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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-09

The suit OF John w. Blackledge against
the Lewis-Porter Cabinet Company TO re-
cover damages for alleged violation OF
contract is on trial in Room I. Superior
Court. The plaintiff contracted with the de-
PENDANT TO manufacture fifty cabinet cases.
When the work was completed IL was
claimed that the cases were not made ac-
cording TO the contract
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TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations nt st. Louis. Philadelphia
Hnltimorc md Other Points.

ST. LOUIS. Jan. S-Flour quiet. Wheat
nervous and unsettled at the opening. owing
to strained relations between England and
Germany over the Transvaal question:; later
the narxet ouieied down and closed 1sm9sc
under yesterday for futures: SPOT dull: No.
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Pre- bate Matters.

The will of Minnie Boettcher was admitted
to probate yesterday. The testatrlx left her
husband life interest in her property and
beoueathed the remainder OF her estate TO
her children.
Phoebe NJ. Taylor the court distributed
among the heirs stock in the Chandler az
TAYLOR machine establishment valued at $l6.-
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John Smith has sued David Johnson for
5000 on account OF injuries received while
employed on the farm or the defendant.
He says the latter left a vicious horse loose
in a stall without giving him notice or the
presence OF the animal He went into the
stable and was attacked b. the horse, SUI
fering serious injuries.
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Oils.

WILMINGTON, Jan. 8-Rosin steady:
strained, N.3O; good, s1.35. Spirits of tur-
pentine firm at 271aQ2Sc. Tar steady at soc.
Turpentine quiet; hard not quoted; soft,
$40; virgin, $3.50.
OIL CITY, Jan. S.-Oil-Credit balances
$50. ertifcates-February delivery OPEN
ed at H.49; highest, $1.50; lowest, $l.49;
closed at $1.49 Sales, 1000 brls
NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Petroleum dull
United closed at LAC bid. Rosin quiet. Spir-
it's of turpentine firm.
CHARLESTON, Jan. S.-Rosin firm at
N.1OQ1.25 Spirits Of turpentine dull at 261ac.
SAVANNAH, Jan. S.-Spirits of turpentine
firm at 2Sc. Rosin nominal.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-A more general re-
quest for spring fabrics of fancy charac-
ter prevailed. but the business that followed
was on a moderate scale. The cutting-up
trade was fairly well represented and some
advance business was done, but as a whole
the market was dull.
FALL RIVER, Jan. Sprint cloths very
dull at cents
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-09

Another suit was filed In the federal court
yesterday that arises from the wreck of
Jan. 20, 1893, or the L. L. AZ w. railroad at
the bridge over the Wabash river: This Is
the wreck for whi0D brakeman Men was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-09

Hogs-Receipts, 5000; shipments, 1900.
The market opened active. with prices a
shade lower. Packers were the leading
buyers, and all changed hands in good
season. The close was steady compared
with the opening. All sold:
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LIVE STOCK.

Cattle Scarce and Steady-HOgs n
Shade LOwer-Cattle Stronger.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. S.-Cattle-Receip.s
400; shipments light. Steer cattle sold usual
ly at steady prices, while butcher stuff was
10Q15c lower.
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Cotton.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Cotton quiet; mid
ding, 5-16c Net receipts, 1,070 bales; gross
ain, 100 bales; forwarded 472 bales; sales,
10o bales, all spinners; stock, 192,OSS bales.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. S-Cotton steady;
mddling, 13-16c; low middling, 9-16c; good
ordinary, 7Ac. Receipts, S,765 bales; ex-
ports coastwise, SO bales; sales, 1900 bales;
stock, 402, 033 bales.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-09

The following table of temperatures is
furnished by c. +. r. Wappenhans. local
forecast official.
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Butter, Eggs and Cheese.

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Butter-Receipts
Glib packages. Market steady; creamery, 16
@25c: Elgins 25c. Cheese-Receipts, 1871
packages. Market quiet; State large, TAO
1Oc; small, 7A@l0lac; part skins, 3AGSc; full
skins, 2d3c. Eggs-Receipts. 5,210 packages.
Market steady; State and Pennsylvania, 20
Q26c; Western. 22Q25c; Southern, 21@24c.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. S.-Butter-Fancy
creamery, 24c. Eggs firm. Fresh Western,
25c. Cheese unchanged
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Wool.

BOSTON, Jan. S-The American Wool and
Cotton Reporter will say tomorrow of the
wool trade: The sales in the three principal
markets have amounted to 6, 699, 300 pounds,
stock and 1856, 500 pounds foreign. A COM
paratively quiet week was to be expected
after the remarkable activity of Christmas
week, there has, however, been very fair
amount Of business done. A fair demand
exists for most kinds of domestic and foreign
wool and the market is from every point
of view as strong as 1t was on the last day
of December. In Boston the sales this week
have amounted to 100000 pounds, of which
1,31S, 800 pounds were domestic The sales
in the corresponding period of 1895 were o.
$3.50 pounds This market, from every
point of view, is as strong as it was on the
last day of December. 1895
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wednesday,. Local Observations.
Yesterdays Tempcrat lures.

c. +. r. WAPPENHANS,
Local Forecast Official
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red. cash, &C; No. hard. 55isc: July.
5s$4c. Corn at the opening advanced on ac-
early advance did not hold. however, but
the relapse was small. and the close firm at
ATesc advance over yesterday for futures:
spot dun and firm; No. mixed. cash and
vanced stiffly early, but closed &c lower
than yesterday; spot quiet and easy; No. z,
cash and January. I7,1c; May; lss4c Rye
this side. Barley steady. Corn meal. $1,000
LBS. Bran easy; 42c for sacked. east track.
Flaxseed quiet at Sc. Timothy, 1880. Hay
prairie, S.5OQS: timothy. sllal450. this side.
Butter quiet and unchanged Eggs firm at
mess j %sIsy new PSTs aghe o Iard
higher; prime steam, 5.30c: choice, 5.4Oc.
Bacon-Boxed shoulders. 5.S111c; longs, 5.5oc;
T Rosed isc shorts oDg M r5s
4.S712c; shorts. &c. Receipts-Flour, 1900
brls: wheat, LOCO bu; corn 1900 bu; oats.
1900 bu. Shipments-Flour; 1900 brls s;;
wheat, 1900 bu; corn, $1,000 bu; oats, 5000
bu.
BALTIMORE, JAN S-Flour dull and un-
changed, Receipts. Sis brls; Wheat quiet;
Receipts. S55 bu Southern wheat. on grade.
64a4 Q67a4c. Corn frmer; spot, S3AQ332sc;
May. S4Ac; steamer. mixed, S2aS2l4c Re-
32lea33lsc. Oats firm; No. white, 24a2ii1c.
Rye dull; No. 2. 4lc. Hay strong. Grain
freignts firm and unchanged. Butter firm;
23Q24c; cold storage, 17Q1sc. Cheese firm and
unchanged.
TOLEDO, Jan. S.-Wheat lower and weak:
No. 2, cash and January, 671ac; May, 69isc
Corn lower; No. mixed, 2Sc nominal: May.
29a4c. Oats quiet and steady; No. 2 mixed,
19l2c; No. white BIC. Rye dull and easier !:
No. 2, cash. Csc. Clover seed dull and stealy I;
prime. cash and January A.42la; February,
$4.45. Receipts-Flour. 800 brls; wheat 5000
blu; corn, $500 bu; oats. 500; clover seed.
lis bags. Shpments-Flour, LOCO brls;
wheat. 500 blu; corn, 1880 bu; clover seed
81 bags.
CINCINNATI, Jan. S.-Flour firm. Wheat
firm and higher; No. red, Csc; receipts, p
900 bu; shipments, 1000. Corn firm; No. 2,
mixed, 2912c. Oats slow; No. mixed, 2012c.
Rye nominal; No. g. 3olsc. Lard higher at
5.40c. Bulk meats firm at 4.75c. Bacon
strong at 5.75c. Whisky quiet; sales OF 5i2
brls at SLIP. Butter steady. Eggs steady
at lie. Cheese quiet.
DETROIT, Jan. S.-Wheat irregular; No.
white, &c bid; No. red. &c: May, 6S14c bid.
Corn-No. 2, &c. Oats-No. 2 white. PC; No.
2 mixed, 19c. Rye-No. 2, &c. Glover Seed
$4a1a. Receipts-Wheat, 2,1OO bu; corn, $500
blu; oats, $500.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-04
One on nu American.

They az telling the story in London
that the impossible American in Paris
aliehted at hotel to find 1t absolutely
full.
almost tearfully, nothing. The first floor
is taken by the king of the Ostenders. the
queen of Montegaria occupies the second,
the duke of CottonopOlis is sharing the
third floor with the caliph of Port Said.
and the crown prince of Nova Esperanza
Is sleeping OH the billiard table. As for
myself. have TO make up bed In the
Office, and there only remains the cham
ber for my daughter. OF COURSE
as that your daughter?' Interrupted
the American pointing to the young lady
at the desk.
Yes. SIR
"All right: I'll marry her after lunch"
And. giving his valise to the speechless
Boniface. he added. Now. you can take
my baggage up to our room.''-Argonaut
-:II:-
Was Never Asked Again.
An amusing story is told of Professor
Blackie by Miss Anna NJ. Stoddart in
her new biography. 1t seems that the
genial professor was once asked to be
chairman at temperance meeting. He
agreed. and opened his speech thus
II cannot understand why I am asked to
be here. I am not teetotaler-far from
it, IL man asks me to dine with him.
and does not give me good glass Of
wine, l say that he Is neither Christian
nor a gentleman. Germans drink beer
Englishmen wine, ladies tea, and fools
water"
1t is rot recorded that Professor Blackie
was ever again asked to appear In an
official capacity at teetotal meeting.-
Household Words.
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the house, through which we forced our
way. The door had been broken open
and policeman guarded the entrance
on either side. AS we went In noisome
Odor of chemicals filled the air. We
made our way to the drawing-room,
where had been the night before. Here
upon the table discovered one of my
revolvers, and underneath it piece OF
paper, on which was scrawled the word
Beware"
From here Ray. who had preceded us.
led the way upstairs to. a small sky
light room in the rear Of the house. We
discovered there shelves filled with bot
ties, retOrts. pestles and mortars. and
books piled anywhere about. On the
floor, his head torn and burned beyond
recognition, lay Jackson. I knew him
by his yellow hands and peculiar dress.
and saw that his own deviltry had been
his undong. We went carefully over
the room. 1t contained all descriptions
of materials for compounding explo-
sives. Half finished Internal machines.
wheels and springs scattered every
where, and various memoranda which
were of value in their way. Near what
remained of the man we discovered up
on the floor a dark stain, which at first
sight had thought to be blood A
closer examination, however. revealed
other deep red wine. In one of the yell
low hands was gripped small vial
about which scrap of paper was
wrapped. Written in English upon 1T
We're the following words: I'm two gills
or claret. one. In champagne. two. For
action in the first case, five minutes.
In the second, seven"
The vial contained three or four small
white pellets. We determined to try
an experiment. A man was sent for a
bottle OF Piper OF this he
poured small quantity into an empty
bottle and, dropping in one of the white
pellets, placed the whole upon the win
dow ledge. Closing the sash ] stood.
watch In hand, and waited. Whether
simply poison. or some stronger and
stranger thing, did not stop to wonder.
but. az the number of minutes recon-
mended In the note crawled slowly by.
an uneasy sensation came over me
which made me draw back and motion
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-04
SYNOPSIS,

The Junior member of a private firm OF
detectives In New York becomes interested
In deserted house. opposite which he hap
pens to take a room. While watching Il
during a convalScence from illness, the
blinds of one of the windows are opened
suddenly, disclosing the figure of small
man who waves his hand and disappears.
Three days later the detective receives
mystrious letter. appointing. an hour TO
call. He looks across at the deserted
house, shading his eyes with the letter.
The figure reappears and repeats its sig
nal. That evening the detective arms
himself pushes open the iron gate of the
deserted house and enters dark passage
way. He is ushered into lighted room
by the same strange figure. Two men
and q handsome woman in evening dress
receive him. all masked. He has been mis-
taken for an expected messenger. He pre-
tends that 1t has not been safe TO bring GER
tain papers. and is commissioned to visit
the town of P next day. As he is
about to leave a young girl arrives with u
warning. The masked lady fires at the
detective. He runs downstairs and es-
capes by the rear door into a yard. Climb
ing the fence. he overhears the conspira-
tors, who mention Tuxedo and the name
OF a prominent man. He thinks that he
recognizes the voice OF the lady. and con-
cludes that some great crime is under
way. The house IL shadowed by other
detectives, and he decides to watch the
train to P himself. i'm disguise. The
young girl enters the station, also the lady
disguised as a man. The detective eludes
the latter and takes the train. He finds
that the girl Is the innocent instrument OF
band OF conspirators who have entrapped
her father into their plottings. The mys-
terfous lady Is supposed to be the sister
OF q member OF the Russian legation who
has stolen important papers at Washing
ton. These are Entrusted to the girls
father. who gives them TO a messenger
Tor whom the detective has been mis-
taken. Meanwhile. the real messenger is
bling watched by Washington detectives
and she had been sent with warming
The detective returns to New York and
reads in the newspaper OF the messengers
capture with the stolen papers. He also
sees the announcement of great ball at
Tuxedo. to be given by the man whose
name he had overheard. He decides that
the ball has some connection with the con-
spiracy.
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She sank upon cushioned window
seat and motioned me to u chair which
stood facing 1t. A strange desire to
humor her took possession of me. For
a moment she let her eyes rest quietly
upon my own.
Your disguise becomes you," she
said. critically.
And yours" replied, becomes YOU
very ILL
Her lips kept their seriousness of out
line and her eyes remained fixed on
mine. There was short interval of
silence and then she arose to her feet,
standing over me. / started to follow
her example, but she motioned me to
obey. ! saw that she had unfastened
a splendid tiara of diamonds and sap
phires from her hair and was turning
it over and over In her hands where
the light from above necessarily toyed
with it.. The glitter of the thing fas-
cinated me: my eyes followed every
movement. / tried to turn away, and
could not. A drnwsy sensation came
over me. the soft tones of her voice
droned in my ears. sounding far away
and sweet and sweeter still.
And then came dull monotsnous
rattle. A newspaper rustled at my ell
bow. A mans svoice-Ray's-was speak
ing. My eyes were opened U could not
remember unclosing them) and l was
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News of the Green
Room and Foyer.
Some of the More Important
Doings of These, Our Actors.

dialogue is well written: In short 1t Is
a splendid play and has proved its mer-
Its by the tests of Boston criticism and
the constant attendance for weeks OF
immense and delighted audiences. THE
Cotton King" company Is said to be an
admirable organization for Manager
Brady Is great believer In the abso-
lute necessity of completeness every
where in his organizations.
No one who has ever laughed at Tom
Seabrooke. In his inimitable perform
ancc of king POmeroy." in THE ls,e
OF Champagne" or his Terrence
O'Grady" in The Grand Vizer" will
fail to see him in his new comedy The
Spectator which he appears in at the
Academy OF Music Monday evening.
The opening performance of "Shad-
ows of u Great city" will take place at
the Frothingham Tuesday. January \.
The play has remarkable record--siX
seasons of uninterrupted success. 1t
retains many Of the original cast. Miss
Annie Ward Tiffany. William Beach,
Miss Lottie Alter Joseph W. Jefferson.
W. W. Allen and +. b. Tilton. The
action OF the play Is rapid, the situa-
tions exciting. and the dialogues excel
lent. In short, 1t Is very effectively
staged.
Il \ Il
Bryton's Forgiven" will be at
Davis theatcr the first three days of
next week. The New York Times says:
Forgiven has more distinct merit
than is perceptible i'm most plays of the
same type. Its story Is told with sim
pllcity and dlrectness. its scenes arr,
carried on amid such picturesque sur
roundings as never fail to gratefully
impress the eye, and bits of comedy of
a kind that invariably appeals to pop
ular assemblage. alternate with pathos
that stirs with unfailing swiftness, the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-04
WHEN HOPE faded
Mrs. White. q Citizen Of Ithaca
Was Saved.
(From the Ithaca Herald.)

Our representative, hearing of the
case Of Mrs II. T. White. called to see
her at Seneca and Plain streets. We
publish their conversation in the fol-
lowing interview:
Mrs. White. l hear you have some
thing to say about new remedy for
backache and kidney disorders. Will
you give ME your statement for publi-
cation?"
Yes, I am quite satisfied to do so. I
think the public should know when a
really good remedy is to be had. 1t is
the least l can do in gratitude for my
recovery
Tell me about your complaint"
About year ago had the Grippe.
and since then my back has panied me
constantly In the region of the kidneys;
q dull pain at times, and at other inter-
walls. sharp, darting pains piercing
through me, were almost unbearable.
I seemed to be giving out as the pain
in my kidneys grew worse, and at last I
had to stay in bed the greater part Of
the time. Finally. gave up altogether.
I had terrific headaches. and suffered so
much pain my appetite left me-"
did the disorder affect the bladder"
Finally 1t did. The urine was highly
colored. and varied in suppression and
excess. I often told my friends I be-
lieved should go insane from the pain.
heard Of Doan's Kidney Pills. and be-
gan their use. After taking them two
or three days began to feel their good
effects. l continued, and now am per-
fectly we'll"
Am to understand that Doan's Kid
ney Pills have entirely cured you?"
Yes. that's the truth. I have no
more headaches or pains. and my ap-
petite has returned. Before using
Hoan's Kidney Pills found 1t very try
ing to go up and down stairs, or to
sleep on my back: but now 1 can do
SO without a single pain. feel COM
pletely cured, and wish the manufac-
turers every possible success"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Mailed by Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo,
N. r.. sole agents for the U. 8.
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what Is the secret of the Importance
and influence of the London Times?" I
asked a prominent member OF parliament
who is spending few weeks in this coun-
try.
1.-The mystery that surrounds the author
ship of the articles on its editorial page"
was the reply Nobody except the editor
in-chief knows Who writes for the Times.
1t has no STAFF occupying desks In editorial
rooms like the ordinary newspaper, but its
articles are all written on the outside.
The editor-in-chief sends the important
topics Of the day to different persons. who
furnish the leaders. Many of them are
gratuitous; the rest are paid for by the
column, the rates varying according to
the Importance of the writer. There Is u
public impression that all the leaders in
the Times are written by the great men
In the British empire, and when a sub
scrber opens the damp sheet In the morn-
ing he always looks first at the editorial
page instead OF the news column, as he
does with the other papers, and as you
do In this country. He imagines that the
articles he finds there have been written
by the marquis of Salisbury, the cham
cellOr of the exchequer, the minister Of
home affairs, the archbishop OF London.
the poet laureate, the lord chief Justice or
some other big bug. 1t Is popularity sup
posed that all the great men in the Brit
ish empire are continually writing for the
Times, while as a matter of fact 80 per
cent. of the editorials are prepared by
ordinary literary hacks at the rate of $40
column. The Times Is great humbuE.
The late Mr.. Barnum would have admired
1t immensely. 1t has played this game
Of mystery for half a century and still
continues to be considered as profound an
authority on all topics as the oracle Of teh
Pythian Apollo at Delphi."-W. T.. Curtis,
in Chicago Record.
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emotions of the throng As Jack
O'Diamonds Mr. Forsberg appealed to
the sympathies Of all. He was recalled
at the end of each act. and recalled with
heartiness and spontaneity which
were unmistakable.
Augustin Daly's company of forty
people and their own orchestra will
play "A Mid Summer Nights Dream''
at the Academy OF Music next 6atur-
day evening. This Is the first time Mr..
DAILY has ever sent his company in its
entirety to one night stand and IL
should be looked unon as treat.
u Il II
FOOTLlGHT FLASHES:
Ode;te Tyler is to star.
600 songs
lula Julia Arthur may star in Charlotte
,Saan, Nat GSSdwin God will shortly produce "His
Edwin Stevens has been added to Angus
tin Days forces.
wshar nsmas, of 0ssron" conducted by
Pauline Hail gave 5000 loavcs OF bread
to the poor OF st. Louis last week.
John Drew last week saved Maud Adams
from being crushed under falling scenery.
The theater established by Bishop Fai-
lows al Chicago to elevate the stage has
1t Is aid that Willie Collier next wear
Is to star under the managennent'of Rich
4 Harris. ~ = =
Denman Thompson and Neil Burgess
may join forces in a play with two suita-
bic characters.
There is excellent authority to the effect
that virginia Harmed and r. II. Sothern
are to be married.
Della FoX's unskirted picture had to b.
covered on the Boston billboards by order
OF the authorities.
Aubrey Boucicault will appear at BOs.
ton to produce his fathers principal sue
cesses. such as The Shraughaun," "AP.
ran Ma PoIue' and Colleen Bawn."
Kansas City theatrical manager is up
to-date. The men ushers have been re-
placed by some of the handsomest young
ladies' In the city" who wear boomers.
Manager Augustin DAILY intends to take
his company to London in the fall here
after. instead OF In the early summer He
will onen his next London season about
Sept. ; 1896
lsadore Rush not so very long ago In
velgled her mother into theater for
the first time in her life, telling afore-
said mother that there was to be a lcc-
ture. 1t did not take long for the ds-
ceived uarty to fathom the game, Look
ing around she said, ~ know very well
where | am. but I am not the least bit
sorry.'-Boston letter in Dramatic News
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the White Shoulders In this quest. So
far unsuccessful. for the last two weeks
l have enjoyed the assistance, given
with sympathetic zeal. of the girl who
saved my life from her. and who no
longer bears the name of Cutting"
Should succeed In finding madam,
l hope to force her to solve two prob.
lens; the first. whether she and the
young man who wore q false beard and
spoke with her voice. were IDENTICAL
the one with the other. And IL so.
whether she had exercised the same in
huence which had so swayed my mind
to her will upon the jailer of the Ports
mouth prison. and by so doing had ef-
fected the escape of herself and her
companions. upon previous occasion.
The End