle, and put a man at the head OF IT'S
ticket who positively represents that idea
then, We say, we should not be surprised II
Massachusetts, and New York among ths
States counted sure Republican, and half a
dozen pivotal and doubtful States, like New
Jersey and Indiana. would go Democratic
and elect Democrat President. On this
subject let there be no mistake at st. Louis.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24
Mahatmas Getting Numerous.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph

The Mahatma business is being carried
too far. That couple who were remarked
the other day after a preliminary marital
experience 5000 years ago or more. have set
an example which threatens to be initiated In
other ways. One OF the other ways is re-
ported from Peoria, Ill Near that well irri-
gated town dwells farmer named Snod-
grass. Mr.. Snodgrass heard commotion in
his chicken house the other night as though
the lay delegates were holding q convention.
He went to see what The trouble was and
found an ancient man among the fowls. and
the birds were resenting his Intrusion The
ancient man explained that he had no de-
he came to be in the coop He added that
he was q Mahatma. and was 1000 years old.
Mr.. Snodgrass was deeply impressed by this
exclamation and allowed hts ancient visitor
to depart But II Is easy 70 see how the
Mahatma business can be- overworked In
certain uuoo.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24
CHICAGO AT MOSCOW.
Its Representative Knows What to
Expect Of Hotels.

CnlcaSO foSt
The morning papers have shown their GUS
tomary enterprise by illustrating the inter-
esting dispatches from Moscow concerning
the coronation festivities. The Times
Herald gives an excellent portrait OF the
Empress. The Inter Ocean shows the
Kremlin and The interior OF the cathedral.
The Record presents the Tverskaia gate,
and the Tribune delights US with the ia
miliar lineaments of Mrs. Potter Palmer.
We feel justified therefore in claiming that
the principal features of the coronation,
barring portrait of the Emperor. which
will doubtless come later, have been care
fully covered by the Chicago morning press.
The portrait OF Mrs. Palmer Is the careful
work OF one OF our most conscientious
artists. who derives a comfortable yearly
salary by making pictures of our brilliant
townswoman for Chicago journalism. And
speaking OF Mrs. Palmer. we are particu-
iarly pleased to read in the dispatches that
she has administered a deserved rebuke TO
the grasping avarice Of the business eie-
ment OF Moscow. We are told that she
"showed her independents by refusing to
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24
lding futures ranged as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
nrm; winter patents, $350u3S0: winter
straights. So -25d3.40 spring patents. So 400
SO, spring straigats, $Sq3.25: bakers, 81 $50
40. No. spring wheat. soc: No. spring
2S1zc. No. oats, 19c; No. white, 2OIkl
Sg7sc; No. white, lsAg2oc- No rye, a5lsc.
No. barley nominal; No g. f. o. b.. 26Q35c;
Prime timothy seed s3.2O9325. Mess pork,
per brl, S25Q7 80 Lard. per ID. 4s5a4. S7lac.
Shirt-rib sides. loose. 3s0Q3.95c; dry-saited
boxed. 4af1sc. Wnisky. distillers' finished
goods. per gal, sf22 Sugars-Cut loaf, 6.03c:
granulated, 545c.
Receipts-Flour. 1900 brls: wheat. 5000 bu;
corn. 1000 hu oats. 265 coo bu; barley, is 600
bu. Shipments-Flour. 1900 brls: wheat
1900 bu; corn. 10000 bu; oats. 2O6.000 bu: rye.
LOCO bu; barley. 5000 bu.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

All the diamonds were recovered. Coup tell
ing where they had been pawned. some or
them in Cincinnati, part here and others
in Ohio.
More recently Thornton captured the
porch climber whose operations in the
early morning hours last summer will be
remembered Not long ago he got Starr,
Corridan and Carr. the men who robbed the
residence of George F. Adams.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

New 1Ork evening gun.
Women bicycle novices are not the only
persons who do and say ridiculous things.
The other day a well-known New York sur
geon took his first ride outside the academy.
As he was wabbling along In fear and
trembling toward the park gate at One
hundred-and-sixth street. he suddenly ran
into the horse of mounted policeman.
which was standing by the side Of the road.
Excuse me.' said the frustrated doctor 70
ali right" said the "cop." patting his mount
on the neck, he doesn't mind. He's used to
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

Miss Maggie Hadden. the young woman
who came here from Cloverdale for treat
ment, some weeks ago. and whose brother,
Jesse Haddan, reported to the police Friday
night that she had mysteriously disappeared,
was found yesterday. The young man failed
pealing to the police to assist him In serach-
ing for his sister.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

The Shade OF Caesar shook his head doubt
fully.
MY campaign manager" he unused, was
named Marc-Marc ANTONY yet all he did
in the end was TO speak piece over my
mutilated remains and bury me-"
Looking down again, he saw Mark Hanna
hustling for Mckinley. and sighed for the
American Napoleon.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

Week OF Fair Trade with No Material
Change I'm Values.


On the wholesale streets and Commission
row the past week there was fair volume
OF business transacted and at steady prices.
although at low range. Especially is this
remark applicable TO fruits. vegetables. poul-
try, eggs. butter. provisions and. In fact. all
kinds OF produce The larger towns and cities
or the State have been more liberal purchas-
ers OF produce-fruits and vegetab.es-for
some time, and this has helped matters. But
the commission men must sell immense
quantities OF such goods to realize any profit,
so low are prices. The seed market is dull
and prices unchanged. Hide market is more
active and prices firmer. Wool is fairly ac-
tive. but wool OF the best grades is selling
at low figures. The heavy rains have caused
weakness in the hay market. Flour is quiet
et unchanged prices.
The local grain market during the entire
week was dull, and except in wheat there
was little fluctuations In the bids the week
closing with track bids ruling as follows:
WheatLNo: red 0sc; No. red. 80 TO Gle;
Ccrn-No. white. 2sa.c: No. white 2sa.c:
No. 3 white. 2sNc; No. white mixed 2sizc:
No. . yellow. 2sizc: No. mixed. 2siIc: 10.
oats-No. 2 white. Ssc: No. white. 21c:
day-No. l timothy. sl3di4: No. 1 prairie.
Poultry and Other Produce.
prices paid by shippers)
Poultry = Hens. &c; springs. 1896, 15c;
cocks. &c: turkey hens. s.: toms. elsc: old
Buffer-Choice country. s4sc.
Egys-shippers paying &c for fresh stock.
Beeswax-2oc for yellow: 15c for dark.
..,a Fsatnsrs-Prame ne, n geese. soc per Id; prime
Wco;-Nsdium washed. lae; ans merino.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24
Sue. the Brev.inx Company

Smith w. Per:go brought suit yesterday
against the Indianapolis Brewing Company
for 10000 damages. April 10 1885, he was
employed by the brewing company, and.
while at work. fell from scaffoid which ho
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

With a bifurcated Democratic party In Tex
as. South Carolina, Illinois. Nebraska, Iowa
and possibly other States, the prospect for
cellent.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

Minneapolis 10

Hello" said tfe mahatma he met the
to to-day?" .Oh. just knocking around"
replied the elemental ''How's things IN
Tibet MEL sn; Were I ma nav'nk * }us. % ,ne sane
vet and backward So long"
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

What sacrifice win a young woman not
An advertisement Ia an Afternoon naDer
reads: "Viu exchange 5o1dino>bed. cniff'o
sssIs: ,sSiss 's's; ~, :;
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Scarce and stronG-Hogs Dull
and Lower-sheep strong.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 3.-Cattle : Re-
ceipts. light: shipments. light There were
hardly enough here to establish market.
The feeling was strong at yesterdays clos
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

Sheep and Lambs - Receipts, light; ship
ments, light. The market was strong at
quotations, all finding ready sale.
Sheep and yearlings, good to choice. s.. .00d3. 10
Sheep and yearlings, common to me-
dunn ................. ............. 225d275
Spring lambs. common to good. 3.00(14. %
Old bucks, per head....................2 0g3.5O
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

Mrs. Olive ]. Layden began an action for
damages yesterday against the Panhandle
Railway Company on account OF the death
Of her little SON. William Coppock. who was
killed in the Union Station, March II. LIS.
The boy was employed by the Union News
Company to carry newspapers from the
trains to the news stand In the lobby OF the
station. The day OF the accident he was
sent to the sheds to receive bundle OF pa
pers from baggage car. The package was
thrown out by the baggagemaster ana
trying to recover the package. was struck
by a Panhandle train and 50 badly injured
that he died in few hours- The plaintiff
demands S10O00 DANA GEES
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

A twenty-hve-t -thousand-dollar damage suit
was yesterday filed In the Superior Court
against George A. Boeckling. who owns resi-
dence property at No. l31 Fayette street
The suit was brought by Emma Morrisons
who seeks to recover for personal injuries
On the night OF April -. 1886. as alleged. the
plaintiff collided with an open gate which
swung across the sidewalk in front OF the
defendants premises. The plaintiff AYERS
that she was on her way home from church
when she was injured, and says the accident
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

Minnie CONSTANT was granted a divorces
from Charles Constant IN Room 3. Superior
Court. yesterday. she gas married 20 the
defendant in 1884. They acre divorced after
ward and in 1889 were remarked. A final
separation occurred IN 1894 The plaintiff 3
maiden name. Minnie Merrill. was restored
to her.
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

Hogs-Recelpts, o,UVJ; SHIPMENTS, I,VOJ. Tne
receipts were light. The market continued
dull and slow. and prices were generally 21zc
lower, more especially on the medium and
heavy weights. Packers were the principal
buyers. The closing was weak, with all
The Indianapolis journal., 1896-05-24

mitted 20 practice law In the Criminal Court
Miss Hendricks Is connected with the Law
firm OF Ayres a. Jones. She was admitted 10
the Criminal Court on the motion Of A. @
Jones.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-02
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The anti coal trust bill, allowing the
attorney general to begin action 10 pre-
vent monopolies, passed the New York
Senate to-day.
The body of Bessie Rech, who was
recently murdered by her husband in
New Jersey, was buried near Germrn-
town, Pa., this evening.
The action of the directors of the
American Tobacco Company yesterday
afternoon after the close of the stock
Exchange, in declaring cash dividend
of 2 per cent. on the common and the
preferred stock, together with scrip
dividend of 20 per cent. on the common
stock, caused considerable excitement
in the New York Stock Exchange to-
day.
special from Brunswick, Ga. says the
Plant Railway system docks and warehouses
ara burning. The fire started at i o'clock
and is burning fieIcely in high gaze OF WIND
Citizens are aiding the fremen in Their el.
forts to save vessels and adjoining docks pus
have not yet succeeded in getting the IRE Uh'
der control.
The special auditors engaged in ezamina.
ton Of the accounts of ex-City Attorney
Moreland. of Pittsburg, to-day presented re-
port showing shortage to be charged agslns'
Major More!and of $29, 1915 o.
Two men were instantly killed at railroac
crossing in Harlem, Chicago yesterday iheT
were riding in covered milk wagon ana dI
not notice the approaching train untIl '0'
late.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-02

PARKS, MONUMENTS, &c.-Mr. Low,
of New York, has introduced q bill in
the House of Representatives to make
a national park out of the battlefield at
Appomattox, Va. The bill provides
for the appointment of commission to
acquire title to the property and
names as commissioners Joseph H..
Franklin, of New York; Edwin Estee,
of Petersburg. Va; John A. P. Glore,
OF Coyington, KY; Gen. T. j. Hender-
son, of Illinois, and William H. Gra-
ham, of Allegheny City, Pa. The park
is not to exceed in area 5000 acres, and
the property is to cost not more than
S250,0OO, which the bill appropriates.
The compensation of the commissioners
is to be SO per day for period not 10
exceed one hundred days.
Mr.. Turner, of Virginia, introduced
bill yesterday appropriating $4,000
to preserve the grave and erect q mon
ument to Gen. Daniel Morgan, at Win
chester.
Mr.. Tyler, OF Virginia, has intro.
troduced bill appropriating $4,000
for a postofIice building at Fortress
Monroe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-02
From Cuba.

MADRID, April "a dispatch from
Havana says that serious difference
exist between the insurgent leaders.
The dispatch also says that the truth
of the report that Gomez is dead is very
much doubted. Spanish warships are
searching for filibustering expedition
which is reported to have left Philadel-
phia recently.
HAVANA, April BY the finding of
a court-martial seven more insurgent
prisoners have been condemned to
death under the recent proclamation of
Captain General Weyler declaring arm
ed enemies of the government to be
bandits, incendisries, etc. The execu-
ton of the condemned men has been
deferred until Monday, the remaining
days of this week being holidays. Ac-
cordiDg to government reports Maceo
is still west of the line established by
the government troops.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-02
THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL ., 1886

Mr.. BRADLEY, the republican gov
ernor of Kentucky-by the grace OF the
so-called "Cleveland democrats"-ls
candidate for the nomination OF the st
Louis convention, is endorsed by the
national advisory board OF the a. Z. a
and, he and his friends say, will be sup
ported by the members of that organi'
cation not only in his own State, but II
all the others. OF course he can not be
nominated, nor, if otherwise, could ne
be elected, for sadly as the people Of
this country have drifted from thelr
safe old moorings, a majority of them,
at least, have not yet reached the point
of prescribing good citizens on account Of
their religion and nativity. The repub,
lican majority in Kentucky and New
York may deny personal liberty in
those States, but che voters OF the
whole country will not agree that up
right and honorable citizens shall be
ostracised for adhering to the faith Of
their ancestors, or because the light Of
their first day was not that of the United
States.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-04-02
CONGRESSIONAL.

Ocean mail subsidies brought on ar
animated discussion in the Senate yes
terday during the consideration of the
postoffice appropriation bill. Mr.. Villa:
opposed subsidies and Mr.. Perkins de
Tended them. The item was reserved
for separate vote to-day. The re-
mainder of the postoffice appropriation
bill was completed. MIR. George:
speech on the Dupont case occupied
most of the day.
The House practically completed the
consideration of the sundry civil bill
Mr.. Cannon, the chairman of the ap'
preparations committee, made an ap
peal for economy on the ground thai
the condition of the treasury was such
that no new project should be entered
upon by this Congress. Several amend
ments were adopted despite Mr.. Can
mons appeal. During the day there
was some political discussion.