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THE COURT RECORD.
Superior Court.

Room John l.. McMaster. Judge
Hollis Weaver vs.. Henry Russo; contract
Finding and Judgment for defendant at
plaintiffs cost.
Indiana Savings and Investment Com
pany VS.. Charles Britton; foreclosure
Finding and judgment Tor plaintiff for
$3.50. %
Room 2-Lawson Nj. Harvey, Judge
Edward u. Gallup VS.. Frederick Il. judi
son; notes. Judgment against defendant
for 81 and costs.
Foster Bailey VS. Henry j. Croeper ct al !:
mechanics lien. Judgment against defend
ant for $3.50 and costs and for $50 and
costs: foreclosure and sale ordered.
Mary Radbourne VS.. George Radbourne:
quiet title. On trial by court.
Room 3-Vinson Carter, Judge.
John V Harding VS.. George c. Pearson
Finding for defendant; judgment against
plaintiff for costs.
James Johnson VS.. Robert S. Hall ct al.
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REAL-ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Eight Transfers. with n Total Con-
sidcratiOn of So. 400.

Instruments filed for record in the recorders
office Of Marion county. Indiana. for the twenty
four hours ending at p. m. Feb. Il, 1884, as
furnished by Tneo. Stein, abstracter of titles.
corner of Market and Pennsylvania streets, In
dianapolis, Suite ?29, first office floor, The
Lemcke. Telephone 1760
Frederick Prange TO William II. Wheeler,
Lots 100 and 101 Farview Place. $500
Florence L. Rock to Emery F. Pratt, Lot
60 Smiths Pleasant View addition. $50
Emery r. Pratt 10 Lyman w. Louis ct
Lots 2Ss and 25s Morton Place ............. $500
Thomas w. Newman to Ira IL. Bugbee.
Lots 60 and ca Bryan's northeast addition 500
Harry A. Walker to oliver s. Sanders. part
of Lot Van Blaricums subdivision OF
Outlet west of White river 400
Louis Aichborn TO Frederick Mcneil and
wife. Lot 81. Section l Martindale &
Stills addition 1850
George W. Stout to Clara w. Hastings. Lot
IL Asbury & Miller's Orphan Home south
east addition ............................ 1000
Transfers s: consideration. $3.50
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Alarm Button Accidentally Pressed.

There was fire yesterday evening
at the store of the Old Gibraltar Drug
Company, corner of Meridian and Mary
land streets. There is an electric button in
the store which is connected with the fire
engine house half block TO the east on
Maryland street. Yesterday some of the
employees in working about the button.
pressed IL by mistake and an alarm was
sounded There is an order TO the effect
that when this button is pressed the fire.
men at No. IL shall turn in a general alarm
This was done yesterday, and in a short
time half the fire apparatus in the city
was on the scene. There was no fire, how
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Chambers Amor Plate Report.

WASHINGTON. Feb U.-Senator Chan
dler to-day, from the committee on naval
affairs. made report in relation TO armor
plate. The main facts in the report have
been published in these dispatches. 1t
criticises the employment of naval officers.
either retired or active by armor-plate
concerns and also criticises the allowing OF
naval officers to become interested i'm patent
processes used by the government. The
question of various patents is discussed at
length, coupled with the different contracts
made by Secretaries Whitney, Tracy and
Herbert and the final conclusion of the
committee is: The committee believes
that the government officials ought not to
promote monopoly of the business of MAX
ing armor through patents issued to the
use of combined manufacturers while using
the power of the government to destroy
patents held by foreignerS'
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WILKESBARRE, Pa, Feb. IA. L.
Spencer and Thomas Aubrey. of Scranton
representing the Phoenix Contract Com
pany, were convicted this afternoon of
conspiracy in having obtained from c. W.
which they afterwards disposed of at one
half their face value and divided the money
between them. The defendants. il was al
legged in the indictment found against them
were agents of an organized syndicate with
Headquarters in New York but operated
at various points throughout the United
State. 1t was claimed that they floated two
million dollars worth OF stock and bonds
but in reality they had but few hundred
dollars capital
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Strike of Morocco Finishers.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1.-THE strike
last week. has spread among the workers
in other factories and now threatens 10
become general among the finishers, or
machine boys, they termed. over
$40 are now out. The strikers say that they
have been promised financial aid by the
Brooklyn and Newark morocco workers
and will stay out until their demand for
higher wages receives attention from the
manufacturers 1t is said others are ex-
pected TO follow their example tomorrow
and a general tie-up will result i'm the fin
ishers' departments. Unless the men in the
other branches strike the movement will
not affect the business seriously except in
shipments OF ordered goods.
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berkshire Record Association.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 1.-THE Ma
tional Berkshire Record Association met
this morning and transacted much bust
ness Officers of the association were elect
ed as follows: Ex-Governor John L. Blu
chanan, Murfreesboro Tenn, president;
Ike NJ. Wolcott, Hanover, o., vice presi-
dent, and T.. X. Morris Indianapolis sec
rotary and treasurer. After the business
session the convention spent the rest OF the
day attending what is called a scoring
school. AT the night session six directors
five members of the executive committee
and a vice president from each State were
chosen. The next convention will be held
in Louisville, Ky. Tomorrow will be spent
visiting places of interest around Nashville
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reports of Railroad Receivers.

Z. o. Hopkins, receiver for the Peoria.
Decatur Evansville Railway yesterday
filed with the clerk of the United States
Court his report for January. 1897. The re-
ceipts, including s39. 1888 on hand Jan. 1.
We're si53,964.97. Disbursements were s1O4.-
4f9so, leaving balance Jan. 81 of $i9 SIS. u.
me report OF X. L. +. PIERCE receiver
for the Toledo, st. Louis & Kansas CITY
Railroad (the Glover Leaf, for the same
month, was also filed. The total receipts
including $20205.9 on hand Jan. l. were
SS2l 600 10. The disbursements were 60
Inc cash ON hand Feb. l was S17.aZ9S4
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= in THE COURTS.
Police Court Cases.

Al Lintner, the man who was arrested
some time ago in connection with the muir
der of Leo Hirth, was before the Police
Court yesterday. charged with being a
known thief and lettering. He was fined
Sl9 and costs In each case, and appealed.
Harry Hicks the young man who OBJ
tanned a mandolin from Wulschner & Sons
music<store and attempted to get another
from Carlin * Lennox, was charged with
obtaining goods by false pretenses He
waived examination and his case was sent
to the grand jury for Investigation.
Martin Judge and John Kelley two
young men arrested for the burglary of
Frederick Meyers saloon, at Meridian and
McCarty streets, were discharged, their
cases being continued indefinitely
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Wool.

BOSTON. Feb. 12.-The Boston Commercial
Bulletin will say tomorrow Of the wool market
The sales have shown sharp falling off from
the boom. This is only natural. Manufacturers
and spectators have gorged themselves With
wool and take mere Three million
pounds of secured clothing wool. mostly from
France. was poured In here in December alone
Forty-ive thousand bales OF colonial were bought
in the London sale just closed and from all quar-
ters of the world flood rushed in. Only one
sale of size, a round lot of Montana at the old
rates, was made this week. The market, though
quiet. is very firm. The sales of the week ere
3, 2G5, coo pounds domestic and $4,000 foreign
against 5.739.00o domestic and 2.95O.0C0 fore ign
last week and 15l6 coo domestic and 1,07S,OC0 for
eiCn for the same week last year. The sales to
date show an increase of 81 645, 500 pounds domes
tic and $4,000 foreign from the sales to the
date in 1896. The receipts to date show an
increase of 1861 bales domestic and a decrease
OF $50 bales foreign.
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LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
Quiet Markets and Steady Prices Cow
the Local Situation.

The last day or two in nearly ali lines trade
has been slow. which is rather in the nature of a
surprise to wholesale men, as the retail mer-
chants all have light stocks Their old bills have
been settled mostly and it thought that i'm
provemSnt in business would follow. 1t is be-
lieved to be a little 100 early for dry goods
houses hat and cap men, confectioners and hard
ware merchants to feel the effects OF an early
spring trade. Grocers report trade rather quiet.
which is an unusual thing with them. Sugars
are very firm at the advance of Thursday and
still higher prices indicated. Produce men are
having busy February. Receipts poultry,
eggs and butter are unusually large and prices
consequently weak. The commission men con-
tinue to complain of dull trade. Fruits and vege-
tables are easier in tone than a month ago.
Potatoes plentiful and selling as low as 25c
per bushel. Apples bring $3.50 per barrel IL
choice The seed market is unusually active and
The incal rrsn maret p 9e n new fsa
lures. The wet weather of the last four days
has ten6 s to check hi In
ruled as follows:
wheasoNo. red. SEC: No. 2 red S2as4c; No.
Corn-No; white. 2izc; No. white. 2l1zc.; No:
white mixed oS No @h white mixed eSf aoc No.
35y ye S 20 x:d No 9os yellow 20e No yellow
Dat, oats-M No white; 2le; No: white. 1ac; No.
Hay-No. timothy. $s50Gl9 No. 2 timothy, 81
as; prairie. s6Q65O.
Poultry and other Produce.
prices paid by shippers)
Poultry-Hens, 5i9c; springs. 5lzc cocks, &c:
young turkeys, 1Oc; toms. &c; old hen turkeys,
Sc; old toms. &c; ducks, &c; geese. 40c for full
feathered; soc for plucked
Butter-Country. choice. 1oc; mixed. &C.
Eggs-l1c
Feathers-Prime geese. SOc per Id: prime duck.
1Gfi17c per h.
Wool-Medium unwashed. 12c; fine merino.
washed, 10c; tub-washed, 20Q23c; bury and
merchantable. sc less.
Beeswax-3ec fer yellow; CSC for dark.
Honey-1lQl5c per 10.
HIDES, TALLOW, ETC.
Green-salted Hides-No. 1, &c; No. ., &c; No.
1 calf Sl2c; No calf 7Iac.
Grease-White. sac: yellow. 2s4c: brown. 2&c.
Tallow-No. 1. &c; No. 9 2l2c.
Bones-Dry, S12G13 per ton.
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Hides md Leather.

CHICAGO. Feb 12.-The Chicago Shoe and
Leather Review of Feb 10 will say: The Lead
light native cows hides at 9Ac. This is regarded
very high price. but the buyers had no
stocks small and the competition
is keen Several selections of hides are quoted
&c higher. March hides are the worst of the
year and the prices usually begin to decline in
the fall and reach their lowest ebb in the spring.
This year the natural order is being reversed
and considerable excitement prevails. In the
country hide market sac has been refused for
Bluffs and SIC is now demanded. Tallow is
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The Default Retarded.

In the Federal Court yesterday record
was made of the default of the Terre Haute
& Logansport Railroad Company in the
case brought by Benjamin Harrison, as
trustee for two sets of mortgage bonds is
sued by the road, against that road and
the Terre Haute * indianapolis Railroad
Company. lessee Of the first named road.
The default is insignificant as the whole
defense must be made by the receiver of
the T: II: * l.. who also has possession of
the T. H. * L..
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Injured in a Station Cru.b

Ida Mae Pearson yesterday filed suit for
$4,000 damages against the c., c., c. & ST.
L. Railroad Company on account of inju-
RES received in the Central Station at Gin
cinnati. Last September she went to Gin
cinnau on one OF the Big Four's cheap
excursions and when the gates of the sta
ton were opened To admit passengers to
trains there was such a rush that she was
damned against the side of gate and suf-
Tered broken collar bone and the frac-
ture of several ribs.
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Butter, Eggs and Cheese.

KANSAS CITY. Feb. 12-Butter firm: cream
cry. 1714a1sc; dairy. 1oql3c. Eggs-The market
to-day firm and prices up 12c. Receipts
were light and shippers had some difficulty in
filling Eastern orders strictly fresh Kansas and
Missouri eggs, lie; cold storage. 1Oi2c.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12-Butter firm and
rather quiet; fancy Western creamery, 21q21l2c
Eggs strong and active; fresh nearby and fresh
Western, 162c Cheese quiet and firm.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 12.-Butter firm; fancy
creamery, 2lM22c. Eggs steady; fresh, l5c
Cheese firm and unchanged.
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Oils.

WILMINGTON, Feb. 12.-Rcsn firm: strained.
sl.50; good, sl55. Spirits of turpentne quiet at
26Aq26Sic. Tar steady at 95c. Turpentine steady;
hard $780, soft, S1.S0.
OIL CITY, Feb. 12.-Credit balances. 90c;
tificates soc; shipments 1865 brs; runs, 81, $50
bris.
CHARLESTON, Feb. i2.-Rosin firm at S1.i00
Las. Spirits of turpentine firm at 2o$4c.
SAVANNAH Feb. 12.-Spirits Of turpentne
firm at 26S4c. Resin firm.
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Sued on Eleven Notes.

The Oil Well Supply Company, of Pitts
burg. yesterday filed suit against Montgom-
cry VI. McElwaine on eleven notes and ac-
ceptances dated prior to April % 1872. They
were all given by the old firm of j. b.
demanded. j. Is. McElwaine, the former
senior member of the firm, died April %
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c. ii. AIbertsmeyer's Will.

The will of Charles III. Albertsmeyer was
probated yesterday. With the exception of
a bequest of $40 TO son-in-law and $500 to
a grandchild. all his property was left to
his wife, who was named as executrix of
the will
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Prison North Chaplain.

Rev. p. j. Albright, of the North Indiana
Nj. e. Conference recently appointed chap
lain to the Prison North, will take the po-
his family to Alexandria from this city
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Z. +. Bicknell. secretary of Board of
State Charities. will address the Republic
an Travelling Mems Club at the Century
Club room in the Denlson Hotel this even
ing on criminal reform.
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Cotton.
NEW ORLEANS

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 12.-Cotton easy mid
ding, 5-16c; low middling csc; good ordinary.
csc; net receipts, 4.334 bales; gross receipts.
i54S bales; exports 10 Great Britain. L. 7S2 bales
exports TO the continent, 81 bales: exports coast
wise. 450 bales sales, 3oc0 bales stock, 3S2 i63
bales.
MEMPHIS. Feb. 12.-Cotton steady; middling
13-16c: receipts, 1,iS0 bales; shipments, 1,265
bales; stock. l,052 bales; sales. l.600 bales.
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Finding for plaintiff against defendants.
ID. III. Oliver and wife, for Sl20 and costs.
Criminal Court.
j. Frank McCray. Judge.
State VS.. Mike Boiler; burglary and grand
larceny. On trial by court.
New Suits FILED.
Ida Mae Pearson VS.. c., c., &. q st. l..
r. r. Co: damages. Room 3.
New Observation-Disclosures Savings ana
Loan Association No. 2 VS.. Mary y.
Schooley ct al. foreclosure Room J.
New Observation-Disclosures Savings and
Loan Association No VS.. John w. Woods
ct al; foreclosure. Room ..
General Fire Insurance Company or In
diana Us. Anna Nickel ct al; foreclosure.
Room l.
Oil We'll Supply Company VS.. Montgom-
cry NJ. McElwaine; on notes. Room 2.
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prices maid by SINNERS 4
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Scarce and Steady-HOgs Active
and LOwer-Sheep Steady.

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 12.-Cattle-Receipts
1000; shipments. 100. There was a light supply
The market opened at steady prices, but closed
a little dull and barely steady
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Sheep and Lambs-Keceipts. 500 Shipments
light. The quality only fair. The market
was steady at unchanged prices.
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Westerns sold at s335G4. Yearlings sold freely
at S4Qi.4 10 and lambs were in demand at s3.1S1S,
largely at S425@4.s5. -
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CITY NEWS NOTES.

Race winners at New Orleans: Mamie
Lord. Floss. Cold Top. Domingo. Senator
Penrose and Amanda.
The new engineer of the Statehouse yes
terday assumed office and appointed as as
sistants w b. West and Albert Glazier.
Saturday evening. April 8. the Willing
Workers of the Central Universalist Church
Sunday-school will report the amount each
has earned from n capital or one nickel In
the past three months.
Charles H.. Gossett. a patient at the In
sane Hospital. was found dead early yes
terday morning by the night Waterman.
Gossett was an epileptic- He came to the
Institution from Boone county.
The West indianapolis School Board met
last night but transacted no business other
than to allow bills amounting to So. The
board has decided to do nothing further I'M
til II hears from the city school board.
The forty-ninth anniversary of modern
evening at the First Spiritualist Church,
corner of Alabama and New York streets.
with a musical and literary entertainment
Mollie Jones. a colo-ed domestic employed
at rs North Missouri street. was painfully
burned yesterday. Her clothing caught fire
from the gas stove and she was burned
about the hands. head and hrecst. The city
ambulance took her to her home, in the
rear of 500 North Senate avenue.
Early yesterday morning fire of unknown
origin caused a 5000 loss in the barrel house
The department had two other runs during
the morning. one taking il 70 No. 173 Har-
mon street and the other TO No. l25 West
McCarty street. In neither case was there
any damage.
A woman who said she was Mrs. Lena
Woods. of Fort Wayne. told Police Superin-
tendent Colbert last night that she had
been assaulted and robbed the night before
on South Meridian street. She said she was
going TO the depot and two men grabbed
her and took $50 from her. An investiga-
ton was made. but nothing was learned 10
give credence to the Woman story.
The young son Of Walter b. Grove. of No.
So Fort Wayne avenue. is suffering with
conclusion of the brain. caused by a blow
from Il baseball bat received while at play
Saturday. The injury was not at first con-
Sidered serious. but yesterday morning the
boy became delirious and a physician was
summoned. He found a conclusion of the
brain. and there ia probability of brain
fever.
Mr.. Charles +. Coffin will deliver the lee
tire i'm the McCulloch Clubs course for
young people at Plymouth Church to-mor-
row afternoon at z O'Clock. subject: THE
IndeDendent Voter" As scholars are i'm
vacation this week and tickets for this lee
ture may not be generally distributed 10
pupils. children and other young persons
under twenty will be admitted without
tickets
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Not Pleased with the samples.

Washington Special i'm Chicago Record.
n President is not pleased with m
general run of office seekers who come be-
fore him. Nearly all of them are has
beens.' or professional oflceholders. or
came up as candidates al the beginning OF
the Harrison administration. The other
day when "A certain senator was urging the
appointment OF a constituent 10 an i'm
portant office the President said: Il would
like very much 10 obIige you. but I am not
favorably impressed with your candidate. I
have been looking over his record. | find
that he has done nothing but hold Office all
his life. and now that he l. well alongAl
years you think the government ought 10
take care of him. / have a certain degree
OF sympathy for such people,. but i wish
you would bring me "A younger man. who
has practical experience outside OF official
life"
Senator Plat and Senator Quay UNDER
stand this. and have been careful 10 bring
out new men. young ia years. but OF prom
Using futures. The President thinks the Re
publican party n afford 10 carry
much dead weight. we want 10 build IL
up" he said the other day. and educate
new leaders for future usefulness. While
we have great respect and gratitude for
the veterans il Is our duty To think OF the
future sometimes, and Lot always the
,nane -
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adept in card tricks as Mr. Arnold. At a
recent entertainment where Mr.. Arnold
gave an exhibition of his talent a piece OF
paper and pencil was given to one person,
NhO was requested TO write a single figure.
who was asked to write a second figure.
The paper was again passed to n third
person. who was told to write the sum OF
sum would equal one figure. but If IL made
more than one figure. write the difference.
\ fourth person was asked to take "A card
from a pack and look at 1t and return the
card to the deck. Mr.. Arnold then chose
two other persons. placed one at either SIDE
of himself and took hold of a hand OF each.
Mr.. Arnold and the two then went into the
library. where one, whose hand ne held.
was told 10 select three books. This was
done. Mr.. Arnold's hands being both con-
fined. The books were taken 70 the room
where the company sat and placed on q
table, and still another person was asked
in which book he would like 10 have the
card. which had been selected from the
pack. appear. The lower of the three books
was selected. Mr.. Arnold then asked the
man who had selected the card what the
card was and he said il was the nine OF
clubs. The person holding the paper which
had not left his hands. was asked TO read
the figures: they were 35S. Mr.. Arnold then
said at page 35S IN the lower book would be
found the nine of clubs. and when the book
was opened. there il was. just as he had
said. One of the strange things about 1t
was that the lower book was the only one
that had that many pages in il.
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SAFE DEPOSITS.
over the folks vino had invited him TO go

over the folks who had invited him TO go
TO the show wanted to know what ne
thought of the actors. and he said: Wal.
layin' aside all sectional prejudices and any
partiality L may have for the race. derned
If l don't think the Niger held his own
with any on EN-. " The Western dialect
employed i'm this story WAS perfect.
The camp of the cOiored gEUOFS OF the
Eighteenth Corps was soon reached. and "A
scene now occurred which defies descrip-
ton. They beheld for the first time the
liberator of their race-the man who by a
stroke OF his pen had struck the shackles
from the limbs OF their fellow-bondsmen
and proclaimed liberty TO the enslavcd. Al
ways impressiOnable. the enthusiasm of the
blacks now knew no limits. They cheered,
laughed. cried, sang hymns of praise and
shouted I'm their negro dialect. Coo bress
Massa Linkumi' DE Lord save Fader
Abraham DE day oh jubilee am come.
shuan." They crowded about him and
fondled his horse: SOM OF them kissed hts
hands. while others ran OF crying in
triumph to their comrades that they had
touched his clothes. rhe President rode
with barred head: the tears had started to
his eyes. and his voice was so broken by
emotion that he could scarcely articulate
the words of thanks and congratulation
which he tried to speak to the humble and
devoted men through whose ranks he rode.
The scene was affecting In the extreme. and
no one could have witnessed IL unmoved-